Archive for September, 2009
Sunday, September 27th, 2009
South Africa were knocked out of the ICC Champions Trophy tonight, but cricket in South Africa has not looked better. Graeme Smith decided at last to play a captains innings and if he has turned a corner the rest of the team will follow suit. For years we have watched ...
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Sunday, September 27th, 2009
Unfortunately I am nowhere near live coverage of the game and what a cracker it could turn out to be. Following the commentary on cricinfo I picked up that it is a flat track. The shots described make the pitch sound an absolute belter. Looking at the english line up, ...
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Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009
I have questioned Mickey and Smith before - what on earth makes you field in a day night game???? Without doing any research I can guarantee you the side batting second loses the game more often than not. Granted on the highveld it can be different but I will still ...
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Monday, September 21st, 2009
South Africa are top of the world after England scrape a win against Australia in the final ODI
1. South Africa 127 points
2. India 126
3. Australia 125
4. Pakistan 109
5. Sri Lanka 108
6. England 105
7. New Zealand 105
8. West Indies 78
9. Bangladesh 55
10. Zimbabwe 26
11. Ireland 25
12. Kenya 0
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Friday, September 4th, 2009
Squads:
Australia: Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Clarke, Nathan Bracken, Callum Ferguson, Nathan Hauritz, Ben Hilfenhaus, James Hopes, Mike Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Tim Paine (wk), Peter Siddle, Adam Voges, Shane Watson, Cameron White.
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England: Andrew Strauss (capt), James Anderson, Ravi Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Paul Collingwood, Joe Denly, Eoin Morgan, ...
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Friday, September 4th, 2009
Group A
Australia
India
Pakistan
West Indies
Group B
South Africa
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
England
Sept 22: South Africa v Sri Lanka, Centurion, 13:30 BST
Sept 23: Pakistan v West Indies, Wanderers, 13:30 BST
Sept 24: South Africa v New Zealand, Centurion, 08:30 BST
Sept 25: England v Sri Lanka, Wanderers, 13:30 BST
Sept 26: Australia v West Indies, Wanderers, 13:30 BST
Sept 26: ...
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