Twenty20 Cricket World Cup 2007

Twenty20 Cricket is a new and shorter version of cricket. The purpose to introduce Twenty20 Cricket is to compete other popular sports like Football, tennis etc, bcoz this version of cricket takes less time compare to One day international. Twenty20 Cricket takes only 75 minutes to complete 1 inning. The Twenty20 Cricket Rules are also very interesting to enhance the interest of the game.

To popularize Twenty20 Cricket, the cricket's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has organized Twenty20 Cricket World Cup. The inaugural Twenty20 Cricket World Cup is is going to be held in South Africa in September 2007. ICC has Planned to held Twenty20 Cricket World Cup in every two years.

Twenty20 Cricket World Cup scheduled to take place in South Africa from September 11 to September 24, 2007. It will be the first Twenty20 Cricket World Cup, complete in 10 days.

The world Cup will consists of 12 teams, i.e. 9 test playing nations plus 3 qualifiers. The 12 teams are divided into four groups of three teams each.

All Twenty20 Cricket World Cup matches will be played at the following three grounds:

• Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
• Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban
• Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Group A :

South Africa
West Indies
Bangladesh

11th September South Africa vs West Indies
at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.

13th September West Indies vs Bangladesh
at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.

15th September South Africa vs Bangladesh
at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town.
Group B :

Australia
England
Zimbabwe

12th September Australia vs Zimbabwe
at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town.

13th September Zimbabwe vs England
at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town.

14th September Australia vs England
at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town.


Group C :

New Zealand
Sri Lanka
Kenya

12th September New Zealand vs Kenya
at Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban.

14th September Sri Lanka vs Kenya
at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.

15th September Sri Lanka vs New Zealand
at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.

Group D :

India
Pakistan
Scotland


12th September Pakistan vs Scotland
at Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban.

14th September India vs Scotland
at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.

15th September India vs Pakistan
at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.

The top two teams in each group will qualify for the second round of the tournament i.e. Super 8 round. These 8 teams are divided into two groups of 4 team each.

First Group (E) of Super 8 :

A1
C1
B2
D2

16th September C1 vs D2
at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.

16th September A1 vs B2
at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town.

18th September C1 vs B2
at Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban.

18th September A1 vs C1
at Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban.

19th September B2 vs D2
at Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban.

20th September A1 vs D2
at Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban.

Second Group (F) of Super 8 :

B1
D1
A2
C2

16th September B1 vs A2
at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town.

16th September D1 vs C2
at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.

18th September B1 vs D1
at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.

18th September A2 vs C2
at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.

19th September B1 vs C2
at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town.

20th September D1 vs A2
at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town.


The top two team in each group of Super 8 qualify for the semi finals. From now Knockout stage starts.


Semi Finals :

22 September E2 vs A2
at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town.

22 September E2 vs A2
at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town.


Final of the Twenty20 World Cup :

Final of the Twenty20 World Cup will be played between the winner of Semifinal 1 and Semifinal 2 on 24th September at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.