NEW DELHI : Moderate crowd turned up at the second ODI between India and England with only 20,250 people in attendance at the Ferozeshah Kotla on Monday. The 48,000-capacity stadium saw approximately 20,000 odd spectators watching the match, which is less than 50 percent of total capacity. The most surprising aspect was the lack of [...]
Mumbai Indians are the champions of Nokia Champions League Twenty 20. Harbhajan Singh won the man of the match while, Lasith Malinga won the Man of the Series. Harbhajan Singh has won the toss again and Mumbai Indians will bat first. Both the sides are unchanged. That was expected with each of the line-ups looking [...]
Bangalore : Desperate to get off the mark, the two Indian clubs – Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders – will come face to face in their Champions League T20 encounter here on Thursday. The Challengers were outplayed by Warriors in the opening encounter, while KKR are on a losing streak – they have [...]
Somerset win! A blistering knock by Roelof van der Merwe (73 off 40 balls) helped Somerset beat Kolkata Knight Riders by five wickets in their Champions League T20 encounter at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday. Over No. 20: Somerset get to the target with two balls remaining. Nick Compton and Steve [...]
The third edition of the Champions League Twenty20 (CLT20) got underway on Thursday with a fun-filled opening ceremony in Bangalore.Popular hip-hop artists Jay Sean, Ludacris and Flo Rida had people dancing to their tunes to give a melodious touch to the evening that also saw captains of all the ten participating teams signing the ‘Spirit [...]
BANGALORE : When birthday boy Zaheer Khan walked into the hotel lobby on Friday after taking his initial steps towards rehabilitation at the National Cricket Academy, he immediately set the hearts of a few pretty faces aflutter. India, too, are hoping their injured pace spearhead will send shivers down the spines of opposition batsmen sooner [...]
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The participation of Pakistan players in next year’s IPL will come up for discussion during the next IPL governing council meeting on October 14, Rajiv Shukla, the league’s chairman, has said. Pakistan players have not taken part in the IPL following the terrorist attacks in Mumbai in November 2008, and even though 11 of them [...]
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NEW DELHI : Chasing 238-run target, India lost Ajinkya Rahane (14) and Parthiv Patel (12) early after a slow start against England in the second ODI of the five-match series at Ferozeshah Kotla stadium in New Delhi. Tim Bresnan struck twice in his successive overs to provide England early breakthroughs after visiting bowlers checked India’s [...]
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In his first series as Test captain, Michael Clarke has delivered Australia a 1-0 victory over Sri Lanka, moved them up to fourth in the ICC Test rankings, retained the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy and broken his own personal drought with his first Test century in 18 months. Not a bad way to start a new job. [...]
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COB 145/7(20) | CSK 146/6(19.4)- (Chennai Super Kings won by 4 wkts) scorecard TT 139/6(20) | NSW 139/8(20)- (Match tied ( NSW won the one-over eliminator)) scorecard SAUS 188/5(20) | KKR 169/9(20)- (South Australia won by 19 runs) scorecard WI 113/5(20) | Eng 88/10(16.4)- (West Indies won by 25 runs) scorecard
A blazing knock from Jon-Jon Smuts and a disciplined bowling performance helped Warriors to register a comprehensive 50-run win over the South Australia Redbacks in their Champions League Twenty20 match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday. Electing to bat first, Warriors rode on a 65-ball 85 from Jon Jon Smuts and [...]
CHENNAI : This could easily have been the dream final of the Champions League T20. For now, it’s just the opener for Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians and one can safely say that the hosts are the runaway favourites. CSK have all the ingredients that can take them all the way, while Mumbai Indians [...]
The Auckland Aces skipper Gareth Hopkins is confident that senior pacers Daryl Tuffey and Chris Martin will recover in time before the start of their Champions League T20 campaign that starts next week. Hopkins who has played a few matches for the Black Caps stated, “We have got a couple of injury concerns. Daryl Tuffey’s [...]
Source ESPN : Somerset are likely to have to field a weakened side at the Champions League Twenty20 despite naming key players in their initial squad. Craig Kieswetter and Jos Buttler could both be selected in England’s squad to face West Indies in the two Twenty20s at The Oval, which clashes with the qualifying event, [...]
