ICC announces fresh dates for Champions Trophy
Televisionpoint.com Correspondent | Mumbai
The International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Wednesday the Champions Trophy would be held from September 24 to October 5, 2009 after the September event in Pakistan was postponed due to security concerns. This coincides with the Champions League Twenty20, which is scheduled to be held from September 25 to October 10, 2009.
The eight-team tournament would be held in a single city after being cut by five days to 12, including a reserve day for the final. The decision was taken by the ICC executive board which ended a two-day conference at its headquarters in Dubai.
The Champions Trophy was postponed after five of eight nations due to take part confirmed they would not send a team because of player safety issues, caused by a series of suicide bomb attacks in Pakistan over the past year.
In an statement, David Morgan, president, ICC, says, "We are delighted to have slotted the ICC Champions Trophy into the FTP in 2009, thus maintaining the primacy of ICC events, and we now look forward to staging an outstanding, memorable event next September/October."
"The ICC Champions Trophy is part of a host of great ICC tournaments taking place next year, including the ICC Women's World Cup, the ICC World Cup Qualifier and the ICC World Twenty20 for both men and women. All these events during the ICC Centenary year will showcase cricket in the best possible light and will help to ensure that our great game remains a strong sport growing stronger." Morgan.
Haroon Lorgat, CEO, ICC, says, "I am hugely encouraged by the spirit of togetherness and teamwork shown by our members in ensuring we have found a place for the ICC Champions Trophy in next year's calendar."
"The tournament, with its new format of the top eight teams playing in a short, sharp event, is vitally important for the world game because it allows those members, as well as the developing cricket world, to grow the sport." Lorgat.
It maybe noted that the broadcasting rights of Champions League Twenty20, was bagged by sports broadcaster ESPN Star at a whopping $ 975 million in early October, 2008. Televisionpoint.com has earlier reported that the BCCI has unveiled the Champions League T20 logo.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Wednesday the Champions Trophy would be held from September 24 to October 5, 2009 after the September event in Pakistan was postponed due to security concerns. This coincides with the Champions League Twenty20, which is scheduled to be held from September 25 to October 10, 2009.
The eight-team tournament would be held in a single city after being cut by five days to 12, including a reserve day for the final. The decision was taken by the ICC executive board which ended a two-day conference at its headquarters in Dubai.
The Champions Trophy was postponed after five of eight nations due to take part confirmed they would not send a team because of player safety issues, caused by a series of suicide bomb attacks in Pakistan over the past year.
In an statement, David Morgan, president, ICC, says, "We are delighted to have slotted the ICC Champions Trophy into the FTP in 2009, thus maintaining the primacy of ICC events, and we now look forward to staging an outstanding, memorable event next September/October."
"The ICC Champions Trophy is part of a host of great ICC tournaments taking place next year, including the ICC Women's World Cup, the ICC World Cup Qualifier and the ICC World Twenty20 for both men and women. All these events during the ICC Centenary year will showcase cricket in the best possible light and will help to ensure that our great game remains a strong sport growing stronger." Morgan.
Haroon Lorgat, CEO, ICC, says, "I am hugely encouraged by the spirit of togetherness and teamwork shown by our members in ensuring we have found a place for the ICC Champions Trophy in next year's calendar."
"The tournament, with its new format of the top eight teams playing in a short, sharp event, is vitally important for the world game because it allows those members, as well as the developing cricket world, to grow the sport." Lorgat.
It maybe noted that the broadcasting rights of Champions League Twenty20, was bagged by sports broadcaster ESPN Star at a whopping $ 975 million in early October, 2008. Televisionpoint.com has earlier reported that the BCCI has unveiled the Champions League T20 logo.
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