ICC champions Trophy 2017

[Amirhussain]

So the eight edition of the Champions Trophy will be held in England again this year on 1st June. Warm up matches start on Friday 26th. First game of the tournament is between England and Bangladesh at The Oval.

Luckily the ICC saw sense and scrapped the test championship, ensuring the Champions Trophy lives on.

No place for the West Indies for the first time and Bangladesh feature for the first time since the 2006 edition.

Here are the squads;

AUSTRALIA
Pat Cummins, Aaron Finch, John Hastings, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Moises Henriques, Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell, James Pattinson, Steve Smith (capt), Mitchell Starc, Marcus Stoinis, Matthew Wade (wk), David Warner, Adam Zampa.

BANGLADESH
Imrul Kayes, Mahmudullah, Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), Mehidi Hasan, Mosaddek Hossain, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mustafizur Rahman, Rubel Hossain, Sabbir Rahman, Shafiul Islam, Shakib Al Hasan, Somya Sarkar, Sunzamul Islam, Tamim Iqbal, Taskin Ahmed.

ENGLAND
Moeen Ali, Jonny Bairstow (wk), Jake Ball, Sam Billings (wk), Jos Buttler (wk), Alex Hales, Eoin Morgan (capt), Liam Plunkett, Adil Rashid, Joe Root, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Chris Woakes, Mark Wood.

INDIA
Ravichandran Ashwin, Jasprit Bumrah, Shikhar Dhawan, MS Dhoni (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik (wk), Virat Kohli (capt), Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, Ajinkya Rahane, Mohammed Shami, Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj Singh, Umesh Yadav.

NEW ZEALAND
Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Neil Broom, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Tom Latham (wk), Mitchell McClenaghan, Adam Milne, Jimmy Neesham, Jeetan Patel, Luke Ronchi (wk), Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, Kane Williamson (capt).

Pakistan
Ahmed Shehzad, Azhar Ali, Babar Azam, Fahim Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Hasan Ali, Imad Wasim, Junaid Khan, Mohammad Amir, Mohammad Hafeez, Sarfraz Ahmed (capt & wk), Shadab Khan, Shoaib Malik, Umar Akmal, Wahab Riaz.

SRI LANKA
Dinesh Chandimal (wk), Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Asela Gunaratne, Chamara Kapugedera, Nuwan Kulasekera, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews (capt), Kusal Mendis (wk), Kusal Perera (wk), Thisara Perera, Nuwan Pradeep, Seekkuge Prasanna, Lakshan Sandakan, Upul Tharanga.

SOUTH AFRICA
Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock (wk), AB de Villiers (capt & wk), Faf du Plessis, JP Duminy, Keshav Maharaj, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris, Wayne Parnell, Andile Phehlukwayo, Dwaine Pretorius, Kagiso Rabada, Imran Tahir.

[Amirhussain]

Gargamel said:

Anyone seen the google logo game today for this

I hit a six !

So did I!

Roy gone early.

[Amirhussain]

Gargamel said:

WTF. I made 34 and I was so chuffed

[Amirhussain]

BlackLabel said:

Expected more from the Pakistani bowlers.

Yes very disappointed. I knew from the moment Wahab Riaz was picked he would get taken to the cleaners and then some.

Annoyed Aussie v New Zealand game was rained off.

[Amirhussain]

South Africa are quality, but will they choke when it comes to the crunch?

[Amirhussain]

Gargamel said:

Amirhussain said:

South Africa are quality, but will they choke when it comes to the crunch?

Think those days of past for SA. AB is probably the leading ODI cricketer right now. However in my view SA are a bowler light to win this one.

Can't look past India, but would love to see England vs India in an utter slogfest, where they hit 370+ off out buffet bowlers and then we have a proper dig to try and get them...

If the weather cooperates

[Amirhussain]

Gandahar said:

Blimey! Pakistan on it ....

Yeah Saffers struggling at 91-4. Watch our batsmen fk up even more

[Amirhussain]

Pakistan bowlers especially Hasan were great today. Considering they were 118-6, 219 isn't too bad... Pakistan batting is crap so South Africa are still very much in it.

[Amirhussain]

Gandahar said:

Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ
Amir 10.0 0 50 0 5.00
Junaid 9.0 0 53 2 5.89
Wasim 8.0 0 20 2 2.50
Hafeez 10.0 0 51 1 5.10
Hasan 8.0 1 24 3 3.00
Shadab 5.0 0 20 0 4.00

In this modern day a couple of outstanding bowling figures there !

Nice to see the bowlers dominating today. I like sixes and ramp/scoop shots too but nice to see bowlers have a good day.

[Amirhussain]

Wow. Sri Lanka just blew group B wide open.

[Amirhussain]

Baron Greenback said:

Can't believe this match either! Bangladesh are playing out of their skins! 5th highest one day partnership possible 2nd if they win for 5th wicket partnership!

Edited by Baron Greenback on Friday 9th June 19:25

Not so long ago, Bangladesh were like the laughing stock of the cricket world.

[Amirhussain]

Gargamel said:

Amirhussain said:

Not so long ago, Bangladesh were like the laughing stock of the cricket world.

Right now thats the Kiwis job !

Well played Bangla...

Yes they haven't played as well as they can, especially with some of the players they have.

[Amirhussain]

Looks like the Saffers will be joining the Aussies and Kiwis on the plane home. Expected a lot more.

[Amirhussain]

Gargamel said:

Comedy run out in the SA innings. Not a real test for India.


Pak vs SL tomorrow with the winner likely to face England.

Don't mind who. Though you'd have to SL are probably the favourites to win.

Yeah I think Sri Lanka are favourites too. Pakistan are just not consistent enough.

[Amirhussain]

Bloody hell, Sri Lanka went from 161-3 after 31 overs to to 161-7 after 34 overs

[Amirhussain]

Bloody hell what a game.

[Amirhussain]

Baron Greenback said:

Too many drop catch and hell of a rescue and they could of lost it!

Would have been game set and match to Sri Lanka had they managed to cling onto one of Sarfraz's.

Great to see the pacers doing well. Hopefully this means the end of Wahab Riaz.

[Amirhussain]

Jason Roy dropped for the semi final and Bairstow likely replacement.

Seems to be a little drama surrounding the tickets. Apparently Indian fans have bought 30% of the tickets, but the majority of them will be no show. So games are listed as sold out but a lot of empty seats...

http://m.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/40253477

[Amirhussain]

Gargamel said:

hornetrider said:

Just tuned in, slow going so far. 146/4 off 33 @ 4.4rpo

Tricky pitch I think, bounce seems a little variable

149/5 now.

[Amirhussain]

Wow England are crumbling. Who would have thought after the shambles against India, Pakistan would be able to pull out a performance (bowling wise) like so far today.