2007 ICC World Twenty20

Infobox cricket tournament
name = 2007 ICC World Twenty20


imagesize = 175px
caption = Logo of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20
administrator = International Cricket Council
cricket format = Twenty20 International
tournament format = Group stage and Knockout
host = South Africa
champions = India
count = 1st
participants = 12 (from 16 entrants)
matches = 27
attendance =
player of the series = Shahid Afridi
most runs = Matthew Hayden (265)
most wickets = Umar Gul (13)
website = [http://worldtwenty20.yahoo.com 2007 ICC World Twenty20]

The 2007 ICC World Twenty20 was a Twenty20 cricket tournament which took place in South Africa from 11 September to 24 September 2007. It was the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship. Twelve teams took part in the thirteen-day tournament, comprising the ten Test playing nations as well as Kenya and Scotland, the latter teams having qualified by reaching the final of the 2007 WCL Division One tournament. India won the tournament beating Pakistan in the final.cite news
first = Paresh
last = Soni
author = Soni, Paresh
title = ICC World Twenty20
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/7009035.stm
publisher = BBC
date = 2007-09-24
accessdate = 2007-09-24
quote = India beat Pakistan in the World Twenty20 final by five runs to clinch their first major trophy since 1983. ]

Rules and regulations

Points in the group stage and Super Eight stage were awarded as follows:

Group B started with World Champions Australia being defeated by Zimbabwe, Brendan Taylor scored 64 (not out) and saw the Africans home with one ball to spare.

limited overs international
date = 12 September 16:00 UTC
team1 = cr|AUS
score1 = 138/9 (20 overs)
runs1 = Brad Hodge 35 (22)
wickets1 = Elton Chigumbura 3/20 (3)
team2 = cr|ZIM
score2 = 139/5 (19.5 overs)
runs2 = Brendan Taylor 64* (46)
wickets2 = Stuart Clark 2/22 (4)
result= cr|ZIM won by 5 wickets
report =
venue = Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
umpires = Asad Rauf (Pak) and Tony Hill (NZ)
motm = Brendan Taylor (Zim)----limited overs international
date = 13 September 12:00 UTC
team1 = cr|ENG
score1 = 188/9 (20 overs)
runs1 = Kevin Pietersen 79 (37)
wickets1 = Elton Chigumbura 4/31 (4)
team2 = cr|ZIM
score2 = 138/7 (20 overs)
runs2 = Brendan Taylor 47 (39)
wickets2 = Dimitri Mascarenhas 3/18 (4)
result = cr|ENG won by 50 runs
report =
venue = Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
umpires = Asad Rauf (Pak) and Ian Howell (SA)
motm = Kevin Pietersen (Eng)----limited overs international
date = 14 September 12:00 UTC
team1 = cr|ENG
score1 = 135 all out (20 overs)
runs1 =Andrew Flintoff 31 (19)
wickets1 = Nathan Bracken 3/16 (4)
team2 = cr|AUS
score2 = 136/2 (14.5 overs)
runs2 = Matthew Hayden 67* (43)
wickets2 = Andrew Flintoff 1/25 (4)
result= cr|AUS won by 8 wickets
report =
venue = Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
umpires = Asad Rauf (Pak) and Ian Howell (SA)
motm = Nathan Bracken (Aus)
rain = Australia and England qualified for the Super 8s as a result of this match.

Group C

limited overs international
date = 16 September 08:00 UTC
team1 = cr|NZ
score1 = 190 all out (20 overs)
runs1 = Brendon McCullum 45 (31)
wickets1 = Harbhajan Singh 2/24 (4)
team2 = cr|IND
score2 = 180/9 (20 overs)
runs2 = Gautam Gambhir 51 (33)
wickets2 = Daniel Vettori 4/20 (4)
result= cr|NZ won by 10 runs
report =
venue = Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
umpires = Mark Benson (Eng) and Nigel Llong (Eng)
motm = Daniel Vettori (NZ)----limited overs international
date = 16 September 16:00 UTC
team1 = cr|RSA
score1 = 154/8 (20 overs)
runs1 = Albie Morkel 43 (20)
wickets1 = Stuart Broad 3/37 (4)
team2 = cr|ENG
score2 = 135/7 (20 overs)
runs2 = Owais Shah 36 (31)
wickets2 = Albie Morkel 2/12 (2)
result = cr|RSA won by 19 runs
report =
venue = Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
umpires = Asad Rauf (Pak) and Tony Hill (NZ)
motm = Albie Morkel (SA)----limited overs international
date = 18 September 08:00 UTC
team1 = cr|NZ
score1 = 164/9 (20 overs)
runs1 = Craig McMillan 57 (31)
wickets1 = James Anderson 2/24 (4)
team2 = cr|ENG
score2 = 159/8 (20 overs)
runs2 = Darren Maddy 50 (31)
wickets2 = Shane Bond 2/20 (4)
result= cr|NZ won by 5 runs
report =
venue = Kingsmead, Durban
umpires = Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
motm = Craig McMillan (NZ)

----limited overs international
date = 19 September 12:00 UTC
team1 = cr|NZ
score1 = 153/8 (20 overs)
runs1 = Craig McMillan 48 (25)
wickets1 = Morne Morkel 4/16 (4)
team2 = cr|RSA
score2 = 158/4 (19.1 overs)
runs2 = Justin Kemp 90 (56)
wickets2 = Mark Gillespie 2/11 (3.1)
result= cr|RSA won by 6 wickets
report =
venue = Kingsmead, Durban
umpires = Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
motm = Justin Kemp (SA)
rain = England eliminated and lost the chance to play the semis as a result of this match.

----Anchor|Yuvraj world recordlimited overs international
date = 19 September 16:00 UTC
team2 = cr|ENG
score2 = 200/6 (20 overs)
runs2 = Vikram Solanki 43 (31)
wickets2 = Irfan Pathan 3/37 (4)
team1 = cr|IND
score1 = 218/4 (20 overs)
runs1 =Virender Sehwag 68 (42)
wickets1 =Chris Tremlett 2/45 (4)
result= cr|IND won by 18 runs
report=
venue = Kingsmead, Durban
umpires = Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
motm = Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
rain = Yuvraj Singh scored the fastest fifty in an official 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.----limited overs international
date = 20 September 16:00 UTC
team1 = cr|IND
score1 = 153/5 (20 overs)
runs1 = Rohit Sharma 50 (40)
wickets1 = Shaun Pollock 2/17 (4)
team2 = cr|RSA
score2 = 116/9 (20 overs)
runs2 = Albie Morkel 36 (37)
wickets2 = R. P. Singh 4/13 (4)
result= cr|IND won by 37 runs
report=
venue = Kingsmead, Durban
umpires = Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
motm = Rohit Sharma (Ind)
rain = After three teams finished on equal points New Zealand and India advanced to the semi-finals by having higher net run rates. The hosts, South Africa, were eliminated as a result of this match.

Group F

limited overs international
date = 16 September 12:00 UTC
team1 = cr|BAN
score1 = 123/8 (20 overs)
runs1 = Tamim Iqbal 32 (40)
wickets1 = Brett Lee 3/27 (4)
team2 = cr|AUS
score2 = 124/1 (13.5 overs)
runs2 = Matthew Hayden 73* (48)
wickets2 = Mashrafe Mortaza 0/27 (3.5)
result= cr|AUS won by 9 wickets
report =
venue = Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
umpires = Asad Rauf (Pak) and Ian Howell (SA)
motm = Brett Lee (Aus)
rain = Brett Lee took the first ever hat-trick in Twenty20 International cricket.----limited overs international
date = 17 September 16:00 UTC
team1 = cr|PAK
score1 = 189/6 (20 overs)
runs1 = Shoaib Malik 57 (31)
wickets1 = Lasith Malinga 3/43 (4)
team2 = cr|SRI
score2 = 156/9 (20 overs)
runs2 = Chamara Silva 38 (27)
wickets2 = Shahid Afridi 3/18 (4)
result= cr|PAK won by 33 runs
report =
venue = Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
umpires = Daryl Harper (Aus) and Nigel Llong (Eng)
motm = Younis Khan (Pak)----limited overs international
date = 18 September 12:00 UTC
team1 = cr|AUS
score1 = 164/7 (20 overs)
runs1 = Michael Hussey 37 (25)
wickets1 = Sohail Tanvir 3/31 (4)
team2 = cr|PAK
score2 = 165/4 (19.1 overs)
runs2 = Misbah-ul-Haq 66 (42)
wickets2 = Stuart Clark 3/27 (4)
result= cr|PAK won by 6 wickets
report =
venue = Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
umpires = Mark Benson (Eng) and Nigel Llong (Eng)
motm = Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak)----limited overs international
date = 18 September 16:00 UTC
team1 = cr|SRI
score1 = 147/5 (20 overs)
runs1 = Jehan Mubarak 31* (19)
wickets1 = Mahmudullah 1/19 (4)
team2 = cr|BAN
score2 = 83 all out (15.5 overs)
runs2 = Aftab Ahmed 18 (11)
wickets2 = Sanath Jayasuriya 2/4 (1.5)
result= cr|SRI won by 64 runs
report =
venue = Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
umpires = Mark Benson (Eng) and Daryl Harper (Aus)
motm = Dilhara Fernando (Sri)
rain = Pakistan qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match.
*"Bangladesh was eliminated from the tournament.----limited overs international
date = 20 September 08:00 UTC
team1 = cr|SRI
score1 = 101 all out (19.3 overs)
runs1 = Jehan Mubarak 28 (26)
wickets1 =Stuart Clark 4/20 (4)
team2 = cr|AUS
score2 = 102/0 (10.2 overs)
runs2 = Matthew Hayden 58* (38)
wickets2 =
result= cr|AUS won by 10 wickets
report=
venue = Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
umpires = Asad Rauf (Pak) and Ian Howell (SA)
motm = Stuart Clark (Aus)
rain = Australia qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match.
*"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.----limited overs international
date = 20 September 12:00 UTC
team1 = cr|BAN
score1 = 140 all out (19.4 overs)
runs1 = Junaid Siddique 71 (49)
wickets1 = Shoaib Malik 2/15 (2)
team2 = cr|PAK
score2 = 141/6 (19 overs)
runs2 = Shahid Afridi 39 (15)
wickets2 = Abdur Razzak 2/16 (4)
result= cr|PAK won by 4 wickets
report =
venue = Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
umpires = Ian Howell (SA) and Tony Hill (NZ)
motm = Junaid Siddique (Ban)

Knockout Stages

Knockout stage

Round4
22 September - Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town| cr|NZ|143/8 | cr|PAK| 147/4
22 September - Kingsmead, Durban| cr|IND |188/5| cr|AUS|173/7
24 September - Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg|cr|IND|157/5|cr|PAK|152/10|

emi-Finals

limited overs international
date = 22 September 11:00 UTC
team1 = cr|NZ
score1 = 143/8 (20 overs)
runs1 = Ross Taylor 37* (23)
wickets1 = Umar Gul 3/15 (4)
team2 = cr|PAK
score2 = 147/4 (18.5 overs)
runs2 = Imran Nazir 59 (41)
wickets2 = Scott Styris 1/14 (3)
result= cr|PAK won by 6 wickets
report= [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/engine/current/match/287877.html (scorecard)]
venue = Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
umpires = Daryl Harper (AUS) and Simon Taufel (AUS)
motm = Umar Gul (Pak)----limited overs international
date = 22 September 16:00 UTC
team1 = cr|IND
score1 = 188/5 (20 overs)
runs1 = Yuvraj Singh 70 (30)
wickets1 = Mitchell Johnson 2/31 (4)
team2 = cr|AUS
score2 = 173/7 (20 overs)
runs2 = Matthew Hayden 62 (47)
wickets2 = S Sreesanth 2/12 (4)
result= cr|IND won by 15 runs
report= [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/engine/current/match/287878.html (scorecard)]
venue = Kingsmead, Durban
umpires = Asad Rauf (PAK), Mark Benson (ENG)
motm = Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
rain = Yuvraj Singh (Ind) hit the longest six of the tournament (119 m). Brett Lee was the bowler.

Yuvraj Singh's (Ind) innings of 70 from 30 deliveries was voted as the most electrifying innings of 2007.

Final

limited overs international
date = 24 September 12:00 UTC
team1 = cr|IND
score1 = 157/5 (20 overs)
runs1 = Gautam Gambhir 75 (54)
wickets1 = Umar Gul 3/28 (4)
team2 = cr|PAK
score2 = 152 all out (19.3 overs)
runs2 = Misbah-ul-Haq 43(38)
wickets2 = Irfan Pathan 3/16 (4)
result= cr|IND won by 5 runs
report =
venue = Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgUmpires: Mark Benson (ENG), Simon Taufel (AUS)

Man of the Match: Irfan Pathan (Ind)

India won the toss and chose to bat on what was considered to be a traditionally batsman-friendly pitch at the Bullring. [cite web|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gdXpspIAJ3xqNuLwKF7boCk5SwXA|title=Arch rivals sight redemption in dream T20 final|publisher=AFP|date=2007-09-23|accessdate=2007-09-25|quote=With fellow master-blasters Dhoni and Pakistan's Shahid Afridi both due to take the field at the batsman-friendly Wanderers here, a sell-out crowd on what is a bank holiday in South Africa can expect another run-fest.] 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 and Joginder Sharma 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, 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, including that of Man of the Series, Shahid Afridi.

Records and statistics

Venues

All matches were played at the following three grounds:

*Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
*Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban
*Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Match Officials

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

Media Coverage

Coverage of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 was as follows:;Television networks

*Australia — Fox Sports (Live)
*Australia — Nine Network
*Bangladesh — BTV (Live)
*India — ESPN (Live) - English
*India — STAR Cricket (Live) - Hindi
*Middle East —Ten Sports (Live) & ESPN Star (Live, via Dish TV)
*New Zealand — SKY Network Television (Live)
*Pakistan — GEO Super (Live)
*South Africa — Supersport (Live)
*Sri Lanka — Sirasa Network (Live)
*United Kingdom — Sky Sports (Live)

References

External links

* [http://www.espnstar.com/ Official Broadcaster] [http://www.thetwenty20cup.co.uk/pages/twenty20_rules/twenty20_rules.htm Recent rule changes for Twenty20 Cricket.] Follow the link to download a .pdf file of ALL the rules
* [http://www.worldtwenty20.com/ Official Website]
* [http://www.world-twenty20.com/Twenty20-World-Championships-2007/index.html 2007 World Twenty20 Championship Latest News]
* [http://www.cricketeurope4.net/DATABASE/ARTICLES/articles/000028/002896.shtml CricketEurope article on ICC World Twenty20]
* [http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/261430.html Cricinfo article on ground allocation]
* [http://home.skysports.com/list.aspx?hlid=455416&CPID=471&clid=&lid=4161&title=Twenty20+draw+pairs+old+rivals Sky Sports News]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/6466855.stm BBC Sport article on fixture announcement]
* [http://www.cricket.co.za/fixtures.asp?scat=SUPERCRICKET&tour=ICC%20Twenty20%20World%20Championship%202007 Official fixture list] , from Cricket South Africa