ICC Champions Trophy 2009

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ICC Champions Trophy 2009

This one is creeping up on us (even though I think many of us are being lulled into a deep sleep by the current Eng/Aus snore fest).

Anyway, it's the usual format, two groups of four with the top two in each going through to a semi final. A quick, short sharp blast of international cricket, all done and dusted in abut a fortnight.

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Group A (Ranking in brackets)
Australia (1)
India (4)
Pakistan (5)
West Indies (8)

Group B
South Africa (2)
New Zealand (3)
Sri Lanka (6)
England (7)

Fixtures:

Tue Sep 22
Group B - South Africa v Sri Lanka

Wed Sep 23
Group A - Pakistan v West Indies

Thu Sep 24
Group B - South Africa v New Zealand

Fri Sep 25
Group B - England v Sri Lanka

Sat Sep 26
Group A - Australia v West Indies

Sat Sep 26
Group A - India v Pakistan

Sun Sep 27
Group B - New Zealand v Sri Lanka

Sun Sep 27
Group B - South Africa v England

Mon Sep 28
Group A - Australia v India

Tue Sep 29
Group B - England v New Zealand

Wed Sep 30
Group A - Australia v Pakistan

Wed Sep 30
Group A - India v West Indies


Fri Oct 2
1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC (A1 v B2)

Sat Oct 3
2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC (B1 v A2)


Mon Oct 5
Final - TBC v TBC

Favourites for the semi finals would have to be South Africa, Australia, India and Sri Lanka. However, Pakistan and possibly New Zealand should be considered as outside bets.
 
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Atleast England might finally see an ODI victory when we meet the Kiwis :D

Although playing South Africa in their last group match could be handy, they love a good choke :D
 
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Squads

Australia: *Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke (vc), Nathan Bracken, Callum Ferguson, Nathan Hauritz, Ben Hilfenhaus, James Hopes, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, +Tim Paine, Peter Siddle, Adam Voges, Shane Watson, Cameron White

England: *Andrew Strauss, James Anderson, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Joe Denly, Eoin Morgan, Graham Onions, +Matt Prior, Adil Rashid, Owais Shah, Ryan Sidebottom, Graeme Swann, Luke Wright

India: *+MS Dhoni, Yuvraj Singh (vc), Rahul Dravid, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, +Dinesh Karthik, Praveen Kumar, Amit Mishra, Abhishek Nayar, Ashish Nehra, Yusuf Pathan, Suresh Raina, Ishant Sharma, RP Singh, Sachin Tendulkar

New Zealand: *Daniel Vettori, Shane Bond, Neil Broom, Ian Butler, Brendan Diamanti, Grant Elliott, Martin Guptill, +Gareth Hopkins, +Brendon McCullum, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Jeetan Patel, Jesse Ryder, Ross Taylor, Daryl Tuffey

Pakistan: *Younis Khan, Shahid Afridi (vc), Fawad Alam, Iftikhar Anjum, Imran Nazir, +Kamran Akmal, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Yousuf, Naved-ul-Hasan, Saeed Amjal, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul

Sri Lanka: *+Kumar Sangakkara, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Jayawardene, Thilina Kandamby, Chamara Kapugedera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews, Ajantha Mendis, Muttiah Muralitharan, Dammika Prasad, Thilan Samaraweera, Upul Tharanga, Thilan Thushara

South Africa: *Graeme Smith, Johan Botha (vc), Hashim Amla, +Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, Jean-Paul Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Albie Morkel, Makhaya Ntini, Wayne Parnell, Robin Peterson, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Roelof van der Merwe

West Indies: *Floyd Reifer, Darren Sammy (vc), David Bernard, Tino Best, Royston Crandon, Travis Dowlin, Andre Fletcher, Kevin McClean, Nikita Miller, Kieran Powell, Dale Richards, Kemar Roach, Devon Smith, Gavin Tonge, +Chadwick Walton
 
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eddiesmith;365758 said:
Atleast England might finally see an ODI victory when we meet the Kiwis :D

Although playing South Africa in their last group match could be handy, they love a good choke :D
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Yip , we choke on most things. I am quite undecided by the tournament. The conditions I think will make the toss critical. Do not be surprised if the seamers get a lot of work and the spinners carry the drinks. The South African cricket season normally starts first week of November.
 
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I hate FOX SPORTS :mad:

The only game not shown for the entire tournament is the one I am most interested in, England v South Africa, every other game is show LIVE with one or 2 on a slight delay but in full, but thats not going to happen with England v South Africa, highlights package only early the next morning or an even briefer highlights the next night
 
ICC Champions Trophy - Group B

This is the Group B thread where match talk, news and results will be posted. The first game of the tournament has just started with South Africa hosting Sri Lanka.

South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl first. They've just struck, removing Sanath Jayasuriya for 10.

1/21 from three overs with the wicket going to Dale Steyn.
 
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Sri Lanka are smashing everything, lead by an in-form Dilshan. They're 1/015 from 15 overs, Dilshan's up to 63 not out from 47 balls and already has 12 fours and a six. Kumar Sangakkara has been more relaxed and has grafted his way to 26 so far.
 
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A ton for Dilshan and Sri Lanka have to fancy 350 from here. 218 off 38 overs with 7 wickets in hand.

Apparently, the altitude that the games are played at helps the ball to travel further in the air. Combine with with smaller boundaries and we should see some big scores.
 
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Dilshan is showing we he is vital to Sri Lanka cricket.The altitude does have an impact but the grounds are in preseason state so expect national roads and very little assistance for the bowlers.
 
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Looks an interesting game at the moment. South Africa are going for it and look very well placed after 13/14 overs.
 
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It seems that the first time teams play against Mendis, they have trouble working him out but after the initial meeting, it gets easier.
 
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