ICC Test Championship Trophy Presentation

Australian cricket captain Stephen Waugh will be presented with the ICC Test Championship Trophy by David Richards, Chief Executive of the ICC, on Wednesday, 4th July at Edgbaston.

What: presentation of ICC Test Championship Trophy

Who: David Richards, ICC and Stephen Waugh, Australia

When: approx. 10.30 am, Wednesday 4th July

Where: pitchside at Edgbaston, weather permitting. Alternatively, in the Calthorpe bar area

Australia is the first holder of the Trophy, as the leading Test country in the recently introduced ICC Test Championship, which commenced with the England v Pakistan series in May.

The Trophy is a distinctive mace design produced in silver and gold, which bears the national logos of all Test countries. Valued at £30,000 it has been commissioned from Asprey & Garrard in London.

Media contacts:

Mark Harrison

ICC Communications Manager

Tel: + 44 20 7266 7913/1818

Email: mark.harrison@icc.cricket.org

Jonathan Hemus

Countrywide Porter Novelli

Tel: + 44 1295 224478

Email: jonathan.hemus@cpn.co.uk