Daniel Vettori has challenged New Zealand to go one step further in the Champions Trophy upon sealing yet another semi-final spot.
The New Zealanders made it through to a last-four meeting with Pakistan after a four-wicket win over England yesterday extended their trend.
However, despite getting to the same stage at both the World Cup and World [...]

Australia clinched a thrilling victory against Pakistan to eliminate India from the ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa.
Defending champions Australia pulled off a dramatic last-ball victory over Pakistan in a low scoring thriller to romp into the semifinals of the Champions Trophy.
With this win Australia also brought a pre-mature end to India’s listless campaign on [...]

Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting reckons that having played a match at the slow Centurion track will give his team a distinct advantage.
Australia will face Pakistan in their must-win Champions Trophy encounter on Wednesday.
Ponting said there was no margin for errors in such crucial games and his team had prepared well to beat Pakistan for [...]

Ross Brawn believes the relationship between Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello will not be damaged by their title battle.
After Button’s superb start to the season in which he won six of the first seven races, the 29-year-old has struggled for form since, making just one appearance on the podium at the Italian Grand Prix earlier [...]

West Indies skipper Floyd Reifer hoped that presence of cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar in the rival camp would inspire his fast bowlers.
Reifer hoped the pacers would to do well in Wednesday’s game against India in the Champions Trophy at the Wanderers.
“A lot of our boys have watched him on television and seen how good he [...]

JP Duminy: “All we can do is learn from these demoralising defeats and hope when the next time comes around we can implement our skills under pressure.” © Getty Images

JP Duminy may have only just embarked on his international career, but he is already coming to terms with South Africa’s lamentable record in ICC tournaments. [...]

There was no centurion at Centurion but a string of half-centuries from Australia’s batsmen, led by Ricky Ponting, guided them to 234 for 4 before rain stopped play in the 43rd over. Ponting, Michael Hussey and Tim Paine made valuable contributions and Cameron White lifted the tempo in the latter stages but the weather loomed [...]

Jesse Ryder has been ruled out of the Champions Trophy after sustaining a groin injury in their match against Sri Lanka.
The big all-rounder hurt his left adductor muscle during the early part of his innings of 74 as his side amassed a sizeable 315 for seven.
However, Ryder needed a runner for the remainder of his [...]

The credit for bringing about a change in the attitude in the Pakistan dressing room goes to skipper Younus Khan.
Shoaib Malik and Muhammad Yousuf were not even on talking terms just a few months back with a history of bad blood between them, but they put aside their personal differences to set up a morale [...]

As India and Pakistan fought it out on field, the cricket fans from both the countries took the battle off it as well.
The fans gave the security staff a torrid time during the high-voltage Champions Trophy clash.
Long before Pakistan won the clash against India at the SuperSport Park in Centurion on Sunday night, fans [...]