Aussies on top

Holders Australia will be the top seeds for this year's ICC Champions Trophy, it has been confirmed after the completion of the preliminary Commonwealth Bank Series matches down under.

The Aussies will head the ICC one-day international rankings on the March 12 cut-off date to determine seeds for September's tournament in Pakistan - irrespective of how they fare against India in the best-of-three CB Series final over the next week.

South Africa, winners of the inaugural Champions Trophy in 1998, will be seeded second - followed by New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, England and the West Indies.