Twenty20 world cup 2010 Fixtures
ICC announces the Grouping and the venue to be used for ICC World twenty20 2010. Twenty20 World champions Pakistan is grouped with Australia and Bangladesh in Group A. Pakistan will start their title defense with the game against Bangladesh on May 1st 2010.
The tournament will be staged at four venues – Barbados , Guyana , St Kitts and St Lucia . The tournament will feature 27 numbers of matches in total. The tournament will run for 17 days, starting from April 30th to May 16. Semi Final of World twenty20 2009 will be played on 13th and 14th of May 2010 while Final will be played on May 16th at the Kensington Oval in Barbados.
Twenty20 World cup 2010 will start with the game against West Indies will take on Ireland (Associates team2) and on the same day New Zealand and Sri Lanka at Providence Stadium, Guyana.
2009 world twenty20 runners-up Sri Lanka is with New Zealand and Zimbabwe in Group B. While inaugural World twenty20 winners India is kept in Group C with South Africa andAfghanistan (Associates team1) world qualifiers winner of 2010. The hosts, West Indies, are with England and Ireland in Group D.
Total 12 teams Pakistan , Sri Lanka , South Africa , West Indies ,Australia , India , England , Bangladesh , New Zealand ,Zimbabwe , Afghanistan (Assoicates1) and Ireland (Associates2) will participate in 2010 twenty20 cup.
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 Australia top ranked Group A and Pakistan finished second in the same group; Pakistan will still remain as A1 and Australia will remain as A2 in Super Eights stages. IfBangladesh knockout Australia in Group A then Bangladesh will become A2.
Group A – Pakistan (A1), Australia (A2) and Bangladesh
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
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
Super Eight Groups
Group E –A1, B2, C1 and D2Group F –A2, B1, C2, and D1
Twenty20 world cup 2010 Fixtures at Group Stage (All timings are mentioned in GMT+05:30)
Timing | Teams | Venue | Results |
Fri 30 Apr 22:30 PM | Group B - New Zealand v Sri Lanka | ||
Sat 1 May (D/N) 02:30 AM | Group D – West Indies v Ireland | ||
Sat 1 May 19:00 PM | Group C - India v Afghanistan | Beausejour Stadium, | |
Sat 1 May 23:00 PM | Group A – Pakistan v Bangladesh | Beausejour Stadium, | |
Sun 2 May 19:00 PM | Group C - India v South Africa | Beausejour Stadium, | |
Sun 2 May 23:00 PM | Group A - Pakistan v Australia | Beausejour Stadium, | |
Mon 3 May 19:00 PM | Group B – Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe | ||
Mon 3 May 23:00 PM | Group D – West Indies v England | ||
Tue 4 May 19:00 PM | Group B - New Zealand v Zimbabwe | ||
Tue 4 May 23:00 PM | Group D - England v Ireland | ||
Wed 5 May 23:00 PM | Group A - Australia v Bangladesh | Kensington Oval, | |
Wed 5 May 19:00 PM | Group C – South Africa v Afghanistan | Kensington Oval, |
Timing | Teams | Venue | Results |
Thu 6 May 19:00 PM | Group E – A1 v D2 | Kensington Oval, | |
Thu 6 May 23:00 PM | Group E – C1 v B2 | Kensington Oval, | |
Fri 7 May 19:00 PM | Group F – A2 v C2 | Kensington Oval, | |
Fri 7 May 23:00 PM | Group F – B1 v D1 | Kensington Oval, | |
Sat 8 May 19:00 PM | Group E – C1 v D2 | Kensington Oval, | |
Sat 8 May 23:00 PM | Group E – A1 v B2 | Kensington Oval, | |
Sun 9 May 19:00 PM | Group F – C2 v D1 | Kensington Oval, | |
Sun 9 May 23:00 PM | Group F – B1 v A2 | Kensington Oval, | |
Mon 10 May 19:00 PM | Group E – B2 v D2 | Beausejour Stadium, | |
Mon 10 May 23:00 PM | Group E – A1 v C1 | Beausejour Stadium, | |
Tue 11 May 22:30 PM | Group F – B1 v C2 | Beausejour Stadium, | |
Wed 12 May 02:30 AM | Group F – D1 v A2 | Beausejour Stadium, |
Timing | Teams | Venue | Results |
Thu 13 May 21:00 PM | 1st Semi Final – E1 v F2 | Beausejour Stadium, | |
Fri 14 May 21:00 PM | 2nd Semi Final – E2 v F1 | Beausejour Stadium, |
Timing | Teams | Venue | Results |
Sun 16 May 21:00 PM | Final - 1st Semi Finalist v 2nd Semi Finalist | Kensington Oval, |