The cricketing extravaganza is about to begin in Srilanka. With all the test playing nations playing in T20 World Cup 2012, it is difficult to pick one favourite. Australia has dropped down severely in the T20 rankings and now they are placed on 10th position. Meanwhile speculations are high that teams like West Indies, Pakistan, India or South Africa will leave a mark in this world cup.
Before this all the teams need to adjust in the foreign conditions and should have enough match practice. Hence there is an exciting line up of warm up matches including some very big matches. We have already provided the Warm Up matches schedule in one of our earlier posts. For your convenience here is the T20 World Cup 2012 warm up matches schedule:
13th Sep 2012 - Zimbabwe vs Ireland
13th Sep 2012 - West Indies vs Sri Lanka
15th Sep 2012 - Sri Lanka (A) vs Afghanistan
15th Sep 2012 - Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh
15th Sep 2012 - Australia vs New Zealand
15th Sep 2012 - India vs Sri Lanka
17th Sep 2012 - England vs Australia
17th Sep 2012 - Ireland vs Bangladesh
17th Sep 2012 - South Africa vs New Zealand
17th Sep 2012 - West Indies vs Afghanistan
17th Sep 2012 - India vs Pakistan
19th Sep 2012 - Pakistan vs England
A team like India has performed very well in their recent tour to Sri Lanka. These warm up matches will help them hold the momentum. Meanwhile team like Pakistan had an average performance when they visited Srilanka recently. So they would take the warm up games as a good opportunity to improve. Similar is the case with rest of the teams. Hence the warm up line up holds a good significance for the participating teams before the World Cup.
Before this all the teams need to adjust in the foreign conditions and should have enough match practice. Hence there is an exciting line up of warm up matches including some very big matches. We have already provided the Warm Up matches schedule in one of our earlier posts. For your convenience here is the T20 World Cup 2012 warm up matches schedule:
13th Sep 2012 - Zimbabwe vs Ireland
13th Sep 2012 - West Indies vs Sri Lanka
15th Sep 2012 - Sri Lanka (A) vs Afghanistan
15th Sep 2012 - Zimbabwe vs Bangladesh
15th Sep 2012 - Australia vs New Zealand
15th Sep 2012 - India vs Sri Lanka
17th Sep 2012 - England vs Australia
17th Sep 2012 - Ireland vs Bangladesh
17th Sep 2012 - South Africa vs New Zealand
17th Sep 2012 - West Indies vs Afghanistan
17th Sep 2012 - India vs Pakistan
19th Sep 2012 - Pakistan vs England
A team like India has performed very well in their recent tour to Sri Lanka. These warm up matches will help them hold the momentum. Meanwhile team like Pakistan had an average performance when they visited Srilanka recently. So they would take the warm up games as a good opportunity to improve. Similar is the case with rest of the teams. Hence the warm up line up holds a good significance for the participating teams before the World Cup.