2006 ICC Champions Trophy

The 2006 ICC Champions Trophy was a One Day International cricket tournament held in India from 7 October to 5 November 2006. It was the fifth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy (previously known as the ICC Knock-out). The tournament venue was not confirmed until mid-2005 when the Indian government agreed that tournament revenues would be free from tax (the 2002 tournament had been due to be held in India, but was switched to Sri Lanka when an exemption from tax in India was not granted). [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/india/4582215.stm India to keep Champions Trophy] BBC News, 26 May 2005] Australia won the tournament, their first Champions Trophy victory. They were the only team to only get one loss in the tournament, as all other teams lost at least two matches. West Indies, their final opponents, beat Australia in the group stage, but were bowled out for 138 in the final and lost by eight wickets on the Duckworth-Lewis method. West Indies opening batsman Chris Gayle was named Player of the Tournament.

English writer Tim de Lisle said the tournament "ha [d] been fun", because "it ha [d] been unpredictable." [ [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/266329.html Why it has been fun this time] , Tim de Lisle, from Cricinfo, retrieved 5 November 2006] The unpredictability was in part shown by the fact that no Asian side qualified for the semi-final, for the first time in a major ICC tournament since the 1975 World Cup. De Lisle also claimed that "the pitches" had been the "tournament's secret", saying that they were "sporting and quixotic" and "quite untypical of both one-day cricket and the subcontinent." His viewed were echoed by panelists in a roundtable discussion organised by Cricinfo, "who hoped that the tournament would not be a one-off in a batsman-dominated game" according to news site rediff.com. [ [http://www.rediff.com/cricket/2006/nov/05cric.htm Indian batsmen's bad habits exposed] , by Deepti Patwardhan, from Rediff, retrieved 5 November 2006] The tournament recorded five of the 10 lowest team totals in the tournament's history, and totals of 80 (for West Indies v Sri Lanka) and 89 (for Pakistan v South Africa) were the lowest recorded in matches involving the top eight ranked One-day International sides of the world. [ [http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/ICCCT/TEAM/ICCCT_LOWEST_TEAM_TOTALS.html Champions Trophy - Lowest Team Totals] , from Cricinfo, retrieved 5 November 2006]

Qualifying

Ten teams competed in the tournament, and were seeded according to the ICC ODI Championship standings on 1 April 2006. Bangladesh became the last team to qualify, claiming tenth place ahead of Kenya on 23 March 2006. The first six teams on the ICC ODI table (Australia, South Africa, Pakistan, New Zealand, India, and England) qualified automatically; the next four teams (Sri Lanka, the defending champions West Indies, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh) played a pre-tournament round robin qualifying round from 7 October to 14 October to determine which two will proceed to play in the tournament proper. [ [http://www.sportsfeatures.com/index.php?section=pp&action=show&id=30369 Bangladesh confirm final ICC Champions Trophy 2006 place] ICC media release, 23 March 2006 ]

Tournament structure

Two teams from the qualifying round, plus the other six teams, played in a group stage, split into two groups of four in a round robin competition, played from 15 October to 29 October. Matches in the preliminary round and the group round were played in the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali, Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad, the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur, and the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. The matches in Mumbai were the first ODIs at Brabourne Stadium for 11 years.

The top two teams from each group qualified for the semi-finals, played in Mohali on 1 November and in Jaipur on 2 November. The final was played in Mumbai on 5 November.

Participating teams

The 10 Test-playing nations had taken part.

Matches

Qualifying round

West Indies and Sri Lanka had qualified with a game to spare, and their match only determined position on the ICC ODI Championship table as well as group opposition in the main stage.

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Knock-out stage

Bowling

Records

Records broken during the tournament:

* Most consecutive defeats, 9, Zimbabwe (carried over from previous tournaments). [ [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/ICCCT/RESULTS/CONSECUTIVE_ICCCT_DEFEATS.html Champions Trophy - Most Consecutive Defeats] , from Cricinfo, retrieved 5 November 2006]
* Most consecutive wins: 7, West Indies (carried over from previous tournaments). [ [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/ICCCT/RESULTS/CONSECUTIVE_ICCCT_WINS.html Champions Trophy - Most Consecutive Wins] , from Cricinfo, retrieved 5 November 2006]
* Number of centuries in a tournament: 3, Chris Gayle [ [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/ICCCT/BATTING/ICCCT_AVS_BAT_ALL_INNS_100S.html Champions Trophy Centuries] , from Cricinfo, retrieved 5 November 2006]
* Most runs in a tournament: 474, Gayle [ [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/ICCCT/BATTING/ICCCT_BAT_MOST_SERIES_RUNS.html Champions Trophy - Most Runs in a Tournament] , from Cricinfo, retrieved 5 November 2006]
* Most consecutive ducks: 3, Habibul Bashar (carried over from previous tournaments) [ [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/ICCCT/BATTING/MOST_CONSECUTIVE_DUCKS_IN_ICCCTS.html Champions Trophy - Most Consecutive Ducks] , from Cricinfo, retrieved 5 November 2006]
* Youngest centurion in a Champions Trophy: Shahriar Nafees, 123 not out v Zimbabwe, aged 20 years 261 days. [ [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/ICCCT/BATTING/ICCCT_YOUNGEST_CENTURIONS.html Champions Trophy - Youngest to Score Century] , from Cricinfo, retrieved 5 November 2006]
* Highest third wicket partnership: 165, Upul Tharanga and Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Sardar Patel Stadium, 10 October. [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/ICCCT/PARTNERSHIPS/ICCCT_PARTNERSHIP_RECORDS.html Champions Trophy - Partnership Records] , from Cricinfo, retrieved 5 November 2006]
* Highest fifth wicket partnership: 137, Brian Lara and Runako Morton, West Indies v Australia at Brabourne Stadium, 18 October.
* Highest sixth wicket partnership: 131, Mark Boucher and Justin Kemp, South Africa v Pakistan at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, 27 October.
* Highest seventh wicket partnership: 103, Jacob Oram and Daniel Vettori, New Zealand v Australia at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, 1 November.
* Best bowling analysis: 9–2–14–6, Farveez Maharoof, Sri Lanka v West Indies, Brabourne Stadium, 14 October. [ [http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/ICCCT/BOWLING/ICCCT_AVS_BOWL_BEST_INNS_FIGS.html Champions Trophy Best Innings Bowling] , from Cricinfo, retrieved 5 November 2006]
* First hat-trick: Jerome Taylor v Australia, Brabourne Stadium, 18 October.

ee also

*2004 ICC Champions Trophy
*2007 Cricket World Cup

References

* [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/232685.html ICC names Champions Trophy venues] (Cricinfo, 12 January 2006)
* [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/243032.html Groups announced for Champions Trophy] (Cricinfo, 2 April 2006)
* [http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc-iccct/content/story/245513.html Venues announced] , International Cricket Council press release, 27 April 2006
* [http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2006-07/OD_TOURNEYS/ICCCT/ Match Scorecards] (Cricinfo), 1 April 2007
* [http://usa.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2006-07/OD_TOURNEYS/ICCCT/SQUADS/ Squads] (Cricinfo), 1 April 2007

Further references and notes

External links

* [http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc/events/championstrophy/ ICC Champions Trophy] (International Cricket Council)
* [http://iccchampionstrophy.indya.com/ 2006 Champions Trophy] , official site