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Based on the performance in the first twenty20 World Cup - India have been awarded the easiest group along side Bangladesh and Ireland in this second Twenty20 world cup to be played in England in the month of June 2009.

12 teams are broken into group of 3 in first stage out of which - 2 teams will qualify for the second round where each team plays 3 more matches before qualifying for the semi-finals. World Cup twenty-twenty20 fixtures have a strange pattern where each qualifying team will play two teams which qualified at number 2 in their group whereas 1 match with winner of third group.. similarly - the team which qualifies 2nd in a group gets to play 2 matches against group winners & 1 match versus 2nd team of a group.

A 27 match tournament whose matches will be starting mainly at 2 different timings (5pm & 1.30pm according to UK timing) and to be played at only 3 stadiums across England.

Note that the final match will be played 2 hours earlier than usual night matches and Nottingham is the ground which is also known as Trent Bridge which is one of 3 venues in England hosting this cricket tournament.

India are the defending champions.

Twenty20 World Cup 2009 : Match schedule & start timings
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

Note
Group A = India, Bangladesh, Ireland
Group B = England, Pakistan, Netherlands
Group C = Australia, Srilanka, West Indies
Group D = New Zealand, South Africa, Scotland

Note
Zimbabwe : the team which has been playing International cricket for quite some time and although their test & ODI performance were not upto the mark - they had beaten Australia in the inaugural twenty20 world cup in south africa.. yet - they have opted out of this 2nd T20 World Cup. Reason : Zimbabwe cricket doesn't think UK Government will issue visas for their team members! strange but true..

Twenty20 World Cup 2009 : Match Schedule + Start Time