India go into the final with crushing win

India 182 for 2 (Dhawan 68, Kohli 58*) beat Sri Lanka 181 for 8 (Mathews 51, Jayawardene 38, Ishant 3-33, Ashwin 3-48) by 8 wickets

 The only actual confrontation to India's demonstration into the final was two sets of activists who ruined into the field on two divide occasions. On a Cardiff pitch with a lot of dampness underside, the ball seamed, bounded sharply and turned noticeably, and the Indian bowlers were all over Sri Lanka subsequent to winning the toss. In the afternoon, the Indian openers continual their run of inspiring stands, adding 77 through some fortune and some good-looking shots, and India cruised home with 15 overs to spare.

This would have reminded India of their first day of global cricket on South Africa's 2010-11 tour, when they were inserted on a pitch that had engrossed a lot of rain and were bowled out for 136 in similar circumstances. Watching the first innings of this match, it seemed Sri Lanka had done well to not be rolled over for 136 them. The circumstances were so succulent India's three forefront quick’s bowled the first 22 overs, even MS Dhoni had a bowl and India either beat the bat or hit edge on 68 occasions.

The Sri Lankan batsmen couldn't be blamed much, not including for most likely Kusal Perera. Sri Lanka had to excavate in hard presently to stay alive, leave alone scoring runs. They tried and tried - Kumar Sangakkara had at one point left alone 12 out of his first 32 balls - but ultimately the ball with your name arrived. However, what actually foiled Sri Lanka's plans was the help the pitch provided to spin, which they hadn't budgeted for when they were batting out the quick’s like it was a Test match. If the quick’s bowled the first 22 overs out and went for 98 for four wickets in their 30 overs, the spinners took four wickets for 81 in their 20.

The pitch might have been grand help, but India browbeaten the toss benefit with remarkable correctness. India was perfect adequate to make use of the circumstances. The first extra came in the 20th over. Angelo Mathews, among others, fought the circumstances, but like others he too fell the split second he became audacious.   

Dominant England cruise into final

England 179 for 3 (Trott 82*, Root 48 ) beat South Africa 175 (Miller 56*, Kleinveldt 43, Tredwell 3-19, Broad 3-50) by seven wickets

 England and South Africa had not met in a most important match in ICC semi-final since the World Cup in Sydney in 1992, a match which AB de Villiers admitted previous to the start of play ended with him "crying myself to sleep." Grown man now or not, later than the mess South Africa made of this tie, he could be forgiven for repeating the incident.

De Villiers is no longer an in the clear child, he is captain of a South Africa one-day side which during his lifetime has frequently privileged to mislead in ICC tournaments. So it proved once more. England rampaged from side to side the top order as eight wickets fell for 80. It was a humid morning at Kennington Oval, England won a favorable toss, and for once the white Kookaburra swung, but South Africa contributed immensely to their downfall.

David Miller and Rory Kleinveldt did at least recuperate calculate of morality. An evidence ninth-wicket partnership for South Africa of 95 in 16 overs took them to 175. But all that did was provide Jonathan Trott with a protracted chance to bat much as he wished, apparently unmindful to the force of a Champions Trophy semi-final. He ended with a spritely 82 not out from 84 balls, a seven-wicket win done and dusted with more than 12 overs to standby.

England Beat New Zealand in Champions Trophy

England 169 (Cook 64, Mills 4-30, McClenaghan 3-36) beat New Zealand 159 for 8 (Williamson 67, Anderson 3-32) by 10 runs

 England do not create life trouble-free for themselves in knockout tournaments, but they protected their passageway to the Champions Trophy semi-finals through a cooperatively imposing recital from the bowlers which followed a efficient innings from Alastair Cook subsequent to the weather had endangered to abscond their hopes in Australia's hands.

But even as England was heaping heaviness on New Zealand's top arrange as they chased 170 in 24 overs, the weather still loomed. Rain, which had cause a five-hour impediment after the toss, was creeping over the Bristol Channel and even though the chase was at the back the rate, if the match had been deserted before 20 overs New Zealand would have gone through and England would have needed a favor from Australia on Monday.

The 20th over, sent down by the unequaled James Anderson, itself incorporated more drama when Corey Anderson, who was additional to New Zealand's squadron on the daybreak of the match as a substitution for Grant Elliott, appeared to harmed his calf following aborting a sprint and spent several minutes in receipt of management which did not make an impression Ashley Giles and David Saker on the England balcony.

Still, even after Anderson had finished the over there could have been another interweave. Tim Bresnan passed 19 in the next over as Kane Williamson, who made a brave 67 off 54 balls, and Anderson took their partnership to 73 previous to Williamson skied to wrap off Stuart Broad whose heel was ruled, by the third umpire, to be fractionally at the back the line. It was a powerful taut call.  

India Beat Pakistan by 8 wickets in Champions Trophy

India 102 for 2 (Dhawan 48) beat Pakistan 165 (Shafiq 41, Bhuvneshwar 2-19) by 8 wickets (D/L method)

 Just prefer the majority of the cricket played in this glorified enmity, the cricket at Edgbaston - this time for the reason that of the weather - was boring and unsure, but India finally registered their first win over Pakistan in Champions Trophy. However, it was a dead rubber as India was previously guaranteed the top slot in the group, and Pakistan the bottom.

It was England above your head all right with all the rain, but underfoot the Edgbaston pitch matched the bowlers from Asia, where a big segment of Birmingham's population has come from. R Ashwin bowled slow and flighted the ball and curved it square, Ravindra Jadeja bowled fast and still turned the odd ball square, and Pakistan batsmen capitulated in what began as a full game but was reduced to 40 overs a side after two rain intervals.

Their total of 165 all out was adjusted to 167 for the reason that of the rain break throughout Pakistan's innings. India got off to a concrete create in answer, and it mattered small that the rain finally brought the target down to 102 in 22 overs. India won in 19.1 overs.

Rain played a significant part in Pakistan's innings. Pakistan did beat the toss, which gave India the best circumstances in the rain, but Misbah-ul-Haq said he would have batted first anyhow.

Pollard wicket hands South Africa semi-final place

South Africa 230 for 6 in 31 overs (Ingram 73, Dwayne Bravo 2-43) tied with West Indies 190 for 6 in 26.1 overs (D/L method)

 It has been a decade since South Africa's miscalculation of Duckworth-Lewis saw them way out the World Cup in the first on all sides of. Finally, they will think about themselves redeemed.

In a entwine of destiny as completely formed as the twist on a young girl's harvest of hair, West Indies were pressed out of the Champions Trophy after a rain-affected tied match. After 26.1 overs, with six wickets down, they needed 191 runs to win the match. They left the field on 190 for 6 as the light rain floated down. The result rewarded a point to every side and South Africa progressed to the semi-finals by good quality of a greater net run rate.

If still one ball was completely important on the result of a match, the first ball of the 27th over was it. Kieron Pollard was dismissed when he threw his bat at a Ryan McLaren short ball and was wedged at third man.

Had Pollard not been out, West Indies would have won the match for the reason that they were ahead of the Duckworth-Lewis par for five wickets down. Then it would have been them, not South Africa, who advanced to the semi-finals.

As the second innings developed, it seemed more probably West Indies face would drag off a heist. Despite losing Chris Gayle near the beginning and seeing their necessary run-rate soar to 9.5 per over, Marlon Samuels and Pollard plundered 58 runs off 33 balls to bring back to life ghosts of tournaments past for South Africa.

When the necessary 20 overs had been arrive at to create certain the match would count West Indies were 14 runs at the back the Duckworth-Lewis total they would have needed to win. At 130 for 4, Samuels determined it was time to insert in and he took 15 runs off Robin Peterson's next over to close the crack.

Points spilt after rain ruins match between Australia and New Zealand

Match abandoned Australia 243 for 8 (Voges 71, Bailey 55, McClenaghan 4-65) v New Zealand 51 for 2

The prominently indecisive English weather hadn't injure the Champions Trophy a great deal over its first six days, but strike in the critical trans-Tasman match to leave Australia and New Zealand with split points. New Zealand was 51 for 2 after 15 over’s in their look for of 244 when play was intermittent, and couldn't recommence.

It is unbreakable to tell whether either player will be happy with the split points. New Zealand was in a slightly poorer position in the match, and the point from here means even a failure in their final league game could be sufficient to take them to the abolition rounds. Australia, having lost their first game, will almost certainly be more distressed. They got their first point of the operation but could still be out previous to them play their next, and final, match if England and New Zealand win the other two games in the group.

The introverted point didn't make brighter Australia's frame of mind on a day which had begun on a miserable note as their regular opener David Warner was stood downward from the match after news emerged of a disagreement with an England player in a Birmingham bar more than the weekend. 

India Just Passed a Step in Champions Trophy

India 236 for 2 (Dhawan 102*, Karthik 51*, Rohit 52) beat West Indies 233 for 9 (Charles 60, Sammy 56*, Jadeja 5-36) by 8 wickets.

Four years ago, approximately to the day, in the similar city of London, Ravindra Jadeja was a hare wedged in the headlights. He could neither get out nor hit out, and his 25 off 35 in that Twenty20 match in opposition to England - India were knocked out of that World T20 - earned him what seemed like a natural life of mockery. Ravindra Jadeja wasn't imaginary to do well at international cricket. He did. He wasn't supposed to do well outside Asia at least. He has, for now.

When Ravindra Jadeja was introduced in this Champions Trophy match, West Indies had marched to 92 for 1 in 17 overs, and Johnson Charles, an awkward batsman to treaty with, was timing the whole thing he hit. He had carted Bhuvneshwar Kumar, deflected Umesh Yadav and lofted Virat Kohli and even R Ashwin. India was staring at a big total, but Ravindra Jadeja twirled that ball like he does his new 'tache. Some bowed and some didn't; most of them were headed for the stumps, but at dissimilar speeds; five of them got wickets, two lbws and one bowled; West Indies went from 102 for 1 to 182 for 9, and India into the semi-final of the Champions Trophy. West Indies now require beating South Africa to steps forward; Pakistan was knocked out.