England won the second One Day International at the Centurion Park in Pretoria by 7 wickets with the visitors comfortably chasing a target of 251. Paul Collingwood struck an unbeaten 105 (from 110 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes) and Opener Jonathan Trott made 87 (from 119 balls with 8 fours) as England cruised to the target with four overs to spare.
South Africa after being put into bat first were restricted to 250 for 9 after losing wickets at the wrong moments of their innings. The top scorer for South Africa was Alviro Petersen who made 64 (from 65 balls with 5 fours and a six) coming in at no.5. Hashim Amla with 57 from 72 balls was the other half centurion. For the visitors, James Anderson picked up 3 for 60 and Bresnan, Collingwood took a couple of wickets each.
For his all-round efforts, Paul Collingwood got the Man of the Match. England lead the 5-ODI Series 1-0 with the first ODI at Wanderers rained out.
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The opening ODI of the 5-match Series between South Africa and England was abandoned due to heavy rain. This ODI was supposed to be a day night affair at the New Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. None of the players had even left their hotels to the ground. The second ODI is on the 22nd at the Centurion Park in Pretoria.
A capacity crowd is expected to watch one of the most anticipated Champions Trophy matches.An India-Pakistan match is always special – a contest between two equally fanatical cricketing nations with a bitter rivalry between the sub-continental neighbours.The Indians have been far from convincing during their only warm-up match against New Zealand. The Kiwis beat them by over an hundred runs. Yuvraj Singh’s injury added further pressure on the team. Opener Gautam Gambhir has been declared fit and available for Saturday’s match. Though Pakistan’s win against West Indies in the opening Champions Trophy match was far from convincing, it was good enough to bring them with in sight of a place in the semifinals. Our front-line bowlers have been in good knick. All we need is to crack the Indian top order early,” team coach said. The last time the two teams met in and ODI was in the Asia Cup in July 2008 where Pakistan successfully chased down a target of 308 in an epic battle. Pakistan are almost certain to drop out-of-form Imran Nazir from the side in favour of Younis Khan while if the management decides in favour of Asif, Rana Naved would be rested. Victory against India would almost put Pakistan in the semifinals of the event where their performance has never been satisfactory since its inception eleven years back.
QUEBEC CITY, Canada: Canada’s Aleksandra Wozniak cruised into the semi-finals and top seeded Russia Nadia Petrova withdrew from her quarter-final match at the WTA Bell Challenge with an illness.
GENOA, Italy: With Roger Federer sitting out, Switzerland lost a doubles match to Italy in a Davis Cup playoff and had its lead cut to 2-1.
The 2009 ICC Champions Trophy is a One Day International cricket tournament to be held in South Africa between 22 September and 5 October,at Wanderers Stadium and Centurion Park, both in the Johannesburg area. It will be the sixth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy, and was previously known as the ICC Knock-out. 
The 2009 ICC Champions Trophy is a One Day International cricket tournament to be held in South Africa between 22 September and 5 October,at Wanderers Stadium and Centurion Park, both in the Johannesburg area. It will be the sixth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy, and was previously known as the ICC Knock-out. 
