Dubai , 15 June 2008The official launch of the ICC Champions Trophy 2008 will take place in the Crystal Ballroom of the Pearl Continental in Lahore , Pakistan on Wednesday 18 June.
The ceremony will start at 1900 but, prior to the launch, at 1700 ICC acting Chief Executive Officer David Richardson , PCB Chief Operating Officer Shafqat Naghmi and Pakistan cricket captain Shoaib Malik will hold a media conference in the Emerald B Room.
The ICC Champions Trophy 2008 will be staged in September and will be spread over three cities – Lahore , Rawalpindi and Karachi .
This year’s tournament will feature the top eight sides from the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship table as of 11 March 2008. They are: Australia , South Africa , New Zealand , India , Pakistan , Sri Lanka , England and the West Indies
The teams have been divided into two groups according to their seeding. Group A will include Australia , India , Pakistan and the West Indies while South Africa , New Zealand , Sri Lanka and England are in Group B.
Each side plays all other sides in its group with the top two teams from each group progressing to the semi-finals with the top side from Group A playing the second-placed side from Group B and the second-placed side from Group A playing the top side from Group B.
That final will be staged at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore , which also hosted the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup in 1996.
The other venues, Karachi and Rawalpindi , will host the two semi-finals.
The ceremony will start at 1900 but, prior to the launch, at 1700 ICC acting Chief Executive Officer David Richardson , PCB Chief Operating Officer Shafqat Naghmi and Pakistan cricket captain Shoaib Malik will hold a media conference in the Emerald B Room.
The ICC Champions Trophy 2008 will be staged in September and will be spread over three cities – Lahore , Rawalpindi and Karachi .
This year’s tournament will feature the top eight sides from the Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Championship table as of 11 March 2008. They are: Australia , South Africa , New Zealand , India , Pakistan , Sri Lanka , England and the West Indies
The teams have been divided into two groups according to their seeding. Group A will include Australia , India , Pakistan and the West Indies while South Africa , New Zealand , Sri Lanka and England are in Group B.
Each side plays all other sides in its group with the top two teams from each group progressing to the semi-finals with the top side from Group A playing the second-placed side from Group B and the second-placed side from Group A playing the top side from Group B.
That final will be staged at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore , which also hosted the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup in 1996.
The other venues, Karachi and Rawalpindi , will host the two semi-finals.