2006 ICC Champions Trophy

Qualification

The Ten full member 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 to 14 October to determine which two teams will proceed to play in the main round.

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 to 29 October.

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

Venues

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 Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur, and the Brabourne Stadium in Mumbai. The matches in Mumbai were the first One Day Internationals at Brabourne Stadium for 11 years.

The semi-finals were played in Mohali and Jaipur. The final was played in Mumbai.

Match officials

Three match referees and eight umpires were named for the tournament. Of the ten umpires on the ICC elite panel, neither Darrell Hair, who was not nominated due to security concerns, nor Billy Doctrove was employed for the tournament. Those were two umpires calling Pakistan for ball tampering in August. An ICC spokesman said, "this didn't mean Billy Doctrove is a bad umpire," and that there was "nothing sinister" about the decision.

The eight umpires for the tournament were:

• ENG Mark Benson
• NZ Billy Bowden
• WIN Steve Bucknor
• PAK Aleem Dar
• AUS Daryl Harper
• SA Rudi Koertzen
• PAK Asad Rauf
• AUS Simon Taufel

The three match referees for the tournament were:

• NZ Jeff Crowe
• SL Ranjan Madugalle
• SA Mike Procter

Squads

Main article: 2006 ICC Champions Trophy squads

Qualifying round

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

• As a result of this match, Sri Lanka qualified for the group stage and Zimbabwe were eliminated.

• As a result of this match, West Indies qualified for the group stage and Bangladesh were eliminated.

• As a result of this match, West Indies qualified for Group A and Sri Lanka qualified for Group B

Group stage

Group A

• As a result of this match, West Indies qualified for the semifinals and England were eliminated..

• As a result of this match, Australia qualified for semifinals and India were eliminated

Group B

• As a result of this match, New Zealand qualified for semi-finals and Sri Lanka were eliminated.

• As a result of this match, South Africa qualified for semifinals and Pakistan were eliminated.

Knock-out stage

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Semi-finals

Final

• Rain interrupted play during the 10th over of Australian innings.

Tournament statistics

Statistics include performances in preliminary round matches.

Batting

• Source: CricInfo

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Bowling

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Records

Records broken during the tournament:

• Most consecutive defeats, 9, Zimbabwe (carried over from previous tournaments).
• Most consecutive wins: 6, West Indies (carried over from previous tournaments).
• Number of centuries in a tournament: 3, Chris Gayle
• Most runs in a tournament: 474, Gayle
• Most consecutive ducks: 3, Habibul Bashar (carried over from previous tournaments)
• Youngest centurion in a Champions Trophy: Shahriar Nafees, 123 not out, Bangladesh v Zimbabwe, aged 20 years 261 days.
• Highest third wicket partnership: 165, Upul Tharanga and Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Sardar Patel Stadium, 10 October.
• 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.
• First hat-trick: Jerome Taylor v Australia, Brabourne Stadium, 18 October.

Off the field issues

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. However, in April, BCCI president Sharad Pawar said that he would "respect the decision" if the ICC unanimously agreed to keep the Champions Trophy on the calendar.

After the bombings in Mumbai in July 2006, there were concerns raised about the security of players, but no team decided to withdraw on these grounds.

Herschelle Gibbs returned to India for the first time in six years; he had refused to tour the country following the match-fixing scandal on the tour of India in 2000, over fears he might be arrested. He eventually agreed to a questioning session with the Delhi police, incriminating several more people in the scandal.

Pakistan's team composition frequently changed; the original captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was suspended following his decision to forfeit the fourth Test of Pakistan's match against England over an umpiring decision. Younis Khan was instated as captain, withdrew himself, then was appointed for the job again. On 16 October, the day before their first match, Pakistan fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Shoaib Akhtar were sent home following a positive A sample of a drugs test.

Award ceremony controversy

During the Award ceremony after the finals, Ricky Ponting tapped the shoulders of BCCI President Sharad Pawar and informally gestured him to hand over the trophy. Soon after the trophy was handed over, Damien Martyn nudged Sharad Pawar off the stage, eager to relish the moment and to pose for the waiting photographers. Former Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar who was also present on the stage, later disclosed that one of the Australian team members referred to Pawar as "Hiya Buddy."

Although Pawar tried to play down the incident by stating that "it wasn't intentional," some cricketers, including the usually diplomatic Sachin Tendulkar and Nikhil Chopra reacted strongly to this. In Mumbai, a section of NCP workers took to the streets demanding an apology from the Australian cricket team. Chaggan Bhujbal, a NCP leader, said, "This is an insult to a senior leader. We will make a formal complaint to the Australian embassy."

The BCCI, however, decided not to complain to Cricket Australia officially. However, the issue soon got resolved when Ricky Ponting tended his apology to Pawar.

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