England storms into final

South Africa have done very well to come back after their loss to India in the opening encounter of the Champions Trophy. The return of Dale Steyn to the attack certainly gives them a sharper edge than in the first couple of games when he was absent. Morne ...

India will be the fancied team on paper but the Lankans are also on a high after defeating both England and Australia en route to the semifinal, which would be a repeat of the 2011 World Cup final in Mumbai.

Indias Javagal Srinath was on Tuesday appointed as match referee for the first Champions Trophy semifinal between England and South Africa at the Oval on Wednesday. Kumar Dharmasena and Rod Tucker will be the on-field umpires while Bruce Oxenford and Steve ...

Having endured a "stressful" journey to book a Champions Trophy's semifinal berth, England captain Alastair Cook said he didn't really care which among India and South Africa await his team in the last-four stage of the tournament. England beat New Zealand ...

The semifinal would be the fifth meeting between India and Sri Lanka in England. Except for the shock defeat in the 1979 World Cup, India have won the remaining four comfortably. On paper, this should simply mean another day in the office for India, who have ...

Clarke was absent from the warm-up games against West Indies and India and his continued fitness concerns will be a worry ahead of the start of the Ashes series.Cricket Australia physiotherapist Alex Kountouris said: "Michael is making steady ...

The last time India travelled to England for a full-fledged bilateral series, finding a win in an international match for them was as easy as spotting a polar bear in a desert. They were whitewashed in the four-Test series and were beaten in the lone T20 ...

India should legalise betting to stamp out corruption in cricket, says former England captain Geoffrey Boycott. Boycott feels the menace of fixing, which has dented the Indian Premier League's reputation, emerges more frequently in the Asian countries. "The way to stop it altogether, except for the odd one -- but we're getting too many at the minute -- is this business of making betting legal in India. It's illegal, so people do it," Boycott told ESPN Cricinfo. "When beer was illegal in ...

Along with India, England is surely one of the top contenders for the highest honours in the Champions Trophy. However, going by the performances of the other participating teams in this competition so far, its surely not so safe to rate a team, for on a ...