Match No – 6th Match, Group A – Afghanistan vs England
Day and Date – Wed Sep 21, 2012
Match Time – 14:00 GMT | 19:30 local ( 7.30 pm)
Venue – R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Today in the 6th match of T20 World Cup 2012, Stuart Broad’s England will start the campaign against minnows Afghanistan at the Premadasa Stadium. Afghanistan who had impressed one and all in their last match against India will be hoping to improve their performance and beat the defending champions.

England who will be playing without star batsman Kevin Pietersen will be hoping to start their campaign with a winning note so that they can get the required morale booster for their upcoming matches. Also they will be willing to prove that England is capable of defending the championship even without Kevin Pietersen.

On the other hand, it will be a do or die for Afghanistan as if they loose today’s match, they will be out of the championship.

Squad for T20 World Cup 2012
Afghanistan Nawroz Mangal (captain), Gulbadin Naib, Dawlat Zadran, Karim Sadeq, Hamid Hassan, Izzatullah Dawlatzai, Mohammad Jawed Ahmadi, Mohd Nasim Baras, Mohammad Asghar Stanikzai, Mohammad Nabi, Mohammad Shahzad, Najibullah Zadran, Shapur Zadran, Samiullah Shinwari and Shafiqullah Shafaq.

England Stuart Broad (captain), Jonny Bairstow, Jos Buttler, Ravi Bopara, Danny Briggs, Jade Dernbach, Alex Hales, Tim Bresnan, Craig Kieswetter, Michael Lumb, Steven Finn, Graeme Swann, Eoin Morgan, Samit Patel and Luke Wright.