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Cricket: Champions Trophy table and results

Agence France-PresseJune 16, 2013 16:30

Champions Trophy table and results after Sunday's match between England and New Zealand at Cardiff (played, won, lost, tied, no result, points, net run-rate): Group A England 3 2 1 0 0 4 +0.31 -- qualified for semi-finals New Zealand 3 1 1 0 1 3 +0.78 Sri Lanka 2 1 1 0 0 2 -0.52 Australia 2 0 1 0 1 1 -0.96 Results Jun 08, Edgbaston: England beat Australia by 48 runs Jun 09, Cardiff: New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by one wicket Jun 12, Edgbaston: Australia v New Zealand, no result

Cricket: New Zealand restrict England to 169

Agence France-PresseJune 16, 2013 14:00

New Zealand dismissed England for 169 in a key Champions Trophy match in Cardiff on Sunday reduced by rain to 24 overs per side. Whichever team wins this Group A clash will qualify for the semi-finals, with defeat for England guaranteeing the hosts' exit from a tournament for the world's top eight one-day international sides. New Zealand would have had a smaller total to chase had not Nathan McCullum dropped Alastair Cook, who top-scored with 64, three times before clinging on to a chance off his own bowling to end the England captain's 47-ball innings.

Cricket: England v New Zealand scoreboard

Agence France-PresseJune 16, 2013 13:31

First innings scoreboard in the Champions Trophy Group A match between England and New Zealand in Cardiff on Sunday: England A. Cook c and b N McCullum 64 I. Bell c B McCullum b McClenaghan 10 J. Trott c N McCullum b Mills 8 J. Root c Ronchi b McClenaghan 38 E. Morgan lbw b Vettori 15 J. Buttler c N McCullum b Mills 14 R. Bopara c Williamson b McClenaghan 9 T. Bresnan run out (Franklin) 4 S. Broad c N McCullum b Mills 0 J. Tredwell c McClenaghan b Mills 0 J. Anderson not out 0 Extras (lb2, w4, nb1) 7

Cricket: England-New Zealand cut to 24 overs per side

Agence France-PresseJune 16, 2013 11:31

Rain reduced the key Champions Trophy Group A match between England and New Zealand in Cardiff on Sunday to a 24 overs per side contest. Play, which had been scheduled to start at 10.30am local time (0930GMT), was now due to get underway at 3.45 pm, following an inspection by Australian umpires Rod Tucker and Bruce Oxenford, provided there was no further rain. Whichever team wins this match will go through to the semi-finals and if hosts England lose they will exit the tournament.

Cricket: Nielsen laments lack of Australia 'leaders'

Agence France-PresseJune 16, 2013 11:00

Former Australia coach Tim Nielsen said Sunday the current side were suffering from a lack of leaders. Australia's Champions Trophy campaign, which has seen the title-holders struggle on the field, has been overshadowed by the ban handed out to batsman David Warner for his Birmingham bar-room attack on England's Joe Root. Warner was suspended until the start of the Ashes by Cricket Australia on Thursday and fined Aus$11,500 ($11,000, £7,000).

Cricket: Action urged for Pakistan's woeful batsmen

Agence France-PresseJune 16, 2013 10:00

Pakistan cricket pundits Sunday called for an overhaul of the team's coaching after their dismal showing at the Champions Trophy ended with a humiliating defeat to India. After a poor performance on tour in South Africa the batsmen again let the side down, failing to score a single total above 170 in three matches. Arch-rivals India's confident display with the bat, easing to an eight-wicket win, was in stark contrast to the Pakistani top order's scratchy, nervous showing.

Cricket: Pietersen confirms Surrey return

Agence France-PresseJune 16, 2013 09:30

England batsman Kevin Pietersen has confirmed he will return to cricket with Surrey in their County Championship fixture away to Yorkshire next week. The 32-year-old South Africa-born shotmaker has not played since March because of a knee injury and now faces a race against time to prove his fitness for the first Ashes Test against Australia at Nottingham's Trent Bridge ground on July 10. Surrey's match against Yorkshire, which starts on Friday, has long been pencilled in as the fixture where Pietersen would return to action.

Cricket: Nathan McCullum joins Glamorgan

Agence France-PresseJune 16, 2013 07:30

New Zealand all-rounder Nathan McCullum is to play for Glamorgan in this year's English domestic Twenty20 competition. The 32-year-old off-spinner is currently playing for New Zealand in the Champions Trophy -- and was included in the Black Caps side due to play England in a Group A match at Welsh county Glamorgan's Cardiff headquarters on Sunday. "I'm looking forward to joining up with the Glamorgan squad at the end of this month," McCullum, man-of-the-match in New Zealand's win over Sri Lanka in Cardiff last weekend, said in a statement issued by the county.

Cricket: Rain delays England-New Zealand

Agence France-PresseJune 16, 2013 06:48

Rain delayed the scheduled 10.30am local time (0930GMT) start of the key Champions Trophy Group A match between England and New Zealand in Cardiff on Sunday. Whichever side wins this match will go through to the semi-finals and if hosts England lose they will exit the tournament. But if New Zealand lose they will be involved in a three-way battle for a semi-final place with Australia and Sri Lanka, who meet in the last Group A match at The Oval on Monday.

Cricket: Bailey says leading Australia a 'dream come true'

Agence France-PresseJune 16, 2013 06:45

Stand-in captain George Bailey has insisted leading Australia during the Champions Trophy tournament in the UK has been a "dream come true" despite the distractions of the David Warner affair. The 30-year-old Tasmanian, already Australia's Twenty20 skipper, has found himself in charge of the one-day side while regular captain Michael Clarke has been sidelined with a recurrence of his longstanding back problem.