Graeme Smith and Daniel Vettori to hold media conferences tomorrow

South Africa captain Graeme Smith will lead off a series of official media activities in the build-up to the ICC World Twenty20 when he holds a media conference in Johannesburg on Monday 3 September.

The Proteas' captain will be available at 0930 at the Sandton Sun. Then, on 5 September at the same hotel, the Proteas will attend an open media session from 1100 to 1200 in which five players will be available for the media.

New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori will also hold his arrival press conference on Monday at 1000 at the Sandton Sun while Australian captain Ricky Ponting and West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan will be available on Tuesday at 1000 and 1030 respectively at the Sandton Sun. All the four captains' arrival media conferences will be held at Syringa/Acacia, Sandton Sun.

From 3 to 10 September, there will be a series of arrival media conferences involving team captains, as well as open media sessions where players from the competing teams will be available for interview.

India and England, which arrive on 10 September, will hold their arrival press conferences on 10 September at 1300 and 1330 respectively, at Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg.

India's open media session is scheduled for the Elangeni Hotel, Durban from 1730 to 1830 on 11 September while England will have its open media session at the Newlands Sun Hotel, Cape Town on the same day from 1400 to 1445.

The inaugural ICC World Twenty20, which runs from 11 to 24 September, will open in Johannesburg with a game between host South Africa and the West Indies and concludes with the final at the same ground two weeks later. Three venues are being used, with Durban and Cape Town also staging matches.

The following is the full schedule of media opportunities with players in advance of the start of the inaugural ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa on 11 September.

3 Sep - Graeme Smith press conference at Syringa/Acacia, Sandton Sun Hotel at 0930

3 Sep - Daniel Vettori press conference at Syringa/Acacia, Sandton Sun Hotel at 1000

4 Sep - Ricky Ponting press conference at Syringa/Acacia, Sandton Sun Hotel at 1000

4 Sep - Ramnaresh Sarwan press conference at Syringa/Acacia, Sandton Sun Hotel at 1030

5 Sep - New Zealand open media session at Syringa/Acacia, Sandton Sun Hotel from 1000 to 1045

5 Sep - South Africa open media session at Syringa/Acacia, Sandton Sun Hotel from 1100 to 1200

5 Sep - West Indies open media session at Syringa/Acacia, Sandton Sun Hotel from 1215 to 1315

6 Sep - Australia open media session at Committee Room 4, Sandton Convention Centre from 1000 to 1100

6 Sep - Pakistan open media session at Committee Room 4, Sandton Convention Centre from 1115 to 1200

6 Sep - Sri Lanka open media session at Committee Room 4, Sandton Convention Centre from 1300-1345

7 Sep - Kenya open media session at Bryanston 2, Grayston Sun Hotel from 1400 to 1445

7 Sep - Bangladesh open media session at Bryanston 2, Grayston Sun Hotel from 1500 to 1545

7 Sep - Scotland open media session at Bryanston 2, Grayston Sun Hotel from 1600 to 1645

7 Sep - Zimbabwe open media session at Bryanston 2, Grayston Sun Hotel from 1715 to 1745

10 Sep - Mahendra Singh Dhoni press conference at Boardroom 2, Sandton Convention Centre at 1300

10 Sep - Paul Collingwood press conference at Boardroom 2, Sandton Convention Centre at 1330

11 Sep - England open media session at Protea 1, Newlands Sun Hotel, Cape Town, from 1400 to 1445

11 Sep - India open media session at South Llanga, Elangeni Hotel, Durban, from 1730 to 1830