Cricket - ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2010

[Sting]

Hosted by the West Indies, the men's tournament will be contested by 12 teams, which have been split into four groups of three. There are two seeded teams in each group.

Group A
Pakistan - A1
Bangladesh - A2
Australia

Group B
Sri Lanka - B1
New Zealand - B2
Zimbabwe

Group C
South Africa - C1
India - C2
Afghanistan

Group D
West Indies - D1
England - D2
Ireland

Each group will be played on a round-robin basis with the top two sides progressing to the Super Eight stages.

In the Super Eight stages the groups will be made up of the following teams:

Group E
A1 - Pakistan
B2 - New Zealand
C1 - South Africa
D2 - England

Group F
B1 - Sri Lanka
A2 - Australia
C2 - India
D1 - West Indies

Team names for the Super Eight stage are indicative, based on the top two teams from the Group stage qualifying.

If these two teams do qualify, they will be seeded in position one and two as specified, regardless of whether they finish first or second in their group. For example, if Bangladesh wins Group A and Pakistan comes second, for the purposes of the Super Eights, Pakistan will still be A1 and Bangladesh will be A2. If for example, Australia qualifies instead of Bangladesh, Australia will be A2.

Each side will play three matches, on a round-robin basis, with the top two teams progressing to the semi-finals.

Date - Venue - Teams
Fri 30 April - Guyana - Sri Lanka v New Zealand (18h30)
Fri 30 April - Guyana - West Indies v Ireland (22h30)
Sat 1 May - St. Lucia - India v Afghanistan (15h15)
Sat 1 May - St. Lucia - Pakistan v Bangladesh (19h00)
Sun 2 May - St. Lucia - South Africa v India (15h00)
Sun 2 May - St. Lucia - Pakistan v Australia (19h00)
Mon 3 May - Guyana - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe (15h15)
Mon 3 May - Guyana - West Indies v England (19h00)
Tue 4 May - Guyana - New Zealand v Zimbabwe (15h15)
Tue 4 May - Guyana - England v Ireland (19h15) [NO RESULT]
Wed 5 May - Barbados - Bangladesh v Australia (18h45)
Wed 5 May - Barbados - South Africa v Afghanistan (22h30)

Thu 6 May - Barbados - Pakistan v England (15h30)
Thu 6 May - Barbados - South Africa v New Zealand (19h30)
Fri 7 May - Barbados - Australia v India (15h30)
Fri 7 May - Barbados - Sri Lanka v West Indies (19h30)
Sat 8 May - Barbados - Pakistan v New Zealand (15h30)
Sat 8 May - Barbados - England v South Africa (19h30)
Sun 9 May - Barbados - India v West Indies (15h30)
Sun 9 May - Barbados - Sri Lanka v Australia (19h30)
Mon 10 May - St. Lucia - Pakistan v South Africa (15h30)
Mon 10 May - St. Lucia - New Zealand v England (19h30)
Tue 11 May - St. Lucia - Sri Lanka v India (19h00)
Tue 11 May - St. Lucia - West Indies v Australia (23h00)

Thu 13 May - St. Lucia - Semi-final 1: England vs Sri Lanka
Fri 14 May - St. Lucia - Semi-final 2: Australia vs Pakistan

Sun 16 May - Barbados - Men's Final: England vs Australia (17h30)

[Sting]

Warm-up matches

27 April 2010
Windward XI v Pakistan, Beausejour Cricket Ground, St Lucia
Windward XI v Pakistan, Beausejour Cricket Ground, St Lucia
Australia v Zimbabwe, Beausejour Cricket Ground, St Lucia
Ireland v New Zealand, Guyana National Stadium, Guyana
West Indies v Afghanistan, Guyana National Stadium, Guyana

28 April 2010
Sri Lanka v South Africa, Kensington Oval, Barbados
Bangladesh v England, Kensington Oval, Barbados
Ireland v Afghanistan, Guyana National Stadium, Guyana
West Indies v New Zealand, Guyana National Stadium, Guyana

29 April 2010
Windward XI v Australia, Beausejour Cricket Ground, St Lucia
England v South Africa, Kensington Oval, Barbados
Pakistan v Zimbabwe, Beausejour Cricket Ground, St Lucia

[killadoob]

Afghanistan

WTF?

[Sting]

Afghanistan

WTF?

Yep!

http://icc-cricket.yahoo.net/the-icc...MEMBERS_AFGHAN

[midrange]

Afghanistan have a strong local cricket following, not surprising given their location. I'm more amazed that the second team in Group D still have the gall to call themselves "England".

[killadoob]

Afghanistan have a strong local cricket following, not surprising given their location. I'm more amazed that the second team in Group D still have the gall to call themselves "England".

Why how many SA's play for them?

[Chris]

I'm not getting my hopes up because the Proteas are professional chokers.

[midrange]

Why how many SA's play for them?

Not a cricket follower?

[stefan9]

They have more now with lumb and kieswetter also being SA born. Strauss doesn't play t20 so at least that's one less. They are getting close to fielding an 11 of SA born players.

[midrange]

Well, they're dropping Saffas for Saffas at the moment. I find it slightly odd that the wanton poaching sits well with the English cricket public/players. The latter particularly must be slightly peeved.

[krycor]

Anyone set up the fantasy league yet?

[Morgoth]

I would pay tickets to see an Afghanistan crowd against England

[Khanya]

Every group is so predictable, who's advancing.

[killadoob]

Not a cricket follower?

Yes i am but the way people talk is like england only have SA's playing for them. So are you going to answer my question or just follow up with another question?

They may be SA born people but they are not SA anymore so i am not sure what the issue is. It just means England will choke because anyone born in SA who goes into cricket has a choking mentality .

[cr@zydude]

Every group is so predictable, who's advancing.

What? The World T20 has shown that it is VERY unpredicatble! Notice how Aus is an unranked team and Bangledesh are rank. Hell, even Ireland would be ranked if they were a test playing team. Every group except group C (I'm going to say Afganistan don't stand a chance) could throw up a surprise.