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Sri Lanka has been selected to host the ICC Champions Trophy 2002 the International Cricket Council announced on Monday. The tournament is the second most important event in world cricket after the World Cup. The 15-match tournament will be played in Colombo from September 12 to 30 with Australia, South Africa, Pakistan, Bangladesh, New Zealand, England, India, Zimbabwe, Kenya, the West India, The Netherlands and Sri Lanka participating. “It will be the first time that teams of all ICC member nations will be visiting Sri Lanka for a tournament,” the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka stated in a press release. “The ICC is delighted that the Board of Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka has agreed to act as host country for this major event,” Malcolm Speed, ICC Chief Executive Officer said. Sri Lanka co-hosted the 1996 World Cup, in which they emerged champions, with two matches being played in Colombo, and also hosted the ICC Under-19 World Cup in 2000. The new format of the tournament has four pools of three teams each, with each team playing two pool matches to decide which of the three will enter the semi-finals of the tournament. The semi finals will be between the winners of Pool 2 versus the winners of Pool 3, and Pool 1 versus Pool 4.
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