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  • Confident Tredwell backs England to win major Champions Trophy

    England off-spinner James Tredwell has said that he is confident that England can win the ICC Champions Trophy tournament this year, which is the country's first 50-over tournament, nearly 40 years after the first one was staged here. Alastair Cook's side are two games away from landing the tournament, with Sunday's nail-biting win over New Zealand in Cardiff, in what was effectively a ...

  • Lankans drive out Aussies out of Champions Trophy with 20-run victory

    Australia's trouble-plagued campaign of the ICC Champions Trophy had come to an end after they were defeated for 20 runs by Sri Lanka at The Oval on Monday. Sri Lanka, who needed a win to remain in the competition, rode on aggressive half-centuries from Mahela Jayawardene and Lahiru Thirimanne to score 253-8 after being sent in to bat, bowling out the Australians for 233 in 42.3 overs, ...

  • Voges says Warner will learn from his mistakes

    Australian batsman Adam Voges has said that David Warner will learn from his mistakes like he learnt the hard way that drinking and cricket need to be managed carefully. Voges said that the test for Warner is to learn from his mistake in Birmingham where he punched England player Joe Root, and show his teammates and fans that he's serious about making a change, Sydney Morning Herald reports. ...

  • Misbah horrified with teams disastrous batting performance in Champions Trophy

    Pakistan captain Misbahul Haq has expressed his disappointment over the team's performance in the ICC Champions Trophy. According to Daily Times, Haq said that he was disappointed with the team's performance adding that the weather too played a part in their loss, as it was difficult to get in and out so many times. Although bowling done by the team was fine, Haq pointed that the batting was ...

  • Former Pak players express disappointment over teams failure in Champions Trophy

    Former Pakistan cricket players expressed major disappointment over the team's dismal showing in the ICC Champions Trophy against archrival India. According to Daily Times, Former coach Mohsin Khan said that the team needed better coaching to tackle the long-standing batting problem adding that there was no strategy to tackle the batting slump. Khan who was replaced by former Australian ...

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  • Clarke says its time to play cricket and move on from Warners indiscretion

    Australian captain Michael Clarke has said it is time to move on from David Warner's indiscretion. Clarke said Warner's brawl with England cricketer Joe Root in a Birmingham bar will be his last indiscretion. Cricket Australia has suspended Warner for a month and fined 11,500 dollars as penalty for breaching its code of conduct. According to the Herald Sun, Clarke said after all that has ...

  • Reliance Games launches 3D 2D mobile games for ICC Champions Trophy 2013

    Reliance Games, a leading developer and publisher of mobile games globally and the official gaming partner of the International Cricket Council for the fourth consecutive year, has announced the launch of a 3D and a 2D mobile game for the ICC Champions Trophy 2013. Both the 3D and 2D mobile games allow fans to be a part of their favourite cricket team and step into the field to fight for the ...

  • Bad luck proved costly for Australia

    Australia went down fighting in their campaign ending Champions Trophy loss to Sri Lanka, but ultimately their limp performance against England in the first match is to blame for one of their worst ever results at a world one-day tournament.Set a target of 254 to win after opting to field first, Australia needed to score at a challenging 8.7 runs an over and wrap up the chase in 29.1 overs in ...

  • County cricket Adams shown door by Surrey after grim start

    Chris Adams was sacked as team director by Surrey yesterday after a dire start to the season. The first-team coach, Ian Salisbury, was also relieved of his duties with immediate ...

  • James Tredwell ready to be the understudy for Englands penultimate act

    Thus, the likelihood is that Graeme Swann will miss his third match of the tournament when England play their semi-final. In his case, influential though he is, they have become almost sanguine when he is missing from their one-day side. The risk of playing him given the looming assignments is greater than the risk of not playing him. James Tredwell, his limited-overs understudy, has made that ...

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