ICC World Twenty20 South Africa 2007 practice and media opportunities for Sunday 16 September by ICC Media Release

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Event:

ICC Twenty20 World Championship 2007/08

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DateLine: 16th September 2007

 

The following are the arrangements for the remaining eight teams on Sunday 16 September:

 

* With the group stages finishing today, attention will shift to the Super Eight and the teams will be split into two groups. England, India, New Zealand and South Africa will make up Group E while Australia, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka will make up Group F.

 

* In Group E, New Zealand will take on India at the Wanderers, Johannesburg. The match will get underway at 1000 and afterwards there will be a media conference with both captains and the man of the match in attendance.

 

* The action will then move to Cape Town with two games taking place at Newlands. At 1400 in Group F, Australia takes on Bangladesh . Immediately afterwards and before the next game, there will be a media conference involving both captains and the man of the match.

 

* Later, at 1800 in Group E, South Africa will take on England at the same venue. Afterwards, there will be a media conference with both captains and the man of the match in attendance.

 

* Also in Group F, Pakistan will hold a training session ahead of its match against Sri Lanka at the Wanderers, Johannesburg on Monday. This will take place from 1500 until around 1700 at Benoni. Beforehand, a player is expected to hold a media conference. For more details contact team media manager Ahsan Malik (details below).

 

* Meanwhile, Sri Lanka has opted not to train on Sunday. For any media enquiries please contact Shriyan Samararatne (details below).

 

The ICC has media representatives based at each of the three venues – Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg – staging matches throughout the tournament. Sami-ul-Hasan is based in Durban, James Fitzgerald is in Cape Town and Clare Fathers is acting as ICC Venue Communications Manager in Johannesburg. All their contact details, together with those of ICC Manager – Media and Communication Brian Murgatroyd, are listed below.

 

Please note these advisories, detailing team activities for the following day, will be distributed via email every evening during the tournament.

 

Contact details of team media managers for all 12 participating sides are listed below:

 

Australia – Lachy Patterson (+27 83 608 6169)

 

Bangladesh – Rabeed Imam (+27 79 018 2746)

 

England – James Avery (+27 79 0806 107)

 

India – Sunil Dev (+27 83 257 0144)

 

Kenya – Davinder Singh Bharij (+27 83 257 0256)

 

New Zealand – John Durning (+27 82 858 8425)

 

Pakistan – Dr Ahsan Malik (+27 73 117 5429)

 

Scotland – Mike Stanger (+27 73 412 2981)

 

South Africa – Michael Owen-Smith (+27 83 412 4514)

 

Sri Lanka – Shriyan Samararatne (+27 83 257 0369)

 

West Indies – Imran Khan (+27 76 797 8351)

 

Zimbabwe – Lovemore Banda (+27 79 039 8333)