2009-Twenty20- World Cup Groups announced


Defending champions India were placed in an easy group A alongside Bangladesh and Zimbabwe for the 2009 ICC Twenty20 cricket World Championships in England.The grouping for the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup was decided in a two-day ICC board meeting, which concluded on Wednesday.The early decision on the matter was taken on the request of hosts England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), who want to proceed with the venue event bidding process which would allow match tickets to go on sale at the earliest. Since not enough matches have been played in the shortest format of the game to allow viable official rankings, the board decided to group teams on the basis of their finishing positions in the inaugural edition of the championship this year. ODI World Champions Australia have been placed in group C along with Sri Lanka and West Indies.

20-20 World Cup Schedule 2009

June 2009

Date                   

Time (GMT)                        

Match Details                                                                      

Venue

 

Fri 05                     

 16:30                       

England v Netherlands, 1st Match, Group B, ICC World Twenty20, 2009

London (D/N)

Sat 06

09:00

New Zealand v Scotland, 2nd Match, Group D, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
London

Sat 06

12:30
Australia v West Indies, 3rd Match, Group C, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
London

Sat 06

16:30
India v Bangladesh, 4th Match, Group A, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
Nottingham (D/N)

Sun 07

12:30
South Africa v Scotland, 5th Match, Group D, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
London

Sun 07

16:30
England v Pakistan, 6th Match, Group B, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
London (D/N)

Mon 08
12:30
Bangladesh v Ireland, 7th Match, Group A, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
Nottingham

Mon 08

16:30
Australia v Sri Lanka, 8th Match, Group C, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
Nottingham (D/N)

Tue 09

12:30
Pakistan v Netherlands, 9th Match, Group B, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
London

Tue 09

16:30
New Zealand v South Africa, 10th Match, Group D, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
London (D/N)

Wed 10

12:30
Sri Lanka v West Indies, 11th Match, Group C, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
Nottingham

Wed 10

16:30
India v Ireland, 12th Match, Group A, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
Nottingham (D/N)

Thu 11

12:30
D1 v A2, 13th Match, Group F, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
Nottingham

Thu 11

16:30
B2 v D2, 14th Match, Group E, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
Nottingham (D/N)

Fri 12
12:30
B1 v C2, 15th Match, Group F, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
London

Fri 12

16:30
A1 v C1, 16th Match, Group E, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
London (D/N)

Sat 13

12:30
C1 v D2, 17th Match, Group E, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
London

Sat 13
16:30
D1 v B1, 18th Match, Group F, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
London (D/N)

Sun 14

12:30
A2 v C2, 19th Match, Group F, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
London

Sun 14
16:30
A1 v B2, 20th Match, Group E, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
London (D/N)

Mon 15
12:30
B2 v C1, 21st Match, Group E, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
London

Mon 15

16:30
B1 v A2, 22nd Match, Group F, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
London (D/N)

Tue 16
12:30
D1 v C2, 23rd Match, Group F, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
Nottingham

Tue 16

16:30
D2 v A1, 24th Match, Group E, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
Nottingham (D/N)

Thu 18

16:30
1st Semi-Final, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
Nottingham

Fri 19

16:30
2nd Semi-Final, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
London (D/N)

Sun 21

14:00
Final, ICC World Twenty20, 2009
London




GROUP A – INDIA, BANGLADESH, IRELAND

GROUP B – PAKISTAN, ENGLAND, NETHERLAND

GROUP C – AUSTRALIA, SRILANKA, WEST INDIES

GROUP D – SOUTH AFRICA, NEWZELAND, SCOTLAND