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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed  the schedule of warm-up matches beforehand of the ICC Champions Trophy which begins on 22nd September in South Africa.

Only England and Australia, who will individual appearance a bilateral One-Day International run on 20th September, will not take the part of warm-up matches former to the game getting underway.

The two dates designed for the warm-up matches are Friday, 18th September, and Sunday, 20th September.

On Friday, South Africa take the part of the West Indies in Potchefstroom, Pakistan be introduced to Sri Lanka in Benoni and New Zealand take the part of South African domestic authorization the Chevrolet Warriors in Pretoria.

On Sunday, New Zealand be introduced to India in Potchefstroom, Pakistan take the part of the Warriors in Benoni and Sri Lanka be introduced to the West Indies in Pretoria.

Matches by the side of Potchefstroom and Benoni will be day/night affairs while Pretoria will host day of the week matches individual.

Friday, 18th September:

South Africa v West Indies, Potchefstroom
Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Benoni
New Zealand v Warriors, Pretoria

Sunday, 20th September

New Zealand v India, Potchefstroom
Pakistan v Warriors, Benoni
Sri Lanka v West Indies, Pretoria

Dubai: A record prize pool of $4 million will be at stake in this year’s Champions Trophy in South Africa, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed on Monday.

The prize money is almost a four-fold increase from the 2004 and 2006 editions, when the total prize money was $1.15 million, an ICC press release stated.

The tournament will be a re-modelled short event of 15 matches in only 14 days in September and October taking place at two venues – Centurion Park and The Wanderers.

The new format and the increased prize pool are just two of the series of innovations to be announced in the coming weeks.

Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, hosts South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies – have been divided into two pools of four, with the top two from each pool progressing to the semi-finals stage. The tournament begins September 22.

“We are delighted to announce the fixtures and prize money for this year’s ICC Champions Trophy,” ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat said.

“The format, with two pools of four leading to the semi-finals and final, means that every match counts and each side has to hit the ground running,” said Lorgat.

The Champions Trophy was supposed to take place in Pakistan in 2008 but was relocated to South Africa because of security apprehensions.

St John’s (Antigua): The International Cricket Council will offer its help to broker peace between the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and its protesting players because ICC wants them to field their strongest side in this year’s Champions Trophy.

ICC General Manager Dave Richardson conceded the governing body was worried with the stalemate that saw frontline West Indian players boycotting the ongoing home series against Bangladesh and said they would soon contact WICB to offer help.

“The ICC is concerned. We will be contacting them soon and ask them if we could offer any help,” Richardson said.

“Certainly if the West Indies (board) does not sort out their relationship with their players it is a concern because we need a strong West Indies team coming to the Champions Trophy,” he said.

Richardson’s comments came soon after the cricketers, through West Indies Players’ Association (WIPA), approached the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) to intervene and solve the imbroglio.

In another development, WICB has written to individually to all the protesting players, accusing them of breaching their contract by boycotting the Official Ticket Launch of Twenty20 World Cup in St Lucia and refusing to travel to St Vincent for the first Test against Bangladesh.

The WICB has also written to WIPA, saying the strike breached the Memorandum of Understanding between the two entities.