Greame Smith might just be enjoying himself a little more in the state of Gujarat than he did in Mumbai

Graeme Smith looks ahead to South Africa's must-win match against Sri Lanka in Ahmedabad

Andy Atkinson, the ICC's pitch expert, was happy with the experiment of using adhesive on the surface of the pitch during today's one-dayer between New Zealand and Sri Lanka

Stephen Fleming, Mahela Jayawardene and Muttiah Muralitharan spoke to the media after the match

Playing the pitch rather than the bowler is exactly what New Zealand did against Sri Lanka on a freshly glued-together strip at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai

There will still be a bit of wariness when Sri Lanka take on New Zealand tomorrow, as no one is quite clear how the pitch will play when the first ball is bowled

Ramnaresh Sarwan, Jerome Taylor and Ricky Ponting spoke to the media after West Indies upset Australia in a dramatic encounter

Life's come a full circle for Runako Morton and put him down in a good place

The big boys of the tournament, Australia, get their first outing in the Champions Trophy when they take on West Indies at the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai.

Graeme Smith, the South African captain, slammed the pitch at the Brabourne Stadium after his team folded for just 108 and lost to New Zealand by 87 runs, suggesting that the wicket was not up to the mark for an international tournament

This South African team chased 434 against the mighty Australians only seven months ago. Surely 195 against the lesser cousins from across the Tasman Sea should have been achievable.

New Zeland will be without Shane Bond - easily their best bowler - for their first match of the Champions Trophy, against South Africa in Mumbai

Shane Bond has been ruled out of New Zealand's opening match of the Champions Trophy, against South Africa, in Mumbai on Monday with a "stiffness and restriction" in the back

When Carlton Baugh was trapped in front of the stumps by one of those typical Farveez Maharoof deliveries - a ball that just failed to come on a touch as the fingers had been dragged on it - Maharoof fell to the ground

In two hours and 26 minutes of graceless batting West Indies ensured that no-one missed Zimbabwe or Bangladesh, the two teams to make the earliest possible exit in this tournament

Jacques Kallis scored 71 not out batting at No. 7 for a South African eleven against a Mumbai XI at the Wankhede Stadium, even as Sri Lanka and West Indies went through their paces ahead of Saturday's match

Brian Lara said that his team were comfortable with the tags of defending champions in the Champions Trophy, and that there was no negativity associated with this

Brian Lara's West Indies will be battling an in-form Sri Lankan side for the right to not face Australia in the next round of the Champions Trophy.

Zimbabwe put on a better show in their second game of the tournament - albeit by 56 runs - showing glimpses of genuine potential even as Sri Lanka muscled their way to two wins in as many games, and virtually assured themselves a place in the main draw

One thing that will concern both coach and captain of Sri Lanka is the indiscipline in the bowling in the first match which led to a whopping total of 36 extras