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 Media Advisory- ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 – Thursday 20 February

Media advisory

The following is the schedule of media opportunities at the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 on Thursday, 20 February 2025:

Karachi

Afghanistan play South Africa in a Group B match at the National Stadium on Friday 21 February starting 14h00 local time.

On their pre-match day on Thursday:

  • Afghanistan will train at the High-Performance Centre at the National Stadium from 13h30 to 16h30 local time. They will hold their pre-match media conference at the National Stadium Press Conference room (behind the media centre) at 13h30 local time.

  • South Africa will train at the High-Performance Centre at the National Stadium from 18h30 to 21h30 local time. They will hold their pre-match media conference at the National Stadium Press Conference room (behind the media centre) from 1815 local time.

Dubai

Bangladesh and India play in a Group A match at the Dubai International Stadium (DIS) on Thursday, 20 February starting 13h00 local time. Teams will address post-match media conferences starting around 10 minutes after the end of the match, with a member of the losing team generally coming in first followed by a member of the winning team. The media conferences will be followed by Mixed Zone interactions with players of both teams.

Note for photographers in Dubai:

Please enter from Gate Numbers A 11 or C17. Photo positions will be allotted by Venue Media Managers one hour before the toss.

Lahore

  • Australia will train at LCCA from 14h30 to 17h30 local time.
  • England will train at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore from 19h00 to 22h30 local time.

Non-Rights Holding (NRH) Media passes can be collected from tomorrow onwards. Please find the information below:

Collection time: 12h00 to 17h00 local time

Lahore Venue Accreditation Centre:

House No.137-E,

Shahrah-e-Hazrat Imam Hussain, Lahore (behind National Cricket Academy),

Gulberg III

Google Location here

Note: Please use the Liberty roundabout entrance.

Media Centres at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore are as follows:

Sultan F Husain, Omar Kureishi boxes as well as Iqbal End (formerly known as the Far End press box).

Rawalpindi

There are no media activities

Note for NRH media:

  • Playing and practice venues will only be open to media on Match day, Match day-1 and Match day-2

  • Accredited Non-Rights Holders are allowed to film pre-match day media conferences, but no filming is allowed inside the venues on match days except for any safe filming zone that may be provided at venues.

  • Videos shot at venues on pre-match days may only be used on news channels and websites for editorial purposes and are not to be natively posted on any social media channels including YouTube.

  • Up to 10 minutes of coverage (including five minutes of continuous live) allowed; videos provided from media conferences provided by the ICC may be used in addition to these 10 minutes.

  • The ICC will upload unedited media conference clips onto the Online Media Zone. The footage, whether provided by the ICC or shot by the media themselves, may only be used on news channels and websites for editorial purposes and are not to be natively posted on any social media channels including YouTube.

  • If you intend to film non-matchday media conferences (either by camera or phone) please position yourself in the back row or behind the back row of seating.

Non-Rights Holder camerapersons will not be granted match day accreditation.

Note for photographers:

  • Photographers are expected to always wear their bibs and are only permitted in designated areas.
  • On pre-match days, photographers need to shoot from the areas identified by the Venue Media Manager.
  • On match-days, photographers need to arrive for a pre-match meeting one hour in advance of the toss, when they will be assigned photo positions by the Venue Media Manager.
  • NRH photographers will not be allowed at media conferences.

Media Centre entry and timings: On match days, the media areas will open two hours before the start of play and remain open till 2 ½ hours after the end of the match.

Media Managers

DUBAI

Rajshekhar Rao - rajshekhar.rao@icc-cricket.com; +971 505545029

Emmad Hameed - EmmadH@emiratescricket.com; +971 553511060

Faisal Khokhar - faisal.khokhar@ilt20.ae; +971 526676119

KARACHI

Mary Godbeer – mary.godbeer@icc-cricket.com; +971 565458908

Syed Nazir Ahmed - syed.nazir@pcb.com.pk; +92 301 846 0019

Rasheed Shakoor - rasheedshakoor@hotmail.com; +92 302 827 7231

LAHORE

Sipokazi Sokanyile – sipokazi.sokanyile@icc-cricket.com; +971 506401344

Shafqat Shabbir - Shafqat.shabbir@pcb.com.pk; +92 345 173 4588

Shakeel Khan - shakeel.khan@pcb.com.pk; +92 301 844 0284

RAWALPINDI

Sohaib Alvi – sohaiblv@gmail.com; +92 300 8790 575

Raza Shaukat - raza.shaukat@pcb.com.pk; +92 324 444 4186

Shakeel Khan - shakeel.khan@pcb.com.pk; +92 301 844 0284

ENDS