India Vs New Zealand - T20 world Cup 2009 Warm-up match Live

Indian journey to England for the ICC World Twenty20 starts from June 1 when they play first match as warm-up match against New Zealand team on 1st of June. Indian team lead by MS Dhoni are the defending champion of the cup. The team looks out of pressure and like to start the World T20 with a win in the warm-up match. New Zealand team is lead by Daniel Vettori and they want win as they haven't won any major ICC tournament yet.

Schedule
New Zealand v India (5.30-8.30pm), Lord's
June 1 2009

Indian Team for ICC T20 World Cup 2009
Batsmen: MS Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir,Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja

Bowlers: Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, RP Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Irfan Pathan.

New Zealand Squad for ICC T20 World Cup 2009
Daniel Vettori (c), Neil Broom, Ian Butler, Brendon Diamanti, James Franklin, Martin Guptill, Brendon McCullum (wk), Nathan McCullum, Peter McGlashan, Kyle Mills, Iain O'Brien, Jacob Oram, Jesse Ryder, Scott Styris, Ross Taylor

Watch Live warm-up matches of ICC World Twenty20 2009:
On TV : The matches of ICC World Twenty20 will be shown in Star Cricket in India so some of the warm-ups will be shown in STAR CRICKET in India and some other countries. For other countries CLICK HERE. (The link is provided on the basis of their broadcasting right for the tournament, make sure they will broadcast warm-ups or not.

On Internet : Watch the Live streaming action of warm-up matches of ICC World Twenty20 in Willow.tv and Tvnsports.com. (Note: They only show few matches, important ones.)

T20 World Cup 2009 | Warm-up matches LIVE

ICC World Twenty20 or T20 World Cup 2009 starts from June 5 in England. The warm-up matches begins from June 1. Here is the Schedule of warm-up matches from June 1 - June 4:

Monday June 1
Ireland v Holland (1.30-4.30pm), Lord's
Australia v Bangladesh (1.30-4.30pm), Trent Bridge
New Zealand v India (5.30-8.30pm), Lord's
Pakistan v South (5.30-8.30pm), Trent Bridge

Tuesday June 2
Ireland v West Indies (1.30-4.30pm), Oval
England v Scotland (5.30-8.30pm), Trent Bridge
Australia v New Zealand (5.30-8.30pm), Oval

Wednesday June 3
Sri Lanka v South Africa (1.30-4.30pm), Lord's
Holland v Scotland (1.30-4.30pm), Oval
England v West Indies (5.30-8.30pm), Lord's
India v Pakistan (5.30-8.30pm), Oval

Thursday June 4
Bangladesh v Sri Lanka (5.30-8.30pm), Trent Bridge

Watch Live warm-up matches of ICC World Twenty20 2009:
On TV : The matches of ICC World Twenty20 will be shown in Star Cricket in India so some of the warm-ups will be shown in STAR CRICKET in India and some other countries. For other countries CLICK HERE. (The link is provided on the basis of their broadcasting right for the tournament, make sure they will broadcast warm-ups or not.

On Internet : Watch the Live streaming action of warm-up matches of ICC World Twenty20 in Willow.tv and Tvnsports.com. (Note: They only show few matches, important ones.)

T20 World Cup 2009 to be shown on Star Cricket and Doordarshan

Along with ESPN Star's Star cricket, Doordarshan will also telecast the T20 World Cup 2009 in England.Star cricket will be broadcasting every matches of the series while Doordarshan which is accessible to more people in India will be broadcasting the matches played by India in group stage along with the final and semi-final of the tournament. Along with it, DD will be providing its own commentary in Hindi. Along with these two channels in India, this event will be shown live in more than 200 countries worldwide. Click here for TV channels in different countries.


ESPN Star has also confirmed that it will broadcast 10 warm-up matches before the T20 World cup which also includes two matches played by India. It has a big group of commentators including Wasim Akram, Sanjay Manjrekar, Alan Wilkins, Harsha Bhogle, Nasser Hussain, David Lloyd, Ian Chappell, Simon Doull, Kepler Wessels, Ian Bishop, Ranil Abeynayake, Athar Ali Khan and Jeremy Coney. It will be showing a pre and post-match show "Cricket Extra" hosted by Manjrekar and Bhogle.

Doordarshan on the other hand will telecast the Indian matches and the two semi-finals and one final. Sunil Vaidya, will be doing commentary in Hindi for Dooordarshan.

India Vs Pakistan in T20 World cup warm-up match 2009

India VS Pakistan - T20 World Cup 2009 - warm up t20 match
Date:Wednesday, June 3 2009 Time: 5.30-8.30pm(local) Venue:Oval

The ICC World twenty20 or the T20 World cup 2009 is will begin from 5th June but before it we have some of the exciting warm-up matches. After a long interval we will be seeing the great cricket rivals- India and Pakistan head to head in an warm up Twenty20 match on June 3. India and Pakistan are expected to make a great show in ICC World t20 2009 as they were the finalists of previous edition which India won in an exciting manner.

Preview: In my view, both the teams are at great heights. With Sohail Tanvir and Umar Gul along with Shahid Afridi Pakistan seems to be one of the best bowling sides today. Though batting is relatively weaker Misbah-ul-Haq, Younus Khan and Shoaib Malik are always great. India on other hand has superb batting side with some of the players best suited for T20 format. Gambhir, Raina, Rohit Sharma have emerged has specialist T20 players. Bowling is relatively weaker but RP Singh and Ishant Sharma are really emerging these days.

Watch out for:

i) Shahid Afridi: Afridi was superb in recent series against Australia. His style of cricket is best suited for t20 matches. He was the man of the series of ICC World Twenty20 2008. And remember he has special liking towards Indian bowlers.

ii) Gautam Gambhir: The opening batsman is one of the best T20 players. He can open in a very destructive manner and continue his innings. He was one of the best players in the ICC World T20 2007, specially the final.

Watch India Vs Pakistan Warm-up match live: Star Cricket is broadcasting the series live in India. It will broadcast this warm-up match along with 9 other warm-up matches.. Though this list shows the broadcasters of T20 World cup in different countries, it is not clear on weather the TV Channels will broadcast the warm-up matches.

Australia in ICC World Twenty20 2009

Australia would really like to forget the recent past and the last or first version of ICC T20 World Cup in South Africa. Lots of expectation from the team last time but they could not go through the expectation. Ricky Ponting and his team will forget the past and show that they still have the supremacy in Cricket. The Group C of the tournament is not less than the 'Group of Death'. Sri Lanka, West Indies along with the Australia are placed in the same group. Difficulties for every team.

Here is the squad of Australia for T20 World Cup 2009 :
Ricky Ponting (c), Michael Clarke (vc), Nathan Bracken, Brad Haddin (wk), Nathan Hauritz, Ben Hilfenhaus, James Hopes, David Hussey, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Peter Siddle, Andrew Symonds, David Warner, Shane Watson

Players to Watch:
Lots of player missed the IPL season for this year but the one who played had brilliant time over there. Symonds is now back on the team and would love to perform. His form in the recent IPL season was the also important for the Deccan Chargers. Symonds was out of the team since some months and played against Pakistan in UAE. His game in UAE was not at the top but he performed very well in IPL.

Another comeback is for the pace-bowler Brett Lee. Lee had the comeback since IPL and got some pride in it in spite of his team being out from group phages. Ricky Ponting and Mike Hussey had plenty of rest since they avoided both Pakistan series and IPL for this year. And the rest was for the ICC World Twenty20 so they must perform well.

Some new faces like Peter Siddle (fast bowler), Nathan Hauritz(off spinner) and David Warner will be watchful for the team. Opener Warner had great IPL season opening for Delhi Daredevils in SA. He should keep his for for the same format of game in England.

Shane Watson, all-rounder is always lovely to watch in both bowling and batting. He had good series in UAE against Pak but missed the IPL season for his team Rajasthan. David Hussey, Brad Haddin are amongst the player made for this format. Bracken and Johnson will be bowling with LEE.

Interestingly, some names seemed to be missing in the squad. Its Brad Hodge who had great IPL season for their respective teams. But never than less the team is really full of talent and love to get the Cup in their lap.

Australia's Group stage matches:
Sat, June 6
14:00 local, 13:00 GMT
3rd Match
Group C - Australia v West Indies
Kennington Oval, London

Mon, June 8 Floodlit Match
17:30 local, 16:30 GMT
8th Match,
Group C - Australia v Sri Lanka
Trent Bridge, Nottingham

Pakistan In ICC World Twenty20 2009

Pakistan are the runner-up in the T20 World Cup 2007 held on South Africa. No one can forget the final between India and Pakistan where Pakistan had to come second by 5 runs. This year, the second World Twenty20 is going to be held on England. Pakistan are all set for the tournament that starts 5th June. The new captain Younus Khan will be leading his team with plenty of young legs and new appearances with useful experience.

Pakistan Squad for T20 World Cup 2009:
Younis Khan (c), Misbah-ul-haq, Kamran Akmal (wk), Shoaib Mallik, Shahid Afridi, Salman Butt, Ahmed Shehzad, Sohail Tanvir, Yasir Arafat, Umar Gul, Iftikar Anzum, Fawad Alam, Mohammad Aamir, Shahzaib Hasan, Saeed Ajmal

New Faces:
Brilliant looking team in the paper. Shaoib Akhtar was on the 1st squad but he was withdrawn due to Injury and Rao Iftikar has got chance. Some new young legs on the team like Ahmed Sehzad, Mohammad Aamir and Shahzaib Hasan has been included on the squad. Shehzad got the chance in the last series against the Australia in UAE. Young ma had shown his capabilities on UAE and has to perform well this time also for his great future in Pakistan team. Shehzad act as the opening batsman on the team and seemed to be perfect for this sort of short verson games.

Shahzaib Hasan, 19 years is another young attacking wicketkeeper batsman for the Pakistan team. He has just debut his first class career in late 2008 and played on 4 Twenty20 matches. Interesting to see how this young rookie perform in the big platform as he is yet to debut in International level. Another 17 years old Mohammad Aamir is placed as the Fast Medium bowler in the squad. Young in age has debut the 1st class in last Nov and already taken 57 wickets from 10 matches. The young fellow has briliant averages in 5 T20s played with 8 wickets.

Fawad Alam, the name might have been in Pakistan squad since more than few years but hasn't got the consistent place in the playing 11 for Pakistan. The 23 years all-rounder is superb in every expect of the field from batting to bowling and fielding.

Players to watch:
Those young and new faces are always in the list for players to watch. Apart from this the team looks very good. Captain of the team is the one who is always watched at the the first. Younis Khan is captaining the side from few months only and hadn't had many matches. Captaining the team in such a big event is very hard.

Umar Gul and Sohail Tanvir were the bowlers who performed exceptional in the South Africa in 2007. Shahid Afridi was the ma of the series for his great all-round performance to make his team runner-up in that event.

T20 World Cup 2009 - Live

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. This is the second edition of T20 World cup and I am sure it will be a superb success. Coming in track, here is how to watch the series live:

Watch T20 World Cup live on TV: As this is an ICC event, ESPNStar has broadcasting rights in India. The matches will be shown live on ESPN and Star Sports. For countries like USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand you can click here to find the TV Channels showing T20 World cup live.

Watch T20 World Cup live in Internet: For Internet viewers, some sites are broadcasting the matches live streaming on internet asking some money. I find TVNSPORTS.com which is quite cheap and provides live video streaming and highlights. Another site is WILLOW.TV which is a bit higher in case of money. I don't think it is going to be shown on Internet for free unlike IPL 2009 which was for free.

ESPN Star, the official broadcaster of T20 World cup also provides live action of T20 World cup on their site. It costs about $3 to watch matches on a particular day or $20 to watch the whole tournament live. Click here to see the live page.

Live cricket scores and commentary: One of the best ways of enjoying cricket on internet. Cricinfo.com is the best. Other sites which show live cricket scores of T20 World Cup 2009 includes cricketnext.com,scores.sify.com and cricbuzz.com.

Cricinfo's 3d cricket animation: Cricinfo provides T20 World cup matches live with 3d animations. click here

Desktop cricket scorecard: You can get T20 World cup's live scorecard on your computer's desktop with espnstar.Just download from the site and get scorecards from espnstar on your computer.

Cricket widgets : Install cricket widgets on your facebook, myspace, orkut, blogs or any other place and get cricket live cricket scores of T20 World cup 2009. Some sites with cricket widgets are : cricinfo, vcricket.com, cricketnews.com

India in ICC World twenty20 2009

India is the defending champion of ICC World twenty20 popularly known as T20 world cup. It won the T20 World cup 2007 in South Africa defeating Pakistan in the final by 5 runs. The second T20 world cup is set to begin from 5th June, 2009 in England. India has announced its squad for this time lead by MS Dhoni and full of youngsters. It has a great batting lineup but bowling may be a weak part of India.

Indian Team for T20 world cup 2009:
Batsmen: MS Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir,Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja

Bowlers: Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, RP Singh, Pragyan Ojha, Irfan Pathan.

Like the previous T20 world cup, most senior players like Sachin are out. But this young team is a strong team like that in 2007 which finally won the series. India are in group A and will be playing its first match against Bangladesh in June 6, 2009. The recent IPL has provided the Indians a great practise in Twenty20 cricket and the experiece in IPL 2009 will be a great benefit for Indians in World twenty20. India have a great batting lineup but I don't think the bowling lineup is brilliant.

Players to watch out from India in t20 world cup 2009:

a)Rohit Sharma: Rohit Sharma has been in excellent form in cricket these days. Along with international cricket, Sharma was one of the best batsmen of IPL 2009 from Deccan Chargers which finally won the tournament. Rohit Sharma had played a vital role in winning the ICC World twenty20 2007 from where he emerged in world cricket. Can he continue with his great IPL form?

b)Gautam Gambhir: Gambhir was the leading runs scorer of ICC World twenty20 2007 in South Africa. He has proved himself to be a great opener in ODI as well as test cricket. In twenty20 he is one of the best openers in the world. He is also a great player of spin. He played the most important role in final of t20 world cup 2009. But his recent form in IPL was not good. Can he get back to his form in the T20 world cup?

Apart from these two, IPL 2009's best bowler RP Singh has also been included in Indian team in the last moment. Eyes will be in him too. Dhoni, Yuvraj and Sehwag are always great players.

Can India win ICC world twenty20 2009? Please post your comment.

Final of IPL 2009 - Deccan Chargers Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore

IPL 2009 is going to end today with a new winner. Making everyone astonished, the two teams in the bottom of IPL 2008 rushed to the final of IPL 2009. Rajasthan Royals, the 2008 champions were out early from 2009 and other top teams too couldn't make it to finals.

May 24, 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa
Start time : 14:30 GMT, 20:00 in India

Deccan Chargers lead by Adam Gilchrist with almost the same team as in 2008 is going be at least the runner-up of 2009. The only change in the team was handling of captaincy to Gilchrist from Laxman. But it was not actually a change as Gilchrist acted as the captain in most matches of 2008 as laxman was unfit. Deccan Chargers started the 2009 season with 4 wins in first four matches but then started loosing. Finally, they qualified with 14 points in 4th place ahead of Kings XI Punjab.

Bangalore on the other hand tried to make big change by buying Kevin Pietersen- the most expensive player in the team. But he proved to be useless and the players of 1st season like Kallis and Kumble proved to be vital. Kumble's Captaincy has too been praised. Jesse Ryder, the other big change in team was also a great flop. Kallis, Dravid and Kumble who were also in fist season helped the team in reaching the finals.

Finally,
Player to watch out in the fianal of IPL 2009:

Adam Gilchrist: Gilchrist is a man in tremendous form. His inning in the semis was superb. And remember the fact that when it comes to finals, Gilchrist shows his best performance. Remember the finals of World cup 1999, 2003 and the most important - 2009.

Manish Pandey: The man who smashed 114 runs in the league match against Deccan Chargers, Manish Pandey seems to be in great touch. He was also great in the semi-final against Chennai.

RP Singh: RP Singh is the highest wicket taker of IPL 2009. He has shown great bowling taking wickets in regular interval.

Jaques Kallis: Kallis is the highest runs scorer for Bangalore. It is mainly due to Kallis which has helped Bangalore win so many matches.

IPL final 2009 - Live and Highlights - Bangalore Vs Deccan

IPL 2009 Final - Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Deccan Chargers
24 May 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa
Starting time: 14:30 GMT, 8:00 in India


Highlights of the IPL 2009 final between Deccan Chargers and Royal Challengers Bangalore: The highlights will also be shown in the same page showing the matches live. http://livevideo.iplt20.comOr you may also view http://cs.iplt20.com/ipl-video-page.shtml for video highlights on your computer.

Deccan Chargers have won the IPL 2009 final and are now the second champions of IPL.

Royal Challengers Bangalore and Deccan Chargers are set to play in final of IPL 2009. You can watch the match live on your TV or your computer through the internet. Highlights of the match can too be watched on your computer for free.

Watch Deccan Chargers Vs Bangalore Royal Challengers live streaming for free:

On computer: The official website of IPL, IPLt20.com will broadcast the match live for free. You can view community.t20.com where you need to register. You will be then prompted to livevideo.iplt20.com where you can watch the match live for free. Download Microsoft silverlight and you can watch it live for free.

On tv: Set Max will broadcast the match live in India. Similary directtv in USA, channel 10 in Australia, Setanta sports in UK, Sky sport in New Zealand, ATN in canada, Super Sport in South Africa will broadcast the IPL final live. Here are the list of TV Channels broadcasting IPL 2009 Live in different countries.
Preview of the IPL 2009 final.

Top batsmen of IPL 2009

IPL 2009 witnessed huge hits, classy batting, sensible batting and a lot of variety. Thanks to the top batsmen of IPL 2009 who made it very exciting to watch out. Along with great opening from players like Gilchrist and Hayden, IPL witnessed useful middle-order batting from players like Raina, Rohit Sharma, Dilshan, de Villers, Yusuf Pathan, Jayawardene and great finishing from batsmen like Dinesh Karthik. Hayden was definitely the best of all with more than 500 runs in IPL 2009. Here are a list of top batsmen of IPL 2009:

1. Matthew Hayden: The Aussie who has already retired from international criket proved that age doesn't matter when you are hungry for cricket. With 549 runs in 12 matches at an average of 55, Hayden was the best player for his team Chennai Super Kings as well as in whole IPL 2009.

2. Adam Gilchrist: Aniother retired Aussie who captained his team Deccan Chargers and took them to the final played a vital role in the development of team which was last in the previous version. His 82 in the semi-final in which he smashed 50 off just 17 balls was one of the best batting action in IPL 2009.

3. Tilakratne Dilshan: He became a complete surprise package and a bonus in IPL 2009 for his team Delhi Daredevils. He scored 418 runs in in 14 matches at an average of 42. Along with Villers, he played a vital role in leading the team to semi-finals. This Sri Lankan has been an unsung hero in world cricket for long.

4. AB de Villers:Villers scored 465 runs at an average of 52 in IPL 2009 in just 15 matches. He played superb cricket for Delhi Daredevils. His 105 not out became first hundred of IPL 2009 and one of the best innings. This South African showed great form in front of his home crowd.

5. Suresh Raina: Suresh Raina played great Chennai Superkings along with Hayden. His 98 runs inning was so exciting to watch. After making a comeback in Indian team, Raina continued a great form in IPL too.

6. Brad Hodge: Though Kolkata Knight Riders failed continuously in IPL, a batsmen i.e. Hode played superbly in almost each inning. He made 365 runs in 12 matches at an average of 41.

7. JP Duminy:The South African who has been in great form for his country continued his great from in IPL. He was the third most expensive player in IPL second season and he proved his team Mumabai Indians did the right thing by picking him.

Who do you think was the most exciting? Please leave your comment.

Royal Challengers Bangalore Vs Chennai Super Kings- Live in IPL semi-final

IPL 2009, second semi-final
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) Vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK)
May 23, 2009 in Johannesburg, South Africa
Start time: 16.30 local, (14:30 GMT), 8:00 in India

The second semi-final of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2009 is between two South-Indian teams- Dhoni lead Chennai Super Kings and Kumble lead Royal Challengers Bangalore. CSK and RCB reached the semi-finals as 2nd and 3rd respectively in the league table. With Hayden and Raina in tremendous form, Chennai were cruising from the initial stages of IPL while Bangalore seemed to be following their IPL 2008 steps initially but a superb comeback in the middle stages of league made them qualify for the semis.

Chennai and Bangalore head to head: Out of 4 matches in IPL, the two have won 2 each. Another interesting fact is that both have won 1 match each in each IPL season i.e in IPL 2009 and IPL 2008. In IPL 2009, Chennai defeated Bangalore by a huge margin of 92 runs while in second match Bangalore rushed to victory with two wickets remaining.

Watch Chennai Super Kings Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore live on your computer:
Free Online Link : The official online page of Indian Premier League IPLt20.com is showing the IPL matches live streaming for FREE.Bangalore and Chennai match will be shown live for FREE. You need to visit community.t20.com and click on watch the match live. Sign in if you have an account or create one. You will be prompted to livevideo.iplt20.com where you can watch the match live. And Remember to install the Microsoft Silverlight player without which you cannot watch it live. Though flash player is shown, it will not show live match.


In TV : Sony Television is the official broadcaster of IPL 2009. Set max will be broadcasting the matches live in India. Here are the list of TV Channels broadcasting IPL 2009 Live in different countries.

Highlights of Bangalore Royal Challengers Vs Chennai Super Kings in semi-final of IPL 2009
IPLT20.com has video section where it posts videos of highlights of each match. But it would be posted only after hours after finishing the match. Or you may view livevideo.iplt20.com which will also post highlights along with live stream.

Finally,
Watch out for, Matthew Hayden who will make comeback after an injury and Manish Pandey who made a century. Muralitharan is the bowler to watch out for Chennai.

Delhi Daredevils Vs Deccan Chargers live in IPL 2009 Semi-finals

IPL 2009 has now come to its final stages. After the end of long league stage only 3 matches more to go and just 4 teams remaining. The first semi-final of Indian Premier League 2009 is between Delhi Daredevils and Deccan Chargers. Delhi finished 1st in league stage while Deccan qualified as the fourth. Anyway, the-final match is only going to be a decider on which team will reach the finals. Though Delhi has so far been the best IPL team, Gilchrist led Hyderabad's Deccan can win it too and chances are 50/50.

Match details of 1st Semi- final of IPL 2009 between Delhi Daredevils Vs Deccan Chargers (DD VS DC)
Date: 22nd May 2009
Time: 8:00 PM in India, 13:30 GMT

Watch it live on your computer for free: The IPL site IPLt20.com is providing live video of IPL 2009. Its the best free and legal way to watch IPL 2009 live streaming on your computer. Just go to community.t20.com and register. Download Microsoft silverlight and watch the match live streaming for free. For more details view here

Players to Watch: Gilchrist and Rohit Sharma from Deccan Chargers. AB dE Villers and Dilshan from Delhi Daredevils.

Australia Vs Pakistan twenty20 in Dubai

Match on 7th May 2009 in Dubai
Starting time: 16:00 GMT / 20:00 Local / 21:30 in India / 21:00 Pakistan

After loosing 3-2 in the ODI series, Pakistan now plays the t20 against Australia in Dubai. Ahead of the ICC World twenty20 2009 in England, its going to be the last international match for both teams. Expect for a very exciting match between the two in the extreme climate of Dubai where the temperature is expected to reach 40 degrees.

About their previous encounters in t20 matches, they have been face to face only once. It was way back in the semis of World t20 2007 where Pakistan entered the finals winning Australians. Pakistan seems better in the recent t20 form as it has won 4 out of its last T20 matches played and Australia has won 3 out of 5 last t20s.

Watch out for, Misbah-ul-Haq who is a superb t20 player. He showed superb form in the ODI series against Australia and was brillaint in ICC World t20 2007 in which he played vital role in semis against Australia. Sohail Tanvir is great player to watch. And of course Shahid Afridi who was outstanding in the ODI series.Haddin is the new captain for Australia in absence of Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke. Watch out for Symonds, Lee and Watson.

Finally, to watch the Australia Vs Pakistan t20 live you may see the list of TV channels in different parts of world here.

TV Channels showing ICC World Twenty20 2009 Live in USA, UK, India and other countries

ESPNStar has the broadcasting rights of ICC World twenty20 2009 popularly t20 world cup in England. ESPN and Star cricket will broadcast the series live in India starting from 5th June, 2009.Sky Sports will be broadcasting it live in UK.

In India,ESPN Star has the broadcasting rights in India and the each matches of the series will be shown on STAR CRICKET and ESPN (Schedule). Doordarshan will also broadcast matches played by India as well as the semi-finals and final of the tournament.

In USA, Directv has broadcasting rights. It will charge $125 for the whole ICC t20 world cup 2009. You can view he schedule and more about it here

In Canada, Asian Television Network (ATN) will broadcast the series live. TV channels are still undecided but you may find schedule here.


Here are a list to TV channels broadcasting t20 world cup 2009 live:
* Australia � Fox Sports (Live)
* Australia � Nine Network
* Bangladesh - BTV (Live)
* Canada � Asian Television Network -ATN (Live)
* Europe � Eurosport2 (Live)(including France, Denmark, Algeria, Sweden, Austria, Finland, Monaco, Cyprus and Russia)
* India � STAR Cricket and ESPN (Live), Doordarshan (selected matches only)
* Japan - Hum Tum TV (Live)
* Middle East �Arab Digital Distribution (Live)
* New Zealand � SKY Network Television (Live)
* Pacific Islands � Fiji TV
* Pakistan � Pakistan Television Corporation - PTV (Live)
* South Africa � Supersport (Live)
* Sri Lanka � Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation (Live)
* United Kingdom � Sky Sports (Live), BBC - Highlights
* United States � DirecTV (Live)
* West Indies - Caribbean Media Corporation (Live)

ICC World twenty20 2009 : Schedules and Fixtures

ICC World twenty20 2009 regarded as the t20 world cup is set to begin from June 5 in England. This is going to be the second edition of the tournament as the first one was won by Indian in 2007. Though the series starts from 5th June, warm up matches will be held a lot earlier.

GROUP A		GROUP B		GROUP C		GROUP D
IND A1	India	PAK B1	Pakistan	AUS C1	Australia	NZ D1	New Zealand
BAN A2	Bangladesh	ENG B2	England	SL C2	Sri Lanka	RSA D2	South Africa
IRE	Ireland	NED	Netherlands	WI	West Indies	SCO	Scotland

05 Jun					ENG v NED	17:30, Lord's
06 Jun	NZ v SCO	10:00, Oval	AUS v WI	14:00, Oval	IND v BAN	18:00, Nott
07 Jun			RSA v SCO	13:30, Oval	ENG v PAK	17:30, Oval
08 Jun			IRE v BAN	13:30, Nott	AUS v SL	17:30, Nott
09 Jun			PAK v NED	13:30, Lord's	NZ v RSA	17:30, Lord's
10 Jun			SL v WI	13:30, Nott	IND v IRE	17:30, Nott

2009 World Twenty20 Super Eights
The teams are already marked in group stage and they will be grouped in super eights regardless of their postition in group stage. But in case the marked teams get knocked out, other team which qualified will take its place.	GROUP E	GROUP F
	A1-India	A2-Ireland
	B2-England	B1-Pakistan
	C1-West Indies	C2-Sri Lanka
	D2-South Africa	D1-New Zealand

Day	Date	13:30 start	17:30 start	Venue
Thu	11 Jun	D1-New Zealand v A2-Ireland	B2-England v D2-South Africa	Trent Bridge
Fri	12 Jun	B1-Pakistan v C2-Sri Lanka	A1-India v C1-West Indies	Lord's
Sat	13 Jun	C1-West Indies v D2-South Africa	D1-New Zealand v B1-Pakistan	Oval
Sun	14 Jun	A2-Ireland v C2-Sri Lanka	A1-India v B2-England	Lord's
Mon	15 Jun	B2-England v C1-West Indies	B1-Pakistan v A2-Ireland	Oval
Tue	16 Jun	D1-New Zealand v C2-Sri Lanka	D2-South Africa v A1-India	Trent Bridge
Thu	18 Jun	1st Semi-final: E1 v F2		Trent Bridge
Fri	19 Jun	2nd Semi-final: F1 v E2		Oval
Sun	21 Jun	Final		Lord's

India's squad for ICC World twenty20 2009

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The defending champions, India have announced its 15-men squad for the ICC world twenty20 2009 to be held in England in June. Fast bowler RP Singh who is showing brillant performance in IPL 2009 for Deccan Chargers has been recalled. Meanwhile, Munaf Patel and Dinesh Karthik has been ruled out though they were included earlier.


Indian team will be under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sehwag will be their vice captain. Jadeja, a youngster has been taken in the team. There are no name of senior players like Tendulkar and Dravid.

India's 15-men squad for ICC world twenty20 2009 in England:

MS Dhoni (captain), Virender Sehwag, Gautam Gambhir,Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, Yusuf Pathan, Rohit Sharma, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar, RP Singh, Jadeja, Ojha, Irfan Pathan.

Lasith Malinga in IPL 2009

Lasith Malinga, the Sri Lankan playing for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2009 has been a real sensation. He has so far become one of the top wicket-takers in IPL 2009 with 11 wickets in just 5 matches at an unbelievable economy of 4.36. He has been taking wickets every 10 balls and after giving 7.25 runs. This feat by a player who has been out from international cricket for so long due to injury is just magic.

The slinging bowling action of Malinga was so popular during the 2007 world cup in which he was one of the highest wicket takers. He suddenly disappeared from world cricket due to injury at the moment when he was rocking. Now, the performance in IPL has opened the doors for Sri Lankan team. There is a great chance of him being the highest wicket-taker for IPL 2009.

The combination of Zaheer Khan and Malinga has really worked for Mumbai Indians. The bowling is so tight that they won the match against KKR yesterday after scoring just a moderate target. He has proved himself to be the correct choice for Mumbai Indians who lacked fast bowlers in previous season.

Pakistan Vs Australia 4th ODI - live

4th ODI between Pakistan and Australia at UAE
Time: 11:00 GMT

Pakistan are in a do or die situation after they lost to Australia in the 3rd and 2nd ODI. But the good news for Pakistan fans is that Shahid Afridi is in a great form with both bat and ball and is the biggest threat to Australia. The match is definitely going to be a low scoring one as the other in the series. For Australia, win in this match is going to make series 3-1 in their favour.

Watch live:

In Internet: Australia and Pakistan matches will be live streaming on Willow.tv and Tvnsports. They bare the legal channels in internet for broadcasting cricket world wide.

On Tv, Ten Sports have the broadcasting rights of the series and will be shown live in India pakistan and other asian countries. Click Here for the TV Channels list

Watch out for: Shahid Afridi who is in great form.