ICC World T20 Match Details – T20 World Cup 2012

Sri Lanka is going to host the 4th ICC World T20 championship.  The inaugural match will be played between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe on September 18 at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota. The tournament will last 20 days and final will be played on Oct 7 at R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.

List of participating nations in ICC World T20 – 21012:
Apart from the ten ICC test playing nations two ICC associate members who played the finals of the ICC T20 World Cup 2012 qualifying tournament finals i.e. Afghanistan and Ireland will also play in this year T20 tournament. Here is the complete list of nations competing in the ICC World T20 2012:

1.       India
2.       Pakistan
3.       England
4.       Sri Lanka
5.        Zimbabwe
6.        Australia
7.       South Africa
8.        New Zealand
9.        Bangladesh
10.    West Indies
11.   Ireland
12.    Afghanistan

India, Pakistan and England were the winners of the first three seasons of World T20 championship and hopefully we’ll see a new champion this time as well.  Pakistan team were the finalist for the first 2 season and first time they were unlucky to be defeated  by India but they got it better next season.

Here is the details of ICC World T20 Matches:
Tue Sep 18
19:30 local | 14:00 GMT Group C : 1st T20 - Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota

Wed Sep 19
15:30 local | 10:00 GMT Group B : 2nd T20 - Australia vs Ireland
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Wed Sep 19
19:30 local | 14:00 GMT Group A : 3rd T20 - India vs Afghanistan
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Thu Sep 20
19:30 local | 14:00 GMT Group C : 4th T20 - South Africa vs Zimbabwe
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota


Fri Sep 21
15:30 local | 10:00 GMT Group D : 5th T20 - New Zealand vs Bangladesh
Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy

Fri Sep 21
9:30 local | 14:00 GMT Group A : 6th T20 - England vs Afghanistan
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Sat Sep 22
15:30 local | 10:00 GMT Group C : 7th T20 - Sri Lanka vs South Africa
Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota


Sat Sep 22
19:30 local | 14:00 GMT Group B : 8th T20 - Australia vs West Indies
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Sun Sep 23
15:30 local | 10:00 GMT Group D : 9th T20 - New Zealand vs Pakistan
Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy

Sun Sep 23
19:30 local | 14:00 GMT Group A : 10th T20 - England vs India
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Mon Sep 24
19:30 local | 14:00 GMT Group B : 11th T20 - West Indies vs Ireland
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

 Tue Sep 25
19:30 local | 14:00 GMT Group D : 12th T20 - Bangladesh vs Pakistan
Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy

Thu Sep 27
15:30 local | 10:00 GMT Super Eights, Group 1 : 13th T20 - TBC vs TBC
Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy

Thu Sep 27
19:30 local | 14:00 GMT Super Eights, Group 1 : 14th T20 - TBC vs TBC
Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy

Fri Sep 28
15:30 local | 10:00 GMT Super Eights, Group 2 : 15th T20 - TBC vs TBC
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Fri Sep 28
19:30 local | 14:00 GMT Super Eights, Group 2 : 16th T20 - TBC vs TBC
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Sat Sep 29
15:30 local | 10:00 GMT Super Eights, Group 1 : 17th T20 - TBC vs TBC
Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy

Sat Sep 29
19:30 local | 14:00 GMT Super Eights, Group 1 : 18th T20 - TBC vs TBC
Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy

 Sun Sep 30
15:30 local | 10:00 GMT Super Eights, Group 2 : 19th T20 - TBC vs TBC
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Sun Sep 30
19:30 local | 14:00 GMT Super Eights, Group 2 : 20th T20 - TBC vs TBC
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Mon Oct 1
15:30 local | 10:00 GMT Super Eights, Group 1 : 21st T20 - TBC vs TBC
Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy

Mon Oct 1
19:30 local | 14:00 GMT Super Eights, Group 1 : 22nd T20 - TBC vs TBC
Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy

Tue Oct 2
15:30 local | 10:00 GMT Super Eights, Group 2 : 23rd T20 - TBC vs TBC
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Tue Oct 2
19:30 local | 14:00 GMT Super Eights, Group 2 : 24th T20 - TBC vs TBC
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

 Thu Oct 4
19:00 local | 13:30 GMT 1st Semi Final T20 - TBC vs TBC
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Fri Oct 5
19:00 local | 13:30 GMT 2nd Semi Final T20 - TBC vs TBC
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Sun Oct 7
19:00 local | 13:30 GMT Final T20 - TBC vs TBC
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo