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).[1] 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.

2006 ICC Champions Trophy

Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Host(s)	India
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runners-up	West Indies
Participants	10
Player of the series	Chris Gayle
Most runs	Chris Gayle (474)
Most wickets	Jerome Taylor (13)

English writer Tim de Lisle said the tournament "had been fun", because "it had been unpredictable."[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

Qualifying

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 will proceed to play in the tournament proper.[5]

Tournament structure

Sawai Mansingh (Jaipur)

Brabourne (Mumbai)

Sardar Patel (Ahmedabad)

PCA (Mohali)

Cricket grounds hosting the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy

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. 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

See also: 2006 ICC Champions Trophy squads

The 10 Test-playing nations had taken part.

•  Australia
•  Bangladesh
•  England
•  India
•  New Zealand
•  Pakistan
•  South Africa
•  Sri Lanka
•  West Indies
•  Zimbabwe

Off the field issues

The BCCI, Indian cricket's governing body, were making 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.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8]

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.[9]

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 gestured him to handover 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 in the stage, later disclosed that one of the Australian team members referred to Pawar as "Hiya Buddy".[10]

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 officially complain to Cricket Australia.[11] However, the issue soon got resolved when Ricky Ponting tended his apology to Pawar.

Umpires and match referees

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 were 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.[12]

Match referees

• Mike Procter
• Jeff Crowe
• Ranjan Madugalle

Umpires

• Aleem Dar
• Asad Rauf
• Mark Benson
• Billy Bowden
• Steve Bucknor
• Daryl Harper
• Rudi Koertzen
• Simon Taufel

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.

Match	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue	Result	Man of the Match
ODI 2423	7 October 2006	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Mohali	Sri Lanka won by 37 runs	Upul Tharanga
ODI 2424	8 October 2006	West Indies	Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad	West Indies won by 9 wickets	Chris Gayle
ODI 2425	10 October 2006	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad	Sri Lanka won by 144 runs	Upul Tharanga
ODI 2426	11 October 2006	West Indies	Bangladesh	Jaipur	West Indies won by 10 wickets	Chris Gayle
ODI 2427	13 October 2006	Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Jaipur	Bangladesh won by 101 runs	Shahriar Nafees
ODI 2428	14 October 2006	Sri Lanka	West Indies	Mumbai (BS)	Sri Lanka won by 9 Wickets	Farveez Maharoof

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	NRR	Pts
Sri Lanka	3	3	0	0	+2.67	6
West Indies	3	2	1	0	+0.40	4
Bangladesh	3	1	2	0	+0.02	2
Zimbabwe	3	0	3	0	−2.93	0

Main round

Match	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue	Result	Man of the Match
Main Round
ODI 2429	15 October 2006	India	England	Jaipur	India won by 4 Wickets	Munaf Patel
ODI 2430	16 October 2006	New Zealand	South Africa	Mumbai (BS)	New Zealand won by 87 runs	Stephen Fleming
ODI 2431	17 October 2006	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Jaipur	Pakistan won by 4 wickets	Abdul Razzaq
ODI 2432	18 October 2006	Australia	West Indies	Mumbai (BS)	West Indies won by 10 runs	Runako Morton
ODI 2433	20 October 2006	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	Mumbai (BS)	Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets	Muttiah Muralitharan
ODI 2434	21 October 2006	Australia	England	Jaipur	Australia won by 6 wickets	Damien Martyn
ODI 2435	24 October 2006	South Africa	Sri Lanka	Ahmedabad	South Africa won by 78 runs	Shaun Pollock
ODI 2436	25 October 2006	New Zealand	Pakistan	Mohali	New Zealand won by 51 runs	Stephen Fleming
ODI 2437	26 October 2006	India	West Indies	Ahmedabad	West Indies won by 3 wickets	Shivnarine Chanderpaul
ODI 2438	27 October 2006	Pakistan	South Africa	Mohali	South Africa won by 124 runs	Makhaya Ntini
ODI 2439	28 October 2006	England	West Indies	Ahmedabad	England won by 3 wickets	Chris Gayle
ODI 2440	29 October 2006	India	Australia	Mohali	Australia won by 6 wickets	Damien Martyn

Group A Team Pld W L NR NRR Pts  Australia 3 2 1 0 +0.53 4  West Indies 3 2 1 0 +0.01 4  India 3 1 2 0 +0.48 2  England 3 1 2 0 −1.04 2	Group B Team Pld W L NR NRR Pts  South Africa 3 2 1 0 +0.77 4  New Zealand 3 2 1 0 +0.57 4  Sri Lanka 3 1 2 0 −0.20 2  Pakistan 3 1 2 0 −1.11 2

Knock-out stage

Further information: 2006 ICC Champions Trophy knockout stage and 2006 ICC Champions Trophy Final

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Australia	240/9 (50 overs)
	B2	New Zealand	206(46 overs)
						A1	Australia	116/2 (28.1 overs)
						A2	West Indies	138 (30.4 overs)
	B1	South Africa	258/8 (50 overs)
	A2	West Indies	262/4 (44 overs)

Number	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue	Result	Man of the Match
Semi–Finals
ODI 2441	1 November 2006	Australia	New Zealand	Mohali	Australia by 34 runs	Glenn McGrath
ODI 2442	2 November 2006	South Africa	West Indies	Jaipur	West Indies by 6 wickets	Chris Gayle
Final
ODI 2443	5 November 2006	Australia	West Indies	Mumbai (BS)	Australia by 8 wickets (D/L)	Shane Watson

Tournament statistics

Statistics include performances in preliminary round matches.

Batting

Most runs[13]
No	Player	Team	Matches	Inns	NO	Runs	HS[14]	Ave	SR	100s	50s
1	Chris Gayle	West Indies	8	8	2	474	133*	79.00	92.94	3	0
2	Upul Tharanga	Sri Lanka	6	6	0	320	110	53.33	76.37	2	1
3	Damien Martyn	Australia	5	5	2	241	78	80.33	70.05	0	2
4	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	7	7	3	222	57*	55.50	67.06	0	3
5	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	6	6	1	188	48	37.60	80.68	0	0
6	Stephen Fleming	New Zealand	4	4	0	184	89	46.00	71.87	0	1
7	Shahriar Nafees	Bangladesh	3	3	1	166	123*	83.00	66.13	1	0
8	Dwayne Bravo	West Indies	8	5	1	164	112*	41.00	75.22	1	0
9	Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	6	5	1	160	80	40.00	81.21	0	1
10	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	6	6	1	156	48	31.20	91.76	0	0

Highest scores[15]
No	Player	Team	Runs	Opposition	Stadium	Date
1	Chris Gayle	West Indies	133*	South Africa	Sawai Mansingh Stadium	2 November
2	Shahriar Nafees	Bangladesh	123*	Zimbabwe	Sawai Mansingh Stadium	13 October
3	Dwayne Bravo	West Indies	112*	England	Sardar Patel Stadium	28 October
4	Upul Tharanga	Sri Lanka	110	Zimbabwe	Sardar Patel Stadium	10 October
5	Upul Tharanga	Sri Lanka	105	Bangladesh	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium	7 October
6	Chris Gayle	West Indies	104*	Bangladesh	Sawai Mansingh Stadium	11 October
7	Chris Gayle	West Indies	101	England	Sardar Patel Stadium	28 October
8	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	92	West Indies	Brabourne Stadium	18 October
9	Runako Morton	West Indies	90*	Australia	Brabourne Stadium	18 October
9	Kevin Pietersen	England	90*	West Indies	Sardar Patel Stadium	28 October

Bowling

Most wickets[16]
No	Player	Team	Matches	Ovs	Mdns	Runs	Wickets	Ave	SR	Econ	BBI	4s	5s
1	Jerome Taylor	West Indies	7	57	3	287	13	22.07	26.3	5.03	4–49	1	0
2	Farveez Maharoof	Sri Lanka	6	36	2	190	12	15.83	18.0	5.27	6–14	0	1
3	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	6	50.3	3	210	11	19.09	27.5	4.15	4–53	1	0
4	Kyle Mills	New Zealand	4	28.3	2	118	10	11.80	17.1	4.14	4–38	1	0
4	Glenn McGrath	Australia	5	44	7	158	10	15.80	26.4	3.59	3–22	0	0
4	Nathan Bracken	Australia	5	41	4	194	10	19.40	24.6	4.73	3–22	0	0
7	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	5	46	8	170	9	18.88	30.6	3.69	2–6	0	0
7	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	6	55	3	181	9	20.11	36.6	3.29	4–23	1	0
9	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	4	28	3	129	8	16.12	21.0	4.60	5–21	0	1
9	Shane Watson	Australia	5	34	0	136	8	17.00	25.5	4.00	3–16	0	0
9	Chris Gayle	West Indies	8	46.1	2	185	8	23.12	34.6	4.00	3–3	0	0
9	Ian Bradshaw	West Indies	6	51	2	192	8	24.00	38.2	3.76	3–30	0	0

Best bowling analysis[17]
No	Player	Team	Analysis	Opposition	Stadium	Date
1	Farveez Maharoof	Sri Lanka	6–14	West Indies	Brabourne Stadium	14 October
2	Makhaya Ntini	South Africa	5–21	Pakistan	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium	27 October
3	Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	4–23	New Zealand	Brabourne Stadium	20 October
4	Kyle Mills	New Zealand	4–38	Australia	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium	1 November
5	Jerome Taylor	West Indies	4–49	Australia	Brabourne Stadium	18 October
6	Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan	4–50	Sri Lanka	Sawai Mansingh Stadium	17 October
7	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	4–53	South Africa	Sardar Patel Stadium	24 October
8	Chris Gayle	West Indies	3–3	Zimbabwe	Sardar Patel Stadium	8 October
9	Jeetan Patel	New Zealand	3–11	South Africa	Brabourne Stadium	16 October
10	Dwayne Bravo	West Indies	3–14	Bangladesh	Sawai Mansingh Stadium	11 October

Records

Records broken during the tournament:

• Most consecutive defeats, 9, Zimbabwe (carried over from previous tournaments).[18]
• Most consecutive wins: 6, West Indies (carried over from previous tournaments).[19]
• Number of centuries in a tournament: 3, Chris Gayle[20]
• Most runs in a tournament: 474, Gayle[21]
• Most consecutive ducks: 3, Habibul Bashar (carried over from previous tournaments)[22]
• Youngest centurion in a Champions Trophy: Shahriar Nafees, 123 not out, Bangladesh v Zimbabwe, aged 20 years 261 days.[23]
• Highest third wicket partnership: 165, Upul Tharanga and Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Sardar Patel Stadium, 10 October.[24]
• Highest fifth wicket partnership: 137, Brian Lara and Runako Morton, West Indies v Australia at Brabourne Stadium, 18 October.[24]
• Highest sixth wicket partnership: 131, Mark Boucher and Justin Kemp, South Africa v Pakistan at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, 27 October.[24]
• Highest seventh wicket partnership: 103, Jacob Oram and Daniel Vettori, New Zealand v Australia at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, 1 November.[24]
• Best bowling analysis: 9–2–14–6, Farveez Maharoof, Sri Lanka v West Indies, Brabourne Stadium, 14 October.[25]
• First hat-trick: Jerome Taylor v Australia, Brabourne Stadium, 18 October.

See also

• 2004 ICC Champions Trophy
• 2007 Cricket World Cup

References

1. India to keep Champions Trophy BBC News, 26 May 2005
2. Why it has been fun this time, Tim de Lisle, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2006
3. Indian batsmen's bad habits exposed, by Deepti Patwardhan, from Rediff. Retrieved 5 November 2006
4. Champions Trophy – Lowest Team Totals, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2006
5. Bangladesh confirm final ICC Champions Trophy 2006 place Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine ICC media release, 23 March 2006
6. India to call for scrapping of Champions Trophy Cricinfo, 4 January 2006
7. BCCI not against Champions Trophy – Pawar Cricinfo 27 April 2006
8. Concern over Champions Trophy Cricinfo, 12 July 2006
9. Gibbs reveals more names to Indian police Cricinfo, 12 October 2006
10. 'Hiya buddy', said Aussies to Pawar
11. BCCI won't officially complain to Cricket Australia
12. Doctrove will not stand
13. ICC Champions Trophy, 2006 Batting – Most Runs, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2006
14. Highest score.
15. ICC Champions Trophy, 2006 Highest Individual Scores, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2006
16. ICC Champions Trophy, 2006 Bowling – Most Wickets, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2006
17. ICC Champions Trophy, 2006 Best Innings Bowling, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2006
18. Champions Trophy – Most Consecutive Defeats, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2006
19. Champions Trophy – Most Consecutive Wins, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2006
20. Champions Trophy Centuries, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2006
21. Champions Trophy – Most Runs in a Tournament, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2006
22. Champions Trophy – Most Consecutive Ducks, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2006
23. Champions Trophy – Youngest to Score Century, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2006
24. Champions Trophy – Partnership Records, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2006
25. Champions Trophy Best Innings Bowling, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 November 2006

External links

• ICC Champions Trophy (International Cricket Council)
• 2006 Champions Trophy, official site
• ICC names Champions Trophy venues (Cricinfo, 12 January 2006)
• Groups announced for Champions Trophy (Cricinfo, 2 April 2006)
• Venues announced, International Cricket Council press release, 27 April 2006
• Match Scorecards (Cricinfo), 1 April 2007
• Squads (Cricinfo), 1 April 2007