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ICC Champions Trophy 2013

Watch the press conference as the ICC Champions Trophy 2013 was launched in London

Cardiff, Edgbaston and the Oval will host fixtures during the three-week ICC Champions Trophy 2013 - tournament featuring the world's top-eight one-day sides in summer 2013.

The 50-overs-a-side competition begins in Cardiff on June 6 with a heavyweight clash between the current ICC World Cup holders India and South Africa, winners of the inaugural Champions Trophy tournament in 1998.

The group stages at Edgbaston will also include two eagerly anticipated head-to-head contests between arch sporting rivals Australia and New Zealand - on June 12 - and India and Pakistan - on June 15.

Cardiff, Edgbaston and the Oval will each host four group matches in the competition which will see the eight teams divided into two pools of four. Group A will feature Australia, England, New Zealand and Sri Lanka with India, Pakistan, South Africa and West Indies contesting Group B. For a full list of fixtures and tickets Click Here.

The top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals, hosted at the Oval and Cardiff, with the winners then progressing to the final at Edgbaston on Sunday 23 June.

Edgbaston

Edgbaston will be the stage for the ICC Champions Trophy final in June 2013