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In the 7^th match of ICC champion trophy NZ beat Sri Lanka by 38 runs

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first but the Lankan bowlers cannot maintain their performance. Kiwis put up 125 runs for the first wicket after that they lost quick wicket in the middle and the team put 315/7 in 50 overs. Jesse Ryder make 74 runs, Guptill make 66, victory use full knock of 48.for Sri Lanka Jayasurya get 3 wicket and Mathews get 2 wicket

Chasing the target of 316 Sri Lanka start very well, but lost the way to finish at 277 runs in 46.4 overs just two batsman make 50 up score Jayawardene  make 77 , Kulasekara make 57 and Dilshan contribute 41 runs. For NZ Mills take 3 wickets and Tuffey, Franklin and Vettori take 2 wickets each and Vettori also get man of the match award. 

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Icc champions trophy important match between India and Pakistan went in favour of Pakistan despite top order flop along with undisciplinedbowling which cost them over 30 scores in no,s and wides along with free hitting score.

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first, the top order went cheaply and then rest was handled nicely by Yousaf and Shoaib Malik who added on 200 + runs in Pakistan total of 302 runs. The last 5 overs which was a power play game Pakistan could not manage to score a lot and wickets tumble. However 302 was a good score to defend.

Indian faced the first loss when Tendulkar was out early in the innings. Later Gambhir played aggressively along with Dravid who gave him a good support but Gambhir was run out which put pressure on India. Raina showd some resistance in the middle order but after his departure the match was in hands of Pakistan and Pakistan won comfortably.

The final score

Pakistan 302 in 50 overs

India 248 all out

Man of the match - Shoaib Malik

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Pakistan manage to secure two points in its first match against West Indies in Champions trophy first match. West Indies batting first scored 133 for all out, in chasing a small total Pakistan batting tumbled and later on with the help of Omer Akmal and Afridi manage to pass the score.

Earlier West Indies top order was demolished by Pakistan seamers and at one stage it seemed to be below 100 score match but later on the middle order and tail enders showed some discipline and added few score to fight. Pakistan openers Imran Nazir and Kamran Akmal fell cheaply while Shoaib Malik and Yousaf mangage to keep score board moving. Afther their departure the match became interesting but atlast Omer Akmal passionate knock mange to win the match.

The final score was

West Indies 133 all out

Pakistan 134 for 5

Pakistan won by 5 wickets (with 117 balls remaining)

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A brilliant batting by Dilshan Jayawardna and Sangakara secure 2 points in an inaugural match of ICC champions trophy 2009. South Africans were not comfortable in the whole match. Srilankan batsmen and bowlers played a master piece of cricket to overcome strong Africans.

Dilshan scored 106 runs in only 92 balls while Sangakara and Jayawardna scored 57 and 77 respectively to put Lanka in a strong defending total. Later on South African wickets tumbled periodically and at last rain started which decided the match in favour of Sri Lanka.

Final score was

Srilanka 319 fo 8 in 50 overs

South Africa were 206 in 37.4 overs

Srilanka won by 55 runs (D/L Metod)

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ICC champions trophy schedule to start today with inaugural match between South Africa and Srilanka. This event is considered as biggest event of ICC after ODI world cup. The top 8 teams will take part in this event and are grouped in two pools. Pool A comprises of 4 teams including PAkistan, India, Australia and West Indies, while pool B consist of Newzealand, Srilanka, Bangladesh and South Africa. South Africa is a host of this event and considered as favourite too if they manage to control their nerves in semis and finals. Australia is the last time ICC champions trophy winner.

The other strong contestents are Australia, India, Srilanka and Pakistan. Some experts are ruling out India as favourite and putting Newzealnd in top four but the Indian players can bounce back at any time. The group A is considered as tough as compare to group B, where Australia, Pakistan and India are facing with each other along with West Indies which is considered as weak team. Among India Pakistan and Australia, the teams which will lose two matches against each other will be knock out, so pressure will be on players.

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KARACHI — Former national captain Wasim Bari has been appointed chief operating officer of Pakistan’s cricket board, the organisation announced Tuesday, replacing sacked former fast bowler Salim Altaf.The appointment of 61-year-old Bari, currently director of human resources, comes after Altaf was sacked earlier this month, apparently because of differences with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt.

“The governing board of the PCB… has appointed Bari as chief operating officer of the PCB with immediate effect,” said a PCB press release.

Bari said he would do his best to lift the image of Pakistani cricket, tainted by security fears and a number of scandals.

“Pakistan cricket has suffered badly, but we are trying our level best to lift it and we will do it with the best of efforts,” he told to media.

“This new post is a great challenge for me. I will do my best to work for the promotion of the game in Pakistan. I like working together and with consensus, that is my principle,” he added.

Bari played 81 Tests and 51 one-day internationals in 1960s and 70s, and also served as chairman of selectors as recently as 2007. He was appointed interim chief selector from June to August this year.

Altaf, who was the right hand man of Butt when the new board took over in October last year, accused the chairman of running the PCB as a one-man show.

Altaf’s sacking was the latest twist in Pakistan’s unending saga of controversies in the game.

Pakistani cricket has been embroiled in scandals ranging from doping controversies and disciplinary problems to public disputes between officials and match-fixing allegations.

Foreign teams have also been shunning tours to Pakistan over security fears in a nation battling a Taliban insurgency.

Two major events — the Champions Trophy and World Cup 2011 matches — were moved out of Pakistan because of safety jitters.

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South Africa has announced its squad for comming crciket champion trophy and amazingly left out Morkel from the squad. Morkel is considered as match winning and strength of the team but he burst on the national scene in 2006/07, paid the price for inconsistent performances last season.

The left-arm fast bowler Lonwabo Tsotsobe returned to the national team for the first time since undergoing a cartilage operation on his right knee in March. Tsotsobe took four for 50 in his only one-day international against Australia in Perth in January.

Tsotsobe, 25, joined Wayne Parnell, 20, as one of two promising left-arm pace bowlers in the squad. Parnell was one of the outstanding performers in the World Twenty20 in England in June.

Left-arm spin bowler Robin Peterson also gained a recall.

“There were some difficult choices to make,” said selection convener Mike Procter.

“At the moment South African cricket is blessed with an abundance of fast bowling talent with the emergence of Tsotsobe and Parnell as outstanding new prospects and Charl Langeveldt becoming available again.

“Langeveldt is not fit enough yet to be considered after his shoulder surgery and Morne Morkel is the unlucky one to miss out. He is very much part of our long-term planning and has a major role to play but we would like to see more consistency from him at this stage,” said Procter.

Procter said one of the strengths of the team was that there were numerous options, with four spin bowlers, two all-rounders in Jacques Kallis and Albie Morkel as well as a strong pace attack.

“There is also batting potential most of the way down the order.”

The Champions Trophy will be played at two venues, Centurion and Johannesburg, from September 22 to October 5. Following is the final squad of South African team.

South African squad: Graeme Smith (capt), Johan Botha (vice-capt), Hashim Amla, Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Albie Morkel, Makhaya Ntini, Wayne Parnell, Robin Peterson, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe, Roelof van der Merwe.

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 Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar back in the national squad for next months Champions Trophy and sources in the Pakistan Cricket Board PCB said Wednesday that the national selectors wanted to judge for themselves whether Shoaib is fully match fit by watching him in action during the three practice games at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

Which were supposed to be played from Aug 5-9 but the opening game was washed out the other day and according to forecasts, heavy monsoon rains are expected in Lahore during the rest of the week putting a question mark on the other two games to be played Aug 8 and 10 and the problem for Pakistan is that Shoaib is not the only key player with doubts over his fitness. Umar Gul, too, is yet to prove his match fitness while senior all rounder Shahid Afridi and left-handed opener Salman Butt are also plagued with fitness problems. The national selection committee has to finalise Pakistan`s 15-man squad for the Champions Trophy by Aug 11 a day before the International Cricket Council ICC deadline for submission of final squads for the eight-nation tournament to be played from Sept 12-28. The four players including Shoaib will be drafted in the Pakistan team subject to fitness. The Champions Trophy is still around five weeks away and the players will have plenty of time to prove whether they are match fit said a source pointing that the PCB might arrange for practice games later this month if the Lahore matches as disrupted by rain. Shoaib 32 has not played for Pakistan since featuring in the fourth one-dayer against India in Gwalior last November. Since then he has been out of international action because of injury problems or suspension due to disciplinary breaches. Pakistan are eager to have him back in the team after they flopped in the Asia Cup at home earlier this summer. Their toothless bowling attack was blamed for Pakistans defeat in the 6-nation tournament.

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Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq on Tuesday offered to talk to players considering a boycott of Septembers Champions Trophy saying he would help to allay their security concerns and the International Cricket Council ICC announced last week that the tournament would stay in Pakistan prompting fears of a boycott by non-Asian countries which opposed the decision. If a player has any concern I am happy to talk to them Inzamam who retired from international cricket last year told reporters as someone who has played at the highest level I would never advise cricketers to put their lives or careers at stake. But I firmly believe Pakistan is a safe place to play cricket and the players should trust the ICC the PCB Pakistan Cricket Board and the Pakistan government he said. Defending champions Australia along with New Zealand and England, have expressed doubts over security arrangements for the September 11-28 tournament with players associations urging a boycott but Inzamam said any pull-out would be damaging not just for Pakistan but also for world cricket. The players have to understand and realise that if they pull out it will not help the cause of cricket, it may devalue an important tournament and stop the development process in Pakistan he said. Pakistan is a sport loving country and by pulling out they will be denying the opportunity to millions of local supporters who want to see them in action said Inzamam, who played 120 Tests and 378 one-dayers for Pakistan. Inzamam hailed the ICC`s decision and said outside perceptions of Pakistan formed by news reports of bombings and Islamic militant violence could be deceptive. There are always two sides to the picture and I think the players need to see the other side of the picture to get to the bottom of the reasons for these acts of violence. They are not attempted or targeted at cricketers he said. In the past domestic competitions have been played during those tough times and never has a cricketer or a sportsman been affected by them. He added that the ICC has shown great support for Pakistan and has proved they did not want to isolate a country which has been deprived of some valuable cricket in recent past. The ICC has appointed a task force to ensure that Pakistan implements a full security plan for the biennial event regarded as cricket`s second major tournament after the World Cup. Former Pakistan leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed said he was ready to offer advice to any international waverers. A player understands another player`s language so I am ready to convince players from England, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa that it is safe to play cricket in Pakistan. No one is going to target cricket said Mushtaq and I think the whole world is quite unsafe compared to maybe seven years ago. But that doesn`t mean that we should stop our routine lives the show must go on and it is the responsibility of everyone to beat terrorism he added.

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