At last the finals have arrived and New Zealand skipper Daniel Vettori has pulled a hamstring injury and is not playing in the finals at the Supersport Park in Centurion. He is replaced by Jeetan Patel. Brendon McCullum is leading the Kiwi’s. Australia have gone unchanged. After winning toss, New Zealand opted to bat...
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ICC Champions Trophy: Finals: New Zealand vs Australia
Daniel Vettori and his men have once again proved that they are no less a weaker team. Inspite of many injuries, they were successfull in reaching the modest target with ease. After Pakistan opted to bat first in the second semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy, they managed to score 233/9 from the 50...
ICC Champions Trophy: Pakistan Vs New Zealand: Pakistan won toss, opts to bat
Champions Trophy is nearing its climax with the second semi-final which will decide the other finalist. After Australia beat England in the first semi-final and made it to the finals with 8 wicket victory, today Pakistan take on New Zealand. Both the teamshave shown some impressive performances in the Champions Trophy and it will...
Dhoni and Yuvraj hold top spots in ICC ODI Rankings
India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his deputy Yuvraj Singh continued to hold on to the top two spots in the latest ICC ODI Players Ranking issued on Monday. Apart from these two, Sachin Tendulkar is in 7th spot while Delhi opener Virender Sehwag is in 9th place. No Indian features among thr top...
Sachin moves up the ODI Ranking
Sachin Tendulkar is back to the top-10 ODI batsman list in the Reliance Mobile ICC Player Rankings for the first time in 10 months after scoring his 44th one-day century against Sri Lanka at the finals of the Compaq Cup 2009 in Colombo on Monday. Tendulkar soared five places to 7th in the latest...
Compaq Cup: Match 2: India beat New Zealand by 6 wickets
India beat New Zealand by 6 wickets in the Compaq Cup match played at Sri Lanka. With this Kiwis are out of the Sri Lanka tri-series. New Zealand Daniel vettori won the toss and opted to bat first. But they lost wickets since the beginning and unable to handle Yuvraj Singh and Ashish Nehra,...
Compaq Cup: 1st Match: Sri Lanka vs New Zealand: Sri Lanka won by 97 runs
The host Sri Lanka faced New Zealand in the opening match of the Campaq Cup ar Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Sri Lanka won the match by 97 runs. After winning the toss, Sri lanka chose to bat and scored 216/7 in 50 overs while New Zealand were all out for 119 in just 36.1...
Dhoni is number one batsman
Indian Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni is under threat from his deputy Yuvraj Singh. This is just for the top slop. Dhoni’s number one ODI batsman’s tag could be taken by Yuvraj if Yuvi performs better in the upcoming series. India is preparing to leave for Sri Lanka for the tri-series which has New Zealand...
Match 2: New Zealand Vs Scotland: NZ win by 7 wickets
Ross Taylor’s unbeaten 21 saw New Zealand to a seven-wicket win over Scotland in their opening Group D match in the ICC World Twenty20 at the Oval here on Saturday. In a match reduced by rain to just seven overs per side, Scotland made an impressive 89 for four thanks to rapid innings from...
ICC World T20 Warm-up: Dhoni looks at the positives
Indian Teams warm-up match against New Zealand ended with the Kiwi’s winning by 9 run. The Indian Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni refused to go much into the team’s defeat. Dhoni preferred to look at the positives and said he was not unduly worried about the loss. He was happy with a couple of batsmen...
