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The first Cricket World Cup was held in 1975 and then every four years since. The tournament was usually played by full ICC member nations. The ICC conceived the idea of the Champions Trophy – a short cricket tournament to raise funds for the development of the game in non-test playing countries, with the first two tournaments being held in Bangladesh and Kenya.
The ICC Champions Trophy is a One Day International (ODI) tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC), [4] [5] and is considered the second most significant cricket tournament after the World Cup. [6] [7] Originally inaugurated as the "ICC Knock Out Trophy" in 1998, the tournament has been organised every two or three years ...
The 2008–09 international cricket season was between September 2008 and March 2009. [1] The season saw the security concerns for cricket in Pakistan reach a pinnacle. The ICC Champions Trophy, scheduled to be held in Pakistan in September 2008, was postponed to 2009 after five of the participating nations refused to send their teams for the event. [2]
In other major International victories, Team India won the Twenty20 World Cup in 2007,2024 [3] and ICC Champions Trophy in 2002 and 2013. [4] Cricket was introduced to the Indian subcontinent by European merchant sailors in the 18th century, and the first cricket club was established in 1792.
List of ICC champions trophy centuries No. Player Runs Balls 4s 6s S/R Inn Team Opposition Venue Date Result Ref 1 Alistair Campbell: 100 143 7 1 69.93 1 Zimbabwe New Zealand: Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh 24 October 1998: Lost [15] 2 Sachin Tendulkar: 141 128 13 3 110.15 1 India Australia: 28 October 1998: Won [16] 3 Jacques ...
The 2009 ICC Champions Trophy was a One Day International cricket tournament held in South Africa between 22 September and 5 October, [1] at Wanderers Stadium and Centurion Park, both in the Gauteng province. [2] Originally, the tournament was scheduled to be hosted by Pakistan in 2008, but due to security concerns it shifted to South Africa. [3]
The 2009–10 international cricket season was between September 2009 and March 2010.Australia had a very successful season that included winning the ICC Champions Trophy and a home season in which they were undefeated against the touring West Indies and Pakistan.
The 2011 edition of the tournament was brought forward to 2010 to replace the ICC Champions Trophy. This scheduling bottleneck was caused after the 5th edition of the ICC Champions Trophy, scheduled to be hosted by Pakistan in 2008, was delayed and shifted to South Africa in 2009 due to security concerns. The Champions Trophy was converted into ...