India face Sri Lanka, Pakistan in World T20 warm-ups

India will take on Pakistan in one of the warm-up matches for the World T20 2012. ? Getty Images

The warm-up matches for the World Twenty20 in September-October 2012 will be held in Colombo for both the men?s and the women?s events. The men?s warm-up matches will be played from September 13-17, while the women?s matches will be between September 22 and 23.

India will play Sri Lanka and Pakistan in their warm-up matches on September 15 and 17 respectively. Sri Lanka?s first warm-up match is against the West Indies on September 13, while England, the defending champions, will play Australia and Pakistan on September 17 and 19 respectively. The India-Pakistan clash on September 17 is the only one that will be covered live among the warm-up matches.

Several activities are planned in the lead-up to the event, including the announcement of the new Hall of Fame inductees, releasing the One-Day International team of the year and the annual ICC Awards. Alan Isaac, the ICC President, and David Richardson, the ICC Chief Executive, will announce the inductees and release the ODI team of the year at an ICC Hall of Fame cocktail reception on September 14.

The ICC annual awards will be held on September 15. The men?s World T20 will start on September 18, while the women?s event will begin on September 26. Both will run till October 7.

Warm-up matches schedule for men (all matches start at 9.30 am local time, unless specified):

Sept 13: Ireland v Zimbabwe (Moors Cricket Ground); Sri Lanka v West Indies (NCC).
Sept 15: Afghanistan v Sri Lanka A (Moors Cricket Ground); Australia v New Zealand (NCC), Bangladesh v Zimbabwe (Colts Cricket Ground), India v Sri Lanka (P Sara Oval).
Sept 17: Australia v England (NCC), Bangladesh v Ireland (Moors Cricket Ground),?New Zealand v South Africa (Colts Cricket Ground),?Afghanistan v West Indies (P Sara Oval, 2.00 pm), India v Pakistan (R Premadasa Stadium, 2.00 pm).
Sept 19: England v Pakistan (P Sara Oval).

Women?s schedule:

Sept 22: Pakistan v Sri Lanka (NCC), England ?v South Africa (Moors Cricket Club, 2.00 pm).
Sept 23: Australia v West Indies (Moors Cricket Club), India v New Zealand (NCC, 2.00 pm).

Source: http://www.wisdenindia.com/india-face-sri-lanka-pakistan-in-world-t20-warm-ups

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