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Twenty20 World cup Schedule 2009 England :

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
India	Pakistan	Australia	New Zealand
Bangladesh	England	Sri Lanka	South Africa
Ireland	Netherlands	West Indies	Scotland
Group E	A1, B2, C1, D2	Group F	B1, A2, C2, D1

Date	Lord's	Trent Bridge	The Oval
Fri, 5 June	Opening ceremony England v Netherlands 1730-2030
Sat, 6 June		India v Bangladesh 1730-2030	New Zealand v Scotland 1000-1300 Australia v West Indies 1330-1630
Sun, 7 June			South Africa v Scotland 1330-1630 England v Pakistan 1730-2030
Mon, 8 June		Ireland v Bangladesh 1330-1630 Australia v Sri Lanka 1730-2030
Tues, 9 June	Pakistan v Netherlands 1330-1630 New Zealand v South Africa 1730-2030
Wed, 10 June		Sri Lanka v West Indies 1330-1630 India v Ireland 1730-2030

Placement for the Super Eight stage is determined as follows:
The first two teams in each group are placed 1 or 2. They will retain this position for the Super Eight stage, irrespective of whether they finish first or second in their group, unless they are knocked out by the team 3 in their group. In this instance, team 3 replaces the position of the team they knock out.

Date	Lord's	Trent Bridge	The Oval
Thu, 11 June		D1 v A2 (1330-1630) B2 v D2 (1730-2030)
Fri, 12 June	B1 v C2 (1330-1630) A1 v C1 (1730-2030)
Sat, 13 June			C1 v D2 (1330-1630) D1 v B1 (1730-2030)
Sun, 14 June	A2 v C2 (1330-1630) A1 v B2 (1730-2030)
Mon, 15 June			B1 v A2 (1330-1630) B2 v C1 (1730-2030)
Tues, 16 June		D1 v C2 (1330-1630) D2 v A1 (1730-2030)

The teams finishing first and second in groups E and F, based on points obtained in the Super Eight stage will compete in the semi-finals

Sania Mirza crashed out of singles event of the French Open after the Indian was handed a straight-set defeat 4-6, 6-7 (3/7) by Kazakhstan's Galina Voskoboeva in a rain-hit opening round match of the clay court event here today. The 22-year-old Hyderabadi struggled with her serve right through the match, committing 10 double faults and dropping 27 of 37 points on a woefully short second serve.The Kazakh girl took the only break in the first set in the 6th game and saved four break points on her way to winning the set 6-4.

Jenson Button got away well as the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen didn’t find grip losing 2nd position to Rubens Barrichello. Felipe Massa managed to hold position behind Vettel, and into the early part of the race the Red Bull driver was losing time. ForceIndias Giacalro Fisichella missed a point by one place by finishing 9th. Last season’s winner Lewis Hamilton was 12th, followed by a very disappointed Jarno Trulli, a slow Adrian Sutil made up the 14 finishers.

Deccan Chargers 143 for 6 (Gibbs 53*, Kumble 4-16) beat Royal Challengers Bangalore 137 for 9 (Ojha 3-28, Symonds 2-18) by six runs.Deccan Chargers took the bull in their emblem too seriously, as they came out charging to defend a modest total. They bowled with fire, they fielded aggressively, they sledged with vengeance, and literally, almost by physical force, hustled Royal Challengers Bangalore out in a thrilling final that lived up to the occasion.

Button takes pole and is confident of winning the race in Monaco. It looked link ferrari's kimi was rushing to pole, but at last Jenson Button of Brawn-Mercedes managed to take pole with 1:14.902 and Kimi was pushed to 2nd. while Button team mate and birthday boy Rubens Barrichello snatched 3rd position in Monaco qualifying. Both the ForceIndia cars for first time entered Q2, but could not make to Q3 and Fisi got 13th position and Sutil got 15th position in the grid for race tomorrow.