Victoria’s New South Wales Blues mean that their run in the Champions League is cut short at the semi final stage. It was a clinical performance by the Blues. They batted well and then their experiment with opening the bowling with Hauritz clicked on a turning wicket at Kotla. They literally steam rolled their country mates to enter the finals with a thump. New South...

New Delhi, Oct. 21 (ANI): New South Wales takes on Victoria in the first semi-final of the Champions League tournament here tonight. Here are some interesting facts related to the two teams. In the 262 official matches between NSW and Victoria in the past 117 years, the closest the teams have gone to playing on neutral territory has been a Sheffield Shield match on the...

Preview: Ground Reality: The first semi-final of the Champions League will take place at the Feroze Shah Kotla in Delhi, and it is a ground that only bowlers have enjoyed so far in the tournament. Only once has a team crossed the 150-mark here in 14 innings across 7 matches, and the trend is expected to continue for the semi-finals also. The match will be played between...

It was an anti-climax in the end. It was billed as a big clash but the Challengers from Bangalore have fizzled out flat in the end. Defending a modest 128, they didn’t start off well, conceding far too many extras coupled with some misfields. Hodge and Quiney never let the bowlers settle down and went through with their strokes and got things rolling. They lost a...

Wayamba came back well after being restricted to a low total. Welegedara started off things with an excellent return catch in the 1st over and since then, the Elevens looked a completely different outfit. Victoria kept losing wickets at regular intervals and were never really in the hunt to chase it down. Some late order heroics from McDonald got them close but in the...

Champions League T20, 2009 Delhi Daredevils vs Victoria, 3rd Match, Group D Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, October 9, 2009 It was an one-sided match in the end. The Victorian side were too good for the Delhi side. They bowled well to restrict a strong Delhi team to 98, then they strolled home with 20 balls to spare. All in all it has not been a good tournament for...

Ground Reality and Pitch: The Feroz Shah Kotla, established in 1883, is one of the premier grounds in India. The Kotla hosted its first Test match in 1948 when a John Goddard led West Indian side toured India. This ground is world renowned for the 10 wickets in an innings bagged by Anil Kumble against Pakistan in 1999. Generally considered a batting wicket, the pitch...

Bangalore, Oct. 9 (ANI): Victoria skipper Cameron White has said his team’s unity will overshadow star-studded Indian Premier League teams in the Champions League Twenty20. “I think it’’s a massive advantage for us, and I”m hoping we”re one of the best teams going around. That’’s definitely a bonus that we are a team...

Victoria One-day Name: Victorian Bushrangers Coach: Greg Shipperd Captain: Cameron White Founded: 1851 Home Ground: Melbourne Cricket Ground Capacity: 100,000 First-class debut: Tasmania in 1851 at Launceston Sheffield Shield Wins: 27 Ford Ranger Cup Wins: 4 Twenty20 Cup Wins: 3 Official Website: Victorian Bushrangers Players: Aiden...