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.