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ICC TWENTY20 WORLD CUP, 2010

Cricket lovers are anxiously waiting to knew who will be the winners of the third edition of ‘World Twenty20 cricket’ series.  This amazing cricket tournament was started on 30th April in West Indies and it will end on 16th May 2010. Twelve teams are participated in this tournament. All Test playing nations and two teams who were qualified in the Qualifier match are playing in this tournament. India, Pakistan, Australia, England, West Indies, Sree Lanka, South Africa, Zimbabwe, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Ireland and Afghanistan are the teams and they were divided into four groups. Barbados, Guyana and Saint Lucia are the playing ground of this tournament. In the first edition of the ‘ICC World Twenty20′, India became the first World T20 Champions by defeating Pakistan by 5 runs in the final. Previous runners-up Pakistan was the winner in the second edition of ‘ICC World Twenty20′ by defeating Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in the final. Every teams are presenting their biggest team in this tournament. The first World T20 Champion, India is already out from this tournament. They were defeated by Australia and West Indies in Super eight matches. Previous champion Pakistan and England were entered in the semi final of the tournament. So get ready for watching this amazing cricket bonanza in coming days.

ICC TWENTY20 WORLD CUP, 2010 TEAM GROUPS

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

ICC TWENTY20 WORLD CUP, 2010 SQUADS

India Squad : Mahendra Singh Dhoni (c),    Yuvraj Singh, Piyush Chawla, Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Dinesh Karthik, Zaheer Khan, Praveen Kumar, Ashish Nehra, Yusuf Pathan, Suresh Raina, Murali Vijay, Rohit Sharma, Vinay Kumar

Pakistan Squad : Shahid Afridi (c), Abdul Razzaq, Fawad Alam, Hammad Azam, Kamran Akmal, Khalid Latif, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Hafeez, Saeed Ajmal, Salman Butt, Umar Akmal, Mohammad Sami, Abdur Rehman

Afghanistan Squad : Nowroz Mangal (c), Asghar Stanikzai, Dawlat Ahmadzai, Hameed Hasan, Karim Sadiq,     Mirwais Ashraf,  Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Shahzad, Nasratullah Nasrat, Noor Ali, Raees Ahmadzai, Samiullah Shinwari, Shabir Noori, Shafiqullah Shafaq, Shapoor Zadran

Australia Squad : Michael Clarke (c), Daniel Christian, Brad Haddin, Nathan Hauritz, David Hussey, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Dirk Nannes, Tim Paine, Steven Smith, Shaun Tait, David Warner, Shane Watson, Cameron White

Bangladesh Squad : Shakib Al Hasan (c), Abdur Razzak, Aftab Ahmed, Imrul Kayes, Jahurul Islam,     Mahmudullah, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim, Naeem Islam, Rubel Hossain, Shafiul Islam, Suhrawadi Shuvo, Syed Rasel, Tamim Iqbal

England Squad : Paul Collingwood (c), James Anderson, Ravinder Bopara, Tim Bresnan, Stuart Broad, Craig Kieswetter, Michael Lumb, Eoin Morgan, Kevin Pietersen, Ajmal Shahzad, Ryan Sidebottom, Graeme Swann, James Tredwell, Luke Wright, Michael Yardy

Ireland Squad : William Porterfield (c), Andre Botha, Peter Connell, Alex Cusack, George Dockrell, Trent Johnsto, Nigel Jones, Gary Kidd, John Mooney, Kevin O’Brien, Niall O’Brien, Boyd Rankin, Paul Stirling, Andrew White, Gary Wilson

New Zealand Squad : Daniel Vettori (c), Shane Bond, Ian Butler, Martin Guptill,Gareth Hopkins, Brendon McCullum, Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Rob Nicol, Jacob Oram, Aaron Redmond, Jesse Ryder, Tim Southee, Scott Styris, Ross Taylor

South Africa Squad : Graeme Smith (c), Loots Bosman, Johan Botha, Mark Boucher, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Rory Kleinveld, Charl Langeveldt, Albie Morkel, Morne Morke, Dale Steyn, Juan Theron, Roelof van der Merwe

Sri Lanka Squad : Kumar Sangakkara (c), Dinesh Chandimal, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chinthaka Jayasinghe, Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Jayawardene, Chamara Kapugedera, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews, Ajantha Mendis, Muttiah Muralitharan, Thissara Perera, Suraj Randiv, Chanaka Welegedara

West Indies Squad : Chris Gayle (c), Sulieman Benn, Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Narsingh Deonarine, Andre Fletcher,  Wavell Hinds, Nikita Miller, Kieron Pollard, Denesh Ramdin, Ravi Rampaul, Kemar Roach, Darren Sammy, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Jerome Taylor

Zimbabwe Squad : Prosper Utseya (c), Andy Blignaut, Chamu Chibhabha, Elton Chigumbura, Charles Coventry, Graeme Cremer, Craig Ervine, Greg Lamb, Timycen Maruma, Hamilton Masakadza, Christopher Mpofu, Ray Price, Vusi Sibanda, Tatenda Taibu, Brendan Taylor

ICC TWENTY20 WORLD CUP, 2010 SCHEDULE

Fri 30
17:00 GMT, 13:00 local      1st Match, Group B – Sri Lanka v New Zealand
Providence Stadium, Guyana
Fri 30
21:00 GMT, 17:00 local      2nd Match, Group D – West Indies v Ireland
Providence Stadium, Guyana
May-2010

Sat 01
13:30 GMT, 09:30 local      3rd Match, Group C – India v Afghanistan
Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Sat 01
17:30 GMT, 13:30 local      4th Match, Group A – Pakistan v Bangladesh
Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Sun 02
13:30 GMT, 09:30 local      5th Match, Group C – India v South Africa
Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Sun 02
17:30 GMT, 13:30 local      6th Match, Group A – Pakistan v Australia
Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Mon 03
13:30 GMT, 09:30 local      7th Match, Group B – Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka
Providence Stadium, Guyana
Mon 03
17:30 GMT, 13:30 local      8th Match, Group D – West Indies v England
Providence Stadium, Guyana
Tue 04
13:30 GMT, 09:30 local      9th Match, Group B – New Zealand v Zimbabwe
Providence Stadium, Guyana
Tue 04
17:30 GMT, 13:30 local      10th Match, Group D – England v Ireland
Providence Stadium, Guyana
Wed 05
13:30 GMT, 09:30 local      11th Match, Group A – Australia v Bangladesh
Kensington Oval, Barbados
Wed 05
17:30 GMT, 13:30 local      11th Match, Group C – South Africa v Afghanistan
Kensington Oval, Barbados
Thu 06
13:30 GMT, 09:30 local      13th Match – A1 v D2
Kensington Oval, Barbados
Thu 06
17:30 GMT, 13:30 local      14th Match – C1 v B2
Kensington Oval, Barbados
Fri 07
13:30 GMT, 09:30 local      15th Match – A2 v C2
Kensington Oval, Barbados
Fri 07
17:30 GMT, 13:30 local      16th Match – B1 v D1
Kensington Oval, Barbados
Sat 08
13:30 GMT, 09:30 local      17th Match – C1 v D2
Kensington Oval, Barbados
Sat 08
17:30 GMT, 13:30 local      18th Match – A1 v B2
Kensington Oval, Barbados
Sun 09
13:30 GMT, 09:30 local      19th Match – C2 v D1
Kensington Oval, Barbados
Sun 09
17:30 GMT, 13:30 local      20th Match – B1 v A2
Kensington Oval, Barbados
Mon 10
13:30 GMT, 09:30 local      21st Match – B2 v D2
Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Mon 10
17:30 GMT, 13:30 local      22nd Match – A1 v C1
Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Tue 11
17:00 GMT, 13:00 local      23rd Match – B1 v C2
Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Tue 11
21:00 GMT, 17:00 local      24th Match – D1 v A2
Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Thu 13
15:30 GMT, 11:30 local      1st Semi-Final – TBC v TBC
Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Fri 14
15:30 GMT, 11:30 local      2nd Semi-Final – TBC v TBC
Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Sun 16
15:30 GMT, 11:30 local      The Final – TBC v TBC
Kensington Oval, Barbados

ICC WOMEN T20 WORLD CUP WINNER 2009 - ENGLAND

England’s women create a history by winning the double world cup title in the cricket. Yesterday, they defeated New Zealand by six wickets in the final of the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup which played at Lords, London. They had also won the ODI World Cup in Australia in March 2009. In the final of the T20 World cup, England won the toss and elected to a field first. Then the New Zealand batted first and gained only 85 runs in 20 overs. England fast bowler Katherine Brunt took three wickets for giving just six runs in this match. Amy Satterthwaite with 19 runs was the top score in a New Zealand innings were only four batsmen made double figures. In replay to this low score, English women easily gained the target score in 17 overs with the help of Claire Taylor’s unbeaten 39 runs and wicket keeper Sarah Taylor’s 23 runs. They showed wonderful bowling and batting performance against the Kiwis in the final. It was the second time this year that England had defeated New Zealand in the climax of a major tournament after their victory in World Cup final in Sydney in March. English players Katherine Brunt was awarded the ‘Player of the match’ for her 3 wickets in 6 runs and Claire Taylor was awarded the ‘Player of the tournament’, for her total runs199 in the World T20.

ICC WOMEN T20 WORLD CUP 2009

The ICC Women T20 World Cup 2009 is the inaugural edition of this premier tournament. It has a unique feature of the ICC T20 Men’s World Cup and this world cup is simultaneously going on with the Men’s World Cup. Matches were played at three English grounds – Lord’s and The Oval in London, and Trent Bridge in Nottingham. The inaugural edition of this tournament was started on 11th June 2009. Eight teams were participated in this tournament and the semi-finals and final on the same day as the men’s main tournament. The teams have been divided into two groups. Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, South Africa were in group A and India, England, Sri Lanka, Pakistan were in group B. In this tournament, India, Australia, New Zealand and England women were reached in the semi final. In the first semi final, New Zealand and Indian women were played and New Zealand women won the match by 52 runs. In the second semi final, England and Australia women were played An England woman won the match 8 wickets. So England and New Zealand women were reached in the final of this tournament. In the final on 21st June, England defeated New Zealand by six wickets, and they grab the inaugural Twenty20 Women’s World Cup.