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ABOUT THE EVENT ABOUT THE EVENT

EVENT OVERVIEW The ICC World Twenty20 2016, being hosted by , is the sixth edition of the tournament and the fifth time the women will play alongside the men. hosted the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in 2007, which was won by India in a dramatic final against at the Wanderers. The tournament will also be remembered for Yuvraj Singh hitting six sixes in one over against ’s Stuart Broad and the first-ever , which was hit by . Pakistan won the second edition of the men’s tournament, which took place in England in 2009. It defeated in the final of the event at Lord’s, although Tillakaratne Dilshan won the Player of the Tournament Award. Associate Members enjoyed great success, with the defeating England and Ireland beating . In 2009, the first-ever women’s tournament was also held alongside the men’s event, with double-header matches played in the knock-out stage. England’s women won the tournament after defeating in the final after an outstanding display by Katherine Brunt. In 2010, England’s men captured their first-ever ICC global title, defeating by seven in the final, while Australia’s women won a close final against New Zealand by three runs. In 2012, while West Indies beat host Sri Lanka by 36 runs to win the men’s title, its first ICC trophy since the ICC Champions Trophy in 2004, Australia beat England by four runs to win the women’s title. The most recent tournament, held in Bangladesh in 2014, saw Sri Lanka emphatically defeat 2016 host India. India had gone through the tournament undefeated until the final, suffering a six- loss with 13 balls remaining. In the women’s event, Australia again beat England in the repeat of 2012 final, this time by six wickets with 28 balls remaining, to complete a hat-trick of titles.

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TOURNAMENT FORMAT The ICC World Twenty20 India 2016 will be staged across eight venues of India from 8 March to 3 April. A total of 58 tournament matches, including 35 men’s matches and 23 women’s matches, will be played in the 27-day tournament in Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Dharamsala, Kolkata, Mohali, and Nagpur. Delhi and Mumbai will host the semi-finals on 30 and 31 March, respectively, while in Kolkata will be the venue of the 3 April finals. The women’s semi-finals and final will be followed by the men’s knock-out matches. There is a reserve day for the finals. For the second time in a row, 16 teams will feature in the men’s competition. The top eight sides on the MRF Tyres ICC T20I Rankings as on 30 April 2015 have qualified directly for the second round, which will start on 15 March. The first round will commence from 8 March and will be competed by the ninth and 10th ranked sides (Bangladesh and ) along with Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, and Oman. These sides have qualified from the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2015, which was staged in Ireland and Scotland. The eight sides in the first round have been divided into two groups of four each as follows:

Group A Group B BANGLADESH ZIMBABWE NETHERLANDS SCOTLAND IRELAND HONG KONG OMAN AFGHANISTAN

The two group winners will join Australia, England, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and host India in the Super 10 stage, which will be played alongside the women’s event from 15-28 March. Men’s defending champion Sri Lanka has been placed in Super 10 Group 1 along with South Africa, West Indies, England and the Group B winner. Host India, which won the inaugural tournament in South Africa in 2007, is in Super 10 Group 2 along with 2009 winner Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand and the Group A winner. The 2 Groups of the Super 10 stage look like this:

Group 1 Group 2 SRI LANKA INDIA SOUTH AFRICA PAKISTAN WEST INDIES AUSTRALIA ENGLAND NEW ZEALAND GROUP B QUALIFIER GROUP A QUALIFIER

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In the women’s event, a total of 10 teams will feature, including eight sides paticipating in the ICC Women’s Championship, and Ireland and Bangladesh, which qualified from the ICC Women’s Twenty20 Qualifier 2015 in Thailand. The 10 sides have been divided into two groups of five each and the top two sides from each group will progress to the semi-finals. 2009 champion England is in Group B along with the West Indies, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Australia, which will be bidding to win the title for the fourth straight time, is in Group A along with South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Ireland. The two women’s groups are:

Group A Group B AUSTRALIA ENGLAND SOUTH AFRICA WEST INDIES NEW ZEALAND INDIA SRI LANKA PAKISTAN IRELAND BANGLADESH

ICC WORLD TWENTY20 TROPHIES Designed and manufactured by Links of London, the ICC World Twenty20 trophy designs are based on the field dynamics of balls being hit to the boundary and fielders returning them in an interactive process. These have a sense of open space and vigour, and captures the constant movement of Twenty20 play. Made of silver and rhodium, these represent a youthful and edgy design.

Women’s Trophy Dimensions Men’s Trophy Dimensions Height: 51 cm Height: 51cm Base diameter: 47 cm Base diameter: 45 cm Top diameter: 21 cm Top diameter: 43 cm Approximate weight: 6 kg Approximate weight: 7.5kgs

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PRIZE MONEY The prize money of the men’s event has been increased from $3million to $5.6million with the winner receiving $1.6million, runner-up collecting $800,000 and losing semi-finalists pocketing $400,000 each. The prize money of the women’s event has been more than doubled to $400,000 with the winner pocketing $100,000 and runner-up getting $50,000. Prize money in the first rounds has also been introduced to reward the sides and players for qualifying for an ICC major event as there is no prize money for qualifying or development events. Men

Prize Money in US $ Winner $1.6million Runner-up $800,000 Losing semi-finalists $400,000 each Round Two Win $60,000 per match Round Two Exit $80,000 per side Round One Win $40,000 per match Round One Exit $40,000 per side

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Prize Money in US $ Winner $100,000 Runner-up $50,000 Losing semi-finalists $25,000 each Group Win $7,000 per match Group Exit $10,000 per side

PLAYING CONDITIONS A full copy of the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016 playing conditions is available on the official tournaments website athttp://www.icc-cricket.com/ world-t20/about

ANTI-CORRUPTION The ICC is committed to maintaining absolute integrity in the tournament and has a zero-tolerance approach to corruption. While ACU representatives will attend all the 58 matches, a 24-hour Hotline +91 971 139 5995 will be maintained during the tournament for players, officials, media and members of the public to give confidential information relating to any suspicious or corrupt activity. The ACU can also be contacted via email: [email protected] Information on the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Policy can be found on the ICC website at http://www.icc-cricket.com/about/46/anti-corruption/overview

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ANTI–DOPING The ICC operates a zero-tolerance policy to doping in cricket. The ICC Anti-doping Code, compliant with the WADA Code, ensures cricket plays its part in the global fight against doping in sport. Information on the ICC’s Anti-doping Code can be found on the ICC website at http://www.icc-cricket.com/about/51/anti-doping/overview

ANTI-RACISM The ICC Anti-Racism Code promotes and encourages participation at all levels of cricket regardless of race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, and to ensure that there is no discrimination in the sport. Information on the ICC’s Anti-Racism Policy can be found on the ICC website at http://www.icc-cricket.com/about/60/anti-racism/anti-racism-and-diversity

BROADCAST The International Cricket Council, along with its production partners Sunset+Vine, will provide comprehensive match coverage of the ICC World T20 India 2016, along with compelling additional content packaged together to deliver a World Feed programme of the highest quality. They will be ably supported by production suppliers Broadcast Solutions, who will provide a majority of the TV equipment and will supervise the installation and running of all technical facilities. The graphics providers Alston Elliot will take care of the in-programme graphics, including live match scoring and other real time and enhanced graphics. Hawkeye meanwhile, will provide high-end Ultra-motion replays and tracking data, apart from and bowling analysis. All these parties come together under the banner of ICC TV to provide enthralling coverage of T20 cricket’s biggest extravaganza – the ICC World T20. ICC’s Global Media Rights Partner, Star, has sub-licensed broadcast rights in various territories which will ensure a reach of more than 1.5 billion for the event. Major broadcast partners include Star Sports (India and Indian Sub-Continent), BSKYB (United Kingdom and Ireland), SuperSport (South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa) and OSN (Middle East and North Africa), BTV, GTV, Maasranga TV (Bangladesh), and Ten Sports and PTV (Pakistan). ICC’s Audio Rights Partner, Channel 2 Group, has acquired global audio rights and will sub-license audio rights in key territories around the world. This includes, India and Sub-Continent, United Kingdom, USA, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. ICC will distribute content for news channels via its News Access Partners for the event.

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MEN’S MATCH SCHEDULE

First Round Groups

Group A Group B BANGLADESH (BAN) ZIMBABWE (ZIM) NETHERLANDS (NETH) SCOTLAND (SCOT) IRELAND (IRE) HONG KONG (HK) OMAN (OMAN) AFGHANISTAN (AFG)

Second Round Groups

Group 1 Group 2 SRI LANKA (SL) INDIA (IND) SOUTH AFRICA (SA) PAKISTAN (PAK) WEST INDIES (WI) AUSTRALIA (AUS) ENGLAND (ENG) NEW ZEALAND (NZ) GROUP B QUALIFIER (Q1B) GROUP A QUALIFIER (Q1A)

Warm-up Matches

Date Time Mohali Mumbai Dharamsala Kolkata

1500-1810 LOCAL v ZIM Thu 03-Mar 1930-2240 IRE v HK

1500-1810 NETH v AFG Fri 04-Mar 1930-2240 SCOT v OMAN

1500-1810 IRE v ZIM Sat 05-Mar 1930-2240 BAN v HK

1500-1810 SCOT v NETH Sun 06-Mar 1930-2240 OMAN v AFG

1500-1810 Thu 10-Mar 1930-2240 NZ v SL IND v WI

1500-1810 NZ v ENG LOCAL v PAK Sat 12-Mar 1930-2240 SA v IND

1500-1810 Sun 13-Mar 1930-2240 AUS v WI

1500-1810 ENG v LOCAL PAK v SL Mon 14-Mar 1930-2240

1500-1810 SA v LOCAL Tue 15-Mar 1930-2240

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First Round Group Matches

Date Time Dharamsala Nagpur

1500-1810 ZIM v HK Tue 08-Mar 1930-2240 SCOT v AFG

1500-1810 BAN v NETH Wed 09-Mar 1930-2240 IRE v OMAN

1500-1810 SCOT v ZIM Thu 10-Mar 1930-2240 HK v AFG

1500-1810 NETH v OMAN Fri 11-Mar 1930-2240 BAN v IRE

1500-1810 ZIM v AFG Sat 12-Mar 1930-2240 SCOT v HK

1500-1810 NETH v IRE Sun 13-Mar 1930-2240 BAN v OMAN

Second Round Group Matches

Date Time Mohali Mumbai Dharamsala Kolkata Delhi Bengaluru Nagpur

Tue 1500-1810 15-Mar 1930-2240 NZ v IND

Wed 1500-1810 PAK v Q1A 16-Mar 1930-2240 WI v ENG

Thu 1500-1810 17-Mar 1930-2240 SL v Q1B

Fri 1500-1810 AUS v NZ 18-Mar 1930-2240 SA v ENG

Sat 1500-1810 19-Mar 1930-2240 IND v PAK

Sun 1500-1810 SA v Q1B 20-Mar 1930-2240 SL v WI

Mon 1500-1810 21-Mar 1930-2240 AUS v Q1A

Tue 1500-1810 22-Mar 1930-2240 NZ v PAK

Wed 1500-1810 ENG v Q1B 23-Mar 1930-2240 IND v Q1A

Fri 1500-1810 PAK v AUS 25-Mar 1930-2240 SA v WI

Sat 1500-1810 Q1A v NZ 26-Mar 1930-2240 SL v ENG

Sun 1500-1810 Q1B v WI 27-Mar 1930-2240 IND v AUS

Mon 1500-1810 28-Mar 1930-2240 SA v SL

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Semi-finals

Date Time Mumbai Delhi

Wed 30-Mar 1900-2210 S10 1 - 2nd v S10 2 - 1st

Thu 31-Mar 1900-2210 S10 1 - 1st v S10 2 - 2nd

Final

Date Time Kolkata

Sun 3-Apr 1900-2210 Men’s Final

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WOMEN’S MATCH SCHEDULE

First Round Groups

Group A Group B SOUTH AFRICA (SA) INDIA (IND) NEW ZEALAND (NZ) WEST INDIES (WI) SRI LANKA (SL) PAKISTAN (PAK) IRELAND (IRE) BANGLADESH (BAN) AUSTRALIA (AUS) ENGLAND (ENG)

Warm-up Matches

Date Time Chennai Bengaluru

1500-1745 IRE v IND Thu 10-Mar 1930-2215 NZ v PAK SL v BAN

1500-1745 NZ v ENG BAN v IRE Sat 12-Mar 1930-2215 PAK v SA SL v IND

1500-1745 WI v AUS Mon 14-Mar 1930-2215 SA v ENG

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Group Matches

Date Time Chennai Mohali Dharamsala Delhi Bengaluru Nagpur

B3-IND v 1530-1815 Tue B5 BAN 15-Mar A3-NZ v 1930-2215 A4-SL

1530-1815 Wed 16-Mar B2-WI v 1930-2215 B4 PAK

B1-ENG v 1530-1815 Thu B5 BAN 17-Mar 1930-2215

A3-NZ v 1530-1815 Fri A5-IRE 18-Mar A1-Aus v 1930-2215 A2 SA

B3-IND v 1530-1815 Sat B4 Pak 19-Mar 1930-2215

B2-WI v 1530-1815 Sun B5-BAN 20-Mar A4-SL v 1930-2215 A5 IRE

A1-AUS v 1530-1815 Mon A3-NZ 21-Mar 1930-2215

B1-ENG v 1530-1815 Tue B3-IND 22-Mar 1930-2215

1530-1815 Wed 23-Mar A2-SA v 1930-2215 A5-IRE

A1-AUS v 1530-1815 Thu A4-SL 24-Mar B1-ENG v B4-PAK v 1930-2215 B2-WI B5-BAN

A1-AUS v 1530-1815 Sat A5-IRE 26-Mar A2-SA v 1930-2215 A3-NZ

B2-WI v 1530-1815 Sun B3-IND 27-Mar B1-ENG v 1930-2215 B4-PAK

A2-SA v 1530-1815 Mon A4-SL 28-Mar 1930-2215

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Semi-finals

Date Time Mumbai Delhi

Wed 30-Mar 1430-1715 2nd A v 1st B

Thu 31-Mar 1430-1715 1st A v 2nd B

Final

Date Time Kolkata

Sun 3-Apr 1430-1715 Women’s Final

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PRE-EVENT MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES Soon after their arrival in India, the teams will hold pre-event media conferences involving the captains. Attendance of the coach and manager is optional. These will be organised to ensure that media is able to gain access to the captains, including photos and general TV footage. The pre-event activities will include open media sessions, which are expected to be attended by around four players from each side. In addition to the team activities, there will be media conferences of ICC’s Anti- Corruption Unit Chairman, Sir Ronnie Flanagan, on 6 March in Mumbai, while Mr David Richardson, Mr Anurag Thakur and Mr MV Sridhar are expected to hold a joint media conference in Delhi on 7 March. Details of these two pressers will be announced closer to the time. The schedule of the pre-event activities is:

MEN’S Dharamsala

Team Date Hotel ’s Presser

Ireland 2 Mar The Pavilion After training Hong Kong 3 Mar Conifer After match Zimbabwe 3 Mar Conifer After match Bangladesh 5 Mar The Pavilion After match

Mohali

Team Date Hotel Captain’s Presser

Netherlands 2 Mar JW Marriott Before training Oman 2 Mar JW Marriott After training Scotland 2 Mar JW Marriott After training Afghanistan 5 Mar Taj Chandigarh 1600-1615

Kolkata (room names to be confirmed in due course)

Team Date Hotel Captain’s Presser Open Media Session

West Indies 8 Mar Taj Bengal 1045-1100 1130-1200 India 8 Mar Taj Bengal 1430-1500 1630-1715 Pakistan 10 Mar Taj Bengal 1430-1500 1630-1715 Australia 12 Mar Taj Bengal 1045-1100 1130-1200

Mumbai (room names to be confirmed in due course)

Team Date Hotel Captain’s Presser Open Media Session

New Zealand 8 Mar Trident 1430-1500 1630-1715 England 9 Mar Trident 1045-1100 1130-1200 Sri Lanka 9 Mar Trident 1430-1500 1630-1715 South Africa 11 Mar Trident 1430-1500 1630-1715

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WOMEN’S

Bengaluru (room names to be confirmed in due course)

Team Date Hotel Captain’s Presser

Sri Lanka 9 Mar Ritz Carlton 1345-1415 Bangladesh 9 Mar Ritz Carlton 1345-1415 India 9 Mar Ritz Carlton 1345-1415 Ireland 9 Mar Ritz Carlton 1345-1415

Chennai (room names to be confirmed in due course)

Team Date Hotel Captain’s Presser

Pakistan 9 Mar Crown Plaza 1345-1415 New Zealand 9 Mar Crown Plaza 1345-1415 England 9 Mar Crown Plaza 1345-1415 South Africa 11 Mar Crown Plaza 1345-1415 West Indies 11 Mar Crown Plaza 1345-1415 Australia 11 Mar Crown Plaza 1345-1415

Schedules are subject to last-minute changes

NON-MATCH DAYS A team representative is expected to be available for media interviews, if requested, at the conclusion of morning practice sessions or before afternoon/evening sessions. A day before a match, formal pre-match media conferences will be held, which are expected to be attended by the captains. Teams training in the morning are expected to hold their media conferences afterwards, while teams training in the afternoon are expected to hold their press conferences beforehand. Media is expected to respect the privacy of players and not attempt to approach them at hotels or away from scheduled media activities. All player approaches should be through the respective team manager / media manager.

MATCH DAYS Post-match media conferences will take place after every game following the post-match presentations, with the losing side coming in first. The sides are expected to make their captains and/or player of the match available for these pressers, however, it will be up to the sides which individuals they put up for these sessions. All post-match media conferences will take place in dedicated press conference areas and will be managed by the Team Media Managers. Media conferences after warm-up matches are not mandatory and it is entirely up to the teams if they want to put up players for news conferences.

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PRE AND POST-FINAL PHOTO-SESSIONS The four captains will attend pre-final photo-shoots with the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016 trophies at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. These photo sessions will take place between the pre-final media conferences. The winning teams are expected to attend photo-sessions with their trophies on the morning after the final. Details will be confirmed and announced closer to the date.

TEAM CONTACTS Most of the teams are expected to have media managers. As such, the media is advised to contact the media managers in the first instance if they have any team/player-related queries, e.g. training schedules, pre-match media conferences and injury updates. The contact details of the team media managers will be circulated as soon as these are available. For queries relating to the event and matters relating to the ICC Codes, please contact Sami Ul Hasan at +91 7045 935 688.

ICC WEBSITE For information on the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016, including Playing Conditions, ICC Codes, teams’ daily schedules, umpire and match referee appointments etc, please visit www.icc-cricket.com Note: All information in the Media Guide is correct as on Tuesday, 23 February 2016. Please check the ICC website at www.icc-cricket.com for any updates.

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