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The 2008 ICC Champions Trophy is a One Day Internationalcricket tournament scheduled to be held in Pakistan in 2009 (originally due to be held 12-28 September 2008, but postponed due to security fears by the ICC on 24 August2008, after speculation that the tournament would be held elsewhere (England, Sri Lanka, or South Africa)). On July 24, the ICC announced that the tournament would take place in Pakistan after all despite players from Australia, England, South Africa and New Zealand raising concerns over touring the country.[1] It will be the sixth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy previously known as the ICC Knock-out. On August 22, 2008, South Africa announced that it would not take part in the Champions Trophy due to security concerns[2] and two days later, the ICC announced that the tournament would be postponed until October 2009.[3]