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The ICC Champions Trophy is a quadrennial ODI cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Initially held as a biennial tournament since its inaugural edition in 1998 as ICC KnockOut Trophy, it was rebranded as ICC Champions Trophy in 2002 and has been held as a quadrennial tournament since 2009.
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.
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Full squads list for the ICC Champions Trophy, which is being held in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates from 19 February to 9 March 2025. Hashmatullah Shahidi (capt), Ibrahim Zadran ...
Matt Short and Aaron Hardie will play at their first ICC tournament after being named Monday in Australia's 15-man squad for the Champions Trophy which begins next month in Pakistan and the UAE.
Ponting, along with Shane Watson, holds the record for the highest partnership for any wicket in the ICC Champions Trophy (252 not out for the second wicket). [319] [320] Ponting's score of 242 against India is the highest individual Test innings in a losing cause. [321] [322] He was awarded the Allan Border Medal by the CA in 2004, 2006, 2007 ...
The ICC conceived the idea of a short cricket tournament to raise funds for the development of the game in non-test playing countries. [3] The tournament, later dubbed as the mini-World Cup as it involved all of the full members of the ICC, was planned as a knock-out tournament so that it was short and did not reduce the value and importance of the World Cup.
The BCCI, Indian cricket's governing body, made efforts to ensure that this is the last ICC Champions Trophy. They stated that it was a "financial burden" for host nations and that the ICC should host only one international tournament, the World Cup. [ 21 ]