Shane Watson scored his second century in as many matches to guide Australia to the six-wicket win over New Zealand that saw them retain their ICC Champions Trophy crown in a low-scoring final to the 2009 tournament at Centurion. Australia recovered from six for two to finish on 206 for four, Watson unbeaten on 105 [...]
Australia and New Zealand will meet in the final of the 2009 Champions Trophy at Centurion on Monday. Australia are the defending champions and will go into the finals full of confidence of retaining their crown. They came within two balls of being knocked out of the tournament but have been fighting it out through [...]
Grant Elliott scored an unbeaten half-century to guide New Zealand into the ICC Champions Trophy final after they beat Pakistan by five wickets in their semi-final in Johannesburg. The match could have gone either way before Elliott, dropped on 42 by Younus Khan, and Vettori made good use of the batting Power Play. They had [...]
New Zealand qualified for the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy, topping Group B after a four-wicket win over England at Johannesburg. Shane Bond and Grant Elliott shared seven wickets as New Zealand bowled England out for 146 and an opening stand of 84 between Brendon McCullum (48) and Martin Guptill (53) gave the Black [...]
New Zealand kept their ICC Champions Trophy hopes alive by beating Sri Lanka by 38 runs in their Group B encounter in Johannesburg. Half-centuries from Jesse Ryder and Martin Guptill helped New Zealand reach 315 for seven before Sri Lanka were bowled out for 277. Ryder hit 74 in 58 balls at the top of [...]
Wayne Parnell took his maiden five-wicket haul in ODIs and AB de Villiers scored an unbeaten 70 as South Africa got their ICC Champions Trophy campaign back on track with a five-wicket win over New Zealand. The Proteas bowled New Zealand out for 214 in their must-win match and got to their target with more [...]
New Zealand bounced back from their loss at the hands of the Chevrolet Warriors to stun India, pulling off a 103-run win. India left out Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir and Harbhajan Singh but they will nonetheless be concerned about being bowled out for 198 in reply to New Zealand’s impressive 301 for nine. That score [...]
New Zealand minus three of its major stars was defeated by South African domestic franchise Chevrolet Warriors as they got their preparations for the ICC Champions Trophy off to the worst possible start in Pretoria. Batting first, a New Zealand side lacking the firepower of Jesse Ryder, Daniel Vettori and Shane Bond, was bowled out [...]
India outplayed New Zealand in a six-wicket win that booked their place in the Compaq Cup One-Day International tri-series in Colombo. They set things up by bowling New Zealand out for 155 before innings of 46 and 45 from Sachin Tendulkar and Suresh Raina completed the match with nine overs and three balls to spare. [...]
India’s injury list lengthened after opening batsman Gautam Gambhir was ruled out of the One-Day International tri-series in Sri Lanka with a groin strain and he has been replaced by Virat Kohli. Gambhir joins fellow opener Virender Sehwag and fast bowler Zaheer Khan on the sidelines and he is set to return home to rest [...]
Thilan Samaraweera became the oldest Sri Lankan to register a maiden One-Day International century and it was his brilliant effort set his side up for a 97-run win over New Zealand in the tri-series ODI opener in Colombo. Sri Lanka’s 216 for seven proved more than enough after New Zealand were bowled out for a [...]
The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to secretaries of Home, External affairs and Youth and Sports Welfare on a PIL, seeking to stop the Indian cricket team from visiting Sri Lanka to play the triangular series at Colombo from September 8. Justices Chitra Venkataraman and M Duraisamy, who [...]
Pace bowler Umar Gul returned the best figures ever in Twenty20 International as Pakistan recorded an emphatic six-wicket win over New Zealand at The Oval. Gul took five for six as New Zealand were bowled out for 99 and Pakistan eased to victory in 13.1 overs with six wickets in hand. Gul was in brilliant [...]
The International Cricket Council on Thursday confirmed stumper-batsman Dinesh Karthik as the replacement for the injured Virender Sehwag in India’s Twenty20 World Cup squad. The ICC Event Technical Committee also approved Aaron Redmond as a replacement player for Jesse Ryder in the New Zealand squad, who made an appearance for the Black Caps during their [...]
New Zealand outclassed Ireland, beating them by 83 runs in their ICC World Twenty20 Group F encounter at Trent Bridge. Aaron Redmond, confirmed as Jesse Ryder’s replacement hours before the match, feasted on some loose bowling to smash 63 in 30 balls with 13 deliveries before innings of 45 from Martin Guptill and 42 from [...]
The final ICC World Twenty20 Group D encounter between South Africa and New Zealand went down to the wire, South Africa prevailing by just one run at Lord’s. New Zealand won the toss and after choosing to bowl first, restricted South Africa to 128 for seven before they could only close on 127 for four [...]
New Zealand were pushed hard by Scotland but eventually beat them by seven wickets with an over to spare in a seven-over match that opened Group D of the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 at The Oval. After rain pushed the match back and then lopped off 26 overs worth of play, Scotland smashed their way [...]
India failed to beat New Zealand in a warm-up game at Lord’s on Monday, falling short by nine runs. New Zealand have not lost any twenty-twenty match to India, winning all their four matches. Chasing a 171-run target, the Indians could muster 161 for six in their 20 overs. India lost wickets at critical stages [...]
Indian batting stalwart Sachin Tendulkar credits coach Gary Kirsten with helping the team become a force in world cricket again. India won their first Test series on New Zealand soil in four decades this week, their third successive Test series victory since defeating top-ranked Australia in November. “The secret to this success is the players [...]
Harbhajan Singh believes India have what it takes to beat the best in the world on their home soil. India’s Test series win in New Zealand this week was their first in four decades. It was also their third successive Test series victory since beating top-ranked Australia in November. “This team is capable of winning [...]