Tag: South Africa

T20 World Cup Super Eights Preview: India Vs Pakistan

| September 29, 2012 | 0 Comments

India and Pakistan will cross swords again on Sunday, September 30, when they meet in a group 2 Super eights game. Pakistan have come off a nerve-wracking win against South Africa, while India are still licking their wounds after a walloping by the Aussies, in the sides’ respective first group games. But the results of [...]

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T20 World Cup 2012 Super Eights Preview: Pakistan Vs South Africa

| September 28, 2012 | 0 Comments

Pakistan and South Africa, two in-form teams of the ongoing World Cup, are set to clash in a Group 2 Super Eights encounter at Colombo, on Friday, September 28. Pakistan have had a settled look about them and the return of Imran Nazir to the side has boosted the batting partnering skipper Hafeez at the [...]

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T20 World Cup 2012 Super Eights Preview: Australia Vs India

| September 26, 2012 | 0 Comments

With both India and Australia topping their respective groups, both teams will be charged up ahead of their Super eights clash on Friday, September 28, when they meet at Colombo’s Premadasa Stadium. If their mediocre showing against Afghanistan was a wake up call for India, Dhoni’s did shed their slumber against England and the dominant [...]

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ICC T20 World Cup 2012 Preview: Sri Lanka Vs South Africa

| September 21, 2012 | 0 Comments

In the biggest game of the contest so far, hosts Sri Lanka are set to clash with South Africa, on Saturday, September 22, at Hambantota. Both teams have registered handsome wins against Zimbabwe, the third team in Group C, Sri Lanka by 82 runs and South Africa by 10 wickets, and Saturday’s game will help [...]

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ICC T20 World Cup 2012: Schedule, Match Times & Results Summary

| September 17, 2012 | 0 Comments

Match 21: New Zealand Vs West Indies Date: 1/10/2012 Venue: Kandy Toss won by: New Zealand, who chose to field West Indies: 139 all out in 19.3 overs (Gayle 30; Southee 3/21) New Zealand 139/7 in 20 overs (Taylor 62; Narine 3/20) Result: West Indies won the one-over eliminator (match tied) Match 20: India Vs Pakistan [...]

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Premier League 2012-13 Team Preview: Everton

| August 15, 2012 | 0 Comments

Everton have witnessed a flurry of summer signings in a team not known to move quickly in he market, as observed by manager David Moyes. Moyes has underscored his remarks by pointing out that the Toffees qualified for the Champions League when they showed similar market dynamism in 2004-05. Having finished seventh, last season, Everton [...]

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Premier League 2012-13 Team Preview: Manchester United

| August 9, 2012 | 0 Comments

It was so near yet so far. No other statement could more aptly summarise the Red Devils’ plight last season. The title-decider went to the very last day. Going into their respective final games, City and United were level on points. City was drawn against QPR while Man. United faced Sunderland. At the 90th minute, [...]

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India at Olympics 2012: Results and Summary

| August 1, 2012 | 0 Comments
India at Olympics 2012: Results and Summary

August 12, 2012 The Indian contingent returns home from London with its highest ever medal tally. With two silver and four bronze, surely Indian sport is on the rise. Joydeep Karmakar and Kashyap Parupalli displayed great sportsmanship, despite missing out on the medals. In boxing, India narrowly missed out on medals as many pugilists were [...]

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London 2012 Olympics: Results and Summary

| July 31, 2012 | 0 Comments

London Olympics was high on controversies as four badminton women’s doubles teams were disqualified from the event. The four teams, who have already qualified for the knock-out stages, deliberately tried to lose their matched in order to avoid tougher opponents in the quarters and semis. The eight athletes belonged to China, Korea and Indonesia. Yu [...]

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Champions League T20 2012 Schedule: Kolkata to Meet Delhi on Day One

| July 29, 2012 | 0 Comments
Champions League T20 2012 Schedule: Kolkata to Meet Delhi on Day One

Kolkata Knight Riders are set to clash with Delhi Daredevils on the opening night of the fourth edition of the Champions League T20 tournament scheduled to begin at Centurion, South Africa, on October 13, 2012. The match will be the second of a double-header, with the opener due to be played at the same venue between South [...]

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