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ICC
Champions Trophy
FAST
FACTS :
Vital stats: 18 inches high, 5.5 inches wide, 17.6 lbs.
in weight.
Made from: solid silver
Value: US$20,000
Current holder: West Indies
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Major teams
from 10 countries are gearing up for a winner-take-all tournament
held this year being aired on television networks worldwide from
major venues in India.
Live from
Brabourne
Stadium in Mumbai, Sardar
Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad, Punjab
Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali, and Sawai
Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur it's time once again for
the ICC Championship Trophy in international cricket.
World class
teams will grapple with each other and against defending champion
West
Indies to claim the sterling silver prize that is the ICC
Champions Trophy, (first introduced as the KnockOut Trophy tournament
in 1998) leading up to the biggest prize of all in 2007, the Cricket
World Cup.
ICC Champions
Trophy on TV
Sky
Sports
has it covered in most of Europe and the UK, while the BBC also
promises live radio reports on Five
Live Sports Extra. Also watch for special streaming online
video packages on offer as the tournament draws near...
ICC 2006
Champions Trophy Fixtures
| Date |
Match |
Venue |
| October |
| Qualifying
Rounds |
| 7 |
Sri
Lanka v Bangladesh |
Mohali |
| 8 |
West
Indies v Zimbabwe |
Ahmedabad |
| 10 |
Sri
Lanka v Zimbabwe |
Ahmedabad |
| 11 |
West
Indies v Bangladesh |
Jaipur |
| 13 |
Bangladesh
v Zimbabwe |
Jaipur |
| 14 |
Sri
Lanka v West Indies |
Mumbai |
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Group
Stage
Group
A
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| 15 |
India v England |
Jaipur |
| 18 |
Australia
v West Indies |
Mumbai |
| 21 |
Australia
v England |
Jaipur |
| 26 |
India
v West Indies |
Ahmedabad |
| 28 |
England
v West Indies |
Ahmedabad |
| 29 |
India
v Australia |
Mohali |
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Group
B
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| 16 |
New
Zealand v South Africa |
Mumbai |
| 17 |
Pakistan
v Sri Lanka |
Jaipur |
| 20
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New
Zealand v Sri Lanka |
Mumbai |
| 24 |
South
Africa v Sri Lanka |
Ahmedabad |
| 25 |
New
Zealand v Pakistan |
Mohali |
| 27 |
Pakistan
v South Africa |
Mohali |
| November |
| 1 |
Australia
vs New Zealand |
Mohali |
| 2 |
South
Africa vs West Indies |
Jaipur |
| 5
Final |
Australia
v West Indies
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Mumbai |
ICC
Champions Trophy Online
ICC
Champions Trophy - The official home of this year's tournament
with the latest news, pictures and press releases leading up to
the opening game, along with an archive of information on past
tournament scores and winners.
Cricinfo
ICC Champions Trophy 2006 - News stories and updates,
scores & results, pictures, the full schedule plus complete
fixtures downloadable to your Microsoft Outlook calendar.
BBC
Sports - ICC Champions Trophy 2006
- Stay tuned for play-by-play live game coverage, video clips
& audio reports, complete fixtures, scores, feature stories,
opinion pieces, visitor comments, or have your say in the related
forums.
ICC
Champions Trophy - Historical overview of the Champions
Trophy with its origins in the KnockOut Trophy tournament, comparisons
in importance with the Cricket World Cup, list of winners dating
back to 1998 and related links, from Wikipedia.
also see ->
2007
Cricket World Cup
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