The 2007 ICC World Twenty20 was the inaugural edition of the

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, formerly known as the ICC World Twenty20 that was contested in

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from 11 to 24 September 2007. Twelve teams took part in the thirteen-day tournament—the ten

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-playing nations and the finalists of the 2007 World Cricket League Division One tournament:

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and

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won the tournament, beating

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in the

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by 5 runs.

Rules and regulations

During the group stage and Super Eight, points were awarded to the teams as follows: In case of a

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(i.e., both teams score exactly the same number of runs at the end of their respective innings), a

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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 (scorecard). Within each group (both group stage and Super Eight stage), teams were ranked against each other based on the following criteria: # Higher number of points # If equal, higher number of wins # If still equal, higher

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# If still equal, lower bowling strike rate # If still equal, result of head-to-head meeting.

Qualification

Teams from every ICC Region : By finishing first and second in the 2007 WCL Division One,

and

qualified for the World Twenty20.A long way from home
"... place among the big boys in the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa this September ..." from Cricinfo, retrieved 9 April 2007

Venues

All matches were played at the following three grounds:

Groups

;Group A * * * ;Group B * * * ;Group C * * * ;Group D * * *

Match officials

The umpires were selected from the

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and the ICC International umpire panel and the referees from the

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Squads

Group stage

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. A warm-up match was played between South Africa and Pakistan on 6 September 2007 in which South Africa defeated Pakistan by 25 runs. All times given are

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( UTC+02:00)

Group A

Group A saw the only exit of a seeded team when the

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were eliminated after losing both their matches. Their first loss came after

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's record 117 runs was not enough to prevent

from winning and Bangladesh also winning against West Indies. ---- ----

Group B

Group B started with World Champions

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being defeated by

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scored 60 (not out) and saw the Africans home with one ball to spare. ---- ----

Group C

In the first match Kenya scored the lowest Twenty20 International total of 73 against

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and went on to lose with 12.2 overs and 9 wickets to spare. Kenya's fate was sealed when they allowed

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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. ---- ----

Group D

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

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 (C1) while Sri Lanka retained the group's second seed position (C2). 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 (original seed A3) qualified ahead of West Indies (original seed A2) 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

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Group F

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Knockout stage

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

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and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, leaving India with 157/5 in 20 overs; only Gautam Gambhir (75 from 54 balls) produced a notable innings. A 21-run over from Sreesanth swung the game towards Pakistan. However, Irfan Pathan (3/16), RP Singh (3/26) and Joginder Sharma (2/20) slowed the scoring dramatically. With Pakistan needing 54 from 24 balls,

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hit 3 sixes off

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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

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, 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

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for his spell, which included 3 wickets for 16 runs.

Statistics

The leading run-scorer in the tournament was

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, with 265 runs, and the highest wicket-taker Umar Gul with 13 wickets. The top-five in each category are:

Most runs

Most wickets

Media coverage

Coverage of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 was as follows: ;Television networks *Africa — Supersport (Live) *Australia —

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(Live) *Australia —

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*Bangladesh —

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(In group stage 2 Bangladesh match only) (Live) *Canada — Asian Television Network (Live) *Caribbean –

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(Live) *India —

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(Live) – English *India —

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(Live) –

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*Jamaica – Television Jamaica (Live) *Middle East – Ten Sports (Live) *New Zealand —

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(Live) *Pakistan — GEO Super (Live) *Pakistan –

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(Live) *Sri Lanka — Sirasa Network (Live) *United Kingdom —

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(Live) *United States —

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CricketTicket (Live) Radio Networks *Africa – All Jazz Radio *Australia – Australian live radio *Bangladesh – DhakaFM *Canada – CBC radio one *Caribbean; Radio airplay *India – All India Radio *Jamaica – Radio Jamaica Limited *Middle East – Top Fm radio *New Zealand – Radio pacific *Pakistan – Radio Pakistan *Sri Lanka – Radio Sri Lanka, Sinhala Radio Service *United Kingdom – BBC Radio 5 Live *United States – WHTZ-FM – Z-100

References

External links

Recent rule changes for Twenty20 Cricket.
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