Australia v. New Zealand Australia won by 6 wickets ICC Champions Trophy Centurion: Monday 5 October 2009 13:30 (50-over match) (1-day match) Result: Australia won by 6 wickets Points: Australia 2 (match:2, bonus:0), New Zealand 0 (match:0, bonus:0) Toss: New Zealand Umpires: Aleem Dar, I J Gould Asad Rauf Match Referee: R S Mahanama Match [...]
New Zealand v. Pakistan New Zealand won by 5 wickets ICC Champions Trophy Johannesburg: Saturday 3 October 2009 13:30 (50-over match) (1-day match) Result: New Zealand won by 5 wickets Points: New Zealand 2 (match:2, bonus:0), Pakistan 0 (match:0, bonus:0) Toss: Pakistan Umpires: I J Gould, S J A Taufel D J Harper Match Referee: [...]
South African batsman AB de Villiers is to play no cricket in the next six weeks due to a back injury, ruling him out of participating in the Champions League Twenty20 in India where he had been named in the Delhi Daredevils’ squad. De Villiers has a lower back problem which he has been struggling [...]
Australia v. England Australia won by 9 wickets ICC Champions Trophy Centurion: Friday 2 October 2009 13:30 (50-over match) (1-day match) Result: Australia won by 9 wickets Points: Australia 2 (match:2, bonus:0), England 0 (match:0, bonus:0) Toss: England Umpires: Aleem Dar, B F Bowden A L Hill Match Referee: J J Crowe Match summary (at [...]
India v. West Indies India won by 7 wickets ICC Champions Trophy Johannesburg: Wednesday 30 September 2009 13:30 (50-over match) (1-day match) Result: India won by 7 wickets Points: India 2 (match:2, bonus:0), West Indies 0 (match:0, bonus:0) Toss: India Umpires: Aleem Dar, S J A Taufel D J Harper Match Referee: J J Crowe [...]
Australia v. Pakistan ICC Champions Trophy Centurion: Wednesday 30 September 2009 08:30 (50-over match) (1-day match) Toss: Australia Umpires: B F Bowden, A L Hill I J Gould Match Referee: J Srinath Match summary (at Close) Pakistan Runs Balls 4s 6s +Kamran Akmal b SR Watson 44 63 6 0 Shahid Afridi c JR Hopes [...]
England v. New Zealand ICC Champions Trophy Johannesburg: Tuesday 29 September 2009 13:30 (50-over match) (1-day match) Toss: New Zealand Umpires: Asad Rauf, D J Harper Aleem Dar Match Referee: R S Mahanama Match summary (at Close) England Runs Balls 4s 6s *AJ Strauss c BB McCullum b KD Mills 0 2 0 0 JL [...]
Australia v. India Match abandoned due to rain. Both team get 1 point each. ICC Champions Trophy Centurion: Monday 28 September 2009 13:30 (50-over match) (1-day match) Toss: Australia Umpires: B F Bowden, I J Gould Asad Rauf Match Referee: J J Crowe Delay: Rain stopped play Match summary Australia Runs Balls 4s 6s SR [...]
India v. Pakistan Pakistan won by 54 runs ICC Champions Trophy Centurion: Saturday 26 September 2009 13:30 (50-over match) (1-day match) Result: Pakistan won by 54 runs Points: Pakistan 2 (match:2, bonus:0), India 0 (match:0, bonus:0) Toss: Pakistan Umpires: S J Davis, S J A Taufel I J Gould Match Referee: R S Mahanama Pakistan [...]
Australia v. West Indies Australia won by 50 runs ICC Champions Trophy Johannesburg: Saturday 26 September 2009 08:30 (50-over match) (1-day match) Result: Australia won by 50 runs Points: Australia 2 (match:2, bonus:0), West Indies 0 (match:0, bonus:0) Toss: West Indies Umpires: Asad Rauf, A L Hill B F Bowden Match Referee: J J Crowe [...]
South Africa beat New Zealand ICC Champions Trophy Centurion: Thursday 24 September 2009 08:30 (50-over match) (1-day match) Toss: South Africa Umpires: Aleem Dar, Asad Rauf D J Harper Match Referee: R S Mahanama Match summary (at Close) New Zealand Runs Balls 4s 6s BB McCullum c JP Duminy b J Botha 44 68 3 [...]
India’s victory in the Compaq Cup showed why they are serious contenders to win the Champions Trophy. Unfortunately this recent tri-series in Sri Lanka revealed India’s vulnerability, which will be especially apparent in South Africa. The new format of the Champions Trophy is to be applauded. No dead games and no Super Sixes, just two [...]
The International Cricket Council on Monday formally awarded the hosting rights of the postponed Champions Trophy to South Africa, completing a third change of venue for the eight-team event that was originally scheduled in Pakistan. The ICC board approved the recommendation of its Chief Executives’ Committee (CEC) to shift the event from Sri Lanka, which [...]
The International Cricket Council shortlisted five cities as possible hosts of this year’s Champions Trophy in case it is shifted from Sri Lanka due to inclement weather, an official said on Monday. The eight-team competition could be moved to Perth, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, ICC general manager David Richardson said. “Some doubts have [...]
Former Test player Sarfraz Nawaz and senator Enver Baig believe India had a role in the ICC’s decision to take away the Champions Trophy’s hosting rights from Pakistan as it wants to “isolate” the troubled nation in international cricket. Senator Enver Baig said he was disappointed that Pakistan had been deprived of a major cricket [...]
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Sunday decided to take away the hosting rights of the Champions Trophy from Pakistan after several member boards expressed reservations about touring the troubled country. The new venue for the eight-team event would be decided by the ICC before its next scheduled meeting in April, the ICC said after [...]
Pakistan’s chances of hosting the Champions Trophy next year improved on Sunday after the Indian cricket board said it was willing to adjust its calendar for the sake of the crisis-hit tournament. The Indian board, which had objected to the event being held in October 2009 as it clashed with its ODI series with Australia, [...]
The ICC on Thursday admitted that some cricket boards, especially the BCCI and Cricket Australia have objected to the staging of the postponed Champions Trophy in October next year but said Pakistan still retained the right to host the prestigious tournament. India had objected to that date because of its series against Australia the same [...]
The BCCI has ruled out the possibility of playing an international ODI series in either Pakistan or South Africa in place of the Champions Trophy in the gap created in the international calendar created by the postponement of the ICC Champions Trophy. Instead they want to prepare for the “very important” home Test series against [...]
Champions Trophy, earlier to be held next month in Pakistan, has been unanimously postponed until October 2009, as per a statement released by the International Cricket Council. Pakistan is said to have retained the right to host the tournament but it was also agreed that if other members expressed issues of safety and security in [...]