Day-Night Final for ICC Champions Trophy
The final of September's ICC Champions Trophy will be played as a day-night game at Colombo's Premadasa stadium, the ICC confirmed today
ICC Media Release
20-Jun-2002
The final of September's ICC Champions Trophy will be played as a day-night game at Colombo's Premadasa stadium, the ICC confirmed today.
In all, nine of the tournament's 15 matches will be day-night fixtures at Premadasa, adding variety and atmosphere to the tournament.
A revised match schedule includes minor changes to the original itinerary, and means that host country Sri Lanka will open the tournament with its game against Pakistan on Thursday, 12th September.
Each of the 12 competing nations will play two games in the Pool stage of the tournament between the 12th and 23rd September. The semi finals will take place on Wednesday 25th and Friday 27th, with the final scheduled for Sunday 29th September.
The revised match schedule is now as follows:
1 Thursday 12th September Sri Lanka v Pakistan Premadasa (d/n) 1430 2 Friday 13th September Sth Africa v West Indies SSC (d) 1000 3 Saturday 14th September India v Zimbabwe Premadasa (d/n) 1430 4 Sunday 15th September Australia v New Zealand SSC (d) 1000 5 Monday 16th September Sri Lanka v Holland Premadasa (d/n) 1430 6 Tuesday 17th September West Indies v Kenya SSC (d) 1000 7 Wednesday 18th September England v Zimbabwe Premadasa (d/n) 1430 8 Thursday 19th September Australia v Bangladesh SSC (d) 1000 9 Friday 20th September Sth Africa v Kenya Premadasa (d/n) 1430 10 Saturday 21st September Pakistan v Holland SSC (d) 1000 11 Sunday 22nd September England v India Premadasa (d/n) 1430 12 Monday 23rd September New Zealand v Bangladesh SSC (d) 1000 Tuesday 24th September Rest Day 13 Wednesday 25th September Semi Final 1 Premadasa (d/n) 1430 Winner Pool 2 v Winner Pool 3 Thursday 26th September Reserve Day - Semi Final 1 14 Friday 27th September Semi Final 2 Premadasa (d/n) 1430 Winner Pool 1 v Winner Pool 4 Saturday 28th September Reserve Day - Semi Final 2 15 Sunday 29th September Final Premadasa (d/n) 1430 Winner Semi Final 1 v Winner Semi Final 2 Monday 30th September Reserve Day - Final
There has been no change to the original four Pool allocations, which remain as:
Pool 1 Pool 2 Pool 3 Pool 4 Australia England Kenya Holland Bangladesh India South Africa Pakistan New Zealand Zimbabwe West Indies Sri Lanka
Media contact:
Mark Harrison
ICC Communications Manager
Tel: + 44 (0) 207 266 7935
Mob: + 44 (0) 787 944 1891
Email: mark.harrison@icc-cricket.com
Mark Harrison
ICC Communications Manager
Tel: + 44 (0) 207 266 7935
Mob: + 44 (0) 787 944 1891
Email: mark.harrison@icc-cricket.com