India vs Australia 3rd Odi Live Streaming

Watch India vs Australia 3rd Odi Live Streaming - Ind vs Aus 2009 Series. Now that the first two games in India are out of the way with one win each, he can pretend his team are about to embark on a five-match series. That of course ignores the question of momentum, which is firmly in India's favour after their 99-run victory in Nagpur. Not a lot went right for Australia on Wednesday and, with injuries still plaguing their squad, they haven't been able to enjoy a settled build-up to the third game in Delhi. Australia's main problem surrounds their attack and its inability to contain India's powerful batting line-up. An injured Brett Lee is flying home and an unfit James Hopes is expected to miss this clash, making India favorites to go 2-1 up.

MS Dhoni's remarkable century in the second match, combined with strong efforts from Suresh Raina and Gautam Gambhir, have given Australia plenty of headaches leading into the Delhi encounter. The one key difference between Nagpur and Delhi should be the Feroz Shah Kotla pitch, which is not expected to produce a particularly high-scoring match.

India (probable): 1 Sachin Tendulkar, 2 Virender Sehwag, 3 Gautam Gambhir, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 MS Dhoni (capt/wk), 6 Suresh Raina, 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Praveen Kumar, 10 Ishant Sharma, 11 Ashish Nehra.

Australia: (probable) 1 Shane Watson, 2 Shaun Marsh, 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Cameron White, 5 Michael Hussey, 6 Adam Voges/Moises Henriques, 7 Graham Manou (wk), 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Nathan Hauritz, 10 Peter Siddle, 11 Ben Hilfenhaus/Doug Bollinger.

India vs Australia 2nd ODI Live Streaming

Watch India vs Australia 2nd ODI Live Streaming and Highlights. This time their bad news has come in advance - Lee and Hopes are out with elbow and hamstring problems, and there are doubts over Mitchell Johnson, who hurt his ankle, as well, although coach Tim Nielsen was hopeful about his participation - yet they will be challenged to repeat the win they recorded at Vadodara.

India, on the other hand, are likely to be boosted by the return of Yuvraj Singh, who had broken his finger during the ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa. Among the several problems India faced in Vadodara - a scattergun bowling attack, a mis-firing top order, and a less-than-electric fielding unit - was inexperience in the middle and lower order. Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja are promising emerging talents but fielding both players in the same XI doesn't inspire much confidence. Yuvraj's inclusion will solve that problem.

India: (probable) 1 Sachin Tendulkar, 2 Virender Sehwag, 3 Gautam Gambhir, 4 Yuvraj Singh, 5 Suresh Raina, 6 MS Dhoni (capt/wk), 7 Ravindra Jadeja, 8 Harbhajan Singh, 9 Ishant Sharma, 10 Praveen Kumar/Munaf Patel, 11 Ashish Nehra.

Australia: (probable) 1 Shane Watson, 2 Tim Paine (wk), 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Shaun Marsh, 5 Michael Hussey, 6 Adam Voges, 7 Cameron White, 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Nathan Hauritz 10 Doug Bollinger/Ben Hilfenhaus, 11 Peter Siddle.

India vs Australia 1st Odi Live Streaming

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India vs Australia 1st Odi Live Streaming

Date: 25 Oct 2009

Australia too have a few questions to answer: Will they give Shaun Marsh, who has had a successful stint in the IPL, an opportunity to open in the first ODI, or will they stick with Tim Paine who did a good job with Shane Watson against England? They might go with Paine at the top and push Marsh down. The middle order will miss the injured injured Michael Clarke, but Clarke has struggled in limited-overs cricket recently: his strike-rate in the 50-over format since the start of 2008 stands at a modest 66.81. However, his skills against spin bowling will be missed.

India will start the first ODI with a bit more hope than they did in the Champions Trophy: Virender Sehwag is back, and immediately the batting line-up looks much more potent. However, Yuvraj Singh is likely to sit out the first ODI due to a finger injury. With Rahul Dravid out, MS Dhoni can easily settle into the Dravid avatar that he has been doing so successfully in recent times: he doesn't hit out as violently as in his early days, and promotes himself when there is a good start so he can anchor the innings and allow the big hitters to express themselves. Expect the Australians to test out Suresh Raina with bouncers; among all the Indian batsmen in the fray, this series will be the biggest for Raina.

Cape Cobras vs Delhi Daredevils Live Streaming

Watch Cape Cobras vs Delhi Daredevils Live Streaming Online for FREE. Daredevils have the force to attract people to their games, and they also boast of having the highest entertainment quotient amongst all other IPL teams. They have the best Test batsmen, best T20 batsman, best left-arm spinner, a pace bowling legend, a comeback man of the year, and then they have Sehwag. What Daredevils don't have, though, is a trophy in the cabinet.

If club and franchisee cricket is the latest alternative to the international calendar, then Delhi Daredevils are the IPL's byword for South Africa. In three competitive stages - IPL I and II and now the Champions League - Daredevils have choked at the critical moment. Despite boasting of a galaxy of stars like Daniel Vettori, AB de Villiers, Owais Shah, Paul Collingwood, Farveez Maharoof and Andrew McDonald, despite earning plaudits for plucking the best raw talent in Dirk Nannes and David Warner and getting the best trade of Ashish Nehra in the transfer window, Daredevils have flattered to deceive.

The Daredevils are feeling the pinch of accommodating quality bowling all-rounders. During the past seasons, Daredevils loaded their squad with batting and bowling stars, which meant there was little space for foreign all-rounders in the XI. In the Champions League too, most of them are either playing against them or not playing at all.

Chances are the Daredevils will once again stick with Dilshan, de Villiers, Nannes and Vettori in IPL III, but it's the lack of steady all-round performers like McDonald, Maharoof and Collingwood breaking into the XI that has been a problem in alignment.

Eagles vs Trinidad & Tobago Live Streaming

Eagles vs Trinidad & Tobago Live Streaming: A game between two under-rated teams that have shown they are not to be trifled with. Trinidad & Tobago are one of the two unbeaten teams in the tournament, emphasising their dangerousness with a stunning four-wicket victory in a high-scoring encounter against a strong New South Wales on Friday.

Champions League Twenty20

Eagles v Trinidad & Tobago

* Twenty20 match | 2009/10 season
* Played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
* 18 October 2009 - day/night

Eagles squad
HH Dippenaar*, RT Bailey, J Coetzee, CJD de Villiers, D du Preez, D Elgar, RR Hendricks, AK Kruger, AP McLaren†, R McLaren, PV Mpitsang, RR Rossouw, T Tshabalala, SC van Schalkwyk, MN van Wyk

Trinidad & Tobago squad
D Ganga*, S Badree, A Barath, DJ Bravo, DM Bravo, RR Emrit, S Ganga, D Mohammed, SP Narine, WKD Perkins, KA Pollard, D Ramdin†, R Rampaul, LMP Simmons, ND Stewart

Match details

Umpires RE Koertzen and AM Saheba
TV umpire DJ Harper
Match referee S Venkataraghavan
Reserve umpire S Ravi

New South Wales vs Somerset Live Streaming

Watch New South Wales vs Somerset Live Streaming: All four League A teams are in the running for semi-final berths, although in varying degrees. T&T are the most comfortably placed, with four points and a healthy net run-rate, but should they lose to Eagles after NSW beat Somerset, then three teams will be tied on four points and it will come down to which side has the better net run-rate. That scenario, however, excludes Somerset who can go through only if they beat NSW and the Eagles lose, leaving T&T on six points and the rest level on two each, before being separated by net run-rate. If NSW win on Sunday, their semi-final berth wont be set in stone but they'll have an extremely strong chance.

New South Wales

vs

Somerset

Match scheduled to begin at 16:00 local time (10:30 GMT)


New South Wales squad
SM Katich*, AC Bird, DE Bollinger, SR Clark, NM Hauritz, MC Henriques, PJ Hughes, SJC Keen, B Lee, SNJ O'Keefe, BJ Rohrer, DLR Smith†, SPD Smith, DJ Thornely, DA Warner

Somerset squad
JL Langer*, OAC Banks, JC Buttler, Z de Bruyn, WJ Durston, JC Hildreth, C Kieswetter†, BJ Phillips, AV Suppiah, AC Thomas, PD Trego, ME Trescothick, ML Turner, MTC Waller, CM Willoughby

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Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils Live Streaming

Watch Live Streaming Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Delhi Daredevils Online Free. Delhi Daredevils are at a slight advantage even before their first game of the league stage as their opponents, Royal Challengers Bangalore, must win to stay in the tournament. Bangalore's capitulation to Victoria on Thursday means they must beat Delhi and hope Victoria and Delhi both beat Cape Cobras. Delhi aren't all that better off, though; they have a negative run-rate, marginally better than Bangalore's, and will need to win both their games to be well-placed for the semis.

All of which means that, whatever the result of this game, it is possible no IPL team advances to the semi-finals of the Champions League Twenty20. That should not detract from the atmosphere at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, where a large crowd is expected on Diwali night to watch the last tournament fixture in this city - and perhaps the first and last time in this tournament that two IPL teams play each other. Nothing may be going right for them but Bangalore can at least expect a partisan crowd supporting their efforts.

Delhi play their first away game of the tournament and their explosive top order will relish getting away from the sluggish Feroz Shah Kotla pitch and on to a venue where the home side scored 188 for 2 earlier this week. That said, the Chinnaswamy isn't entirely seamer-friendly so the two sides will hope their openers give them a frenetic start. Mark Boucher, the Bangalore wicket keeper, predicted that as the tournament went on the track would get slower and scores would be disappointingly smaller.

Cape Cobras vs Victorian Bushrangers Live Streaming

Watch Cape Cobras vs Victoria Live Streaming Online Free. Victoria sit on top of League B with four points after their convincing win against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Thursday, their opening league-stage game. They will be up against South Africa's Cape Cobras, who racked up the tournament's highest score - 193 - in their previous encounter.

If the Cobras - now on two points - win tomorrow, they will knock Bangalore out of the tournament. If they lose, Victoria go straight through to the semi-finals and there is the possibility of a three-way tie for the second semi-final slot. The second match of the double-header, between Delhi Daredevils and Bangalore, and the final league game (Cobras v Delhi) will then assume added significance.

The ever impressive JP Duminy helped Cobras prevail over Bangalore in a tense chase in their opening group game and captain Andrew Puttick led by example against Otago, recording the tournament's first century. That was an all-round performance but Cobras will be up against much tougher opposition tomorrow and will be returning after a week's break, lengthy by this tournament's standards.

Cape Cobras squad

AG Puttick*, D Brand, RCC Canning†, H Davids, JP Duminy, SA Engelbrecht, HH Gibbs, CW Henderson, RK Kleinveldt, RE Levi, JL Ontong, VD Philander, FC Plaatjies, S van Zyl, M Zondeki

Victoria squad

CL White*, AC Blizzard, AJ Finch, SM Harwood, JW Hastings, BJ Hodge, JM Holland, DJ Hussey, AB McDonald, BE McGain, CJ McKay, RJ Quiney, PM Siddle, MS Wade†, DG Wright

New South Wales vs Trinidad & Tobago Live Streaming

New South Wales look the strongest team of the tournament, on paper, and in their performances so far, they have lived up to that billing. They didn't have the best of conditions at the Feroz Shah Kotla, but their top order showed good application in both games. More importantly, they judged the pitch well and gauged what a good target was.

New South Wales vs Trinidad & Tobago Live Streaming

Match scheduled to begin at 20:00 local time (14:30 GMT)


New South Wales squad
SM Katich*, AC Bird, DE Bollinger, SR Clark, NM Hauritz, MC Henriques, PJ Hughes, SJC Keen, B Lee, SNJ O'Keefe, BJ Rohrer, DLR Smith†, SPD Smith, DJ Thornely, DA Warner

Trinidad & Tobago squad
D Ganga*, S Badree, A Barath, DJ Bravo, DM Bravo, RR Emrit, S Ganga, D Mohammed, SP Narine, WKD Perkins, KA Pollard, D Ramdin†, R Rampaul, LMP Simmons, ND Stewart

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Victoria Live Streaming

Watch Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Victoria Live Streaming

Champions League Twenty20

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Victoria

* Twenty20 match | 2009/10 season
* Played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
* 15 October 2009 - day/night

Royal Challengers Bangalore squad

A Kumble*, B Kumar, B Akhil, R Bishnoi, MV Boucher†, R Dravid, JH Kallis, V Kohli, P Kumar, MK Pandey, DW Steyn, LRPL Taylor, RV Uthappa, RE van der Merwe, R Vinay Kumar

Victoria squad

CL White*, AC Blizzard, AJ Finch, SM Harwood, JW Hastings, BJ Hodge, JM Holland, DJ Hussey, AB McDonald, BE McGain, CJ McKay, RJ Quiney, PM Siddle, MS Wade†, DG Wright

Match details

Umpires BG Jerling and SK Tarapore
TV umpire RB Tiffin
Match referee J Srinath
Reserve umpire SD Ranade

Deccan Chargers vs Trinidad Tobago Live Streaming

Watch Deccan Chargers vs Trinidad Live Streaming Online for Free. Deccan Chargers would not want a difference of one wicket to end their run in the Champions League. That's the margin they lost to Somerset by during a thrilling game in Hyderabad, and only victory against Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday - which, if achieved, will be their first in nine attempts in their home city - can ensure their progress to the next round. Trinidad are more comfortably placed with a healthy net run-rate of 2.20, well above the others in the Group A. Even if they lose to Deccan, they still stand a chance of making the next round; they just have to ensure they don't lose by a margin big enough to bring their current net run-rate below Somerset's -1.00.

Somerset, in a helpless situation, can only hope T&T knock Deccan out, or knock themselves out by losing heavily.

Deccan have a side packed with batsmen, but failed to build on an explosive start provided by VVS Laxman and Adam Gilchrist in their tournament opener. The main problem, though, lay with their bowling. Having reduced Somerset to 99 for 7 in a chase of 154, they failed to shut them out. But with their experience, they hold a slight edge against T&T, who caused a huge surprise against Somerset with their clinical bowling display led by Dwayne Bravo. While Deccan were left demoralised by a last-ball defeat, the West Indian champions are fresh with confidence after a comprehensive win, and the outcome could well hinge on whether Deccan can use their experience to bounce back.

Diamond Eagles vs Sussex Sharks Live Streaming

The last game of Group B will have the Sussex Sharks take on the Diamond Eagles at the Feroz Shah Kotla in Delhi. Both the sides have played one game each against the New South Wales Blues and lost both the games comfortably. Hence, it has all boiled down to this game to decide on which team will go through to the next round of the competition along with the New South Wales Blues, who have not only got into the second round, but also carried their two points forward.

The Sussex Sharks were led by Michael Yardy to begin with, but he pulled out with an illness just before the game. This meant that Ed Joyce had to lead the side in the game against the New South Wales, and the side went down rather badly. In this game, Yardy should be back and fit to lead the side, and this will mean that one of the top order batsmen will have to make way. In fact, if reports are anything to go, Luke Wright is back in India after the problems with the illnesses as well and should be an easy shoo into the game. So the Sussex side will need to make two changes to their line-up.

Diamond Eagles squad :
HH Dippenaar*, RT Bailey, J Coetzee, CJD de Villiers, D du Preez, D Elgar, RR Hendricks, AK Kruger, AP McLaren†, R McLaren, PV Mpitsang, RR Rossouw, T Tshabalala, SC van Schalkwyk, MN van Wyk

Sussex Sharks squad :
MH Yardy*, WAT Beer, BC Brown, PP Chawla, JS Gatting, RJ Hamilton-Brown, AJ Hodd†, EC Joyce, CB Keegan, RJ Kirtley, RSC Martin-Jenkins, CD Nash, DR Smith, LJ Wright, Yasir Arafat

Victoria vs Wayamba Live Streaming

Wayamba went into their opening game against Delhi with nine international players but still found themselves short. The batting was largely responsible for that 50-run defeat; they needed a sound start but the top order found life difficult against the Australian duo of Dirk Nannes and Glenn McGrath. Their bowlers did well to dismiss Tillakaratne Dilshan and Gautam Gambhir before they could get away but lost the plot thereafter. Their spinners failed to contain Delhi, who powered to 170 and shut them out of the match

Current time: 11:27 local, 05:57 GMT

Victoria squad

CL White*, AC Blizzard, AJ Finch, SM Harwood, JW Hastings, BJ Hodge, JM Holland, DJ Hussey, AB McDonald, BE McGain, CJ McKay, RJ Quiney, PM Siddle, MS Wade†, DG Wright

Wayamba squad

J Mubarak*, MKDI Amerasinghe, RSSS de Zoysa†, HMRKB Herath, DPMD Jayawardene, KPSP Karunanayake, HGJM Kulatunga, KS Lokuarachchi, MF Maharoof, BAW Mendis, NLTC Perera, I Udana, ML Udawatte, MG Vandort, UWMBCA Welegedara

Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Otago Live Streaming

Watch Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Otago Live Streaming Online for Free - Champions League Twenty20 between RCA vs Otago. The winner of Monday's day-night clash at the Chinnaswamy Stadium will join Cape Cobras in the second round from Group C. It's as simple as that. Both the Bangalore and Otago bowling attacks were bruised by the South African domestic champions in their opening matches leaving them with a lot to do even if they make it past the first round of elimination.

Bangalore have a net run-rate of -0.356, Otago's is -2.70, and no points will be carried forward no matter who wins tomorrow. Bangalore have the home advantage - they will be familiar with conditions and a strong crowd will back them - but they had that against the Cobras and couldn't finish on top. Kumble was critical of his team's fielding in the opening game and another loose performance against Otago could give the underdogs the room they need to cause an upset. Otago started the competition with an outside chance but an inspirational performance, emulating Daniel Vettori's team, could eliminate the first IPL team from the Champions League.

Praveen Kumar was a handful with the new ball, troubling the Cobras top order with lateral movement under lights. He picked up two early wickets and finished the game with 3 for 32. Similar success against Otago could prove decisive for they do not possess the batting depth that the Cobras did.

Delhi Daredevils vs Wayamba Live Streaming

Watch Delhi Daredevils vs Wayamba Live Streaming Online for FREE. This match will be played at Delhi on Oct 11 2009.Delhi Daredevils' first game didn't go to plan and they are left needing to hit their stride against Sri Lanka's champions Wayamba to stay in the tournament.

Their batting is studded with fearsome Twenty20 hitters, but it was blunted by the accurate Victoria seamers and the slow-and-low pitch. Already without AB de Villiers, Paul Collingwood and Daniel Vettori, they could also lose Mithun Manhas after he pulled a hamstring during the first game. On Sunday, they are up against opponents who have 11 players with international experience in their squad.

Mahela Jayawardene is the biggest name in the Wayamba squad but their strength is likely to be their bowling. Isuru Udana was the best bowler in Sri Lanka's domestic tournament, Ishara Amerasinghe adds firepower to the pace department, and Ajantha Mendis and a much-improved Rangana Herath provide spin options. They also have Farveez Maharoof, who will use this tournament to try re-capture the allrounder's spot in the Sri Lankan team from Angelo Mathews.

Delhi Daredevils squad

G Gambhir*, R Bhatia, TM Dilshan, KD Karthik†, M Manhas, A Mishra, Y Nagar, DP Nannes, A Nehra, AM Salvi, PJ Sangwan, V Sehwag, OA Shah, MK Tiwary

Wayamba squad

J Mubarak*, MKDI Amerasinghe, RSSS de Zoysa†, HMRKB Herath, DPMD Jayawardene, KPSP Karunanayake, HGJM Kulatunga, KS Lokuarachchi, MF Maharoof, BAW Mendis, NLTC Perera, I Udana, ML Udawatte, MG Vandort, UWMBCA Welegedara

Deccan Chargers vs Somerset T20

Deccan Chargers vs Somerset T20 Live Streaming

Champions League Twenty20

Deccan Chargers vs Somerset: This is the first game of Group A, and features the two stronger teams in the group, the other being Trinidad & Tobago. With their knowledge of the local conditions and a capacity crowd expected to be egging them on, Deccan start as favourites (though those factors didn't help Bangalore in the face of JP Duminy's onslaught). They have plenty of proven match-winners like Adam Gilchrist and Andrew Symonds, but two of their big Indian stars - Rohit Sharma and RP Singh - have struggled over the past few months. Somerset will need big performances from their pair of senior pros, Marcus Trescothick and Justin Langer, the only players in the squad with significant experience on the subcontinent.

* Twenty20 match | 2009/10 season
* Played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
* 10 October 2009 - day/night

Deccan Chargers squad

AC Gilchrist*†, AA Bilakhia, FH Edwards, Harmeet Singh, RJ Harris, VVS Laxman, PP Ojha, RG Sharma, Shoaib Ahmed, RP Singh, SB Styris, TL Suman, A Symonds, WPUJC Vaas, Y Venugopal Rao

Somerset squad

JL Langer*, OAC Banks, JC Buttler, Z de Bruyn, WJ Durston, JC Hildreth, C Kieswetter†, BJ Phillips, AV Suppiah, AC Thomas, PD Trego, ME Trescothick, ML Turner, MTC Waller, CM Willoughby

Match details

Umpires DJ Harper and RE Koertzen
TV umpire AM Saheba
Match referee S Venkataraghavan
Reserve umpire S Ravi

Delhi Daredevils vs Victoria Live Streaming

Champions League Twenty20, 3rd Match, Group D: Delhi Daredevils v Victoria at Delhi, Oct 9, 2009

Champions League Twenty20

Delhi Daredevils vs Victoria

* Twenty20 match | 2009/10 season
* Played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
* 9 October 2009 - day/night


Delhi Daredevils squad

G Gambhir*, R Bhatia, TM Dilshan, KD Karthik†, M Manhas, A Mishra, Y Nagar, DP Nannes, A Nehra, AM Salvi, PJ Sangwan, V Sehwag, OA Shah, MK Tiwary

Victoria squad

CL White*, AC Blizzard, AJ Finch, SM Harwood, JW Hastings, BJ Hodge, JM Holland, DJ Hussey, AB McDonald, BE McGain, CJ McKay, JL Pattinson, RJ Quiney, PM Siddle, MS Wade†

Match details

Umpires HDPK Dharmasena and BR Doctrove
TV umpire SS Hazare
Match referee RS Mahanama
Reserve umpire S Asnani

Eagles vs New South Wales Live Streaming

Champions League Twenty20 (T20)Eagles vs New South Wales Live Streaming

Eagles vs New South Wales

* Twenty20 match | 2009/10 season
* Played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
* 9 October 2009

Eagles squad

HH Dippenaar*, RT Bailey, J Coetzee, CJD de Villiers, D du Preez, D Elgar, RR Hendricks, AK Kruger, AP McLaren†, R McLaren, PV Mpitsang, RR Rossouw, T Tshabalala, SC van Schalkwyk, MN van Wyk

New South Wales squad

SM Katich*, AC Bird, DE Bollinger, SR Clark, NM Hauritz, MC Henriques, PJ Hughes, SJC Keen, B Lee, SNJ O'Keefe, BJ Rohrer, DLR Smith†, SPD Smith, DJ Thornely, DA Warner

Match details

Umpires BR Doctrove and SS Hazare
TV umpire HDPK Dharmasena
Match referee RS Mahanama
Reserve umpire S Asnani

RCB vs Cape Cobras Live, CL T20

The inaugural Champions League Twenty20 begins at Bangalore's Chinnaswamy Stadium on Thursday. Cricket's first global inter-club tournament, it is the latest twist in a format that is only seven years but has established itself as the game's main money-spinner.

The first match is between Royal Challengers Bangalore vs Cape Cobras starts around 8.00 pm Ist.

Venue: Bangalore

A mix of state, county, regional and franchise teams will battle it out for a US$ 6 million cash prize, with $2.5 million going to the winners. The unpredictability of the format is enhanced by the fact that there is little history between the teams, though many of the players would be familiar to each other as team-mates at some level.

Royal Challenger Bangalore v Cape Cobras, Group C
Start time 20.00 (14.30 GMT)

The 23 matches in the 16-day tournament are spread between Bangalore, Delhi and Hyderabad. The 12 teams have been divided into four groups of three each with IPL runners-up Bangalore grouped with Cape Cobras and Otago, while IPL champions Deccan Chargers are in a pool with Stanford 20/20 winners Trinidad and Tobago and the Somerset, runners-up of England's Twenty20 Cup.

Australia vs New Zealand Champions Trophy 2009

Daniel Vettori is definitely in the running for the Player-of-the-Series award. Against Sri Lanka he rescued a floundering middle order, and against Pakistan he promoted himself to No. 6 and guided a nervous side through to the final. And that's besides his routine job, during which he has taken seven wickets at an average of 17.71 and an economy-rate of 3.97. He is now four wickets short of the leading wicket-taker of the tournament, Wayne Parnell.

Ricky Ponting has a habit of turning it on on the big day. But he is a bruised captain, too, the only Australian leader since time immemorial to have lost the Ashes twice. He has also led them to successive unsuccessful campaigns at ICC events. When was the last time they failed to win three majors in a row

Team news
Both teams gave satisfactory performances in the semi-finals, and both are more or less settled - even if not entirely by design.

Australia: Shane Watson, Tim Paine (wk), Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Hussey, Cameron White, Callum Ferguson, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Siddle.

A discussion on allrounder Brendon Diamanti has its merits - Neil Broom hasn't had much to do in the tournament - but New Zealand are not likely to tinker with a winning combination. And the way Elliott came through the semi-final, a big worry for them has been taken care of.

New Zealand (probable): 1 Brendon McCullum (wk), 2 Aaron Redmond, 3 Martin Guptill, 4Ross Taylor, 5 Neil Broom, 6 Grant Elliot, 7 James Franklin, 8 Daniel Vettori capt), 9 Kyle Mills, 10 Shane Bond, 11 Ian Butler.

New Zealand vs Pakistan Champions Trophy Semi Final Live Score

Watch ICC Champions Trophy, 2nd Semi-Final: New Zealand vs Pakistan at Johannesburg, Oct 3, 2009.

ICC Champions Trophy

New Zealand vs Pakistan

* ODI no. 2906 | 2009/10 season
* Played at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
* 3 October 2009 - day/night

New Zealand squad

DL Vettori*, SE Bond, NT Broom, IG Butler, BJ Diamanti, GD Elliott, JEC Franklin, MJ Guptill, GJ Hopkins†, BB McCullum†, KD Mills, IE O'Brien, JS Patel, AJ Redmond, LRPL Taylor

Pakistan squad

Younis Khan*, Shahid Afridi, Fawad Alam, Iftikhar Anjum, Imran Nazir, Kamran Akmal†, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Yousuf, Naved-ul-Hasan, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Umar Gul

Match details

Umpires IJ Gould and SJA Taufel
TV umpire DJ Harper
Match referee J Srinath
Reserve umpire SJ Davis

Australia vs England Champions Trophy Semi Final Live Score

England may secretly be relieved that Australia scrambled the final bye, which meant they wouldn't have to face Pakistan's mixture of spin and reverse swing on a slow, wearing Centurion pitch. Not that Australia's attack will be easy, but at least there won't be any of the unknown. In fact, it's just the opposite. The teams probably know each other a little too well at the moment.

For a while it looked as though Australia would blow their chance of progressing as the batting came to a screeching halt in their chase against Pakistan. However, Brett Lee and Nathan Hauritz did just enough - Australia were through when they levelled scores off the penultimate ball - and another meeting with the old enemy was an added bonus.

Australia will bring with them memories of the 6-1 win in the recent one-day series, while England will say that result doesn't matter anymore. "We thrashed them the last time we played them," said Graeme Swann, England's team joker. The truth, as is often the case, lies somewhere in the middle. Australia clearly have the upper hand in recent contests, but England's resurgence since arriving in South Africa means they have a good chance of extracting revenge.

Australia vs England 1st Semi-Final Champions Trophy at Centurion

Watch Australia vs England, Champions Trophy, 1st semi-final, Centurion Live Score

England (probable): 1 Andrew Strauss (capt), 2 Joe Denly, 3 Owais Shah, 4 Paul Collingwood, 5 Eoin Morgan, 6 Matt Prior (wk), 7 Luke Wright, 8 Stuart Broad, 9 Graeme Swann, 10 Ryan Sidebottom, 11 James Anderson.

Australia (probable) 1 Shane Watson, 2 Tim Paine (wk), 3 Ricky Ponting (capt), 4 Michael Hussey, 5 Callum Ferguson, 6 Cameron White, 7 James Hopes, 8 Mitchell Johnson, 9 Brett Lee, 10 Nathan Hauritz, 11 Peter Siddle.

England scored 323 on an excellent batting surface against South Africa, but the pitch for the previous game between Australia and Pakistan was a tough one for run-scoring. The thunderstorms have stayed away since the Australia-India game and the last thing a semi-final needs is rain.