Twenty20 World Cup History t20 World Cups History

Twenty20 World Cup History .The period lasting from the year 1998 to 2001 was can be traced back as the time of origin of Twenty20 cricket. However, it was in the year 2001 that the idea of a shortened form of cricket, earlier discussed by England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), began to take a concrete shape. The concept of 40-over game, with 20 overs per innings, was presented to the county chairman in the same year and later, passed with a voting of 11-7, 11 in favor and 7 against. Soon, the new form of cricket was given the name of Twenty20, more popularly T20.

T20 Cricket was formally introduced to the world in 2003, when ECB launched the Twenty20 Cup, along with slogan “I don’t like cricket, I love it”. The same year, the first Twenty20 cricket tournament was organized in England, with various county cricket teams. The tournament proved to be a success, with thousands of spectators filling the England’s cricket stadiums, a first in many decades. Soon, other cricket playing nations of the world also started to take notice of Twenty20 cricket.

Soon after the first Twenty20 cricket tournament was played and became overnight success, South Africa, Australia and the West Indies also organized similar tournaments, which again attracted huge cricket audience. In the year 2005, history was created, when Twenty20 cricket made its international debut, with the first T20 International being played, between Australia and New Zealand, at Eden Park. As the popularity of the new form of cricket started rising, surpassing that of even ODIs and Tests, the game was taken more seriously.

By 2007, the popularity of Twenty20 had gained such heights that ICC organized the first international Twenty20 tournament, rather the inaugural Twenty20 World Cup, creating another history of sorts. With South Africa as the host, the tournament included 10 test playing nations, apart from ICC associate nations - Kenya and Scotland. India won the first ICC T20 World Cup, beating Pakistan in the finals. Now, the second ICC Twenty20 World Cup has been scheduled to start in June 2009, with England as the host and 9 test playing nations (excluding Zimbabwe), Scotland and debutants Ireland and the Netherlands as the teams.

T20 Cricket world Cup 2010 in West indies

Group A:
Pakistan, Bangladesh & Australia
Group B:
Srilanka, New Zealand & Zimbabwe
Group C:
India, South Africa & Qualifier
Group D:
West Indies, England and Qualifier

Apr-2010
Fri 30	1st Match, Group D – West Indies v TBC Providence Stadium, Guyana
Fri 30	2nd Match, Group B – Sri Lanka v New Zealand Providence Stadium, Guyana
May-2010
Sat 01	3rd Match, Group C – India v TBC Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Sat 01	4th Match, Group A – Pakistan v Bangladesh Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Sat 01	5th Match, Group D – England v TBC Providence Stadium, Guyana
Sun 02	8th Match, Group B – New Zealand v Zimbabwe Providence Stadium, Guyana
Sun 02	7th Match, Group A – Pakistan v Australia Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Sun 02	6th Match, Group C – India v South Africa Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Mon 03	9th Match, Group D – West Indies v England Providence Stadium, Guyana
Mon 03	10th Match, Group B – Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka Providence Stadium, Guyana
Tue 04	11th Match, Group C – South Africa v TBC Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Tue 04	12th Match, Group A – Australia v Bangladesh Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Thu 06	14th Match – C1 v B2 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Thu 06	13th Match – A1 v D2 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Fri 07	15th Match – A2 v C2 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Fri 07	16th Match – B1 v D1 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Sat 08	17th Match – C1 v D2 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Sat 08	18th Match – A1 v B2 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Sun 09	19th Match – C2 v D1 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Sun 09	20th Match – B1 v A2 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Mon 10	22nd Match – A1 v C1 Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Mon 10	21st Match – B2 v D2 Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Tue 11	23rd Match – B1 v C2 Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Tue 11	24th Match – D1 v A2 Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Thu 13	1st Semi-Final – TBC v TBC Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Fri 14	2nd Semi-Final – TBC v TBC Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Sun 16	The Final – TBC v TBC Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

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Included in the new eight-year period are 18 ICC tournaments with two ICC Cricket World Cups, in Asia (2011) and Australasia (2015), and a minimum of three ICC Champions Trophy tournaments.

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