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ICC World Twenty20
150px T20 World Cup Trophy
Administrator	International Cricket Council
Format	Twenty20
First tournament	2007, South Africa
Last tournament	2010, West Indies
Next tournament	2012, Sri Lanka
Tournament format	Round robin and Knockout
Number of teams	12
Current champion	England (1st Title)
Most successful	India  Pakistan  England (1 title each)
Most runs	Mahela Jayawardena (1,045)
Most wickets	Shahid Afridi (27)
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The ICC World Twenty20 or ICC World T20 also referred to as the 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 teams in which all the ten ICC Full Members are automatically qualified and the remaining two spots will be contested through ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. The event is held every two years.

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 became the first World T20 Champions after defeating Pakistan by 5 runs in the final at 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.^[1] 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.

Format[link]

Rules and regulations[link]

During the group stage and Super Eight, points are awarded to the teams as follows:

In case of a Tie (i.e. both teams score exactly the same number of runs at the end of their respective innings), a Super Over would decide the winner. In case of a Tie again in the Super Over, the match is won by the team that has scored the most 6s in their innings. This is applicable in all stages of the tournament. But this provision came in existence from 2009. During the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 tournament, the provision for deciding the winner in case of a Tie was a Bowl-out.^[2]

Within each group (both group stage & Super Eight stage), teams are ranked against each other based on the following criteria:^[3]

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.
6. If still equal, each team gets a point.

Qualification[link]

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 World Twenty20 Qualifier was held in 2008 as qualifier for the 2009 World Twenty20 and currently is the main qualification tournament for all the upcoming World Twenty20's tournaments. The 2008 Qualifiers were 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 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 finals in England. Due to the withdrawal of Zimbabwe from the competition, the two finalists were joined by third-placed Scotland.

The 2010 Qualifier was the largest so far, with eight competing teams. It was played in the United Arab Emirates from 9–13 February 2010 with the top two teams progressing to the 2010 tournament in the Caribbean. The eight competing teams were: Afghanistan, Canada, Ireland, Kenya, the Netherlands, Scotland, UAE and the USA.^[4] The competition was won by Afghanistan who qualified along with Ireland who were second.

Hosts[link]

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 and West Indies hosted the tournament in 2009 and 2010 respectively. The next tournament will be hosted by 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.^[5] Bangladesh will host the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 Championship.^[6]

Current 50 overs World Champions India will host the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 Championship

Summary[link]

Men[link]

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 (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	England 148/3 (17 overs)	England won by 7 wickets Scorecard	Australia 147/6 (20 overs)
2012 Details	Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	TBD	TBD	TBD
2014 Details	Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	TBD	TBD	TBD
2016 Details	India[7]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Women[link]

Year	Host nation(s)	Final venue	Final
			Winner	Result	Runner-up
2009 Details	England	Lord's, London	England 86/4 (17 overs)	England won by 6 wickets	New Zealand 85 (20 overs)
2010 Details	West Indies	Kensington Oval, Barbados	Australia 106/8 (20 overs)	Australia won by 3 runs Scorecard	New Zealand 103/6 (20 overs)
2012 Details	Sri Lanka	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	TBD	TBD	TBD

Performance of teams[link]

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams in the ICC World Twenty20. It contains data from all three tournaments:

Men[link]

Team	Appearances	First	Latest	Best result	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win%
Pakistan	3	2007	2010	Champions 2009	20	12	7	1	0	60.00
India	3	2007	2010	Champions 2007	17	8	7	1	1	47.06
England	3	2007	2010	Champions 2010	17	8	8	0	1	47.06
Sri Lanka	3	2007	2010	Runners-up 2009	18	12	6	0	0	66.67
Australia	3	2007	2010	Runners-up 2010	15	9	6	0	0	60.00
South Africa	3	2007	2010	Semi-Final 2009	16	11	5	0	0	68.75
New Zealand	3	2007	2010	Semi-Final 2007	16	8	8	0	0	50.00
West Indies	3	2007	2010	Semi-Final 2009	13	6	7	0	0	46.15
Bangladesh	3	2007	2010	Super Eight 2007	9	1	8	0	0	11.11
Ireland	2	2009	2010	Super Eight 2009	7	1	5	0	1	14.28
Zimbabwe	2	2007	2010	Round 1 2007, 2010	4	1	3	0	0	25.00
Scotland	2	2007	2009	Round 1 2007, 2009	4	0	3	0	1	0.00
Netherlands	1	2009	2009	Round 1 2009	2	1	1	0	0	50.00
Kenya	1	2007	2007	Round 1 2007	2	0	2	0	0	0.00
Afghanistan	1	2010	2010	Round 1 2010	2	0	2	0	0	0.00

Women[link]

Team	Appearances	First	Latest	Best result	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win%
Australia	2	2009	2010	Champions 2010	9	7	2	0	0	77.77
England	2	2009	2010	Champions 2009	8	6	0	0	0	66.66
New Zealand	2	2009	2010	Runner up 2009, 2010	10	8	2	0	0	80.00
India	2	2009	2010	Semi-Finals 2009, 2010	8	4	4	0	0	50.00
West Indies	2	2009	2010	Semi-Final 2010	7	3	4	0	0	42.85
Sri Lanka	2	2009	2010	Round 1 2009, 2010	6	2	4	0	0	33.33
Pakistan	2	2009	2010	Round 1 2009, 2010	6	0	6	0	0	00.00
South Africa	2	2009	2010	Round 1 2009, 2010	6	0	6	0	0	00.00

Statistics and Records[link]

See also[link]

Cricket portal

• List of Twenty20 International games

References[link]

External links[link]

• ICC World Twenty20 2010 from Cricinfo

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