ICC Champions Trophy tickets on sale from the 1st April

The ICC Champions Trophy is the only occasion outside the ICC Cricket World Cup when all of the world's top cricket sides are brought together in one competition.

The group stage includes enthralling clashes between regional rivals India and Pakistan and Australia and New Zealand. Hosts England will face Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe while South Africa are grouped with the West Indies and Bangladesh.

The challenging format means that one defeat in the group stage will almost certainly put a team out of the tournament.

The ICC's 10 Full Member countries will be joined in England this September by Kenya and the USA. This is the first time the USA has ever qualified for a major ICC event.

The teams are grouped according to their position in the official ICC One-Day International Championship standings on 1 December 2003. Only the group winners will progress to the knockout stages.

The 15 matches will be played at The Oval in London, Edgbaston in Birmingham and the Rose Bowl in Hampshire. Tickets will be sold directly by the three venues with full details outlined below:

10 Sept            New Zealand v USA
14 Sept            Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe
16 Sept            Australia v New Zealand
18 Sept            South Africa v West Indies
25 Sept            FINAL

10 Sept            England v Zimbabwe
12 Sept            South Africa v Bangladesh
14 Sept            Pakistan v Kenya
19 Sept            India v Pakistan - SOLD OUT
21 Sept            SEMI FINAL (A v D)

11 Sept            India v Kenya
13 Sept            Australia v USA
15 Sept            West Indies v Bangladesh
17 Sept            Sri Lanka v England
22 Sept            SEMI-FINAL (B v C)