ICC T20 World Cup 2009 schedule & Teams & Groups

The Second Edition of T20 World Cup begins in England on 5th June 2009. The world cups opening affair would be between England and Netherlands at Lords.The T20 world champions INDIA would take on Bangladesh in their opening encounter at Trent Bridge.



Group A : India, Bangladesh, Ireland

Group B : Pakistan, England, Netherland

Group C : Australia, Sri Lanka, West Indies

Group D : South Africa, New Zealand, Scotland




T20 World Cup Match Schedule

Match No Match Day Time Venue

1 England v Netherlands 5 June 09 17:30 Lord’s

2 New Zealand v Scotland 6 June 09 10:00 The Oval

3 Australia v West Indies 6 June 09 13:30 The Oval

4 India v Bangladesh 6 June 09 17:30 Trent Bridge

5 South Africa v Scotland 7 June 09 13;30 The Oval

6 England v Pakistan 7 June 09 17:30 The Oval

7 Bangladesh v Ireland 8 June 09 13:30 Trent Bridge

8 Australia v Sri Lanka 8 June 09 17:30 Trent Bridge

9 Pakistan v Netherlands 9 June 09 13:30 Lord’s

10 New Zealand v South Africa 9 June 09 17:30 Lord’s

11 Sri Lanka v West Indies 10 June 09 13:30 Trent Bridge

12 India v Ireland 10 June 09 17:30 Trent Bridge

13 D1 v A2 11 June 09 13:30 Trent Bridge

14 B2 v D2 11 June 09 17:30 Trent Bridge

15 B1 v C2 12 June 09 13:30 Lord’s

16 A1 v C1 12 June 09 17:30 Lord’s

17 C1 v D2 13 June 09 13:30 The Oval

18 D1 v B1 13 June 09 17:30 The Oval

19 A2 v C2 14 June 09 13:30 Lord’s

20 A1 v B2 14 June 09 17:30 Lord’s

21 B1 v A2 15 June 09 13:30 The Oval

22 B2 v C1 15 June 09 17:30 The Oval

23 D1 v C2 16 June 09 13:30 Trent Bridge

24 D2 v A1 16 June 09 17:30 Trent Bridge

25 1st Semi-Final 18 June 09 17:30 Trent Bridge

26 2nd Semi-Final 19 June 09 17:30 The Oval

27 Final 21 June 09 15:00

Netherlands Team Squad ICC T20 World Cup 2009 - Details

Final Squad

Jeroen Smits (captain)
Peter Borren
Mudassar Buhkari
Tom de Grooth
Maurits Jonkman
Alexei Kervezee
Dirk Nannes
Ruud Nijman
Darron Reekers
Edgar Schiferli
Pieter Seelaar
Eric Szwarczynski
Ryan ten Doeschate
Dan van Bunge
Bas Zuiderent


Details

The surprise package of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, it achieved qualification after defeating Scotland by five wickets in the semi-finals.

And its victory set up one of the biggest moments in the history of Dutch cricket, as it will play the opening match at the ICC World Twenty20 2009 against England at Lord's.

They will also face Pakistan at Lord's, the home of cricket, in what could be a decisive match if the hosts win its opening two games.

One of the key players in the tournament for the Dutch will be Ryan ten Doeschate, an excellent all-rounder who has starred for Essex and Western Province in domestic cricket, and who was instrumental in his side's qualification for the ICC World Twenty20 2009.

Alex Kervezee has already established himself as one of the most exciting young talents in Associate cricket and has a county contract with Worcestershire, while skipper Peter Borren is also very experienced.

At the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, it recorded a victory over Scotland, although most fans will remember the campaign for Daan van Bunge conceding six sixes in an over off Herschelle Gibbs from South Africa

Ireland Team Squad ICC T20 World Cup 2009 - Details

Final Squad

William Porterfield (captain)
Andre Botha
Peter Connell
Alex Cusack
Trent Johnston
John Mooney
Kyle McCallan (vice-captain)
Kevin O'Brien
Niall O'Brien
Paul Stirling
Boyd Rankin
Regan West
Andrew White
Gary Wilson
Jeremy Bray


Details

Ireland heads to the ICC World Twenty20 2009 hoping to repeat its famous exploits at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, when it defeated Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Captained by William Porterfield, who has built an excellent reputation in county cricket with Gloucestershire, the side qualified for the event after some solid performances on the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier on home soil.

Although rain ruined its opportunity to win the Qualifier event, as the final against Netherlands was abandoned without a ball being bowled, it was named the top Associate seed for the event on the basis of its Reliance Mobile ICC ODI Ranking.

However, it came close to being eliminated from the tournament after Bermuda failed to chase a target of only 46 in nine overs in the group stages of the qualifier.

Ireland missed out on the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 2007 event as it came fifth in the six-team qualifying event in Nairobi so it will be determined to have an impact on the event this time in a group which sees them face India and Bangladesh.

Ireland has only ever played India on one occasion, crashing to a nine-wicket ODI defeat in a rain affected match in June 2007, despite Niall O'Brien making a fifty.

Since overcoming Bangladesh at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, it suffered three heavy defeats fielding an under strength team in March 2008.

Scotland Team Squad ICC T20 World Cup 2009 - Details

Final Squad

Gavin Hamilton (captain)
Ryan Watson
Kyle Coetzer
Navdeep Poonia
Neil McCallum
Colin Smith
Craig Wright
Jan Stander
John Blain
Dewald Nel
Glenn Rogers
Richard Berrington
Gordon Drummond
Majid Haq
Fraser Watts



Details

Scotland qualified for the event after coming third in the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, taking the place of Zimbabwe after it withdrew from the tournament.

It thrashed one of the favourites for the qualifying tournament, beating Kenya by nine wickets in the third/fourth play-off, with a fifty from skipper Ryan Watson.

This followed on from a five-wicket defeat by Ireland in the group stages, although Scotland coasted to an easy eight-wicket win over Bermuda.

Scotland, who will rely on the experience of the likes of Gavin Hamilton and John Blain, will face a challenge if it wishes to qualify for the latter stages of the ICC World Twenty20 2009 as it will play group matches against New Zealand and South Africa.

It played in the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 event and lost to Pakistan by 51 runs, despite 46 from Fraser Watts.

The game against India was abandoned due to rain.

Pakistan Team Squad ICC T20 World Cup 2009 - Details

Final Squad

Younus Khan (captain)
Salman Butt
Ahmad Shahzad
Misbah-ul-Haq
Kamran Akmal
Fawad Alam
Shoaib Malik
Shahid Afridi
Sohail Tanvir
Yasir Arafat
Shoaib Akhtar
Umar Gul
Mohammad Amir
Saeed Ajmal
Shahzaib Hasan


Details

Imran Khan Niazi won Pakistan the World Cup in 1992. Fifteen years later, Misbah-ul Haq Niazi came close to doing a similar feat in the inaugural ICC World Twenty20. But, only close.

Boasting a young side that most observers wrote off even before the event began, Pakistan proved their doubters wrong to make it all the way to the final.

They began by beating Scotland by 51 runs and then tied with India after a fantastic display by Misbah-ul-Haq. The India match was resolved by a bowl-out with India emerging on top by a 3-0 margin. It was the first time that a bowl out was needed in the ICC World Twenty20 but both teams still went through to the Super Eights.

A 101-run partnership between Younis Khan and Shoaib Malik and some inspired bowling from Shahid Afridi proved to be the key to Pakistan's first victory of the Super Eight stage, by 33 runs against Sri Lanka. Their winning streak continued as they defeated Australia by six wickets and Bangladesh by four wickets. With these victories, Pakistan confirmed a semi-final berth.

In the semi-final against New Zealand, captain Shoaib Malik stroked a fabulous six to take his team to victory in majestic style. Imran Nazir scored 59 runs from 41 balls and Mohammad Hafeez scored 32 from 21 chasing a total of 144. Umar Gul generated awkward bounce for the New Zealand batsmen, mixed it up with yorkers and slower deliveries and picked up the Man-of-the-Match award for his impeccable figures of 3 for 15 from four overs.

In the final against arch-rivals India, there was no time to chew finger-nails or even think of thumping hearts as India's bowlers dug deep in their self-belief in successfully defending a low total of 157 for five with an emotional five-run victory at the magnificent Wanderers Cricket Stadium. Pakistani fans were in tears when Misbah-ul-Haq took the side so close to victory and could not seal the win to claim the trophy.

The Indians, restricted to 157-5 after electing to take first strike in good batting conditions, fought back to bowl out valiant Pakistan for 152 before a sell-out crowd of 32,000. Pakistan appeared out for the count when they were reduced to 104-7 after 16 overs, but Misbah-ul Haq gave the Indians a scare with a late charge of 43 off 38 balls.

Misbah and his tail-end partners took 19 runs in the 17th over bowled by spinner Harbhajan Singh, 13 in the 18th of Shanthakumaran Sreesanth and seven runs in the 19th from Rudra Pratap Singh, leaving 13 to get off the final over. Seamer Joginder Sharma bowled a wide off the first ball and was hammered for a six by Misbah with the second legitimate ball, but gave India victory with his next delivery as the batsman holed out to fine-leg. With this loss, Pakistan's jinx of never having beaten India in a World Cup or world championship match continued.

West Indies Team Squad ICC T20 World Cup 2009 - Details

Final Squad

Chris Gayle (captain)
Denesh Ramdin (vice-captain)
Andre Fletcher
Ramnaresh Sarwan
Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Kieron Pollard
Dwayne Bravo
Darren Sammy
Fidel Edwards
Lionel Baker
Sulieman Benn
Jerome Taylor
Lendl Simmons
Xavier Marshall
Dave Bernard



Details

The first match of the 2007 tournament between South Africa and the West Indies saw history being written when Chris Gayle became the first Twenty20 International centurion. Unfortuntely for Gayle and his side they went on to lose the match by eight wickets as Herschelle Gibbs and Justin Kemp matched Gayle's fireworks.

Having scored over 200 in the defeat to South Africa, the West Indies were expected to comfortably dispatch Bangladesh in their second group match but they were in for a surprise.

Many people said before the tournament started that the ICC World Twenty20 2007 could provide the lower-ranked sides the chance to shine. And having beaten both India and South Africa at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 in the West Indies, Bangladesh pulled off another shock in Johannesburg.

Gayle failed to put a run on the board and only a half century by Devon Smith helped West Indies reach 164 as Shakib Al Hasan claimed four wickets.

A spirited Bangladesh then galloped to the target thanks to two brilliant half centuries from Aftab Ahmed and captain Mohammad Ashraful to win the match by six wickets and send the West Indies packing.

Though many of the West Indies players had taken part in the Stanford Twenty20 they had never hosted a T20 International match in the Caribbean before this competition. That has now been rectified and with more experience under their belts and Gayle still likely to be a prominent threat at the top of the order they will expect to progress from the group stage in 2009.

Srilanka Team Squad ICC T20 World Cup 2009 - Details

Final Squad

Kumar Sangakkara (captain)
Muttiah Muralidaran (vice-captain)
Sanath Jayasuriya
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Mahela Jayawardena
Chamara Silva
Angelo Mathew
Ajantha Mendis
Nuwan Kulasekara
Thilan Thushara Mirando
Lasith Malinga
Isuru Udana Thilakaratne
Farveez Maharoof
Jehan Mubarak
Indika de Saram


Detials

Placed in Group C along with New Zealand and Kenya, Sri Lanka's first match in the 2007 event saw them thrash Kenya by 172 runs at the Wanderers. Sanath Jayasuriya batted with characteristic freedom scoring a 44-ball 88 and Jehan Mubarak's late fireworks lifted Sri Lanka to a record team score of 260 for 6, a target way out of reach for the opposition as Kenya managed just 88. Sri Lanka won by a record margin of 172 runs.

Against New Zealand, Jayasuriya displayed fireworks once again with a 44-ball 61 to win by seven wickets. A delightful cameo of 37 at the end from Mahela Jayawardene was enough to punish New Zealand as Sri Lanka maintained their perfect record in the competition.

However, the Super Eight League saw them lose out to Pakistan as they were choked by 33 runs. Lasith Malinga picked up three wickets including that of Man of the Match Younis Khan but it was not sufficient to rescue them from defeat. Chasing a total 189, the openers failed to deliver and the team was bundled out for 156 runs.

Close after this defeat, Sri Lanka stormed to a 64-run win against Bangladesh. The victory pushed Bangladesh out of contention for a semi-final place, and left Sri Lanka needing to beat Australia to progress to the final four.

But the Australians produced one of the displays of the tournament to deliver a 10-wicket knockout punch to the Lankans.

It was a day Sri Lanka would like to forget. After being dismissed for only 101, they could not stop the Australian run-chase as they achieved the target in half the time with all wickets intact.

Even if Jayasuriya doesn't make it to England in 2009 Sri Lanka will still have one of the strongest batting line-ups with the experienced Mahela Jayawardena and Kumara Sangakkara likely to comprise a formidable middle-order while Lasith Malinga's sling-arm action is capable of destroying the best line-ups.