ICC Champions Trophy 2013

The 2013 ICC Champions Trophy was a one-day international cricket tournament that took place in England and Wales between June 6 and 23, 2013. In the final, India beat hosts England with 5 runs.

prehistory

Originally, this should be the last event of the Champions Trophy, as the competition was to be replaced by the ICC World Test Championship . This decision was only revised in 2014.

Attendees

The first 8 of the ODI world rankings half a year before the tournament had qualified for the Champions Trophy:

Australia Pakistan

England South Africa

India Sri Lanka

New Zealand West Indies

format

The eight teams were divided into 2 groups of 4 teams each. The two best in the group qualify for the semi-finals. The draw and the schedule were announced on August 21, 2012.

Venues

The oval Edgbaston Cardiff

Venues in England and Wales (ICC Champions Trophy 2013)

Three stadiums in England and Wales have been selected as the venues:

city	country	Stadion	capacity
Birmingham	England	Edgbaston Cricket Ground	25,000
London	England	The oval	23,500
Cardiff	Wales	Sophia Gardens	15,643

competition

Preliminary round

Group A

table

Group A	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
England	3	2	1	0	4th	+0.308
Sri Lanka	3	2	1	0	4th	-0.197
New Zealand	3	1	1	1	3	+0.777
Australia	3	0	2	1	1	-0.680

Games

June 8th scorecard	Edgbaston	England 269-6 (50)	-	Australia 221-9 (50)
		England wins with 48 runs

June 9th scorecard	Cardiff	Sri Lanka 138 (37.5)	-	New Zealand 139-9 (36.3)
		New Zealand wins with 1 wicket

June 12th scorecard	Edgbaston	Australia 243-8 (50)	-	New Zealand 51-2 (15.0)
		No result

Game was canceled due to the onset of rain.

June 13 scorecard	The oval	England 293-7 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 297-3 (47.1)
		Sri Lanka wins with 7 wickets

June 16 scorecard	Cardiff	England 169 (23.3 / 24)	-	New Zealand 159-8 (24/24)
		England wins with 10 runs

The start of the game was delayed due to rain.

June 17th scorecard	The oval	Sri Lanka 253-8 (50)	-	Australia 233 (42.3)
		Sri Lanka wins with 20 runs

Group B

table

Group A	Sp.	S.	N	U	NO	P	NRR
India	3	3	0	0	0	6th	+0.938
South Africa	3	1	1	1	0	3	+0.325
West Indies	3	1	1	1	0	3	-0.075
Pakistan	3	0	3	0	0	0	-1,035

Games

June 6th scorecard	Cardiff	India 331-7 (50)	-	South Africa 305 (50)
		India wins with 26 runs

June 7th scorecard	The oval	Pakistan 170 (48.0)	-	West Indies 172-8 (40.4)
		West Indies wins with 2 wickets

June 10th scorecard	Edgbaston	South Africa 234-9 (50)	-	Pakistan 167 (45.0)
		South Africa wins with 67 runs

June 11th scorecard	The oval	West Indies 233-9 (50)	-	India 236-2 (39.1)
		India wins with 8 wickets

June 14th scorecard	Cardiff	South Africa 230-6 (31/31)	-	West Indies 190-6 (26.1 / 31)
		Draw ( D / L method )

The game was delayed due to rain and was canceled prematurely due to repeated rain.

June 15 scorecard	Edgbaston	Pakistan 165 (39.4 / 40)	-	India 102-2 (19.1 / 22)
		India wins with 8 wickets ( D / L method )

Semifinals

June 19 scorecard	The oval	South Africa 175 (38.4)	-	England 179-3 (37.3)
		England wins with 7 wickets

June 20 scorecard	Cardiff	Sri Lanka 181-8 (50)	-	India 182-2 (35.0)
		India wins with 8 wickets

final

June 23 scorecard	Edgbaston	India 129-7 (20/20)	-	England 124-8 (20/20)
		India wins with 5 runs

Web links

• Official ICC Champions Trophy website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} No Champions Trophy after 2013 . Cricinfo. April 17, 2012. Retrieved June 7, 2013.
2. ↑ No Test Championship, Champions Trophy to continue: ICC ( English ) Cricinfo. February 8, 2014. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
3. ↑ ECB reveal ICC Champions Trophy plans . England and Wales Cricket Board. August 21, 2012. Archived from the original on August 23, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 21, 2012. 
4. ↑ ^{a b} Explanation of the abbreviations: Col. = games; S = victories; N = defeats; U = tie; NR = No Result; P = points; NRR = Net Run Rate