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India Vs West Indies 2009 [Schedule]

Indian team is flying directly from England to West Indies to play a four ODI match series. Surely, there was no breathing time in between the WT20 and this tour, although the Indian team has found some time to re-assemble after their early exit from WT20.

This will be the last leg of the 2008-2009 season that started in October with Australian visiting India. The team gets a considerable break before they play in the Champions Trophy in September later this year.

The Schedule

The Schedule of the West Indies tour is:

Date	Time	Match	Venue
Fri, Jun 26	08:00 PM IST	1st ODI – West Indies vs India	Kingston, Jamaica
Sun, Jun 28	08:00 PM IST	2nd ODI – West Indies vs India	Kingston, Jamaica
Fri, Jul 3	07:00 PM IST	3rd ODI – West Indies vs India	Gros Islet, St Lucia
Sun, Jul 5	07:00 PM IST	4th ODI – West Indies vs India	Gros Islet, St Lucia

Live Broadcast

List of TV channels broadcasting India Vs West Indies 2009 live:

Country	Broadcaster
Bangladesh	Ten Sports
Europe	Ten Sports
Hong Kong	Ten Sports
India	Ten Sports
Indonesia	Ten Sports
Japan	Ten Sports
Middle East	Ten Sports
Maldives	Ten Sports
Nepal	Ten Sports
Pakistan	Ten Sports
South Africa	Super Sports
UK	Sky Sports

ICC World Twenty20 Super8 [Schedule and Fixtures]

Pakistan has managed to qualify for the Super8 after defeating Netherlands quite handsomely. The teams were to retain their seeding for the Super8s stage, irrespective of whether they finish first or second in their group. The fixture details of the Super8 stage are already very clear.

Just to remind you, the rule is that if any of the 3^rd seeded team from a group qualifies for the Super8, it will get the seeding of the team that they knock out for the purpose of deciding the Super8 matches.

Thus, Ireland and West Indies now get seeding of Bangladesh and Australia respectively for deciding their matches for the Super8 stage.

The group wise team seeding now stands as given below:

GROUP A	GROUP B	GROUP C	GROUP D
India – A1	Pakistan – B1	West Indies – C1	New Zealand – D1
Ireland – A2	England – B2	Sri Lanka – C2	South Africa – D2
Bangladesh	Netherlands	Australia	Scotland

Super8 – Groups

GROUP E	GROUP F
A1	B1
B2	A2
C1	C2
D2	D1

Schedule and fixtures for Super8

Super 8s	GROUP E	GROUP F
11 THU	England vs South Africa (B2 vs D2) 10:00 PM IST	New Zealand vs Ireland (D1 vs A2) 6:00 PM IST
12 FRI	India vs West Indies (A1 vs C1) 10:00 PM IST	Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (B1 vs C2) 6:00 PM IST
13 SAT	West Indies vs South Africa (C1 vs D2) 6:00 PM IST	New Zealand vs Pakistan (D1 vs B1) 10:00 PM IST
14 SUN	India vs England (A1 vs B2) 10:00 PM IST	Ireland vs Sri Lanka (A2 vs C2) 6:00 PM IST
15 MON	England vs West Indies (B2 vs C1) 10:00 PM IST	Pakistan vs Ireland (B1 vs A2) 6:00 PM IST
16 TUE	India vs South Africa (A1 vs D2) 10:00 PM IST	NewZealand vs Sri Lanka (D1 vs C2) 6:00 PM IST
18 THU	Semifinal – E1 vs F2 10:00 PM IST
19 FRI	Semifinal F1 vs E2 10:00 PM IST 2030 hrs BST
21 SUN	Final 7:30 PM IST

‘Catch the Spirit’ – WT20 India vs Pakistan warm-up match

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has designated the World T20 2009 warm-up match between India and Pakistan as a ‘Catch the Spirit’ match. The match is scheduled to be played at the Oval on June 3 from 10:00 PM IST.

‘Catch the Spirit’ highlights the respect with which the game is played around the world and is one of the themes of the ICC’s ongoing centenary year of 2009.

As per ICC media release, the funds raised by this match will go to support the families of the victims of the attack on the Sri Lankan team and match officials in Lahore in March.

Though, complete details are still not available but the funds will be raised primarily through requests for contributions from spectators inside the ground, appeal for donations from the spectators outside the ground via television broadcasts and internet coverage of the match and contributions from other parties having direct or indirect interest in cricket.
This stands out as a testimony of a great spirit that sport events can show to support a noble cause. I wish all the success to the organizers and hope spectators and cricket stakeholders across the globe contributes wholeheartedly during the match.

The match will be broadcasted live in India on TV on Star Cricket.

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!

ICC World Twenty20 2009 Men’s Tournament [Schedule]

The second season of ICC World Twenty20 will start from June 5, 2009 in England. This time the ICC World Twenty20 will also feature a parallel competition between 8 women’s teams, along with the men’s tournament in which 12 teams are participating.

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

Groups

GROUP A	GROUP B	GROUP C	GROUP D
India – A1	Pakistan – B1	Australia – C1	New Zealand – D1
Bangladesh – A2	England – B2	Sri Lanka – C2	South Africa – D2
Ireland	Netherlands	West Indies	Scotland

Group Stage

JUNE 2009	GROUP A	GROUP B	GROUP C	GROUP D
05 FRI		ENG vs NED 10 PM IST
06 SAT	IND vs BAN 10:30 PM IST		AUS vs WI 6:30 PM IST	NZ vs SCO 2:30 PM IST
07 SUN		ENG vs PAK 10:00 PM IST		RSA vs SCO 6:00 PM IST
08 MON	IRE vs BAN 6:00 PM IST		AUS vs SL 10:00 PM IST
09 TUE		PAK vs NED 6:00 PM IST		NZ vs RSA 10:00 PM IST
10 WED	IND vs IRE 10:00 PM IST		SL vs WI 6:00 PM IST

Super 8’s – Groups

GROUP E	GROUP F
A1	B1
B2	A2
C1	C2
D2	D1

The teams will retain their initial seeding for the Super 8’s, irrespective of whether they finish first or second in their group. In case they are knocked out by team 3 of their group, then team 3 will replace the seeding of the team that they knock out.

If India qualifies for Super 8’s, even if it comes second, India will still be A1. If for example, Ireland qualifies instead of India, Ireland will become A1.

Super 8s	GROUP E (A1, B2, C1, D2)	GROUP F (B1, A2, C2, D1)
11 THU	B2 vs D2 10:00 PM IST	D1 vs A2 6:00 PM IST
12 FRI	India (A1) vs Australia (C1) 10:00 PM IST	B1 vs C2 6:00 PM IST
13 SAT	C1 vs D2 6:00 PM IST	D1 vs B1 10:00 PM IST
14 SUN	India (A1) vs England (B2) 10:00 PM IST	A2 vs C2 6:00 PM IST
15 MON	B2 vs C1 10:00 PM IST	B1 vs A2 6:00 PM IST
16 TUE	India (A1) vs South Africa (D2) 10:00 PM IST	D1 vs C2 6:00 PM IST
18 THU	Semifinal – E1 v F2 10:00 PM IST
19 FRI	Semifinal F1 v E2 10:00 PM IST 2030 hrs BST
21 SUN	Final 7:30 PM IST

India will play a warm-up match against New Zealand at 10 PM on 1 June.

For those of you who are interested in watching a T20 match between India and Pakistan, which otherwise will not happen in the Group matches or Super 8’s, then watch out for a warm-up game on 3 June at 10 PM when both the teams play against each other.

All the matches (including the warm-up matches) will be broadcasted live in India on ESPN, Star Sports and Star Cricket.