ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2010 Schedule: ICC Cricket Schedule

Upcoming Twenty20 World Cup championship tournament is scheduled to start from 30th April of 2010. It consists of total 27 Twenty20 cricket matches including two semi finals and the final. This is the third time Twenty20 World Cup tournament to be played among 12 cricket playing nations divided into four groups.

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

Following is the Twenty20 World Cup 2010 schedule and time table.

Twenty20 World Cup Schedule 2010

Date	Time	#	Teams And Location	Results
Group Stage Matches Schedule: Twenty20 WC 2010
Fri Apr 30	17:00(G) 13:00(L)	1	Group B - New Zealand v Sri Lanka Providence Stadium, Guyana	NZ 2 wickets
	21:00(G) 17:00(L)	2	Group D - West Indies v Ireland Providence Stadium, Guyana	WI by 70 runs
Sat May 1	13:30(G) 09:30(L)	3	Group C - Afghanistan v India Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia	India 7 wickets
	17:30(G) 13:30(L)	4	Group A - Bangladesh v Pakistan Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia	Pakistan 21 runs
Sun May 2	13:30(G) 09:30(L)	5	Group C - India v South Africa Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia	India 14 runs
	17:30(G) 13:30(L)	6	Group A - Australia v Pakistan Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia	Australia 34 runs
Mon May 3	13:30(G) 09:30(L)	7	Group B - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Providence Stadium, Guyana	SL 14 runs (D/L)
	17:30(G) 13:30(L)	8	Group D - West Indies v England Providence Stadium, Guyana	WI by 8 wickets (D/L)
Tue May 4	13:30(G) 09:30(L)	9	Group B - New Zealand v Zimbabwe Providence Stadium, Guyana	NZ by 7 runs (D/L)
	17:30(G) 13:30(L)	10	Group D - England v Ireland Providence Stadium, Guyana	Rain Washed out
Wed May 5	13:30(G) 09:30(L)	11	Group A - Australia v Bangladesh Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados	Aus 27 runs
	17:30(G) 13:30(L)	12	Group C - Afghanistan v South Africa Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados	SA by 59 runs
Super Eight Stage Matches Schedule: Twenty20 WC 2010
Thu May 6	13:30(G) 09:30(L)	13	England v Pakistan Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados	England 6 wickets
	17:30(G) 13:30(L)	14	New Zealand v South Africa Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados	South Africa 13 runs
Fri May 7	13:30(G) 09:30(L)	15	Australia v India Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados	Australia 49 runs
	17:30(G) 13:30(L)	16	West Indies v Sri Lanka Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados	Sri Lanka 57 runs
Sat May 8	13:30(G) 09:30(L)	17	New Zealand v Pakistan Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados	New Zealand 1 run
	17:30(G) 13:30(L)	18	England v South Africa Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados	England 39 runs
Sun May 9	13:30(G) 09:30(L)	19	West Indies v India Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados	West Indies 14 runs
	17:30(G) 13:30(L)	20	Australia v Sri Lanka Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados	Australia 81 runs
Mon May 10	13:30(G) 09:30(L)	21	Pakistan v South Africa Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia	Pakistan 11 runs
	17:30(G) 13:30(L)	22	England v New Zealand Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia	England 3 wickets
Tue May 11	17:00(G) 13:00(L)	23	India v Sri Lanka Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia	Sri Lanka 5 wickets
	21:00(G) 17:00(L)	24	West Indies v Australia Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia	Australia 6 wickets
Semi Finals And Final Matches Schedule: Twenty20 WC 2010
Thu May 13	15:30(G) 11:30(L)	25	First Semi Final England v Sri Lanka Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia	England 7 wickets
Fri May 14	15:30(G) 11:30(L)	26	Second Semi Final Australia v Pakistan Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia	Australia 3 wickets
Sun May 16	15:30(G) 11:30(L)	27	THE FINAL England v Australia Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados	ENGLAND WON T20 WC 2010

Sri Lanka, New Zealand, India Tri-Series ODI Cricket Schedule

The tri-angular ODI series between Sri Lanka, New Zealand, India will be played in Sri Lanka just before the ICC Champions Trophy 2009. Following is the detailed Tri-Series ODI Cricket Schedule.

Sri Lanka, New Zealand, India Tri-Series ODI Cricket Schedule

Date	Match#	Time	Teams	Location	Result
Sep 08	1	09:00 GMT	Sri Lanka v New Zealand SL 216/7(50) And NZ 119/10(36.1)	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Sri Lanka won by 97 runs
Sep 11	2	09:00 GMT	India v New Zealand NZ 155/10(46.3) And India 156/4(40.3)	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	India won by 6 wickets
Sep 12	3	09:00 GMT	Sri Lanka v India SL 307/6(50) And India 168/10(37.2)	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Sri Lanka won by 139 runs
Sep 14	4	09:00 GMT	The FINAL- Sri Lanka v India India 319/5(50) And SL 273/10(46.4)	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	India won by 46 runs

Champions Trophy Schedule- ICC Champions Trophy 2009 Schedule

Preview

ICC Champions Trophy 2009 to be held in September - October 2009 at South Africa. This One Day International (ODI) Championship tournament will be contested between eight cricket playing nations. The Cricket teams playing in this tournament are Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies. Last time it was held in 2006 where Australia won this trophy for the first time beating West Indies. The forthcoming tournament will start from 22nd September with match between South Africa and Sri Lanka at SuperSport Park, Centurion. Following is the detailed ICC Champions Trophy Schedule 2009.

ICC Champions Trophy Schedule and Fixtures- 2009

Date	#	Time	Teams	Location	Result
Tue 22		14:30 local, 12:30 GMT	Group B - South Africa v Sri Lanka SL 319/8(50) RSA 206/7(37.4)- MOM: T Dilshan	SuperSport Park, Centurion	SL 55 runs (D/L)
Wed 23		14:30 local, 12:30 GMT	Group A - Pakistan v West Indies WI 133/10(34.3) PAK 134/5(30.3)- MOM: U Akmal	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	PAK By 5 wickets
Thu 24		09:30 local, 07:30 GMT	Group B - South Africa v New Zealand NZ 214/10(47.5) RSA 217/5(41.1)- MOM: W Parnell	SuperSport Park, Centurion	RSA by 5 wickets
Fri 25		14:30 local, 12:30 GMT	Group B - England v Sri Lanka SL 212(47.3) Eng 213/4(45)- MOM: Collingwood	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	Eng by 6 wickets
Sat 26		09:30 local, 07:30 GMT	Group A - Australia v West Indies Aus 275/8(50) WI 225(46.5)- MOM: M Johnson	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	Aus by 50 runs
Sat 26		14:30 local, 12:30 GMT	Group A - India v Pakistan Pak 302/9(50) IND 248(44.5)- MOM: S Malik	SuperSport Park, Centurion	Pak by 54 runs
Sun 27		09:30 local, 07:30 GMT	Group B - New Zealand v Sri Lanka NZ 315/7(50) SL 277(46.4)- MOM: Vettori	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	NZ by 38 runs
Sun 27		14:30 local, 12:30 GMT	Group B - South Africa v England Eng 323/8(50) RSA 301/9(50) MOM: O Shah	SuperSport Park, Centurion	Eng by 22 runs
Mon 28		14:30 local, 12:30 GMT	Group A - Australia v India Aus 234/4(42.3) Ind 0/0(0)	SuperSport Park, Centurion	Rain.. Rain..
Tue 29		14:30 local, 12:30 GMT	Group B - England v New Zealand Eng 146/10(43.1) NZ 147/6(27.1)- MOM: Elliott	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	NZ By 4 Wickets
Wed 30		09:30 local, 07:30 GMT	Group A - Australia v Pakistan Pak 205/6(50) Aus 206/8(50)- MOM: M Hussey	SuperSport Park, Centurion	Australia by 2 wickets
Wed 30		14:30 local, 12:30 GMT	Group A - India v West Indies WI 129/10(36) Ind 130/3(32.1)- MOM: Kohli	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	India by 7 wickets
Champions Trophy 2009- Semi Finals and The Final Schedule
Fri 2		14:30 local, 12:30 GMT	Semi Final 1- Australia V England	SuperSport Park, Centurion
Sat 3		14:30 local, 12:30 GMT	Semi Final 2- New Zealand V Pakistan	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Mon 5		14:30 local, 12:30 GMT	THE FINAL	SuperSport Park, Centurion

The Final Cricket World Cup 2007

Australia win the world cup championship tournament 2007

Cricket world cup 2007 final played between Australia and Sri Lanka at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados on 28 April 2007. This was a 38 over match due to delay caused by rain. Winning the toss and batting first Australia set a big target of 282 in 38 overs for Sri Lanka. In reply Sri Lanka approached nicely in the begaining but after fall of Jayasuriya they just cannot break the increasing run rate. In the end they fall short of 53 runs.

Australia Innings

As usual Hayden and Gilchrist started Australian innings. Hayden was looking quite today as Gilchrist on the other hand playing own style crushing the Sri Lankan attack. They reached to the toatal of 50 in 11th over without loosing any wicket. Fernando drop Gilchrist on his own bowling when he was on 31 though it was very difficult but these are the only chances you get while playing against team like Australia. Runs are coming easily for Australia when Murli brought into the attack in 12th over. Meanwhile Gilchrist completed his 50 in just 43 balls and continue to dominate bowling on the other hand Hayden was providing nice support to him. Their run rate moved above 6 when Gilchrist hit 2 towering sixers to Dilshan in 15th over. Murli on the other hand not allowing much room to them initially. Fernando brought back to the attack and immediately welcome by Gilchrist sixer and that brought their opening partnership to cross 100 in 17th over.

Nothing was working for Sri Lanka, at Half way Australia were on 135 will all 10 wickets intact. By the time Gilchrist completed his 15th ODI hundred in just 72 balls with 8 4s and 6 6s. Once again he was dropped by Sangakkara this time too was difficult one. Partnerships crossed 150 in just 128 balls and after this some relief for Sri Lanka as Hayden caught by Jayawardene when he was trying to loft Malinga when they were on 172. Immediately after this once again Gilchrist dropped by C Silva on 132 by the time Australia cross 200 in 27.3 overs. Finally a great great innings comes to an end when Gilchrist was just 1 short of his 150, got caught when he was trying to pull the ball and it takes an edge of the bat. After fall of Gilchrist run rate dropped a bit as Ponting was not looking on his own touch and finding difficult himselft playing shots. They past above 250 when Ponting hits his first six to Malinga in 34.4 overs. But they failed to take an advantage the openers given to them and only scores 59 in last 8 overs after Gilchrist out. In the end they manage to set the big target for Sri Lanka with the help of one of the best world cup innings from Gilchrist.

Australia Score 281/4(38)

Gilchrist 149, Hayden 38, Ponting 37, Symonds 18*, Watson 3, Clarke 8*,
Sri Lanka Bowling:
Vaas 8/54/0 Malinga 8/49/2 Fernando 8/74/1 Murali 7/44/0 Dilshan 2/23/0 Jayasuriya 5/33/0

Sri Lanka Innings

Sri Lanka lost Tharanga early caught by Gilchrist on swinging delivery from Bracken. After this Sangakkara and Jayasuriya started playing quite sensibly. Jayasuriya was looking good on his own touch moved their score 50 in 11th overs. There seems no movemnt in the bowl and they coming nicely to bat on and their 50 partnership up in 61 balls. They moved pass compare to Australia score in 14th over when Sangakkara hit consecutive 6,4,4 to McGrath. The needed partnership was building as Sangakkara and Jayasuriya contine hammering Australia Bowling attack and took just 27 balls to complete second fifty of their innings, 100 in 15.3 overs. Spins came to the attack now by the time Jayasuriya completes his fifty and their partneship of 100. They need 171 more runs to win in 20 overs with 9 wickets left. Sangakkara completed his 40th fifty in 50 balls, but immediately caught when he was trying to pull Hogg at mid wicket when he was 54.

Clark brought to attack and he done a trick bowled Jayasuriya when he was trying to down the trak, the ball kept low and hit on off stump. Big wicket for Australia and the match was turning bit towards their way. It has started raining when 13.1 overs left and by the time their innings reduced to 36 overs and they need 120 more to win in 11.1 overs. Jayawardene fall lbw to Watson very next over after rain stopped. Everything now was in hands of C Silva and Dilshan and they continue to fighting but the required rate was moving up and up reached to 12 an over and they needed 84 in 42 balls. Wickets was not a problem but it was very difficult to break Australian tight bowling attack. Wickets were falling now as they were trying to do something extraordinary. In the end they fall short of 53 runs.

Sri Lanka Score 215/8(36)

Tharanga 6, Jayasuriya 63, Sangakkara 54, Jayawardene 19, C Silva 21, Dilshan 14, Arnold 1, Vaas 11*, Malinga 10, Fernando 1*
Australia Bowling:
Bracken 6/34/1, Tait 6/42/0, McGrath 7/31/1, Watson 7/49/1, Hogg 3/19/1, Clarke 5/33/2, Symonds 2/6/1

Cricket world cup final Preview

After very long run now its the time for big one, the Final of this cricket world cup 2007 tournament. Sri Lanka beat New Zealand in first semi final by 81 runs and Australia won by 7 wickets in second one. So we have Sri Lanka and Australia battle for the cricket world cup final 2007. This will be played at Bridgetown on 28th April, 2007.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka have played outstanding cricket throughout the tournament and deserve to be the finalist. Every Sri Lankans are committed and they know very well their role to play. They were thoroughly professional from the be gaining of the tournament and very well lead by Jayaverdne. They have won 8 out of 10 matches played so far in this tournaments and emerging as the more and more batter team. Undoubtedly they are very good fielding side. On the bowling side they have Malinga and Vaas who are capable of taking early wickets. And they have all time great Murli in the middle with Jaysuriya, Dilshan and Arnold as an other options. The major problem they had about the top batting order. Jaysuriya is not at its peak and Sangakkara is not in good form. Moreover they are laking power hitter, like Watson and Symonds Australia have, who can fire in the slog overs.

Australia

Australia simply are the best so far in this world cup 2007 series. They have won all the 10 matches they played in the tournament. Lately they crushed South Africa playing like real champions. They are the best fielding side who generally do not miss direct throw on the stumps. They have various alternate in the bowling department with swings from Bracken and great McGrath and speed from Tait. The left arm spinner Hogg too bowled well in this tournaments and have options like Watson, Symonds, Clarke for bowling. In the batting, they are the best team. They have the best opening pair with Hayden Gilchrist providing solid start to their innings and powerful middle order Clark, Ponting and Hussey are in very good form. They have Watson and Symonds are the power hitter who can explore their innings in the slog overs. Their lowest score of 322/6 batting first in this tournament and Michael Hussey needed rarely, tells about the power of their batting. This makes them the most favorite team to win this 2007 world cup final.

Previous encounter in the final

Before this, Sri Lanka and Australia played in the final of world cup 1996 at Lahore, Pakistan. It was the first time Sri Lanka playing in the final beat Australia by 7 wickets. Batting first Australia made 241/7, Mark Taylor scored 74. With the help of remarkable hundred from Arvinda de Silva (107*) and Gurusinha (65) made Sri Lanka the winner of 1996 world cup.

Australia v Sri Lanka history

In the history of cricket world cup they meet 7 times before with Australia wins 5 times and Sri Lanka 2 times. This includes the match at Colombo in 1996 in which Australia conceded match due to safety reason and Sri Lanka declared winners. Overall they played 64 ODIs, Australia wins 42 times and Sri Lanka wins 20 times with 2 No Results.

Australia history in the finals

This is the 6th time Australia playing in the cricket world cup final. In their previous 5 appearances they won the most 3 times, this could be their hat trick world cup win. First time they played in the final in 1975 the first ever world cup held, beaten by West Indies. They won against England in 1987 and lost to Sri Lanka in 1996. And they won in 1999 and 2003 by beating Pakistan and India respectively.

Overall we have two outstanding teams playing in the final of this world cup tournament. We hope for more entertaining cricket here in the final.