Venues for 2010 World T20 announced

Who will win the 2010 version?

The ICC has announced the venues for the World T20 to be held in West Indies next year. There are four grounds on which the games will be played, namely, Barbados, Guyana, St Kitts and St Lucia, with the final to be played at Kensington Oval in Barbados.

Zimbabwe has returned back to the World T20 after having not been included in the 2009 version because of the political differences between the two governments of Zimbabwe and England.

There are nine other test playing nations, and the remaining two slots will be filled by two qualifiers from the qualifying tournament which will be played in October in the UAE. This will include surprise teams like Afghanistan, UAE and USA.

The world T20 will have Pakistan, Bangladesh and Australia in the first group. India, South Africa and the first qualifier will form the second group, while New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe will be in Group C.

Group D will consist of West Indies, England and the second qualifier.

The women’s world t20 will also be played in concurrence with the men’s tournament, as had happened in 2009.

Pakistan had won the men’s tournament this year, while England had beaten New Zealand in the women’s final.