ICC Champions Trophy 2013

The ICC Champions Trophy 2013 is a 2nd biggest cricket one-day tournament scheduled to take place in England in June 2013. It will be the 7th mini world cricket series. The 2013 ICC Champions Trophy will be contested by 8 Test teams which have been 'seeded' and divided into two groups are A and B.

Group A: Australia, England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka
Group B: India, Pakistan, South Africa, West Indies

India, Pakistan clubbed in same pool in Champions Trophy. World Cup champions India will clash with arch-rivals Pakistan in a high-voltage 2013 Champions Trophy match at Edgbaston in Birmingham after taking on South Africa in their inaugural game of group-B on June 6 in Cardiff.

Top eight teams in the ICC ODI rankings will compete in the tournament, which will be held for the last time as the world body of the game has decided to scrap it after this edition.

Cardiff, Edgbaston and The Oval will each host four group matches of the competition that will see the eight teams divided into two pools of four each.

Group A will feature Australia, England, New Zealand and Sri Lanka with India, Pakistan, South Africa and West Indies contesting in Group B.

The top two teams from each group will advance to the semifinals, to be played at The Oval and Cardiff, with the winners then progressing to the final at Edgbaston on June 23.

Hosts England, will kick off their campaign against defending champions Australia at Edgbaston on June 8.