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ABOUT THE EVENT

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ABOUT THE EVENT

EVENT OVERVIEWThe 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.

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ABOUT THE EVENT

TOURNAMENT FORMATThe 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 Group BBANGLADESH ZIMBABWE

NETHERLANDS SCOTLAND

IRELAND HONG KONG

OMAN 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 2SRI LANKA INDIA

SOUTH AFRICA PAKISTAN

WEST INDIES AUSTRALIA

ENGLAND NEW ZEALAND

GROUP B QUALIFIER GROUP A QUALIFIER

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ABOUT THE EVENTIn 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 Group BAUSTRALIA ENGLAND

SOUTH AFRICA WEST INDIES

NEW ZEALAND INDIA

SRI LANKA PAKISTAN

IRELAND BANGLADESH

ICC WORLD TWENTY20 TROPHIESDesigned 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 Men’s Trophy DimensionsHeight: 51 cm Height: 51cm

Base diameter: 47 cm Base diameter: 45 cm

Top diameter: 21 cm Top diameter: 43 cm

Approximate weight: 6 kg Approximate weight: 7.5kgs

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PRIZE MONEYThe 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 $400,000 each

Round Two Win $60,000 per match

Round Two Exit $80,000 per side

Round One Win $40,000 per match

Round One Exit $40,000 per side

Women Prize Money in US $Winner $100,000

Runner-up $50,000

Losing semi-finalists $25,000 each

Group Win $7,000 per match

Group Exit $10,000 per side

PLAYING CONDITIONSA 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-CORRUPTIONThe 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

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ANTI–DOPINGThe 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-RACISMThe 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

BROADCASTThe 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.

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TOURNAMENT FIXTURES - MEN

MEN’S MATCH SCHEDULE

First Round GroupsGroup A Group B

BANGLADESH (BAN) ZIMBABWE (ZIM)

NETHERLANDS (NETH) SCOTLAND (SCOT)

IRELAND (IRE) HONG KONG (HK)

OMAN (OMAN) AFGHANISTAN (AFG)

Second Round GroupsGroup 1 Group 2

SRI LANKA (SL) INDIA (IND)

SOUTH AFRICA (SA) PAKISTAN (PAK)

WEST INDIES (WI) AUSTRALIA (AUS)

ENGLAND (ENG) NEW ZEALAND (NZ)

GROUP B QUALIFIER (Q1B) GROUP A QUALIFIER (Q1A)

Warm-up MatchesDate Time Mohali Mumbai Dharamsala Kolkata

Thu 03-Mar1500-1810 LOCAL v ZIM

1930-2240 IRE v HK

Fri 04-Mar1500-1810 NETH v AFG

1930-2240 SCOT v OMAN

Sat 05-Mar1500-1810 IRE v ZIM

1930-2240 BAN v HK

Sun 06-Mar1500-1810 SCOT v NETH

1930-2240 OMAN v AFG

Thu 10-Mar1500-1810

1930-2240 NZ v SL IND v WI

Sat 12-Mar1500-1810 NZ v ENG LOCAL v PAK

1930-2240 SA v IND

Sun 13-Mar1500-1810

1930-2240 AUS v WI

Mon 14-Mar1500-1810 ENG v LOCAL PAK v SL

1930-2240

Tue 15-Mar1500-1810 SA v LOCAL

1930-2240

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TOURNAMENT FIXTURES - MENFirst Round Group Matches

Date Time Dharamsala Nagpur

Tue 08-Mar1500-1810 ZIM v HK

1930-2240 SCOT v AFG

Wed 09-Mar1500-1810 BAN v NETH

1930-2240 IRE v OMAN

Thu 10-Mar1500-1810 SCOT v ZIM

1930-2240 HK v AFG

Fri 11-Mar1500-1810 NETH v OMAN

1930-2240 BAN v IRE

Sat 12-Mar1500-1810 ZIM v AFG

1930-2240 SCOT v HK

Sun 13-Mar1500-1810 NETH v IRE

1930-2240 BAN v OMAN

Second Round Group MatchesDate Time Mohali Mumbai Dharamsala Kolkata Delhi Bengaluru Nagpur

Tue 15-Mar

1500-1810

1930-2240 NZ v IND

Wed 16-Mar

1500-1810 PAK v Q1A

1930-2240 WI v ENG

Thu 17-Mar

1500-1810

1930-2240 SL v Q1B

Fri 18-Mar

1500-1810 AUS v NZ

1930-2240 SA v ENG

Sat 19-Mar

1500-1810

1930-2240 IND v PAK

Sun 20-Mar

1500-1810 SA v Q1B

1930-2240 SL v WI

Mon 21-Mar

1500-1810

1930-2240 AUS v Q1A

Tue 22-Mar

1500-1810

1930-2240 NZ v PAK

Wed 23-Mar

1500-1810 ENG v Q1B

1930-2240 IND v Q1A

Fri 25-Mar

1500-1810 PAK v AUS

1930-2240 SA v WI

Sat 26-Mar

1500-1810 Q1A v NZ

1930-2240 SL v ENG

Sun 27-Mar

1500-1810 Q1B v WI

1930-2240 IND v AUS

Mon 28-Mar

1500-1810

1930-2240 SA v SL

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TOURNAMENT FIXTURES - MENSemi-finals

Date Time Mumbai Delhi

Wed 30-Mar 1900-2210 S10 1 - 2nd v S10 2 - 1st

Thu 31-Mar 1900-2210 S10 1 - 1st v S10 2 - 2nd

FinalDate Time Kolkata

Sun 3-Apr 1900-2210 Men’s Final

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WOMEN’S MATCH SCHEDULE

First Round GroupsGroup A Group B

SOUTH AFRICA (SA) INDIA (IND)

NEW ZEALAND (NZ) WEST INDIES (WI)

SRI LANKA (SL) PAKISTAN (PAK)

IRELAND (IRE) BANGLADESH (BAN)

AUSTRALIA (AUS) ENGLAND (ENG)

Warm-up MatchesDate Time Chennai Bengaluru

Thu 10-Mar1500-1745 IRE v IND

1930-2215 NZ v PAK SL v BAN

Sat 12-Mar1500-1745 NZ v ENG BAN v IRE

1930-2215 PAK v SA SL v IND

Mon 14-Mar1500-1745 WI v AUS

1930-2215 SA v ENG

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TOURNAMENT FIXTURES - WOMENGroup Matches

Date Time Chennai Mohali Dharamsala Delhi Bengaluru Nagpur

Tue 15-Mar

1530-1815 B3-IND v B5 BAN

1930-2215 A3-NZ v A4-SL

Wed 16-Mar

1530-1815

1930-2215 B2-WI v B4 PAK

Thu 17-Mar

1530-1815 B1-ENG v B5 BAN

1930-2215

Fri 18-Mar

1530-1815 A3-NZ v A5-IRE

1930-2215 A1-Aus v A2 SA

Sat 19-Mar

1530-1815 B3-IND v B4 Pak

1930-2215

Sun 20-Mar

1530-1815 B2-WI v B5-BAN

1930-2215 A4-SL v A5 IRE

Mon 21-Mar

1530-1815 A1-AUS v A3-NZ

1930-2215

Tue 22-Mar

1530-1815 B1-ENG v B3-IND

1930-2215

Wed 23-Mar

1530-1815

1930-2215 A2-SA v A5-IRE

Thu 24-Mar

1530-1815 A1-AUS v A4-SL

1930-2215 B1-ENG v B2-WI

B4-PAK v B5-BAN

Sat 26-Mar

1530-1815 A1-AUS v A5-IRE

1930-2215 A2-SA v A3-NZ

Sun 27-Mar

1530-1815 B2-WI v B3-IND

1930-2215 B1-ENG v B4-PAK

Mon 28-Mar

1530-1815 A2-SA v A4-SL

1930-2215

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TOURNAMENT FIXTURES - WOMENSemi-finals

Date Time Mumbai Delhi

Wed 30-Mar 1430-1715 2nd A v 1st B

Thu 31-Mar 1430-1715 1st A v 2nd B

FinalDate Time Kolkata

Sun 3-Apr 1430-1715 Women’s Final

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MEDIA PROTOCOLS

PRE-EVENT MEDIA OPPORTUNITIESSoon 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’SDharamsalaTeam 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

MohaliTeam 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

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WOMEN’SBengaluru (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 DAYSA 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 DAYSPost-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.

MEDIA PROTOCOLS

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MEDIA PROTOCOLS

PRE AND POST-FINAL PHOTO-SESSIONSThe 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 CONTACTSMost 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 WEBSITEFor 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.