England squad and schedule for ICC Champions Trophy 2006

England named the following 14 players in their final squad for the ICC Champions Trophy in India 2006:

• Andrew Flintoff (capt)
• James Anderson
• Ian Bell
• Rikki Clarke
• Paul Collingwood
• James Dalrymple
• Steve Harmison
• Ed Joyce
• Sajid Mahmood
• Jon Lewis
• Kevin Pietersen
• Chris Read, wkt
• Andrew Strauss
• Mike Yardy

Schedule:

England are in Group A, with Australia, India and the second-placed qualifier from the first round group.

The top two sides progress to the semi-finals with the winners of these matches contesting the final on 5 November.

October

Preliminaries
7 - Sri Lanka v Bangladesh, Mohali
8 - West Indies v Zimbabwe, Ahmedabad
10 - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, Ahmedabad
11 - West Indies v Bangladesh, Jaipur
13 - Bangladesh v Zimbabwe, Jaipur
14 - Sri Lanka v West Indies, Mumbai

Group Stage
15 - India v England, Jaipur
16 - New Zealand v South Africa, Mumbai
17 - Pakistan v Sri Lanka, Jaipur
18 - Australia v West Indies, Mumbai
20 - New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Mumbai
21 - Australia v England, Jaipur
24 - South Africa v Sri Lanka, Ahmedabad
25 - New Zealand v Pakistan, Mohali
26 - India v West Indies, Ahmedabad
27 - Pakistan v South Africa, Mohali
28 - England v West Indies, Ahmedabad
29 - India v Australia, Mohali

November

1 - 1st semi-final, Mohali
2 - 2nd semi-final, Jaipur
5 - Final, Mumbai

(All matches are day/night)

Stadiums used:

Brabourne stadium, Mumbai
Sardar Patel stadium, Ahmedabad
Punjab Cricket Association stadium, Mohali
Sawai Man Singh stadium, Jaipur