The inaugural Twenty 20 championship is going to be held in South Africa in 2007.

The tournament will consist of 12 teams split into 4 groups.

Groups:

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


Schedule:

Sep 11: South Africa v West Indies, New Wanderers, Johannesburg
Sept 12: New Zealand v Kenya, Kingsmead, Durban
Sept 12: Pakistan v Scotland, Kingsmead, Durban
Sept 12: Australia v Zimbabwe, Newlands, Cape Town
Sept 13: West Indies v Bangladesh, Wanderers
Sept 13: Zimbabwe v England, Newlands
Sept 13: India v Scotland, Kingsmead
Sept 14: Australia v England, Newlands
Sept 14: India v Pakistan, Kingsmead
Sept 14: Sri Lanka v Kenya, New Wanderers
Sept 15: South Africa v Bangladesh, Newlands
Sep 16-20: Super 8s
Sep 22: Semi-finals, Newlands and Kingsmead
Sep 24: Final, New Wanderers.


Super 8 Stage:
Sep 16 India v New Zealand at Johannesburg
Sep 16 Australia v Bangladesh at Cape Town
Sep 16 South Africa v England at Cape Town
Sep 17 Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Johannesburg
Sep 18 England v New Zealand at Durban
Sep 18 Australia v Pakistan at Johannesburg
Sep 18 Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Johannesburg
Sep 19 South Africa v New Zealand at Durban
Sep 19 England v India at Durban
Sep 20 Australia v Sri Lanka at Cape Town
Sep 20 Bangladesh v Pakistan at Cape Town
Sep 20 South Africa v India at Durban

thanx rey..I'm really looking forward to this...But darn, my exams will be goin on in the first week of the world cup..

Hey u r welcome!
BTW: World cups and exams are dependent on each other! Somehow!

something to look forward to for sure, also our group is well placed , hoping for a India Pak final

jus watchin the RSA-WI one...N LOOK AT THE AUDIENCE>>>THEY're Goin crrraazzy


N LOOK AT CHRIS GAYLE!!!

I tell u, this is so xcitin..even though it's not India

the best part about this cup is ..i dont think australia are a sure shot winner this time around , i belive anyteam can win the cup

watta opening match !!
WI made 204 and SA chased it in 20 overs ..I wished these guys played such type of cricket in ODI's too..20-20 is more fun more hard hitting more exciting..

Yea Don i agree wid u this time itcan be anyone.. looking forward for the next game..

After Gayle's blitzkrieg I thought WI had the upper hand!
But things soon changed and SA won comfortably chasing the target with plenty of balls spare!

OH MAN!THNX 4 THE SCHEDULE
CANT WAIT 4 THE NXT MATCH ......

LOVE,
ZAY
XOXO

Yea!! I was like, oh my god..How is SA gonna win now.....but then it changed..
n yup Don, I agree..I am sivk o the Aussies always leading n now tht there r many newcomers..it can be anyone..
this Twenty20 is sooo exciting..I just love it!!

^ lol ya its getting more and more exciting..Zim won against Aus wow!!
anyone whos neutral will love this defeat

Results:
New Zealand beat Kenya convincingly by 9 wickets.
Pakistan beat Scotland by 51 runs.
Upset of the tournament so far: Zimbabwe registered a 5 wicket win over Australia!

India finally get into action today!

Lol...I alwayz support the team playing againt Aus....be it anyone...even say..Netherlands or sumthing
In the Aus match I was like --->>>> n then ---->>> I was SOOOO OVERJOYED

N did u guys see the NZ n Kenya match??? 4 wickets in the first 2 overs!!!????? Gillespi was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G.


lookin 4ward to the Ind-Scotland match today

what has gotten into Zimbabwe???


and WI got dumped out !!!

Yeah...Bangladesh spring up yet another surprise knocking out WI out of the competition.

England beat Zimbabwe by 50 runs. That sets up a mouthwatering tie tomorrow. Aussies have to do much more to make a match out of it.

thnxxx for da schedule rey...n i realllyyyy hope england winz tomorrow so aussie will be out from 20/20......!

Yup..I hope Aussie getz out..... really guys...noone can predict WHO will win the cup...everybody is good..n if not good atleast fine...even the average teams have put in their best..

aah!!Rain rain go away, u better cum nuther day!!

sm nice pretty expression there ..

ya wenevr whoevr beats aus evry neutral individual feels happy

btw today seems like an unlucky day for India no match till nw

yup, still raining in SA

any favorites to take the cup?
I think my choice is sri lanka

Finally the match had to be abandoned. Result: India and Scotland split points!

That means this group is very much open too! That makes India-Pakistan clash more interesting!

MUCH more interesting...really lookin forward to it...

Didnt see any match except for Pak-Scotland and SA-WI because I had stupid tests going on.
Now they are finally finished and I'll be watching all matches!
Really scared about Pak-India match!! =SS

lolz nimi..I have my xams STILL goin on... since the first match till monday..damn..


AUssies won..TRAGEDy..I'm feelin bad for zimbabwe..

Now who would have thought India-Pakistan match to end up in a tie!!

Now therez gonna be a tie breaker to decide the winner! Whoa!

The best 20-20 game till date..wow !!
I liked the bowl out thing in the game hmm smthing new for cricket smwat like penalty shootout in soccer..it also reminded me of chak de india climax scene
evn pak played well bt i guess the better team won today gr8t fun amazing cricket..

Yeah that was exciting! Something very new and refreshing! Finally the bowlers get to play an important part after being smacked around the park!

oh yeah that was so exciting!! n the best thin is tht pakistan didn't even bowl out once.. I never thought it would end up in atie....I mean it's so totally rare..

n UTHAPPA bowled out

I think the problem was that the Pak bowlers used a shorter run-up
because of this they lost their rhythm and couldnt hit the stumps

the indians bowlers all bowled from their usual run-up - so no wonder they hit

^ Agreed
I tou lost hope when Afridi got out..and my cousin closed d tv! But I kept myself updated by sending msgs to service in mobile network..they kept telling the score.
Frankly speaking, didnt like the penalty stroke thing..because i knew except for M.Asif..nobody will hit d wicket!

i loved yesterdays match , nothing better than to see a completely demoralised pakistani team & even better than that was to see ramiz raza's face after the loss , ab india chahe jite ya haare yeh cup , apne liye to kal ka match hi wasool tha

yea ur rite don
kal ka match ws awesum evn tho i din watch it cause i ws soooo scared who will win lol


luv ya
roshni
xxxxx

Actually the thriller started after afridi got out..misbah started hitting freely all over the ground , he almost got pak close to victory except for those last 2 balls when sreesanth bowled extremely well..

India's got it tied solely becoz of the runout in the last ball,... n in a way I think it was better it ended up with a tie...it was too excitin to see the bowl outs..

both da teamz played fabulously! pak did an awsum j0b!
ya i also didnt like dat idea of penalty stroke...!

The schedule for the Super 8 stage:

Sep 16 India v New Zealand at Johannesburg
Sep 16 Australia v Bangladesh at Cape Town
Sep 16 South Africa v England at Cape Town
Sep 17 Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Johannesburg
Sep 18 England v New Zealand at Durban
Sep 18 Australia v Pakistan at Johannesburg
Sep 18 Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Johannesburg
Sep 19 South Africa v New Zealand at Durban
Sep 19 England v India at Durban
Sep 20 Australia v Sri Lanka at Cape Town
Sep 20 Bangladesh v Pakistan at Cape Town
Sep 20 South Africa v India at Durban

thanks rey!!! is it a day-night match today??

India vs New Zealand is scheduled to start 1:30 pm IST!!
Ind- SA and Ind - Eng matches begin 9:30 pm IST! (DN)

New Zealand beat India by 10 runs. I missed most of the match though!

Brett Lee recorded the first hat trick in this format of the game. Australia seem poised for a comfortable victory.

Ya..I saw the NZ one.. n they lost by 10 runs!! They lost wickets fast after Gambhir got out... n then in the end there were Sreesanth n RP left.

N Aussies won..losing only ONE wicket. .

india played badly - period
they fully deserve this loss

the south africa - england match is in progress
england is 79/3 in reply to SA's 154

India did NOT play badly...NZ played well..


england lost..by... 19 runs

Other matches update:
Pakistan fought back superbly, after being reduced to 37/3 off 7 overs, to set a target of 190 for Sri Lanka for a win. SL fell short by 33 runs. Pakistan notch up 2 valuable points!

New Zealand won by 5 runs from England!

yeah...

watchin the Pak-Aus match..N I can't say anything..

Pakistan won the match by 6 wickets!!

ya Pakistan won..

Yeah...Pakistan beat Australia by 6 wickets and are (almost) into the semis!
New Zealand beat England by 5 runs! That must have been exciting!

Yeah Pak played really well today they will be comfortably into the semis..hopefully india will play well too tmrw

Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh to keep their hopes of reaching semis alive!!
Do or die for India and England today!

ya..I knw.... the pak match was really xcitin..


NZ made 153/8 if they win, they are in..