2012 World Twenty20

Background

The 2012 World Twenty20 is the fourth edition of the Twenty20 tournament. The first was hosted by South Africa in 2007, where India beat Pakistan in a thriller to become Twenty20 champions. Pakistan, the losing finalists in 2007, defeated Sri Lanka in 2009 tournament to become World T20 Champions, held in England. In 2010 England became the third World Twenty20 champions by beating Australia in the West Indies.

Format

The format is the same as the 2010 edition. The format has four groups of three in a preliminary round, groups A-D. In addition to the ten test cricket playing nations, there are two associate/affiliate teams who qualified from the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier staged in the United Arab Emirates on 13–14 March 2012.

The top two teams from each group A-D proceed to the Super Eight stage of the tournament. The Super Eights consist of two groups 1 & 2. The top two teams from the Super Eight groups play the semi-finals, and the semi-final winners contest the final to determine the world champions in Twenty20 cricket. England are the defending champions, having won the 2010 edition in the West Indies.

The Super Eight stage consists of the top two teams from each group of the group stage. The teams are split into two groups, Groups 1 and 2. Group 1 will consist of the top seed from Groups A and C, and the second seed of groups B and D. Group 2 will consist of the top seed from Groups B and D, and the second seed of groups A and C. The seedings used are those allocated at the start of the tournament and are not affected by group stage results, with the exception of if a non-seeded team knocks out a seeded team, the non-seeded team inherits the seed of the knocked-out team.

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 decides the winner. This is applicable in all stages of the tournament.

Within each group (both group stage & Super Eight stage), teams are 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

Main article: 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier

Teams from every ICC Region : ; Africa (2)

; Americas (1)

; Asia (5)

• (host) ; East Asia-Pacific (2)

; Europe (2)

Earlier, the ICC development committee had expanded the global qualification system for the World Twenty20, to give the Associate and Affiliate members of the governing body a chance to feature in the tournament. The qualification tournament, which was contested by eight teams in February 2010, featured 16 sides when it was held in early 2012 ahead of the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka, later that year.

Venues

All matches were played at the following three grounds:

Match officials

Source:

Umpires

Referees

Squads

Main article: 2012 ICC World Twenty20 squads

Groups

The groups were announced on 21 September 2011.

;Group A

• A1
• A2
• Q2 ;Group B
• B1
• B2
• Q1 ;Group C
• C1
• C2

;Group D

• D1
• D2

Warm-up matches

Main article: 2012 ICC World Twenty20 warm-up matches

12 warm-up matches were played between 12 and 19 September featuring all 12 teams.

Group stage

There were 27 matches played during the 2012 ICC World Twenty20, 12 in group stages, 12 in Super Eights, two Semi-finals and a final.

:All times given are Sri Lanka Standard Time (UTC+05:30)

Group A

• • England's 80 all out was the lowest total for a Test-playing nation in ICC World Twenty20*

Group B

• D/L par score at 9.1 overs with one wicket lost was 83, hence the winning margin was 17 runs
• Australia qualified for the Super Eights as a result of this match

• • Match abandoned before West Indies could start their innings*
• West Indies qualified for the Super Eights by virtue of a superior Net run rate and Ireland were eliminated

Group C

Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe

• Ajantha Mendis achieved the best bowling figures in Twenty20 Internationals ----{{Limited overs matches

Group D

New Zealand vs Bangladesh ----{{Limited overs matches

----{{Limited overs matches

• New Zealand and Pakistan both qualified for the Super Eights and Bangladesh were eliminated as a result of this match
• • 175/6 was the highest first innings score for Bangladesh in the ICC T20 World Cup*
• This was the highest successful chase by Pakistan in Twenty20 Internationals
• • Shakib Al Hasan's 84 off 54 was the highest individual Twenty20 International score by a Bangladeshi player against Pakistan.*

Super 8s

Seedings for this stage were allocated at the start of the tournament and were not affected by group stage results, with the exception that if a non-seeded team knocked out a seeded team, it would inherit that team's seeding.

Group E

• New Zealand were eliminated as a result of this match

Sri Lanka vs England

Group F

• Australia qualified for the semi-finals by virtue of a superior Net run rate and South Africa were eliminated as a result of this match

• Pakistan qualified for the semi-finals by virtue of a superior Net run rate (becoming the first team to qualify for four consecutive ICC World Twenty20 semi-finals) and India were eliminated as a result of this match

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals

Attendance : 35,000

Attendance : 22,345

• • This was Australia's second consecutive semi final*

Final

Main article: 2012 World Twenty20 final

Attendance : 35,000

Statistics

Most Runs

Most Wickets

Team of the tournament

Media coverage

References

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