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2012 ICC World Twenty20

Dates	Tuesday, 18 September – Sunday, 7 October
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)	Group stage and knockout
Host(s)	Sri Lanka
Participants	12
Matches	27
Most runs	Brendon McCullum (155)
Most wickets	Ajantha Mendis (6)
Official website	iccworldtwenty20.com
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The 2012 ICC World Twenty20 is the fourth ICC World Twenty20 competition, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament that is being held in Sri Lanka from September 18 to October 7, 2012. The schedule has been posted by International Cricket Council (ICC). This is the first World Twenty20 tournament held in an Asian country, the last three being held in South Africa, England and the West Indies, respectively. Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga has been chosen as the event ambassador of the tournament by ICC. The format has four groups of three teams in a preliminary round. India and England are in the same group and were joined by the runner up of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, Afghanistan. The champions of the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier, Ireland, are in a group with West Indies and Australia. Sri Lanka, South Africa and Zimbabwe, and Pakistan, New Zealand and Bangladesh are the other two groups.

Match fixtures were announced on 21 September 2011 by ICC. On the same date, the ICC also unveiled the logo of the tournament, named "Modern Spin".

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. Afridi was the man of the tournament. Yuvraj Singh hit six sixes in an over bowled by Stuart Broad. Pakistan, the losing finalists in 2007, defeated Sri Lanka in the 2009 tournament to become World t20 Champions, held in England. Dilshan was the man of the tournament. England became the third World Twenty20 champions by beating Australia in the West Indies. Kevin Pietersen was the Player of the tournament this time.

Format

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

The top two teams from each group will proceed to the Super Eight stage of the tournament. The Super Eight will consist of two groups. The top two teams from the two Super Eight groups would play the semi-finals, and the semi-final winners would 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 E and F. Group E will consist of the top seed from Groups A and C, and the second seed of groups B and D. Group F 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

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, was featured 16 sides when it was held in early 2012 ahead of the World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka, later that year.

Ireland defeated Afghanistan in the final to win the championship, and both teams progressed to play in the 2012 ICC World Twenty20.

Venues

All matches will be played at the following three grounds:

Pallekele	Colombo	Hambantota
Pallekele Cricket Stadium	R. Premadasa Stadium	Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium
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Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 35,000	Capacity: 35,000
PallekeleColomboHambantota

Match officials

Squads

Groups

The groups were announced on 21 September 2011.

Fixtures and results

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

Warm-up matches

12 warm-up matches were played between 13 and 19 September featuring all 12 teams.

Ireland  181/5 (20 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 127/8 (20 overs)
Niall O'Brien 62 (49) Christopher Mpofu 3/39 (4 overs)		Hamilton Masakadza 44 (27) Alex Cusack 3/6 (3 overs)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field

West Indies  132/6 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 135/1 (15.4 overs)
Johnson Charles 30 (26) Nuwan Kulasekara 2/35 (4 overs)		Mahela Jayawardene 57* (35) Ravi Rampaul 1/24 (3 overs)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field

Afghanistan  209/7 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka A 158 (18.2 overs)
Mohammad Nabi 51 (24) Kaushal Lokuarachchi 3/16 (4 overs)		Kosala Kulasekera 63 (38) Dawlat Zadran 3/22 (3.2 overs)

• Sri Lanka A won the toss and elected to field.

Australia  139/6 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand 83 (17 overs)
Shane Watson 27 (32) Adam Milne 2/27 (4 overs)		Ross Taylor 22 (20) Brad Hogg 3/23 (4 overs)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

Zimbabwe  134/6 (20 overs)	v	Bangladesh 135/5 (18.2 overs)
Vusi Sibanda 40 (47) Abdur Razzak 2/21 (4 overs)		Mohammad Ashraful 38 (25) Graeme Cremer 2/10 (4 overs)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.

India  146/5 (20 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 120 (19.3 overs)
M S Dhoni 55* (42) Nuwan Kulasekara 2/39 (4 overs)		Kumar Sangakkara 32 (32) Irfan Pathan 5/25 (4 overs)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.

England  172/6 (20 overs)	v	Australia 163/6 (20 overs)
Alex Hales 52 (38) Mitchell Starc 2/32 (4 overs)		Michael Hussey 71 (51) Steven Finn 2/26 (4 overs)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field

Ireland  164/6 (20 overs)	v	Bangladesh 159/9 (20 overs)
Paul Stirling 71 (41) Shakib Al Hasan 2/21 (4 overs)		Shakib Al Hasan 52 (23) Kevin O'Brien 3/24 (4 overs)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field
• Match start delayed due to wet ground condition

South Africa  186/6 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand 177/8 (20 overs)
AB de Villiers 54 (30) Adam Milne 2/26 (4 overs)		Ross Taylor 75 (42) Dale Steyn 4/25 (4 overs)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field
• Match start delayed due to rain

Afghanistan  122/7 (20 overs)	v	West Indies 125/2 (15.5 overs)
Asghar Stanikzai 53 (50) Fidel Edwards 3/24 (4 overs)		Chris Gayle 65 * (48) Mohammad Nabi 2/29 (4 overs)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat
• Match start delayed due to wet ground condition

India  185/3 (20 overs)	v	Pakistan 186/5 (19.1 overs)
Virat Kohli 75 * (47) Saeed Ajmal 2/22 (4 overs)		Kamran Akmal 92 * (50) Ravichandran Ashwin 4/23 (4 overs)

• India won the toss and elected to bat

England  111 (19.3 overs)	v	Pakistan 96/9 (20 overs)
Luke Wright 38 (36) Saeed Ajmal 4/14 (4 overs)		Asad Shafiq 20 (20) Jade Dernbach 3/14 (4 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to bat

Group stage

Group A

Team	Seed	Pld	W	L	NR	NRR	Pts
India	A2	2	2	0	0	+2.825	4
England	A1	2	1	1	0	+0.650	2
Afghanistan		2	0	2	0	-3.475	0

India  159/5 (20 overs)	v	Afghanistan 136 (19.3 overs)
Virat Kohli 50 (39) Shapoor Zadran 2/33 (4 overs)		Mohammad Nabi 31 (17) Lakshmipathy Balaji 3/19 (3.3 overs)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field
• Twenty20 International debut: Najibullah Zadran (Afg)

England  196/5 (20 overs)	v	Afghanistan 80 (17.2 overs)
Luke Wright 99* (55) Izatullah Dawlatzai 2/56 (3 overs)		Gulbodin Naib 44 (32) Samit Patel 2/6 (3 overs)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.
• England and India qualify for the Super Eights and Afghanistan is Eliminated as a result of this match

India  170/4 (20 overs)	v	England 80 (14.4 overs)
Rohit Sharma 55* (33) Steven Finn 2/33 (4 overs)		Craig Kieswetter 35 (25) Harbhajan Singh 4/12 (4 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• This is England's lowest Twenty20 International score

Group B

Team	Seed	Pld	W	L	NR	NRR	Pts
Australia	B1	2	2	0	0	+2.184	4
West Indies	B2	2	0	1	1	-1.855	1
Ireland		2	0	1	1	-2.092	1

Ireland  123/7 (20 overs)	v	Australia 125/3 (15.1 overs)
Kevin O'Brien 35 (29) Shane Watson 3/26 (4 overs)		Shane Watson 51 (30) Kevin O'Brien 1/18 (3 overs)

• Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.

West Indies  191/8 (20 overs)	v	Australia 100/1 (9.1 overs)
Chris Gayle 54 (33) Mitchell Starc 3/35 (4 overs)		Shane Watson 41* (24) Fidel Edwards 1/16 (2 overs)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to bat
• Match abandoned after 9.1 overs due to rain
• D/L par score at 9.1 overs with one wicket lost is 83, hence the winning margin is 17
• Australia qualify for the Super Eights as a result of this match

Ireland  129/6 (19 overs)	v	West Indies
Niall O'Brien 25 (21) Chris Gayle 2/21 (3 overs)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
• Match reduced to 19 overs due to rain
• Match abandoned before West Indies could start their innings
• West Indies qualify for the Super Eights by virtue of a superior Net Run Rate and Ireland is Eliminated.

Group C

Team	Seed	Pld	W	L	NR	NRR	Pts
South Africa	C2	2	2	0	0	+3.597	4
Sri Lanka	C1	2	1	1	0	+1.852	2
Zimbabwe		2	0	2	0	-3.624	0

Sri Lanka  182/4 (20 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 100 (17.3 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 44 (26) Graeme Cremer 1/27 (4 overs)		Hamilton Masakadza 20 (23) Ajantha Mendis 6/8 (4 overs)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field
• Twenty20 International Debutants: Dilshan Munaweera (SL) and Brian Vitori (Zim)
• Ajantha Mendis achieved the best bowling figures in Twenty20 Internationals

Zimbabwe  93/8 (20 overs)	v	South Africa 94/0 (12.4 overs)
Craig Ervine 37 (40) Jacques Kallis 4/15 (4 overs)		Richard Levi 50 * (43) Craig Ervine 0/10 (2 overs)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field
• South Africa and Sri Lanka qualify for Super Eights and Zimbabwe is Eliminated as a result of this match.

South Africa  78/4 (7 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 46/5 (7 overs)
AB de Villiers 30 (13) Nuwan Kulasekara 1/9 (1 over)		Kumar Sangakkara 13 (11) Dale Steyn 2/10 (2 overs)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field
• Match start delayed due to rain, match reduced to 7 overs per side

Group D

Team	Seed	Pld	W	L	NR	NRR	Pts
Pakistan	D1	2	2	0	0	+0.706	4
New Zealand	D2	2	1	1	0	+1.150	2
Bangladesh		2	0	2	0	-1.868	0

New Zealand  191/3 (20 overs)	v	Bangladesh 132/8 (20 overs)
Brendon McCullum 123 (58) Abdur Razzaq 2/28 (4 overs)		Nasir Hossain 50 (39) Tim Southee 3/16 (4 overs)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field
• Brendon McCullum's 123 is the Highest Individual score in Twenty20 International Cricket

Pakistan  177/6 (20 overs)	v	New Zealand 164/9 (20 overs)
Nasir Jamshed 56 (35) Tim Southee 2/31 (4 overs)		Rob Nicol 33 (28) Saeed Ajmal 4/30 (4 overs)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat
• New Zealand qualify for Super Eights as a result of this match.

Bangladesh 175/6 (20.0 overs)	v	Pakistan  178/2 (18.4 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 84 (54) Yasir Arafat 3/25 (3 overs)		Imran Nazir 72 (36) Abul Hasan 2/33

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Pakistan needed 140 to qualify for the Super Eights
• Imran Nazir equals a fastest fifty in this year's ICC World Twenty20
• Pakistan qualify for Super Eights and Bangladesh is Eliminated as a result of this match.
• Successful highest chase by Pakistan
• Shakib Al Hasan's 84 off 54 is the highest individual International Twenty20 score against Pakistan.

Super Eight stage

The seedings used are those allocated at the start of the tournament and are not affected by group stage results, with the exception that if a non-seeded team knocks out a seeded team, the non-seeded team inherits the seeding of the knocked-out team.

Group E

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	NRR	Pts
England	0	0	0	0	0	0
West Indies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Sri Lanka	0	0	0	0	0	0
New Zealand	0	0	0	0	0	0

Sri Lanka	v	New Zealand

England	v	West Indies

England	v	New Zealand

Sri Lanka	v	West Indies

West Indies	v	New Zealand

Sri Lanka	v	England

Group F

Team	Pld	W	L	NR	NRR	Pts
India	0	0	0	0	0	0
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0
South Africa	0	0	0	0	0	0
Pakistan	0	0	0	0	0	0

Pakistan	v	South Africa

Australia	v	India

Australia	v	South Africa

Pakistan	v	India

Australia	v	Pakistan

India	v	South Africa

Knockout stage

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Most Runs Brendon McCullum    155    Luke Wright    105    Imran Nazir    97    Shakib Al Hasan    95    Shane Watson    92

Highest Individual Scores Brendon McCullum    123 (58)    Luke Wright    99* (55)    Shakib Al Hasan    84 (54)    Imran Nazir    72 (36)    Nasir Jamshed    56 (35)

Most Fifties Luke Wright    1    Imran Nazir    1    Shakib Al Hasan    1

Longest Six Distance Shane Watson    98m    Chris Gayle    96m    Mohammad Nabi    95m

Most Sixes Brendon McCullum    8    Luke Wright    7    Nasir Jamshed    6    Shane Watson    6    Chris Gayle    4

Most Fours Brendon McCullum    15    Imran Nazir    14    Shakib Al Hasan    13    Virat Kohli    10    Luke Wright    8

Highest strike rates Minimum 50 Balls faced Imran Nazir    186.53    Luke Wright    177.96    Brendon McCullum    174.15    Shane Watson    170.37    Shakib Al Hasan    153.22

Most Wickets Ajantha Mendis    6    Jacques Kallis    5    Tim Southee    5    Mitchell Starc    5    Shane Watson    5

Best Bowling Ajantha Mendis    6/8 (4 Overs)    Harbhajan Singh    4/12 (4 Overs)    Jacques Kallis    4/15 (4 Overs)    Saeed Ajmal    4/30 (4 Overs)    Tim Southee    3/16 (4 Overs)

Highest Totals  England    196/5     New Zealand    191/3     West Indies    191/8     Sri Lanka    182/4     Pakistan    177/6

Highest Aggregate  Bangladesh  Pakistan    353/8     New Zealand  Pakistan    341/15     Bangladesh  New Zealand    323/11     Afghanistan  India    295/15     Australia  West Indies    291/9

Media coverage

Country/Territory	TV	Radio	Internet
Afghanistan	Lemar TV	Salaam Wantadar
Australia	Fox Sports Australia Nine Network (only Australia matches & finals)		foxsports.com.au
Brunei Darussalam,  Malaysia	Astro
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Television	Bangladesh Betar	espnstar.com
China,  Hong Kong,  Maldives,    Nepal  Papua New Guinea,  Singapore	ESPN Star Sports Star Cricket		espnstar.com
Canada	Sportsnet		Sportsnet World Online
Caribbean, Central America and South America	ESPN	CMC	ESPN3
Europe excluding the United Kingdom and Ireland	Eurosport 2
India	Doordarshan (India Matches Only) ESPN STAR Cricket	All India Radio (Live), FM radio (Updates)	www.espncricinfo.com (Live score updates) www.espnstar.com (News)
Ireland,  United Kingdom	Sky Sports	BBC	skysports.com
Middle East and North Africa	CricOne	89.1 Radio4
New Zealand	Sky TV	Radio Sport
Pacific Islands	Fiji TV
Pakistan	PTV Home (Terrestrial) PTV Sports (Cable) TEN Sports (Cable and IP TV)	Radio Pakistan 106.2 HUM FM, HOT FM 105(Pakistan matches only)	espnstar.com
Solomon Islands	Telkom TV
Sri Lanka	CSN	SLBC
South Africa	SABC SuperSport	SABC	supersport.com
Sub Saharan Africa	SuperSport		supersport.com
Tonga	Tonga TV
USA,  Puerto Rico,  Guam,  Mexico,  Nicaragua and  Panama	ESPN2 (Final only)		ESPN3

See also

• 2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20

References

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External links

• Official website

• ICC World Twenty20
• 2012 in Sri Lanka
• Twenty20 cricket
• International cricket competitions in 2012
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