2007 World Twenty20

Rules and regulations

During the group stage and Super Eight, points were 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 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 (scorecard).

Within each group (both group stage and Super Eight stage), 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

Teams from every ICC Region :

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Venues

All matches were played at the following three grounds:

Groups

;Group A

;Group B

;Group C

;Group D

Match officials

Main article: 2007 World Twenty20 officials

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

Squads

Main article: 2007 ICC World Twenty20 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. West Indies vs South Africa

• Chris Gayle became the first person to hit a century in an official Twenty20 International. He also scored the most sixes in one innings of Twenty20 with 10.
• The West Indian first-wicket partnership of 145 between Chris Gayle and Devon Smith was the highest in Twenty20 international cricket.
• The West Indies beat their own record of giving away the most extras in a Twenty20 match, with 28 (4 leg-byes, 23 wides and a no-ball).

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.

• Kenya's score of 73 all out was the lowest ever score in a Twenty20 International.

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• Sri Lanka's score of 260 for six was the highest recorded in any top-level Twenty20 match. They also recorded the largest margin of victory in Twenty20 Internationals.
• Sri Lanka and New Zealand qualified for the Super 8s as a result of this match.

Group D

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

• Fraser Watts, Ryan Watson, Navdeep Poonia, Gavin Hamilton, Neil McCallum, Dougie Brown, Colin Smith, Majid Haq, Craig Wright, John Blain, Dewald Nel (Sco) all made their T20I debuts.

• After the scores were tied, the winner of the match was decided via a bowl out. India won the bowl out and qualified for the Super 8s.

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

• England were eliminated as a result of this match.

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• Yuvraj Singh scored the fastest fifty in a Twenty20 International from just 12 deliveries faced (previous best was 20 balls by Mohammed Ashraful in the same tournament) and also became the fourth cricketer in all official forms of cricket and the first in Twenty20 to hit 6 sixes in an over. Stuart Broad was the bowler.
• This was the highest score against a Test team during the tournament.

• South Africa needed 126 runs while chasing to qualify for semi final but they failed and were eliminated.

Group F

• Bangladesh were eliminated from the tournament.

• Sri Lanka was eliminated from the tournament.
• This was the first time a team chased a total in the tournament with all 10 wickets intact, making it the biggest margin of victory in terms of wickets.

Knockout stage

|22 September – Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town| |143/8 (20 ov) | |147/4 (18.5 ov) |22 September – Kingsmead, Durban| **** |188/5 (20 ov)| |173/7 (20 ov) |24 September – Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg||157/5 (20 ov)||152 (19.3 ov)|

Semi-finals

Attendance: 18,734

Final

Main article: 2007 World Twenty20 final

Attendance: 32,217

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

Main article: 2007 ICC World Twenty20 records and 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

Most wickets

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

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