The final of September's ICC Champions Trophy will be played as a day-night game at Colombo's Premadasa stadium, the ICC confirmed today.

In all, nine of the tournament's 15 matches will be day-night fixtures at Premadasa, adding variety and atmosphere to the tournament.

A revised match schedule includes minor changes to the original itinerary, and means that host country Sri Lanka will open the tournament with its game against Pakistan on Thursday, 12th September.

Each of the 12 competing nations will play two games in the Pool stage of the tournament between the 12th and 23rd September. The semi finals will take place on Wednesday 25th and Friday 27th, with the final scheduled for Sunday 29th September.

The revised match schedule is now as follows:

1  Thursday 12th September   Sri Lanka   v Pakistan     Premadasa (d/n)     1430
2  Friday 13th September     Sth Africa  v West Indies  SSC       (d)       1000
3  Saturday 14th September   India       v Zimbabwe     Premadasa (d/n)     1430
4  Sunday 15th September     Australia   v New Zealand  SSC       (d)       1000
5  Monday 16th September     Sri Lanka   v Holland      Premadasa (d/n)     1430
6  Tuesday 17th September    West Indies v Kenya        SSC       (d)       1000
7  Wednesday 18th September  England     v Zimbabwe     Premadasa (d/n)     1430
8  Thursday 19th September   Australia   v Bangladesh   SSC       (d)       1000
9  Friday 20th September     Sth Africa  v Kenya        Premadasa (d/n)     1430
10 Saturday 21st September   Pakistan    v Holland      SSC       (d)       1000
11 Sunday 22nd September     England     v India        Premadasa (d/n)     1430
12 Monday 23rd September     New Zealand v Bangladesh   SSC       (d)       1000
Tuesday 24th September       Rest Day             
13 Wednesday 25th September  Semi Final 1               Premadasa (d/n)     1430
                             Winner Pool 2   v   Winner Pool 3
Thursday 26th September      Reserve Day - Semi Final 1 
14 Friday 27th September     Semi Final 2               Premadasa (d/n)     1430
                             Winner Pool 1   v   Winner Pool 4 
Saturday 28th September      Reserve Day - Semi Final 2 
15   Sunday 29th September   Final                      Premadasa (d/n)     1430
                             Winner Semi Final 1   v    Winner Semi Final 2     
Monday 30th September        Reserve Day - Final

There has been no change to the original four Pool allocations, which remain as:

Pool 1        Pool 2     Pool 3         Pool 4
Australia     England    Kenya          Holland	
Bangladesh    India      South Africa   Pakistan
New Zealand   Zimbabwe   West Indies    Sri Lanka

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