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Johannesburg: Once the financial engine driver of the game, One-day cricket will get a definitive chance at restoring its fading aura when South Africa and Sri Lanka kick off the Champions Trophy at Centurion from Tuesday.
What the Champions Trophy, a quick feast of 15 contests between the top eight teams, is hoping to provide is a contest. With the excess having been cut out of the tournament format, fact remains that this is the biggest cricketing event of the year, in spite of the Ashes.
Ground realities offer hope. Day-night cricket isn't usually played in South Africa at this time of year and the juice and bounce in the pitches will keep even the home team guessing.
The One-day ranking too is expected to change hands and South Africans are hoping to get over the ICC Awards snub by drumming up the 'cut-throat' nature of the competition. On the face of it, the hosts, along with India and Australia, are ahead of the pack judging by recent run of form and win-loss ratio in South Africa.
Umpires: Ian Gould and Simon Taufel
Tournament: ICC Champions Trophy
Teams: South Africa vs Sri Lanka
Venue: SuperSport Park, Centurion
