2010 ICC World Twenty20
The 2010 ICC World Twenty20 was the third ICC World Twenty20 competition, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament that was held in the West Indies between 30 April and 16 May 2010.[2] It was won by England, who defeated Australia in the final. Kevin Pietersen was named as player of the tournament.
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| Dates | 30 April – 16 May[1] |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 International |
| Tournament format(s) | Group stage and Knockout |
| Host(s) |  Guyana  Barbados  Saint Lucia |
| Champions |  England (1st title) |
| Runners-up | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
| Participants | 12 |
| Matches played | 27 |
| Player of the series | Kevin Pietersen |
| Most runs |  Mahela Jayawardene (302) |
| Most wickets | Dirk Nannes (14) |
| Official website | www.icc-cricket.com |
Although the tournament was held every two years beginning in 2007, the scheduled ICC Champions Trophy One Day International tournament to be held in the West Indies in 2010 was revised to a Twenty20 format because the 2008 Champions Trophy tournament in Pakistan was postponed due to security concerns and there was a need to correct the international cricketing tournament calendar.[2]
This ICC World Twenty20 took place only 10 months after the last one. As before, the tournament featured 12 teams – the Test-playing nations and two qualifiers. Matches were played at three grounds – Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados; Providence Stadium in Providence, Guyana; and Beausejour Stadium in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia. The tournament was organised in parallel with the women's tournament, with the men's semi-finals and final each being preceded by the semi-finals and final from the women's event.
This competition also saw Afghanistan make their first ever appearance in a major ICC international cricket tournament, and was made even more remarkable as at the time they only held Affiliate Membership and subsequently became the only Affiliate member ever to compete in a major ICC international cricket tournament.
Qualification
The ICC World Twenty20 qualifier was won by Afghanistan who defeated Ireland by 8 wickets in the final with both sides qualifying for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20. This was the first major tournament Afghanistan qualified for, while leading associates the Netherlands and Scotland failed to qualify this time.
Venues
All matches were played at the following three grounds:
| Gros Islet, St Lucia | Bridgetown, Barbados | Providence, Guyana |
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| Beausejour Stadium Capacity:20,000 |
Kensington Oval Capacity: 28,000 |
Providence Stadium Capacity: 15,000 |
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Rules and regulations
During the group stage and Super Eight, points are awarded to the teams as follows:
| Results | Points |
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| Win | 2 points |
| No result | 1 point |
| Loss | 0 points |
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.[3]
Within each group (of both group and Super Eight stages), teams are ranked against each other based on the following criteria:[4]
- Higher number of points
- If equal, higher number of wins
- If still equal, higher net run rate
- If still equal, lower bowling strike rate
- If still equal, result of head to head meeting.
Groups
The groups were announced on 4 July 2009. The initial four group format is the same as that used at the 2009 tournament. Team seed in brackets.
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- Notes
- Afghanistan and Ireland qualified via the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier.
- As Zimbabwe withdrew from the 2009 competition, they failed to achieve a seed for the 2010 competition.
- As Ireland reached the Super Eight stage of the 2009 competition, they would have been the eighth seed if they were a Test-playing nation. Therefore, an eighth seed is missing from the competition.
Squads
Fixtures
All times given are Eastern Caribbean Time (UTC−04:00)
Warm-up games
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- Trinidad & Tobago won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Windward Islands won the toss and elected to field.
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Barbados won the toss and elected to field.
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Windward Islands won the toss and elected to field.
- Windward Islands were allowed a 12-man batting line-up, including Australians Tim Paine and Nathan Hauritz.
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
Group A
| Pos | Seed | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | A2 | Australia (10) |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.525 |
| 2 | A1 |  Pakistan (1) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −0.325 |
| 3 |  Bangladesh (9) |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −1.200 |
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Five wickets fell in the final over of Australia's innings. Mohammad Amir bowled a triple-wicket maiden and there were two run-outs.[5]
- Australia qualified for the Super 8s as a result of this match.
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Pakistan qualified for the Super 8s as a result of this match.
Group B
| Pos | Seed | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | B2 |  New Zealand (5) |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.428 |
| 2 | B1 | Sri Lanka (2) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.355 |
| 3 |  Zimbabwe |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −1.595 |
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain reduced Zimbabwe's innings to 5 overs. According to the Duckworth–Lewis method, their target was 44 runs.
- Mahela Jayawardene became the fourth man, the third in the ICC World Twenty20 and the first Sri Lankan to score a century in a Twenty20 International.
- New Zealand qualified for the Super 8s as a result of this match.
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain reduced New Zealand's innings to 8.1 overs. According to the Duckworth–Lewis method, their target was 30 runs.
- Sri Lanka qualified for the Super 8s as a result of this match.
Group C
| Pos | Seed | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | C2 |  India (7) |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.495 |
| 2 | C1 |  South Africa (3) |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1.125 |
| 3 |  Afghanistan |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −2.446 |
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- Suresh Raina became the third man, the second in the ICC World Twenty20 and the first Indian to hit a century in a Twenty20 International.[6]
- India qualified for the Super 8s as a result of this match.
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to field.
- South Africa qualified for the Super 8s as a result of this match.
Group D
| Pos | Seed | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | D1 |  West Indies (4) |
2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.780 |
| 2 | D2 | England (6) |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | −0.452 |
| 3 |  Ireland |
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | −3.500 |
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain reduced the West Indies innings to 6 overs. According to the Duckworth–Lewis method, their target was 60 runs.
- West Indies qualified for the Super 8s as a result of this match.
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- Ireland won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain reduced Ireland's innings to 3.3 overs, causing the match to be abandoned.
- England qualified for the Super 8s as a result of this match.
Super 8s
The Super 8s 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.[7]
Group E
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | England (D2) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.962 |
| 2 | Pakistan (A1) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.041 |
| 3 | New Zealand (B2) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.373 |
| 4 | South Africa (C1) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.617 |
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- England qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match.
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Pakistan qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match.
Group F
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| 1 | Australia (A2) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.733 |
| 2 | Sri Lanka (B1) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | −0.333 |
| 3 | West Indies (D1) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1.281 |
| 4 | India (C2) |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −1.117 |
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sri Lanka and Australia qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match.
Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 13 May – St Lucia | ||||||
| England | 132/3 | |||||
| 16 May – Barbados | ||||||
| Sri Lanka | 128/6 | |||||
| England | 148/3 | |||||
| 14 May – St Lucia | ||||||
| Australia | 147/6 | |||||
| Australia | 197/7 | |||||
| Pakistan | 191/6 | |||||
Semi-finals
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
Final
The final, played in Barbados on 16 May 2010, featured the game's oldest rivalry less than six months before the Ashes in Australia.[8] England won by seven wickets with three overs to spare to seal its first International Cricket Council world championship after losses in three World Cup finals – 1979 against the West Indies at Lord's, 1987 against Australia and 1992 against Pakistan – and a loss in the 2004 Champions Trophy final to the West Indies on home soil.[9][10] Australia batted first and scored 147 runs for the loss of six wickets, with David Hussey's top score of 59 proving crucial after England had reduced the Aussies to 8/3 after 2.1 overs and then removed captain Michael Clarke. England bettered Australia's total with 18 balls to spare, reaching 148 runs for the loss of three wickets, with Craig Kieswetter (63 runs) and Kevin Pietersen (47 runs) combining for a 111-run partnership for the second wicket before captain Paul Collingwood hit the winning run.[11] Pietersen was subsequently named Man of the Tournament having scored 248 runs, while Kieswetter was named Man of the Match having scored his first T20 international half-century in the final.[12]
Legacy
A number of players from both sides in the final were included in the Test teams that played in the 2010–11 Ashes less than six months later – England named Collingwood, Pietersen, Swann, Bresnan and Broad from its World T20-winning team while Australia named Clarke, Watson, Michael Hussey, Johnson, Haddin and Smith from its runner-up team. England won the series 3–1 for its first Ashes series win in Australia in 24 years and went on to rise to the top of the ICC Test Rankings in 2011 after a whitewash of India.
Media coverage
Television
| Country/Continent | Broadcaster(s)[13] |
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| Afghanistan |
Ariana Television Network shows only Afghan matches Lemar TV |
| Australia |
Fox Sports[14] |
| Africa | Supersport |
| Bangladesh |
Bangladesh Television |
 Singapore |
Star Cricket |
| Caribbean | Caribbean Media Corporation |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Canada |
Asian Television Network |
 Europe (Except UK & Ireland) |
Eurosport2 |
 China |
ESPN Star Sports |
| India |
ESPN Star Cricket DD National mostly India matches |
 Jamaica |
Television Jamaica |
 Japan |
Hum Tum TV |
| Middle East | CricOne |
 Nepal |
ESPN Star Cricket |
 Fiji |
Fiji TV |
| New Zealand |
Sky Sport |
| Pacific Islands | Sky Pacific |
| Pakistan |
GEO Super Pakistan Television Corporation |
| South Africa |
Supersport Sabc3 Sport |
| Sri Lanka |
Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation |
 United Kingdom |
Sky Sports |
 Ireland | |
 USA |
DirecTV CricketTicket |
Radio
| Country | Broadcaster[13] |
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| Australia |
ABC Local Radio |
| India |
All India Radio |
| West Indies | Caribbean Media Corporation |
| Bangladesh |
Bangladesh Betar |
| Canada |
EchoStar |
| Central America | |
| United Kingdom |
BBC Radio |
| Ireland | |
| Pakistan |
Hum FM |
 United Arab Emirates |
Hum FM |
Internet
| Country/Continent | Broadcaster(s)[13] |
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| United Kingdom |
BSkyB (skysports.com) |
| Ireland |
BSkyB (skysports.com) |
| West Indies |
Caribbean Media Corporation (Cananews.com) |
| USA |
DirecTV (Willow.tv) |
| India |
ESPN STAR Sports (Espnstar.com) |
| Pakistan |
ESPN STAR Sports (Espnstar.com) |
| Bangladesh |
ESPN STAR Sports (Espnstar.com) |
| Nepal |
ESPN STAR Sports (Espnstar.com) |
 Bhutan |
ESPN STAR Sports (Espnstar.com) |
| Sri Lanka |
ESPN STAR Sports (Espnstar.com) |
 Maldives |
ESPN STAR Sports (Espnstar.com) |
| Europe (rest) |
Eurosport (Eurosport Player) |
| Australia |
Fox Sports (Foxsports.com.au) |
| New Zealand |
Sky Sport (skysport.co.nz) |
| Africa | SuperSport (supersport.com) |
| Other countries | ESPN Star Sports (espnstar.com) |
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