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Friday, September 18, 2009

ICC Champions Trophy 2009 :Team Group

ICC Champions Trophy 2009 will be played in South Africa. The sixth edition of ICC Champions Trophy will be played in Johannesburg and Centurion from September 22nd to October 5th.

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Last time in Champions trophy there were total 21 matches played but this time it is down to 15 numbers of matches.

All eight teams are divided into two Groups A and B. India, Pakistan, Australia and West Indies South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and England are in group B. Each team will play with one another in their corresponding groups and the top two teams from each group will advance into the semi finals. are in Group A while

Former winners of ICC Champions trophy
1998 - South Africa
2000 - New Zealand
2002 - India and Sri Lanka (Joint Winners)
2004 - West Indies
2006 - Australia


In the 2009 Champions Trophy winners will be awarded four times money they initially entitled to receive i.e. $4 million. Tournament will be played from September 22nd to 5th of October. Centurion and Wanders will host 15 games.

Group A

India
Australia
West Indies
Pakistan

Group B

South Africa
New Zealand
Sri Lanka
England

Here are the complete fixtures and schedules of ICC Champions Trophy 2009:

September 2009:

Date Time (GMT) Match Details Venue
Tue 22 12:30 South Africa v Sri Lanka, 1st Match, Group B, ICC Champions Trophy 2009 Centurion (D/N)

Wed 23 12:30 Pakistan v West Indies, 2nd Match, Group A, ICC Champions Trophy 2009 Johannesburg (D/N)

Thu 24 07:30 South Africa v New Zealand, 3rd Match, Group B, ICC Champions Trophy 2009 Centurion

Fri 25 12:30 England v Sri Lanka, 4th Match, Group B, ICC Champions Trophy 2009 Johannesburg (D/N)

Sat 26 07:30 Australia v West Indies, 5th Match, Group A, ICC Champions Trophy 2009 Johannesburg

Sat 26 12:30 India v Pakistan, 6th Match, Group A, ICC Champions Trophy 2009 Centurion (D/N)

Sun 27 07:30 New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 7th Match, Group B, ICC Champions Trophy 2009 Johannesburg

Sun 27 12:30 South Africa v England, 8th Match, Group B, ICC Champions Trophy 2009 Centurion (D/N)

Mon 28 12:30 Australia v India, 9th Match, Group A, ICC Champions Trophy 2009 Centurion (D/N)

Tue 29 12:30 England v New Zealand, 10th Match, Group B, ICC Champions Trophy 2009 Johannesburg (D/N)

Wed 30 07:30 Australia v Pakistan, 11th Match, Group A, ICC Champions Trophy 2009 Centurion

Wed 30 12:30 India v West Indies, 12th Match, Group A, ICC Champions Trophy 2009 Johannesburg (D/N)

October 2009

Date Time (GMT) Match Details Venue
Fri 02 12:30 A1 v B2, 1st Semi-Final, ICC Champions Trophy 2009 Centurion (D/N)
Sat 03 12:30 B1 v A2, 2nd Semi-Final, ICC Champions Trophy 2009 Johannesburg (D/N)
Mon 05 12:30 Final, ICC Champions Trophy 2009 Centurion (D/N)

Geo UK bags ICC Champions Trophy cricket

Geo Network has bagged the UK telecast rights to the ICC Champions Trophy.
The ICC Champions Trophy consists of 15 One Day Internationals between India, Pakistan, Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies and Sri Lanka, to be held in South Africa between 24th September and 5th October.
In a statement to BizAsia.co.uk, a Geo UK spokesman said, "In the last 3 years, each year we have moved ahead in approaching the best of sports (especially cricket & Hockey) available for the audience, celebrating the success by broadcasting these events to the audience live. Be it 20-Twenty World Cup in 2007, Asia Cup in 2008, West Indies Vs Pakistan in December 2008 or the recent Pakistan Domestic Cricket. We have won the hearts of the audience through our live event coverage on the channels."
The channel further added that Geo's production team in Dubai had been in negotiations with both an Indian and Pakistani Player to conduct the commentary. Details of which will be announced shortly on the channel.
The series will be shown live with Hindi/Urdu commentary on its main Geo UK channel, with highlights on Geo News, each night.