Fifa world cup 2014 qualifying Matches

Date	Venue			Matches
12/10/12 15:30	Barranquilla		Colombia		Paraguay
12/10/12 16:00	Quito		Ecuador		Chile
12/10/12 16:00	La Paz		Bolivia		Peru
12/10/12 17:00	Torshavn		Faroe Islands		Sweden
12/10/12 18:00	Plzen		Czech Republic		Malta
12/10/12 18:30	Helsinki		Finland		Georgia
12/10/12 19:00	St. John's		Antigua and Barbuda		USA
12/10/12 19:00	Tirana		Albania		Iceland
12/10/12 19:00	Moscow		Russia		Portugal
12/10/12 19:30	San Salvador		El Salvador		Costa Rica
12/10/12 19:30	Vaduz		Liechtenstein		Lithuania
12/10/12 19:45	Cardiff		Wales		Scotland
12/10/12 19:45	Dublin		Republic of Ireland		Germany
12/10/12 19:45	Toronto		Canada		Cuba
12/10/12 20:00	Papeete		Tahiti		New Zealand
12/10/12 20:00	Guatemala City		Guatemala		Jamaica
12/10/12 20:00	Houston		Guyana		Mexico
12/10/12 20:00	London		England		San Marino
12/10/12 20:15	Bratislava		Slovakia		Latvia
12/10/12 20:30	Skopje		FYR Macedonia		Croatia
12/10/12 20:30	Belgrade		Serbia		Belgium
12/10/12 20:30	Rotterdam		Netherlands		Andorra
12/10/12 20:30	Istanbul		Turkey		Romania
12/10/12 20:30	Berne		Switzerland		Norway
12/10/12 20:45	Maribor		Slovenia		Cyprus
12/10/12 21:00	Mendoza		Argentina		Uruguay
12/10/12 21:00	Yerevan		Armenia		Italy
12/10/12 21:00	Sofia		Bulgaria		Denmark
12/10/12 21:00	Luxembourg		Luxembourg		Israel
12/10/12 21:00	Chisinau		Moldova		Ukraine
12/10/12 21:00	Minsk		Belarus		Spain
12/10/12 21:05	Panama City		Panama		Honduras
12/10/12 21:30	Tallinn		Estonia		Hungary
12/10/12 21:45	Piraeus		Greece		Bosnia-Herzegovina
12/10/12 22:00	Astana		Kazakhstan		Austria
16/10/12 14:00	San Pedro Sula		Honduras		Canada
16/10/12 15:25	Doha		Qatar		Uzbekistan
16/10/12 16:00	La Paz		Bolivia		Uruguay
16/10/12 16:00	Havana		Cuba		Panama
16/10/12 17:00	Muscat		Oman		Jordan
16/10/12 17:15	Doha		Iraq		Australia
16/10/12 17:30	Puerto La Cruz		Venezuela		Ecuador
16/10/12 18:00	Tel Aviv		Israel		Luxembourg
16/10/12 18:15	Kansas City		USA		Guatemala
16/10/12 18:15	Kingston		Jamaica		Antigua and Barbuda
16/10/12 18:30	Reykjavik		Iceland		Switzerland
16/10/12 19:00	Asuncion		Paraguay		Peru
16/10/12 19:00	San Jose		Costa Rica		Guyana
16/10/12 19:00	Torshavn		Faroe Islands		Republic of Ireland
16/10/12 19:00	Andorra La Vella		Andorra		Estonia
16/10/12 19:00	Moscow		Russia		Azerbaijan
16/10/12 19:00	Minsk		Belarus		Georgia
16/10/12 19:30	Noumea		New Caledonia		Solomon Islands
16/10/12 19:35	Christchurch		New Zealand		Tahiti
16/10/12 20:00	Tehran		Iran		Korea Republic
16/10/12 20:00	Osijek		Croatia		Wales
16/10/12 20:00	Torreon		Mexico		El Salvador
16/10/12 20:00	Prague		Czech Republic		Bulgaria
16/10/12 20:00	Larnaca		Cyprus		Norway
16/10/12 20:00	Zenica		Bosnia-Herzegovina		Lithuania
16/10/12 20:00	Riga		Latvia		Liechtenstein
16/10/12 20:30	Skopje		FYR Macedonia		Serbia
16/10/12 20:30	Budapest		Hungary		Turkey
16/10/12 20:30	Bratislava		Slovakia		Greece
16/10/12 20:30	Serravalle		San Marino		Moldova
16/10/12 20:35	Vienna		Austria		Kazakhstan
16/10/12 20:45	Brussels		Belgium		Scotland
16/10/12 20:45	Milan		Italy		Denmark
16/10/12 20:45	Berlin		Germany		Sweden
16/10/12 20:45	Tirana		Albania		Slovenia
16/10/12 20:45	Porto		Portugal		Northern Ireland
16/10/12 21:00	Bucharest		Romania		Netherlands
16/10/12 21:00	Warsaw		Poland		England
16/10/12 21:00	Kyiv		Ukraine		Montenegro
16/10/12 21:00	Madrid		Spain		France
16/10/12 21:05	Santiago De Chile		Chile		Argentina

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Complete fixture of CLT20 2012

Sat Oct 13 11:30 GMT | 13:30 local 16:30 PKT	Group A - Titans v Perth Scorchers SuperSport Park, Centurion	13 - 24° C
Sat Oct 13           15:30 GMT | 17:30 local 20:30 PKT	Group A - Kolkata Knight Riders v Delhi Daredevils SuperSport Park, Centurion	13 - 24° C
Sun Oct 14 11:30 GMT | 13:30 local 16:30 PKT	Group B - Chennai Super Kings v Sydney Sixers New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	12 - 22° C
Sun Oct 14           15:30 GMT | 17:30 local 20:30 PKT	Group B - Lions v Mumbai Indians New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	12 - 22° C
Mon Oct 15           15:30 GMT | 17:30 local 20:30 PKT	Group A - Auckland v Kolkata Knight Riders Newlands, Cape Town	13 - 18° C
Tue Oct 16 11:30 GMT | 13:30 local 16:30 PKT	Group B - Sydney Sixers v Yorkshire Newlands, Cape Town	13 - 20° C
Tue Oct 16           15:30 GMT | 17:30 local 20:30 PKT	Group B - Chennai Super Kings v Lions Newlands, Cape Town	13 - 20° C
Wed Oct 17 11:30 GMT | 13:30 local 16:30 PKT	Group A - Auckland v Titans Kingsmead, Durban	N/A
Wed Oct 17           15:30 GMT | 17:30 local 20:30 PKT	Group A - Kolkata Knight Riders v Perth Scorchers Kingsmead, Durban	N/A
Thu Oct 18 11:30 GMT | 13:30 local 16:30 PKT	Group B - Lions v Sydney Sixers Newlands, Cape Town	N/A
Thu Oct 18           15:30 GMT | 17:30 local 20:30 PKT	Group B - Mumbai Indians v Yorkshire Newlands, Cape Town	N/A
Fri Oct 19           15:30 GMT | 17:30 local 20:30 PKT	Group A - Auckland v Delhi Daredevils Kingsmead, Durban	N/A
Sat Oct 20 11:30 GMT | 13:30 local 16:30 PKT	Group B - Lions v Yorkshire New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	N/A
Sat Oct 20           15:30 GMT | 17:30 local 20:30 PKT	Group B - Chennai Super Kings v Mumbai Indians New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	N/A
Sun Oct 21 11:30 GMT | 13:30 local 16:30 PKT	Group A - Perth Scorchers v Delhi Daredevils Newlands, Cape Town	N/A
Sun Oct 21           15:30 GMT | 17:30 local 20:30 PKT	Group A - Kolkata Knight Riders v Titans Newlands, Cape Town	N/A
Mon Oct 22 11:30 GMT | 13:30 local 16:30 PKT	Group B - Chennai Super Kings v Yorkshire Kingsmead, Durban	N/A
Mon Oct 22           15:30 GMT | 17:30 local 20:30 PKT	Group B - Sydney Sixers v Mumbai Indians Kingsmead, Durban	N/A
Tue Oct 23 11:30 GMT | 13:30 local 16:30 PKT	Group A - Auckland v Perth Scorchers SuperSport Park, Centurion	N/A
Tue Oct 23           15:30 GMT | 17:30 local 20:30 PKT	Group A - Delhi Daredevils v Titans SuperSport Park, Centurion	N/A

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Sohail fifty leads Sialkot home

It was a match of no consequence for either team, but Sialkot Stallions will leave South African shores with greater confidence, having put in an all-round performance against the English domestic champions. Two individual performances from youngsters on either side stood out - Haris Sohail's unbeaten 63 the highlight, as it was a match-winning knock. Glenn Maxwell scored a counter-attacking 42 when his team, Hampshire, needed runs, but a score of 143 wasn't imposing enough for Sialkot.

A combined bowling effort by Sialkot kept Hampshire to that score, well short of what Trinidad and Tobago had managed earlier in the day, with only 31 runs scored in the last five overs. Hampshire lost early wickets in search of quick runs, scratched around for the first ten overs, surged in the middle overs thanks to an entertaining cameo from Maxwell but lost their way after his dismissal. It was a pitch that offered something for the spinners and seamers. Sarfraz Ahmed, the tall left-arm seamer with an unusual action, got a few to bounce off a good length to pose questions for the openers. Shoaib Malik got turn and bounce and those that skidded through weren't easy to put away either.

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CLT20: Yorkshire and Auckland qualify for the Main Round

Azhar Mahmood produced a remarkable all-round performance to send Auckland through to the main draw of the Champions League. His unbeaten 55 blazed Auckland's trail to a target his 5 for 24 had ensured was paltry. Their second victory wrapped up Pool 1, with Hampshire and Sialkot now unable to qualify.

Despite their schedule in the qualifying tournament lasting two days, Auckland had spent two weeks in South Africa and their preparations proved worthwhile as they became the first New Zealand team to make the main draw of the Champions League. 

Gary Ballance and Adil Rashid made astute use of T&T's limitations, adding 103 for the fifth wicket. Between them, Rampaul and Badree went for 44 in eight overs, but Yorkshire plundered 110 of the remaining 10.5. By chasing successfully, Yorkshire progressed to the main competition, leaving T&T and Uva Next to play an inconsequential game. 

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England tour of India, 2012/13

Thu Nov 15 - Mon Nov 19 04:00 GMT | 09:30 local 09:00 PKT	1st Test - India v England Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Fri Nov 23 - Tue Nov 27 04:00 GMT | 09:30 local 09:00 PKT	2nd Test - India v England Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Wed Dec 5 - Sun Dec 9 03:30 GMT | 09:00 local 08:30 PKT	3rd Test - India v England Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Thu Dec 13 - Mon Dec 17 04:00 GMT | 09:30 local 09:00 PKT	4th Test - India v England Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur
Thu Dec 20           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 19:30 PKT	1st T20I - India v England Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium, Pune
Sat Dec 22           14:30 GMT | 20:00 local 19:30 PKT	2nd T20I - India v England Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Fri Jan 11           09:00 GMT | 14:30 local 14:00 PKT	1st ODI - India v England Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot
Tue Jan 15           09:00 GMT | 14:30 local 14:00 PKT	2nd ODI - India v England Nehru Stadium, Kochi
Sat Jan 19           09:00 GMT | 14:30 local 14:00 PKT	3rd ODI - India v England HEC International Cricket Stadium Complex, Ranchi
Wed Jan 23           09:00 GMT | 14:30 local 14:00 PKT	4th ODI - India v England Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala
Sun Jan 27           09:00 GMT | 14:30 local 14:00 PKT	5th ODI - India v England Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

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New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka

                                      

Tue Oct 30 13:30 GMT | 19:00 local 18:30 PKT	Only T20I - Sri Lanka v New Zealand Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Thu Nov 1           09:00 GMT | 14:30 local 14:00 PKT	1st ODI - Sri Lanka v New Zealand Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
Sun Nov 4           09:00 GMT | 14:30 local 14:00 PKT	2nd ODI - Sri Lanka v New Zealand R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Tue Nov 6           09:00 GMT | 14:30 local 14:00 PKT	3rd ODI - Sri Lanka v New Zealand R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sat Nov 10           09:00 GMT | 14:30 local 14:00 PKT	4th ODI - Sri Lanka v New Zealand Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota
Mon Nov 12           09:00 GMT | 14:30 local 14:00 PKT	5th ODI - Sri Lanka v New Zealand Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota
Sat Nov 17 - Wed Nov 21 04:30 GMT | 10:00 local 09:30 PKT	1st Test - Sri Lanka v New Zealand Galle International Stadium
Sun Nov 25 - Thu Nov 29 04:30 GMT | 10:00 local 09:30 PKT	2nd Test - Sri Lanka v New Zealand Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

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South Africa in Australia Series

If the South African Test touring party to Australia arrived more or less as expected, it also confirmed a battle of contrasts among the fast bowlers: South African dependability versus Australian depth.

Among South Africa's travelling 15, there are only four pacemen. The uncapped bowling allrounder Rory Kleinveldt will back-up the outstanding trio of Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel and Vernon Philander, while Jacques Kallis provides his familiar versatility. The captain Graeme Smith and the coach Gary Kirsten are in no doubt what their best XI is, and far from fearful that one of their top three quicks will break down.

Australia's pace planning for the series is far more preoccupied with depth, likely to include the presence of five quicks, plus Shane Watson, in training before each match. The seasoned duo of Peter Siddle and Ben Hilfenhaus can be expected to play in all three Tests, but there will be rotation beyond them, as James Pattinson, Mitchell Starc and Pat Cummins all appear likely to get at least one match against the South Africans to spread the load among their younger bodies

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Razzaq in trouble over Hafeez criticism

Pakistan Cricket Board has issued a showcause notice to the allrounder Abdul Razzaq and asked him to explain his outburst against Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez after the World Twenty20.

On his return from Sri Lanka, Razzaq criticised Hafeez for selecting him in only one game of the tournament. "It was Hafeez's decision not to pick me for the semi-final, not anyone else's," Razzaq told reporters in Lahore. "I know the team management didn't drop me, it was Hafeez alone who didn't want me to play."

PCB spokesman Nadeem Sarwar confirmed that Razzaq was bound to follow the code of conduct though he wasn't a centrally contracted player. By speaking to the media without the PCB's consent, he had breached the player's code of conduct, which forbids them from speaking to the media without prior permission from the board.

"He [Razzaq] has been served a showcause notice for breaching the code of conduct," Sarwar told ESPNcricinfo. "He has been given seven days to respond, starting from October 10."

After being selected in the Pakistan squad, for the World Twenty20, after a gap of nine months, Razzaq played just one game in the tournament, scoring 22 off 17 balls in the Super Eights win over Australia. "I was very sad and disappointed to not get a chance to play in the semi-final. I was mentally prepared for the big match and it came as a huge letdown to know I was not playing," Razzaq said, adding that Pakistan had the perfect opportunity to win the tournament.

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Auckland Aces beat Sailkot Stallions by 6 wickets

Sialkot Stallions entered their maiden Champions League T20 with an awe-inspiring domestic record. They had won Pakistan's Twenty20 competition seven out of nine times and possess a world-record winning streak of 25 matches. However, on a Wanderers pitch that bounced and seamed, they were undone by Auckland Aces' pace attack and their own desire to swing with abandon.

The predominant features of Sialkot's innings were batsmen playing and missing and an abundance of dot balls; their attempts at counter-attacking were short lived. Their batsmen cleared the Wanderers' boundaries ten times but managed to score only 130. It was the third-lowest total for an innings that contained ten sixes; the first two were chases in which the target was easily achieved.

The target was well below par and Auckland's openers, Martin Guptill and Lou Vincent, handled the bounce better than their counterparts did. The opening stand of 32 put the chase on course and the second-wicket stand of 51 between Guptill and Azhar Mahmood gave them an opportunity to win with a high net run-rate. They lost a couple of wickets in quick succession but New Zealand's domestic champions managed to get home with 17 balls to spare.

Gareth Hopkins, the Auckland captain, got what he wanted despite losing the toss, and Kyle Mills and Michael Bates made excellent use of the conditions. On a green-tinged pitch, the right and left-arm combination harried the Sialkot openers with short-of-a-length deliveries. After Imran Nazir was smacked painfully on the glove, Shakeel Ansar attempted a big hit in Bates' first over and holed out to mid-on. The No. 3 batsman Haris Sohail took 12 deliveries to get off the mark, before Nazir ended two consecutive maiden overs by pulling Bates over the fine-leg boundary.

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Sialkot Stallions finally get stage to strut their stuff

Two of the teams at this year's Champions League would have made their first appearance in at the inaugural edition of the tournament in 2008.

The Titans have had the opportunity to qualify every year since then but only got it right in 2012. The other, the Sialkot Stallions, did not have that same chance. Relations between India and Pakistan soured after the Mumbai terror attacks of November 2008 and Pakistan players and teams found themselves shut out of the competition.

If a representative from Pakistan had been let into the tournament in the previous three editions, that team would have been Sialkot in two of them. They were Pakistan's domestic winners in 2009 and 2011, and 2012 - Lahore Lions took the crown in 2010. And if the Champions League existed before that, Sialkot would have participated in most of those editions too.

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Samuels, Sammy give WI first world title since 1979

Flair. Calypso. Frontrunners. Millionaires. Gold chains. Chris Gayle. No, no, no, no, no and no. West Indies' first World Twenty20 win was more digging in, refusing to give up, running and fielding like their life depended on this match, stunning the home crowd, and pulling off one of the most amazing turnarounds in Twenty20 history, especially given the stage. The due share of flair came from one of the most eye-pleasing batsmen going around. There's no need to add "one of the" here, because Marlon Samuels played simply the best Twenty20 international innings ever seen when West Indies were down and the count had reached about eight. A feedbacker to ESPNcricinfo's ball-by-ball commentary asked if Samuels' 78 was the 281 of Twenty20 cricket.

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