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ICC World Twenty20
The 2010 edition logo
Administrator	International Cricket Council
Format	Twenty20
First tournament	2007
Last tournament	2009
Tournament format	Round robin and Knockout
Number of teams	12
Current champion	Pakistan
Most successful	India  Pakistan (1 title)
Most runs	Tillakaratne Dilshan (382)
Most wickets	Umar Gul (26)

The ICC World Twenty20 or the ICC World T20 also called as T20 World Cup is the international championship of Twenty20 cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC). The tournament consists of 12 all-male teams and is contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers.

The inaugural event, the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, was staged in South Africa from 11–24 September 2007. The tournament was won by India, who become the first World T20 Champions after defeating Pakistan by 5 runs in the final at Johannesburg.

And 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.^[1]

Format

Qualification

All Test-playing nations achieve automatic qualification to the tournament, with the remaining places filled by ICC associate member nations through a qualification tournament.

Qualification for the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 came from the results of the first cycle of the ICC World Cricket League - a 50-over format league for non-Test playing nations. The two finalists of the Division One tournament - Kenya and Scotland - qualified for the inaugural World Twenty20 tournament alongside the Test-playing nations. Qualification for subsequent tournaments, beginning with the 2009 event, is achieved through a special event using the twenty20 format.

A ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier was held in 2008 as qualifier for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 and currently is the main qualification tournament for all the upcoming World Twenty20's tournaments. The ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2008 was played between 2 August and 5 August 2008 in Stormont, Belfast in Northern Ireland. The six competing teams were: Bermuda, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, The Netherlands and Scotland, with the top three earning a place at the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 in England. The competition was won by Ireland and the Netherlands, who shared the trophy after rain forced the final to be abandoned without a ball bowled. Both teams qualified for the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 finals in England. Due to the withdrawal of Zimbabwe from the competition, the two finalists were joined by third-placed Scotland.

The ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2010 was the largest so far, with eight competing teams. It was played in the United Arab Emirates from 9 to 13 February 2010 with the top two teams progressing to the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 in the Caribbean. The eight competing teams were: Afghanistan, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, the Netherlands, Scotland, UAE and the USA.^[2] Afghanistan qualified along with Ireland who were second.

Tournament

The tournament format for the 2007 & 2009 edition consisted of three stages:

• Group Stage - Four groups of three teams (two seeds and one qualifier) with two games per team and the top two teams qualifying for the Super 8s.
• "Super 8s" - Two four-team groups playing three games each. The make up of the groups was pre-decided based upon all seeds qualifying; if a seed failed to qualify the beneficiary took their allotted place in their respective group.
• Knock-out - Two group winners play the runner up of the other group in semi-finals, followed by a final.

Hosts

The International Cricket Council's executive committee voted for the hosts of the tournament after examining bids from the nations which expressed an interest in holding a Twenty20 World Championship. After South Africa in 2007, England hosted the tournament in 2009 and will be followed by the West Indies in 2010 and Sri Lanka in 2012. The ICC decided that South Africa and England should host the first two tournaments as they were the earliest adopters of the format.^[3]

Competitions

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 152/10 (19.3 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	TBD	TBD	TBD
2012 Details	Sri Lanka	TBD, TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Main individual and team records

Twenty20 World Cup records[4]
Batting
Most runs	Tillakaratne Dilshan	382 (12 matches) (2007-2009)
Most runs in a tournament	Tillakaratne Dilshan	317 (7 matches) (2009)[5]
Highest individual score	Chris Gayle v South Africa	117 (57 balls) (2007)
Most fifties	Gautam Gambhir & Matthew Hayden	4 (12 matches & 6 matches) (2007-2009)
Highest strike rate (Minimum 125 balls faced)	Yuvraj Singh	172.00 (11 matches) (2007-2009)
Highest average (Minimum of 5 innings)	Matthew Hayden	88.33 (6 matches) (2007)[5]
Highest partnership	Chris Gayle & Devon Smith v South Africa	145 (81 balls) (first wicket) (2007)
Most fours	Tillakaratne Dilshan	48 (12 matches) (2007-2009)
Most fours in a tournament	Tillakaratne Dilshan	46 (7 matches) (2009)[5]
Most fours in a match	Herschelle Gibbs v West Indies	14 (2007)
Most sixes	Yuvraj Singh	21 (11 matches) (2007-2009)
Most sixes in a tournament	Craig McMillan	13 (5 matches) (2007)
Most sixes in a match	Chris Gayle v South Africa	10 (2007)[5]
Bowling
Best bowling figures	Umar Gul v New Zealand	5/6 (3 overs) (2009)[5]
Most wickets	Umar Gul	26 (14 matches) (2007-2009)
Most wickets in a tournament	Umar Gul	13 (7 matches) (2007 & 2009)
Most four wicket haul	Umar Gul & Shahid Afridi	2 (14 matches each) (2007-2009)
Most economical (Minimum 20 overs bowled)	Ajantha Mendis[6]	5.50 (26 overs) (7 matches) (2007-2009)
Most expensive (Minimum 20 overs bowled)	Dwayne Bravo[6]	10.11 (25.4 overs) (8 matches) (2007-2009)
Fielding
Most dismissals (wicket-keeper)	Kamran Akmal	14 (14 matches) (2007-2009)
Most catches (fielder)	AB De Villiers	11 (11 matches) (2007-2009)
Most run outs	Brendon McCullum	4 (11 matches) (2007-2009)
Team
Highest score	Sri Lanka v Kenya	260/6 (2007)
Lowest score	Kenya v New Zealand	73/10 (2007)
Largest victory margin (runs)	Sri Lanka v Kenya	172 (2007)
Largest victory margin (wickets)	Australia v Sri Lanka	10 (2007)
Longest winning streak	Sri Lanka	6 (2009)

Performance of teams

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past two Twenty20 World Cups (On the basis of their respective winning percentages).

Team	Appearances			Best Result	Statistics
	Total	First	Latest		Played	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win%
South Africa	2	2007	2009	Semi-Final 2009	11	9	2	0	0	81.81
Sri Lanka	2	2007	2009	Runners-up 2009	12	9	3	0	0	75.00
Pakistan	2	2007	2009	Champions 2009	14	10	3	1	0	71.42
India	2	2007	2009	Champions 2007	12	7	4	1	1	58.33
Zimbabwe	1	2007	2007	Round 1 2007	2	1	1	0	0	50.00
Netherlands	1	2009	2009	Round 1 2009	2	1	1	0	0	50.00
New Zealand	2	2007	2009	Semi-Final 2007	11	5	6	0	0	45.45
Australia	2	2007	2009	Semi-Final 2007	8	3	5	0	0	37.50
West Indies	2	2007	2009	Semi-Final 2009	8	3	5	0	0	37.50
England	2	2007	2009	Super Eight 2007, 2009	10	3	7	0	0	30.00
Ireland	1	2009	2009	Super Eight 2009	5	1	4	0	0	20.00
Bangladesh	2	2007	2009	Super Eight 2007	7	1	6	0	0	14.28
Scotland	2	2007	2009	Round 1 2007, 2009	4	0	3	0	1	0.00
Kenya	1	2007	2007	Round 1 2007	2	0	2	0	0	0.00

See also

• List of Twenty20 International games
• 2009 ICC Women's World Twenty20

References

External links

• ICC T20 Schedule
• Cricinfo's 2009 ICC World Twenty20 coverage
• ICC World Twenty20 Website

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