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The ICC World 2010 will be contested by Teams 12 teams which have been ‘seeded’ and divided into four groups: Australia New Zealand Group A Group B Group C Group D Michael Clarke () (captain) South Africa West Indies Daniel Christian New Zealand India Brad Haddin (wicketkeeper) Ian Butler Australia Zimbabwe Ireland Nathan Hauritz Martin Guptill Gareth Hopkins (wicketkeeper) Brendon McCullum How matches are contested; (wicketkeeper) 1. The top two seeded teams are allocated slots in Nathan McCullum the Super Eight stage regardless of where they finish in their group. The Super Eight stage is not determined Rob Nicol on winners and runners-up. For example, Pakistan are designated A1 and Steven Smith Aaron Redmond Bangladesh A2 in their group. If they both qualify then, Shaun Tait regardless of who wins the group, Pakistan will go into Group E and Bangladesh Group F. If, however, Shane Watson Australia qualifies instead of, say, Bangladesh, they Cameron White Ross Taylor will take their designation as A2 and move into Group F. Afghanistan Pakistan 2. Each team will play every other team in its group. 3. No points from the Group stage will be carried Nowroz Mangal (captain) (captain) forward to the Super Eight series. Asghar Stanikzai Abdul Razzaq 4. The top two teams from each group in the Super Dawlat Ahmadzai Fawad Alam Eight series of the competition will progress to the semi-finals where the team placed first in Group E will Hammad Azam Karim Sadiq (wicketkeeper) play the team placed second in Group F and the team Khalid Latif placed first in Group F will play the team placed sec- Misbah-ul-Haq ond in Group E. Mohammad Shahzad Mohammad Aamer 5. The winners of the semi-finals will contest the Mohammad Asif final. Nasratullah Noor Ali Group E Group F Mohammad Sami Raees Ahmadzai A1: B1: Samiullah Shenwari B2: A2: Salman Butt C1: C2: Shabir Noori D2: D1 (wicketkeeper) Yasir Arafat he Providence Stadium is a sports facility. stadium in , replacing The stadium was built by the 2010 ICC WORLD CUP TWENTY20 FIXTURES Tas the national stadium. The stadium Government of Guyana with substantial Bangladesh South Africa was built specifically to host Super Eight financial assistance from the Government Date and Time Match matches in the 2007 World Cup, of India. It was designed by C.R. (captain) (captain) held in March and April 2007. The stadium Narayana Rao (CRN Architects & Jacques Kallis Fri Apr 30 1st Match, Group B - New Zealand v Sri Lanka hosted six World Cup matches between Engineers). (vice-captain/keeper) Loots Bosman 28 March 2007 and 9 April 2007, most Seating 15,000 people, Providence 17:00 GMT Providence Stadium, Guyana notably the match between Sri Lanka and Stadium is one of the largest sports are- Johan Botha Aftab Ahmed Fri Apr 30 2nd Match, Group D - West Indies v Ireland South Africa in which Sri Lankan fast nas in Guyana, and now hosts (wicketkeeper) bowler became the first instead of Bourda. The complex includes Imrul Kayes 21:00 GMT Providence Stadium, Guyana AB de Villiers bowler in international cricket history to a shopping mall and luxury apartments. Jahurul Islam take four in four consecutive balls. Princess International Hotel is located Jean-Paul Duminy Sat May 1 3rd Match, Group C - Afghanistan v India Built primarily for cricket matches, the next to the stadium, and has numerous Herschelle Gibbs 13:30 GMT Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia stadium can be converted into a multi-use luxury guest rooms. Mohammad Rory Kleinveldt Sat May 1 4th Match, Group A - Bangladesh v Pakistan Ashraful 17:30 GMT Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia Naeem Islam Albie Morkel Rubel Hossain Morne Morkel Sun May 2 5th Match, Group C - India v South Africa Dale Steyn 13:30 GMT Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia Suhrawadi Shuvo Juan Theron Syed Rasel Sun May 2 6th Match, Group A - Australia v Pakistan Roelof van der Merwe 17:30 GMT Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia England Sri Lanka Mon May 3 7th Match, Group B - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe 13:30 GMT Providence Stadium, Guyana (captain) (captain/keeper) James Anderson Mon May 3 8th Match, Group D - West Indies v England 17:30 GMT Providence Stadium, Guyana (wicketkeeper) Tillakaratne Dilshan Tue May 4 9th Match, Group B - New Zealand v Zimbabwe Chinthaka Jayasinghe 13:30 GMT Providence Stadium, Guyana (wicketkeeper) Tue May 4 10th Match, Group D - England v Ireland 17:30 GMT Providence Stadium, Guyana Chamara Kapugedera Wed May 5 11th Match, Group A - Australia v Bangladesh Nuwan Kulasekara 13:30 GMT , , Lasith Malinga Beausejour Stadium Angelo Mathews Wed May 5 12th Match, Group C - Afghanistan v South Africa 17:30 GMT Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados eausejour Stadium is a cricket between Zimbabwe and the West Indies Ajantha Mendis ground located near Gros Islet, on May 10, 2006. It is named after the Thissara Perera Thu May 6 13th Match - TBC v TBC (A1 v D2) BSaint Lucia. It was completed in nearby Beausejour hills. Chanaka Welegedara 13:30 GMT Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados 2002 and currently accommodates Beausejour Stadium is a home 13,000 spectators. It hosted the first venue for the Windward Islands cricket day-night cricket match to be held in the team and the West Indies. Thu May 6 14th Match - TBC v TBC (C1 v B2) West Indies between West Indies A and First : West India West Indies 17:30 GMT Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados England A on 10 March 2006 and the Indies vs New Zealand on June 8, 2002. first One Day International day-night First Test match: West Indies vs Sri M. S. Dhoni (captain/keeper) (captain) Fri May 7 15th Match - TBC v TBC (A2 v C2) cricket match in the West Indies Lanka on 20–24 June 2003. Piyush Chawla 13:30 GMT Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Gautam Gambhir Shivnarine Fri May 7 16th Match - TBC v TBC (B1 v D1) Ravindra Jadeja Chanderpaul 17:30 GMT Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Narsingh Deonarine Sat May 8 17th Match - TBC v TBC (A1 v B2) Zaheer Khan Praveen Kumar 13:30 GMT Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Wavell Hinds Ashish Nehra Sat May 8 18th Match - TBC v TBC (D2 v C1) Yusuf Pathan 17:30 GMT Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Suresh Raina (wicketkeeper) Rohit Sharma Ravi Rampaul Sun May 9 19th Match - TBC v TBC (C2 v D1) Murali Vijay 13:30 GMT Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Vinay Kumar Darren Sammy Yuvraj Singh Sun May 9 20th Match - TBC v TBC (B1 v A2) Virender Sehwag 17:30 GMT Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Ireland Zimbabwe Mon May 10 21st Match - TBC v TBC (A1 v C1) 13:30 GMT Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia (captain) (captain) Mon May 10 22nd Match - TBC v TBC (B2 v D2) Andy Blignaut 17:30 GMT Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia Peter Connell Tue May 11 23rd Match - TBC v TBC (B1 v C2) Charles Coventry 17:00 GMT Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia Kensington Oval Tue May 11 24th Match - TBC v TBC (D1 v A2) he Kensington Oval is located to the ownership of the ground. The first interna- 21:00 GMT Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia west of the capital-city Bridgetown on tional match held was in 1895 when Slade Gary Kidd Tthe island of Barbados. “” is Lucas’ side visited the island. The first Test Timycen Maruma Thu May 13 1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC one of the major sporting facilities on the match was held in January 1930, when the Kevin O’Brien 15:30 GMT Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia island and is primarily used for cricket. West Indies and England played to a draw. Niall O’Brien (- Chris Mpofu Locally referred to as “The Mecca” of crick- Since the genesis there have been a total of keeper) Fri May 14 2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC et, it has hosted many important and excit- 43 Test matches played on the Kensington 15:30 GMT Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia ing cricket games between local, regional, Oval grounds, 21 of those matches won by and international teams during its 120+ year the West Indian cricket team. (wicketkeeper) history. The new stadium has been commemo- Andrew White Sun May 16 Final - TBC v TBC Cricket at the Oval began in 1882 when rated through two 2007 Barbadian postage (wicketkeeper) 15:30 GMT Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados the Pickwick Cricket Club assumed former stamps.