ICC T20 World Cup Schedule

The second biggest event by International Cricket Council (ICC) is about to start with only 4 days to go for the ICC T20 World Cup. This is the third time when ICC has Organised T20 World Cup. Previously the to Champions of ICC T20 World Cup are India in 2008, Pakistan in 2009 and let see who taken the T20 World Cup this time?

In the previous years T-20 World Cups India beat Pakistan in 2007 and Pakistan beat Sri Lanka in 2009. The ICC has now decided to schedule T20 World cup every year.

This time total 12 teams are playing T20 World Cup with Afghanistan a new team being introduced this time. The T20 World is scheduled to be from 30th April, 2010 to 16th May, 2010.

This time T20 World Cup is fixed to be held in West Indies with teams divided in 4 groups viz Group A,B,C,D.

The Group Teams Line up is as follows:-

Group A – Pakistan (A1), Bangladesh (A2) and Australia
Group B – Sri Lanka (B1), New Zealand (B2) and Zimbabwe
Group C – South Africa (C1), India (C2) and Afghanistan
Group D – West Indies (D1), England (D2) and Ireland

The Top 2 Teams from each group will head to Super 8 Matches and from there 4 teams will head to Semi Finals. There would be total of 27 matches to be played between 12 teams in 17 days at 3 Venue i.e. Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia,  Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados and Providence Stadium, Guyana.

The Super Eight Line will be among top 2 teams from each group. The Two groups will be formed such as :-

Group E	Group F
A1	B1
B2	A2
C1	C2
D2	D1

ICC Twenty20 World Cup Schedule

Apr-2010
Tue 27 13:30 GMT, 09:30 local	Warm-up – Pakistan v Windward Islands Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Tue 27 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	Warm-up – Australia v Zimbabwe Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Tue 27 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	Warm-up – Barbados v Bangladesh Kensington Oval, Barbados
Tue 27 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	Warm-up – Ireland v New Zealand Providence Stadium, Guyana
Tue 27 21:00 GMT, 17:00 local	Warm-up – West Indies v Afghanistan Providence Stadium, Guyana
Wed 28 13:30 GMT, 09:30 local	Warm-up – South Africa v Sri Lanka Kensington Oval, Barbados
Wed 28 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	Warm-up – Bangladesh v England Kensington Oval, Barbados
Wed 28 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	Warm-up – Afghanistan v Ireland Providence Stadium, Guyana
Wed 28 21:00 GMT, 17:00 local	Warm-up – West Indies v New Zealand Providence Stadium, Guyana
Thu 29 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	Warm-up – England v South Africa Kensington Oval, Barbados
Thu 29 17:30 GMT, 09:30 local	Warm-up – Windward Islands v Australia Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Fri 30 17:00 GMT, 13:00 local	1st Match, Group B – Sri Lanka v New Zealand Providence Stadium, Guyana
Fri 30 21:00 GMT, 17:00 local	2nd Match, Group D – West Indies v Ireland Providence Stadium, Guyana
May-2010
Sat 01 13:30 GMT, 09:30 local	3rd Match, Group C – India v Afghanistan Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Sat 01 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	4th Match, Group A – Pakistan v Bangladesh Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Sun 02 13:30 GMT, 09:30 local	5th Match, Group C – India v South Africa Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Sun 02 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	6th Match, Group A – Pakistan v Australia Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Mon 03 13:30 GMT, 09:30 local	7th Match, Group B – Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka Providence Stadium, Guyana
Mon 03 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	8th Match, Group D – West Indies v England Providence Stadium, Guyana
Tue 04 13:30 GMT, 09:30 local	9th Match, Group B – New Zealand v Zimbabwe Providence Stadium, Guyana
Tue 04 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	10th Match, Group D – England v Ireland Providence Stadium, Guyana
Wed 05 13:30 GMT, 09:30 local	11th Match, Group A – Australia v Bangladesh Kensington Oval, Barbados
Wed 05 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	11th Match, Group C – South Africa v Afghanistan Kensington Oval, Barbados
Thu 06 13:30 GMT, 09:30 local	13th Match – A1 v D2 Kensington Oval, Barbados
Thu 06 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	14th Match – C1 v B2 Kensington Oval, Barbados
Fri 07 13:30 GMT, 09:30 local	15th Match – A2 v C2 Kensington Oval, Barbados
Fri 07 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	16th Match – B1 v D1 Kensington Oval, Barbados
Sat 08 13:30 GMT, 09:30 local	17th Match – C1 v D2 Kensington Oval, Barbados
Sat 08 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	18th Match – A1 v B2 Kensington Oval, Barbados
Sun 09 13:30 GMT, 09:30 local	19th Match – C2 v D1 Kensington Oval, Barbados
Sun 09 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	20th Match – B1 v A2 Kensington Oval, Barbados
Mon 10 13:30 GMT, 09:30 local	21st Match – B2 v D2 Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Mon 10 17:30 GMT, 13:30 local	22nd Match – A1 v C1 Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Tue 11 17:00 GMT, 13:00 local	23rd Match – B1 v C2 Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Tue 11 21:00 GMT, 17:00 local	24th Match – D1 v A2 Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Thu 13 15:30 GMT, 11:30 local	1st Semi-Final – TBC v TBC Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Fri 14 15:30 GMT, 11:30 local	2nd Semi-Final – TBC v TBC Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Sun 16 15:30 GMT, 11:30 local	The Final – TBC v TBC Kensington Oval, Barbados