ICC Champions Trophy 2009

September 22, 2009 - October 5, 2009

ICC Champions Trophy 2009 Schedule
ICC Champions Trophy 2009 Squads

The 2009 ICC Champions Trophy is held in South Africa between 22 September and 5 October, 2009. The matches are held at Wanderers Stadium and Centurion Park, both in the Johannesburg. It is the sixth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy, and was previously known as the ICC Knock-out. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Pakistan between 12 and 28 September 2008. However, the International Cricket Committee(ICC) postponed the tournament due to security fears expressed by several participating countries following the attack on Sri Lankan team in Lahore.

Australia and Pakistan emerged as the top teams in Group A and New Zealand and England in Group B. Australia beat England by 9 wickets in the first semifinal at SuperSport Park, Centurion on October 2, 2009. In the second semifinal on October 3, 2009 between New Zealand beat Pakistan by 5 wickets.

Australia won the ICC Champions Trophy 2009. In the final, Australia beat New Zealand by 6 wickets and became the first country to defend the Champions Trophy successfully in the tournament history. Australia also became the only country to win two Champions Trophy titles.

Golden Bat: For the leading run scorer - Ricky Ponting - 288 runs in four games
Leading Wicket Taker: For the top wicket taker - Wayne Parnell
Player of the tournament: Ricky Ponting

Results

Date	Match	Result
September 22, 2009	Sri Lanka vs South Africa	Sri Lanka won by 55 runs (D/L method)
September 23, 2009	Pakistan vs West Indies	Pakistan won by 5 wickets
September 24, 2009	South Africa vs New Zealand	South Africa won by 5 wickets
September 25, 2009	England vs Sri Lanka	England won by 6 wickets
September 26, 2009	Australia vs West Indies	Australia won by 50 runs
September 26, 2009	India vs Pakistan	Pakistan won by 54 runs
September 27, 2009	New Zealand vs Sri Lanka	New Zealand won by 38 runs
September 27, 2009	South Africa vs England	England won by 22 runs
September 28, 2009	Australia vs India	No Result
September 29, 2009	England vs New Zealand	New Zealand won by 4 wickets
September 30, 2009	Australia vs Pakistan	Australia won by 2 wickets
September 30, 2009	India vs West Indies	India won by 7 wickets
October 2, 2009	Australia vs England	Australia won by 9 wickets
October 3, 2009	New Zealand vs Pakistan	New Zealand won by 5 wickets
October 5, 2009	Australia vs New Zealand	Australia beat New Zealand by 6 wickets

Points Table

Group A

Teams	Matches	Won	Lost	N/R	Won	Net Runrate
Australia	3	2	0	1	5	+0.510
Pakistan	3	2	1	0	4	+0.999
India	3	1	1	1	3	+0.290
West Indies	3	0	3	0	0	-1.537

Group B

Teams	Matches	Won	Lost	Won	Net Runrate
New Zealand	3	2	1	4	+0.782
England	3	2	1	4	-0.487
Sri Lanka	3	1	2	2	-0.085
South Africa	3	1	2	2	-0.177

Group A

Australia, India, Pakistan, West Indies

Group B

New Zealand, Sri Lanka, England, South Africa

Champions Trophy - Media coverage

Supersport (live) - South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe
Star Cricket (live) - India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia
ESPN (live) - India
DD National (live) - India (only India matches)
GEO Super (live) - Pakistan
Pakistan Television Corporation (live) - Pakistan
Bangladesh Television (live) - Bangladesh
Eurosport (pay per view) - Europe
Sky Sports (live) - United Kingdom and Ireland
Fox Sports (live) - Australia
Sky Sport (live) - New Zealand
Caribbean Media Corporation (live) - Caribbean
ART Prime Sport (live) - Middle East

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