Media arrangements for ICC Champions Trophy on Monday 23 October

The following are the ICC Champions Trophy media arrangements for tomorrow, Monday 23 October.

Ahmedabad

South Africa and Sri Lanka will be practising ahead of their match here on Tuesday. It is a day/night game, starting at 14:30 local time.

South Africa will be practising at the ground from 09:30 and will hold a media conference at 12:30. It will take place in the media conference hall in the North Stand and in attendance will be captain Graeme Smith.

Sri Lanka will hold their media conference at the same venue at 16:15. Present will be captain Mahela Jayawardene and coach Tom Moody. Immediately after the media conference, the Sri Lankan squad will practice at the ground.

Group A is made up of hosts India, Australia, England and the West Indies while Group B's sides are New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka.

All the teams' movements and availability to the media can be obtained as follows:

Australia - Graeme Vimpani, media manager, on +91 98 73808059

England - James Avery, media manager, on +91 99 28897123

India - Rajan Nayar, media manager, on +91 98 227 39140

New Zealand - Lindsay Crocker, team manager, on +91 98 73808005

Pakistan - Majid Bhatti, media manager, on +91 99 10546766

South Africa - Gordon Templeton, media manager, on +91 98 73163958

Sri Lanka - Michael Tissera, team manager, on +91 98 73808008

West Indies - Imran Khan, media manager, on +91 99 79935375

The ICC Champions Trophy involves the top ten ODI sides playing 21 matches over 30 days at four venues with the final to be held at the Cricket Club of India in Mumbai on 5 November. The West Indies are the defending champions after beating England by two wickets at The Brit Oval in September 2004.