Cricket Live Score: Pak vs SA, 2nd ODI

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat against Pakistan in the second one day international at the Zayed Cricket Stadium.
Johan Botha is captaining the side in place of Graeme Smith who is not playing due to a injured finger. Jacques Kallis is also not playing due to fitness problem.
Pakistan has made one change to their side, they have brought in left-arm fast bowler Wahab Riaz who is replacing Umar Gul.
South Africa lead the five-match series 1-0.

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Pakistan: Shahid Afridi (c), Mohammad Hafeez, Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Abdul Razzaq, Zulqarnain Haider, Wahab Riaz, Saeed Ajmal, Shoaib Akhtar, Fawad Alam and Asad Shafiq.
South Africa: Johan Botha (c), Hashim Amla, Robin Peterson, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Colin Ingram, Charl Langeveldt, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Albie Morkel, Lonwabo Tsotsobe.

News Updates from THE 2010 INDIA vs AUSTRALIA - ODI Series from Australia - ODI From The Series

Star-power is missing after heavyweights from both the teams were either rested or ruled out but weather-permitting, a cracker of a contest can still be expected when India and Australia lock horns in the first ODI of a three-match series on Sunday.

Buoyed by the thrilling 2-0 Test series win over the Aussies, Mahendra Singh Dhoni's India would look to carry on the good form when they face a depleted Australia, to be led by Michael Clarke after Ricky Ponting was rested.

The Indians would be without senior stars such as Sachin Tendulkar who has been in excellent form of late, Virender Sehwag and Gautam Ghambir.

While Tendulkar has been rested, Sehwag and Gambhir are nursing knee injuries, giving youngsters such as Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli and Saurabh Tiwary to make a mark for themselves.

But despite being a depleted side due to the absence of Ponting, Shane Watson and Mitchell Johnson, Clarke's men are no pushovers and have the ability to absorb pressure.

Clarke himself is hungry for runs after aggregating just 35 runs in Mohali and Bangalore and would be expected to play the sheet-anchor role for the Aussies as they strive to hold onto their top ranking in the ICC one-day format.

Going by the current form, India can be fancied as the better team on paper but it remains to be seen whether the new-ball bowlers - Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel and R Vinay Kumar - would be able to make an impact on the batting-friendly strip here in the absence of senior pacer Zaheer Khan.

But all these assessments would come to a naught if the weather gods refuse to oblige. It has been raining persistently here and the organisers are keeping their fingers crossed for clear skies on Sunday.

The teams have been denied their net practice sessions and have decided to do some limbering exercises at the hotel itself.

In case the weather holds up, enthralling cricket appears to be in store in the day game at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium where Suresh Raina and Murali Vijay, who have done appreciably well in the just-concluded Test series, are looking to make a mark.

The off-colour Yuvraj Singh, who was dropped from the Test team, would be aiming to make his case for a return after performing well in the Irani Trophy domestic cricket.

Kochi has been a happy hunting ground for India as they have won four of the six matches played here at the Nehru stadium.

Exuding confidence of performing well against the Australians in the shorter version of the game too, Dhoni said, "The rivals are two top teams in world cricket. We are hoping that it will be interesting. Both the teams are not fielding their best elevens. Australia has rested about six to seven players."

"The youngsters are our bench-strength and they will get a chance to prove themselves. They also get to know how international cricket is tough and learn the areas that they need to improve. I think it will be a good series," he stated.

The Australians would once again find it tough against the Indian spinners.

Even the senior players such as Michael Hussey were clueless as to which way the ball was going to turn when Harbhajan Singh and Pragyan Ojha bowled in Mohali and Bangalore.

As the aura which had enveloped the Australian cricket team for so many years wears off, Clarke's men will have to come good in the one-day matches to prove that the team is still competitive.

Match Today: New Zealand v South Africa, Super 8, ICC World Twenty20 (2010), Barbados

The league matches are now over and its times for some big matches to start up with the Super 8. New Zealand have won both their league matches while South Africa have won one and lost one. New Zealand team will definitely be high on confidence comparing to South Africans but does this really matter in T20 form of game?

Both team now enters Super 8 stage where the battle against equal sides will be played. New Zealand have played most of their matches on slow tracks of Guyana but Barbados pitch is something very different as we saw in the last match. The pitch has variable bounce and gave much help to the pace bowlers. New Zealand team need to adapt to these conditions as quickly as possible. Nathan McCullum has been a surprise package for the Kiwis but they have to re-think now. This is not a slow track and Daniel Vettori need to think whether he can come out with spin on this track or not.

South Africa team on the other hand will be happy with their bowling attack in the last match against Afghanistan but their batting seems to be a big disaster. Their bowlers are pretty much aware of the conditions at Keninigston Oval which will give them a big plus but they need to work on their batting department. They lost too many wickets too quickly in the last match. In the last four encounters New zealan won the first one in 2005 and rest are won by the South Africa. This is T20 cricket and stats doesn’t really matter what matters is the performance on the D-day.

Today's matches, timings, schedule details

TODAY IS the ninth day of the FIFA 2010 World Cup and the World Cup 2010 fever has reached its peak. Everyone is crazy about football and has been watching all the football matches. FIFA 2010 World Cup matches can be watched live on your TV sets. In India you can watch the live action of the FIFA World Cup 2010 football matches on ESPN.

FIFA World Cup 2010 Live streaming is also available on many sites like Justin TV, Ustream, Vshare etc. Mentioned here is the FIFA World Cup today Match schedule and timings and all other details as per South African local time.

Netherlands vs.Japan - 17 Jun 1:30pm
Ghana vs. Australia - 17 Jun 4:00pm
Cameroon vs.Denmark - 17 Jun 8:30pm

Today in the FIFA World Cup 2010 there will be three matches to be played.

Netherlands vs.Japan - 17 Jun 1:30pm
First match is to be played between Netherlands and Japan at 1:30pm.The Dutch National Football Team had previously added feathers to its cap viz, Euro '88 and reached the World Cup finals in two consecutive years I.e, 1974 and 1978 to West Germany and Argentina respectively. Currently ranked at Number 4 according to FIFA World Ranking and World Football Elo Ratings the team was nicknamed Clockwork Orange for its precise passes. Japan is the only successful team in Asia, with 3 AFC Asian Cup titles and has been qualifying for the last 4 consecutive FIFA World Cup Finals.

Netherland's World Cup squad
Maarten Stekelenburg, Michel Vorm, Sander Boschker, Gregory van der Wiel, John Heitinga, Joris Mathijsen, Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Captain), Khalid Boulahrouz, André Ooijer, Edson Braafheid, Mark van Bommel, Nigel de Jong, Wesley Sneijder, Demy de Zeeuw, Stijn Schaars, Ibrahim Afellay, Rafael van der Vaart, Dirk Kuyt, Robin van Persie, Arjen Robben, Eljero Elia, Ryan Babel, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.

Japan World Cup squad
Seigo Narazaki, Eiji Kawashima, Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (c), Y?ichi Komano, Marcus Tulio Tanaka, Yuto Nagatomo, Atsuto Uchida, Daiki Iwamasa, Yasuyuki Konno, Yuji Nakazawa, Yuki Abe, Yasuhito End?, Daisuke Matsui, Shunsuke Nakamura, Kengo Nakamura, Makoto Hasebe, Keisuke Honda, Junichi Inamoto, Shinji Okazaki, Keiji Tamada, Kisho Yano, Yoshito ?kubo, Takayuki Morimoto.

Ghana vs. Australia - 17 Jun 4:00pm
Ghana national team is nicknamed Black Stars. Before the country got independence from England in 1957 it used to play as Gold Coast. The has to its credits four Africa Cup of Nations making it the second most successful team after Egypt. Australia is nicknamed as “Socceroos” and is also a four time Oceania Football Confederation champion . The team's highest ranking till date is 14 which happened in 1992.

Ghana World Cup Squad
Daniel Adjei, Stephen Ahorlu, Richard Kingson, Hans Sarpei, John Paintsil, John Mensah, Samuel Inkoom, Jonathan Mensah, Isaac Vorsah, Lee Addy, Anthony Annan, Derek Boateng, Stephen Appiah, Sulley Muntari, André Ayew, Abdul Rahim Ayew, Kwadwo Asamoah, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Asamoah Gyan, Prince Tagoe, Matthew Amoah, Dominic Adiyiah, Quincy Owusu-Abeyie


Australia World Cup Squad
Mark Schwarzer, Adam Federici, Eugene Galekovic, Lucas Neill (c), Craig Moore (vc), Michael Beauchamp, Luke Wilkshire, Scott Chipperfield, Mark Milligan, David Carney, Tim Cahill, Jason ?ulina, Brett Emerton, Vincenzo Grella, Brett Holman, Mile Jedinak, Carl Valeri, Dario Vidoši?, Mark Bresciano, Joshua Kennedy, Harry Kewell, Nikita Rukavytsya, Richard García.
Cameroon vs.Denmark - 17 Jun 8:30pm



The Cameroon football team is nicknamed as Les Lions Indomptables and is Africa's most successful team having qualified six times for the FIFA World Cup in 1982, 1990,1994, 1998, 2002 and 2010. Cameroon was the first African to reach the quarterfinal of the 1990 World Cup. Apart from this, they have also won four Africa Cup of Nations. The Denmark football team is managed by the Danish Football Association and had been one of the most competitive teams since 1980's. Their most prominent victory is winning the 1992 European Championship. They also claimed the Confederations Cup in 1995 after beating Argentina by 2-0 in the final match.

Cameroon World Cup Squad
Hugo Lloris, Steve Mandanda, Bacary Sagna, Éric Abidal, Anthony Réveillère, William Gallas, Marc Planus, Patrice Evra, Sébastien Squillaci, Gaël Clichy, Franck Ribéry, Yoann Gourcuff, Sidney Govou, Jérémy Toulalan, Florent Malouda, Alou Diarra, Abou Diaby, Mathieu Valbuena, Djibril Cissé, André-Pierre Gignac, Thierry Henrym, Nicolas Anelka.


Denmark World Cup Squad
Thomas Sørensen, Stephan Andersen, Jesper Christiansen, Simon Kjær, Daniel Agger, William Kvist, Lars Jacobsen, Per Krøldrup, Simon Poulsen, Patrick Mtiliga, Christian Poulsen, Daniel Jensen, Jesper Grønkjær, Martin Jørgensen, Thomas Kahlenberg, Jakob Poulsen, Dennis Rommedahl, Thomas Enevoldsen, Christian Eriksen, Jon Dahl Tomasson, Nicklas Bendtner, Mikkel Beckmann, Søren Larsen.

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