Eight teams will compete in the main round of the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy tournament, held in India between 15 October and 5 November. Australia, South Africa, Pakistan, New Zealand, India, and England qualified automatically; Sri Lanka and West Indies qualified for the main round by claiming the top 2 places in the qualifying round. Sri Lanka, who topped the qualifying round, were placed in Group B along with South Africa, Pakistan and New Zealand; India, Australia, England and West Indies formed Group A.
Matches will be 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 top two teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals, played in Mohali on 1 November and in Jaipur on 2 November. The final will be played in Mumbai on 5 November.
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| England 125 (37 overs) |
v | India 126/6 (29.3 overs) |
India won by 4 wickets[1] Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, India Umpires: SJA Taufel (AUS) and DJ Harper (AUS) Player of the match: MM Patel (IND) |
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| PD Collingwood 38 (54) MM Patel 8-2-18-3 |
SR Tendulkar 35 (41) JWM Dalrymple 4-0-5-2 |
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| New Zealand 195 (45.4 overs) |
v | South Africa 108 (34.1 overs) |
New Zealand won by 87 runs[2] Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, India Umpires: A Dar (PAK) and MR Benson (ENG) Player of the match: SP Fleming (NZL) |
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| SP Fleming 89 (112) JH Kallis 7-0-28-3 |
GC Smith 42 (57) JS Patel 3.1-0-11-3 |
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| Sri Lanka 253 (49.2 overs) |
v | Pakistan 255/6 (48.1 overs) |
Pakistan won by 4 wickets[3] Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, India Umpires: BF Bowden (NZL) and SJA Taufel (AUS) Player of the match: A Razzaq (PAK) |
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| ST Jayasuriya 48 (35) A Razzaq 7.2-0.50-4 |
I Farhat 53 (64) WPUJC Vaas 10-0-61-2 |
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| West Indies 234/6 (50 overs) |
v | Australia 224/9 (50 overs) |
West Indies won by 10 runs[4] Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, India Umpires: MR Benson (ENG) and RE Koertzen (RSA) Player of the match: RS Morton (WI) |
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| RS Morton 90* (103) NW Bracken 10-1-42-2 |
AC Gilchrist 92 (120) JE Taylor 10-0-49-4 |
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Jerome Taylor took the 22nd ODI hat-trick by removing Michael Hussey, Brett Lee and Brad Hogg. Earlier, Runako Morton had put on 147 with Brian Lara for the fifth wicket, after West Indies were 63 for four after 15 overs. Australia were 182 for four in the 42nd over, but Gilchrist was run out, Michael Clarke gave a return catch to Dwayne Bravo before Taylor's hat-trick.
| New Zealand 165 (49.2 overs) |
v | Sri Lanka 166/3 (36 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets[5] Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai, India Umpires: A Dar (PAK) and RE Koertzen (RSA) Player of the match: M Muralitharan (SL) |
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| DL Vettori 46* (53) M Muralitharan 10-1-23-4 |
WU Tharanga 56 (77) JS Patel 9-0-32-2 |
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| England 169 (45.0 overs) |
v | Australia 170/4 (36.5 overs) |
Australia won by 6 Wickets[6] Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, India Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and BF Bowden (NZ) Player of the match: DR Martyn (AUS) |
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| AJ Strauss 56 (90) SR Watson 7-0-16-3 |
DR Martyn 78 (91) SI Mahmood 10-0-57-2 |
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| South Africa 219/9 (50 overs) |
v | Sri Lanka 141 (39.1 overs) |
South Africa won by 78 runs[7] Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India Umpires: DJ Harper (AUS) and SJA Taufel (AUS) Player of the match: SM Pollock (RSA) |
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| AB de Villiers 54 (88) SL Malinga 9-0-53-4 |
DPMD Jayawardene 36 (50) A Nel 9-1-41-3 |
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| New Zealand 274/7 (50 overs) |
v | Pakistan 223 (46.3 overs) |
New Zealand won by 51 runs[8] Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India Umpires: MR Benson (ENG) and RE Koertzen (RSA) Player of the match: SP Fleming (NZL) |
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| SB Styris 86 (113) U Gul 9-1-47-2 |
M Yousuf 71 (92) SE Bond 10-0-45-3 |
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With this victory, New Zealand became the first team to progress through to the knock-out stages of the tournament. The loss also confirmed Sri Lanka's exit from the tournament.
| India 223/9 (50 overs) |
v | West Indies 224/7 (49.4 overs) |
West Indies won by 3 wickets[9] Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India Umpires: A Dar (PAK) and DJ Harper (AUS) Player of the match: S Chanderpaul (WI) |
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| MS Dhoni 51 (65) IDR Bradshaw 10-0-30-3 |
RR Sarwan 53 (81) AB Agarkar 9.2-1-52-2 |
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West Indies have qualified for the semi-final.
| South Africa 213/8 (50 overs) |
v | Pakistan 89 (25 overs) |
South Africa won by 124 runs[10] Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India Umpires: MR Benson (ENG) and BF Bowden (NZ) Player of the match: M Ntini (RSA) |
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| MV Boucher 69 (98) U Gul 8-0-36-3 |
Y Arafat 27 (37) M Ntini 6-2-21-5 |
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This victory took South Africa to the top of Group B table, with New Zealand in second place. These two teams progressed through to the semi-finals.
| West Indies 272/4 (50 overs) |
v | England 276/7 (48.3 overs) |
England won by 3 wickets[11] Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India Umpires: DJ Harper (AUS) and SJA Taufel (AUS) Player of the match: CH Gayle (WI) |
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| DJ Bravo 112 (124) SI Mahmood 7-0-44-2 |
KP Pietersen 90 (86) CH Gayle 10-0-31-3 |
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| India 249/8 (50 overs) |
v | Australia 252/4 (45.4 overs) |
Australia won by 6 wickets[12] Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, India Umpires: BF Bowden (NZ) and SA Bucknor (WI) Player of the match: DR Martyn (AUS) |
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| V Sehwag 65 (90) GD McGrath 10-1-34-2 |
DR Martyn 73 (104) S Sreesanth 8-1-43-2 |
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