CENTURION: Australia qualified for the Champions Trophy semi-finals with a thrilling two-wicket win over Pakistan Wednesday at SuperSport Park thanks to a last-ball bye.
The defending champions, having won the toss and restricted Pakistan to 205-6 off 50 overs, appeared to be coasting home with 140 runs on the board, seven wickets in hand and almost [...]
Pakistan captain Younis Khan finds himself in a unique position as his men take on Australia tomorrow in Centurion. Already through to the semi-finals, a third win in the group might help India, should they beat West Indies in Johannesburg, to join them in the final four.
Though Pakistan will experiment with their line-up against [...]
In the space of 48 hours, England have beaten two of the pre-tournament favourites with an ease that even their most fervent fans could never have imagined. South Africa have been pushed into the abyss, and Sri Lanka cling on by just a fingernail. If New Zealand beat England on Tuesday, the fancied Lankans too [...]
CENTURION: Pakistan defeated India by 54 runs in the Champions Trophy here on Saturday. Shoaib Malik was named the Man of the Match.
Brief scores: Pakistan 302-9 in 50 overs; India 248 in 44.5 overs.
At the presentation ceremony, the winning captain Younis Khan said: ‘It was a very great performance by the batsmen. It was a [...]
The media attention over the past few days has been on the license-to-romp dossier that was allegedly given to the players in the build-up to the tournament, but MS Dhoni had nothing more than an enigmatic smile and a “No comment” when asked about it. There’s a match against Pakistan to be played in Centurion [...]
Northamptonshire are closing in on the top division after another day of complete dominance against Leicestershire at Wantage Road and Essex’s problems against Derbyshire. Andrew Hall continued to have a major impact on proceedings, reaching 159 as Northamptonshire declared on 600 for 8. Hall then bagged 4 for 41 as the visitors fell for 218 [...]
CENTURION: AB de Villiers scored 70 to steer South Africa to a five-wicket win over New Zealand in Champions Trophy Group B on Thursday.
The hosts, who lost their opening match to Sri Lanka, will now go into their final group game against England on Sunday knowing that victory would almost certainly book them a place [...]
Australia’s annual Prime Minister’s XI match will be a one-dayer against West Indies this season. Cricket Australia has confirmed the match will be played at Canberra’s Manuka Oval on February 4, shortly before the start of Australia’s five-match ODI series against West Indies.
It will be the 32nd Prime Minister’s XI match and the home team [...]
Skipper Younus Khan could sit out Pakistan’s opening Champions Trophy match against a depleted West Indies in Johannesburg on Wednesday.
Younus hurt his finger in a warm-up game so Shahid Afridi is set to take over as captain for the Group A match.
Paceman Mohammad Asif could play after a one-year doping ban ended on Tuesday.
Chris Gayle, [...]
Lunch New Zealand 234 and 302 for 7 (Vettori 68*, Patel 1*) need another 192 runs to beat Sri Lanka 416 and 311 for 5 dec
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How they were out
With their backs to the wall, needing to bat three sessions, Daniel Vettori and Jacob Oram dipped into the reservoir of 127 Tests [...]
