Friday, July 25, 2008

ICC Champions Trophy 2008 Features

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.

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