World witnessed an amazing display of up-coming cricketing nations through ICC World Twenty 20 Qualifier held in Dubai over a week.
Afghanistan and Ireland made their way to the big stage of World T20 2010 to keep the existing 10 World Twenty20 playing nations guessing! Lets enjoy what is to be a grandeur, starting April 30th 2010.
Venue: West Indies
Kensington Oval will host the final of WCT20 on April 30th 2010
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Pakistan | Srilanka
| South Africa
| West Indies |
| Bangladesh | New Zealand
| India
| England |
| Australia | Zimbabwe | Afghanistan | Ireland |
Afghanistan and Ireland qualify via, ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2010 held in Dubai
PakistanKamran Akmal, S Hasan, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Younis Khan, Misbah, Abdul Razzaq, Fawad Alam, Umar Gul, Saeed Ajmal, M Aamer
GROUP F
| Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Points | Net RunRate |
Sri Lanka
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | +1.26 |
Pakistan
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | +1.18 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -0.23 |
| Ireland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2.18 |
Srilanka won the toss and chose to bat
Srilanka won the match by 19 runs
Srilankan Score Card150/7 in 20 Overs(7.50 runs per over)Top ScorerDilshan 46 runs form 39 balls with 8 fours
Jayasuriya 26 runs from 24 balls with 2 fours and 1 six
Best BowlerMalinga
4 Overs 3/17Pakistan Score Card151 allout in 20 Overs (6.55 runs per over)Top Scorer
Younis Khan 50 runs from 37 balls with 4 four's
Shoaib Malik 28 runs from 20 balls with 5 four's
Best Bowler
Afridi
4 Overs 2/23
Netherland won the toss and elected to bowl
England Playing XI
Morgan
Rashid
Broad
Foster
Bopara
Sidebottom
Wright
Collingwood
Anderson
Shah
Key
Netherlands Playing XI
Borren
D van Bunge
Schiferli
Smits
Reekers
T de Grooth
D Nannes
Kervezee
R ten Doeschate
Seelaar
Zuiderent
| No. | Name | Age |
| 1 | Gavin Hamilton | 34 |
| 2 | Richie Berrington | 22 |
| 3 | John Blain | 30 |
| 4 | Kyle Coetzer | 25 |
| 5 | Majid Haq | 26 |
| 6 | Gordon Drummond | 29 |
| 7 | Neil McCallum | 31 |
| 8 | Dewald Nel | 28 |
| 9 | Navdeep Poonia | 23 |
| 10 | Glenn Rogers | 32 |
| 11 | Colin Smith | 36 |
| 12 | Jan Stander | 27 |
| 13 | Ryan Watson | 32 |
| 14 | Fraser Watts | 29 |
| 15 | Craig Wright | 35 |
Coach: Peter Steindl
| No. | Name | Age |
| 1 | Jeroen Smits | 36 |
| 2 | Peter Borren | 25 |
| 3 | Mudassar Bukhari | 25 |
| 4 | Tom De Grooth | 29 |
| 5 | Maurits Jonkman | 23 |
| 6 | Alexei Kervezee | 19 |
| 7 | Ruud Nijman | 26 |
| 8 | Darron Reekers | 35 |
| 9 | Edgar Schiferli | 32 |
| 10 | Pieter Seelaar | 21 |
| 11 | Daan Van Bunge | 26 |
| 12 | Bas Zuiderent | 32 |
| 13 | Ryan Tan Doeschate | 28 |
| 14 | Eric Szwarczynski | 26 |
Coach: Peter Drinnen
| No. | Name | Age |
| 1 | Paul Collingwood | 32 |
| 2 | Ravi Bopara | 24 |
| 3 | Kevin Pietersen | 28 |
| 4 | Owais Shah | 30 |
| 5 | Andrew Flintoff | 31 |
| 6 | Dimitri Mascarenhas | 31 |
| 7 | Eoin Morgan | 22 |
| 8 | James Foster | 29 |
| 9 | Robert Key | 30 |
| 10 | Graham Napier | 29 |
| 11 | Luke Wright | 24 |
| 12 | James Anderson | 26 |
| 13 | Stuart Broad | 22 |
| 14 | Ryan Sidebottom | 31 |
| 15 | Graeme Swann | 30 |
Coach: Andy Flower
World witnessed a fascinating beginning with the new form of the game ‘CRICKET’ in the year 2007 with Twenty20 Cup comatose the attention of players, sponsor’s and passionate.
Let’s have a quick glance of the Inaugural Tournament held at South Africa by International Cricket Council
T20 Cricket
20 Overs a side, 40 Over cricket match to be completed in 3 and 1/2 hours
History
Inaugural Cup was played at South Africa in September 2007
Trophy and its Architecture Amit Pabuwal and Kiran Pabuwal
T20 trophy is made up of Silver and Rodium showing 3 aspects of the game
'Cricket' Batting, Bowling and Fielding weighing 12.5kgs
June 5th 2009
Group B
England v/s Netherland
Lord's England
22:00 IST (17:30 - 20:30BST)
June 6th 2009Group A
India v/s Bangladesh
Trent Bridge, England
22:30 IST (18:00 - 21:00BST)
Group C
Australia v/s WestIndies
Oval, England
18:30 IST (14:00 - 17:00BST)
Group D
New Zealand v/s Scotland
Oval, England
14:30 IST (10:00 - 13:00BST)
June 7th 2009Group B
England v/s Pakistan
Oval, England
22:00 IST (17:30 - 20:30 BST)
Group D
South Africa v/s Scotland
Oval, England
18:00 IST (13:30 - 16:30 BST)June 8th 2009Group A
Ireland v/s Bangladesh
Trent Bridge, England
18:00 IST (13:30 - 16:30 BST)
Group C
Australia v/s Srilanka
Trent Bridge, England
22:00 IST (17:30 - 20:30 BST)
June 9th 2009Group B
Pakistan v/s Netherland
Lord's, England
18:00 IST (13:30 - 16:30 BST)
Group D
New Zealand v/s South Africa
Lord's, England
22:00 IST (17:30 - 20:30 BST)June 10th 2009Group A
India v/s Ireland
Trent Bridge, England
22:00 IST (17:30 - 20:30 BST)
Group C
Sri Lanka v/s West Indies
Trent Bridge, England
18:00 IST (13:30 - 16:30 BST)
- Tie between India-Pakistan in Durban in the group stages (First bowl out at an ICC World Twenty20 event)
- Bangladesh's triumph over the West Indies
- Zimbabwe's astonishing defeat of Australia at Cape Town
ICC World Twenty20 2009 will be the jiffy world event for Twenty20 Cricket. The grandeur will feature 12 teams to be staged at Lord's, The Oval, Trent Bridge and Taunton in June 2009.
Inaugural ICC World Twenty20 competition which was held in South Africa during September 2007 wouldn’t wipe memories of any cricket fervent.
Breathtaking experience of the event held for about two weeks culminated India's vivid five run defeat against Pakistan at Johannesburg.
Tickets
For all the matches between India, Australia, South Africa, England are hard to find as ECB started selling them a year ago.
