Apart from pushing his side closer towards ultimate glory in the event, there is an extra incentive for individuals to excel during the ICC Champions Trophy. Each man of the match will win an IWC watch worth $8,500.
As a brand in luxury timepieces, IWC Schaffhausen says that it has been setting standards in technological development and highly complicated precision watch-making since 1868.
Beyond its Haute Horlogerie timepieces, IWC says that it has often related to the inspiration exuded by sporting heroes and has launched several limited special editions of timepieces that are soaring heroes in their own right.
The company CEO Georges Ker says that IWC's values of precision, perfection and technical competence are mirrored in the man-of-the-match concept.
There will be 15 winners of the man-of-the-match award who will receive an IWC Pilot's Watch Chronograph Automatic. The dial of the mechanical chronograph with day and date display is reminiscent of an aircraft cockpit says the company.
The product also has a soft iron inner case for protecting against magnetic fields, a power reserve of 44 hours and water-resistance to 6 bar.
In addition each member of the winning team will win a ICC Champions Trophy winners’ jacket.
The prize-money on offer has grown four-fold since 2006 and is now worth a total of $4 million. The winner will receive $2 million, the runner-up will earn $1million with the two beaten semi-finalists taking home $400,000 each. Those teams that finish third in their groups will each win $100,000.
The action begins on 22 September with the Proteas in action against Sri Lanka in a day-night encounter at Centurion (the location for the women’s world cup final of 2005) and it will end with a day-night final at the same venue on 5 October.
ICC CEO Haroon Lorgat said the event would be a showcase of the very best one-day cricket has to offer. “This ICC Champions Trophy is quite different and more exciting compared to all the ones that went before.
“Effectively, it is in one location with two world-class venues at The Wanderers and Centurion. It is a short, sharp event with just the top eight-ranked ODI teams taking part in international competition”.
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