Piteresen wants to stay wtih England contract

England’s injured star cricketer Kevin Piteresen has denied he would ignore central contracts and go freelance to lap up the riches of Twenty20 cricket.Pietersen, who has been ruled out of the ongoing Ashes because of achilles injury, dismissed speculation that leading cricketers, including himself, could soon take control of how and where they play their cricket.

“I’ve played 54 Test matches for England and I’ve been very fortunate to have played 54 injury-free Test matches. I have a little break now for six weeks and then I’ve said to myself and said to my family I’m gonna try to give another five-, six-year full stint to England which I love doing and I want to do,” Pietersen was quoted as saying in the Guardian daily newspaper.“I’m using this gap like a middle marker in my career to have this little break, get myself fully fit by the time I return and then continue from where I left off. I know there will be no freelance cricketer in me for years to come.“I will be firmly playing for England. Test cricket is my favourite game and that’s something I want to continue doing for a long time,” he said.

ICC World Twenty20 2010 Match Schedule

ICC World Twenty20 West Indies 2010

Australia unseeded for 2010 World Twenty20

Group A: Pakistan (A1), Bangladesh (A2), Australia
Group B: Sri Lanka (B1), New Zealand (B2), Zimbabwe
Group C: South Africa (C1), India (C2), Qualifier One
Group D: West Indies (D1), England (D2), Qualifier Two

Reigning 50-over world champions Australia, have been ranked below Bangladesh for next year’s World Twenty20 in the Caribbean, organisers announced in London on Sunday. They are placed in Group A, along with Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Seedings are based primarily on the results of last month’s second edition of the tournament in England, which saw Pakistan, losing finalists in 2007, beat Sri Lanka at Lord’s to take the trophy.

Date and Group	Match	Venue
Fri Apr 30 1st Match, Group D	West Indies v TBC	Providence Stadium, Guyana
Fri Apr 30 2nd Match, Group B	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	Providence Stadium, Guyana
Sat May 1 3rd Match, Group C	India v TBC	Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Sat May 1 4th Match, Group A	Bangladesh v Pakistan	Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Sat May 1 5th Match, Group D	England v TBC	Providence Stadium, Guyana
Sun May 2 6th Match, Group C	India v South Africa	Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Sun May 2 7th Match, Group A	Australia v Pakistan	Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Sun May 2 8th Match, Group B	New Zealand v Zimbabwe	Providence Stadium, Guyana
Mon May 3 10th Match, Group B	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	Providence Stadium, Guyana
Mon May 3 9th Match, Group D	West Indies v England	Providence Stadium, Guyana
Tue May 4 11th Match, Group C	South Africa v TBC	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Tue May 4 12th Match, Group A	Australia v Bangladesh	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Thu May 6 13th Match	TBC v TBC (A1 v D2)	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Thu May 6 14th Match	TBC v TBC (C1 v B2)	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Fri May 7 15th Match	TBC v TBC (A2 v C2)	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Fri May 7 16th Match	TBC v TBC (B1 v D1)	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Sat May 8 17th Match	TBC v TBC (C1 v D2)	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Sat May 8 18th Match	TBC v TBC (A1 v B2)	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Sun May 9 19th Match	TBC v TBC (C2 v D1)	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Sun May 9 20th Match	TBC v TBC (B1 v A2)	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Mon May 10 21st Match	TBC v TBC (B2 v D2)	Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Mon May 10 22nd Match	TBC v TBC (A1 v C1)	Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Tue May 11 23rd Match	TBC v TBC (B1 v C2)	Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Tue May 11 24th Match	TBC v TBC (D1 v A2)	Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Thu May 13 1st Semi-Final	TBC v TBC	Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Fri May 14 2nd Semi-Final	TBC v TBC	Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Sun May 16 Final	TBC v TBC	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

Pakistan beat Srilanka By 8 Wickets in T20 World Cup 2009

Pakistan won their first major title in 17 years when they astonished Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the World Twenty20 final at a run out Lord's here on Sunday.

Seamer Abdul Razzaq got three wickets as Pakistan limited Sri Lanka to 138-6, then coasted home easily with eight deliveries to spare. Shahid Afridi strike a winning 54 off 40 balls and former captain Shoaib Malik made 24 not out during a match-winning partnership of 76 for the unbeatable third wicket. Pakistan, runners-up to India in the inaugural edition two years ago, ended Sri Lanka's winning run in the tournament with style.
Pakistan last won an official multi-nation tournament in 1992 when Imran Khan's team lifted the World Cup by beating England in the final at the Melbourne cricket ground in Australia. The win by Younus Khan's team gave Pakistanis back home reason to cheer as the cricket-mad nation has been disadvantaged of international tours due to security concerns in the unstable nation. Afridi paid tribute to skipper Younus. "Younus gave me great confidence," said Afridi. "I told him that I wanted to bat at number three in the order and he said OK, if you're confident just go and play. Don't worry about anything."
Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara said: "I'm proud of the way we competed. I believe we can go forward from here," he said. "We'll take this and come back stronger in next year's tournament. We have the best bowling unit in the world."
Pakistani openers Kamran Akmal and Shahzaib Hasan make suref there were no early scares as they put on 48 for the first wicket in seven overs. Sanath Jayasuriya broke through with his first ball in the next over when he hit Akmal in the air with his left-arm spin and had him stumped for 37 off 28 balls.
Jayasuriya then took a catch to get rid of Shahzaib off Muttiah Muralitharan for 19, but Afridi and Malik took Pakistan home amid loud festivities from their fans in the stands. Sri Lanka were dealt quick blows after Sangakkara won the toss and elected to take first strike on a slow wicket.
The Lankans drooping to 2-2 in the first nine balls and that became 34-4 before Sangakkara himself led the rescue act with a defiant unbeaten 64 from 52 balls. Sangakkara and Angelo Mathews put on 68 runs for the constant seventh wicket as Sri Lanka stole 59 runs in the final five overs. Mathews returned unbeaten on 35 off 24 balls. Pakistan got off to a amazing start when teenage fast bowler Mohammad Aamer sent back the in-form Tillakaratne Dilshan with the fifth ball of the match. Dilshan, the tournament's leading scorer with 317 runs, miscued a pull shot off the speedy left-armer and was caught at backward square-leg by Shahzaib Hasan for zero.

Pakistan is now The King of T20

· Great Final conquest for an Extra Ordinary performance whose Combination was Un-Predictable at last proofed an Unbeatable Team which will helpful to may United the People of this Great Country & YES the same will be remembered for many years.
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Pakistan Reached to the final

NOTTINGHAM, England: Pakistan have been qulified in the Twenty20 World Cup final after it offensive South Africa by seven runs at Trent Bridge on Thursday.
In Sunday's final, Pakistan will get together the champion of Friday's semifinal between Sri Lanka and West Indies.
Shahid Afridi player of the match for Pakistan by striking 51 in the total of 149-4.
Then he took 2-16 as previously unbeaten South Africa was limited to 142-5.
Pakistan batted its last five overs without scoring a boundary, but South Africa failed to keep up with the run rate.
After 10 overs South Africa was 61-3 and though opener Jacques Kallis survived an appeal for caught behind in Afridi's final over, the 13th, the necessary run rate had increased to nearly 11.
sense the danger, Kallis went for broke when Fawad Alam came on to bowl the 15th over, which went for 15.
But Umar Gul bowled the 16th and almost ran out JP Duminy from the first ball and limited South Africa to just six runs.
Required 39 from 18 balls, Kallis tried to hit Saeed Ajmal into the River Trent at the begin of the 18th over, but his cut innings ended for 64 off 54 balls when he was caught at long off by Shoaib Malik.
Gul limited Duminy and Albie Morkel to six from the one before the last over, meaning 23 were required from the final six balls from 17-year-old medium-pacer Mohammad Aamer.
Duminy fail to spot the first, but hit the second for six. From the third he tried to come back for a second run but Alam's direct throw ran out Morkel for 2.
Aamir shuffle the chance of a run out from the fourth, and Duminy slaped four from the second last ball, and that left the Proteas want an impossible 10 from the last delivery.
Aamir thought his nerve, keep away from bowling a no ball, and accepted just a boundary for Pakistan to arrive at the final.
Results:
Pakistan upset South Africa by 7 runs to get to the Twenty20 World Cup final at Trent Bridge on Thursday.
Pakistan 149-4 (Shahid Afridi 51, Shoaib Malik 34), def.
South Africa 142-5 (Jacques Kallis 64, JP Duminy 44 not out; Afridi 2-16) by 7 runs. - AP

Twenty20 World Cup Venues 2009

Lords oval Trent Bridge

Lord's, The Oval and Trent Bridge have been chosen as the three venues for the ICC World Twenty20 2009.

The grounds, which are the homes of MCC/Middlesex, Surrey and Nottinghamshire respectively, were approved by the ICC.
Lord's, known as the Home of Cricket, will host the opening game as well as the final while the other two venues will host a semi-final.

Taunton, the home of Somerset, has been selected as the host ground for the Group Stage of the women's competition.
Known as the 'Home of Women's Cricket', Taunton will stage 12 games before the semi-finals are played at Trent Bridge and the Brit Oval. The final will be played at Lord's.

England Players for World Cup Twenty20 2009

The following 15 players have been selected in England's squad for the ICC World Twenty20 from June 5-21:
Paul Collingwood, captain (Durham)
James Anderson (Lancashire)
Ravi Bopara (Essex)
Stuart Broad (Nottinghamshire)
Andrew Flintoff (Lancashire)
James Foster (Essex)
Robert Key (Kent)
Dimitri Mascarenhas (Hampshire)
Eoin Morgan (Middlesex)
Graham Napier (Essex)
Kevin Pietersen (Hampshire)
Owais Shah (Middlesex)
Ryan Sidebottom (Nottinghamshire)
Graeme Swann (Nottinghamshire)
Luke Wright (Sussex)

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ICC World Twenty20 England 2009 Information

The ICC World Twenty20 England 2009 is going to take place in June 2009 and gives the opportunity to see the very top players in the world, signifying their countries, showcasing Twenty20 cricket on a worldwide stage.
It will be the second ICC World Twenty20 with the opening event taking place in South Africa in 2007, when India beated Pakistan in the final.
The 2009 occasion sees both the men’s and women’s contest integrated for the 1st time. The men’s contest format contains 12 teams, played across three venues – Lord’s, Trent Bridge and The Oval.
The women’s tournament consists of eight teams with the group stage games hosted at Taunton.
The semi-final days hosted at Trent Bridge and The Oval and the finals day hosted at Lord’s will bring the two tournaments together with the men’s matches following the women’s match on each match-day.
An important thing of the 2009 occasion is that the most of the match-days will comprises two games showcasing four different teams.
This double-header format allows audience to view two matches for the price of one match-day ticket.
Keep up to date with all the news ahead of the competition here.

Twenty20 World Cup Groups Chart wise

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Bangladesh India Ireland	England Netherlands Pakistan	Australia Sri Lanka West Indies	New Zealand Scotland South Africa

Twenty20 World Cup Record - Batting, Bowling, Fielding

Twenty20 World Cup records
Batting
Most runs	Matthew Hayden	265 (2007)
Highest average	Brendan Taylor	107.00 (2007)
Highest score	Chris Gayle v South Africa	117 (2007)
Highest partnership	Chris Gayle & Devon Smith (1st Wicket) v South Africa	145
Most runs in a tournament	Matthew Hayden	265
Bowling
Bowling average	Ramnaresh Sarwan	5.00
Best bowling figures	Mark Gillespie v Kenya	4/7
Most wickets in a tournament	Umar Gul	13
Fielding
Most dismissals (wicket-keeper)	Adam Gilchrist	9
Most catches (fielder)	AB de Villiers	6
Team
Highest score	Sri Lanka v Kenya	260/6
Lowest score	Kenya v New Zealand	73

Twenty20 World Cup 2009 : Match schedule & start timings Chart

Date & Match Versus Venue Start Time
05 June 2009, M01 Eng vs Neld Lords 5.30pm UK, 10.00pm India
06 June 2009, M02 NZ vs Scld Oval 10.00am UK, 2.30pm India
06 June 2009, M03 Aus vs WI Oval 1.30pm UK, 6.00pm India
06 June 2009, M04 Ind vs Bng Nottingham 5.30pm UK, 10.00pm India
07 June 2009, M05 RSA v Scld Oval 1.30pm UK, 6.00pm India
07 June 2009, M06 Eng v Pak Oval 5.30pm UK, 10.00pm India
08 June 2009, M07 Ireld vs Bng Nottingham 1.30pm UK, 6.00pm India
08 June 2009, M08 Aus vs SL Nottingham 5.30pm UK, 10.00pm India
09 June 2009, M09 Pak v Neld Lords 1.30pm UK, 6.00pm India
09 June 2009, M10 NZ vs RSA Lords 5.30pm UK, 10.00pm India
10 June 2009, M11 SL vs WI Nottingham 1.30pm UK, 6.00pm India
10 June 2009, M12 Ind v Ireld Nottingham 5.30pm UK, 10.00pm India
11 June 2009, M13 D1 vs A2 Nottingham 1.30pm UK, 6.00pm India
11 June 2009, M14 B2 vs D2 Nottingham 5.30pm UK, 10.00pm India
12 June 2009, M15 B1 vs C2 Lords 1.30pm UK, 6.00pm India
12 June 2009, M16 A1 vs C1 Lords 5.30pm UK, 10.00pm India
13 June 2009, M17 C1 vs D2 Oval 1.30pm UK, 6.00pm India
13 June 2009, M18 B1 vs D1 Oval 5.30pm UK, 10.00pm India
14 June 2009, M19 A2 vs C2 Lords 1.30pm UK, 6.00pm India
14 June 1009, M20 A1 vs B2 Lords 5.30pm UK, 10.00pm India
15 June 2009, M21 B2 vs C1 Oval 1.30pm UK, 6.00pm India
15 June 2009, M22 B1 vs A2 Oval 5.30pm UK, 10.00pm India
16 June 2009, M23 D1 vs C2 Nottingham 1.30pm UK, 6.00pm India
16 June 2009, M24 D2 vs A1 Nottingham 5.30pm UK, 10.00pm India
18 June 2009, M25 1st Semi-Final Nottingham 5.30pm UK, 10.00pm India
19 June 2009, M26 2nd Semi-Final Oval 5.30pm UK, 10.00pm India
21 June 2009, M27 Grand Final Lords 3.00pm UK, 7.30pm India.

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2020 World Cup - Summary

Year	Host Nation(s)	Final Venue	Final
			Winner	Result	Runner-up
2007 Details	South Africa	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	India 157 for 5 (20 overs)	India Won by 5 runs Scorecard	Pakistan 152 all out (19.3 overs)
2009 Details	England	Lord's, London	TBD	TBD	TBD
2010 Details	West Indies	TBC	TBD	TBD	TBD

2020 World Cup Hosts

The ICCC voted for the hosts of the tournament after examining the bids which was made by the nations keen to hold a Twenty20 World Championship. After South Africa, England will host in 2009 followed by West Indies in 2010, Sri Lanka in 2012 and Bangladesh in 2014. The ICC made a decision that South Africa and England should host the first two championships because they were the earliest adopters of the format.

2020 World Cup 2009

The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was played between 2 August and 5 August 2008 in Stormont, Belfast in Northern Ireland. The six competiting teams were: Bermuda, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, The Netherlands and Scotland, with the top three earning a place at the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 in England. The contest was won by Ireland and the Netherlands, who shared the trophy after rain forced the final to be abandoned without a ball bowled. Both teams qualified for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 finals in England. Due to the withdrawal of Zimbabwe from the competition, the two finalists are joined by third-placed Scotland.

The tournament format for the 2009 edition consisted of four stages:
Group Stage - Four groups of three teams (two seeds and one qualifier) with two games per team and the top two teams qualifying for the Super 8s.
"Super 8s" - Two four-team groups playing three games each. The make up of the groups was pre-decided based upon all seeds qualifying; if a seed failed to qualify the beneficiary took their allotted place in their respective group.
Semi-Finals - Group Winners playing the runner up of the other Super 8 Group.
Final

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2020 World Cup - History

The ICC World Twenty20 is the international championship of Twenty20 cricket. The occasion is organised by the sport's governing management, the International Cricket Council (ICC). The contest consists of 12 teams and is contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers. The competition is usually going to take place around every two years.

The opening event, the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, was taken place in South Africa from 11-24 September 2007.
The competition was won by India, who become the first World T20 Champions after defeating Pakistan by 5 runs in the final at Johannesburg.