Champions Trophy 1st Semi-Final - Australia vs England CT 1st SF Preview, Teams on 2nd October

First Semifinal of 2009 ICC Champions Trophy will be played between arch rivals Australia and England on Friday, 2nd October, 2009 at SuperSport Park, Centurion in a day-night game starting from 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT, 6.00 PM IST, 6.30 PM Pak Time

Australia reached in the semis by last ball winning against Pakistan and leading the Group A and now face arch rivals England in the 1st semi-final. They have adavantage as they beat England by 6-1 in ODI's very recently and Mivhael Hussey is back in form.

England is the most surprising team of the tournament beat top teams like host South Africa and Sri Lanka with big scores. Paul Collingwood is in good touch with Owais Shah and Morgan.

Australia Team, Squad for the 1st Semi-Final of Champions Trophy:

Shane Watson, Tim Paine (wk), Ricky Ponting (capt), Michael Hussey, Callum Ferguson, Cameron White, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Siddle.

England Team, Squad for the 1st Semi-Final Match of Champions Trophy:

Andrew Strauss (capt), Joe Denly, Owais Shah, Paul Collingwood, Matt Prior (wk), Eoin Morgan, Stuart Broad, Graeme Swann, Tim Bresnan, Ryan Sidebottom, James Anderson.

Watch and enjoy the live ball by ball commentary of the 1st semifinal match between Australia and England Here!