ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup 2009 Schedule

Cricket Fever Ends !! This time with T20 world CUP which is going to start from 5th June.Having the first ever successful twenty20 world cup in South Africa, England is the host for the ICC Twenty20 world cup in 2009.

Total 12 teams India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Australia, South Africa, West Indies, New Zealand, England, Scotland, Ireland and Netherland will participate in 2009 twenty20 cup.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
India	Pakistan	Australia	New Zealand
Bangladesh	England	Sri Lanka	South Africa
Ireland	Netherlands	West Indies	Scotland
Group E	A1, B2, C1, D2	Group F	B1, A2, C2, D1

The ICC has also announced top two ranked teams in each group and given them a number 1 and 2 respectively. They will retain this number irrespective of whether they finish first or second in the group.

For example if Bangladesh top ranked Group A and India finished second in the same group; India will still remain as A1 and Bangladesh will remain as A2 in Super Eights stages. If Zimbabwe knockout Bangladesh in Group A then Zimbabwe will become A2.

Date	Time	Match	Venue
Fri, 5 June	22:00 IST	England v Netherlands	Lord’s
Sat, 6 June	22:00 IST	India v Bangladesh	Trent Bridge
	14:30 IST	New Zealand v Scotland	The Oval
	18:00 IST	Australia v West Indies	The Oval
Sun, 7 June	18:00 IST	South Africa v Scotland	The Oval
	22:00 IST	England v Pakistan	The Oval
Mon, 8 June	18:00 IST	Ireland v Bangladesh	Trent Bridge
	22:00 IST	Australia v Sri Lanka	Trent Bridge
Tues, 9 June	18:00 IST	Pakistan v Netherlands	Lord’s
	22:00 IST	New Zealand v South Africa	Lord’s
Wed, 10 June	18:00 IST	Sri Lanka v West Indies	Trent Bridge
	22:00 IST	India v Ireland	Trent Bridge

The first two teams in each group are placed 1 or 2. They will retain this position for the Super Eight stage, irrespective of whether they finish first or second in their group, unless they are knocked out by the team 3 in their group. In this instance, team 3 replaces the position of the team they knock out.

Date	Time	Match	Venue
Thu, 11 June	18:00 IST	D1 v A2	Trent Bridge
	22:00 IST	B2 v D2	Trent Bridge
Fri, 12 June	18:00 IST	B1 v C2	Lord’s
	22:00 IST	A1 v C1	Lord’s
Sat, 13 June	18:00 IST	C1 v D2	The Oval
	22:00 IST	D1 v B1	The Oval
Sun, 14 June	18:00 IST	A2 v C2	Lord’s
	22:00 IST	A1 v B2	Lord’s
Mon, 15 June	18:00 IST	B1 v A2	The Oval
	22:00 IST	B2 v C1	The Oval
Tues, 16 June	18:00 IST	D1 v C2	Trent Bridge
	22:00 IST	D2 v A1	Trent Bridge

The teams finishing first and second in groups E and F, based on points obtained in the Super Eight stage will compete in the semi-finals

Date	Time	Match	Venue
Thu, 18 June	22:00 IST	E1 v F2	Trent Bridge
Fri, 19 June	22:00 IST	F1 v E2	The Oval
Sun, 21 June	19:30 IST	FINAL	Lord’s