After IPL 2009, a bigger cricket event i.e. the ICC World twenty20 2009 will start from June 5, 2009 in England. Apart from the 9 test playing nations, countries like Scotland, Ireland and Holland are taking part in the event.Twenty20, once the cheeky, brash upstart of world cricket, firmly joins the establishment from today when Lord's stages the opening match of the 2009 World Championship.
Match Schedule ICC T20 World Cup 2009:
| June 2009 | |
Fri 5  17:30 local, 16:30 GMT, 22:00 IST | 1st Match, Group B - England v Netherlands Lord's, London |
| Sat 6 10:00 local, 09:00 GMT, 14:30 IST | 2nd Match, Group D - New Zealand v Scotland Kennington Oval, London |
| Sat 6 14:00 local, 13:00 GMT, 18:30 IST | 3rd Match, Group C - Australia v West Indies Kennington Oval, London |
| Sat 6 18:00 local, 17:00 GMT, 22:30 IST | 4th Match, Group A - Bangladesh v India Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| Sun 7 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT, 18:00 IST | 5th Match, Group D - Scotland v South Africa |
| Sun 7 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT, 22:00 IST | 6th Match, Group B - England v Pakistan Kennington Oval, London |
| Mon 8 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT, 18:00 IST | 7th Match, Group A - Bangladesh v Ireland Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| Mon 8 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT, 22:00 IST | 8th Match, Group C - Australia v Sri Lanka Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| Tue 9 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT, 18:00 IST | 9th Match, Group B - Netherlands v Pakistan Lord's, London |
| Tue 9 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT, 22:00 IST | 10th Match, Group D - New Zealand v South Africa |
| Wed 10 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT, 18:00 IST | 11th Match, Group C - Sri Lanka v West Indies Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| Wed 10 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT, 22:00 IST | 12th Match, Group A - India v Ireland Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| Thu 11 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT, 18:00 IST | 13th Match, Group F - TBC v TBC Trent Bridge, Nottingham D1 v A2 |
| Thu 11 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT, 22:00 IST | 14th Match, Group E - TBC v TBC Trent Bridge, Nottingham B2 v D2 |
| Fri 12 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT, 18:00 IST | 15th Match, Group F - TBC v TBC Lord's, London B1 v C2 |
| Fri 12 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT, 22:00 IST | 16th Match, Group E - TBC v TBC Lord's, London A1 v C1 |
| Sat 13 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT, 18:00 IST | 17th Match, Group E - TBC v TBC Kennington Oval, London C1 v D2 |
| Sat 13 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT, 22:00 IST | 18th Match, Group F - TBC v TBC Kennington Oval, London D1 v B1 |
| Sun 14 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT, 18:00 IST | 19th Match, Group F - TBC v TBC Lord's, London A2 v C2 |
| Sun 14 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT, 22:00 IST | 20th Match, Group E - TBC v TBC Lord's, London A1 v B2 |
| Mon 15 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT, 18:00 IST | 21st Match, Group E - TBC v TBC Kennington Oval, London B2 v C1 |
| Mon 15 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT, 22:00 IST | 22nd Match, Group F - TBC v TBC Kennington Oval, London B1 v A2 |
| Tue 16 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT, 18:00 IST | 23rd Match, Group F - TBC v TBC Trent Bridge, Nottingham D1 v C2 |
| Tue 16 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT, 22:00 IST | 24th Match, Group E - TBC v TBC Trent Bridge, Nottingham D2 v A1 |
| Thu 18 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT, 22:00 IST | 1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| Fri 19 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT, 22:00 IST | 2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC Kennington Oval, London |
| Sun 21 15:00 local, 14:00 GMT, 19:30 IST | Final - TBC v TBC Lord's, London |
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