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| Dates | 22 September – 5 October 2009 |
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| Administrator | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin andknockout |
| Host | South Africa |
| Champions |  Australia (2nd title) |
| Runners-up |  New Zealand |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 15 |
| Player of the series | Ricky Ponting |
| Most runs | Ricky Ponting (288) |
| Most wickets |  Wayne Parnell (11) |
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The2009ICC Champions Trophy was aOne Day Internationalcricket tournament held inSouth Africa between 22 September and 5 October,[1] atWanderers Stadium andCenturion Park, both in theGauteng province.[2] Originally, the tournament was scheduled to be hosted byPakistan in 2008, but due to security concerns it shifted to South Africa.[3] It was the sixthICC 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 beatingNew Zealand by six wickets in the final.[4][5]
The Champions Trophy was the brainchild ofJagmohan Dalmiya, who wasICC 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.
The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Pakistan between 11 and 28 September 2008 in Lahore and Karachi.[3][6] The ICC postponed the tournament due to security fears expressed by several participating countries; On 24 July 2008, theInternational 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.[7] On 22 August 2008, South Africa announced that it would not take part in the Champions Trophy due to security concerns.[8] 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.[9]
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.[10] 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.[11] The ICC board ratified the recommendation, and the event took place in South Africa between 22 September and 5 October 2009.[12]
As hosts, Pakistan was replaced by South Africa and qualified for the competition automatically;[13] they were joined by the seven other highest-ranked teams in theICC ODI Championship as of 1 August 2009.[14]
| Qualification | Date | Berths | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Host | 2 April 2009 | 1 | South Africa |
| ODI Championship | 1 August 2009 | 7 |  India |
| Australia | |||
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| New Zealand | |||
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Wanderers Stadium andCenturion Park, both in theJohannesburg area, were announced as venues for the tournament.[2]
| Centurion | Johannesburg |
|---|---|
| Supersport Park | Wanderers Stadium |
| Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 34,000 |
| Matches: 8 (including Final) | Matches: 7 |
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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.
| Results | Points |
|---|---|
| Win | 2 points |
| Tie/No Result | 1 point |
| Loss | 0 points |
Source:[15]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0.510 |
| 2 | Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.999 |
| 3 | India | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.290 |
| 4 | West Indies | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.537 |
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Pakistan won by 5 wickets Wanderers Stadium,Johannesburg Umpires:Steve Davis (Aus) andDaryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match:Umar Akmal (Pak) |
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Australia won by 50 runs Wanderers Stadium,Johannesburg Umpires:Asad Rauf (Pak) andTony Hill (NZ) Player of the match:Mitchell Johnson (Aus) |
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Pakistan won by 54 runs SuperSport Park,Centurion Umpires:Steve Davis (Aus) andSimon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match:Shoaib Malik (Pak) |
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Australia won by 2 wickets SuperSport Park,Centurion Umpires:Billy Bowden (NZ) andTony Hill (NZ) Player of the match:Michael Hussey (Aus) |
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India won by 7 wickets Wanderers Stadium,Johannesburg Umpires:Aleem Dar (Pak) andSimon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match:Virat Kohli (Ind) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.782 |
| 2 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.487 |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.085 |
| 4 | South Africa | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.177 |
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Sri Lanka won by 55 runs (D/L method) SuperSport Park,Centurion Umpires:Ian Gould (Eng) andSimon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match:Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL) |
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South Africa won by 5 wickets SuperSport Park,Centurion Umpires:Aleem Dar (Pak) andAsad Rauf (Pak) Player of the match:Wayne Parnell (SA) |
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England won by 6 wickets Wanderers Stadium,Johannesburg Umpires:Aleem Dar (Pak) andBilly Bowden (NZ) Player of the match:Paul Collingwood (Eng) |
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New Zealand won by 38 runs Wanderers Stadium,Johannesburg Umpires:Ian Gould (Eng) andDaryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match:Daniel Vettori (NZ) |
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England won by 22 runs SuperSport Park,Centurion Umpires:Steve Davis (Aus) andTony Hill (NZ) Player of the match:Owais Shah (Eng) |
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New Zealand won by 4 wickets Wanderers Stadium,Johannesburg Umpires:Asad Rauf (Pak) andDaryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match:Grant Elliott (NZ) |
| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| B2 | England | 257 (47.4 overs) | |||||||
| A1 | Australia | 258/1 (41.5 overs) | |||||||
| A1 | Australia | 206/4 (45.2 overs) | |||||||
| B1 | New Zealand | 200/9 (50 overs) | |||||||
| A2 | Pakistan | 233/9 (50 overs) | |||||||
| B1 | New Zealand | 234/5 (47.5 overs) | |||||||
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Australia won by 9 wickets SuperSport Park,Centurion Umpires:Aleem Dar (Pak) andBilly Bowden (NZ) Player of the match:Shane Watson (Aus) |
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New Zealand won by 5 wickets Wanderers Stadium,Johannesburg Umpires:Ian Gould (Eng) andSimon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match:Daniel Vettori (NZ) |
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Australia won by 6 wickets SuperSport Park,Centurion Umpires:Aleem Dar (Pak) andIan Gould (Eng) Player of the match:Shane Watson (Aus) |
| Player | Matches | Runs | Avg | HS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Ponting | 5 | 288 | 72.00 | 111* |
| Shane Watson | 5 | 266 | 88.33 | 136* |
| Graeme Smith | 3 | 206 | 68.66 | 141 |
| Paul Collingwood | 4 | 202 | 50.50 | 82 |
| Mohammad Yousuf | 4 | 200 | 50.00 | 87 |
| Player | Matches | Wickets | Econ | BBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Parnell | 3 | 11 | 7.00 | 5/57 |
| Stuart Broad | 3 | 10 | 5.50 | 4/39 |
| Kyle Mills | 5 | 9 | 4.27 | 3/27 |
| Saeed Ajmal | 4 | 8 | 3.79 | 2/16 |
| Ashish Nehra | 3 | 8 | 4.76 | 4/55 |