ICC Champions Trophy 2009

The ICC Champions Trophy 2009 was a one-day international cricket tournament that took place in South Africa between September 22nd and October 5th. In the final, Australia prevailed against New Zealand. The venues were the Wanderers Stadium and the SuperSport Park , both of which are located near Johannesburg .

Original plans

The tournament was originally supposed to take place in Pakistan in September 2008, but was postponed to October 2009 on August 24, 2008 due to the security situation. On February 1, 2009 the ICC decided that the tournament would not take place in Pakistan and awarded it to South Africa in March 2009.

Attendees

For the first time only the first 8 of the ODI world rankings were invited to this tournament:

Australia Pakistan

England South Africa

India Sri Lanka

New Zealand West Indies

competition

Preliminary round

Tables

Group A	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
Australia	3	2	0	1	5	+0.510
Pakistan	3	2	1	0	4th	+0.999
India	3	1	1	1	3	+0.290
West Indies	3	0	3	0	0	−1,537

Group B	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
New Zealand	3	2	1	0	4th	+0.782
England	3	2	1	0	4th	−0.487
Sri Lanka	3	1	2	0	2	−0.085
South Africa	3	1	2	0	2	−0.177

Games

September 22	Centurion	Sri Lanka 319-8 (50)	-	South Africa 206-7 (37.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 55 runs ( D / L method )

September 23rd	Johannesburg	West Indies 133 (34.3)	-	Pakistan 134-5 (30.3)
		Pakistan wins with 5 wickets

September 24th	Centurion	New Zealand 214 (47.5)	-	South Africa 217-5 (41.1)
		South Africa wins with 5 wickets

25th of September	Johannesburg	Sri Lanka 212 (47.3)	-	England 213-4 (45)
		England wins with 6 wickets

September 26th	Johannesburg	Australia 275-8 (50)	-	West Indies 225-9 (46.5)
		Australia wins with 40 runs

September 26th	Centurion	Pakistan 302-9 (50)	-	India 248 (44.5)
		Pakistan wins with 54 runs

September 27th	Johannesburg	New Zealand 315-7 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 277 (46.4)
		New Zealand wins with 38 runs

September 27th	Centurion	England 323-8 (50)	-	South Africa 301-9 (50)
		England wins with 22 runs

September 28th	Centurion	Australia 234-4 (42.3)	-	India
		No Result (rain cancellation)

September 29th	Johannesburg	England 146 (43.1)	-	New Zealand 147-6 (27.1)
		New Zealand wins with 4 wickets

30. September	Centurion	Pakistan 205-6 (50)	-	Australia 206-8 (50)
		Australia wins with 2 wickets

30. September	Johannesburg	West Indies 129 (36)	-	India 130-3 (32.1)
		India wins with 7 wickets

Semifinals

Centurion

October 2nd	England 257 (47.4)	-	Australia 258-1 (41.5)
	Australia wins with 9 wickets

Johannesburg

October 3	Pakistan 233-9 (50)	-	New Zealand 234-5 (47.5)
	New Zealand wins with 5 wickets

final

Centurion

5th October	New Zealand 200-9 (50)	-	Australia 206-4 (45.2)
	Australia wins with 6 wickets

Sources and Notes

1. ↑ Champions Trophy postponed until October 2009 ( English ) Cricinfo. August 24, 2008. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
2. ↑ Pakistan not to host 2009 Champions Trophy ( English ) Cricinfo. February 1, 2009. Retrieved February 3, 2013.
3. ↑ South Africa confirmed as Champions Trophy hosts ( English ) Cricinfo. April 2, 2009. Retrieved February 3, 2013.