Media arrangements for ICC Champions Trophy on Tuesday 31 October

The last four teams in the competition prepare for the semi-finals in Mohali and Jaipur

30-Oct-2006

The following are the ICC Champions Trophy media arrangements for tomorrow, Tuesday 31 October.

Mohali

Australia and New Zealand face off in the first semi-final at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium on Wednesday. Tomorrow both teams will be practising at the ground and there will be a media opportunity.

Australia will hold a practice session at 1000 local time and a media conference, attended by captain Ricky Ponting, will take place at 1200 or whenever the session ends, whichever is the later. The media conference will take place in the Dhruv Pandove Hall in the PCA pavilion.

New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming will hold a media conference in the same venue at 1400 local time. This will be followed by a New Zealand squad training session. Non-rights holding television crews who have ICC accreditation will be permitted access to the conferences.

Wednesday's semi-final will be a day/night match starting at 1430 local time. The interval between innings in this game has been reduced from 45 to 30 minutes.

Media are required to have not only their ICC tournament media accreditation but also a PCA pass in order to gain access to the venue. Accreditation for this semi-final can be arranged by registering with Brian Murgatroyd (details below) at the venue tomorrow. Specific seats will be allocated for this match.

Jaipur

The South Africa and the West Indies teams arrived in Jaipur for Thursday's other semi-final yesterday. South Africa will train tomorrow at 0900 local time and coach Mickey Arthur will be available to the media at 1200.

For the training schedule and media arrangements of the West Indies team contact Imran Khan, media manager (details below).

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

Australia - Graeme Vimpani, media manager, on +91 98 73808059
New Zealand - Lindsay Crocker, team manager, on +91 98 73808005
South Africa - Gordon Templeton, media manager, on +91 98 73163958
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.