2004 ICC Champions Trophy
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The 2004 ICC Champions Trophy was held in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 in September 2004. Twelve teams, including the Test
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...

 nations, together with Kenya
Kenyan cricket team
The Kenya national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Kenya in international cricket matches. They are considered one of the strongest of the associate member nations of the International Cricket Council, especially since reaching the semi-final of the 2003 Cricket World Cup...

, and – making their One Day International debut – the USA
United States cricket team
The United States national cricket team is the team that represents the United States of America in international cricket matches. The team became an associate member of the International Cricket Council in 1965...

, competed in fifteen matches spread over sixteen days at three venues Edgbaston
Edgbaston Cricket Ground
Edgbaston Cricket Ground, also known as the County Ground or Edgbaston Stadium, is a cricket ground in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England...

, The Rose Bowl and The Oval
The Oval
The Kia Oval, still commonly referred to by its original name of The Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth. In the past it was also sometimes called the Kennington Oval...

.

The ICC Champions Trophy
ICC Champions Trophy
The ICC Champions Trophy is a One Day International cricket tournament, second in importance only to the Cricket World Cup. It was inaugurated as the ICC Knock Out tournament in 1998 and has been played every two years since, changing its name to the Champions Trophy in 2002...

 was won by the West Indies
West Indian cricket team
The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as the West Indies or the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of 15 mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries, British dependencies and non-British dependencies.From the mid 1970s to the early 1990s,...

 in front of a sell-out Oval crowd. Ramnaresh Sarwan
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese origin and a member of the West Indies cricket team....

 was named the Player of the Tournament.

Participating nations

  • Group A: Australia
    Australian cricket team
    The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...

    , New Zealand
    New Zealand cricket team
    The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...

    , United States
    United States cricket team
    The United States national cricket team is the team that represents the United States of America in international cricket matches. The team became an associate member of the International Cricket Council in 1965...

  • Group B: South Africa
    South African cricket team
    The South African national cricket team represent South Africa in international cricket. They are administrated by Cricket South Africa.South Africa is a full member of the International Cricket Council, also known as ICC, with Test and One Day International, or ODI, status...

    , West Indies
    West Indian cricket team
    The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as the West Indies or the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of 15 mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries, British dependencies and non-British dependencies.From the mid 1970s to the early 1990s,...

    , Bangladesh
    Bangladeshi cricket team
    The Bangladesh national cricket team is a national cricket team representing Bangladesh. The team is administered by the Bangladesh Cricket Board . Bangladesh is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status...

  • Group C: Pakistan
    Pakistani cricket team
    The Pakistan cricket team is the national cricket team of Pakistan. Pakistan, represented by the Pakistan Cricket Board , is a full member of the International Cricket Council, and thus participates in , and cricket matches....

    , India
    Indian cricket team
    The Indian cricket team is the national cricket team of India. Governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , it is a full member of the International Cricket Council with Test and One Day International status....

    , Kenya
    Kenyan cricket team
    The Kenya national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Kenya in international cricket matches. They are considered one of the strongest of the associate member nations of the International Cricket Council, especially since reaching the semi-final of the 2003 Cricket World Cup...

  • Group D: Sri Lanka
    Sri Lankan cricket team
    The Sri Lankan cricket team is the national cricket team of Sri Lanka. The team first played international cricket in 1926–27, and were later awarded Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation...

    , England
    English cricket team
    The England and Wales cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales. Until 1992 it also represented Scotland. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board , having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club from 1903 until the end...

    , Zimbabwe
    Zimbabwean cricket team
    The Zimbabwean cricket team is a national cricket team representing Zimbabwe. It is administrated by Zimbabwe Cricket...


Group A

Team Pts Pld W T L NR NRR
4 2 2 0 0 0
2 2 1 0 1 0
0 2 0 0 2 0
  • 10 September
    • The Oval: New Zealand 347-4 (50 overs) beat USA 137 all out (42.4 overs) by 210 runs
  • 13 September
    • The Rose Bowl: Australia 66-1 (7.5 overs) beat USA 65 (24 overs) by nine wickets
  • 16 September
    • The Oval: Australia 199-3 (37.2 overs) beat New Zealand 198-9 (50 overs) by seven wickets. Australia qualify for the semi-finals as winners of Pool A.

Group B

Team Pts Pld W T L NR NRR
4 2 2 0 0 0
2 2 1 0 1 0
0 2 0 0 2 0
  • 12 September
    • Edgbaston: South Africa 94-1 (17.4 overs) beat Bangladesh 93 all out (31.3 overs) by nine wickets
  • 15 September
    • The Rose Bowl: West Indies 269-3 (50 overs) beat Bangladesh 131 (39.3 overs) by 138 runs
  • 18 September
    • The Oval: South Africa 246 for 6 (50 overs) v West Indies 20 for 0 (6 overs). Rain stops play. Play resumes on 19 September.
  • 19 September
    • The Oval: (resumed match) West Indies 249-5 (48.5 overs) beat South Africa 246-6 (50 overs) by five wickets

Group C

Team Pts Pld W T L NR NRR
4 2 2 0 0 0
2 2 1 0 1 0
0 2 0 0 2 0
  • 11 September
    • The Rose Bowl: India 290-4 (50 overs) beat Kenya 192-7 (50 overs) by 98 runs
  • 14 September
    • Edgbaston: Pakistan v Kenya rained off. Play resumes on 15 September
  • September 15
    • Edgbaston: Pakistan 95-3 (18.4 overs) beat Kenya 94 (32 overs) by seven wickets
  • 19 September
    • Edgbaston: Pakistan 201-7 (49.2 overs) beat India 200 all out (49.5 overs) by three wickets

Group D

Team Pts Pld W T L NR NRR
4 2 2 0 0 0
2 2 1 0 1 0
0 2 0 0 2 0
  • 10 September
    • Edgbaston: England 198-5 (38.0 overs) v Zimbabwe. Play resumes on 11 September
  • September 11
    • Edgbaston: (resumed match) England 299-7 (50 overs) beat Zimbabwe 147 all out (39.0 overs) by 152 runs
  • 14 September
    • The Oval: Sri Lanka 195-6 (43.5 overs) beat Zimbabwe 191 (49.1 overs) by four wickets
  • 17 September
    • The Rose Bowl: England 118-3 (31 overs) v Sri Lanka. Rain stops play. Play resumes on 18 September
  • September 18
    • The Rose Bowl: (resumed match) England 251-7 (50 overs) beat Sri Lanka 95-5 (24 overs) by 49 runs, on revised target using Duckworth-Lewis method
      Duckworth-Lewis method
      In the sport of cricket, the Duckworth–Lewis method is a mathematical formulation designed to calculate the target score for the team batting second in a one-day cricket or Twenty20 cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstance...

      . England qualify for semi-finals as winners of Pool D.

Knock-out stage

Number Date Team 1 Team 2 Venue Result Man of the Match
Semi–Finals
21 September 2004 Edgbaston
Edgbaston
Edgbaston is an area in the city of Birmingham in England. It is also a formal district, managed by its own district committee. The constituency includes the smaller Edgbaston ward and the wards of Bartley Green, Harborne and Quinton....

 
by 6 wickets
22 September 2004 The Rose Bowl  by 7 wickets
Final
25 September 2004 The Oval
The Oval
The Kia Oval, still commonly referred to by its original name of The Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, in the London Borough of Lambeth. In the past it was also sometimes called the Kennington Oval...

 
by 2 wickets

  • 21 September - Semi-final 1
    • Edgbaston: England 262-4 (46.3 overs) beat Australia 259-9 (50 overs) by six wickets
  • 22 September - Semi-final 2
    • The Rose Bowl: West Indies 132-3 (28.1 overs) beat Pakistan 131 all out (38.2 overs) by seven wickets

Final

Statistics

Most runs
PlayerRunsAverage
Marcus Trescothick
Marcus Trescothick
Marcus Edward Trescothick MBE is an English cricketer. He plays first-class cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club, and represented England in 76 Test matches and 123 One Day Internationals. A left-handed opening batsman, he made his first-class debut for Somerset in 1993 and quickly established...

  
261 65.25
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan is a West Indian cricketer of Indo-Guyanese origin and a member of the West Indies cricket team....

  
166 83.00
Nathan Astle
Nathan Astle
Nathan John Astle is a former New Zealand cricketer. He was an attacking batsman who liked to play batting shots such as the cover drive and the pull shot. He also scored the world's fastest Test double century in terms of balls faced. This remarkable innings of 222 was scored in just 168 balls...

  
163 163.00
Paul Collingwood
Paul Collingwood
Paul David Collingwood MBE is an English cricketer. He has been a regular member of the England Test side, was captain of the One Day International team 2007–2008. He is also vice-captain of his county, Durham County Cricket Club. Collingwood is a batting all-rounder, whose batting...

  
141 70.50
Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle
Christopher Henry "Chris" Gayle is a Jamaican cricketer who currently plays international cricket for the West Indies. He captained the West Indies' side from 2007 to 2010. He plays domestic cricket for Jamaica, and has also represented Worcestershire, the Western Warriors and the Kolkata Knight...

  
139 34.75
Andrew Flintoff
Andrew Flintoff
Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff MBE is a former English cricketer who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club, England and the Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings. A tall fast bowler, batsman and slip fielder, Flintoff according to the ICC rankings was consistently rated amongst the top...

  
129 32.25
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Shivnarine "Shiv" Chanderpaul is a cricketer, and former captain of the West Indies cricket team. He is the first Indo-Caribbean in the West Indies team to play 100 Tests for the West Indies and has captained them in 14 Tests and 16 One Day Internationals...

  
127 63.50
Damien Martyn
Damien Martyn
Damien Richard Martyn is a former Australian cricketer. He played for the national team sporadically in 1992–1994 before becoming a regular ODI player in 1999–2000 and a regular Test player in 2001 until his retirement in late 2006...

  
125 125.00

Most wickets
PlayerWicketsAverage
Andrew Flintoff
Andrew Flintoff
Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff MBE is a former English cricketer who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club, England and the Indian Premier League team Chennai Super Kings. A tall fast bowler, batsman and slip fielder, Flintoff according to the ICC rankings was consistently rated amongst the top...

  
9 14.00
Steve Harmison
Steve Harmison
Stephen James Harmison MBE is an English cricketer. Primarily a fast bowler, he represented England in 63 Tests, 58 ODI's, and 2 T20's. He also plays county cricket for Durham....

  
8 17.12
Michael Kasprowicz
Michael Kasprowicz
Michael Scott Kasprowicz is a former Australian Test cricketer. He is a right arm fast bowler, effective outfielder and useful lower order batsman, and has enjoyed a successful career both in Australia and in the English county scene since making his debut for Queensland as a seventeen year old in...

  
7 14.00
Chris Gayle
Chris Gayle
Christopher Henry "Chris" Gayle is a Jamaican cricketer who currently plays international cricket for the West Indies. He captained the West Indies' side from 2007 to 2010. He plays domestic cricket for Jamaica, and has also represented Worcestershire, the Western Warriors and the Kolkata Knight...

  
7 17.85
Shoaib Akhtar
Shoaib Akhtar
Shoaib Akhtar is a former Pakistani right arm fast bowler in cricket, who is regarded as the fastest bowler in the history of cricket. He set an official world record by achieving the fastest delivery, when he clocked in at 161.3 km/h in his bowling speed, twice at a cricket match against...

  
6 10.66
Jacob Oram
Jacob Oram
Jacob David Philip Oram is a New Zealand cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler. His abilities with both bat and ball has made him a regular fixture in the current New Zealand International sides...

  
6 11.66
Jason Gillespie
Jason Gillespie
Jason Neil Gillespie is an Australian cricketer who formerly represented Australia at international level, in both Tests and One Day Internationals, and South Australia, Yorkshire and Glamorgan at first-class level. His primary role is as a right-arm fast-medium bowler, but he is also a competent...

  
6 15.50
Ian Bradshaw
Ian Bradshaw
Ian David Russell Bradshaw is a Barbadian cricketer who played for West Indies as a left-arm medium-fast bowler and a left-handed batsman. He captained the West Indies U-19 team, but his senior debut came two months before his 30th birthday, when he was selected to play in the last three One Day...

 
6 23.66


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