$300,000 prize for ICC Champions Trophy winners

The winning captain in tomorrow's ICC Champions Trophy final will collect world cricket's largest ever tournament prize, when he walks onto the presentation podium at the R. Premadasa stadium.

Either Sanath Jayasuriya or Sourav Ganguly will collect a winner's cheque for US$ 300,000, together with the sterling silver ICC Champions Trophy, itself worth US$ 30,000.

During the course of the tournament the winning side will have collected a staggering US$525,000 in prize money, made up of:

The total prize fund for the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy stands at $1.15 million, but in addition, each of the 12 countries involved also receives $165,000 for taking part in the tournament, irrespective of whether it wins a game.

ICC Media contact:

Mark Harrison
ICC Communications Manager
Sri Lanka cell: 077 730337