ICC Champions Trophy Schedule-Fixtures 2009

 

ICC Champions Trophy 2009 will be played in South Africa. The sixth edition of ICC Champions Trophy will be played in Johannesburg and Centurion from September 22^nd to October 5^th.

Last time in Champions trophy there were total 21 matches played but this time it is down to 15 numbers of matches.

 

The following are the two groups:
Group A: Australia, India, Pakistan, West Indies
Group B: South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, England

Tournament will be played from September 22^nd to 5^th of October. Centurion and Wanderes will host 15 games.

ICC Champions Trophy 2009 Fixtures (All timings are mentioned in GMT+05:30)

Tue 22 Sep (D/N)

18:00 PM

Group B – Sri Lanka v South Africa

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Wed 23 Sep (D/N)

18:00 PM

Group A – Pakistan v West Indies

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Thu 24 Sep

13:00 PM

Group B – South Africa v New Zealand

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Fri 25 Sep (D/N)

18:00 PM

Group B – England v Sri Lanka

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Sat 26 Sep

13:00 PM

Group A – Australia v West Indies

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Sat 26 Sep (D/N)

18:00 PM

Group A – India v Pakistan

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Sun 27 Sep

13:00 PM

Group B – New Zealand v Sri Lanka

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Sun 27 Sep (S/N)

18:00 PM

Group B – England v South Africa

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Mon 28 Sep (D/N)

18:00 PM

Group A – India v Australia

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Tue 29 Sep (D/N)

18:00 PM

Group B – England v New Zealand

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Wed 30 Sep

13:00 PM

Group A – Pakistan v Australia

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Wed 30 Sep (D/N)

18:00 PM

Group A – India v West Indies

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Fri 2 Oct (D/N)

18:00 PM

1^st Semi Final – A1 v B2

SuperSport Park, Centurion

Sat Oct 3 (D/N)

18:00 PM

2^nd Semi Final – A2 v B1

New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Mon 5 Oct (D/N)

18:00 PM

Final – 1^st Semi Final winner v 2^nd Semi Final inner

SuperSport Park, Centurion

IPL-2010 :SCHEDULE

The full schedule of the 45-day tournament ending on April 25, 2010, is:
Mar 12: DC v KKR in Hyderabad.
Mar 13: MI v RR in Mumbai/Nagpur; KXIP v DD at Mohali.
Mar 14: CSK v DC in Chennai; KKR v RCB in Kolkata.
Mar 15: RR v DD in Jaipur.
Mar 16: RCB v KXIP in Bangalore; KKR v CSK in Kolkata.
Mar 17: DD v MI in Delhi.
Mar 18: RCB v RR in Bangalore.
Mar 19: DC v KXIP in Vishakapatnam.
Mar 23: RCB v CSK in Bangalore.
Mar 24: KXIP v RR at Mohali.
Mar 25: KKR v DD in Kolkata.
Mar 26: CSK v MI in Chennai; RR v DC in Ahmedabad.
Mar 27: RCB v DD in Bangalore; KXIP v KKR at Mohali.
Mar 28: RR v CSK in Ahmedabad; DC v MI in Vishakapatnam.
Mar 29: DD v KKR in Delhi.
Mar 30: MI v KXIP in Mumbai/Nagpur.
Mar 31: CSK v RCB in Chennai; DD v RR in Delhi.
Apr 1: KKR v DC in Kolkata.
Apr 2: KXIP v RCB in Mohali.
Apr 3: CSK v RR in Chennai; MI v DC in Mumbai/Nagpur.
Apr 4: DD v RCB in Delhi; KKR v KXIP in Kolkata.
Apr 5: DC v RR in Hyderabad.
Apr 6: MI v CSK in Mumbai/Nagpur.
Apr 7: RR v KXIP in Ahmedabad.
Apr 16: DD v CSK in Delhi.
Apr 17: RCB v MI in Bangalore; KKR v RR in Kolkata.
Apr 18: DC v DD in Hyderabad; KXIP v CSK at Dharamsala.
Apr 19: KKR v MI in Kolkata.
Apr 20: Rest day.
Apr 21: 1st Semifinal in Bangalore.
Apr 22: 2nd Semifinal in Bangalore.
Apr 23: Rest day.
Apr 24: Play-off for 3rd place.
The finals is scheduled for the 25th April 2010.

AUS LEVELS THE ASHES SERIES BY CRUSHING ENGLAND IN 4TH TEST

 

 

 

Australia thrashed England by an innings and 80 runs as they won the fourth Test at Headingley here on Sunday inside three days to level the series at 1-1 and revive their bid to retain the Ashes.
The result left the Ashes all square ahead of the fifth and final Test at The Oval starting on August 20.
England, who resumed Sunday in the dire position of 82 for five in their second innings, still 261 runs behind Australia's first innings 445 and facing the prospect of a record-breaking home defeat, were bowled out for 263.
Stuart Broad (61) and Graeme Swann (62) delayed the seemingly inevitable with an eighth-wicket stand of 108 off 79 balls that delighted home fans after the pair had come together with England on 120 for seven,
At lunch, England were 245 for eight, 98 behind, with Swann 56 not out and Stephen Harmison six not out.
But soon after the break Swann on 62, one shy of his Test-best score, was caught behind off left-arm quick Mitchell Johnson, who took five wickets for 69 runs in the innings.
Johnson then wrapped up the match in the sixth over after lunch when he clean bowled last man Graham Onions for nought.

England started the day with nightwatchman James Anderson unbeaten on nought and wicket-keeper Matthew Prior four not out.
Anderson, off Sunday's second ball, extended his world record for most consecutive Test innings without a duck to 54 thanks to a square cut four off Ben Hilfenhaus for four.
But next ball he edged to Ponting at second slip.
Prior offered brief resistance before he too fell to Hilfenhaus, for 22, well caught one-handed by diving wicket-keeper Brad Haddin to leave England 120 for seven.
Pace bowler Broad, who took a Test-best six for 91 on Saturday, was given a life on 18 when Peter Siddle at mid-off dropped a difficult chance, running back, off left-arm quick Mitchell Johnson.
Broad's four off Stuart Clark ensured England would not suffer Sunday a record home Test defeat by Australia to top their innings and 180 run loss at Trent Bridge in 1989.
Driving strongly, left-hand bat Broad struck four fours off one Clark over as he and Swann posted a fifty stand in 51 balls.
Broad then went to his fifth Test fifty in style with an off-drive off Siddle that rocketed through mid-off to the boundary, the 23-year-old reaching landmark in 78 balls with eight fours.

Broad could have gone on 53 when a drive off Siddle saw Johnson, back-pedalling at long-off, drop the difficult chance and knock the ball over the boundary for four and on 57 he was missed at long leg by Simon Katich.
He eventually holed out off Siddle to Shane Watson in the deep having faced 48 balls with 10 fours.
But Swann hooked Siddle for six to bring up his fifty in just 53 balls with 10 fours.
Siddle whose first six overs this innings on Saturday yielded just four runs, conceded 46 in his six overs before lunch on Sunday.
England, without injured stars Andrew Flintoff - the inspiration behind their 115-run second Test win at Lord's - and Kevin Pietersen, were on the backfoot after collapsing to 102 all out on Friday's first day.
Clark took three wickets for 18 runs on his return to international cricket and Siddle a Test-best five for 21.
Australia, in reply, were 151 for four, just 49 runs ahead, before a stand of 152 between Marcus North, whose 110 was his second century of the series, and vice-captain Michael Clarke (93) all but doubled the score.
England slumped for the second time Saturday, in a match where top-order batsmen Ravi Bopara, Ian Bell and Paul Collingwood managed just 16 runs between them, losing five wickets for 20 runs in 44 balls.

Final scoreboard on the third day of the fourth Ashes Test:
England 1st Innings 102 (P Siddle 5-21, S Clark 3-18)
Australia 1st Innings 445 (M North 110, M Clarke 93, R Ponting 78, S Watson 51; S Broad 6-91)
England 2nd Innings (overnight: 82-5)

A. Strauss
lbw b Hilfenhaus
32

A. Cook
c Haddin b Johnson
30

R. Bopara
lbw b Hilfenhaus
0

I. Bell
c Ponting b Johnson
3

P. Collingwood
lbw b Johnson
4

J. Anderson
c Ponting b Hilfenhaus
4

M. Prior
c Haddin b Hilfenhaus
22

S. Broad
c Watson b Siddle
61

G. Swann
c Haddin b Johnson
62

S. Harmison
not out
19

G. Onions
b Johnson
0

Extras
(b5, lb5, w5, nb11)
26

Total
(all out, 61.3 overs, 292 mins)
263

Fall of wickets: 1-58 (Strauss), 2-58 (Bopara), 3-67 (Bell), 4-74 (Collingwood), 5-78 (Cook), 6-86 (Anderson), 7-120 (Prior), 8-228 (Broad), 9-259 (Swann), 10-263 (Onions)
Bowling:

Hilfenhaus
19-2-60-4 (9nb)

Siddle
12-2-50-1 (1nb, 5w)

Clark
11-1-74-0 (1nb)

Johnson
19.3-3-69-5

Result: Australia won by innings and 80 runs