ICC Men's T20 World Cup

ICC World Twenty20

The logo of 2014 ICC World Twenty20
Administrator	International Cricket Council
Format	Twenty20 International
First edition	2007
Tournament format	Round robin followed by Semi Final and Final
Number of teams	12
Current champion	West Indies (1st title)
Most successful	4 teams  India  Pakistan  England  West Indies
Most runs	Mahela Jayawardene (992) [1]
Most wickets	Lasith Malinga (38) [2]
2016 ICC World Twenty20

The ICC World Twenty20 (also referred to as the ICC World T20 or the World Twenty20) is the international championship of Twenty20 cricket. Organised by cricket's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), the tournament consists of 12 teams, comprising all ten ICC full members and two other ICC members chosen through the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. The event is generally held every two years, and all matches are accorded Twenty20 International status. The 2014 event will be a host to 16 nations. See the full list below.

The inaugural event, the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, was staged in South Africa. Pakistan were originally selected to host it. It ran from 11–24 September 2007. The tournament was won by India, who became the first World T20 Champions after defeating Pakistan by 5 runs in the final at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. The second event, the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 took place in England from 5–21 June 2009. This tournament was won by the previous runners-up Pakistan who defeated Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in the final at Lord's, London.^[3][4] The third tournament, the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 was held from 30 April–16 May 2010 and hosted by the West Indies. The winners were England who defeated Australia by 7 wickets in the final at Kensington Oval, Barbados. This was the first ever ICC tournament won by England. The fourth tournament, the 2012 ICC World Twenty20, was held from 18 September to 7 October 2012 and was hosted by Sri Lanka. The winners were West Indies who defeated Sri Lanka by 36 runs, their first appearance in a World cricket final since 1983 and their first victory since 1979.^[5]

History

Background

When the Benson & Hedges Cup ended in 2002, the ECB needed another one day competition to fill its place. Cricketing authorities were looking to boost the game's popularity with the younger generation in response to dwindling crowds and reduced sponsorship. It was intended to deliver fast paced, exciting cricket accessible to thousands of fans who were put off by the longer versions of the game. Stuart Robertson, the marketing manager of the ECB, proposed a 20 over per innings game to county chairmen in 2001 and they voted 11–7 in favour of adopting the new format.^[6]

Regional tournaments

The first official Twenty20 matches were played on 13 June 2003 between the English counties in the Twenty20 Cup.^[7] The first season of Twenty20 in England was a relative success.^[8] The first Twenty20 match held at Lord's, on 15 July 2004 between Middlesex and Surrey, attracted a crowd of 27,509, the largest attendance for any county cricket game at the ground other than a one-day final since 1953.^[9]

Soon after with the adoption of Twenty20 matches by other cricket boards, the popularity of the format grew with unexpected crowd attendance, new regional tournaments such as Pakistan's Faysal Bank T20 Cup and Stanford 20/20 tournament and the financial incentive in the format. West Indies regional teams competed in what was named the Stanford 20/20 tournament. The event was financially backed by billionaire Allen Stanford, who gave at least US$28,000,000 funding money. It was intended that the tournament would be an annual event.^[10][11] A spin off tournmant, the Stanford Super Series was held in October 2008 between Middlesex and Trinidad and Tobago, the respective winners of the English and Caribbean Twenty20 competitions, and a Stanford Superstars team formed from West Indies domestic players.^[12][13] On 1 November, the Stanford Superstars played England in what was expected to be the first of five fixtures in as many years with the winner claiming a US$20,000,000 in each match.^[14][15]

Indian Premier League

Indian Premier League (IPL) is a Twenty20 cricket tournament where 8 city based franchise teams from India participate for the title. The tournament started in 2008 and from then it usually takes place every year in the months of April to June.^[16] IPL is the most-watched Twenty20 cricket league in the world and also known for its commercial success. During the sixth IPL season (2013) its brand value was estimated to be around US$3.03 billion.^[17][18] Live rights to the event are syndicated around the globe, and in 2010, the IPL became the first sporting event to be broadcast live on YouTube.^[19]

Twenty20 Internationals

On 17 February 2005 Australia defeated New Zealand in the first men's full international Twenty20 match, played at Eden Park in Auckland. The game was played in a light-hearted manner – both sides turned out in kit similar to that worn in the 1980s, the New Zealand team's a direct copy of that worn by the Beige Brigade. Some of the players also sported moustaches/beards and hair styles popular in the 1980s taking part in a competition amongst themselves for best retro look, at the request of the Beige Brigade. Australia won the game comprehensively, and as the result became obvious towards the end of the NZ innings, the players and umpires took things less seriously – Glenn McGrath jokingly replayed the Trevor Chappell underarm incident from a 1981 ODI between the two sides, and Billy Bowden showed him a mock red card (red cards are not normally used in cricket) in response.

ICC T20 World Cup

It was first decided that every two years an ICC World Twenty20 tournament is to take place, except in the event of an ICC Cricket World Cup being scheduled in the same year, in which case it will be held the year before. The first tournament was in 2007 in South Africa where India defeated Pakistan in the final. Two Associate teams had played in the first tournament, selected through the 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One, a 50-over competition. In December 2007 it was decided to hold a qualifying tournament with a 20-over format to better prepare the teams. With six participants, two would qualify for the 2009 World Twenty20 and would each receive $250,000 in prize money.^[20] The second tournament was won by Pakistan who beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in England on 21 June 2009. The 2010 ICC World Twenty20 tournament was held in West Indies in May 2010, where England defeated Australia by 7 wickets. The 2012 ICC World Twenty20 was won by the West-Indies, by defeating Sri Lanka at the finals. For the first time, a host nation competed in the final of the ICC World Twenty20. There were 12 participants for the title including Ireland and Afghanistan as 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. It was the first time the World Twenty20 tournament took place in an Asian country. Pakistan was the only team to reach the last four in the first four editions of the tournament.

2007

Winner: Indian cricket team

This was the first World Twenty20, where 12 teams participated, divided into four groups of three, then two groups of four in quarter-finals; top two into semi-finals. Besides the 10 full members, Kenya and Scotland were the other two teams participating in this tournament that was played on three different grounds, Wanderers, Kingsmead and Newlands. India's Yuvraj Singh hit England's Stuart Broad for six sixes in an over, during a 12-ball fifty. The tournament culminated in a final where India and Pakistan battled it out for the trophy. India won the match after a final-over thriller, with Pakistan needing six from the last four balls, but failing to reach the same. Mathew Hayden was the top run getter with 265 runs and Umar Gul took the most wickets, 13. Craig McMillan hit 13 sixes in the tournament, highest by any player.

2009

Winner: Pakistan

Format in this tournament was same as the first one and the competition was played in England with Lord's, Oval and Nottingham serving as hosts. Of the 10 full members, Zimbabwe withdrew its participation. Associates Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland qualified for the tournament. Pakistan beat Srilanka to win the tournament. Umar Gul was the top wicket taker with 13 wickets and Yuvraj Singh scored the most runs and hit the most sixes in the tournament.

2010

Winner: England

West Indies hosted the third World Twenty20 and the format remained unchanged. England won their first ICC limited-overs trophy with a comprehensive victory over Australia in the final. Mahela Jayawardene scored 302 runs, maximum in this edition and Dirk Nannes was the highest wicket taker with 14 wickets. Cameron White with 12 sixes topped the sixes' chart.

2012

Winner: West Indies

2012 ICC World Twenty20 was hosted by Sri Lanka and was the first time the World Twenty20 tournament took place in an Asian country. It was played by the same 12 teams that played in the 2010 tournament, Ireland and Afghanistan besides the ten full members. For the first time, a host nation managed to get on to the knock-out stage of the of the ICC World Twenty20. Tournament was won by the West-Indies, by defeating Sri Lanka by 36 runs. Shane Watson topped the run charts with 249 runs.

2014

2012 edition was to be expanded into a 16 team format however this was reverted back to 12.^[21] 2014 held in Bangladesh was the first to feature 16 teams including all ten full members and six associate members who qualified through the 2013 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. However the top eight full member teams in the ICC T20I Championship rankings on 8 October 2012 were given a place in the Super 10 stage. The remaining eight teams competed in the group stage, from which two teams advanced to the Super 10 stage.^[22][23] Three new teams (Nepal, Hong Kong and United Arab Emirates) made their debut in this tournament.

Format

Qualification

All Test-playing nations achieve automatic qualification to the tournament, with the remaining places filled by other ICC members through a qualification tournament. Qualification for the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 came from the results of the first cycle of the World Cricket League, a 50-over league for non-Test playing nations. The two finalists of the Division One tournament (Kenya and Scotland) qualified for the inaugural tournament alongside the Test-playing nations. For subsequent tournaments, qualification has been achieved through the World Twenty20 Qualifier, with Afghanistan (2010 and 2012), Ireland (2009, 2010, and 2012), Netherlands (2009), and Scotland (2009) each having qualified through this process.

Final tournament

Within each group (both Group Stage & Super Eight Stage), teams are ranked against each other based on the following criteria:^[24]

1. Higher number of points
2. If equal, higher number of wins
3. If still equal, higher net run rate
4. If still equal, lower bowling strike rate
5. If still equal, result of head to head meeting.

In case of a tie (that is, both teams scoring the same number of runs at the end of their respective innings), a Super Over would decide the winner. In the case of a tie occurring again in the Super Over, the match is won by the team that has scored the most sixes in their innings. This is applicable in all stages of the tournament, having been implemented during the 2009 tournament. During the 2007 tournament, a bowl-out was used to decide the loser of tied matches.^[25]

Hosts

The International Cricket Council's executive committee votes for the hosts of the tournament after examining bids from the nations which have expressed an interest in holding the event. After South Africa in 2007, England, West Indies and Sri Lanka hosted the tournament in 2009, 2010 and 2012 respectively. The last tournament was hosted by Bangladesh in 2014.^[26] India will host the 2016 tournament.^[27]

Results

Summary of all teams in all tournaments

Source: Cricinfo ^[28]

Year	Host Nation(s)	Final Venue	Final
			Winner	Result	Runner Up
2007 Details	South Africa	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	India 157/5 (20 overs)	India won by 5 runs Scorecard	Pakistan 152 all out (19.4 overs)
2009 Details	England	Lord's, London	Pakistan 139/2 (18.4 overs)	Pakistan won by 8 wickets Scorecard	Sri Lanka 138/6 (20 overs)
2010 Details	West Indies	Kensington Oval, Barbados	England 148/3 (17 overs)	England won by 7 wickets Scorecard	Australia 147/6 (20 overs)
2012 Details	Sri Lanka	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	West Indies 137/6 (20 overs)	West Indies won by 36 runs Scorecard	Sri Lanka 101 all out (18.4 overs)
2014 Details	Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka
2016 Details	India	TBD

Team	Appearances			Best result (* = hosts)	Statistics
	Total	First	Latest		Played	Won	Lost	Tie	NR	Win%
Afghanistan	3	2010	2014	Round 1 (2012)	7	1	6	0	0	14.28
Australia	5	2007	2014	Runners-up (2010)	25	14	11	0	0	56.00
Bangladesh	5	2007	2014	Round 2 (2007,2014)	18	3	15	0	0	16.66
England	5	2007	2014	Champions (2010)	26	11	14	0	1	44.00
Hong Kong	1	2014	2014	Round 1 (2014)	3	1	2	0	0	33.33
India	5	2007	2014	Champions (2007)	27	17	8	1(1)	1	67.30
Ireland	4	2009	2014	Round 2 (2009)	12	3	7	0	2	30.00
Kenya	1	2007	2007	Round 1 (2007)	2	0	2	0	0	0.00
Nepal	1	2014	2014	Round 1 (2014)	3	2	1	0	0	66.66
Netherlands	2	2009	2014	Round 2 (2014)	9	4	5	0	0	44.44
New Zealand	5	2007	2014	Fourth place (2007)	25	11	12	2(0)	0	48.00
Pakistan	5	2007	2014	Champions (2009)	30	18	11	1(0)	0	61.66
Scotland	2	2007	2009	Round 1 (2007)	4	0	3	0	1	0.00
South Africa	5	2007	2014	Third place (2009)	26	16	10	0	0	61.53
Sri Lanka	5	2007	2014	Runners-up (2009,2012*)	30	20	9	1(1)	0	68.33
United Arab Emirates	1	2014	2014	Round 1 (2014)	3	0	3	0	0	0.00
West Indies	5	2007	2014	Champions (2012)	25	12	11	1(1)	1	52.08
Zimbabwe	4	2007	2014	Round 1 (2007)	9	3	6	0	0	33.33

The number in bracket indicates number of wins in tied matches by Super Over, Bowl out or any other c, however these are considered as half a win regardless of the result. The win percentage excludes no results and counts ties (irrespective of a tiebreaker) as half a win.

Team results by tournament

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams in the ICC World Twenty20.

Legend

• 1st — Champions
• 2nd — Runners-up
• 3rd — Third place
• 4th — Fourth place
• R2 — Round 2 (Super 8s, Super 10s)
• R1 — Round 1
• q — Qualified for upcoming tournament
•  ••  — Qualified but withdrew
•  •  — Did not qualify
•  ×  — Did not enter / Withdrew / Banned
•    — Hosts

The team ranking in each tournament is according to ICC.

For each tournament, the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

Team	2007 (12)	2009 (12)	2010 (12)	2012 (12)	2014 (16)	Total
Afghanistan	×	×	R1 12th	R1 11th	R1 14th	3
Australia	3rd	R1 11th	2nd	3rd	R2 8th	5
Bangladesh	R2 8th	R1 10th	R1 10th	R1 10th	R2 10th	5
England	R2 7th	R2 6th	1st	R2 6th	R2 7th	5
Hong Kong	×	×	×	•	R1 15th	1
India	1st	R2 7th	R2 8th	R2 5th		5
Ireland	•	R2 8th	R1 9th	R1 9th	R1 13th	4
Kenya	R1 12th	•	•	•	•	1
Nepal	×	×	×	•	R1 12th	1
Netherlands	•	R1 9th	•	•	R2 9th	2
New Zealand	4th	R2 5th	R2 5th	R2 7th	R2 6th	5
Pakistan	2nd	1st	4th	4th	R2 5th	5
Scotland	R1 10th	R1 12th	•	•	•	2
South Africa	R2 5th	3rd	R2 6th	R2 8th	4th	5
Sri Lanka	R2 6th	2nd	3rd	2nd		5
United Arab Emirates	×	×	•	•	R1 16th	1
West Indies	R1 11th	4th	R2 7th	1st	3rd	5
Zimbabwe	R1 9th	••	R1 11th	R1 12th	R1 11th	4

Debut of teams

Team appearing for the first time, in alphabetical order per year.

Year	Debutants	Total
2007	Australia,  Bangladesh,  England,  India,  Kenya,  New Zealand,  Pakistan,  Scotland,  South Africa,  Sri Lanka,  West Indies,  Zimbabwe	12
2009	Ireland,  Netherlands	2
2010	Afghanistan	1
2012		0
2014	Hong Kong,    Nepal,  United Arab Emirates	3
Total		18

Other results

Results of host nations Year Host Nation Finish 2007  South Africa Round 2‡ 2009  England Round 2‡ 2010  West Indies Round 2 2012  Sri Lanka Runners-up† 2014  Bangladesh Round 2 † denotes the best result in the team's history ‡ - the best result at the time of the competition (improved later).

Results of defending champions Year Defending champions Finish 2009  India Round 2 2010  Pakistan Fourth Place 2012  England Round 2 2014  West Indies Third Place

Statistics and records

References

External links

• Official Twenty20 ICC World Cup 2012 Website