2007 ICC World Twenty20


The 2007 ICC World Twenty20 was the inaugural Twenty20 International cricket world championship, contested in South Africa from 11 to 24 September 2007. Twelve teams took part in the thirteen-day tournament—the ten Test-playing nations and the finalists of the 2007 WCL Division One tournament: Kenya and Scotland. India won the tournament, beating Pakistan in the final.

Rules and regulations

During the group stage and Super Eight, points were awarded to the teams as follows:
ResultsPoints
Win2 points
No result1 point
Loss0 points

In case of a tie, a bowl-out decided the winner. This was applicable in all stages of the tournament. The bowl-out was used to determine the result of only one game in this tournament – the Group D game between India and Pakistan on 14 September.
Within each group, teams were ranked against each other based on the following criteria:
  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.

    Qualification

By finishing first and second in the 2007 WCL Division One, Kenya and Scotland qualified for the World Twenty20.

Venues

All matches were played at the following three grounds:

Squads

Group Stages

The 12 participant teams were divided into four groups of three teams each. The groups were determined based on the rankings of the teams in Twenty20 as of 1 March 2007. The top two teams from each group went through to the second stage of the tournament.
All times given are South African Standard Time

Group A

TeamSeedPtsPldWLNRNRR
A142200+0.974
A322110+0.149
A202020−1.233

Group A saw the only exit of a seeded team when the West Indies were eliminated after losing both their matches. Their first loss came after Chris Gayle's record 117 runs was not enough to prevent South Africa from winning.
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Group B

TeamSeedPtsPldWLNRNRR
B122110+0.987
B222110+0.209
B322110−1.196

Group B started with World Champions Australia being defeated by Zimbabwe, Brendan Taylor scored 64 and saw the Africans home with one ball to spare.
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Group C

TeamSeedPtsPldWLNRNRR
C242200+4.721
C122110+2.396
C302020−8.047

In the first match Kenya scored the lowest Twenty20 International total of 73 against New Zealand and went on to lose with 12.2 overs and 9 wickets to spare. Kenya's fate was sealed when they allowed Sri Lanka to post a Twenty20 world record of 260 in the group's second match. Kenya were then bowled out for 88 and lost by a record 172 runs.
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Group D

TeamSeedPtsPldWLNRNRR
D2321010.000
D122110+1.275
D312011−2.550

India and Pakistan played in the first ever World Twenty20 bowl-out. India's bowlers defeated Pakistan 3–0.
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Super 8s

This tournament's Super Eight format was designed such that the top 2 seeds from each group was pre-decided at the start of the tournament. The actual performance of the team in the Group Stage played no role in determining if the team qualified into Super Eight Group E or F. For example, in Group C, though Sri Lanka finished with more points than New Zealand, for the purpose of the Super Eight groupings, New Zealand retained the group's top seed position while Sri Lanka retained the group's second seed position.
In case a third-seeded team qualified ahead of the two top-seeded teams, it took on the seed of the eliminated team. This only happened in Group A, where Bangladesh qualified ahead of West Indies and therefore took on the A2 spot in Group F. The other seven top seeds qualified.
The eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. The two top teams from each Super Eight group qualified for the semi-finals.

Group E

TeamPtsPldWLNRNRR
43210+0.750
43210+0.050
43210−0.116
03030−0.700

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Group F

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Knockout stages

Semi-finals

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Final

India won the toss and chose to bat on what was considered to be a traditionally batsman-friendly pitch at the Bullring. Umar Gul took the wickets of both Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, leaving India with 157/5 in 20 overs; only Gautam Gambhir produced a notable innings. A 21-run over from Sreesanth swung the game towards Pakistan. However, Irfan Pathan and Joginder Sharma slowed the scoring dramatically. With Pakistan needing 54 from 24 balls, Misbah-ul-Haq hit 3 sixes off Harbhajan Singh in one over. Sreesanth was also dispatched for 2 sixes but took the wicket of Sohail Tanvir, as Pakistan went into the last over needing 13 runs to win, with only 1 wicket remaining. Joginder Sharma bowled a wide first ball, followed by a dot ball. Misbah followed by taking six off a full-toss; Pakistan needed just 6 runs to win from the last four balls. Misbah attempted to hit the next ball with a paddle-scoop over fine leg, but he only managed to sky the ball, and it was caught at short fine-leg by Sreesanth, leaving Pakistan all out for 152 runs. Irfan Pathan was awarded the Man of the Match for his spell, which included 3 wickets for 16 runs, including that of Man of the Series, Shahid Afridi.
Record:-Yuvraj was the 1st T20 batsman to score 6 sixes in an over against England

Match officials

The umpires were selected from the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and the ICC International umpire panel and the referees from the Panel of ICC Referees.

Media coverage

Coverage of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 was as follows:
;Television networks
Radio Networks