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Friday, June 14, 2013

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Just another dead rubber? Think again

The Preview by Siddarth Ravindran
June 14, 2013
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Saturday, June 15, 2013, Edgbaston
Start time 10.30am (9.30 GMT)

Misbah ul-Haq is despondent after being stranded on an unbeaten 96, West Indies v Pakistan, Champions Trophy, Group B, The Oval, June 7, 2013
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Matches: India v Pakistan at Birmingham
Series/Tournaments: ICC Champions Trophy
Teams: India | Pakistan
Big Picture
This was supposed to be the marquee clash of the league stage. Tickets for the game were sold out within 30 minutes of being made available online. It isn't a coincidence that the match is scheduled for Saturday primetime viewing in India and Pakistan and could have decided the group. Instead, to the organisers' dismay, we are left with a dead rubber as India have already qualified for the semi-finals and Pakistan are eliminated.
Unlike most dead rubbers though, there's still plenty of interest since it is still an India v Pakistan match. The number of contests between the two sides has decreased over the past few years due to the strained political relations between the two countries, and fans are still eager for any chance to see the great rivals face off.
One of India's proudest one-day records is that they have never lost to Pakistan in a World Cup game, having triumphed in all five encounters. Pakistan have a similarly spotless record against India in the Champions Trophy, though there have only been two clashes between the two sides.
While Pakistan will be looking to extend that run in Birmingham, India will be looking for payback after a stinging defeat in the one-day series at home earlier this year.
In that series, Pakistan showed off the potency of their bowling attack, and India's batsmen were left nonplussed. It will again be a confrontation between Pakistan's bowling might and India's batting strength. This time, MS Dhoni's side have some of the most in-form batsmen around. In contrast, Pakistan's batting has been seriously underwhelming, while India's bowlers, about whom there was much apprehension coming into the tournament, have not done too shabbily thus far.
Form guide
(Most recent first)
India: WWLWW
Pakistan: LLWTW
In the Spotlight
Umesh Yadav was talked up as a quick bowler who could provide India's bowling with teeth, but though he has been pacy, he has consistently been taken for runs. After 19 ODIs, his career economy is an unflattering 6.32. He has the ability to deliver yorkers, and bowls the slower delivery as well, which means India will continue to look to him to solve the team's death-bowling issues.
Mohammad Hafeez is one of the senior figures in the Pakistan one-day side, and presumably the man who will take over when Misbah-ul-Haq retires. With Pakistan's batting struggling in recent games, Hafeez has also floundered - five of his last seven ODI innings are single-digit scores. He continues to be a handy offspinner, but Pakistan need him to pull his weight in batting as well.
Team news
Having already qualified, India have the opportunity to try out some of the others in the squad, but it is unlikely they will make any changes.
India: (probable) 1 Shikhar Dhawan, 2 Rohit Sharma, 3 Virat Kohli, 4 Dinesh Karthik, 5 MS Dhoni (capt & wk), 6 Suresh Raina, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 R Ashwin, 9 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 10 Umesh Yadav, 11 Ishant Sharma
Pakistan also have the liberty to shuffle around their team. The bowling has been functioning well so it doesn't need much tinkering. One of the main questions will be whether Shoaib Malik gets another chance in the middle order. Imran Farhat has also had two failures, and it remains to be seen whether he stays in the side.
Pakistan: (probable) 1 Mohammad Hafeez, 2 Nasir Jamshed, 3 Asad Shafiq, 4 Misbah-ul-Haq (capt), 5 Umar Amin, 6 Shoaib Malik, 7 Kamran Akmal (wk), 8 Wahab Riaz, 9 Saeed Ajmal, 10 Junaid Khan, 11 Mohammad Irfan
Pitch and conditions
It will be another chilly day in Birmingham, with a predicted maximum temperature of 14C. The forecast also suggests light rain through the afternoon. It hasn't been a run-filled wicket in Edgbaston so far, with a highest total of 269 in three matches. Expect another slow track.
Stats and Trivia
  • Malik's last 50-plus ODI score came in the 2009 Champions Trophy, against India
  • Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma have put on consecutive century stands for the first wicket. Before them, the last time India's openers put on back-to-back hundred partnerships was in 2007
Quotes
"Whenever we play each other it's like a final for everybody."
Misbah-ul-Haq
"If their thinking is that the game against India must be won as a consolation prize just because they have not qualified for the semi-finals, they will be in big trouble."
MS Dhoni
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Thursday, June 13, 2013

ICC Champions Trophy 2013, 9th Match, Group B: South Africa v West Indies at Cardiff LIVE Streaming

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Friday, June 14, 2013, Cardiff
Start time 10.30am (9.30 GMT)

Dale Steyn runs in to bowl at the nets, Cardiff, June 12, 2013
Dale Steyn has been declared fit and is available for the match © ICC 
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A glance at Cardiff's pregnant skies is enough to set the tone for the knockout clash between South Africa and West Indies and it is not a positive one. What should be a fascinating clash between a team that dominates outside of major tournaments and a team trying to recreate their glory days may not even happen. If it does, it is likely to be interrupted by rain.
Should the wet weather have the final say, South Africa will progress by virtue of a better net run-rate but they will not want to go into the real knockouts in such fortunate circumstances. Neither will West Indies want to exit the tournament in a drizzle of disappointment, although they have two poor batting performances to blame for their current standing in the group.
While South Africa showed improvement, particularly in the bowling department, in their second game, West Indies remained static. As a result, they have not managed a total of even 240 so far and against South Africa, it would be safe to assume, they may need many more to win.
But this is not a normal occasion for South Africa; this is a pressure game and that alone could scramble their minds. Even if Dale Steyn is fit and firing, their main battle will be with themselves as they try to rewrite their reputations as big-game bloopers.
West Indies will fancy themselves more than usual, especially because they have been the team that have put South Africa out of tournaments the most. On three occasions, they have been responsible for South Africa taking the next flight home and their cavalier confidence has often given them the edge over a team paranoid of failure.
Form guide
(Most recent first)
South Africa: WLWWL
West Indies: LWWWW
In the Spotlight
There hasn't been much opportunity for a finisher like David Miller to show what he is capable of. The "in the arc, out of the park" hitter has had mixed results in a tournament where run-scoring has tapered as innings go on, but team management remains confident Miller will be able to make an impact at some point. Given a firm foundation and licence to thrill, it may be his big day.
Sunil Narine has encountered South Africans at the IPL but has never played against South Africa and he may well be relishing the opportunity. Despite reams of video evidence, Narine remains difficult to pick - with both his offbreak and doosra bowled out of the front of the hand and made trickier by his pace. Although the stereotype about South Africa's batsmen being spun into submission doesn't apply anymore, he could still cause ample problems for a team under pressure.
Team news
With Dale Steyn declared fit and available, South Africa will likely go in with four seamers, one specialist spinner in Robin Peterson and JP Duminy as an allrounder. That will mean only one change for them with Colin Ingram occupying the top spot ahead of specialist opener Alviro Petersen and Farhaan Behardien missing out again.
South Africa: (probable) 1 Colin Ingram, 2 Hashim Amla, 3 Faf du Plessis, 4 AB de Villiers (capt, wk), 5 JP Duminy, 6 David Miller, 7 Ryan McLaren 8 Robin Peterson 9 Chris Morris, 10 Dale Steyn/Aaron Phangiso, 11 Lonwabo Tsotsobe
An unchanged XI is expected and with Denesh Ramdin still suspended, Johnson Charles will keep wickets again.
West Indies: (probable) 1 Chris Gayle, 2 Johnson Charles (wk), 3 Darren Bravo, 4 Marlon Samuels, 5 Ramnaresh Sarwan, 6 Dwayne Bravo (capt), 7 Kieron Pollard, 8 Darren Sammy, 9 Sunil Narine, 10 Ravi Rampaul, 11 Kemar Roach
Pitch and conditions
Rain fell consistently throughout Wednesday and Thursday and more showers are forecast for match day with a window of clear weather predicted only between 2pm and 5pm. That could be enough to squeeze in a 20-over shootout, but both teams will want more than that. Should play take place, the moisture is likely to make conditions conducive for the pacers.
The ground has seen one run-fest between India and South Africa and one low-scoring scuffle between Sri Lanka and New Zealand, but both took place before the rains. So fairly fresh conditions can be expected for this match.
Stats and Trivia
  • Chris Gayle has scored three hundreds against South Africa, two of them in losing causes.
  • Three of the 12 ODIs played at Sophia Gardens have been washed out - 25%. South Africa have been involved in two of those.
Quotes
"They know if they lose, they are going back home. They have a tag of being chokers that do well in big tournaments, so that would be added pressure on them." 
West Indies captain Dwayne Bravo
"They always say batting second is easier when there is a bit of weather around. I'm not too fussed about that. Whether we play a shortened game or a normal game, it's all about focus and team intensity off the field."
South African captain AB de Villiers
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Bopara tees off after England Trott

The report by David Hopps
June 13, 2013
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Innings break England 293 for 7 (Trott 76, Root 68, Cook 59) v Sri Lanka
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Jonathan Trott cuts to the off side, England v Sri Lanka, Champions Trophy, Group A, The Oval, June 13, 2013
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For a while, Sri Lanka came back into the match at The Oval, but then came Ravi Bopara. He struck 28 from the last over, from Shaminda Eranga, including three sixes and two fours, leaving Angelo Mathews mentally rewriting his close-of-innings speech in the Sri Lanka huddle as Bopara left the ground to rousing cheers.
England would have regarded their 293 for 7 with contentment at halfway. Victory would take them into the semi-finals; Sri Lanka need to conjure up a win just to keep their hopes alive. There were few doubts which side was the happier.
Three England wickets fell in six balls at the death, including Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler, the latter second ball for 0 - the batsmen they look to for the final flourish both silenced. But Bopara tore into Eranga, depositing him for sixes over long-on, extra cover and long-on again. He even took two runs off the only ball that Eranga managed to get into the blockhole.
That was the excitement; the rest belonged to Jonathan Trott. Trott's uncanny ability to turn a one-day international innings into an algorithm might not thrill cricket crowds around the world, but once again he underlined his worth.
Trott's 76 from 87 balls concreted the base - and indeed he must be admired as you admire some decent concreting, recognising the smoothness and stability, grateful for the decent foundations, but liable to attract suspicious looks if you become overly excited by it.
He worked the ball repeatedly through the leg side, invited to do so by Mathews' defensive captaincy in stationing a long-on throughout most of his stay, and by the time he fell lbw, sweeping at Rangana Herath's left-arm spin, his time had been served.
There was a blip: he ran one short on one occasion and a replacement microchip will be inserted in the morning. His one-day record is proven, his method brings victory more often than not, and many of those who rail against his methodical ways are railing, in part, about the fact that he is limiting the spectacle.
Alongside Trott, Joe Root provided the perkiest of half-centuries, built on an appreciation of quick ones and twos and occasional inventiveness such as when he scooped a low full toss from Eranga over fine leg for four. If Root was shaken by his altercation with David Warner in the Walkabout bar in Birmingham on Sunday, he did not show it for a moment.
Root fell to a slower offcutter from Malinga and left with a wink. Perhaps we will be surprised to learn one day that he winked at Warner, in his green and gold wig, and rued the consequences? His 68 from 55 balls, an innings of only five boundaries was a refreshing contribution.
Bopara rounded off a frustrating afternoon for Sri Lanka. They dropped four catches in all, the most embarrassing from the wicketkeeper, Kumar Sangakkara, who claimed Root's skier to midwicket, on 56, loudly enough, but who feared Mathews was about to collide with him and half pulled out of the catch, fumbling the ball in the process.
Tillakaratne Dilshan also had the sort of afternoon that befalls this celebrated fielder so rarely. He dropped three catches in all, reprieving Cook twice, the first a tough diving chance to his right at backward point and the second an easier return catch when again he dived to his right but the ball eluded him.
His third mishap came with Root on 33, a devilishly difficult catch, dashing back from backward point on a gusty day and failing to locate the ball. Add a glimmer of a chance of a run-out at backward point, when Cook sent back Trott but Dilshan failed to hit direct, and it was a disagreeable experience
At least the rain had stayed off, but it was a cold, miserable day and The Oval crowd hunched forward to watch ODI batting England style, a safety-first policy that involves stripping as much risk out of the game as possible, setting up an appropriate base and then staking much on havoc at the end.
The pitches have also justified England's methodical approach: two new balls and a prolonged period of below-average temperatures have inhibited even grass growth and made it hard for groundsmen to get hardness and pace into the wickets. Caution for the first 30 overs and then a T20 game with wickets in hand has become the policy.
England have not quite stripped all irregularities from their play. If they had, Ian Bell would not keep chipping the ball to short midwicket. But this frailty again brought about his dismissal in the 12th over as he worked a poor delivery from Eranga, this time in front of square, where Kusal Perera held an easy catch.
England's ability to see off Malinga's new-ball spell left them in a sound position by halfway. Bell drove and pulled him off the back foot in his second over, but a challenging next over to Cook convinced England that they had to proceed cautiously against him. They again cut their cloth wisely against him when the Powerplay was taken after 34 overs - this was the bowler, after all, who had finally wrecked their ambitions under the Pallakele floodlights at the World Twenty20 last year.
Cook fell for 59 from 85 balls, sweeping Herath and unsuccessfully reviewing the decision, presumably in the forlorn hope that he was outside the line. Morgan, who got a flawed decision from umpire Billy Bowden later, could have done with that review. But once Bopara had had his say, few were talking about that any longer.
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