Today, we saw the final match of the tournament played between India and Pakistan. What a magnificent performance with both bat and ball displayed by the Pakistani team today, as they are the winners of the ICC Champions Trophy 2017. They dominated the match from start to finish as they totally demolished the Indians. At … Continue reading #championsTrophy #theFinal
Earlier today the final semifinal match of the ICC Champions Trophy took place where India and Bangladesh faced off against each other. On winning the toss the Indians decided to have a field first. What an incredible start their bowlers had, removing Soumya Sarkar in the first over after he was bowled by Bhuvneshwar Kumar. … Continue reading #championsTrophy #semiFinal2
Pakistan, the first team to qualify for the ICC Champions Trophy 2017, after they defeated England quite comfortably in front their home crowd. Bowling, fielding and batting today were just impressive by the Pakistanis. Some catches looked very impossible to take, however they made it look so easy. In addition there were two remarkable runouts … Continue reading #championsTrophy #semiFinal1
With qualification on the line, this match was extremely important for both India and South Africa. If India won they go through to the semifinal, knocking out the South Africans, vice versa for the South Africans. Both teams had changes for this important encounter. For the South Africans they brought in Andile Phehlukwayo in place … Continue reading #championsTrophy #Match11
With England already through to the semi-final round, it was the Australians who needed to win in order to get to the semi-final. The Bangladesh team probably were in their hotel rooms anxiously awaiting the result of this match. In order for the Bangladeshi team to advance the Aussies needed to be on the losing … Continue reading #championsTrophy #Match10
This was surely one of the best matches I have seen thus far in this year's ICC Champions Trophy 2017. Opting to bowl first were the Sri Lankans. Setting a solid foundation for the Indians were openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan. They will have an opening partnership of 138 runs. This tremendous partnership was … Continue reading #championsTrophy #Match8
Cool breeze, blue and sunny skies, perfect weather for a cricket match. Match 7 of the ICC Champions Trophy saw South Africa and Pakistan faceoff against each other. South Africa came into this match with 2 points after defeating Sri Lanka in their first match and Pakistan are yet to get onto the table. Captain … Continue reading #championsTrophy #Match7
With the skies looking gloomy and some rainfall, I wasn't sure if there will be a full match. Thankfully it wasn't consistent as previous games and a full match was played. Continuing with Group A action today saw England and New Zealand face off against each other. England won their first game against Bangladesh whereas … Continue reading #championsTrophy #Match6
Finally, the time has come again for one of the most exciting sporting events on my calendar for the year 2017, it the ICC Champions Trophy. This year's Champions Trophy will be held in England and Wales from June 1st 2017 until June 18th 2017. Being a West Indian girl, I was surely disappointed that … Continue reading #championsTrophy
