The 2007 ICC World Twenty20 was the inaugural edition of the Men's T20 World Cup, formerly known as the ICC World Twenty20 that was 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 World Cricket League Division One tournament: Kenya and Scotland. India won the tournament, beating Pakistan in the final at Johannesburg by 5 runs.
Rules and regulations
During the group stage and Super Eight, points were awarded to the teams as follows: Results PointsWin2 pointsNo result1 pointLoss0 points In case of a tie (i.e., both teams score exactly the same number of runs at the end of their respective innings), a bowl-out decided the winner. This was applicable in all stages of the tournament.Playing conditions , from ICC World Twenty20 homepage, retrieved 12 September 2007 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:Final WorldTwenty20 Playing conditions , from ICC World Twenty20 homepage, retrieved 12 September 2007 Higher number of points If equal, higher number of wins If still equal, higher net run rate 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, Kenya and Scotland 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: Cape Town Durban Johannesburg Newlands Cricket Ground Kingsmead Wanderers Stadium Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 34,000
Groups
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Match officials Umpires Five umpires from the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, along with four members of the ICC International umpire panel completed the list of umpires for the 27 match tournament. A rotation system saw all officials serve on-field, as well as in third umpire capacities. Umpire Panel Mark BensonElite Billy DoctroveElite Daryl HarperElite Asad RaufElite Simon TaufelElite Steve DavisInternational Tony HillInternational Ian HowellInternational Nigel LlongInternational
Three South African officials—Marais Erasmus, Karl Hurter, and Brian Jerling—served as fourth umpires for all group stage matches.
Referees The three match referees selected were members of the Panel of ICC Referees, and were responsible for all 27 matches. Referee Chris Broad Ranjan Madugalle Mike Procter
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 South African Standard Time (UTC+02:00)
Group A
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 and Bangladesh also winning against West Indies.
Group B
Group B started with World Champions Australia being defeated by Zimbabwe, Brendan Taylor 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 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.
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.
Teams
Group E
Group F
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
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 (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, 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.
Statistics
The leading run-scorer in the tournament was Matthew Hayden, with 265 runs, and the highest wicket-taker Umar Gul with 13 wickets. The top-five in each category are:
Most runs Player Matches Innings Runs Average SR HS 100 50 4s 6s Matthew Hayden 6 6 265 81.33 144.80 73* 0 4 32 10 Gautam Gambhir 7 6 227 37.83 129.71 75 0 3 27 5 Misbah-ul-Haq 7 7 218 54.50 139.74 66* 0 2 18 9 Shoaib Malik 7 7 195 39.00 126.62 57 0 2 15 5 Kevin Pietersen 5 5 178 35.6 161.81 79 0 1 17 6Source: Cricinfo
Most wickets Player Matches Innings Wickets Overs Econ. Ave. BBI S/R 4WI 5WI Umar Gul 7 7 13 27.4 5.60 11.92 4/25 12.7 1 0 Stuart Clark 6 6 12 24 6.00 12.00 4/20 12.0 1 0 RP Singh 7 6 12 24 6.33 12.66 4/13 12.0 1 0 Shahid Afridi 7 7 12 28 6.71 15.66 4/19 14.0 1 0 Daniel Vettori 6 6 11 24 5.33 11.63 4/20 13.0 1 0Source: Cricinfo
Media coverage Coverage of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 was as follows: Television networks
Africa — Supersport (Live) Australia — Fox Sports (Live) Australia — Nine Network Bangladesh — Bangladesh Television(In group stage 2 Bangladesh match only) (Live) Canada — Asian Television Network (Live) Caribbean – Caribbean Media Corporation (Live) India — ESPN (Live) – English India — STAR Cricket (Live) – Hindi Jamaica – Television Jamaica (Live) Middle East – Ten Sports (Live) New Zealand — SKY Network Television (Live) Pakistan — GEO Super (Live) Pakistan – Pakistan Television Corporation (Live) Sri Lanka — Sirasa Network (Live) United Kingdom — Sky Sports (Live) United States — DirecTV 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. Follow the link to download a .pdf file of ALL the rules
Official Website