A video of Ravi Bopara hitting 28 runs in an over against Sri Lanka in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2013.
Half centuries from captain Cook (59) Jonathan Trott (76) and Joe Root (68) set up a solid foundation. Ravi Bopara's final over heroics — 28 runs ensured England posted a challenging total.
England openers — Cook and Ian Bell began cautiously against the swinging ball. The conditions were overcast and Sri Lanka looked eager to pick up an early wicket. Both the Sri Lankan opening bowlers — Nuwan Kulasekara and Lasith Malinga were getting appreciable movement in the air. But the openers negotiated the new ball.
Defending champions Australia will take on Sri Lanka in their final league fixture the Oval on Monday to decide the last of the remaining ICC Champions Trophy 2013 semifinal places.
It will be a virtual quarterfinal clash between the two sides at Kennington Oval but a lot will depend on the outcome of the Group A match between England and New Zealand in Cardiff to decide the equations.
If New Zealand win, Australia will have to beat Sri Lanka but if England triumph, they must beat the Islanders by a huge margin to surpass Black Caps' net run-rate, currently the best in the Group.
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With the semi-final slot up for grabs, South Africa and the West Indies would be locked in what is a virtual quarter-final when they take on each other in their last Group B match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 at Cardiff on Friday.
South Africa lost their opening game to India before getting the better of Pakistan, results which are similar to what the West Indies have managed so far in the tournament.
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A confident England team would eye the semi-final slot but it would be a battle of survival for Sri Lanka, after a narrow opening loss, when the two sides clash in their second Group A match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 at the Oval on Thursday.
The two teams have made contrasting starts to their campaign in the eight-team event, which is being played for the last time.
While England thrashed defending champions Australia by 48 runs, Sri Lanka lost by a wicket against New Zealand in a low-scoring thriller.
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A video of the New Zealand innings against Sri Lanka in the Champions Trophy 2013 encounter at Cardiff on Sunday.
New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by one wicket in a thrilling Group A encounter of ICC Champions Trophy 2013 in Cardiff on Sunday. Lasith Malinga's heroics — four wickets went in vain.
Sri Lanka fought hard in pursuit of defending a paltry total of 138. Having finished their innings in 37.5 overs, Sri Lanka had to bowl six overs before mid-innings break. They were desperate to seek an early breakthrough. Opening bowlers — Malinga and Shaminda Eranga gave everything they had. Eranga got out-of-form Luke Ronchi for seven. The delivery was bowled in good length and Ronchi tried to push the ball towards off-side
Video highlights of the winning moments of the warm-up match between India and Australia prior to the ICC Champions Trophy 2013.
A splendid performance from the Indian bowling contingent, led by Umesh Yadav's fifer helped India demolish Australia with a 243-run victory in the warm-up match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2013.
Chasing 309, Australia had a very similar start to India as recently wed Yadav ran through the top-order.
Yadav’s first victim was Matthew Wade who played a short of good length delivery that was angling in, onto his stumps. A couple of overs later, David Warner went and played a wild swing at a delivery that was moving away from him and edged it straight to Ravichandran Ashwin at first
Wasim Akram scored 257 against Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura in 1996. His innings comprised 12 Sixes which is still a World Record. .
The score of 257 is also the highest by a Number 8 batsman in Test Cricket. Interestingly, top three scores for Number 8 batsmen belong to Pakistan – Imtiaz Ahmad (209) and Kamran Akmal (154) being others.
Akram had partnership of 313 runs with Saqlain Mushtaq for 8th wicket, that remained a record for 14 years until Jonathan Trott and Stuart Broad bettered it by adding 332 against Pakistan in infamous Lord’s Test in 2010.
A video of Virat Kohli's century against Sri Lanka in the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 warm-up match in Birmingham.
Sparkling tons from Virat Kohli (144) and birthday boy Dinesh Karthik (106) saw India successfully chasing Sri Lanka’s score of 333 in the warm-up match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 at Brimingham on Saturday.
India’s other top order batsmen though failed to capitalise on the opportunity thanks to some poor decisions.
Shikhar Dhawan was run-out by a brilliant throw from Shaminda Eranga. The batsman tried to sneak a single by pushing the ball towards mid-on and was found short of his crease. Even Murali Vijay (18) didn’t last long as he tried to check his shot while playing on the up and lobbed up an
Netherlands will take on South Africa in one-off One Day International at Amstelveen.
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A video of the Newshour's debate on whether BCCI is blatantly fooling crores of cricket fans.
Calls for Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president N. Srinivasan's resignation just got stronger amidst revelations by Delhi Police that fugitive don Dawood Ibrahim allegedly had links to the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot fixing scandal.
The suspected links with mafia were confirmed by Delhi Police, who told a Delhi court that the IPL spot fixing scandal was allegedly linked to fugitive underworld don Dawood as bookie Ashwini Aggarwal alias Tinku Mandey was in touch with him and his aides.
The court also rejected Rajasthan Royals cricketer Ankeet Chavan's plea seeking bail to get married June 2 and along with him
A video of top Pakistani umpire Asad Rauf, who has been officiating in IPL matches, was removed from next month's ICC Champions Trophy.
ICC said it took the decision to drop Rauf after media reports indicated that the 57-year-old umpire was under investigation by Mumbai police. Rauf, who is an ICC Elite Panel umpire, has been officiating at matches in the IPL since the inaugural season in 2008.
“In the wake of reports that the Mumbai police are conducting an investigation into Asad Rauf’s activities, we feel that it is in Asad’s best interests as well as those of the sport and the event itself that he is withdrawn from participating in the ICC Champions Trophy,” said ICC chief executive Dave Richardson.
A video of Darren Sammy's catch against the Rajasthan Royals in the eliminator of the Indian Premier League 2013.
Shane Watson's eyes lit up when Karan Sharma bowled a poor short delivery and went to pull it over deep square leg for a six. However, his powerful shot was stopped, thanks to blinder-of-a-catch from Sammy who timed his jump to perfection.
However, in the end, Rajasthan Royals emerged winners as Brad Hodge saw them through with an unbeaten 54 from 29 deliveries.
The Royals will now take on the Mumbai Indians at Eden Gardens on Friday for a spot in the final.
Video highlights of the 71st match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) between Pune Warriors and Delhi Daredevils.
Pune Warriors India beat the Delhi Daredevils by 38 runs to finish eight at the Indian Premier League (IPL), 2013. It was an inconsequential encounter, but both sides were looking to avoid the last spot in the points table.
Aaron Finch won the toss and chose to bat first. Pune had only one change as Ashok Dinda came in for Ishwar Pandey. On the other hand, Delhi handed a game to Bharat Chipli and brought back Shahbaz Nadeem.
As usual, Pune got off to a good start. Finch and Robin Uthappa were attacking and used the powerplays well. Even after Uthappa’s dismissal, Finch continued to attack. He was clearing
Sunrisers Hyderabad host the Kolkata Knight Riders in the last league match of the Indian Premier League (IPL) today.
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Catching the free live streaming of IPL cricket matches on internet, and watching this online is a safe bet if one is not near the television.
The rights to broadcast live cricket matches of the Indian Premier League 2013 cricket tournament organised under the auspices of the
