Champions Trophy
ICC Champions Trophy 2013 The Champions trophy 2013, the last and finaledition, is scheduled to becommenced on Jun 6 2013. The event will be hosted by England and Wales. England will become the first and only country to host the Champions Trophy twice.
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Champions Trophy
The 2013 ICC Champions Trophy will be contested by 8 Test teams which have been 'seeded' and divided into two groups are A and B.
Group A: Australia, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka
Group B: India, Pakistan, South Africa, West Indies
Cardiff, Edgbaston and The Oval will host group matches and semi finals of the series. Edgbaston is also the venue for the final.
Two other big draws in the group stages are India versus Pakistan on June 15, and Australia playing New Zealand on June 12, both at Edgbaston.
The arch rivals India and Pakistan are inthe same pool. World Cup champions India will clash with Pakistan at Edgbaston in Birmingham after facing South Africa in their inaugural match of group 'B' on June 6 in Cardiff. Hosts England, will kick off their campaign against defending champions Australia at Edgbaston on June 8.
"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," Steve Elworthy, 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."
This prestigious tournament first played in 1998, has generally happened every two years, to filling the "gap" between World Cups executed every four years.
The tournament does not appear in the Future Tournament Programme after 2013, as the ICCis going ahead with the itinerary having one championship for each of the game's three formats from 2015.
| Venue | England |
| Dates | 6 June 2012 – 23 June 2013 |
Group stage
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | NRR | Pts |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| England | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 8-Jun | England | v | Australia | Match 3 |
| Edgbaston, Birmingham | ||||
| 9-Jun | New Zealand | v | Sri Lanka | Match 4 |
| Sophia Gardens, Cardiff | ||||
| 12 June (D/N) | Australia | v | New Zealand | Match 7 |
| Edgbaston, Birmingham | ||||
| 13 June (D/N) | England | v | Sri Lanka | Match 8 |
| The Oval, London | ||||
| 16-Jun | England | v | New Zealand | Match 11 |
| Sophia Gardens, Cardiff | ||||
| 17 June (D/N) | Australia | v | Sri Lanka | Match 12 |
| The Oval, London |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | NRR | Pts |
| India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Indies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6-Jun | India | v | South Africa | Match 1 |
| Sophia Gardens, Cardiff | ||||
| 7-Jun | Pakistan | v | West Indies | Match 2 |
| The Oval, London | ||||
| 10-Jun(D/N) | Pakistan | v | South Africa | Match 5 |
| Edgbaston, Birmingham | ||||
| 11-Jun | India | v | West Indies | Match 6 |
| The Oval, London | ||||
| 14-Jun | South Africa | v | West Indies | Match 9 |
| Sophia Gardens, Cardiff | ||||
| 15 June | India | Pakistan | Match 10 | |
| Edgbaston, Birmingham |
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
| 19-Jun | TBD | v | TBD | Match 13 |
| 20-Jun | TBD | v | TBD | Match 14 |
Final
| 23-Jun | TBD | v | TBD | Match 15 |
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