ICC Champions Trophy 2009
Finally, its the eve of the Champions Trophy. One of the most coveted tournaments in the game of Cricket. The event kickstarts from tomorrow, that is, the 22nd of September, 2009.
The Eight nation tournament is sure to decide the fate of 50-over Cricket.
The Tournament favourites India start confidently after their series victory in Srilanka in the Compaq trinations cup, while the Host nation-South Africa, start as the world no.1. In the twists and turns are Aussie team, who have literally rose from the ASHES like the phoenix and strangled ENgland to 6-1 defeat in the recent one day series in England. Sri Lanka are no less determined with the M-POWER (Murali, Mendis, Mahela, Malinga and Mathews) and DIL-SCOOP, they can get any team down on the knees and make them suck over the pitch. Pakistan arent far behind either, they are in high spirits after the T20 victory last July.
Although the remaining three are almost lacklustre.
England though regained the Ashes, but were beaten to the blues in the follow-up ODI series. And besides Ashes was TEST CRICKET!
New Zealand have always been the MODERATES!!! Never been outplayed and never have outplayed! Not much expectations from Oceania Country, but still we always expect them to tick till the semis, before losing out quietly to either India or South Africa. Although they have crushed INDIA by a mammoth 100 something runs in the warmup game, but something like this happened in t20 world cup too, where India crushed Kiwis in the Warmups, but gradually India coludn't pickup a decent victory in the main game. Wotsay Kiwis???
And finally the Windies, well what can I say. I don't know anyone in the team! Bangladesh were the better prospects! but alas they couldn't make it because of the some good Karma of Windies in the past (reason why they are still placed on top of Bangladesh in the ICC ODI rankings).
Well these were the teams.
All The Best to all the teams, All the Best to INDIA.
Chak De India!,,,,all you other Rascalas,,,MIND IT!
ICC Champions Trophy 2009
The Fixtures are as follows -
Tue Sep 22
14:30 local 12:30 GMT
18:00 IST Group B - South Africa v Sri Lanka
SuperSport Park, Centurion 14 - 30° C Forecast Mostly Sunny
Wed Sep 23
14:30 local 12:30 GMT
18:00 IST Group A - Pakistan v West Indies
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 14 - 27° C Forecast Partly Cloudy
Thu Sep 24
09:30 local 07:30 GMT
13:00 IST Group B - South Africa v New Zealand
SuperSport Park, Centurion 16 - 27° C Forecast Partly Cloudy
Fri Sep 25
14:30 local 12:30 GMT
18:00 IST Group B - England v Sri Lanka
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 15 - 26° C Forecast Scattered Showers
Sat Sep 26
09:30 local 07:30 GMT
13:00 IST Group A - Australia v West Indies
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 16 - 25° C Forecast Mostly Cloudy
Sat Sep 26
14:30 local 12:30 GMT
18:00 IST Group A - India v Pakistan
SuperSport Park, Centurion 17 - 26° C Forecast Mostly Cloudy
Sun Sep 27
09:30 local 07:30 GMT
13:00 IST Group B - New Zealand v Sri Lanka
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg N/A
Sun Sep 27
14:30 local 12:30 GMT
18:00 IST Group B - South Africa v England
SuperSport Park, Centurion N/A
Mon Sep 28
14:30 local 12:30 GMT
18:00 IST Group A - Australia v India
SuperSport Park, Centurion N/A
Tue Sep 29
14:30 local 12:30 GMT
18:00 IST Group B - England v New Zealand
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg N/A
Wed Sep 30
09:30 local 07:30 GMT
13:00 IST Group A - Australia v Pakistan
SuperSport Park, Centurion N/A
Wed Sep 30
14:30 local 12:30 GMT
18:00 IST Group A - India v West Indies
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg N/A
Fri Oct 2
14:30 local 12:30 GMT
18:00 IST 1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC (A1 v B2)
SuperSport Park, Centurion N/A
Sat Oct 3
14:30 local 12:30 GMT
18:00 IST 2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC (B1 v A2)
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg N/A
Mon Oct 5
14:30 local 12:30 GMT
18:00 IST Final - TBC v TBC
SuperSport Park, Centurion N/A
Rules and Groups
The ICC Champions Trophy 2009 will be contested by 8 teams which have been 'seeded' and divided into two groups:
Each team will play every other team in its group. Points will be allocated for each match in accordance with the system described below which will apply throughout the competition.
Following the group stage the top 2 teams from each group will progress to the semi finals where the winner of Group A will play the runner up of Group B (in the 1st semi-final) and the winner of Group B will play the runner up of Group A (in the 2nd semi-final).
The winners of the semi-finals will contest the Final.
Group A Group B
Australia (1) South Africa (2)
India (4) New Zealand (3)
Pakistan (5) Sri Lanka (6)
West Indies (8) England (7)
Points
The following point system will apply:
Win 2
Tie or no result 1
Loss 0
Group Matches
In the event of teams finishing on equal points in its group, the right to play in the semi-finals will be decided in the following order of priority:
The team with the more wins in the group stage will be placed in the higher position.
If there are teams with equal points and equal wins in the group stage then in such case the team with the higher net run rate in the group stage will be placed in the higher position (refer to below for the calculation of net run rate).
If following the net run rate calculation above there are teams which are still equal, then the team with the higher number of wickets taken per balls bowled in the group stage in which results were achieved will be placed in the higher position.
If still equal, the team which was the winner of the head to head match played between them will be placed in the higher position.
In the highly unlikely event that teams cannot be separated by the above this will be done by drawing lots.
Semi Final
If a semi-final is tied, the teams shall compete in a one over per side eliminator to determine which team progresses to the final. Refer Appendix 7 click here to read.
If following a tie, weather conditions prevent the one over eliminator from being completed, or if the match is a no result, then the group winners shall progress to the Final.
Final
In the event of a tied Final, the teams shall compete in a one over eliminator to determine which team is the winner. Refer Appendix 7 click here to read.
In the event of a no result, provided weather conditions permit, the teams shall compete in a one over per side eliminator to determine which team is the winner. If weather conditions do not permit, the teams will be declared joint winners.
Net Run Rate
A team‟s net run rate is calculated by deducting from the average runs per over scored by that team throughout the competition, the average runs per over scored against that team throughout the competition.
In the event of a team being all out in less than its full quota of overs, the calculation of its net run rate shall be based on the full quota of overs to which it would have been entitled and not on the number of overs in which the team was dismissed.
Only those matches where results are achieved will count for the purpose of net run rate calculations. Where a match is abandoned, but a result is achieved under Duckworth/Lewis, for net run rate purposes Team 1 will be accredited with Team 2‟s Par Score on abandonment off the same number of overs faced by Team 2. Where a match is concluded but with Duckworth/Lewis having been applied at an earlier point in the match, Team 1 will be accredited with 1 run less than the final Target Score for Team 2 off the total number of overs allocated to Team 2 to reach the target.
In circumstances where a match (and the points for such match) is awarded to a team as a result of the other team‟s refusal to play, either by the match referee in accordance with Law 21.3 (a)(ii) as read with playing condition 21.3 or in accordance with the provisions of the relevant event agreements signed by the participating teams, the net run rate of the defaulting team shall be affected in that the full 50 overs of the defaulting team‟s innings in such forfeited match shall be taken into account in calculating the average runs per over of the defaulting team over the course of the relevant portion of the competition. For the avoidance of doubt the runs scored and overs bowled in such forfeited match will not be taken into account when calculating the net run rate of the team to whom the match was awarded.
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