Cricket Australia has dismissed suggestions from executives at Channel Nine that the network should have a say in team selection under its lucrative new five-year broadcast deal. Nine managing director Jeff Browne told a business lunch Wednesday the network needed the best players on the field all the time to maintain ratings, making clear it had concerns over CA's rotation policy last summer.

Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews on Wednesday vowed that his "fighting team" were prepared to put recent history behind them when they face India in the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy. Thursday's match in Cardiff is a repeat of the 2011 World Cup final, which India won by six wickets in Mumbai despite a superb century from Sri Lanka's Mahela Jayawardene. Since then the Asian rivals have met in 10 one-day internationals with India winning seven, Sri Lanka two and one tie.

Hosts England cruised into the Champions Trophy final with a seven-wicket win on Wednesday after South Africa once again underlined their reputation as cricket's 'chokers'. Alastair's Cook men outplayed the Proteas after electing to bowl on an overcast day at the Oval where England had lost to the West Indies in the final of the same event in 2004. South Africa were reduced to 80-8 by the 23rd over before a record ninth-wicket partnership of 95 between David Miller and Rory Kleinveldt gave the total some respectability.

Hosts England cruised into the Champions Trophy final with a seven-wicket win on Wednesday after South Africa once again underlined their reputation as cricket's 'chokers'. Alastair's Cook men outplayed the Proteas after electing to bowl on an overcast day at the Oval where England had lost to the West Indies in the final of the same event in 2004. South Africa were reduced to 80-8 by the 23rd over before a record ninth-wicket partnership of 95 between David Miller and Rory Kleinveldt gave the total some respectability.