Twenty20 World Cup Schedule And Teams

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Twenty20, as the name suggest is a single innings 20 overs type of cricket. Introduced in England originally played between county teams. It then gradually spread at the international level. It is the shortest form of cricket completed in about 3 hours, after 5 day test matches and limited 50 overs one day cricket. This is the first time ICC has organized Twenty20 World Championship tournament to be played in South Africa. This Twenty20 World Cup championship will be played between all the test playing nations and other qualifiers and it will contested among total 12 teams.

Read the schedule and team' s details here:

Twenty20 World Cup Teams

Teams
Team	Players
Australia	Ricky Ponting, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Michael Clarke, Adam Gilchrist, Brad Haddin, Matthew Hayden, Brad Hodge, Bradley Hogg, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Andrew Symonds, Shaun Tait, Shane Watson.
Bangladesh	Mohammad Ashraful, Aftab Ahmed, Nadif Chowdhury, Shakib Hasan Tamim Iqbal, Alok Kopali, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mushfiqur Rahim, Ziaur Rahman, Syed Rasel, Abdur Razzak, Farhad Reza, Zunaed Siddique, Nazim Uddin, Mahmud Ullah
England	Paul Collingwood, Ravi Bopara, Stuart Broad, Andrew Flintoff, James Kirtley, Darren Maddy, Kevin Pietersen, Matt Prior, Chris Schofield, Owais Shah, Ryan Sidebottom, Jeremy Snape, Vikram Solanki, Chris Tremlett, Luke Wright
India	Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ajit Agarkar, Piyush Chawla, Gautam Gambhir, Dinesh Karthik, Irfan Pathan, Yusuf Pathan, Virender Sehwag, Joginder Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Rohit Sharma, RP Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Shanthakumaran Sreesanth, Robin Uthappa
Kenya	Steve Tikolo, Rajesh Bhudiya, Jimmy Kamande, Tanmay Mishra, Lameck Ngoche, Nehemiah Ngoche, Alex Obanda, Collins Obuya, David Obuya, Thomas Odoyo, Peter Ongondo, Elijah Otieno, Morris Ouma, Ondik Suji, Hiren Varaiya
New Zealand	Daniel Vettori, Shane Bond, Peter Fulton, Mark Gillespie, Gareth Hopkins, Chris Martin, Craig McMillan, Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Jacob Oram, Jeetan Patel, Bradley Scott, Scott Styris, Ross Taylor, Lou Vincent
Pakistan	Shoaib Malik, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Akhtar, Kamran Akmal, Fawad Alam, Yasir Arafat, Mohammad Asif, Salman Butt, Umar Gul, Mohammad Hafeez, Misbah-ul-Haq, Rao Iftikhar, Younis Khan, Imran Nazir, Abdul Rehman
Scotland	Ryan Watson, Fraser Watts, Dougie Brown, John Blain, Gavin Hamilton, Navdeep Poonia, Gregor Maiden, Neil McCallum, Qasim Sheikh, Colin Smith, Craig Wright, Dewald Nel, Gordon Drummond, Ross Lyons, Majid Haq
South Africs	Graeme Smith, Gulam Bodi, Loots Bosman, Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs, Justin Kemp, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Makhaya Ntini, Vernon Philander, Shaun Pollock, Thandi Tshabalala, Johan van der Wath,
Sri Lanka	Mahela Jayawardena, Dilhara Fernando, Hasantha Fernando, Kaushal Lokuarachchi, Sanath Jayasuriya, Farveez Maharoof, Lasith Malinga, Jehan Mubarak, Muttiah Muralidaran, Kumara Sangakkara, Chamara Silva, Upul Tharanga, Dilshan Tilakarathne, Chaminda Vaas, Gayan Wijekoon
West Indies	Ramnaresh Sarwan, Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Pedro Collins, Narsingh Deonarine, Fidel Edwards, Chris Gayle, Runako Morton, Daren Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Darren Sammy, Marlon Samuels, Devon Smith, Dwayne Smith
Zimbabwe	Prosper Utseya, Gary Brent, Chamunorwa Chibhabha, Elton Chigumbura, Keith Dabengwa, Tymsen Maruma, Hamilton Masakadza, Stuart Matsikinyeri, Johnson Marumisa, Christopher Mpofu, Tawanda Mupariwa, Vusimusi Sibanda, Tatenda Taibu, Brendon Taylor, Shaun Williams

Twenty20 World Cup Groups

All the teams playing in this Twenty20 World Cup tournament are divided into 4 groups 3 teams each. The top 2 finishing teams in each group will be advanced to the super eight format group E and F. Finally the teams finishing first and second will play in semi finals.

Groups
Group	Teams
A	(A1) South Africa, (A2)West Indies, Bangladesh
B	(B1) Australia, (B2)England, Zimbabwe
C	(C1) New Zealand, (C2)Sri Lanka, Kenya
D	(D1) Pakistan, (D2)India, Scotland
Super Eight Stage Groups
E	A1, B2, C1, D2
F	A2, B1, C2, D1

Twenty20 World Cup Schedule

Group Matches Schedule
Time	Teams	Location	Results
11/9 16:00 GMT	A - South Africa v West Indies	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
12/9 08:00 GMT	C - Kenya v New Zealand	Kingsmead, Durban
12/9 12:00 GMT	D - Pakistan v Scotland	Kingsmead, Durban
12/9 16:00 GMT	B - Australia v Zimbabwe	Newlands, Cape Town
13/9 08:00 GMT	A - Bangladesh v West Indies	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
13/9 12:00 GMT	B - England v Zimbabwe	Newlands, Cape Town
13/9 16:00 GMT	D - India v Scotland	Kingsmead, Durban
14/9 08:00 GMT	C - Kenya v Sri Lanka	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
14/9 12:00 GMT	B - Australia v England	Newlands, Cape Town
14/9 16:00 GMT	D - India v Pakistan	Kingsmead, Durban
15/9 12:00 GMT	C - New Zealand v Sri Lanka	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
15/9 16:00 GMT	A - South Africa v Bangladesh	Newlands, Cape Town
Super Eight Schedule
16/9 08:00 GMT	C1 v D2	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
16/9 12:00 GMT	B1 v A2	Newlands, Cape Town
16/9 16:00 GMT	A1 v B2	Newlands, Cape Town
17/9 16:00 GMT	D1 v C2	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
18/9 08:00 GMT	C1 v B2	Kingsmead, Durban
18/9 12:00 GMT	B1 v D1	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
18/9 16:00 GMT	A2 v C2	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
19/9 12:00 GMT	A1 v C1	Kingsmead, Durban
19/9 16:00 GMT	B2 v D2	Kingsmead, Durban
20/9 08:00 GMT	B1 v C2	Newlands, Cape Town
20/9 12:00 GMT	A2 v D1	Newlands, Cape Town
20/9 16:00 GMT	A1 v D2	Kingsmead, Durban
Semi Finals And The Final Schedule
22/9 11:00 GMT	1st Semi Final	Newlands, Cape Town
22/9 16:00 GMT	2nd Semi Final	Kingsmead, Durban
24/9 12:00 GMT	Final	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

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