This Week In Cricket (18/8/2008 - 24/8/2008)

Champions Trophy
Thanks to situations, this tournament that nobody wanted, has got rescheduled to next year. I dountwhether it will happen next year also as situation will more or less remain same in Pakistan in 2009 and finding time for this tournament during busy year will not be easy.

Cricket in Pakistan is reduced to only Asian teams at this point of time; Indian team is bound to tour without any issues as BCCI needs Pakistan vote in ICC to call it shots.

India - Srilanka one day series
Indian leads the series 2-1; this is a big surprise considering the mismatch of talent that suit Srilankan conditions. So far, Viral kohli and Badrinath have given good account of themselves. In third match (D/N), toss played an important role as batting second was considerably tough. Having said that Dhoni batted well along with Raina and Rohit Sharma.

England - SA one day series
Anybody who has followed KP's career will be least surprised to see him win man of the match in his first match as full time one day captain. England won the first match comfortably with useful contributions from Flintoss and Hanmison along with KP. Till now, KP's biggest achievement as captain is his ability to get 100% from Flintoff and Harmison, two key players for England's fortunes during next Ashes.