ICC Champions Trophy 2009 - South Africa

ICC Champions Trophy 2009

ICC Champions Trophy has always been a coveted trophy among competitors. Here is an account of the winners of ICC Champions Trophy in the past years.

1998 Knockout Tournament1998 ICC Knockout Trophy was won by South Africa, who beat West Indies in the final. The tournament was played at Dhaka in Bangladesh. The format was such that if a team lost a single match, it was out of the tournament. Only a team which had won all the matches could win the trophy.

2000 Knockout TournamentPlayed at Nairobi in Kenya, 2000 Knockout tournament was won by New Zealand who beat India in the final. New Zealand bagged the winner's check of US$250 000 and it was their first win in a major ICC tournament. Eleven teams took part in the competition. Top five teams according to the test rankings qualified directly for the quarterfinals, while the bottom six teams fought among themselves for the remaining three spots. Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh and Marlon Samuels made their ODI debuts during the tournament.

2002 ICC Champions TrophyHeld in Sri Lanka, the 2002 Champions Trophy was given to Indian and Sri Lanka jointly. The final between India and Sri Lanka was washed out twice bearing no result. Twelve teams participated in the tournament. The teams included ten Test-playing nations as well as Netherlands and Kenya.

2004 ICC Champions TrophyHeld in England, the trophy was bagged by West Indies who defeated England by two wickets in the final. Twelve teams competed in the tournament which was spread over fifteen days. The three venues were Edgbaston, The Rose Bowl and The Oval.

2006 ICC Champions TrophyHeld in India, the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy was won by Australia defeating West Indies by eight wickets. Interestingly, Australia had won the Champions Trophy for first time in 2006. Eight teams competed in this tournament. The venues for the event were Mohali, Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Mumbai.

ICC Champions Trophy 2009 The ICC Champions Trophy 2009 is a 2nd biggest cricket tournament scheduled to take place in South Africa in September-October 2009. It will be the sixth mini world cricket series. The ICC Champions Trophy 2009 will be contested by 8 Test teams which have been 'seeded' and divided into two groups are A and B.

Group A - India, Pakistan, West Indies and Australia

Group B - South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand and England

ICC Champion Trophy 2009 - Match Schedule

Tue 22nd SEP lst Match, D/N Group B - South Africa v Sri LankaSuperSport Park, Centurion
Wed 23rd SEP 2nd Match, D/N Group A - Pakistan v West IndiesThe Wanderers Stadium, Joburg
Thu 23rd SEP 3rd Match, Group B - South Africa v New ZealandSuperSport Park, Centurion
Fri 25th SEP 4th Match, D/N Group B - England v Sri LankaThe Wanderers Stadium, Joburg
Sat 26th SEP 5th Match, Group A - Australia v West IndiesThe Wanderers Stadium, Joburg
Sat 26th SEP 6th Match, D/N Group A - India v PakistanSuperSport Park, Centurion
Sun 27th SEP 7thMatch, Group B - New Zealand v Sri LankaThe Wanderers Stadium, Joburg
Sun 27th SEP 8th Match, D/N Group B - South Africa v EnglandSuperSport Park, Centurion
Mon 28th SEP 9th Match, D/N Group A - India v AustraliaSuperSport Park, Centurion
Tue 29th SEP 10th Match, D/N Group B - England v New ZealandThe Wanderers Stadium, Joburg
Wed 30th SEP 11th Match, Group A - Pakistan v AustraliaSuperSport Park, Centurion
Wed 30th SEP12th Match, D/N Group A - India v West IndiesThe Wanderers Stadium, Joburg

Final Stage:

Fri 02nd OCT 1st D/N Semi-Final - A1 v B2SuperSport Park, Centurion
Sat 03rd OCT 2nd D/N Semi-Final - B1 v A2The Wanderers Stadium, Joburg
Mon 05th OCT D/N Final - TBC v TBCSuperSport Park, Centurion

Car beats Plane, in race at Singapore

There is something about fast cars and airplanes. Both are built for speed, but each belong to opposite ends of the transportation spectrum, although, the basic ideas of speed and reaching a specific destination as quickly as possible remain the same. With cars, in terms of horsepower (HP), figures are mostly within hundreds. With airplanes, such as the Boeing 747-200F, we are talking about thousands and thousands of horsepower which is mind boggling.

A Porsche 911 a Sports CAR squeesed a head of a Boeing 747 in a head-to-head 1.7KM road race at Singapore Airport,The CAR and the Plane raced on separate runways 200 meters apart where Porsche crossing the finish line a split second ahead of a Giant Boeing 747.The Boeing however,had got off the faster start.

Conclusion:

A Porsche CAR beating a Boeing 747

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duOlJa5Vjdo