LONDON: Australia and South Africa will be the first and second seeds respectively for the ICC Champions Trophy 2004. The event which takes place in England will air on Max in India from 10-25 September.
 

Co-defending champions India may have finished in the runner up position at the World Cup in South Africa in March. However its recent loss to Australia in the final of the TVS Cup places it at number seven with a rating of 105. However other teams still have one day matches to play and so Saurav's boys can move up or down.

The other defending champion Sri Lanka is in third spot with a rating of 107 after beating England by ten wickets. Before 1 December, Sri Lanka still has two more matches to play against England. New Zealand will play in Pakistan. West Indies - the other team in this six-way battle - has a five-match series in Zimbabwe. Bangladesh has a rating of zero.