ICC Champions Trophy 2009

The ICC Champions Trophy 2009 is a 2nd biggest cricket tournament scheduled to take place in South Africa in September-October 2009. It will be the sixth mini world cricket series. The ICC Champions Trophy 2009 will be contested by 8 Test teams which have been ’seeded’ and divided into two groups are A and B.

Group A – India, Pakistan, West Indies and Australia
Group B – South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and England

The 2009 ICC Champions Trophy is a One Day International candid clash originally appointed to be captivated in Pakistan in 2008 (originally due to be captivated 12-28 September 2008, but adjourned by the ICC due to aegis fears bidding by several accommodating countries on 24 August 2008, afterwards belief that the clash would be captivated abroad (England, Sri Lanka, or South Africa)). On 24 July 2008, the ICC appear that the clash would booty abode in Pakistan afterwards all admitting players from Australia, England, South Africa and New Zealand adopting apropos over touring the country. It will be the sixth copy of the ICC Champions Trophy, a clash ahead accepted as the ICC Knock-out. On 22 August, 2008, South Africa appear that it would not booty allotment in the Champions Trophy due to aegis apropos and two canicule later, the ICC appear that the clash would be adjourned until October 2009. At their lath affair in January 2009, the ICC absitively to move the clash out of Pakistan on aegis concerns. At the time, Sri Lanka was the favoured alternating host.

After in March 2009, the ICC Chief Executives’ Committee recommended to the ICC lath that the clash be captivated in South Africa as there were apropos that the acclimate in Sri Lanka during September and October could aftereffect in a lot of amateur actuality done out. The ICC lath again ratified the ICC CEC advocacy and the accident is now appointed to booty abode in South Africa amid 24th September to 5th October. Matches will be played at Wanderers Stadium and Centurion Park, both in the Johannesburg area.