SA host the ICC Champions Trophy 2009 in Johannesburg and Centurion from Sep 22 to Oct 5.
The format has also been revamped, with only 8 instead of ten teams participating. Unlike in 2006, when the tournament lasted nearly a month, there will be no qualifying round this time. Centurion and Wanderers will host all Fifteen games between them.
The teams have been divided into two groups of four each and the top two from each will qualify for the semi-finals.
The 6th match of ICC Champions Trophy 2009 between Ind and Pak will be played on 26th Sep 2009 at SuperSport Park, Centurion, SA
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Thursday, November 20, 2008
R Sathish to lead ICL India XI in the World Series
Inzamam-ul-Haq, Chris Harris, Habibul Bashar, and R Sathish will lead the respective world elevens in the ICL 20s World Series starting from November 23 in Ahmedabad.
This premium ICL tournament features the top performing players from a talent pool of over 150 domestic & international players, in the recently concluded ICL 20s Indian Championship. The tournament will see the four teams take on each other, once in a round robin format, followed by a final between the two top standing teams.
"This time around, with the additional team from Bangladesh, a resurgent & determined ICL Pakistani and much stronger ICL-World; offers the stiffest challenge ever faced by the young ICL-India team." Kiran More, ICL Executive Board Member, said in a press release.
The tournament offers a prize money corpus of Rs. 2.74 crores. Winners of this tournament stand to gain Rs.1.25 crore and Runner-up will cash in Rs. 75 lakh. The financial incentive for every win at the league stage will be Rs. 10 lakh while the Man of the Match will collect Rs. 2 lakh.
ICL India XI, under the coaching of Steve Rixon, defeated the World XI to lift the trophy last year.
Squads
Bangladesh: Habibul Bashar (capt), Aftab Ahmed, Alok Kapali, Dhiman Ghosh, Farhad Reza, Golam Mabud, Mahbubul Karim, Manjural Islam, Mohammad Rafique, Mohammad Sharif, Mosharraf Hossain, Nazimuddin, Shahriar Nafees, Tapash Baisya
Pakistan: Inzamam-ul-Haq, Imran Nazir, Abdul Razzaq, Arshad Khan, Haafiz Shahid, Humayun Farhat, Imran Farhat, Mohammad Sami, Mohammad Yousuf, Naved-ul-Hasan, Riaz Afridi, Shahid Nazir, Shahid Yousuf, Tahir Mughal, Taufeeq Umar.
India: R Sathish, Abbas Ali, Hemang Badani, Stuart Binny, Deep Dasgupta, Eklak Ahmid, Rohan Gavaskar, R Jesuraj, Ibrahim Khaleel, Ali Murtaza, Rakesh Patel, Ambati Rayudu, Inder Shekar Reddy, Reetinder Sodhi, G Vignesh
World: Chris Harris (Capt), Andre Adams, Marvan Atapattu, Nicky Boje, Jason Gillespie, Murray Goodwin, Avishka Gunawardene, Andrew Hall, Ian Harvey, Nantie Hayward, Justin Kemp, Lance Klusener, Damien Martyn, Paul Nixon.
Taibu and Price return for Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka have immediately put the pressure on Zimbabwe's batsman by asking them into bat in the first ODI in Harare. This is the start of a five-match series, which the visitors are expected to win comfortably.
The Zimbabwe selectors have confirmed the availability of Sean Williams by naming him as one of the four reserves for the opening game. Williams, who had earlier announced his retirement from the Zimbabwe team, made a u-turn this week and rejoined the side in Bulawayo. He was named as non-playing reserve alongside uncapped wicketkeeper Foster Mutizwa, legspinner bowler Graeme Cremer and wicketkeeper Regis Chakabvsa.
Former captain Tatenda Taibu, whose future was uncertain leading to the series, has been included in the side. He makes a comeback alongside spinner Ray Price after they both missed the warm-up matches in Bulawayo.
Zimbabwe 1 Hamilton Masakadza, 2 Stuart Matsikenyeri, 3 Vusi Sibanda, 4 Chamu Chibhabha, 5 Tatenda Taibu (wk), 6 Elton Chigumbura, 7 Prosper Utseya (capt), 8 Timycen Maruma, 9 Ray Price, 10 Tawanda Mupariwa, 11 Chris Mpofu
Sri Lanka 1 Mahela Udawatte, 2 Upul Tharanga, 3 Kumar Sangakkara (wk), 4 Mahela Jayawardene (capt), 5 Chamara Kapugedera, 6 Jehan Mubarak, 7 Farveez Maharoof, 8 Nuwan Kulasekara, 9 Thilan Thushara, 10 Ajantha Mendis, 11 Muttiah Muralitharan,
Coach backs Kaneria to regain form
Intikhab Alam, the Pakistan coach, has backed legspinner Danish Kaneria to bounce back during India's forthcoming visit early next year. Kaneria has not played a first-class game since he broke a finger while representing Essex, and in his past has been reprimanded by the PCB after making comments on his demotion to category C among Pakistan's centrally-contracted players.
"Kaneria is still a very good legspinner," Alam told the News. "We should give him confidence and help him regain self-belief and once he [Kaneria] does that I'm sure he will do wonders for us."
Kaneria has been a regular in Pakistan's Test team since his debut in 2000, and with 220 wickets in 51 Tests, he's only 16 behind Abdul Qadir's tally of 216 scalps. But Kaneria hasn't cemented a place in the limited-overs side, last playing during the 2007 World Cup. His last appearance for Pakistan was against India in Bangalore; he had a poor run during the three Tests, and since then Pakistan have not played five-day cricket.
"You cannot just label a player by saying that he is only good enough for Tests or one-dayers," he said. "As far as Kaneria is concerned I'm sure we can get the best out of him in any form of cricket. He can once again be a true match-winner."
Kaneria has recovered from his finger injury - he had a wire inserted to aid mend the fracture - and is expected to return for India's visit, which has recently been under doubt due to security concerns. The coach expects a fully-prepared team to take on the traditional rivals. "I want my team to be the best possible and best prepared for the series against India," he said. "We need our fast bowlers and the spinners to be fully ready while the batsmen should also be prepared."
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