ICC World Twenty20: India reaches the Semifinals!

Now, that is one heading I really wanted to write a post with… but Indian team’s performance in the Super8 let me down.

Nevertheless, the Indian team in Women’s T20 WC has given me this chance… 🙂

If you were busy following the men’s tournament and did not get a chance to check out what was happening in Women’s T20, here is an update.

Indian Women’s Team defeated Pakistan and Sri Lanka in their group matches to reach to the Semifinal stage. The other three teams that qualify for the Semi finals are England, New Zealand and Australia.

A Quick Re-cap

Indian Women’s Team was placed in Group B along with England, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Match 1

  • England Women vs India Women at Taunton – Jun 11, 2009
  • England Women won by 10 wickets (with 26 balls remaining)
  • India Women 112/8 (20/20 ov); England Women 113/0 (15.4/20 ov)

Match 2

  • India Women vs Pakistan Women at Taunton – Jun 13, 2009
  • India Women won by 5 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
  • Pakistan Women 75 (19.5/20 ov); India Women 78/5 (17.4/20 ov)

Match 3

  • India Women v Sri Lanka Women at Taunton – Jun 15, 2009
  • India Women won by 5 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
  • Sri Lanka Women 94/6 (18/18 ov); India Women 95/5 (16.5/18 ov)

Indian Women’s Team ended up second in their group after England (who won all the matches they played). India women now plays against New Zealand women, the unbeaten from group A, in the first Semi Final match on the 18th.

Fixtures

Day Time Match Venue Forecast
Thu Jun 18 5:30 PM IST 1st Semi-Final
India Women vs New Zealand Women
Trent Bridge Cloudy
Fri Jun 19 5:30 PM IST 2nd Semi-Final
England Women vs Australia Women
Oval Mostly Sunny

The matches will be played on the same venue for Men’s Semifinal before their matches and will be telecasted live on TV.

ICC World Twenty20 2009 Women’s Tournament [Schedule]

The second edition of ICC World Twenty20 will feature two parallel tournaments – the women’s tournament featuring 8 teams and the men’s tournament featuring 12 teams.

The groupings and schedule of the women’s tournament is given below:

Group A Group B
Australia India
New Zealand England
West Indies Sri Lanka
South Africa Pakistan

Warm-up matches

JUNE 2009
08 MON NZ vs ENG
4:30 PM IST
RSA vs SL
4:30 PM IST
08 MON AUS vs IND
8:30 PM IST
WI vs PAK
8:30 PM IST
09 TUE RSA vs PAK
4:30 PM IST
NZ vs IND
4:30 PM IST
09 TUE WI vs SL
8:30 PM IST
ENG vs AUS
8:30 PM IST

Group Stage

JUNE 2009 GROUP A GROUP B
11 THU WI vs RSA
4:30 PM IST
IND vs ENG
8:30 PM IST
12 FRI AUS vs NZ
4:30 PM IST
PAK vs SL
8:30 PM IST
13 SAT WI vs NZ
4:30 PM IST
IND vs PAK
8:30 PM IST
14 SUN AUS vs WI
4:30 PM IST
ENG vs SL
8:30 PM IST
15 MON NZ vs RSA
4:30 PM IST
IND vs SL
8:30 PM IST
16 TUE AUS vs RSA
4:30 PM IST
ENG vs PAK
8:30 PM IST
18 THU

Women’s S/F – A1 v B2
5:30 PM IST

19 FRI

Women’s S/F – B1 v A2
5:30 PM IST

21 SUN

Women’s Final
3:00 PM IST

This is a welcome decision by ICC to hold Women’s T20 World Cup along with Men’s T20 World Cup as this will surely bring extra media attention and a definite boost to women’s cricket, the otherwise ignored aspect of international cricket.

With so many matches happening every day during the World Cup, it sure is going to be absolute delight for the cricket fans!

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