Fixture and Schedule of T20 World Cup 2012 in Srilanka!!!

Defending champions England and India have been placed in the same preliminary group for next year’s World Twenty20 tournament in Sri Lanka.

A yet-to-be determined qualifier will be the third team in group A, the International Cricket Council announced at the tournament launch in Colombo earlier on Wednesday.

Australia, West Indies and a qualifier are drawn in group B, hosts Sri Lanka, South Africa and Zimbabwe in group C and Pakistan, New Zealand and Bangladesh in group D.

The top two teams from each group will qualify for the Super Eights round, which will also be contested in two pools with the first two in each pool then advancing to the semi-finals.

The two-yearly tournament in cricket’s shortest format will be played from September 18 to October 7, with Hambantota holding three matches, Pallekele nine and capital Colombo 15. The Premadasa stadium in the Sri Lankan capital will hold the semi-finals on Oct 4 and 5 and the final on Oct 7.

The two qualifiers will be determined through a separate competition between non-Test nations to be held in the United Arab Emirates from March 13-24.

ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat was confident the tournament will be as successful as the three previous editions in South Africa (2007), England (2009) and the West Indies (2010). “The ICC World Twenty20 is now a marquee event in Twenty20 cricket where nations face each other for the most coveted title in the shortest format of the game,” he said.

“Nothing beats nation-versus-nation contests and when these battles take place in the newest, sharpest and quickest form of the game, you can feel the excitement in fans. Following the legacies and success of the World Cup, I am confident that Sri Lanka will deliver another world-class event.”.

Groups
Group A – England, India, Qualifier 2
Group B – Australia, West Indies, Qualifier 1
Group C – Sri Lanka, South Africa, Zimbabwe
Group D – Pakistan, New Zealand, Bangladesh

Super Eight (S8) Groups
Group 1 – A1, B2, C1, D2
Group 2 – A2, B1, C2, D1

Date	Local	GMT	Match Details	Venue
Sep 18, 2012	19:30	14:00	Group C : Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe, 1st T20	Hambantota
Sep 19, 2012	15:30	10:00	Group B : Australia vs TBC, 2nd T20	Colombo
Sep 19, 2012	19:30	14:00	Group A : India vs TBC, 3rd T20	Colombo
Sep 20, 2012	19:30	14:00	Group C : South Africa vs Zimbabwe, 4th T20	Hambantota
Sep 21, 2012	15:30	10:00	Group D : New Zealand vs Bangladesh, 5th T20	Kandy
Sep 21, 2012	19:30	14:00	Group A : England vs TBC, 6th T20	Colombo
Sep 22, 2012	15:30	10:00	Group C : Sri Lanka vs South Africa, 7th T20	Hambantota
Sep 22, 2012	19:30	14:00	Group B : Australia vs West Indies, 8th T20	Colombo
Sep 23, 2012	15:30	10:00	Group D : New Zealand vs Pakistan, 9th T20	Kandy
Sep 23, 2012	19:30	14:00	Group A : England vs India, 10th T20	Colombo
Sep 24, 2012	19:30	14:00	Group B : West Indies vs TBC, 11th T20	Colombo
Sep 25, 2012	19:30	14:00	Group D : Bangladesh vs Pakistan, 12th T20	Kandy
Sep 27, 2012	15:30	10:00	Super Eights, Group 1 : TBC vs TBC, 13th T20	Kandy
Sep 27, 2012	19:30	14:00	Super Eights, Group 1 : TBC vs TBC, 14th T20	Kandy
Sep 28, 2012	15:30	10:00	Super Eights, Group 2 : TBC vs TBC, 15th T20	Colombo
Sep 28, 2012	19:30	14:00	Super Eights, Group 2 : TBC vs TBC, 16th T20	Colombo
Sep 29, 2012	15:30	10:00	Super Eights, Group 1 : TBC vs TBC, 17th T20	Kandy
Sep 29, 2012	19:30	14:00	Super Eights, Group 1 : TBC vs TBC, 18th T20	Kandy
Sep 30, 2012	15:30	10:00	Super Eights, Group 2 : TBC vs TBC, 19th T20	Colombo
Sep 30, 2012	19:30	14:00	Super Eights, Group 2 : TBC vs TBC, 20th T20	Colombo
Oct 1, 2012	15:30	10:00	Super Eights, Group 1 : TBC vs TBC, 21st T20	Kandy
Oct 1, 2012	19:30	14:00	Super Eights, Group 1 : TBC vs TBC, 22nd T20	Kandy
Oct 2, 2012	15:30	10:00	Super Eights, Group 2 : TBC vs TBC, 23rd T20	Colombo
Oct 2, 2012	19:30	14:00	Super Eights, Group 2 : TBC vs TBC, 24th T20	Colombo
Oct 4, 2012	19:00	13:30	TBC vs TBC, 1st Semi Final T20	Colombo
Oct 5, 2012	19:00	13:30	TBC vs TBC, 2nd Semi Final T20	Colombo
Oct 7, 2012	19:00	13:30	TBC vs TBC, Final T20	Colombo