Category: CRICKET

  • South Africa takes over as top team

    South Africa takes over as top team

    Smith, South Africa replaced England as the top team in the Reliance ICC Test Championship Dubai, August 20, 2012: Smith, South Africa replaced England as the top team in the Reliance ICC Test Championship table following its 2-0 victory over Andrew Strauss’s team in the three-match series which ended at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London…

  • India beat his arch rival Pakistan

    India beat his arch rival Pakistan

    Brisbane, August 20, 2012: rival, India held on to clinch an enthralling one-wicket win against rivals Pakistan, while New Zealand snatched a win from the jaws of defeat over an in-form West Indies at Endeavour Park. At the Tony Ireland Stadium, India and Pakistan, played out a typically tense match in front of ESPN STAR…

  • Australia and South Africa set for semi-final clash

    Australia and South Africa set for semi-final clash

    Brisbane, August 19, 2012: ICC U19 Cricket World Cup, At the Endeavour Park in Townsville, defending champion Australia earned a hard-fought five-wickets win over Bangladesh. Australia captain Will Bosisto led from the front as his side overcame the loss of early wickets to chase down Bangladesh’s total of 171. South Africa, on the other hand,…

  • ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012

    ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012

    Dubai, August 18, 2012: With just one-month to go before the start of the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the schedule of men’s and women’s warm-up matches which will be played in the lead up to the event proper. The fourth edition of the event, the first…

  • Exciting contests on the cards in ICC U19

    Exciting contests on the cards in ICC U19

    Dubai, August 18, 2012: Contests, Even as the senior England and South Africa sides battle it out for the number-one Test ranking at Lord’s, their U19 squads go head to head at Tony Ireland Stadium in Townsville for a place in the semi-final of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2012 in front of ESPN…

  • ESPN3 to carry World 20-20 at no additional cost

    ESPN3 to carry World 20-20 at no additional cost

    Dubai, August 17, 2012: Cricket fans in the United States will have a chance to watch the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 at no additional cost for the first time in September, after ESPN3 was confirmed by ESPN STAR Sports, ICC’s global broadcast partner, as the network in the US for the tournament. And…

  • India sets up quarter-final date with Pakistan

    India sets up quarter-final date with Pakistan

    Brisbane, August 16, 2012: The quarter-final line-up of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2012 was completed on Thursday with all the Full Members with the exception of Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe progressing to the Super League stage. On Thursday, as many as four sides confirmed their berths in the Super League quarter-finals, which will…

  • ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka commercial rights

    ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka commercial rights

    Dubai, August 16, 2012: Commercial, Following a successful partnership during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, the ICC has once again engaged Copyright Integrity International (CII) to work closely with its in-house legal team on the management of a comprehensive rights protection programme for the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012, which gets underway on…

  • ICC extends deadline for men’s teams

    ICC extends deadline for men’s teams

    Dubai, August 16, 2012: The International Cricket Council today confirmed, after receiving requests from several of its Members, that it has extended the deadline by six days for the men’s teams to submit its 15-player squads for the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012. All participating men’s teams must have its 15-player squads into the…

  • Africa becomes fourth to qualify for quarter-finals

    Africa becomes fourth to qualify for quarter-finals

    Brisbane – Australia, August 15, 2012: Fourth side, South Africa topped Group D and qualified for the Super League quarter-final of the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2012 after defeating Sri Lanka by four wickets in the feature match at Peter Burge Oval in Brisbane on Wednesday. South Africa bowlers Corne Dry (four for 16),…