England beat hosts South Africa by 22 runs to knock the world’s number one ranked side and tournament hosts out of the Champions Trophy on Sunday. Owais Shah, Paul Collingwood and Eoin Morgan blazed half-centuries as England piled up 323 for eight, their highest ever total against South Africa.
South Africa, despite captain Graeme Smith’s career-best [...]

Shoaib Malik and Mohammad Yousuf shared a record fourth-wicket stand to help Pakistan beat India by 54 runs on Saturday to reach the Champions Trophy semi-finals.
Pakistan compiled 302 for nine after winning the toss and batting before restricting their Group A rivals to 248 all out.
Shoaib (128) and Yousuf (87) put on 206 in 193 [...]

JOHANNESBURG: Eoin Morgan steered England to a morale-boosting six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka with a solid half-century in the Champions

Trophy on Friday.
England achieved a 213-run target on a lively track with five overs to spare in the day-night match, thanks to Morgan (62 not out), man-of-the-match Paul Collingwood (46) and Owais Shah (44).
South Africa and [...]

CENTURION: South Africa bounced back into contention for 2009 ICC Champions Trophy glory with a five-wicket triumph over New Zealand at

SuperSport Park on Thursday.
Upset by Sri Lanka in the opening match of the ODI tournament two days ago, the Proteas had to win and did so with relative ease before a large, holiday crowd.
New Zealand [...]

Tillakeratne Dilshan and Ajantha Mendis led Sri Lanka to a 55-run win over South Africa as the opening match of the Champions Trophy was decided by the Duckworth-Lewis scoring method on Tuesday.
Dilshan struck 106 off 92 balls as Sri Lanka amassed 319 for eight, their highest one-day score against South Africa. Spinner Mendis then claimed [...]