ICC Champions Trophy 2009/10

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Fixtures

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ICC Trophy: West Indies win toss, elect to field

JOHANNESBURG: West Indies have won toss and elected to field against Australia in the 5th match of ICC Champions Trophy.

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Thanks Boss, kya khayal hai ke kaun match jeete ga? West Indies ki team kafi weak hai aur Australia in form hai, last hi us ne En**** ko 6-1 se series harai hai.

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buhot hairat ki baat hai, England ne Sri Lanka ko hara dia, ab dekhte ke in ke group main se kaun aage jata hai, mere khayal main

South Africa to confirm hi hai

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Pak elect to bat first vs India

JOHANNESBURG: Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first against India at the Centurion Park here on Saturday (today).

Indians now have to look up to Sachin Tendulkar to do the trick against their arch-rivals. Opener Gautam Gambhir has been declared fit and available for Saturday''s match.

On the contrary, everything has gone in favour of Pakistan since their arrival in South Africa. They defeated Sri Lanka by a huge margin in the warm-up match, and also won against South African state team Warriors in another one-sided match.

Though Pakistan''s win against West Indies in the opening Champions Trophy match was far from convincing, it was good enough to bring them with in sight of a place in the semifinals.

"I think the team has got all the ingredients to beat the best outfit in the competition and India is no exception," Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam said.

"Our front-line bowlers have been in good knick. All we need is to crack the Indian top order early," he said.

If Pakistan pacers get a couple of early wickets and bring out India''s flaky middle order, then the Indians could be in real trouble as Suresh Raina, Yusuf Pathan and MS Dhoni have not been in very good touch lately.

The last time the two teams met in an ODI was in the Asia Cup in July 2008 where Pakistan successfully chased down a target of 308 in an epic battle.

The pitch at the Centurion Park looks full of runs and gives a dry dull colour with very little or no grass at all.

Victory against India would almost put Pakistan in the semifinals of the event where their performance has never been satisfactory since its inception eleven years back.

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WIndies set 276-run target

JOHANNESBURG: Australia gave 276-run target to West Indies in their Champions Trophy Group A match against Australia at the Wanderers on Saturday.

Earlier, West Indies won the toss and opted to put Australia. In their Aussies played a disappointing innings with 275 runs in 50 overs.

Australia played without Michael Clarke due to a back injury and fast bowler Nathan Bracken, who has returned home after suffering a knee injury. Batsman Callum Ferguson and seam bowler Peter Siddle come into the Australia starting side.

West Indies made one change to the team that lost to Pakistan by five wickets in their first match of the tournament, fast bowler Kemar Roach replacing fellow quick Tino Best.

Teams:
Australia - Shane Watson, Tim Paine, Ricky Ponting, Michael Hussey, Callum Ferguson, Cameron White, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Siddle

West Indies - Dale Richards, Andre Fletcher, Devon Smith, Travis Dowlin, Floyd Reifer, David Bernard, Darren Sammy, Chadwick Walton, Nikita Miller, Kemar Roach, Gavin Tonge.

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It's a big target for West Indies's newbie team

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Pakistan win toss, elect to bat against India

CENTURION: Pakistan captain Younus Khan elected to bat after winning the toss against India in the Champions Trophy here on Saturday.

Pakistan won their opening match of the four-team group against the West Indies, while India are playing their first game. Defending champions Australia are the other team in the group, with the top two advancing to the semi-finals.

Pakistan made one change from the side that beat the West Indies, with Younus coming in place of Misbah-ul-Haq.

Pakistan: Younus Khan (captain), Imran Nazir, Kamran Akmal (wk), Shoaib Malik, Mohammad Yousuf, Umar Akmal, Shahid Afridi, Rana Naved-ul Hasan, Umar Gul, Mohammad Aamer, Saeed Ajmal

India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain wk), Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir, Rahul Dravid, Suresh Raina, Virat Kohli, Yusuf Pathan, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Rudra Pratap Singh.

Umpires: Steve Davis (AUS) and Simon Taufel (AUS), TV umpire: Ian Gould (ENG)
Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (SL).

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Australia pile up 275-8 against Windies

JOHANNESBURG: Australia 275 runs for eight wickets against the West Indies in the Group A match here at the New Wanderers Stadium on Saturday.

After West Indies captain Floyd Reifer won the toss and opted to field first, Australia made a disastrous start when they lost opener Watson on the first ball of the match but captain Ricky Ponting along with Tim Paine soon recovered the loss and took the score to 85 when Paine departed.

Ponting made 79 while Mitchell Johnson remained not out on 73.

Australia are without Michael Clarke due to a back injury and fast bowler Nathan Bracken, who has returned home after suffering a knee injury. Batsman Callum Ferguson and seam bowler Peter Siddle come into the Australia starting side.

West Indies have made one change to the team that lost to Pakistan by five wickets in their first match of the tournament, fast bowler Kemar Roach replacing fellow quick Tino Best.

Teams:
Australia - Shane Watson, Tim Paine, Ricky Ponting, Michael Hussey, Callum Ferguson, Cameron White, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Siddle

West Indies - Dale Richards, Andre Fletcher, Devon Smith, Travis Dowlin, Floyd Reifer, David Bernard, Darren Sammy, Chadwick Walton, Nikita Miller, Kemar Roach, Gavin Tonge.