2009 Twenty20 groups named

India lifted the World Twenty20 trophy in 2007 © Getty Images

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The International Cricket Council have announced the four groupings for the ICC World Twenty20 taking place in England in 2009.

Given that not enough matches have been played in this format to allow viable official rankings to be established, the ICC board agreed the groups for the 2009 event would be based on the finishing positions in the 2007 tournament.

As such, the groups will be (with finishing positions in brackets):

Group A
India (1)
Bangladesh (8)
Zimbabwe (9)

Group B
Pakistan (2)
England (7)
Associate 1 (10)

Group C
Australia (3)
Sri Lanka (6)
West Indies (11)

Group D
New Zealand (4)
South Africa (5)
Associate 2 (12)