ICC World Twenty20 2009 Men’s Tournament [Schedule]

The second season of ICC World Twenty20 will start from June 5, 2009 in England. This time the ICC World Twenty20 will also feature a parallel competition between 8 women’s teams, along with the men’s tournament in which 12 teams are participating.

The groupings and schedule of the men’s tournament is given below:

Groups

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

Group Stage

JUNE 2009	GROUP A	GROUP B	GROUP C	GROUP D
05 FRI		ENG vs NED 10 PM IST
06 SAT	IND vs BAN 10:30 PM IST		AUS vs WI 6:30 PM IST	NZ vs SCO 2:30 PM IST
07 SUN		ENG vs PAK 10:00 PM IST		RSA vs SCO 6:00 PM IST
08 MON	IRE vs BAN 6:00 PM IST		AUS vs SL 10:00 PM IST
09 TUE		PAK vs NED 6:00 PM IST		NZ vs RSA 10:00 PM IST
10 WED	IND vs IRE 10:00 PM IST		SL vs WI 6:00 PM IST

Super 8’s – Groups

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

The teams will retain their initial seeding for the Super 8’s, irrespective of whether they finish first or second in their group. In case they are knocked out by team 3 of their group, then team 3 will replace the seeding of the team that they knock out.

If India qualifies for Super 8’s, even if it comes second, India will still be A1. If for example, Ireland qualifies instead of India, Ireland will become A1.

Super 8s	GROUP E (A1, B2, C1, D2)	GROUP F (B1, A2, C2, D1)
11 THU	B2 vs D2 10:00 PM IST	D1 vs A2 6:00 PM IST
12 FRI	India (A1) vs Australia (C1) 10:00 PM IST	B1 vs C2 6:00 PM IST
13 SAT	C1 vs D2 6:00 PM IST	D1 vs B1 10:00 PM IST
14 SUN	India (A1) vs England (B2) 10:00 PM IST	A2 vs C2 6:00 PM IST
15 MON	B2 vs C1 10:00 PM IST	B1 vs A2 6:00 PM IST
16 TUE	India (A1) vs South Africa (D2) 10:00 PM IST	D1 vs C2 6:00 PM IST
18 THU	Semifinal – E1 v F2 10:00 PM IST
19 FRI	Semifinal F1 v E2 10:00 PM IST 2030 hrs BST
21 SUN	Final 7:30 PM IST

India will play a warm-up match against New Zealand at 10 PM on 1 June.

For those of you who are interested in watching a T20 match between India and Pakistan, which otherwise will not happen in the Group matches or Super 8’s, then watch out for a warm-up game on 3 June at 10 PM when both the teams play against each other.

All the matches (including the warm-up matches) will be broadcasted live in India on ESPN, Star Sports and Star Cricket.