India- South Africa kick-off Champions Trophy 2013 – Cricket News Update
India and South Africa will kick-off the final installment of the Champions Trophy, ICC’s second most prominent 50-over tournament, which begins from June 6 next year in England. Australia, the defending Champions, will start their campaign against the hosts on June 8.
The most anticipated ties of the group stages include India taking on Pakistan and New Zealand battling http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746, both of which will be hosted at Edgbaston, the venue of the final.
Eight teams have been divided into two groups; Group A includes Australia, England, New Zealand and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758, while Group B comprises of the two sub-continental rivals, along with South Africa and West Indies. Two teams from each group will progress to play in the semi-finals, at Oval and Cardiff respectively, with the final taking placing on the 23rd.
The next year’s edition will be seventh; however, it will also be the last after the ICC declared the intentions of moving towards a World Test Championship. The Championship was scheduled to be held in 2013; however, prior commitments with sponsors and broadcasters forced the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 to put the event on hold until 2015.
Pakistan and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c749 remain the only teams not to have won the Champions Trophy, held every two years since 1998. The last edition was scheduled to take place in 2008 in Pakistan but was moved a year ahead. Staged in South Africa, Australia emerged victorious over New Zealand in the final.
"This will be an incredible opportunity for fans to see the world's very best one-day sides in action over the space of less than three weeks and the fixture schedule has thrown up a host of exciting head-to-head contests," http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Steven-Elworthy-c91296, the tournament director, said.
"The format means every match counts and all eight teams will feel that they are capable of winning the tournament in a competition which is set to be one of the highlights of the 2013 summer."
Fixtures:
Group stage:
Jun 06: India v South Africa (Day) – Cardiff
Jun 07: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 (Day) - The Oval
Jun 08: England v Australia (Day) - Edgbaston
Jun 09: Sri Lanka v New Zealand (Day) - Cardiff
Jun 10: Pakistan v South Africa (Day/Night) – Edgbaston
Jun 11: http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 v West Indies (Day) - The Oval
Jun 12: Australia v New Zealand (Day/Night) – Edgbaston
Jun 13: England v Sri Lanka (Day/Night) - The Oval
Jun 14: West Indies v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 (Day) - Cardiff
Jun 15: India v Pakistan (Day) – Edgbaston
Jun 16: England v http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 (Day) – Cardiff
Jun 17: Sri Lanka v Australia (Day/Night) - The Oval
Knockout:
Jun 19: Semi-final A1 v B2 (Day) - The Oval
Jun 20: Semi-final A2 v B1 (Day) – Cardiff
Jun 23: Final (Day) – Edgbaston
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