ICC Launches Urgent Probe In Match Fixing Allegation

London: The International Cricket Council has launched an "urgent investigation" following allegations by an Indian television station that several umpires were willing to fix matches for money. India TV on Monday broadcast footage of a sting operation - undertaken by undercover reporters in July, August and September - that purportedly exposes six international-level umpires from Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The ICC said none of the six officiated in any official matches at the World Twenty20, which finished on Sunday and was won by West Indies.

"The ICC and its relevant members have been made aware of the allegations made by India TV this evening and calls on the station to turn over any information which can assist ICC's urgent investigations into this matter," the ICC said in a statement. "The ICC re-iterates its zero-tolerance toward corruption whether alleged against players or officials."

India TV identified the umpires in the sting and said three of them agreed to give favourable decisions, including in the warm-up matches for the World Twenty20. Another was filmed in the sting — called "Operation World Cup" — promising to "revolt" against Sri Lankan cricket, and the fifth official was willing to ensure decisions would be given in favour of India. It is not clear what tournament or matches the two umpires were referring to.

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The sixth umpire reportedly shared the pitch and toss reports as well as playing line-ups for the warm-up match between England and Australia on September 17 in exchange for 50,000 rupees, according to India TV. A seventh umpire, from Bangladesh, was approached but refused to cooperate. One of the umpires identified played one Test match for Pakistan and has officiated in five Test matches.

Video clips of the interviews conducted by undercover reporters with umpires, mostly conducted over Skype voice and webcam calls, were still featured on India TV's website on Tuesday. Press Trust of India reported that the umpires involved had denied the allegations, while the Bangladesh Cricket Board issued a statement saying the allegations would be part of a detailed inquiry.

Prominent cricket website, ESPNCricinfo, reported that it was contacted in August by two of the umpires implicated in the India TV sting. Cricinfo reported the officials said they had the impression of being offered generous umpiring deals for an "upcoming" private tournament. The umpires said they were in discussions with a sports management company, and one of them said he suspected the bonafides of the company.

The latest allegations come almost a year after Pakistan players Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were jailed for their roles in a betting scam during a Test series against England in 2010. Those allegations surfaced in a sting by a London tabloid newspaper.

The trio were later convicted of conspiring with an agent, Mazhar Majeed, to ensure the delivery of deliberate no-balls. Butt received 2-1/2 years, Asif was sentenced to one year and the then 19-year-old Amir six months. That was the biggest fixing scandal in the sport since South Africa captain Hansie Cronje was banned for life in 2000 for taking bribes from bookmakers.

Another Pakistani player, Danish Kaneria, was banned for life by the England and Wales Cricket Board in June for corruption in a fixing case in English county cricket that also involved local player Mervyn Westfield.

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T20 World Cup: WestIndies Beat Sri Lanka To Lift The World Cup

(Century Fox Post) Colombo: An inspired West Indies tonight clinched the ICC World Twenty20 crown with a comfortable 36-run victory over Sri Lanka, riding on Marlon Samuels` brilliant counter-attacking knock to win a major global title after over three decades.

Batting first in front a 35,000 partisan crowd, Samuels held his nerve as he smashed a heroic 78 off 56 balls to steer West Indies to 137 for six and then the Caribbeans shot out out the hosts for 101 in 18.4 overs.

It is the West Indies` first world title after a gap of 33 years having won the ODI World Cup back in 1979. They did triumph in the Champions Trophy in 2004, but that is not considered a World Cup.

For Sri Lanka and Mahela Jayawardene, it was another case of `so-near-yet-so-far` having now lost four World Cup finals (two 50 overs and two T20s) across two categories.

After Lasith Malinga was caught in the deep, Darren Sammy and his bunch of dedicated soldiers broke into an impromptu Gangnam dance as there was a deathly silence at the R Premadasa Stadium.

Samuels played one of the most memorable innings under pressure as he thumped five of his half a dozen of sixes off T20 specialist Lasith Malinga`s bowling, making batting look easy on a pitch where almost every other batsmen struggled.

A wicket was like icing on the cake as he deservedly won the Man-of-the-Match award. The win was more creditable as Chris Gayle, who has been in marauding form prior to the title clash, failed.

Samuels alone spoiled Malinga`s figures as he went for 54 off four overs after Ajantha Mendis took 4/12.

While only 32 runs came off the first 10 overs, the Caribbeans, courtesy Samuels and skipper Darren Sammy (26 no, 15 balls, 3x4) managed 106 in the back 10.

The total might not have been a challenging one but the manner in which Samuels batted, having scored more than half the runs, the innings will be remembered for a long time to come especially as other West Indian batsmen looked like lambs ready to be slaughtered.

Defending a small but competitive total, Ravi Rampaul bowled a beauty to dismiss Tillekaratne Dilshan. The ball pitched in line and then moved a shade to knock back the off-stump.

Samuels could have removed Jayawardene who swept uppishly but Bravo, covering a lot of ground from the deep, couldn't latch onto the difficult chance.

Jayawardene and Sangakkara steadied the ship, adding 42 runs for the second wicket, although they were not able to give the bowlers a charge.

Finally, Sangakkara ran out of patience as he rocked on to the backfoot to pull leg-break bowler Samuel Badree as Kieron Pollard, stationed at deep mid-wicket, held on to an easy catch. He managed 22.

Angelo Mathews tried a needless lap-shot of a straight delivery from Sammy, which hit the middle stump, as Sri Lanka were reduced to 51 for three.

The situation demanded a special innings from the Sri Lankan captain but he tried an ambitious reverse sweep off Sunil Narine, which gently lobbed to Sammy who took an easy catch at backward point, as the match decisively tilted in favour of the West Indies. Jayawardene managed 33.

Jeevan Mendis, Thisara Perera were run-out due to enormous pressure and after Lahiru Thirimanne holed out in the deep, the writing was clear on the wall.

Earlier, the pressure of playing a World Cup final was telling on Johnson Charles as he offered a simple catch to Nuwan Kulasekara at mid-off in Mathews' opening over which was a wicket maiden.

The first run for West Indies came when Kulasekara bowled a wide after three dot balls in the second over. The first run off the bat came off the 17th legal delivery and the first boundary in the next over when Samuels punched one through covers.

Gayle, who has been predicting results like 'Paul the Octopus' in the last few days was strangled by the Lankan bowlers and finally Mendis got him with a straighter one that looked like hitting the leg-stump.

The Powerplay yielded only 14 runs for West Indies and Sri Lanka had already got the opposition match-winner out of the equation.

There were not many demons in the pitch and the ball was coming onto the bat but Sri Lankan bowlers maintained discipline during the initial phase as West Indies managed only 32 for two in the first 10 overs.



The 13th over saw Samuels finally breaking the shackles as he hit Malinga for three sixes with 21 runs coming off that over. The first six was hit over mid-wicket when Malinga, watching Samuels move towards leg-stump, fired one into the block hole and the batsman flicked it into the stands.

The second one was also bowled in the block hole and this time it was spanked over extra cover. The third one was a length delivery that was hit over long-on.

The 50-partnership came off 43 balls while Samuels completed a well-deserved half century with a six off leggie Jeevan Mendis.

Bravo (19) was wrongly adjudged leg-before off Mendis by umpire Simon Taufel, standing in his last international game.

Kieron Pollard chased a wide delivery to be caught at short third man while Andre Russell tried a sweep shot and was adjudged leg before.

There was no stopping Samuels who hit another couple of sixes ? a hook and one over long-on as the 100 came up in the 17th over. Samuels' bravado came to an end when he holed out in the deep mid-wicket region.

However, that Sammy lifted the trophy in the end, was due to the coolheaded Jamaican.


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T20 World Cup: What Went Wrong?

London: All eight teams that made it past the first group stage of the ICC World Twenty20 would have had big hopes of going all the way – after all, a bit of confidence and a sprinkle momentum is a big equaliser in cricket’s shortest format. Unfortunately for India, England, South Africa and New Zealand the journey ends at the second hurdle. So what went wrong for these teams and what should they work on? Let’s look at the evidence.

INDIA

Tournament in a nutshell

Alarm bells should have been ringing very early on when MS Dhoni’s side were held in check for three-quarters of the game against the weakest opponent in the tournament, Afghanistan. That performance was forgotten when Harbhajan Singh destroyed England in Colombo, but when Australia easily beat the India in the first Super Eights match the subsequent wins over Pakistan and South Africa proved to be in vain.

What went wrong?

The formula for winning the 2011 World Cup, which of course worked beautifully, was to pack the side with seven high-quality batsmen and make up the fifth bowler as best they could. This time, they had more bowling options but there remained a vulnerability in that department which could be exploited if the batsmen failed to fire. This is exactly what happened against Australia, where India turned to eight different bowlers in a desperate attempt to defend 140, and failed to exert any pressure at all. Their run rate was badly affected – and that proved crucial.

Alarm bells should have been ringing very early on when MS Dhoni’s side were held in check for three-quarters of the game by Afghanistan. Reuters

Areas to improve on

Too many batsmen, even the excellent Virat Kohli, ticked along at a modest run rate and needed to go quicker. But the fact that Yuvraj Singh emerged as India’s best bowler was the real worry. Management needs to invest resources in coaching young bowlers centrally, rather than relying on the IPLfranchises to do that job.

ENGLAND

Tournament in a nutshell

Luke Wright, Steven Finn and Graeme Swann all had excellent tournaments and Stuart Broad did OK. The less said about the others the better. England were rightly castigated for their feeble effort against India, and though they briefly bounced back when Wright took New Zealand’s attack to pieces, they were put back in their place by the wiles of Sri Lanka in no uncertain fashion.

What went wrong?

Team selection was done on a mix-and-match basis, and with so little consistency it appeared to be dreamt up by a bored sous chef at a pizza restaurant. England dropped their wicket-keeper for their final match, and brought back three previously discarded players – but they were continually papering over the cracks, knowing deep down that there was no way they could replace the runs they were missing from Kevin Pietersen. Their batting against high-quality bowling on dry tracks was as suspect as it’s ever been – a pretty lousy defence of their crown.

Areas to improve on

Next time they play a tournament in the sub-continent, England must have better bowling options – an absolute minimum of two specialist spinners for instance. Have a strategy and stick to it – Eoin Morgan should bat in one position, not float anywhere between three and six.

SOUTH AFRICA

Tournament in a nutshell

The win over Sri Lanka in a seven-overs-a-side match should have been ignored as fortuitous; instead it created a mistaken belief that the Proteas were one of the front-runners. The sobering defeat to Pakistan — especially the manner in which it was inflicted (by Umar Gul’s batting!) — punctured the South African bandwagon. They could have bounced back, but they proceeded to lose their next two matches too, and after a long period on the road they return to wonder how the dream evaporated so quickly.

What went wrong?

South Africa’s batting looks far from solid at the moment. On the tour of England, Hashim Amla carried the rest of the batsmen on his shoulders for many weeks and across all formats of the game. It was natural for him to be off form for a change, and nobody picked up the baton. JP Duminy just scraped over 100 runs for the tournament, albeit at a strike rate of 116.48, and was the only man in his side to do so. Gary Kirsten will have some serious concerns about this.

Areas to improve on

There will always be a few reservations about the spinners, but generally speaking Allan Donald’s bowlers remain in good order. It’s those batsmen that need sorting out. There are fresh options to consider: David Miller hit 72 from just 46 balls for Yorkshire in the Twenty20 Cup final in August, and Loots Bosman may be worth another go.

All the seam bowlers had economy rates of 8.00 or worse, and that left too much for Nathan McCullum and Daniel Vettori to compensate.  AFP

NEW ZEALAND

Tournament in a nutshell

They weren’t at their best in the Super Eights contest against England, but either side of that were good enough to take both Sri Lanka and West Indies to final-over eliminators. The first of those was essentially a bowling contest between Tim Southee and Lasith Malinga. Guess who won that… Against West Indies they fluffed their lines – Ross Taylor and Doug Bracewell only needed three off the last two balls to win the match in ordinary time, and that would have avoided the eliminator.

What went wrong?

The Black Caps are routinely hamstrung by their lack of financial resources and small population, but let’s not overdo the sympathy. All the seam bowlers had economy rates of 8.00 or worse, and that left too much for Nathan McCullum and Daniel Vettori to compensate. Brendon McCullum’s 123 against Bangladesh was awesome, but he was less impressive against the better bowlers and although James Franklin hit a fine half-century against England it was the only time he came off as a batsman. If bowling is no longer his primary suit, should he still play?

Areas to improve on

New Zealand need to replace some key figures in the next few years with Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, McCullum and Vettori all building up a lot of miles on the clock. Unlikely to be a threat at either of the next two World Twenty20s, which are also in the subcontinent, so would be advised to start working out a strategy for the 2015 World Cup in Australia.

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President Will Not Be Hurling Zingers At Romney

Ahead of the first presidential debate this Wednesday, the Obama campaign has rejected the idea that the president will be hurling any "zingers" at opponent Mitt Romney.

"We also saw in reports that Mitt Romney and his team have been working on zingers and special lines for months," said Obama campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki, according to pool reports. "That's not what the President's focus is on. So if you're expecting that, that's probably not what he's going to deliver on. As I said, he's speaking directly to the American people and we know what they want to hear is what his plan is for moving the country forward, and that's what we're hoping he can deliver on, on Wednesday."

Psaki also said Romney's team is "bordering on the complete bizarre" by saying they'll look out for Obama to lie during the debate.

"I have seen them say that they’re watching out for the President to just spew lies during the debate," Psaki said. "So that is bordering on the complete bizarre, given that Mitt Romney’s team is the one who has said they’re not going to be dictated by facts."

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Psaki did not give many details on Obama's debate preparations but said "he has had less time to prepare than we anticipated," citing events in the Middle East and an active campaign schedule.

The New York Times reported on Friday that Romney's team "has equipped him with a series of zingers that he has memorized and has been practicing on aides since August," and said the Republican's strategy "includes luring the president into appearing smug or evasive about his responsibility for the economy."

The first presidential debate is Wednesday, October 3, at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado.

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T20 World Cup: India Thrash Pakistan To Keep Hopes Alive

Colombo: Ravichandran Ashwin and Yuvraj Singh set it up with a superb display of spin bowling before Virat Kohli took centrestage with an unbeaten 78 as an inspired India thrashed arch-rivals Pakistan by eight wickets to keep their title hopes alive in the ICC World Twenty20 on Sunday.

Ashwin (2/16) and Yuvraj (2/16) snapped up four wickets between themselves as Pakistan were shot out for a meagre 128 in 19.4 overs. Lakshmipathy Balaji also complemented the spin twins with impressive figures of 3/22 in 3.4 overs.

Kohli, who has been Pakistan’s nemesis in the past, hit a scintillating unbeaten 78 off 61 balls as India won with three overs to spare. The Delhi lad hit nine boundaries and two sixes to take the team home in the high-voltage contest watched by a capacity crowd.

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However, Pakistan are still ahead in terms of net run rate of -0.426 which is shade better than India’s -0.452. Had India won with 20 balls to spare, they would have been No 2 in the group.

India will now have to defeat South Africa in their last group-2 match on Tuesday to make it to the semi-finals.

India’s unbeaten record against Pakistan in ICC World Cups has thus been kept intact having beaten them five times in the 50-over version and thrice in the T20 format.

Kohli started with a thickish outside edge off Raza Hasan for a boundary but then played some lovely strokes. A backfoot cover drive off Saeed Ajmal and lovely cover drive off Yaser Arafat were glorious strokes.

He also lofted Shahid Afridi over long-off for a six. Whether driving on the up or playing off his hips, Kohli was a treat to watch.

Virender Sehwag. On the other hand, was happy to play the second fiddle during the 74-run partnership for the second wicket but did play a lovely lofted shot off Umar Gul’s bowling.

Pakistan captain Mohammed Hafeez’s decision to bat first on a slow Premadasa track failed to produce the desired result as Ashwin and Yuvraj frustrated the opposition batsmen by maintaining superb line and length.

Ashwin, who operated from round the wicket, had superb figures of two for 16 from four overs while Yuvraj also had identical figures but from three overs.

The duo snapped four Pakistan wickets for only 32 runs in seven overs and it was the reason why Hafeez and Co could not reach a respectable total. Lakshmipathy Balaji also complemented the spin twins with impressive figures of 3/22 in 3.4 overs.

The only notable partnership was of 47 runs between Shoaib Malik and Umar Akmal. Malik was the top scorer with 28 before he gave an easy catch to Rohit Sharma. Last match’s hero Umar Akmal played a pull shot off an Ashwin delivery but couldn’t clear Suresh Raina in the deep.

India versus Pakistan matches are never short of drama and this match was also not an exception. Zaheer Khan’s first over saw him bowl three wide deliveries and then being square driven by Imran Nazir for a boundary before Virender Sehwag dropped the opener at first slip.

Irfan Pathan started off the collapse by removing Nazir who had shuffled a long way but the umpire thought that left-arm seamer’s incoming delivery would have hit the stumps. Nazir stood his ground for a while before leaving.

To everyone’s disbelief, Shahid Afridi walked in at No 3 and smashed the first delivery from Pathan over his head and then another boundary off the bowler through the cover region. 


However, with the former Pakistan captain, opposition teams always fancy a chance and Balaji bowled a short one which Afridi tried to pull it over mid-wicket boundary but was caught by Suresh Raina at the boundary ropes. Afridi made only 14.

Yuvraj then got into the act as he removed left-hander Nasir Jamshed and wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal in quick succession to reduce Pakistan to 49 for four. Both hurried onto their shots.

Jamshed tried to play a slog-sweep which was smartly taken by Dhoni while Kamran tried an expansive cover drive of an arm ball only to give the Indian captain his second catch.

Pakistan captain Hafeez scratched around for 28 balls for his 15 before he dragged one onto his stumps off part-timer Virat Kohli’s bowling.

Umar and Malik then got together to conjure a partnership but Ashwin dismissed both of them in quick succession to end Pakistan’s chances of a big score.

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The Utter Mindlessness Of India’s World T20 Campaign

Colombo: Last night, Mahendra Singh Dhoni revealed that India very much have a ‘horses for courses’ policy in place for the World T20 competition.
And he didn’t have to repeat himself twice. But one can’t help but wonder whether Dhoni’s explanation is only an excuse for having no definite plan.

Dhoni said after the defeat against Australia: “Regarding why Sehwag (was left out), we had only two options. I don’t like to take individual names, I think in such tournaments we should go ‘horses for courses’. To exactly justify why a particular player was dropped is difficult.”

In every game that India has played in the tournament, the team has been changed, the bowling line-up has changed, the batting order has been changed and one can only wonder whether all this chopping and changing is starting to affect the confidence of the players.

Changes in the team

Virender Sehwag was dropped for the game against Australia. The batting order was changed with Yuvraj coming up the order and Rohit Sharma dropping down. Irfan Pathan didn’t open the bowling despite the fact that he got two wickets in the last match against England with the new ball – that left Kevin Pietersen and Rahul Dravid in the television studio a bit confused as well. India went into the match with three spinners – R Ashwin, Harbhajan Singh and Piyush Chawla.

In the match against England, Sehwag wasn’t dropped – he was rested.

Zaheer Khan and R Ashwin were also rested. Irfan opened the innings, Rohit Sharma came in at two down. Ashok Dinda, Chawla and Harbhajan came into the side and did rather well.

The first game against Afghnanistan had seen India go into the match with three seamers and one regular spinner in R Ashwin. Sehwag was in the squad as were Zaheer and Ashwin.

One remembers speaking to Gautam Gambhir on what insecurity can do to a player and his answer was quite revealing. “If someone is really insecure, that’s when he is playing for his place and that’s what was happening with me earlier as well. And I have always believed that everyone needs security in every profession. Security is one thing that makes a cricketer play his best cricket and show what talent he really has,” Gambhir had said.

Is that what is happening to this team as well? Are players playing for their place in the team rather than for the team?

Plenty of problems or problems of plenty?

In the space of one match, India has gone from one extreme to the other.

After the game against Afghanistan, Virat Kohli had come out and said that India’s bowling needs some work. So there were some problems in that regard.

After the game against England, Dhoni seemed rather pleased with the show of his bowlers: “I don’t know who will play, frankly. But I am quite happy with the problem of plenty.”

And yesterday, he blamed the loss on the team not preparing for the rain. But it has been raining in Colombo pretty often and the Indian team has been based in the Sri Lankan capital throughout the tournament, how could he not factor that in?

India has problems, it’s pretty clear to anyone watching. So what’s Dhoni really thinking?

Four or five bowlers?

In a press-conference just before the start of the tournament proper, Dhoni was specifically asked about his ideal bowling unit and he replied: “Three seamers and one spinner.”

Dhoni even sarcastically said the practice has been prevalent in Indian cricket “for past 50-55 years” and he saw no reason to change it. He felt that the part-timers would play a vital role for India.

But after one ‘bad’ match against Afghanistan, Dhoni reverted to a five-man bowling attack. So much for the 50-55 years…

For the moment, it seems like the Indian captain doesn’t even believe himself. And this isn’t horses for courses; this is a gamble – where you keep hoping to get lucky. If India lose this tournament, it’s about time Dhoni’s captaincy starts being placed under some pretty serious scrutiny.

P.S. On a slightly different tangent, it might even be interesting to examine the role of the Indian Premier League and the Champions League. Since the start of the IPL in 2008, India have not even won one Super 8 game in the World T20 tournament. So much for a tournament, that was supposed to make us good in the particular format.

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T20 World Cup: Sri Lanka Beat New Zealand In A Super Thriller

Pallekele: New Zealand (174-7) lost to Sri Lanka (174-6). Match tied – Sri Lanka win the 'Super Over'.

Malinga celebrates as Sri Lanka beat New Zealand following a Super Over.

The closest game of the tournament so far ended with Sri Lanka beating New Zealand by dint of conceding fewer runs off their 'super over' after the scores were level after 20 overs.

Batting first, Sri Lanka made 13 runs off the extra over bowled by Tim Southee, who conceded three of those runs in wides.

In response, New Zealand managed just eight after Martin Guptill was brilliantly caught by Tillakaratne Dilshan on the long-off boundary from the penultimate ball, a shot that might have brought six had he not intervened.

It was a fitting climax for Dilshan whose brilliant 76 from 53 balls in the match proper had brought Sri Lanka within sight of victory. But, just as New Zealand’s batsmen had done in the initial skirmish, they lost momentum after Southee got his yorkers working.

With Dilshan out in the 19th over, it was left to Angelo Mathews and Lahiru Thirimanne to get eight off the last and, after Thirimanne had scooped the penultimate ball outrageously for four over short fine leg, one run off the final ball.

A wild swipe, saw the ball trickle out to cover off the inside edge where James Franklin had time to take aim at the bowlers end, as Ross Taylor, New Zealand’s captain, positioned himself behind the stumps there.

Franklin’s throw missed the stumps and Taylor failed to gather the ball cleanly, but somehow a bail had come off before Thirimanne had made his ground with a despairing dive.

Taylor felt he must have knocked it off with his fingers and shook hands with the batsman, conceding Sri Lanka had win the game.

But umpire Simon Taufel had called for TV replay and after the third umpire had replayed it over several angles, and after England and the West Indies had rushed on to the field to start their warm-ups (they were playing the next match), the players returned to play out the super over.

It was a popular win with the noisy local crowd, who screamed their approval at the outcome of the super over. For New Zealand, who should perhaps have scored 15-20 runs more in the main game, it will be another disappointment.

They’d twice looked in control during the match, with bat and ball, only to squander their position. One day they will play a seamless match, but until then, they will have to get used to disappointments like this.

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Schedule Of T20 World Cup 2012

The ICC World Twenty20 2012 is a 20/20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka in September-October 2012. It will be the forth World Twenty20 cricket series. The ICC World Twenty20 2012 will be contested by 12 teams which have been 10 Test teams and two qualifiers (Ireland & Afghanistan) and divided into four groups are A, B, C and D. Final will be played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on October 07, 2012. Explore live scores and all information of World T20 2012.

Group A - England (A1), India (A2) and Afghanistan
Group B - Australia (B1), West Indies (B2) and Ireland
Group C - Sri Lanka C1), South Africa (C2) and Zimbabwe
Group D - Pakistan (D1), New Zealand (D2) and Bangladesh 

Match No:	Day and Date	Match Time	Teams	Venue
1	Tue Sep 18, 2012	14:00 GMT | 19:30 local	1st Match, Group C - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota
2	Wed Sep 19, 2012	10:00 GMT | 15:30 local	2nd Match, Group B - Australia v Ireland	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
3	Wed Sep 19, 2012	14:00 GMT | 19:30 local	3rd Match, Group A - Afghanistan v India	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
4	Thu Sep 20, 2012	14:00 GMT | 19:30 local	4th Match, Group C - South Africa v Zimbabwe	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota
5	Fri Sep 21, 2012	10:00 GMT | 15:30 local	5th Match, Group D - Bangladesh v New Zealand	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
6	Fri Sep 21, 2012	14:00 GMT | 19:30 local	6th Match, Group A - Afghanistan v England	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
7	Sat Sep 22, 2012	10:00 GMT | 15:30 local	7th Match, Group C - Sri Lanka v South Africa	Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota
8	Sat Sep 22, 2012	14:00 GMT | 19:30 local	8th Match, Group B - Australia v West Indies	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
9	Sun Sep 23, 2012	10:00 GMT | 15:30 local	9th Match, Group D - New Zealand v Pakistan	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
10	Sun Sep 23, 2012	14:00 GMT | 19:30 local	10th Match, Group A - England v India	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
11	Mon Sep 24, 2012	14:00 GMT | 19:30 local	11th Match, Group B - Ireland v West Indies	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
12	Tue Sep 25, 2012	14:00 GMT | 19:30 local	12th Match, Group D - Bangladesh v Pakistan	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
		Super Eights
13	Thu Sep 27, 2012	10:00 GMT | 15:30 local	13th Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - Sri Lanka v New Zealand	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
14	Thu Sep 27, 2012	14:00 GMT | 19:30 local	14th Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - England v West Indies	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
15	Fri Sep 28, 2012	10:00 GMT | 15:30 local	15th Match, Super Eights, Group 2 - Pakistan v South Africa	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
16	Fri Sep 28, 2012	14:00 GMT | 19:30 local	16th Match, Super Eights, Group 2 - Australia v India	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
17	Sat Sep 29, 2012	10:00 GMT | 15:30 local	17th Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - England v New Zealand	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
18	Sat Sep 29, 2012	14:00 GMT | 19:30 local	18th Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - Sri Lanka v West Indies	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
19	Sun Sep 30, 2012	10:00 GMT | 15:30 local	19th Match, Super Eights, Group 2 - Australia v South Africa	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
20	Sun Sep 30, 2012	14:00 GMT | 19:30 local	20th Match, Super Eights, Group 2 - Pakistan v India	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
21	Mon Oct 1, 2012	10:00 GMT | 15:30 local	21st Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - New Zealand v West Indies	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
22	Mon Oct 1, 2012	14:00 GMT | 19:30 local	22nd Match, Super Eights, Group 1 - Sri Lanka v England	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
23	Tue Oct 2, 2012	10:00 GMT | 15:30 local	23rd Match, Super Eights, Group 2 - Australia v Pakistan	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
24	Tue Oct 2, 2012	14:00 GMT | 19:30 local	24th Match, Super Eights, Group 2 - India v South Africa	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
		Semi-Finals
25	Thu Oct 4, 2012	13:30 GMT | 19:00 local	1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC (Super 8 Group-1 1 v Super 8 Group-2 2)	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
26	Fri Oct 5, 2012	13:30 GMT | 19:00 local	2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC (Super 8 Group-2 1 v Super 8 Group-1 2)	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
		Final
27	Sun Oct 7, 2012	13:30 GMT | 19:00 local	Final - TBC v TBC	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

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