This year’s tournament will feature the top eight sides from the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship table on 11 March 2008. They are: Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, England and the West Indies .
The teams have been divided into two groups according to their seeding. Group A: Australia, India, Pakistan and the West Indies. Group B: South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and England .
Each side plays all other sides in its group. The top two teams from each group progress to the semi-finals with the top side from Group A playing the second-placed side from Group B and the second-placed side from Group A playing the top side from Group B .
The winners of those two matches shall contest the final.
The total prize money for this year’s tournament is US$2.5million. How it will be divided up will be finalised in due course .
The total number of matches in this year’s tournament will be 15 .
The ICC Champions Trophy 2008 will be staged at three venues: Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi .
All matches will be day-night ODIs.
Friday, July 25, 2008
ICC Champions Trophy 2008 Features
Posted by Sudhir at Friday, July 25, 2008
Labels: ICC Champions Trophy
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