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t20 World Cup 2012 :-

Host: SRI LANKA

t20 World Cup 2012

Cricket now is mostly about the fascinating short version of the game called T20 cricket. With the T20 World Cup knocking at the door which is to start from the September 18, 2012 in Sri Lanka, the expectations from participating nations from all across the World are humongous. The T20 World Cup schedule has been declared by the ICC which will host 27 matches in the period of September-October this year. There has been much discussion about the Twenty20 World Cup schedule where team managements are in continuous discussion with the ICC to ensure a fair T20 schedule in order to avoid fatigue. The Future Cricket Tour Programs (FTP) is the operational body and developer of the World Twenty20 fixtures for the World Cup this year.

The first match is going to be played between Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka on September 18 as the inaugural match of the Cup. Critics have already started the blame game complaining too much of cricket especially Twenty20 cricket is the root for fatigue among players and the T20 World Cup time table should be reviewed in order to save cricket. The 20 odd day long tournament will be concluded with the final match played at the Premadasa Stadium on October 7. The T20 World Cup fixtures include participating nations like Sri Lanka (the host), Zimbabwe, Australia, Ireland, Afghanistan, India, South Africa, New Zealand, Bangladesh, West Indies, Pakistan and England. Despite the T20 fever of IPL donning the cricket World at present, the T20 World Cup is expected to throw a lot of surprises off the shore.

t20 World Cup 2012  Sehwag unveils T20 trophy

The t20 World Cup 2012 will be the fourth ICC World twenty20 competition, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament that will be held in Sri Lanka between September 18 and October 7, 2012. The schedule has been posted by ICC. This will be the first World Twenty20 tournament held in an Asian country, the last three being held in South Africa, England and the West Indies respectively. Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga has been chosen as the event ambassador of the tournament by ICC. The format will see four groups of three in a preliminary round. India and England are in the same group and will be joined by the runner up of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier; Afghanistan. The Champions of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier; Ireland are in a group with West Indies and Australia. Sri Lanka, South Africa and Zimbabwe, and Pakistan, New Zealand and Bangladesh are the other two groups.

Match fixtures were announced on 21 September 2011 by ICC. On the same date, the ICC also unveiled the logo of the tournament, named "Modern Spin"

t20 World Cup 2012 Teams

Teams are Qualified accordingly:-

Earlier, the ICC development committee had expanded the global qualification system for the World Twenty20, to give the Associate and Affiliate members of the governing body a chance to feature in the tournament. The qualification tournament, which was contested by eight teams in February 2010, was featured 16 sides when it was held in early 2012 ahead of the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka, later that year.

Ireland defeated Afghanistan in the final to win the championship, and both teams progressed to play in the 2012 ICC World Twenty20.

Rules & Regulations:-

During the group stage and Super Eight, points are awarded to the teams as follows:

RESULTS	POINTS
Win	2 points
No result	1 point
Loss	0 points

In case of a tie ( both teams score exactly the same number of runs at the end of their respective innings), a Super Over decides the winner. This is applicable in all stages of the tournament.

Within each group (both group stage & Super Eight stage), teams are ranked against each other based on the following criteria:

1.    Higher number of points

2.    If equal, higher number of wins

3.    If still equal, higher net run rate

4.    If still equal, lower bowling strike rate

5.    If still equal, result of head to head meeting.

Groups:-

GROUP A	GROUP B	GROUP C	GROUP D
England	Australia	Sri Lanka	Pakistan
India	West Indies	South Africa	New Zealand
Afghanistan	Ireland	Zimbabwe	Bangladesh

Venues/Stadium:-

Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Capacity: 60,000

R.Premadasa Stadium

Capacity: 35,000

Mahinda Rajapaksa's International Stadium

Capacity: 35,000

t20 World Cup 2012 Trophy

About Super 8:-

The Super 8s stage consists of the top two teams from each group of the group stage. The teams are split into two groups, Groups E and F. Group E will consist of the top seed from Groups A and C, and the second seed of groups B and D. Group F will consist of the top seed from Groups B and D, and the second seed of groups A and C. The seedings used are those allocated at the start of the tournament and are not affected by group stage results, with the exception of if a non-seeded team knocks out a seeded team, the non-seeded team inherits the seed of the knocked-out team.

Media Coverage:-

ICC World T20 will be telecasted live on Star Cricket and Star Cricket HD

Indore, July 11 : Cricketer Virender Sehwag unveiled the trophy for the 2012 Twenty 20 cricket World Cup here on Wednesday.

t20 World Cup 2012 Trophy Sri Lanka Hosts

Schedule/Fixtures:-

Date and Time	Match	Weather
Tue Sep 18      14:00 GMT | 19:30 local 19:30 IST	1st Match, Group C - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota	N/A
Wed Sep 19      10:00 GMT | 15:30 local 15:30 IST	2nd Match, Group B - Australia v Ireland R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Wed Sep 19      14:00 GMT | 19:30 local 19:30 IST	3rd Match, Group A - Afghanistan v India R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Thu Sep 20      14:00 GMT | 19:30 local 19:30 IST	4th Match, Group C - South Africa v Zimbabwe Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota	N/A
Fri Sep 21      10:00 GMT | 15:30 local 15:30 IST	5th Match, Group D - Bangladesh v New Zealand Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	N/A
Fri Sep 21      14:00 GMT | 19:30 local 19:30 IST	6th Match, Group A - Afghanistan v England R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Sat Sep 22      10:00 GMT | 15:30 local 15:30 IST	7th Match, Group C - Sri Lanka v South Africa Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota	N/A
Sat Sep 22      14:00 GMT | 19:30 local 19:30 IST	8th Match, Group B - Australia v West Indies R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Sun Sep 23      10:00 GMT | 15:30 local 15:30 IST	9th Match, Group D - New Zealand v Pakistan Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	N/A
Sun Sep 23      14:00 GMT | 19:30 local 19:30 IST	10th Match, Group A - England v India R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Mon Sep 24      14:00 GMT | 19:30 local 19:30 IST	11th Match, Group B - Ireland v West Indies R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Tue Sep 25      14:00 GMT | 19:30 local 19:30 IST	12th Match, Group D - Bangladesh v Pakistan Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	N/A
Thu Sep 27      10:00 GMT | 15:30 local 15:30 IST	13th Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - TBC v TBC (C1 v D2) Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	N/A
Thu Sep 27      14:00 GMT | 19:30 local 19:30 IST	14th Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - TBC v TBC (A1 v B2) Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	N/A
Fri Sep 28      10:00 GMT | 15:30 local 15:30 IST	15th Match, Super Eights, Group 2 - TBC v TBC (D1 v C2) R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Fri Sep 28      14:00 GMT | 19:30 local 19:30 IST	16th Match, Super Eights, Group 2 - TBC v TBC (B1 v A2) R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Sat Sep 29      10:00 GMT | 15:30 local 15:30 IST	17th Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - TBC v TBC (A1 v D2) Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	N/A
Sat Sep 29      14:00 GMT | 19:30 local 19:30 IST	18th Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - TBC v TBC (C1 v B2) Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	N/A
Sun Sep 30      10:00 GMT | 15:30 local 15:30 IST	19th Match, Super Eights, Group 2 - TBC v TBC (B1 v C2) R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Sun Sep 30      14:00 GMT | 19:30 local 19:30 IST	20th Match, Super Eights, Group 2 - TBC v TBC (D1 v A2) R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Mon Oct 1      10:00 GMT | 15:30 local 15:30 IST	21st Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - TBC v TBC (B2 v D2) Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	N/A
Mon Oct 1      14:00 GMT | 19:30 local 19:30 IST	22nd Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - TBC v TBC (A1 v C1) Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	N/A
Tue Oct 2      10:00 GMT | 15:30 local 15:30 IST	23rd Match, Super Eights, Group 2 - TBC v TBC (B1 v D1) R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Tue Oct 2      14:00 GMT | 19:30 local 19:30 IST	24th Match, Super Eights, Group 2 - TBC v TBC (A2 v C2) R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Thu Oct 4      13:30 GMT | 19:00 local 19:00 IST	1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC (Super 8 Group-1 1 v Super 8 Group-2 2) R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Fri Oct 5      13:30 GMT | 19:00 local 19:00 IST	2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC (Super 8 Group-2 1 v Super 8 Group-1 2) R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A
Sun Oct 7      13:30 GMT | 19:00 local 19:00 IST	Final - TBC v TBC R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	N/A

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