'Australia's No.1 ranking in ODIs will be meaningless in Champions Trophy'.Byline: ANI Melbourne Melbourne, city, Australia Melbourne, city (1991 pop. 2,761,995), capital of Victoria, SE Australia, on Port Phillip Bay at the mouth of the Yarra River. Melbourne, Australia's second largest city, is a rail and air hub and financial and commercial center. , Sep 20 (ANI): Australia's No.1 ranking in ODIs will be meaningless in the Champions Trophy Champions Trophy is the name of a number of different trophies in different sports:
prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. all-rounder James Hopes James Redfern Hopes (born October 24 1978, Townsville, Queensland) is an Australian cricketer. Hopes plays for Queensland Bulls and has represented Australia in One Day Internationals and Twenty20 matches. . Australia edged ahead of the Proteas in the one-day rankings, and with a record seventh successive victory over England tonight and retain the top spot heading into the Champions Trophy in South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. starting on Tuesday. But Hopes said being No. 1 would not make Australia - reigning champion - the favourite for the tournament, The Age reported. "I wouldn't have thought so, we would want another crack at South Africa. If that happens in a semi-final or a final, we can't wait for that opportunity because we've had a couple of bad series from that perspective against them over the past 12 months. We're looking to right that ship," Hopes said. "'They pretty much know what their team is and we're getting to that stage now, and there's a few memories from the couple of one-day series we've played against them so we're looking forward to having another crack. "The ranking is not very important. If you're No. 1, you go over there and lose two games, you're not No. 1 any more. For us it's more important to win this 7-0 and then go over to South Africa and make sure we at least get to the semi-finals. We don't want to go out in the group stage. We don't want to have another Twenty20 world cup on our hands," he added. (ANI) Copyright E 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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