TV Channels broadcasting England vs South Africa 2009 / 10 - Live

Its cricket season and we have a long tour of South Africa by England. It includes 2 T20 matches, 5 ODI and 4 tests. The tour starts from 13th November 2009 and ends on . TV is the medium by which most of fans will enjoy the match. Sky Sports has the broadcasting rights for UK and Supersport will broadcast on South Africa as well as most of the African countries. Ten Sports will be broadcasting it live in India and most part of Asia.

Here is the complete list of TV channels broadcasting Eng vs SA live:

Australia: Fox Sports

Bangladesh: Ten Sports

Canada: ATN (Asian Television Network)

India: Tensports

Malaysia: Starhub

Middle East including UAE, Saudi Arabia etc.: Prime Sports

Nepal: Ten Sports

New Zealand: Sky Sport

Pakistan: Geo Super

Singapore: Starhub

UK: Star Sports

USA: Directv

If you find any place missing, please comment.

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England vs South Africa 2009 / 10 - Fixtures and Schedule

England tours South Africa for 2 T20s, 5 ODIs and 4 tests. The tour starts from Nov 13, 2009 and ends on Jan 18, 2010. With Pietersen, Strauss, Smith, Kallis, a great rivalry has developed between the teams and you can expect that in the matches.

Here are the complete fixtures and Schedules of SA vs Eng 2009 / 10:

Date	Match Details	Time		Venue
		GMT	India	Ground	City
Nov 13 - Fri	South Africa v England, 1st T20I	16:00	21:30	The Wanderers Stadium	Johannesburg
Nov 15 - Sun	South Africa v England, 2nd T20I	12:30	18:00	SuperSport Park	Centurion
Nov 20 - Fri	South Africa v England, 1st ODI	12:30	18:00	The Wanderers Stadium	Johannesburg
Nov 22 - Sun	South Africa v England, 2nd ODI	08:00	13:30	SuperSport Park	Centurion
Nov 27 - Fri	South Africa v England, 3rd ODI	12:30	18:00	Newlands	Cape Town
Nov 29 - Sun	South Africa v England, 4th ODI	08:00	13:30	St Georges Park	Port Elizabeth
Dec 04 - Fri	South Africa v England, 5th ODI	12:30	18:00	Kingsmead	Durban
Dec 16 Wed - Dec 20 Sun	South Africa v England, 1st Test	08:30	14:00	SuperSport Park	Centurion
Dec 26 Sat - Dec 30 Wed	South Africa v England, 2nd Test	08:30	14:00	Kingsmead	Durban
Jan 03 Sun - Jan 07 Thu	South Africa v England, 3rd Test	08:30	14:00	Newlands	Cape Town
Jan 14 Thu - Jan 18 Mon	South Africa v England, 4th Test	08:30	14:00	The Wanderers Stadium	Johannesburg

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India vs Sri Lanka 2009 - Fixtures and Schedules

Sri Lanka tours India at the end of this year for a long tournament with 3 tests, 2 T20 and 5 ODI matches. The India vs Sri Lanka series will start from 16 Nov, 2009 with the 1st test.

The complete Fixtures and Schedule of India vs Sri Lanka 2009 are:

Date	Match Details	Time		Venue
		GMT	IST	Ground	City
Nov 16 Mon - Nov 20 Fri	India v Sri Lanka, 1st Test	04:00	09:30	Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera	Ahmedabad
Nov 24 Tue - Nov 28 Sat	India v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test	04:00	09:30	Green Park	Kanpur
Dec 02 Wed - Dec 06 Sun	India v Sri Lanka, 3rd Test	04:00	09:30	Brabourne Stadium	Mumbai
Dec 09 - Wed	India v Sri Lanka, 1st T20I	14:30	20:00	Vidarbha C.A. Ground	Nagpur
Dec 12 - Sat	India v Sri Lanka, 2nd T20I	14:30	20:00	Punjab C.A. Stadium	Mohali
Dec 15 - Tue	India v Sri Lanka, 1st ODI	03:30	09:00	Madhavrao Scindia Ground	Rajkot
Dec 18 - Fri	India v Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI	09:00	14:30	ACA-VDCA Stadium	Visakhapatnam
Dec 21 - Mon	India v Sri Lanka, 3rd ODI	09:00	14:30	Barabati Stadium	Cuttack
Dec 24 - Thu	India v Sri Lanka, 4th ODI	09:00	14:30	Eden Gardens	Kolkata
Dec 27 - Sun	India v Sri Lanka, 5th ODI	09:00	14:30	Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi

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Strauss leads charge but bowling doubts remain | England vs South Africa 2009

On the start of what will surely be a long and gruelling tour, Andrew Strauss led by example with an unbeaten 117 to guide England to victory against the somewhat unnervingly titled Warriors in their second warm-up game.

I have to admit I had my doubts as to whether Strauss could juggle the responsibility that comes with captaincy and maintain his form with the bat. I'm happy to say that I've been emphatically proven wrong time and time again. If anything his batting has improved with the extra responsibility and he showed his skills again at Kimberley, hitting ten fours and a six in his 119 ball innings.

Before we get too excited this was against average opposition, though they put up more of a challenge than the Eagles did last Friday. But cause for concern was the failure of openers Jimmy Anderson and Tim Bresnan to strike in their combined 19 overs. Adil Rashid and the recalled Sajid Mahmood were also expensive, prompting me again to wonder whether the side has the depth of bowling required to take 22 wickets in a Test match consecutively - Stuart Broad and Graham Onions were injured for this game remember. The one bowler who did rescue the day was Graeme Swann, taking 3-26 of his 10 overs. I feel Swann is England's most improved player over the past 18 months, cementing his place in the side with a consistent spells of tight and disciplined spin bowling to improve Englands cricket odds

With the bat, Strauss aside, there are also signs of promise. Eoin Morgan seems to be growing into the international scene along with Joe Denley, while Jonathan Trott is playing like a seasoned International veteran. Let’s not forget Kevin Pietersen, who hopes to be back for the one-day matches after completing his rehabilitation from that nasty achilles injury.

All these and more will have to be their best to beat a very accomplished South African side on their own turf. But given the trials, trauma and tribulations off last year’s winter cricket tour , it is just nice to be talking about matters on the field again rather than petty political squabbles off it.

By Tom Mallows

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2011 ICC Cricket World cup - Schedule and fixtures

The final fixtures of ICC Cricket World cup 2011 has been announced with India taking Bangladesh in the opening match. India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will be the hosts with Mumbai hosting the final of the World cup. It seems ICC took lessons from 2007 world cup and has divided the teams in two groups so that big teams qualify.


Group Division:

Group A:	Group B
Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Canada, Kenya.	India, South Africa, England, West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland, Netherlands.

Match no.		Date	Teams	Venue
1		19 Feb	India vs Bangladesh	Dhaka
2		20 Feb	New Zealand vs Kenya	Chennai
3		20 Feb	Sri Lanka vs Canada	Hambantota
4		21 Feb	Australia vs Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad
5		22 Feb	England vs Netherlands	Nagpur
6		23 Feb	Pakistan vs Kenya	Hambantota
7		24 Feb	South Africa vs West Indies	New Delhi
8		25 Feb	Australia vs New Zealand	Nagpur
9		25 Feb	Bangladesh vs Ireland	Dhaka
10		26 Feb	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	Colombo
11		27 Feb	India vs England	Kolkata
12		28 Feb	West Indies vs Netherlands	New Delhi
13		28 Feb	Zimbabwe vs Canada	Nagpur
14		1 Mar	Sri Lanka vs Kenya	Colombo
15		2 Mar	England vs Ireland	Bangalore
16		3 Mar	South Africa vs Netherlands	Mohali
17		3 Mar	Pakistan vs Canada	Colombo
18		4 Mar	New Zealand vs Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad
19		4 Mar	Bangladesh vs West Indies	Dhaka
20		5 Mar	Sri Lanka vs Australia	Colombo
21		6 Mar	India vs Ireland	Bangalore
22		6 Mar	England vs South Africa	Chennai
23		7 Mar	Kenya vs Canada	New Delhi
24		8 Mar	Pakistan vs New Zealand	Pallekelle
25		9 Mar	India vs Netherlands	New Delhi
26		10 Mar	Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe	Pallekelle
27		11 Mar	West Indies vs Ireland	Mohali
28		11 Mar	Bangladesh vs England	Chittagong
29		12 Mar	India vs South Africa	Nagpur
30		13 Mar	New Zealand vs Canada	Mumbai
31		13 Mar	Australia vs Kenya	Bangalore
32		14 Mar	Pakistan vs Zimbabwe	Pallekelle
33		14 Mar	Bangladesh vs Netherlands	Chittagong
34		15 Mar	South Africa vs Ireland	Kolkata
35		16 Mar	Australia vs Canada	Bangalore
36		17 Mar	England vs West Indies	Chennai
37		18 Mar	Sri Lanka vs New Zealand	Mumbai
38		18 Mar	Ireland vs Netherlands	Kolkata
39		19 Mar	Australia vs Pakistan	Colombo
40		19 Mar	Bangladesh vs South Africa	Dhaka
41		20 Mar	Zimbabwe vs Kenya	Kolkata
42		20 Mar	India vs West Indies	Chennai
43		23 Mar	First Quarterfinal	Dhaka
44		24 Mar	Second Quarterfinal	Colombo
45		25 Mar	Third Quarterfinal	Dhaka
46		26 Mar	Fourth Quarterfinal	Ahmedabad
47		29 Mar	First Semifinal	Colombo
48		30 Mar	Second Semifinal	Mohali
49		02 Apr	FINAL	Mumbai

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Kolpak ruling favours ECB

What have a handball player and the England And Wales Cricket Board got in common?

Well the former has forced the latter to lobby a change in the law.

Confused? Let me explain.

The ECB have finally won the battle with so called ‘Kolpak players’ who exploited the legal loophole established by Slovakian handball player Maros Kolpak.

The controversy began when a European Court of Justice ruling in 2003 went in favour of Kolpak, who was seeking work in Germany. Kolpak's legal action allowed players from countries and regions with associate trade agreements with the European Union - such as South Africa and the West Indies - to be treated as non-overseas players.

It is sort of the cricketing equivalent of the Bosman ruling in football - which gave players the freedom to move wherever they liked at the end of their contract and transformed the football transfer system.

This saw a flood of players entering England to turn out for Counties across the country, many of whom were disenchanted at their own domestic game’s quota system.

Now most of those players, such as Dwayne Smith of Sussex, have been forced to leave the country as victims of the new Home Office laws. These laws now state that only players who have held a valid work permit for four years will be able to continue to be employed as though they were EU citizens by counties.

Is this a good thing?

Well the ECB certainly thinks so. After all it is in their interest to look after the interest of their English game. And while foreign players clearly add to the county cricket game, the Kolpakruling arguably led to a number of lesser talented players plying their trade in England.

Things seemed to come to a head in 2008 when 11 'Kolpak' players took the field in a Northants v Leicestershire match. The ECB began fighting back by fining counties for every ‘Kolpakker’ played £1,100 per player per match. The money was docked from the £1m handout granted by the ECB to each county every year.

But this ruling finally brings an interesting sideshow in the English game to a sensible conclusion. Maybe the ECB and counties can concentrate on the task in hand – producing world class English cricketers .

By Tom Mallows
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Hong Kong Super Sixes 2009

Along with test, ODI, t20 and pro40 there exists another form of cricket - the super sixes. Hong Kong organizes super sixes tournament every year between the top teams. The rules are modified with an inning of only 5 overs and each team containing just 6 players. Except wicketkeeper everyone bowls. Wides and no balls are counted 2 runs. Also, there is a provision of retiring after batsman reaches 31 runs. 8 teams participate in this tournament which is held on 31st October and 1st November.

The teams are divided into two groups. India has been placed in the Norhern hemispheres along with teams like England, Sri Lanka and rivals Pakistan. Hongkong, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia compromise the Southern hemisphere group.

The fixtures and schedules are:

Match	Saturday	Match	Group
1	8.20am	Hong Kong vs South Africa	South
2	9.05am	India vs Sri Lanka	North
3	9.50am	Hong Kong vs New Zealand	South
4	10.35am	Pakistan vs England	North
5	11.20am	South Africa vs Australia	South
6	12.05pm	Sri Lanka vs Pakistan	North
7	12.50pm	Hong Kong vs Australia	South
8	1.35pm	India vs England	North
9	2.20pm	South Africa vs New Zealand	South
10	3.05pm	India vs Pakistan	North
11	3.50pm	New Zealand vs Australia	South
12	4.35pm	Sri Lanka vs England	North
	5.20pm	close
Match	Sunday	Match	Group
13	8.30am	N2 vs S2	Cup RR
14	9.15am	N1 vs S1	Cup RR
15	10.00am	N3 vs S4	Plate SF1
16	10.45am	N1 vs S2	Cup RR
17	11.30am	N2 vs S1	Cup RR
	12.15 - 12.35pm	Champions Parade
18	12.35pm	N4 vs S3	Plate SF 2
19	1.20pm	S1 vs S2	Cup RR
20	2.05pm	N1 vs N2	Cup RR
	2.50 – 3.00pm	Entertainment
21	3.00pm	Plate Final
22	4.00pm	Cup Final
	5.00pm	Presentations

The matches of Hong Kong Super Sixes will be shown live on Ten Sports. Watch these short matches and you will love to view raining sixes. Acutually there are more sixes than 4s and more 4s than singles. For live scores and more details go to http://www.hkcricketsixes.com/
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