The 2002 ICC Champions Trophy was a

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tournament that was held in

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in 2002. It was the third edition of the

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– the first two having been known as the ICC Knock Out Tournaments. The tournament was due to be held in India, but was switched to Sri Lanka when an exemption from tax in India was not granted. Fifteen matches were to be played in the tournament including two semi-finals and a final match. It was the first time that the teams of all

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(ICC) member nations visited Sri Lanka to participate in a cricket tournament. Twelve teams competed: the 10

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-playing nations plus

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who has full

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(ODI) status and the

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winners the

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. The teams were split into four pools of three teams each. Each team played the other two teams in its pool once, and the four teams that led in each pool proceeded to the Semi-finals.

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lost to

in the first semi-final whereas

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defeated

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in the second semi final. The final between India and Sri Lanka was washed out twice, to leave no result. Virender Sehwag was the highest run-scorer of the tournament and

Muttiah Muralitharan Deshabandu Muttiah Muralitharan ( si, මුත්තයියා මුරලිදරන්, ta, முத்தையா முரளிதரன், also spelt Muralidaran; born 1972) is a Sri Lankan cricket coach, former professional c ...

was the highest

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-taker.

Prize money

The total prize money for the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy was $100.15 million, and in addition, the 12 teams received $165,000 each for taking part in the tournament. The winning team of the tournament collected $525,000: $100,000 for winning both of its Pool matches, $125,000 for winning semi-final and $300,000 for winning the final.

Venues

All the matches were played in

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo me ...

at two grounds: R. Premadasa Stadium and

Sinhalese Sports Club Ground The Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground (SSC Cricket Ground) ( si, සිංහල ක්‍රිඩා සමාජ ක්‍රීඩාංගනය; ta, சிங்களவர் விளையாட்டுக் கழக அரங ...

Tournament structure

Unlike the previous two editions of the Champions Trophy which had a direct knockout format, this edition had a format in which teams divided into pools instead. The 12 teams—10 Test playing nations (plus Kenya and Netherlands)—were divided into four pools of three teams each, with every team playing two matches. Australia,

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and

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were placed in Pool 1 whereas

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, India and

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were allotted Pool 2.

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, South Africa and

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were put together in Pool 3, and

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and Sri Lanka played each other in Pool 4. The semi finals were played between the winners of Pool 2 and the winners of Pool 3, and Pool 1 and Pool 4.

Participating teams

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Points Table

Australia, India, South Africa and Sri Lanka topped their respective Pools by winning their Pool matches, and qualified into the semi-finals. Australia faced Sri Lanka in the first semi-final while in the second semi-final India played South Africa. Points per win: 4

Pool matches

The first match of the tournament was played between Sri Lanka and Pakistan on 12 September 2002. Sri Lanka won the match by eight wickets with

Sanath Jayasuriya Deshabandu Sanath Teran Jayasuriya ( si, සනත් ජයසූරිය, ta, சனத் ஜெயசூர்யா; born 30 June 1969), is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a captain. He is credited for having revolutionized one-day in ...

scoring his thirteenth ODI

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. He reached 8,000 runs in ODI during his innings. Sri Lanka reached into the semi-finals by winning their next match against the Netherlands by 202 runs. Australia, from the Pool 1, qualified for the semi-finals after defeating Bangladesh by nine wickets at the

, Colombo. In their first Pool match, Australia had defeated New Zealand by 164 runs. They played Sri Lanka in the second semi-final of the tournament. South Africa, who had defeated the West Indies in their opening match, made their place into the semi-finals from Pool 3 by winning over Kenya. They defeated Kenya by 176 runs with man of the match

Herschelle Gibbs Herschelle Herman Gibbs (born 23 February 1974) is a South African cricket coach and former cricketer, who played all formats of the game for fourteen years. A right-handed batsman, mostly opened the batting, Gibbs became the first player to hi ...

scoring 116 runs. The fourth semi-finalist of the tournament was India, who defeated Zimbabwe and England in the Pool matches. Virender Sehwag scored 126 runs against England. India faced South Africa in the first semi-final of the tournament.

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Knockout matches

Semifinals

The first semi-final was played between India and

on 25 September 2002 at the R. Premadasa Stadium,

. India batted first and scored 261 runs for nine wickets in 50 overs.

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, Virender Sehwag and

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scored 62, 59 and 49 runs respectively. South African fast bowler

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took three wickets for 43 runs. Chasing the target of 262, South Africa collapsed after reaching 192 runs for one wicket with

scoring 116 and

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97 runs in 37 overs. Gibbs could not continue his inning due to heat exhaustion. Sehwag got three wickets for 25 runs, and was given the man of the match award for his performance. India won the match by 10 runs and qualified for the final of the tournament. The second semi-final was played between Sri Lanka and

on 27 September 2002 at the same ground. Australia batted first and scored 162 runs all out. Tail-ender

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scored 36 runs followed by

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and

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scoring 31 and 28 runs respectively. Sri Lankan off-spinner

took three wickets for 26 runs.

Aravinda de Silva Deshabandu Pinnaduwage Aravinda de Silva ( si, අරවින්ද ද සිල්වා; born 17 October 1965) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and captain, who has also played in English county cricket. de Silva helped Sri Lanka to win the ...

, who was awarded Man of the Match, conceded only 16 runs in 10 overs and took

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's wicket. Sri Lanka, in their innings, reached the target of 163 runs in 40 overs losing only three wickets. Opener Marvan Atapattu scored 51 runs followed by wicketkeeper-batsman

Kumar Sangakkara Kumara Chokshananda Sangakkara ( si, කුමාර් චොක්ශනාද සංගක්කාර; born 27 October 1977) is a Sri Lankan cricket commentator, former professional cricketer, businessman, ICC Hall of Fame inductee and ...

and

scoring 48 and 42 runs respectively.

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took two wickets for 41 runs in 10 overs. ----

Final

The 2002 ICC Champions Trophy Final was played on 29 and 30 September 2002 at the R. Premadasa Stadium,

. On 29 September, Sri Lanka scored 244 runs including Jayasuriya and

scoring fifties, and Indian off-spinner

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took three wickets for 27 in 10 overs. In reply, India started their batting and scored 14 runs without any loss in two overs before the match was abandoned due to heavy rain; the match was finished in no result. It was decided that the new match would be played on the reserve day. On the reserve day the Sri Lankans again batted first, scoring 222 runs including

Mahela Jayawardene Denagamage Praboth Mahela de Silva Jayawardene ( si, දෙනගමගේ ප්‍රබෝත් මහේල ද සිල්වා ජයවර්ධන; born 27 May 1977) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who is the current consultant coach ...

and

Russel Arnold Russel Premakumaran Arnold (Tamil: ரசல் பிரேமகுமரன் ஆனோல்ட், born 25 October 1973), or Russel Arnold, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer of Tamil descent, who played all forms of the game. He played a ...

scoring 77 and 56 runs respectively, and Indian

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took three wickets for 44 runs. India scored 38 runs in 8.4 overs and the match was abandoned due to rain without result. According to ICC rules, an ODI match is only official after 25 overs bowled to the side batting second. A Man of the Series award was not made.

Criticism

The

's (ICC) rule for

(ODI) cricket at that time, "a minimum of 25 overs have to be bowled to the side batting second to constitute a match", was criticized by former Indian cricketers. Former Indian wicket-keeper

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rejected the rule saying that it "doesn't make any sense". Another former Test cricketer

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said that the ICC "should look at that rule straight away and change it", and the "obvious thing is to continue from where they left off".

Tournament statistics

Indian opener Virender Sehwag was the highest run-scorer of the tournament. He scored 271 runs from four innings at the

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of over 90, including a century and a fifty. His highest score was 126 runs against England. Followed by Sri Lankan captain

who scored 254 runs.

of South Africa scored two centuries in the tournament. He also had the highest average of 120 from three innings. Zimbabwean

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's score of 145 against India was the highest individual score in a match. Sri Lankan off-spinner

was the most successful bowler of the tournament. He took ten

s in three innings, while his best bowling figures were four wickets for 15 runs against the Netherlands at the R. Premadasa Stadium. The only

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of the tournament was taken by Australian

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. He took five wickets for 37 runs against New Zealand at the

. Zimbabwean Alistair Campbell took five catches in two matches, and Sri Lankan

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had the most dismissals with seven—five catches and two stumpings.

References

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