ICC World Twenty20 ticket sales up 100,000

The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that more than 100,000 tickets for the ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 have been sold and the majority of these tickets have gone to the Sri Lankan market.

The ICC World Twenty20 Sri Lanka 2012 is the first to be held in Asia and will take place between September 18 and October 7 in Colombo, Hambantota and Pallekelle with the women's group matches in Galle. The highest demands so far are for the matches featuring Sri Lanka, the semi-finals and the final. None of the matches are sold out and remaining tickets for all matches will be released in the final phase.

Meanwhile the women's matches will be free of charge for spectators in the group stages which will be played in Galle. The women's semi-finals and final will be played on the same day and the same grounds as the Men's semi-finals and final and both the men's and women's matches can be watched using the same ticket respectively.

Tickets can be purchased from the box offices located in Colombo, Kandy and Hambantota and at selected MoneyGram outlets in Bank of Ceylon branches until the close of business on June 30. It is mandatory for those purchasing tickets to produce their NIC or a valid passport. A maximum of four tickets can be purchased by each person for the Super Eight, semi-finals and final, and a maximum of six tickets per person for the group stage.

Online booking of tickets is available by logging onto www.icc-cricket.com and buyers must produce their NIC or valid passport and receipt confirming their purchase to redeem their match ticket at the box office. Ticket collection will take place from August 1, 2012.