Hosts England have been knocked out of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 after losing the semi-final tie against Pakistan in Cardiff. Sarfraz Ahmed's side grabbed a win by 7 wickets and they will either play India or Bangladesh in the final.
Afghanistan captain Asghar Stanikzai hopes his team will get more opportunities to face top-flight cricket nations after their ODI series against the West Indies ended in a 1-1 draw. Steady rain forced the abandonment of the third with not a ball being bowled at St Lucia.
MS Dhoni's daughter Ziva has shown glimpses of talent, like her father, at a very young age. Though, instead of cricket it is music where the little one has caught attention of the internet.
Waqar Younis slammed England captain Eoin Morgan for blaming the pitch after their defeat to Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 semifinals. Morgan's comments did not go down well with Younis who told him to stop giving lame excuses.
In a special tribute video posted by Harbhajan Singh on his official Twitter account, he talked about the bond the two shared and how much they have grown since the time they could not even imagine that they would reach so far in their careers.
Roshan Mahanama believes Sri Lankan needs to reflect on their performance at Champions Trophy and come with a concrete plan to be successful in international cricket. Sri Lanka were thrown out courtesy their pathetic fielding in their match against Pakistan.
It’s learnt that Dravid is willing to coach U-19 team in the future, but wants more clarity about the role to avoid any criticism of conflict of interest.
Prior to the Champions Trophy, Iqbal had never scored a century in a world event. He started his campaign here with a 128 against England at the Oval. He then fell five runs short of an encore in the next game against Australia at the same venue.
In second semifinal, Mortaza’s side will hope to overcome the mental barrier of losing crunch matches to India at ICC events
Sofia Hayat posted an image on her Twitter account showing the option of blocking an account superimposed on the handle of Rohit Sharma with the tweet, "So I had to block him in the end.."
Hasan Ali bristles in to bowl the 17th over, with a soothing breeze of an action. To use him late, that’s in the middle overs where spinners are the norm for subcontinental sides, is a well-devised strategy.
Over the years, Australia have been the team who climb all over you when you expose your vulnerability.
The way the hosts had been playing, Sarfraz Ahmed and his boys needed to play the perfect match. They did that, and then some, bowling out the tournament favourites for a grossly inadequate 211, and then cantered to the target with as many as 77 balls and eight wickets to spare.
The ICC Women's World Cup will start on June 24. The tournament is being played in England and the first match will be between New Zealand and Sri Lanka in Brostol. India's tournament opener will be against West Indies on June 29.
Pakistan's journey to the finals has been anything but steady. After a dramatic loss to India, they won against South Africa -courtesy of DLS and finally against Sri Lanka it was the woeful fielding by the island nation that saw Pakistan through to the semis.
Pakistan were ranked eighth, lowest amongst the eight teams participating in the Champions Trophy 2017, but the team from sub-continent is the first to reach the final of the tournament after beating last edition's finallist and unbeaten England.
Chasing small totals can be extremely tricky at times especially if the top order crumbles under pressure. But it was Zaman who did not allow the pressure to build up as he kept hitting the balls towards the boundaries
Fakhar Zaman, the opener who had not made his ODI debut before the Champions Trophy, turned out the inspiration that Pakistan needed in the tournament. His aggressive batting at the top of the order has injecting new life in their dull batting.
England, who were unbeaten in the group stage in the ICC Champions Trophy at home, suffered a crushing eight-wicket loss to Pakistan in the semi-final in Cardiff.
Azhar Ali made a magnificent 76 runs in the second innings for Pakistan. England was wrapped up for a mere 211 but the job was yet to be done and Alis' fascinating knock saw Pakistan through to the finishing line.
Pakistan completely outplayed hosts England to go through to the final of the ICC Champions Trophy. They beat England by eight wickets and will face either India or Bangladesh in the final. It now means that the trophy will remain in the subcontinent.
Pakistan skipper Sarfraz Ahmed talks about the win over England in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 semi-final at Cardiff on Wednesday.
Pakistan beat England by eight wickets in the first semi-final of the Champions Trophy and reach the final for the first time in the history of the tournament. Chasing a modest target of 212, Pakistan chased it down in the37th over.
B de Villiers has issued an apology to South Africa fans across the world after his side failed to reach the semi-finals of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy
Yuvraj Singh plays his 300th ODI match for India when he walks out with his team to play Bangladesh in the semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017. Yuvraj made his ODI debut in 2000 and said that he has come a long way in his career since then.





