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Tuesday, August 09, 2011

ICC World Twenty20



The ICC World Twenty20 or ICC World T20 also referred to as the T20 World Cup is the international championship of Twenty20 cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC). The tournament consists of 16 teams in which all the ten ICC Full Members are automatically qualified and the remaining six spots will be contested through ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier. The event is held every two years.The inaugural event, the 2007 ICC World Twenty20, was staged in South Africa from 11–24 September 2007. The tournament was won by India, who became the first World T20 Champions after defeating Pakistan by 5 runs in the final at Johannesburg. The second event, the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 took place in England from 5-21 June 2009.This tournament was won by the previous runners-up Pakistan who defeated Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in the final at Lord's, London.[1] The third Twenty20 World Tournament was held from 30 April 16 May 2010 and hosted by the West Indies. The winners were England who defeated Australia by 7 wickets in the final at Kensington Oval, Barbados. This was the first ever ICC tournament won by England.
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Rules and regulations

During the group stage and Super Eight, points are awarded to the teams as follows:
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Results Points
Win 2 points
No result 1 point
Loss 0 points
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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 would decide the winner. In case of a Tie again in the Super Over, the match is won by the team that has scored the most 6s in their innings. This is applicable in all stages of the tournament. But this provision came in existence from 2009. During the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 tournament, the provision for deciding the winner in case of a Tie was a Bowl-out.[2]Within each group (both group stage & Super Eight stage), teams are ranked against each other based on the following criteria:[3]
  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

Hosts

The International Cricket Council's executive committee voted for the hosts of the tournament after examining bids from the nations which expressed an interest in holding a Twenty20 World Championship. After South Africa in 2007, England and West Indies hosted the tournament in 2009 and 2010 respectively. The next tournament will be hosted by Sri Lanka in 2012. The ICC decided that South Africa and England should host the first two tournaments as they were the earliest adopters of the format. Bangladesh will host the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 Championship.

Summary




Performance of teams 
The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams in the ICC World Twenty20. It contains data from all three tournaments