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A fiery spell of fast bowling by Dale Steyn, in which he picked up four wickets, helped the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) beat Karnataka State Cricket Association XI (KSCA XI) by 15 runs in a warm-up match at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium on Tuesday.

Underdogs in films make a mockery of the form book. Exhibit 1: New Zealand come to the Champions Trophy, sans superstars, sans high ICC rankings, and after being well and truly battered for more than a month in the sapping heat of Sri Lanka. They are - it is fair to say - the outsiders in this tournament.

Chelsea will be aiming to bounce back from their first Barclays Premier League defeat of the season as they host a Liverpool side bidding to leapfrog them into second spot.Chelsea keeper Petr Cech is suspended after being sent off against Wigan Athletic.Javier Mascherano is expected to return to Liverpool's midfield for Sunday's Barclays Premier League trip to Chelsea.

Chelsea will be aiming to bounce back from their first Barclays Premier League defeat of the season as they host a Liverpool side bidding to leapfrog them into second spot.Chelsea keeper Petr Cech is suspended after being sent off against Wigan Athletic.Javier Mascherano is expected to return to Liverpool's midfield for Sunday's Barclays Premier League trip to Chelsea.

Arsenal aim to maintain this season's 100 per cent winning record at the Emirates Stadium as they take on a Blackburn Rovers side buoyed by their victory over Aston Villa. Arsenal will have both Nicklas Bendtner and Theo Walcott available for Sunday's Barclays Premier League match.

After making a slow start to the season, Everton have picked up form and aim for a third successive league win against a Stoke City side who have drawn their last two on the road. Everton defender Joseph Yobo is a doubt after he missed the Europa League victory over BATE Borisov with a thigh injury.

West Ham United have not won since the opening day of the season but will aim to climb out of the bottom three by leapfrogging Fulham who have lost four of their last five in the Barclays Premier League.

Liverpool will enter the match with their heads held high following their magnificent 6-1 triumph over Hull City last Saturday. On the contrary, the hosts Chelsea will need to gather confidence and concentration in order to brush away the shocking 3-1 defeat that they suffered against Wigan at the DW Stadium last week.

Champions Manchester United will be aiming to extend their lead at the top of the Barclays Premier League as they host a Sunderland side who have won three of their last five matches.

Portsmouth have made the worst ever start to a Premier League campaign, losing their first seven matches. It is the worst opening by a top-flight club since Manchester United lost their first 12 fixtures in 1930/31. The only club to have begun as badly but still avoid relegation was Liverpool 110 years ago.

The Clarets have lost all four matches on the road without scoring a goal - but they have a 100 per cent winning record in front of their own fans having beaten Manchester United, Everton and Sunderland, scoring five and conceding just one. They have not been beaten at home since February.

High-flying Tottenham Hotspur face a big test of their improving fortunes as they travel to the Reebok Stadium where they have yet to win in nine visits.The Trotters have won their last two away matches at Portsmouth and Birmingham City but have yet to pick up three points in front of their own fans.All eight of Bolton's goals this season have come from set-pieces with Kevin Davies netting four in his last five appearances against Spurs. Just join here and enjoy more now.

Champions Manchester United will be aiming to extend their lead at the top of the Barclays Premier League as they host a Sunderland side who have won three of their last five matches. Just join here and enjoy more now.

The two sides experienced very different fortunes last time out. Wigan Athletic pulled off a shock 3-1 win over Chelsea who suffered their first defeat of the season while Hull City were being thumped 6-1 at Liverpool.

Burnley have lost yet another player for an extended period after Jay Rodriguez was ruled out for three months with a fractured ankle ahead of the Clarets' Barclays Premier League match against Birmingham City on Saturday.

After their shock win over previously unbeaten leaders Chelsea, Wigan Athletic visit Hull City who will be looking to climb out of the bottom three.

Portsmouth go in search of their first points of the season as they travel to newly-promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers. Wolves team news Wolves will be without injured midfielder Segundo Castillo at Molineux. The Ecuador international sustained a hamstring injury during the 5-2 defeat by Sunderland at the Stadium of Light and was substituted at half-time. Castillo's replacement, Michael Kightly, could make his first ever Barclays Premier League start against Paul Hart's side. But midfielder Dave Jones is ruled out for two months after undergoing knee surgery. Portsmouth team news Defender Steve Finnan came through a reserve match against West Ham United in midweek and could make his debut. Finnan has been struggling with a hamstring injury since his summer switch from Espanyol and is yet to make a first-team appearance. Papa Bouba Diop has stepped up his training but is still suffering with a hamstring injury, along with Herman Hreidarsson.

The Red Devils will be the only side among the big four to play on Saturday. Liverpool and Chelsea lock horns and Arsenal will play Blackburn Rovers at the Emirates Stadium on the last day of the week. The Black Cats will face a tough test away to Manchester this coming Saturday. Sunderland will enter the game fresh from last Sunday's 5-2 victory over Wolves who were previously beaten by United that same week.

watch Pakistan Vs New Zealand 2nd Semi-Final Champions Trophy.Pakistan have around them the air of favourites going into tomorrow's semi-final against New Zealand. That is as scary a proposition for their opponents as it is for their supporters, of course, but there has been something pleasingly coherent about them in the Champions Trophy. And New Zealand, for whom meeting Pakistan in semi-finals is as much an expectation as making it to the stage, are waking up every day to a new injury concern.

Sri Lanka will now be a distant memory for these two teams. Leading into this tournament, both Pakistan and New Zealand took turns in getting battered and bruised in the heat and humidity of Sri Lanka. They came to South Africa with doubts looming over their ability to stick it out with other teams in formats longer than Twenty20. Both duly won their Twenty20s in Sri Lanka, and lost both Tests and ODIs comprehensively.