Lancashire all-rounder Andrew Flintoff, a veteran of 129 international ODIs, believes England are close to ending their wait to secure a first major one-day international trophy.
The Uefa sanctioned competition, which will be re-named The International Challenge Trophy, is due to get under way in November 2007.
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And in 2001, Canada played host to the International Cricket Council Trophy tournament.
Four years later, Canada reached the final of the first International Cricket Conference Trophy, only to be beaten by Sri Lanka.
Of the 16 nations competing at this summer's Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine, only four are coached by managers who have a won a major international or club trophy or championship in one of Europe's biggest leagues (England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain).
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The race for the oldest trophy in international sport featured one of the biggest billionaire rivalries.
Still, the death of British Olympic champion Andrew "Bart" Simpson during a training session on San Francisco Bay gives fresh urgency as they chase the oldest trophy in international sports this summer.
"The one-dayers are still out of the question - I won't go back on the decision I've made, " added the 29-year-old, who quit one-day international cricket after the Champions Trophy in 2006.
Make sure that all 50-over games are in the build-up for big International Cricket Council (ICC) tournaments like Champions Trophy and World Cup.
In 2000, victory over Zimbabwe saw Fleming pass Howarth's total of wins in Tests and then came New Zealand's only international tournament success, in the inaugural ICC Knockout Trophy.
Before those two series comes international cricket's great white elephant, the Champions Trophy, which is due to be phased out after 2013.
Davies, 24, was only playing his second one-day international after making his debut in last year's Champions Trophy.
Murali has been out of action with a shoulder injury, forcing him to miss the ICC Champions Trophy in September and the triangular one-day international tournament Sri Lanka are currently playing in Pakistan.
One of which was last September's Champions Trophy which was postponed for a year by the International Cricket Council while Pakistan played the West Indies at a neutral venue in the United Arab Emirates last November.
After the Champions Trophy, life will never be the same for the international umpire.
Both teams are aware of the significance of the series, with a place in the international top six eliminating the need for pre-qualifying for the Champions Trophy.
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