2009 ICC Champions Trophy

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2009 ICC Champions Trophy
2009 ICC Champions Trophy logo.svg
Dates22 September – 5 October 2009
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council
Cricket format One Day International
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and knockout
Host(s)South Africa
ChampionsFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia (2nd title)
Runners-upFlag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Participants8
Matches15
Player of the series Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ricky Ponting
Most runs Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ricky Ponting (288)
Most wickets Flag of South Africa.svg Wayne Parnell (11)
2006
2013

The 2009 ICC Champions Trophy was a One Day International cricket tournament held in South Africa between 22 September and 5 October, [1] at Wanderers Stadium and Centurion Park, both in the Gauteng province. [2] Originally, the tournament was scheduled to be hosted by Pakistan in 2008, but due to security concerns it shifted to South Africa. [3] It was the sixth ICC Champions Trophy, and was previously known as the ICC Knock-out. Two teams from two groups of four qualified for the semi-finals, and the final was staged in Centurion on 5 October. Australia successfully defended the title by beating New Zealand by six wickets in the final.

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History

The Champions Trophy was the brainchild of Jagmohan Dalmiya, who was ICC president in the late 1990s. It had a dual aim of spreading the game to emerging nations and raising money for the ICC between World Cups, thus enabling it to pump more cash into those fledgling cricket countries. The first tournament, labelled as a mini World Cup, was staged in Dhaka in October 1998 and raised more than £10 million. The second, in Nairobi, was a commercial success, although the crowds stayed away. By the time the 2002 event was held – and there was disquiet as it was so close to the World Cup five months later – the idea of playing in developing nations had been ditched. As revenue generation was the main raison d'etre, it needed to be in one of the main countries, which allowed the format to be expanded. In 2004 the jamboree moved to England, and it became clear the format of group games led to too many meaningless games. By the time the 2006 tournament in India came into view, the event was under fire from some quarters, and at one time, there were hints that India might decline to take part in 2008.

Schedule and location

The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Pakistan between 11 and 28 September 2008 in Lahore and Karachi. [3] [4] The ICC postponed the tournament due to security fears expressed by several participating countries; On 24 July 2008, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that the tournament would take place in Pakistan after all despite players from Australia, England, South Africa and New Zealand raising concerns over touring the country. [5] On 22 August 2008, South Africa announced that it would not take part in the Champions Trophy due to security concerns. [6] Two days later, on 24 August 2008, after speculation that the tournament would be held elsewhere (England, Sri Lanka, or South Africa), the ICC announced that the tournament would be postponed until October 2009. [7]

At its meeting in February 2009, the ICC board decided to move the tournament out of Pakistan on security concerns. At the time, Sri Lanka was the favoured alternate host. [8] In March 2009, the ICC Chief Executives' Committee recommended to the ICC board that the tournament be held in South Africa as there were concerns that the weather in Sri Lanka during September and October could result in too many games being washed out. [9] The ICC board ratified the recommendation, and the event took place in South Africa between 22 September and 5 October 2009. [10]

Qualification

As hosts, Pakistan was replaced by South Africa and qualified for the competition automatically; [11] they were joined by the seven other highest-ranked teams in the ICC ODI Championship as of 1 August 2009. [12]

QualificationDateBerthsCountry
Host2 April 20091Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
ODI Championship 1 August 20097Flag of India.svg  India
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of England.svg  England
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies

Venues

Wanderers Stadium and Centurion Park, both in the Johannesburg area, were announced as venues for the tournament. [2]

Centurion Johannesburg
Supersport Park Wanderers Stadium
Capacity: 22,000Capacity: 34,000
Matches: 8 (including Final)Matches: 7
Centurion Cricket Ground SS park.jpg
Centurion Cricket Ground
The Wanderers 2.jpg

Rules and regulations

The 2009 ICC Champions Trophy was contested by the top eight teams (previously 10) that had been seeded and divided into two groups. No associates nations participated in this tournament. Each team played every other team in its group once. Points were allocated for each match in accordance with the system described below which applied throughout the competition. Following the group stage, the top two teams from each group progressed to the semi-finals, where the winner of Group A played the runner up of Group B (in the 1st semi-final) and the winner of Group B played the runner up of Group A (in the 2nd semi-final). The winners of the semi-finals contested the final.

Points system

ResultsPoints
Win2 points
Tie/No Result1 point
Loss0 points

Squads

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWLTNRPts NRR
1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3200150.510
2Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 3210040.999
3Flag of India.svg  India 3110130.290
4WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 303000−1.537
Source: ESPNcricinfo

23 September 2009
14:30
Scorecard
West Indies  WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg
133 (34.3 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
134/5 (30.3 overs)
Nikita Miller 51 (57)
Mohammad Aamer 3/24 [7]
Umar Akmal 41* (51)
Gavin Tonge 4/25 [10]
Pakistan won by 5 wickets
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Daryl Harper (Aus)
Player of the match: Umar Akmal (Pak)

26 September 2009
09:30
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
275/8 (50 overs)
v
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies
225 (46.5 overs)
Ricky Ponting 79 (95)
Nikita Miller 2/24 [10]
Travis Dowlin 55 (87)
Nathan Hauritz 2/23 [7.5]
Australia won by 50 runs
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Tony Hill (NZ)
Player of the match: Mitchell Johnson (Aus)

26 September 2009
14:30
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
302/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
248 (44.5 overs)
Shoaib Malik 128 (126)
Ashish Nehra 4/55 [10]
Rahul Dravid 76 (103)
Saeed Ajmal 2/31 [8.5]
Pakistan won by 54 runs
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Shoaib Malik (Pak)

28 September 2009
14:30
Scorecard
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg
234/4 (42.3 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
Michael Hussey 67 (65)
Ashish Nehra 1/38 [8]
No result
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Ian Gould (Eng)
  • Match abandoned due to rain.

30 September 2009
09:30
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
205/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
206/8 (50 overs)
Mohammad Yousuf 45 (69)
Shane Watson 2/32 [8]
Michael Hussey 64 (87)
Saeed Ajmal 2/31 [10]
Australia won by 2 wickets
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZ) and Tony Hill (NZ)
Player of the match: Michael Hussey (Aus)

30 September 2009
14:30
Scorecard
West Indies  WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg
129 (36 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
130/3 (32.1 overs)
Darren Sammy 23 (38)
Praveen Kumar 3/22 [9]
Virat Kohli 79* (104)
Kemar Roach 1/27 [6]
India won by 7 wickets
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Virat Kohli (Ind)

Group B

PosTeamPldWLTNRPts NRR
1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 3210040.782
2Flag of England.svg  England 321004−0.487
3Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 312002−0.085
4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 312002−0.177
Source: ESPNcricinfo

22 September 2009
14:30
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
319/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
206/7 (37.4 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 106 (92)
Dale Steyn 3/47 [9]
Graeme Smith 58 (44)
Ajantha Mendis 3/30 [7]
Sri Lanka won by 55 runs (D/L method)
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL)
  • Rain limited South Africa's innings to 37.4 overs.

24 September 2009
09:30
Scorecard
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg
214 (47.5 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
217/5 (41.1 overs)
Ross Taylor 72 (106)
Wayne Parnell 5/57 [8]
AB de Villiers 70 (76)
Daryl Tuffey 2/52 [9]
South Africa won by 5 wickets
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asad Rauf (Pak)
Player of the match: Wayne Parnell (SA)

25 September 2009
14:30
Scorecard
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg
212 (47.3 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg  England
213/4 (45 overs)
Thilina Kandamby 53 (82)
James Anderson 3/20 [9.3]
Eoin Morgan 62* (83)
Nuwan Kulasekara 2/42 [9]
England won by 6 wickets
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Billy Bowden (NZ)
Player of the match: Paul Collingwood (Eng)

27 September 2009
09:30
Scorecard
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg
315/7 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
277 (46.4 overs)
Jesse Ryder 74 (58)
Sanath Jayasuriya 3/39 [10]
Mahela Jayawardene 77 (85)
Kyle Mills 3/69 [10]
New Zealand won by 38 runs
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Daryl Harper (Aus)
Player of the match: Daniel Vettori (NZ)

27 September 2009
14:30
Scorecard
England  Flag of England.svg
323/8 (50 overs)
v
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
301/9 (50 overs)
Owais Shah 98 (89)
Wayne Parnell 3/60 [10]
Graeme Smith 141 (134)
James Anderson 3/42 [10]
England won by 22 runs
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Tony Hill (NZ)
Player of the match: Owais Shah (Eng)

29 September 2009
14:30
Scorecard
England  Flag of England.svg
146 (43.1 overs)
v
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
147/6 (27.1 overs)
Martin Guptill 53 (55)
Stuart Broad 4/39 [8.1]
New Zealand won by 4 wickets
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Daryl Harper (Aus)
Player of the match: Grant Elliott (NZ)

Knockout stage

Semifinals Final
      
B2 Flag of England.svg  England 257 (47.4 overs)
A1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 258/1 (41.5 overs)
A1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 206/4 (45.2 overs)
B1 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 200/9 (50 overs)
A2 Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 233/9 (50 overs)
B1 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 234/5 (47.5 overs)

Semi-finals

2 October 2009
14:30
Scorecard
England  Flag of England.svg
257 (47.4 overs)
v
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
258/1 (41.5 overs)
Tim Bresnan 80 (76)
Peter Siddle 3/55 [10]
Shane Watson 136* (132)
Graham Onions 1/47 [8]
Australia won by 9 wickets
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Billy Bowden (NZ)
Player of the match: Shane Watson (Aus)

3 October 2009
14:30
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
233/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
234/5 (47.5 overs)
Umar Akmal 55 (62)
Ian Butler 4/44 [10]
Grant Elliott 75* (103)
Saeed Ajmal 2/39 [8]
New Zealand won by 5 wickets
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Ian Gould (Eng) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Daniel Vettori (NZ)

Final

5 October 2009
14:30
Scorecard
New Zealand  Flag of New Zealand.svg
200/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
206/4 (45.2 overs)
Martin Guptill 40 (64)
Nathan Hauritz 3/37 [10]
Shane Watson 105* (129)
Kyle Mills 3/27 [10]
Australia won by 6 wickets
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Ian Gould (Eng)
Player of the match: Shane Watson (Aus)

Statistics

Batting

Most runs [13]
PlayerMatchesRunsAvgHS
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ricky Ponting 528872.00111*
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane Watson 526688.33136*
Flag of South Africa.svg Graeme Smith 320668.66141
Flag of England.svg Paul Collingwood 420250.5082
Flag of Pakistan.svg Mohammad Yousuf 420050.0087

Bowling

Most wickets [14]
PlayerMatchesWicketsEconBBI
Flag of South Africa.svg Wayne Parnell 3117.005/57
Flag of England.svg Stuart Broad 3105.504/39
Flag of New Zealand.svg Kyle Mills 594.273/27
Flag of India.svg Ashish Nehra 384.764/55
Flag of Pakistan.svg Saeed Ajmal 463.792/16

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