Australia vs New Zealand in final of ICC Champions trophy 2009

Its the final of ICC Champions trophy 2009 and two neighboring countries - Australia and New Zealand will battle for for the championship. Australia after being defeated in Ashes came back strongly in ODI series and now has once again showing signs of being world champion. New Zealand on other hand were considered underdogs but have proved themselves to be a great team.


Watch Aus vs NZ in Champions Trophy 2009:

On TV: It will be shown on Star cricket in India, Supersport in South Africa, Sky Sports in England. Find others.

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Highlights of Aus vs Nz ICC Champions trophy 2009: Highlights will be posted on this site after the match.

Pakistan vs Australia - Live in Champuons Trophy 2009

Australia vs Pakistan is scheduled on :
Wed 30 2009
Australia v Pakistan, 11th Match, Group A
07:30 local
ICC Champions Trophy 2009, Centurion

Players to watch : Umar Akmal, Mohammed Aamer and Ricky Ponting, Mitchell Johnson

Watch Pakistan vs Australia live in ICC Champions Trophy 2009:

On TV: It will be shown on Star cricket in India, Fox Sports in Australia, Geo super in Pakistan. Supersport in South Africa, Sky Sports in England and Sky Sport in New Zealand. Find others.

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India vs West Indies - Live in ICC Champions Trophy 2009

Its the final match for India in ICC Champions Trophy. The journery has not been great but the match is expected to a exciting one with every cricketing action. West Indies have proved that they are not just the minnows with great games against Pakistan and Australia.

Group A: India v West Indies at Johannesburg
Date: Sep 30
Time: 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT


Watch India vs West Indies in ICC Champions Trophy 2009:

On TV: It will be shown on Star cricket in India, Fox Sports in Australia, Geo super in Pakistan. Supersport in South Africa, Sky Sports in England and Sky Sport in New Zealand. Find others.

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India Vs Australia Live in ICC Champions Trophy 2009

India plays its second match against the Australia on Monday. India lost their 1st match in the ICC Champions Trophy against the Pakistan. They desperately need the victory in the match as Pakistan seems to be already qualified and if Aussie wins the match they will qualify too. Australia defeated West Indies in the first match. But it was not too easy for the Kangaroos against the West Indies as they thought.

Some advantage seems to be on the Ricky Ponting's but its all about Dhoni's captaincy in the other side. Both the teams have lots to do after the first match and this match is more important. India vs Australia match is yet another awaited match in the Champions Trophy.

Players to watch : Rahul Dravid, Gautam Gambhir and Ricky Ponting, Mitchell Johnson

Watch India vs Australia live in ICC Champions Trophy 2009:

On TV: It will be shown on Star cricket in India, Fox Sports in Australia, Geo super in Pakistan. Supersport in South Africa, Sky Sports in England and Sky Sport in New Zealand. Find others.

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Highlights of India vs Australia in ICC Champions trophy 2009: Highlights will be posted on this site after the match.

South Africa vs England - Live in ICC Champions Trophy 2009

SA vs Eng - ICC Champions trophy group B match at Centurion
Date: 27th September, 2009
Time: 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT

England have opened up their Champions Trophy campaign with a win against Sri Lanka. South Africa lost to Sri Lanka but won in superb passion against New Zealand. England win against Sri Lanka and the way they tackled the top Lanakan bowlers have given them a lot of confidence. Their bowling was superb except in the middle overs.

Players to watch out:
Ab De Villers for South Africa
James Anderson for England.

Watch SA vs ENG live in ICC Champions Trophy 2009:

On TV: It will be shown on Star cricket in India, Supersport in South Africa, Sky Sports in England and Sky Sport in New Zealand. Find others.

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Highlights of South Africa Vs England in ICC Champions trophy 2009: Highlights will be posted on this site after the match.

Sri Lanka vs New Zealand - Live in ICC Champions Trophy 2009

SL vs NZ - Champions Trophy group B match
Date: 27th September , 2009
Match time: 09:30 local, 07:30 GMT

Its do or die situation for New Zealand who have lost one match in the Champions trophy. With England, South Africa and Sri Lanka with one win each, Kiwis should win this match to remain in the group. However, the path is not difficult for Sri Lankans who have lost a match against England despite the win against South Africa. An win will not guarantee their place in semis.

Players to watch out:
Ajantha Mendis and Dilshan for Sri Lanka.
Shane Bond and ROss Taylor for New Zealand.

Watch SL vs NZ live in ICC Champions Trophy 2009:

On TV: It will be shown on Star cricket in India, Supersport in South Africa, Sky Sports in England and Sky Sport in New Zealand. Find others.

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Highlights of Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand in ICC Champions trophy 2009: Highlights will be posted on this site after the match.

India vs Pakistan - Highlights of ICC Champions Trophy 200

Pakistan has won the Champions Trophy match against India by 54 runs. Shoaib Malik who was awarded the man of the match made a superb century. Indian bowlers were highly punished by the Pakistanis as they got past 300. India batted second and got good start. But wickets fell regularly and asking rate got higher. Finally they were all out for 248.

Pakistan a huge score of 302 batting first. Shoaib Malik made a superb century. Malik made over 200 runs record partnership with Yousuf who made 87 of 88. Indian spinners especially Harbajan Singh was very expensive. Ashish Nehra bowled beautifully but rest were not satisfactory.

Pakistan: 302/9 in 50 overs.
India : 248 all out in 44.5 overs

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India vs Pakistan - Live in ICC Champions Trophy 2009

After about 16 months India vs Pakistan cricket match will be held. Its the 1st match for India in the Champions trophy 2009 and second for Pakistan. The current Indian and Pakistani team seem to be equally balanced with some special features as well as some problems in both team. Pakistan has probably the best pace attack while India is with the superb batting lineup. Unlike India, Pakistan is not hit my problem with so much of injuries which is a benefit for them.

India vs Pakistan - Group A of Champions Trophy
Match date: 26th September
Match time: 6:00 PM in India, 5:30 PM in Pakistan, 14:30 local and 12:30 GMT

The pitch at Centurion is expected to be a batting pitch and we can expected a huge total made by either team. With high scores, the match will definitely be a close encounter.

India is likely to open with Gambhir and Tendular. Sachin, Dravid, Dhoni, Raina and Pathan will be in middle order. The bowling will feature Harbajan, Ishant and RP Singh. Yuvraj Singh's place can be occupied either by Virat Kohli, Avishek Nayar or Dinesh Karthik. Pakistan is definite to open with Akmal and Nazir. Younis Khan will play after missing first match due to Injury. Shahid Afridi, Misbah, Shoaib Malik are other batsmen. Umar Akmal is the new entry who can be a big threat to India. Pacemen Aamer and Gul are also in great touch.

Palyer to watch: Aamer and Umar Akmal for Pakistan and Tendulkar and Dhoni for India. More...

Watch India vs Pakistan live in ICC Champions Trophy 2009:

On TV: It will be shown on Star cricket in India, Geo super in Pakistan. Supersport in South Africa, Sky Sports in England and Sky Sport in New Zealand. Find others.

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Highlights of India vs Pakistan in ICC Champions trophy 2009: Highlights will be posted on this site after the match.

Australia vs West Indies - Live in ICC Champions trophy 2009

Australia will open up their Champions trophy campaign against the weak West Indies. Actually, they battled in the final of last ICC Champions Trophy but with after 3 years everything has changed. The Lara-led mighty West Indies has Gayle, Sarwan, Chanderpaul, Taylor along with Lara compared to this current inexperienced West Indian side. Anyhow they have proved that they have some talent in the match against Pakistan.

Australia are not the no.1 ODI team. But despite the Ashes loss, they have proved that they have potential to rule the ODI cricket defeating England 6-1. Bracken is back due to injury but has a balanced pace attack with Johnson and Brett Lee. Michael Clarke too is likely to be out. West Indies has a poor batting lineup and hopes are on their bowling which created a lot of trouble for Pakistan.


Watch WI vs Aus live in ICC Champions Trophy 2009:

On TV: It will be shown on Star cricket in India, Supersport in South Africa, Sky Sports in England, Fox sports in Australia and Sky Sport in New Zealand. Find others.

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Highlights of Australia vs West Indies in ICC Champions trophy 2009: Highlights will be posted on this site after the match.

Sri Lanka vs England - Highlights of ICC Champions Trophy 2009

England has won the Champions Trophy match against Sri Lanka by 6 wickets with 30 balls remaining. After a moderate Sri Lankan total English batsmen played beautifully. Morgan hit a half century. Owais Shah and Collingwood too played beautifully for their 40s. Sri Lankan spinners were not as useful in the pitch as Murali bowled 10 overs giving 60 runs.

Sri Lanka:212
England : 213 in 45 overs.

Sri Lanka propelled their total to 212 after being 17/4 at one stage. Matthews and Kandambi made fifties for them to take to this total which is considered to be a good total at this pitch. England pacers Anderson and Onions bowled beautifully against Sri Lanka and took the first 4 wickets cheaply. In a bowling pitch, the batsmen struggled against the superb bowling. Anderson was in superb touch bowled economic and took two very early wickets.


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India vs Pakistan 2009 in ICC Champions Trophy - Players to watch

Just one more day for one of the most awaited match of this year. After more than 16 months India and Pakistan will be face to face on 26th September's Champions Trophy group match. Since their last encounter, a lot of changes has taken place in the team. Some new players are threat to both India and Pakistan. Players like Umar Akmal and Mohammad Aamer have emerged in Pakistani team who never played against India. I have some of the players whose role can be considered vital in the battle.

Players to watch for Pakistan: The bowling is the weapon of Pakistan and its at its best. Along with pace attack, the spin attack is at its best. Some of the players from Pakistan who can be heroes of the match are:

i) Umar Gul: Umar Gul is the leader of Pakistani pace attack. He showed superb bowling against West Indies and is currently in great touch. In about 60 matches he has 90 wickets and is quite economic. The only problem with him is that his record against India is not very good. Anyway, it was long before and seeing his current form he can be considered the biggest threat to India:

ii) Mohammad Aamer : The 17-year old paceman from Pakistan is a real emerging star. From his debut he has been in great touch. His bowling can touch the speed of 90 mph. Being a youngster, he will be opening the bowing for Pakistan which proves his ability. Only thing lacking in him is experience.

iii) Umar Akmal: Umar Akmal has emerged as a superb batsman for Pakistan. Though he is new to Pakistan cricket, he has shown superb batting against Sri Lanka and West Indies. He is an aggressive batsman and plays with lots of confidence.

Apart from these, spinner Saeed Ajmal and all-rounder Shahid Afridi are in great form.

Players to Watch from India : Unlike Pakistan India is not full of too many youngsters but the senior players are in great touch. Pace attack seems to be a bit weaker in comparison to Pakistan but batting lineup looks better. Some players to watch from India are:

i)Sachin Tendulkar : Sachin Tendulkar is always a great threat to Pakistan. He is a batsman who can play easily against the pace attack of Pakistan. He is currently in great touch. The century against Sri Lanka has shown that he can play for more years with same class and batting technique.

2) MS Dhoni : MS Dhoni too has been a great headache for Pakistan. Dhoni was recognized as a very attacking batsmen in the series against Pakistan. Either its test, ODI or T20 Dhoni has always shown great batting against Pakistan. He is now in great form as is the no.1 batsman in ODI ranking.

3)Ashish Nehra : Ashish Nehra will be leading the Indian pace attack. After a long gap, he has made a superb comeback in international cricket. He has a lot of experience of playing against Pakistan.

Apart from these, spinner Harbajan Singh is in great touch. Yuvraj Singh's absence will be a great problem for India.

So, the match between India and Pakistan on 26th September will be full of excitement and entertainment. Who do you think can win this match ? Who can be a hero of the match ?

Sri Lanka Vs England - Live in ICC Champions Trophy 2009

Sri Lanka had a great start in the Champions' Trophy as they clinched down the host South Africa in the opener of Group B match. They will play the second match on Friday against the England. England is playing their first match in the Champions Trophy. The Group B match is scheduled to start from the 14:30 local at the stadium of Johannsburg.

The win will be crucial for both the teams and other two teams in the group. If Sri Lanka wins the match they seem to be desperately in the last four stage. The three other teams will fight for the place in semis. England requires the win from the first match as they need to do well in the tournament. England had recenty 6-1 lost in ODI series against Australia.

Starts on 12:30 GMT and 14:30 Local at Johannesburg on 25 September 2009
Watch out for:
Ajantha Mendis, he performed very well in the 1st match and England are playing first time against him.
Andrew Strauss, captain of England team have to lead from the top in batting and his captaincy matters a lot.

Watch SRL vs ENG live in ICC Champions Trophy 2009:

On TV: It will be shown on Star cricket in India, Supersport in South Africa, Sky Sports in England and Sky Sport in New Zealand. Find others.

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Highlights of Sri Lanka Vs England in ICC Champions trophy 2009: Highlights will be posted on this site after the match.

South Africa vs New Zealand - Highlights of ICC Champions trophy 2009 | SA vs NZ

South Africa has won the match. South Africa bowled beautifully and restricted New Zealand to 214 all out in 47.5 in the Champions Trophy match. Wayne Parnell took 5 wickets for them and useful specially in the ending overs. Ross Taylor was highest runs scorer for New Zealand with 72 runs. He got out in 47th over and New Zealand team collasped then.

South Africa chased the target with more than 8 overs left losing five wickets.
New Zealand : 214 all out (47.5)

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South Africa vs New Zealand - Live in ICC Champions Trophy 2009

Its a difficult situation for the hosts South Africa who are considered as the favorites of Champions Trophy 2009. A defeat against New Zealand can make their journey to the semi-final almost impossible as they need to defeat England in the next match by huge margin. Except Dale Steyn no one seemed to be providing any trouble to Sri Lankans. In batting, they started well but their batting was shattered by spinners and fast bowlers. Seeing all these we can say there is a 50% chance for them in this match.

Match time: 09:30 local, 07:30 GMT,13:00 in India

The journey too is not so easy for New Zealand. They were in bad form in tri-series but won India in practice match which has given them some confidence. Youngsters are their power.

Watch out for:
Dale Steyn, who can be quite useful with his pace.
Shane Bond, who has made a great comeback.

Watch SA vs NZ live in ICC Champions Trophy 2009:

On TV: It will be shown on Star cricket in India, Supersport in South Africa, Sky Sports in England and Sky Sport in New Zealand. Find others.

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Highlights of South Africa vs New Zealand in ICC Champions trophy 2009: Highlights will be posted on this site after the match.

Pakistan vs West Indies - Highlights of ICC Champions Trophy 2009

Pakistan have won the Champions Trophy match against West Indies by 5 wickets. Pakistan has shown superb bowling against the unexperienced West Indian side. West Indies won the toss and batted first but wickets started falling from the first over. Mahammad Ameer has so far taken 3 wickets including one in the fifteenth over. Umar Gul took 3 wickets including 2 in 15th over. West Indies once were 47-5 but finally managed 133.


Pakistan crumbled at first with wickets falling regularly. At once they were 75-5. But Umar Akmal played beautifully for his 40 and got the man of the match.

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More to follow....

ICC Champions Trophy 2009 - Highlights

The ICC Champions Trophy has begun from 22 September. With 8 teams batting its a short but exciting tournaments. Watching highlights legally on computer has become very easy now. Most of the official broadcasters of the Champions Trophy have video highlights on their official website. Yahoo, which is the official sponsor of ICC events also puts short highlights which are leagal as well as reliable.

Watch the Highlights video of ICC Champions Trophy 2009:

Via Yahoo: Yahoo uploads highlights video of each and every match of Champions trophy. Also, you can view wickets, fours and major events when you are watching live scores on their cricket site. To watch the video highlights just click here.

ESPNStar: ESPN Star also uploads highlights of each ICC Champions Trophy 2009 match on their website on media player section. Unlike Yahoo, they upload few videos but of longer length so that whole highlights fall under one video. Click here to watch highlights. Click on ICC Champions Trophy and enjoy full-length highlights.

Other websites to view highlights : Other channels broadcasting the ICC Champions trophy in different countries upload highlights on their official site. For South Africa go to supersport.com, for UK - skysports.com and likewise for most of them.

Highlights of South Africa vs Sri Lanka in ICC Champions Trophy 2009

The first match if ICC Champions Trophy was between Sri Lanka and South Africa from group B. Sri Lanka showed superb display in rain-hit match and won it by 55 runs by Duckworth-Lewis method. South Africa winning the toss, invited Sri Lanka to bat first. After loosing Jayasuriya early, Dilshan and Sangakkara took Lankans to a flying start. Sangakkara got his 50 while Dilshan made his 100 and got out. Finally, Jayawardene made a superb 77 to take the team to 319/8 in 50 overs.

Sri Lanka: 319/8 - 50 overs.
South Africa: 206/7 in 37.4 overs


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The above link contains short videos in large no. If you want single highlights you may visit the following sites for different countries.

ESPNstar (For India and places where ESPNStar broadcast): Click here
For UK (via skysports): click here
For South Africa (via supersport): click here

Pakistan vs West Indies - Live in ICC Champions trophy 2009

Pakistan will face the weakened West Indies in the second match of ICC Champions trophy 2009. With most of the renowned players in strike, West Indies has almost the same squad which was clean swept by Bangladesh recently. Pakistan will miss their captain Younis Khan due to injury but has some players like Umar Akmal, Rana Naved and Umar Gul in superb touch. Shahid Afridi who will be an acting captain has too made a superb comeback.

ICC Champions Trophy 2009 - Group A Match
Pakistan vs West Indies at Johannesburg
Date: 23rd September 2009
Time: 5:30 PM (Pakistan), 6:00 PM (India), 14:30 (local),12:30(GMT)

Mohammad Asif is likely to make a comeback. The Pakistani pace attack which also includes Gul and Rana Naved is superb. Spin attack is great with Afridi and Ajmal. Pakistan may open with Imran Nazir and Akmal with Yousuf and Akmal in middle order.

Players to watch out: Umar Akmal and Rana Naved for Pakistan.
Darren Sammy for West Indies (probably the only world class player in squad)

Watch Pakistan Vs West Indies live in ICC Champions Trophy 2009:

On TV: It will be shown on Star cricket in India, Supersport in South Africa, Sky Sports in England. Find others.

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ICC Champions Trophy 2009 - Live

The final day has arrived and ICC Champions Trophy begins from 22nd September 2009. Its undoubtedly one of the most awaited tournaments of 2009 featuring top 8 teams from the cricketing world. The Champions Trophy 2009 being held in South Africa will be viewed by about 1 billion people around the world via TV and other medias. We have listed some methods to get live action from the ICC Champions Trophy 2009:


On TV: The majority of Audience will be viewing the Champions Trophy 2009 in TV. Different TV channels have broadcasting rights in different countries. In India, ESPNstar has broadcasting rights and the series will be shown live on ESPN and Star Cricket. Along with this, Doordarsan will broadcast Indian matches as well as semis and finals. Others include : Star Sports in England, DircTv in USA, ATN in Canada, Fox Sports in Australia and so on. Find for other countries.


On Internet : You can watch it on internet via different websites which broadcast in different countries. Most of the official websites of most of the TV channels listed above broadcast on internet in the country as well. Other paid sites include willow.tv. Here are some sites:
Pakistan(free): Go
UK (free) : Go
South Africa (free): Go
India and places where ESPNStar broadcast (paid) : Go

Live cricket scores and commentary: This is one of the best way to enjoy cricket on Internet. Live scorecards and commentary are available in different sites. Cricinfo, is one of them and probably the best of them.

3d Animation of the match: Along with live scores and commentary, you can enjoy ICC Champions trophy on the internet with 3D animation of each balls in the match. Cricinfo provides 3d cricket scorecard. click here to go.

Live Desktop scorecard: You can get live cricket scores on your desktop. You can download the scorecard from these websites. The main desktop scorecards are featured by cricinfo, espnstar .

Live audio commentary of ICC Champions Trophy (not in India and South Africa): You can get the live official commentary of ICC Champions trophy on your computer paying some amount. It costs nearly $10 for whole tournament and $2 per match if you want only some matches. It is availabe on ESPN. Click here.

Points table of ICC Champions Trophy 2009

ICC Champions trophy 2009 features 8 teams which are divided in two groups initially with 4 in each. 2 top teams advance to the semis and finally the final will be held between the winners of semi-finals. In group stage, 2 points are awarded for a win, 1 for draw and 0 for loss. Like other tournaments, Champions trophy will have provision of Net Run Rate in case of ties.

Here is the points table of ICC Champions Trophy 2009.

Group A

Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR	For	Against
Australia	3	2	0	0	1	5	+0.510	481/100.0	430/100.0
Pakistan	3	2	1	0	0	4	+0.999	641/130.3	587/150.0
India	3	1	1	0	1	3	+0.290	378/82.1	431/100.0
West Indies	3	0	3	0	0	0	-1.537	487/150.0	539/112.4

Group B

Teams	Mat	Won	Lost	Tied	N/R	Pts	Net RR	For	Against
New Zealand	3	2	1	0	0	4	+0.782	676/127.1	640/141.1
England	3	2	1	0	0	4	-0.487	682/145.0	660/127.1
Sri Lanka	3	1	2	0	0	2	-0.085	750/137.4	734/132.4
South Africa	3	1	2	0	0	2	-0.177	724/128.5	798/137.4

Click here to know how the Net Run Rate is calculated.