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ABOUT THE EVENT EVENT OVERVIEW The ICC World Twenty20 2016, being hosted by India, is the sixth edition of the tournament and the fifth time the women will play alongside the men. South Africa hosted the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in 2007, which was won by India in a dramatic final against Pakistan at the Wanderers. The tournament will also be remembered for Yuvraj Singh hitting six sixes in one over against England s Stuart Broad and the first-ever Twenty20 International century, which was hit by Chris Gayle. Pakistan won the second edition of the men s tournament, which took place in England in 2009. It defeated Sri Lanka in the final of the event at Lord s, although Tillakaratne Dilshan won the Player of the Tournament Award. Associate Members enjoyed great success, with the Netherlands defeating England and Ireland beating Bangladesh. In 2009, the first-ever women s tournament was also held alongside the men s event, with double-header matches played in the knock-out stage. England s women won the tournament after defeating New Zealand in the final after an outstanding display by Katherine Brunt. In 2010, England s men captured their first-ever ICC global title, defeating Australia by seven wickets in the final, while Australia s women won a close final against New Zealand by three runs. In 2012, while West Indies beat host Sri Lanka by 36 runs to win the men s title, its first ICC trophy since the ICC Champions Trophy in 2004, Australia beat England by four runs to win the women s title. The most recent tournament, held in Bangladesh in 2014, saw Sri Lanka emphatically defeat 2016 host India. India had gone through the tournament undefeated until the final, suffering a six-wicket loss with 13 balls remaining. In the women s event, Australia again beat England in the repeat of 2012 final, this time by six wickets with 28 balls remaining, to complete a hat-trick of titles. 1.1
ABOUT THE EVENT TOURNAMENT FORMAT The ICC World Twenty20 India 2016 will be staged across eight venues of India from 8 March to 3 April. A total of 58 tournament matches, including 35 men s matches and 23 women s matches, will be played in the 27-day tournament in Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Dharamsala, Kolkata, Mohali, Mumbai and Nagpur. Delhi and Mumbai will host the semi-finals on 30 and 31 March, respectively, while Eden Gardens in Kolkata will be the venue of the 3 April finals. The women s semi-finals and final will be followed by the men s knock-out matches. There is a reserve day for the finals. For the second time in a row, 16 teams will feature in the men s competition. The top eight sides on the MRF Tyres ICC T20I Rankings as on 30 April 2015 have qualified directly for the second round, which will start on 15 March. The first round will commence from 8 March and will be competed by the ninth and 10th ranked sides (Bangladesh and Zimbabwe) along with Afghanistan, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland and Oman. These sides have qualified from the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2015, which was staged in Ireland and Scotland. The eight sides in the first round have been divided into two groups of four each as follows: Group A BANGLADESH NETHERLANDS IRELAND OMAN Group B ZIMBABWE SCOTLAND HONG KONG AFGHANISTAN The two group winners will join Australia, England, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and host India in the Super 10 stage, which will be played alongside the women s event from 15-28 March. Men s defending champion Sri Lanka has been placed in Super 10 Group 1 along with South Africa, West Indies, England and the Group B winner. Host India, which won the inaugural tournament in South Africa in 2007, is in Super 10 Group 2 along with 2009 winner Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand and the Group A winner. The 2 Groups of the Super 10 stage look like this: Group 1 Group 2 SRI LANKA SOUTH AFRICA WEST INDIES ENGLAND GROUP B QUALIFIER INDIA PAKISTAN AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND GROUP A QUALIFIER 1.2
ABOUT THE EVENT In the women s event, a total of 10 teams will feature, including eight sides paticipating in the ICC Women s Championship, and Ireland and Bangladesh, which qualified from the ICC Women s Twenty20 Qualifier 2015 in Thailand. The 10 sides have been divided into two groups of five each and the top two sides from each group will progress to the semi-finals. 2009 champion England is in Group B along with the West Indies, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Australia, which will be bidding to win the title for the fourth straight time, is in Group A along with South Africa, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and Ireland. The two women s groups are: Group A AUSTRALIA SOUTH AFRICA NEW ZEALAND SRI LANKA IRELAND Group B ENGLAND WEST INDIES INDIA PAKISTAN BANGLADESH ICC WORLD TWENTY20 TROPHIES Designed and manufactured by Links of London, the ICC World Twenty20 trophy designs are based on the field dynamics of balls being hit to the boundary and fielders returning them in an interactive process. These have a sense of open space and vigour, and captures the constant movement of Twenty20 play. Made of silver and rhodium, these represent a youthful and edgy design. Women s Trophy Dimensions Height: 51 cm Base diameter: 47 cm Top diameter: 21 cm Approximate weight: 6 kg Men s Trophy Dimensions Height: 51cm Base diameter: 45 cm Top diameter: 43 cm Approximate weight: 7.5kgs 1.3
ABOUT THE EVENT PRIZE MONEY The prize money of the men s event has been increased from $3million to $5.6million with the winner receiving $1.6million, runner-up collecting $800,000 and losing semi-finalists pocketing $400,000 each. The prize money of the women s event has been more than doubled to $400,000 with the winner pocketing $100,000 and runner-up getting $50,000. Prize money in the first rounds has also been introduced to reward the sides and players for qualifying for an ICC major event as there is no prize money for qualifying or development events. Men Prize Money in US $ Winner $1.6million Runner-up $800,000 Losing semi-finalists Round Two Win Round Two Exit Round One Win Round One Exit Women Prize Money in US $ $400,000 each $60,000 per match $80,000 per side $40,000 per match $40,000 per side Winner $100,000 Runner-up $50,000 Losing semi-finalists Group Win Group Exit $25,000 each $7,000 per match $10,000 per side PLAYING CONDITIONS A full copy of the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016 playing conditions is available on the official tournaments website at http://www.icc-cricket.com/ world-t20/about ANTI-CORRUPTION The ICC is committed to maintaining absolute integrity in the tournament and has a zero-tolerance approach to corruption. While ACU representatives will attend all the 58 matches, a 24-hour Hotline +91 971 139 5995 will be maintained during the tournament for players, officials, media and members of the public to give confidential information relating to any suspicious or corrupt activity. The ACU can also be contacted via email: contactacu@icc-cricket.com Information on the ICC s Anti-Corruption Policy can be found on the ICC website at http://www.icc-cricket.com/about/46/anti-corruption/overview 1.4
ABOUT THE EVENT ANTI DOPING The ICC operates a zero-tolerance policy to doping in cricket. The ICC Anti-doping Code, compliant with the WADA Code, ensures cricket plays its part in the global fight against doping in sport. Information on the ICC s Anti-doping Code can be found on the ICC website at http://www.icc-cricket.com/about/51/anti-doping/overview ANTI-RACISM The ICC Anti-Racism Code promotes and encourages participation at all levels of cricket regardless of race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, and to ensure that there is no discrimination in the sport. Information on the ICC s Anti-Racism Policy can be found on the ICC website at http://www.icc-cricket.com/about/60/anti-racism/anti-racism-and-diversity BROADCAST The International Cricket Council, along with its production partners Sunset+Vine, will provide comprehensive match coverage of the ICC World T20 India 2016, along with compelling additional content packaged together to deliver a World Feed programme of the highest quality. They will be ably supported by production suppliers Broadcast Solutions, who will provide a majority of the TV equipment and will supervise the installation and running of all technical facilities. The graphics providers Alston Elliot will take care of the in-programme graphics, including live match scoring and other real time and enhanced graphics. Hawkeye meanwhile, will provide high-end Ultra-motion replays and tracking data, apart from batting and bowling analysis. All these parties come together under the banner of ICC TV to provide enthralling coverage of T20 cricket s biggest extravaganza the ICC World T20. ICC s Global Media Rights Partner, Star, has sub-licensed broadcast rights in various territories which will ensure a reach of more than 1.5 billion for the event. Major broadcast partners include Star Sports (India and Indian Sub-Continent), BSKYB (United Kingdom and Ireland), SuperSport (South Africa and sub-saharan Africa) and OSN (Middle East and North Africa), BTV, GTV, Maasranga TV (Bangladesh), and Ten Sports and PTV (Pakistan). ICC s Audio Rights Partner, Channel 2 Group, has acquired global audio rights and will sub-license audio rights in key territories around the world. This includes, India and Sub-Continent, United Kingdom, USA, Middle East and North Africa, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. ICC will distribute content for news channels via its News Access Partners for the event. 1.5
TOURNAMENT FIXTURES - MEN MEN S MATCH SCHEDULE First Round Groups Group A BANGLADESH (BAN) NETHERLANDS (NETH) IRELAND (IRE) OMAN (OMAN) Group B ZIMBABWE (ZIM) SCOTLAND (SCOT) HONG KONG (HK) AFGHANISTAN (AFG) Second Round Groups Group 1 Group 2 SRI LANKA (SL) SOUTH AFRICA (SA) WEST INDIES (WI) ENGLAND (ENG) GROUP B QUALIFIER (Q1B) INDIA (IND) PAKISTAN (PAK) AUSTRALIA (AUS) NEW ZEALAND (NZ) GROUP A QUALIFIER (Q1A) Warm-up Matches Date Time Mohali Mumbai Dharamsala Kolkata Thu 03-Mar Fri 04-Mar Sat 05-Mar Sun 06-Mar Thu 10-Mar Sat 12-Mar Sun 13-Mar Mon 14-Mar Tue 15-Mar LOCAL v ZIM 1930-2240 IRE v HK NETH v AFG 1930-2240 SCOT v OMAN IRE v ZIM 1930-2240 BAN v HK SCOT v NETH 1930-2240 OMAN v AFG 1930-2240 NZ v SL IND v WI NZ v ENG LOCAL v PAK 1930-2240 SA v IND 1930-2240 AUS v WI ENG v LOCAL PAK v SL 1930-2240 SA v LOCAL 1930-2240 1.6
TOURNAMENT FIXTURES - MEN First Round Group Matches Date Time Dharamsala Nagpur Tue 08-Mar Wed 09-Mar Thu 10-Mar Fri 11-Mar Sat 12-Mar Sun 13-Mar ZIM v HK 1930-2240 SCOT v AFG BAN v NETH 1930-2240 IRE v OMAN SCOT v ZIM 1930-2240 HK v AFG NETH v OMAN 1930-2240 BAN v IRE ZIM v AFG 1930-2240 SCOT v HK NETH v IRE 1930-2240 BAN v OMAN Second Round Group Matches Date Time Mohali Mumbai Dharamsala Kolkata Delhi Bengaluru Nagpur Tue 15-Mar Wed 16-Mar Thu 17-Mar Fri 18-Mar Sat 19-Mar Sun 20-Mar Mon 21-Mar Tue 22-Mar Wed 23-Mar Fri 25-Mar Sat 26-Mar Sun 27-Mar Mon 28-Mar 1930-2240 NZ v IND PAK v Q1A 1930-2240 WI v ENG 1930-2240 SL v Q1B AUS v NZ 1930-2240 SA v ENG 1930-2240 IND v PAK SA v Q1B 1930-2240 SL v WI 1930-2240 AUS v Q1A 1930-2240 NZ v PAK ENG v Q1B 1930-2240 IND v Q1A PAK v AUS 1930-2240 SA v WI Q1A v NZ 1930-2240 SL v ENG Q1B v WI 1930-2240 IND v AUS 1930-2240 SA v SL 1.7
TOURNAMENT FIXTURES - MEN Semi-finals Date Time Wed 30-Mar 1900-2210 Thu 31-Mar 1900-2210 Mumbai Delhi S10 1-2nd v S10 2-1st S10 1-1st v S10 2-2nd Final Date Time Kolkata Sun 3-Apr 1900-2210 Men s Final 1.8
TOURNAMENT FIXTURES - WOMEN WOMEN S MATCH SCHEDULE First Round Groups Group A SOUTH AFRICA (SA) NEW ZEALAND (NZ) SRI LANKA (SL) IRELAND (IRE) AUSTRALIA (AUS) Group B INDIA (IND) WEST INDIES (WI) PAKISTAN (PAK) BANGLADESH (BAN) ENGLAND (ENG) Warm-up Matches Date Time Chennai Bengaluru Thu 10-Mar Sat 12-Mar Mon 14-Mar 1500-1745 IRE v IND NZ v PAK SL v BAN 1500-1745 NZ v ENG BAN v IRE PAK v SA SL v IND 1500-1745 WI v AUS SA v ENG 1.9
TOURNAMENT FIXTURES - WOMEN Group Matches Date Time Chennai Mohali Dharamsala Delhi Bengaluru Nagpur Tue 15-Mar A3-NZ v A4-SL B3-IND v B5 BAN Wed 16-Mar Thu 17-Mar B2-WI v B4 PAK B1-ENG v B5 BAN Fri 18-Mar Sat 19-Mar A3-NZ v A5-IRE B3-IND v B4 Pak A1-Aus v A2 SA Sun 20-Mar Mon 21-Mar B2-WI v B5-BAN A4-SL v A5 IRE A1-AUS v A3-NZ Tue 22-Mar B1-ENG v B3-IND Wed 23-Mar Thu 24-Mar Sat 26-Mar Sun 27-Mar Mon 28-Mar A2-SA v A5-IRE B1-ENG v B4-PAK B2-WI v B3-IND B1-ENG v B2-WI A1-AUS v A4-SL B4-PAK v B5-BAN A1-AUS v A5-IRE A2-SA v A3-NZ A2-SA v A4-SL 1.10
TOURNAMENT FIXTURES - WOMEN Semi-finals Date Time Wed 30-Mar 1430-1715 Thu 31-Mar 1430-1715 Mumbai Delhi 2nd A v 1st B 1st A v 2nd B Final Date Time Kolkata Sun 3-Apr 1430-1715 Women s Final 1.11
MEDIA PROTOCOLS PRE-EVENT MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES Soon after their arrival in India, the teams will hold pre-event media conferences involving the captains. Attendance of the coach and manager is optional. These will be organised to ensure that media is able to gain access to the captains, including photos and general TV footage. The pre-event activities will include open media sessions, which are expected to be attended by around four players from each side. In addition to the team activities, there will be media conferences of ICC s Anti- Corruption Unit Chairman, Sir Ronnie Flanagan, on 6 March in Mumbai, while Mr David Richardson, Mr Anurag Thakur and Mr MV Sridhar are expected to hold a joint media conference in Delhi on 7 March. Details of these two pressers will be announced closer to the time. The schedule of the pre-event activities is: MEN S Dharamsala Team Date Hotel Captain s Presser Ireland 2 Mar The Pavilion After training Hong Kong 3 Mar Conifer After match Zimbabwe 3 Mar Conifer After match Bangladesh 5 Mar The Pavilion After match Mohali Team Date Hotel Captain s Presser Netherlands 2 Mar JW Marriott Before training Oman 2 Mar JW Marriott After training Scotland 2 Mar JW Marriott After training Afghanistan 5 Mar Taj Chandigarh 1600-1615 Kolkata (room names to be confirmed in due course) Team Date Hotel Captain s Presser Open Media Session West Indies 8 Mar Taj Bengal 1045-1100 1130-1200 India 8 Mar Taj Bengal 1430-1500 1630-1715 Pakistan 10 Mar Taj Bengal 1430-1500 1630-1715 Australia 12 Mar Taj Bengal 1045-1100 1130-1200 Mumbai (room names to be confirmed in due course) Team Date Hotel Captain s Presser Open Media Session New Zealand 8 Mar Trident 1430-1500 1630-1715 England 9 Mar Trident 1045-1100 1130-1200 Sri Lanka 9 Mar Trident 1430-1500 1630-1715 South Africa 11 Mar Trident 1430-1500 1630-1715 1.12
MEDIA PROTOCOLS WOMEN S Bengaluru (room names to be confirmed in due course) Team Date Hotel Captain s Presser Sri Lanka 9 Mar Ritz Carlton 1345-1415 Bangladesh 9 Mar Ritz Carlton 1345-1415 India 9 Mar Ritz Carlton 1345-1415 Ireland 9 Mar Ritz Carlton 1345-1415 Chennai (room names to be confirmed in due course) Team Date Hotel Captain s Presser Pakistan 9 Mar Crown Plaza 1345-1415 New Zealand 9 Mar Crown Plaza 1345-1415 England 9 Mar Crown Plaza 1345-1415 South Africa 11 Mar Crown Plaza 1345-1415 West Indies 11 Mar Crown Plaza 1345-1415 Australia 11 Mar Crown Plaza 1345-1415 Schedules are subject to last-minute changes NON-MATCH DAYS A team representative is expected to be available for media interviews, if requested, at the conclusion of morning practice sessions or before afternoon/evening sessions. A day before a match, formal pre-match media conferences will be held, which are expected to be attended by the captains. Teams training in the morning are expected to hold their media conferences afterwards, while teams training in the afternoon are expected to hold their press conferences beforehand. Media is expected to respect the privacy of players and not attempt to approach them at hotels or away from scheduled media activities. All player approaches should be through the respective team manager / media manager. MATCH DAYS Post-match media conferences will take place after every game following the post-match presentations, with the losing side coming in first. The sides are expected to make their captains and/or player of the match available for these pressers, however, it will be up to the sides which individuals they put up for these sessions. All post-match media conferences will take place in dedicated press conference areas and will be managed by the Team Media Managers. Media conferences after warm-up matches are not mandatory and it is entirely up to the teams if they want to put up players for news conferences. 1.13
MEDIA PROTOCOLS PRE AND POST-FINAL PHOTO-SESSIONS The four captains will attend pre-final photo-shoots with the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016 trophies at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. These photo sessions will take place between the pre-final media conferences. The winning teams are expected to attend photo-sessions with their trophies on the morning after the final. Details will be confirmed and announced closer to the date. TEAM CONTACTS Most of the teams are expected to have media managers. As such, the media is advised to contact the media managers in the first instance if they have any team/player-related queries, e.g. training schedules, pre-match media conferences and injury updates. The contact details of the team media managers will be circulated as soon as these are available. For queries relating to the event and matters relating to the ICC Codes, please contact Sami Ul Hasan at +91 7045 935 688. ICC WEBSITE For information on the ICC World Twenty20 India 2016, including Playing Conditions, ICC Codes, teams daily schedules, umpire and match referee appointments etc, please visit www.icc-cricket.com Note: All information in the Media Guide is correct as on Tuesday, 23 February 2016. Please check the ICC website at www.icc-cricket.com for any updates. 1.14