ICC T20 World Cup kicking off today

LONDON: The ICC World Twenty20 tournament is kicking off today with England to be facing the Netherlands in the opening match at Lords. England are feeling positive ahead of their first Group B match following a convincing win over the West Indies in a warm up game on Wednesday. Captain Paul Collingwood said, "We know we're going to have to play to our absolute potential to get to those semi-finals, but there's a lot of confidence around at the moment and it's all good - there's a real feelgood factor in the team. "England will look to improve their record in the limited overs tournament after only winning one game in the inaugural cup in South Africa two years ago. India are favourites to win and they face Bangladesh in Group A on Saturday. The group stages are made up of the top 12 cricket-playing nations in four groups of three. The top two from each group go through to the Super Eights made up of two groups of four. The semi-finals consist of the top two teams in those groups and will be played at Trent Bridge and The Oval. The final takes place at Lord's on Sunday 21 June.