ICC announces opening fixtures for Twenty20 tournament

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ICC announces opening fixtures for Twenty20 tournament

The ICC has released the opening set of fixtures for the Twenty20 tournament which will be played in South Africa starting on September 10.

The tournament will feature the current ten test playing nations with two Associates, Kenya and Scotland. The format represents the same one as used by the World Cup currently with teams being split into four groups of three with the top two sides to play in the Super Eights stage of the tournament.

The opening game will feature the host nation, South Africa and West Indies.

Opening Fixtures

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September 10: South Africa vs West Indies at Wanderers
September 11: New Zealand vs Kenya at Durban (Morning)
              Pakistan vs Scotland at Durban (Afternoon)
              Australia vs Zimbabwe at Cape Town (Day/Night)

http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/287841.html
 
Re: ICC announces opening fixtures for Twenty20 tournament

ICC just doesn't get it. Still sticking with this BS group format even after
the WC has showled what a fiasco it can cause. With this 20/20
game anything can happen. Look for a couple more full members being
out after just two games.
 
Re: ICC announces opening fixtures for Twenty20 tournament

timmyj51;149498 said:
ICC just doesn't get it. Still sticking with this BS group format even after
the WC has showled what a fiasco it can cause. With this 20/20
game anything can happen. Look for a couple more full members being
out after just two games.
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Well what do you propose as a better format? A single knockout is ridiculously high in variance. The format you talked about in the other thread is just logistically ridiculous for fans, teams, and media alike. A group stage is really the only way to do it. If anything, they should admit more teams, to allow for a longer group stage, but they chose not to.
 
Re: ICC announces opening fixtures for Twenty20 tournament

The Timmyj Format only works with 16 teams, which
brings up the further point of why the ICC limited
the 20/20 WC to only 12 teams. This is a length
where the minnows have a much better chance to pull off an upset than the 50 over game and it's tailor made for TV audiences in
minnow countries. So what does ICC do? Leaves them out
in the cold.

Lord MacLaurin [for the record]: "We've got to have
the very best people running world cricket..."

Lord MacLaurin [off the record]: "...and they sure as
hell aren't in Dubai."
 
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