ICC Champions Trophy 2017 make wish opens

News in Delhi : ICC Champions Trophy 2017 make wish opens

 

The International Cricket Council (ICC) today announced that the ticket ballot for next year’s ICC Champions Trophy 2017, to be staged in England and Wales from 1-18 June, opens today

India will launch its ICC Champions Trophy title defence touching traditional enemy Pakistan when the two Asian powerhouses go head to head at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on 4 June 2017. The 18-day event will run from 1 to 18 June 2017 and will also see matches play at the Cardiff Wales Stadium in Cardiff and The Oval in London.

Previous winners

1998* – South Africa

2000* – New Zealand

2002 – Sri Lanka and India

2004 – West Indies

2006 – Australia

2009 – Australia

2013 - India

*The ICC Champions Trophy in 1998 as well as 2000 was known as the ICC Knock-Out

Groups (based on teams’ rankings as on 30 September 2015; x denote seed)

Group A                               Group B

x-1 Australia                          x-2 India

x-4 New Zealand                    x-3 South Africa

x-6 England                           x-5 Sri Lanka

x-7 Bangladesh                      x-8 Pakistan

Event schedule:

Thurs, 1 June – England v Bangladesh, The Oval (d)

Fri, 2 June – Australia v New Zealand, Edgbaston (d)

Sat, 3 June – Sri Lanka v South Africa, The Oval (d)

Sun, 4 June – India v Pakistan, Edgbaston (d)

Mon, 5 June – Australia v Bangladesh, The Oval (d/n)

Tues, 6 June – England v New Zealand, Cardiff (d)

Wed, 7 June – Pakistan v South Africa, Edgbaston (d/n)

Thurs, 8 June – India v Sri Lanka, The Oval (d)

Fri, 9 June – New Zealand v Bangladesh, Cardiff (d)

Sat, 10 June – England v Australia, Edgbaston (d)

Sun, 11 June – India v South Africa, The Oval (d)

Mon, 12 June – Sri Lanka v Pakistan, Cardiff (d)

Wed, 14 June – First semi-final (A1 v B2), Cardiff (d)

Thurs, 15 June – Second semi-final (A2 v B1), Edgbaston (d)

Sun, 18 June – Final, The Oval (d)

Mon, 19 June – Reserve day (d)