Cricket: ICC Champions Trophy

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Should be a good month of cricket ahead. Generally Its been a tournament where the underdogs play pretty well, most noticably West Indies won it in '04 and New Zealand in '00. I wouldnt be to surprised to see some upsets again this year, New Zealand could be value at $13, but they could struggle to get through the first round as they havent played much cricket lately and could be quite rusty. Unusually they have a full strength side and could beat any team on thier day... My pick of the tournament at this stage is the home team, India to make the final at $2.10. The two top teams in thier pool are Australia and England, Either Australia or India should win this group as Englands one day side resembles their WC football team with a couple of extra injuries...

[kevshat]

Re: Cricket: ICC Champions Trophy It should indeed be a good month of cricket and is a perfect starter for the 7 month marathon of top class International cricket ahead this summer. Outright Odds

Best odds/All odds
Australia	3.25	3.25	3.25	3.25	3.25	3.5	3.25	3.25	3.5	3.25	3.25	3.25	3.4	3.25	3.35	3.35	3.25
India	4.5	4.5	4.5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4.5	5	5.5	5	5.4	5.5	4.5
Pakistan	5.5	5.5	6.5	6	5	5.25	5	5	4.5	5.5	6.5	5.5	5	5.5	6.6	8	4.75
Sri Lanka	7.5	6.5	7	8	7.5	6.5	7	7.5	7	7.5	7	7.5	6.5	6.5	7.4	7.6	7.5
South Africa	9.5	9	7.5	7	9	9	8	8	10	8	7.5	10	9	9	11	10	8.5
New Zealand	12	13	10	11	11	12	11	11	13	13	10	12	11	12	14	13.5	11
England	12	13	11	13	11	13	13	13	13	13	11	11	13	13	15.5	15	12
West Indies	13	11	11	15	13	13	15	12	13	13	11	11	11	15	16.5	17	13
Bangladesh	101	101	101	101	81	67	101	101	251	67	101	101	201	151	200	400	201
Zimbabwe	301	501	501	301	201	251	501	251	501	251	501	1001	301	251	500	510	251
Each-way terms:		2 at 1/3	2 at 1/3	2 at 1/3			2 at 1/3	2 at 1/3	2 at 1/3	2 at 1/3	2 at 1/3	2 at 1/3

Schedule

October 2006
Sat 7	1st Qualifying Match - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Sun 8	2nd Qualifying Match - West Indies v Zimbabwe Sardar Patel (Gujarat) Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Tue 10	3rd Qualifying Match - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Sardar Patel (Gujarat) Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Wed 11	4th Qualifying Match - Bangladesh v West Indies Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Fri 13	5th Qualifying Match - Bangladesh v Zimbabwe Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Sat 14	6th Qualifying Match - Sri Lanka v West Indies Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Sun 15	1st Match - India v England Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Mon 16	2nd Match - New Zealand v South Africa Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
Tue 17	3rd Match - Pakistan v TBC Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Q1 qualifier
Wed 18	4th Match - Australia v TBC Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Q2 qualifier
Fri 20	5th Match - New Zealand v TBC Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai Q1 qualifier
Sat 21	6th Match - Australia v England Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Tue 24	7th Match - South Africa v TBC Sardar Patel (Gujarat) Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad Q1 qualifier
Wed 25	8th Match - New Zealand v Pakistan Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Thu 26	9th Match - India v TBC Sardar Patel (Gujarat) Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad Q2 qualifier
Fri 27	10th Match - Pakistan v South Africa Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Sat 28	11th Match - England v TBC Sardar Patel (Gujarat) Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad Q2 qualifier
Sun 29	12th Match - India v Australia Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
November 2006
Wed 1	1st Semi Final - TBC v TBC Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Thu 2	2nd Semi Final - TBC v TBC Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Sun 5	Final - TBC v TBC Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai

The Format 1st round sees a group of 4 sides ranked 7-10 on the ICC 1 day rankings. This group consists of Sri Lanka, West Indies, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. Everyone plays each other once and the top 2 progress into the tournament proper. The 2nd round sees the 8 sides split into 2 groups: Group A Group B Australia Pakistan India South Africa England New Zealand 2nd in 1st group Winners of 1st group Top 2 in each group go through to the semis. All matches are 50 overs with the 3 powerplays as normal and all matches are day/night matches.