2010 World Twenty20

2010 ICC World Twenty20
Dates	30 April – 16 May 2010
Administrator	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)	Group stage and Knockout
Host	West Indies
Champions	England (1st title)
Runners-up	Australia
Participants	12
Matches	27
Player of the series	Kevin Pietersen
Most runs	Mahela Jayawardene (302)
Most wickets	Dirk Nannes (14)
Official website	www.icc-cricket.com
	← 2009 2012 →

The 2010 ICC World Twenty20 was the third edition of the Men's T20 World Cup, formerly known as the ICC World Twenty20, 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.

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

Teams from every ICC Region :

Africa (2)

Americas (1)

West Indies (host)

Asia (5)

East Asia-Pacific (2)

Europe (2)

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
Beausejour Stadium Capacity:20,000	Kensington Oval Capacity: 28,000	Providence Stadium Capacity: 15,000

Gros Islet Bridgetown Providence

Rules and regulations

During the group stage and Super Eight, points are awarded to the teams as follows:

Results	Points
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.

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

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.

Match officials

Umpires

Umpire	Country	Panel
Billy Bowden	New Zealand	Elite
Aleem Dar	Pakistan	Elite
Steve Davis	Australia	Elite
Billy Doctrove	West Indies	Elite
Ian Gould	England	Elite
Tony Hill	New Zealand	Elite
Rudi Koertzen	South Africa	Elite
Asad Rauf	Pakistan	Elite
Asoka de Silva	Sri Lanka	Elite
Simon Taufel	Australia	Elite
Marais Erasmus	South Africa	International
Shavir Tarapore	India	International
Rod Tucker	Australia	International

Referees

Referee	Country
Alan Hurst	Australia
Ranjan Madugalle	Sri Lanka

Squads

Warm-up matches

Matches

20 April
17:00

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