subject: Icc T20 Worldcup 2012 Information & Tickets For Sale [print this page] The 2012 ICC World Twenty20 will be the fourth ICC World Twenty20 competition, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament that will be held in Sri Lanka between September 18 and October 7, 2012. This will be the first World Twenty20 tournament held in an Asian country, the last three being held in South Africa, England and the West Indies respectively. Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga has been chosen as the event ambassador of the tournament by ICC.
The format will see four groups of three in a preliminary round. India and England are in the same group and will be joined by the runner up of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier; Afghanistan. The Champions of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier; Ireland are in a group with West Indies and Australia. Sri Lanka, South Africa and Zimbabwe, and Pakistan, New Zealand and Bangladesh are the other two groups.
The 2012 World Twenty20 will be the fourth edition of the Twenty20 tournament. The first was hosted by South Africa in 2007, where India beat Pakistan in a thriller to become Twenty20 champions. Afridi was the man of the tournament. Yuvraj Singh hit six sixes in an over bowled by Stuart Broad. Pakistan, the losing finalists in 2007, defeated Sri Lanka in the 2009 tournament to become World t20 Champions, held in England. Dilshan was the man of the tournament. England became the third World Twenty20 champions by beating Australia in the West Indies.
The top two teams from each group will proceed to the Super Eight stage of the tournament. The Super Eight will consist of two groups. The top two teams from the two Super Eight groups would play the semi-finals, and the semi-final winners would contest the final to determine the world champions in Twenty20 cricket. England are the defending champions, having won the 2010 edition in the West Indies.
The Super Eight stage consists of the top two teams from each group of the group stage. The teams are split into two groups, Groups E and F. Group E will consist of the top seed from Groups A and C, and the second seed of groups B and D. Group F will consist of the top seed from Groups B and D, and the second seed of groups A and C. The seedings used are those allocated at the start of the tournament and are not affected by group stage results, with the exception of if a non-seeded team knocks out a seeded team, the non-seeded team inherits the seed of the knocked-out team.
Venues For ICC T20 World Cup 2012
Match fixtures were announced on 21 September 2011 by ICC. On the same date, the ICC also unveiled the logo of the tournament, named "Modern Spin". All matches will be playing at the following three grounds: Pallekele Cricket Stadium (Capacity: 35,000), R. Premadasa Stadium Colombo (Capacity: 35,000) & Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium Hambantota (Capacity: 60,000).
Groups For ICC T20 World Cup 2012
Group A
England
India
Afghanistan
Group B
Australia
West Indies
Ireland
Group C
Sri Lanka
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Group D
Pakistan
New Zealand
Bangladesh
Warm-up Matches
12 warm-up matches will be played between 13 and 19 September featuring all 12 teams.
