2007 ICC World Twenty20
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "2007_ICC_World_Twenty20".

content
2007 ICC World Twenty20
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council
Cricket format Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s) Group stage and Knockout
Host South Africa
Champions India (1st title)
Participants 12 (from 16 entrants)
Matches played 27
Player of the series Shahid Afridi
Most runs Matthew Hayden (265)
Most wickets Umar Gul (13)
Official website 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.1

Contents

Rules and regulations

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

Points
Results Points
Win 2 points
No Result 1 point
Loss 0 points

In the event of tied scores after both teams have faced their quota of overs, a bowl-out will determine the winner, even in the group stage.2.

In the group stage and Super Eights, teams will be ranked on the following criteria:3

  1. Higher number of points
  2. If equal, higher number of wins
  3. If still equal, net run rate
  4. If still equal, lower bowling strike rate
  5. If still equal, result of head to head meeting.

Squads

See also: 2007 ICC World Twenty20 squads

Group Stages

The 12 teams are divided into four groups of three teams each. The top two in each group go through to the second stage of the tournament.

Group A

Team Pts Pld W L NR NRR
 South Africa 4 2 2 0 0 +0.974
 Bangladesh 2 2 1 1 0 +0.149
 West Indies 0 2 0 2 0 −1.233

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.

11 September
16:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  West Indies
205/6 (20 overs)		 v  South Africa
208/2 (17.4 overs)		  South Africa won by 8 wickets
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Daryl Harper (Aus)
Man of the Match: Chris Gayle (WI)
Chris Gayle 117 (57)
Johan van der Wath 2/33 (4)		 Herschelle Gibbs 90 (55)
Fidel Edwards 1/21 (3)
  • 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).
13 September
08:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  West Indies
164/8 (20 overs)		 v  Bangladesh
165/4 (18 overs)		  Bangladesh won by 6 wickets
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Nigel Llong (Eng)
Man of the Match: Mohammad Ashraful (Ban)
Devon Smith 51 (52)
Shakib Al Hasan 4/34 (4)		 Aftab Ahmed 62* (49)
Ramnaresh Sarwan 2/10 (2)
  • South Africa and Bangladesh qualified for the Super 8s as a result of this match.
15 September
16:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  Bangladesh
144 all out (19.3 overs)		 v  South Africa
146/3 (18.5 overs)		  South Africa won by 7 wickets
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Tony Hill (NZ)
Man of the Match: Morne Morkel (SA)
Aftab Ahmed 36 (14)
Shaun Pollock 3/40 (3.3)		 Graeme Smith 41 (34)
Abdur Razzak 2/26 (4)


Group B

Team Pts Pld W L NR NRR
 Australia 2 2 1 1 0 +0.987
 England 2 2 1 1 0 +0.209
 Zimbabwe 2 2 1 1 0 −1.196

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.

12 September
16:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  Australia
138/9 (20 overs)		 v  Zimbabwe
139/5 (19.5 overs)		  Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Tony Hill (NZ)
Man of the Match: Brendan Taylor (Zim)
Brad Hodge 35 (22)
Elton Chigumbura 3/20 (3)		 Brendan Taylor 64* (46)
Stuart Clark 2/22 (4)
13 September
12:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  England
188/9 (20 overs)		 v  Zimbabwe
138/7 (20 overs)		  England won by 50 runs
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Ian Howell (SA)
Man of the Match: Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
Kevin Pietersen 79 (37)
Elton Chigumbura 4/31 (4)		 Brendan Taylor 47 (39)
Dimitri Mascarenhas 3/18 (4)
14 September
12:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  England
135 all out (20 overs)		 v  Australia
136/2 (14.5 overs)		  Australia won by 8 wickets
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Ian Howell (SA)
Man of the Match: Nathan Bracken (Aus)
Andrew Flintoff 31 (19)
Nathan Bracken 3/16 (4)		 Matthew Hayden 67* (43)
Andrew Flintoff 1/25 (4)
  • Australia and England qualified for the Super 8s as a result of this match.


Group C

Team Pts Pld W L NR NRR
 Sri Lanka 4 2 2 0 0 +4.721
 New Zealand 2 2 1 1 0 +2.396
 Kenya 0 2 0 2 0 −8.047

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.

12 September
08:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  Kenya
73 (16.5 overs)		 v  New Zealand
74/1 (7.4 overs)		  New Zealand won by 9 wickets
Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Man of the Match: Mark Gillespie (NZ)
Collins Obuya 18 (25)
Mark Gillespie 4/7 (2.5)		 Lou Vincent 27 (20)
Thomas Odoyo 1/22 (3)
  • Kenya's score of 73 all out was the lowest ever score in a Twenty20 International.

14 September
08:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  Sri Lanka
260/6 (20 overs)		 v  Kenya
88 all out (19.3 overs)		  Sri Lanka won by 172 runs
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Nigel Llong (Eng)
Man of the Match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
Sanath Jayasuriya 88 (44)
Jimmy Kamande 3/48 (4)		 Alex Obanda 21 (25)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 2/4 (1.3)
  • Sri Lanka's score of 260 for six is 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.
15 September
12:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  New Zealand
164/7 (20 overs)		 v  Sri Lanka
168/3 (18.5 overs)		  Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) Daryl Harper (Aus)
Man of the Match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
Ross Taylor 62 (42)
Dilhara Fernando 2/31 (4)		 Sanath Jayasuriya 61 (44)
Daniel Vettori 2/23 (4)


Group D

Team Pts Pld W L NR NRR
 India 3 2 1 0 1   0.000
 Pakistan 2 2 1 1 0 +1.275
 Scotland 1 2 0 1 1 −2.550

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

12 September
12:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  Pakistan
171/9 (20 overs)		 v  Scotland
120 (19.5 overs)		  Pakistan won by 51 runs
Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Man of the Match: Shahid Afridi
Younis Khan 41 (29)
Craig Wright 3/29 (4)		 Fraser Watts 46 (35)
Shahid Afridi 4/19 (4)
13 September
16:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  India
 v  Scotland
 Match Abandoned - No Result
Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
  • Pakistan qualified for the Super 8s as a result of this match.
14 September
16:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  India
141/9 (20 overs)		 v  Pakistan
141/7 (20 overs)		 Match tied,  India won bowl-out (3–0)
Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Man of the Match: Mohammad Asif
Robin Uthappa 50 (39)
Mohammad Asif 4/18 (4)		 Misbah-ul-Haq 53 (35)
Irfan Pathan 2/20 (4)
  • India qualified for the Super 8s as a result of this match.


Super 8s

The tournament super 8 format means that group placings are irrelevant and each of the seeded teams are already assigned to either Group E or F for the Super 8's.

A non-seeded team which qualified ahead of the seeded teams replaced that eliminated team. This only happened in Group A, where Bangladesh qualified ahead of West Indies and took the A2 spot in Group F. The other seven seeds qualified.4

The eight teams are divided into two groups of four teams each. The two top teams in each group qualify for the semi-finals.

Group E

Team Pts Pld W L NR NRR
 India 4 3 2 1 0 +0.750
 New Zealand 4 3 2 1 0 +0.050
 South Africa 4 3 2 1 0 −0.116
 England 0 3 0 3 0 −0.700
16 September
08:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  New Zealand
190 all out (20 overs)		 v  India
180/9 (20 overs)		  New Zealand won by 10 runs
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Nigel Llong (Eng)
Man of the Match: Daniel Vettori (NZ)
Brendon McCullum 45 (31)
Harbhajan Singh 2/24 (4)		 Gautam Gambhir 51 (33)
Daniel Vettori 4/20 (4)
16 September
16:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  South Africa
154/8 (20 overs)		 v  England
135/7 (20 overs)		  South Africa won by 19 runs
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Tony Hill (NZ)
Man of the Match: Albie Morkel (SA)
Albie Morkel 43 (20)
Stuart Broad 3/37 (4)		 Owais Shah 36 (31)
Albie Morkel 2/12 (2)
18 September
08:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  New Zealand
164/9 (20 overs)		 v  England
159/8 (20 overs)		  New Zealand won by 5 runs
Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Man of the Match: Craig McMillan (NZ)
Craig McMillan 57 (31)
James Anderson 2/24 (4)		 Darren Maddy 50 (31)
Shane Bond 2/20 (4)


19 September
12:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  New Zealand
153/8 (20 overs)		 v  South Africa
158/4 (19.1 overs)		  South Africa won by 6 wickets
Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Man of the Match: Justin Kemp (SA)
Craig McMillan 48 (25)
Morne Morkel 4/16 (4)		 Justin Kemp 90 (56)
Mark Gillespie 2/11 (3.1)
  • England eliminated and lost the chance to play the semis as a result of this match.


19 September
16:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  India
218/4 (20 overs)		 v  England
200/6 (20 overs)		  India won by 18 runs
Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Man of the Match: Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
Virender Sehwag 68 (42)
Chris Tremlett 2/45 (4)		 Vikram Solanki 43 (31)
Irfan Pathan 3/37 (4)
  • 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.
20 September
16:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  India
153/5 (20 overs)		 v  South Africa
116/9 (20 overs)		  India won by 37 runs
Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Man of the Match: Rohit Sharma (Ind)
Rohit Sharma 50 (40)
Shaun Pollock 2/17 (4)		 Albie Morkel 36 (37)
R. P. Singh 4/13 (4)
  • 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

Team Pts Pld W L NR NRR
 Pakistan 6 3 3 0 0 +0.843
 Australia 4 3 2 1 0 +2.256
 Sri Lanka 2 3 1 2 0 -0.697
 Bangladesh 0 3 0 3 0 -2.031
16 September
12:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  Bangladesh
123/8 (20 overs)		 v  Australia
124/1 (13.5 overs)		  Australia won by 9 wickets
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Ian Howell (SA)
Man of the Match: Brett Lee (Aus)
Tamim Iqbal 32 (40)
Brett Lee 3/27 (4)		 Matthew Hayden 73* (48)
Mashrafe Mortaza 0/27 (3.5)
17 September
16:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  Pakistan
189/6 (20 overs)		 v  Sri Lanka
156/9 (20 overs)		  Pakistan won by 33 runs
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Nigel Llong (Eng)
Man of the Match: Younis Khan (Pak)
Shoaib Malik 57 (31)
Lasith Malinga 3/43 (4)		 Chamara Silva 38 (27)
Shahid Afridi 3/18 (4)
18 September
12:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  Australia
164/7 (20 overs)		 v  Pakistan
165/4 (19.1 overs)		  Pakistan won by 6 wickets
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Nigel Llong (Eng)
Man of the Match: Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak)
Michael Hussey 37 (25)
Sohail Tanvir 3/31 (4)		 Misbah-ul-Haq 66 (42)
Stuart Clark 3/27 (4)
18 September
16:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  Sri Lanka
147/5 (20 overs)		 v  Bangladesh
83 all out (15.5 overs)		  Sri Lanka won by 64 runs
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Daryl Harper (Aus)
Man of the Match: Dilhara Fernando (Sri)
Jehan Mubarak 31* (19)
Mahmudullah 1/19 (4)		 Aftab Ahmed 18 (11)
Sanath Jayasuriya 2/4 (1.5)
  • Pakistan qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match.
  • Bangladesh was eliminated from the tournament.
20 September
08:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  Sri Lanka
101 all out (19.3 overs)		 v  Australia
102/0 (10.2 overs)		  Australia won by 10 wickets
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Ian Howell (SA)
Man of the Match: Stuart Clark (Aus)
Jehan Mubarak 28 (26)
Stuart Clark 4/20 (4)		 Matthew Hayden 58* (38)
  • 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.
20 September
12:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  Bangladesh
140 all out (19.4 overs)		 v  Pakistan
141/6 (19 overs)		  Pakistan won by 4 wickets
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: Ian Howell (SA) and Tony Hill (NZ)
Man of the Match: Junaid Siddique (Ban)
Junaid Siddique 71 (49)
Shoaib Malik 2/15 (2)		 Shahid Afridi 39 (15)
Abdur Razzak 2/16 (4)


Knockout Stages

Knockout stage

  Semi-finals Final
22 September - Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
   New Zealand 143/8  
   Pakistan 147/4  
 
24 September - Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
      India 157/5
    Pakistan 152/10
22 September - Kingsmead, Durban
   India 188/5
   Australia 173/7  

Semi-Finals

22 September
11:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  New Zealand
143/8 (20 overs)		 v  Pakistan
147/4 (18.5 overs)		  Pakistan won by 6 wickets
Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS) and Simon Taufel (AUS)
Man of the Match: Umar Gul (Pak)
Ross Taylor 37* (23)
Umar Gul 3/15 (4)		 Imran Nazir 59 (41)
Scott Styris 1/14 (3)
22 September
16:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  India
188/5 (20 overs)		 v  Australia
173/7 (20 overs)		  India won by 15 runs
Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: Asad Rauf (PAK), Mark Benson (ENG)
Man of the Match: Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
Yuvraj Singh 70 (30)
Mitchell Johnson 2/31 (4)		 Matthew Hayden 62 (47)
S Sreesanth 2/12 (4)


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

Final

24 September
12:00 UTC
(scorecard)		  India
157/5 (20 overs)		 v  Pakistan
152 all out (19.3 overs)		  India won by 5 runs
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Umpires: Mark Benson (ENG), Simon Taufel (AUS)

Man of the Match: Irfan Pathan (Ind)
Gautam Gambhir 75 (54)
Umar Gul 3/28 (4)		 Misbah-ul-Haq 43(38)
Irfan Pathan 3/16 (4)


India won the toss and chose to bat on what was considered to be a traditionally batsman-friendly pitch at the Bullring.5 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.