2007 World Twenty20

Inaugural edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup June 2026 December 2020 2007 ICC World Twenty20 2007 ICC World Twenty20.svg 200px International Cricket Council Twenty20 International Group stage and Knockout South Africa IND PAK 1 12 (from 16 entrants) 27 516488 PAK Shahid Afridi AUS Matthew Hayden (265) PAK Umar Gul (13) www.icc-cricket.com 2009 2009 World Twenty20 2007 9 11 y 2007 9 24 yhttp://www.cricketwa.com/10755/series/t20-world-cup-2007-schedule-fixtures.aspx T20 World Cup 2007 2015-12-22 cricketwa 23 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151223011938/http://www.cricketwa.com/10755/series/t20-world-cup-2007-schedule-fixtures.aspx dead The 2007 ICC World Twenty20 was the inaugural edition of the Men's T20 World Cup, formerly known as the ICC World Twenty20 that was contested in South Africa from 11 to 24 September 2007. Twelve teams took part in the thirteen-day tournament—the ten Test-playing nations and the finalists of the 2007 World Cricket League Division One tournament: Kenya and Scotland. India won the tournament, beating Pakistan in the final at Johannesburg by 5 runs. Paresh Soni ICC World Twenty20 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/7009035.stm BBC 24 September 2007 2007-09-24 India beat Pakistan in the World Twenty20 final by five runs to clinch their first major trophy since 1983. Rules and regulations thumb|280px|ICC World T20 2007 BAN vs RSA During the group stage and Super Eight, points were awarded to the teams as follows: Results PointsWin2 pointsNo result1 pointLoss0 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 bowl-out decided the winner. This was applicable in all stages of the tournament.Playing conditions https://web.archive.org/web/20080720113337/http://worldtwenty20.yahoo.com/abouttwenty20/playing-conditions.html 20 July 2008 , from ICC World Twenty20 homepage, retrieved 12 September 2007 The bowl-out was used to determine the result of only one game in this tournament – the Group D game between India and Pakistan on 14 September (scorecard). Within each group (both group stage and Super Eight stage), teams were ranked against each other based on the following criteria:Final WorldTwenty20 Playing conditions https://web.archive.org/web/20080911035806/http://worldtwenty20.yahoo.com/abouttwenty20/icc_world_twenty20_playing_conditions_final.pdf 11 September 2008 , from ICC World Twenty20 homepage, retrieved 12 September 2007 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. Qualification 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One Teams from every ICC Region : Africa (3) KEN SA (host nation) ZIM Americas (1) WIN Asia (4) BAN IND PAK SL East Asia-Pacific (2) AUS NZ Europe (2) ENG SCO By finishing first and second in the 2007 WCL Division One, Kenya and Scotland qualified for the World Twenty20.A long way from home "... place among the big boys in the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship in South Africa this September ..." from Cricinfo, retrieved 9 April 2007 Venues All matches were played at the following three grounds: Cape Town Durban Johannesburg Newlands Cricket Ground Kingsmead Wanderers Stadium Capacity: 22,000 Capacity: 25,000 Capacity: 34,000 150px 150px 150pxSouth Africa center 375 South Africa -33.9737 18.468933 Newlands Cricket Ground top South Africa -29.850058 31.027814 Kingsmead Cricket Ground bottom South Africa -26.131158 28.057414 Wanderers Stadium left Groups 25% Group A SA BAN WIN 25% Group B AUS ENG ZIM 25% Group C SRI NZ KEN 25% Group D IND PAK SCO Match officials Umpires Five umpires from the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, along with four members of the ICC International umpire panel completed the list of umpires for the 27 match tournament. A rotation system saw all officials serve on-field, as well as in third umpire capacities. Umpire Panel ENG Mark BensonElite WIN Billy DoctroveElite AUS Daryl HarperElite PAK Asad RaufElite AUS Simon TaufelElite AUS Steve DavisInternational NZL Tony HillInternational RSA Ian HowellInternational ENG Nigel LlongInternational Three South African officials—Marais Erasmus, Karl Hurter, and Brian Jerling—served as fourth umpires for all group stage matches. Referees The three match referees selected were members of the Panel of ICC Referees, and were responsible for all 27 matches. Referee ENG Chris Broad SRI Ranjan Madugalle RSA Mike Procter Squads 2007 ICC World Twenty20 squads Group stage The 12 participant teams were divided into four groups of three teams each. The groups were determined based on the rankings of the teams in Twenty20 as of 1 March 2007.http://inhome.rediff.com/cricket/2007/jun/13ind.htm Twenty20 WC: India, Pak in same group 13 June 2007 Rediff.com 2009-03-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20120216081401/http://inhome.rediff.com/cricket/2007/jun/13ind.htm 16 February 2012 live The top two teams from each group went through to the second stage of the tournament.http://www.sportsaustralia.com/articles/news.php?id=1310 Twenty20 World Championship Schedule announced 15 May 2007 SportsAustralia.com 2009-03-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20080801162957/http://sportsaustralia.com/articles/news.php?id=1310 1 August 2008 dead A warm-up match was played between South Africa and Pakistan on 6 September 2007 in which South Africa defeated Pakistan by 25 runs.Grundlingh Albert Diffusion and Depiction: How Afrikaners Came to Play Cricket in Twentieth-Century South Africa 2018 Cricket and Society in South Africa, 1910–1971 191–206 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93608-6_7 2024-01-26 Cham Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-319-93608-6_7 978-3-319-93607-9 subscription All times given are South African Standard Time (UTC+02:00) Group A main CricketRR complete ESPNCricinfo no yes Seed A SA BDESH WI Q Q A3 1 1 0.149 A1 2 0.974 A2 2 -1.233 RSA BAN West Indies #cfc 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 and Bangladesh also winning against West Indies. West Indies vs South Africa 11 September 18:00 West Indies 205/6 (20 overs) Chris Gayle 117 (57) Johan van der Wath 2/33 (4 overs) RSA 208/2 (17.4 overs) Herschelle Gibbs 90* (55) Fidel Edwards 1/21 (3 overs) South Africa won by 8 wickets (scorecard) Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Mark Benson (Eng) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Chris Gayle (WI) South Africa won the toss and elected to field. Vernon Philander, Morne Morkel (both SA) and Ramnaresh Sarwan, Fidel Edwards (both WI) all made their T20I debuts. 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 10:00 West Indies 164/8 (20 overs) Devon Smith 51 (52) Shakib Al Hasan 4/34 (4 overs) BAN 165/4 (18 overs) Aftab Ahmed 62 (49) Ramnaresh Sarwan 2/10 (2 overs) Bangladesh won by 6 wickets (scorecard) Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Mark Benson (Eng) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Mohammad Ashraful (Ban) Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field. South Africa and Bangladesh qualified for the Super 8s as a result of this match. 15 September 18:00 BAN 144 (19.3 overs) Aftab Ahmed 36 (14) Shaun Pollock 3/40 (3.3 overs) RSA 146/3 (18.5 overs) Albie Morkel 41 (29) Abdur Razzak 2/26 (4 overs) South Africa won by 7 wickets (scorecard) Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Asad Rauf (Pak) and Tony Hill (NZ) Morne Morkel (SA) South Africa won the toss and elected to field. Group B main CricketRR complete ESPNCricinfo no yes Seed B AUS ENG ZIM Q Q B1 1 1 0.987 B2 1 1 0.209 B3 1 1 -1.196 AUS ENG ZIM #cfc Group B started with World Champions Australia being defeated by Zimbabwe, Brendan Taylor scored 60 (not out) and saw the Africans home with one ball to spare. 12 September 18:00 AUS 138/9 (20 overs) Brad Hodge 35 (22) Elton Chigumbura 3/20 (3 overs) ZIM 139/5 (19.5 overs) Brendan Taylor 60* (45) Stuart Clark 2/22 (4 overs) Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets (scorecard) Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Asad Rauf (Pak) and Tony Hill (NZ) Brendan Taylor (Zim) Australia won the toss and elected to bat. Tatenda Taibu, Vusi Sibanda, Tawanda Mupariwa (Zim), Brad Hodge and Mitchell Johnson (both Aus) all made their T20I debuts. 13 September 14:00 ENG 188/9 (20 overs) Kevin Pietersen 79 (37) Elton Chigumbura 4/31 (4 overs) ZIM 138/7 (20 overs) Brendan Taylor 47 (39) Dimitri Mascarenhas 3/18 (4 overs) England won by 50 runs (scorecard) Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Asad Rauf (Pak) and Ian Howell (SA) Kevin Pietersen (Eng) England won the toss and elected to bat. Luke Wright, Darren Maddy and Chris Schofield (Eng) all made their T20I debuts. 14 September 14:00 ENG 135 (20 overs) Andrew Flintoff 31 (19) Nathan Bracken 3/16 (4 overs) AUS 136/2 (14.5 overs) Matthew Hayden 67* (43) Andrew Flintoff 1/25 (4 overs) Australia won by 8 wickets (scorecard) Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Asad Rauf (Pak) and Ian Howell (SA) Nathan Bracken (Aus) England won the toss and elected to bat. Australia and England qualified for the Super 8s as a result of this match. Group C main CricketRR complete ESPNCricinfo no yes Seed C SL NZ KENYA Q Q C3 2 -8.047 C1 1 1 2.396 C2 2 4.721 KEN NZ SRI #cfc 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 10:00 KEN 73 (16.5 overs) Collins Obuya 18 (25) Mark Gillespie 4/7 (2.5 overs) NZ 74/1 (7.4 overs) Lou Vincent 27 (20) Thomas Odoyo 1/22 (3 overs) New Zealand won by 9 wickets (scorecard) Kingsmead, Durban Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Mark Gillespie (NZ) New Zealand won the toss and elected to field. Nehemiah Odhiambo, Maurice Ouma (Ken) and Chris Martin, Daniel Vettori (NZ) all made their T20I debuts. Kenya's score of 73 all out was the lowest ever score in a Twenty20 International. SL world record 14 September 10:00 SRI 260/6 (20 overs) Sanath Jayasuriya 88 (44) Jimmy Kamande 3/48 (4 overs) KEN 88 (19.3 overs) Alex Obanda 21 (25) Tillakaratne Dilshan 2/4 (1.3 overs) Sri Lanka won by 172 runs Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Daryl Harper (Aus) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) Kenya won the toss and elected to field. (scorecard) Jehan Mubarak and Gayan Wijekoon (both SL) made their T20I debuts. Sri Lanka's score of 260 for six was 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 14:00 NZ 164/7 (20 overs) Ross Taylor 62 (42) Dilhara Fernando 2/31 (4 overs) SRI 168/3 (18.5 overs) Sanath Jayasuriya 61 (44) Daniel Vettori 2/23 (4 overs) Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Mark Benson (Eng) Daryl Harper (Aus) Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. (scorecard) Group D main CricketRR complete ESPNCricinfo no yes Seed D INDIA PAK SCOT Q Q D2 1 1 0.000 D1 1 1 1.275 D3 1 1 -2.550 IND PAK SCO #cfc India and Pakistan played in the first ever World Twenty20 bowl-out. India's bowlers defeated Pakistan 3–0. 12 September 14:00 PAK 171/9 (20 overs) Younis Khan 41 (29) Craig Wright 3/29 (4 overs) SCO 120 (19.5 overs) Fraser Watts 46 (35) Shahid Afridi 4/19 (4 overs) Pakistan won by 51 runs (scorecard) Kingsmead, Durban Steve Davis (Aus) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Scotland won the toss and elected to field. Shahid Afridi (Pak) This was Scotland's inaugural T20I match. Fraser Watts, Ryan Watson, Navdeep Poonia, Gavin Hamilton, Neil McCallum, Dougie Brown, Colin Smith, Majid Haq, Craig Wright, John Blain, Dewald Nel (Sco) all made their T20I debuts. 13 September 18:00 IND SCO No Result (scorecard) Kingsmead, Durban Steve Davis (Aus) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Scotland won the toss and elected to field. No play was possible due to rain. Points were shared. As a result of this match, Pakistan qualified for the Super 8s. 14 September 18:00 IND 141/9 (20 overs) Robin Uthappa 50 (39) Mohammad Asif 4/18 (4 overs) PAK 141/7 (20 overs) Misbah-ul-Haq 53 (35) Irfan Pathan 2/20 (4 overs) Scores tied, India won 3-0 via bowl-out. (Ind green X X X, Pak red O O O) (scorecard) Kingsmead, Durban Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Mohammad Asif (Pak) Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. Sohail Tanvir (Pak) made his T20I debut. After the scores were tied, the winner of the match was decided via a bowl out. India won the bowl out and qualified for the Super 8s.20 May 2024 T20 World Cup rewind: India beat Pakistan in cricket's first and only bowl-out https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/t20-world-cup-rewind-india-beat-pakistan-in-crickets-first-and-only-bowlout-101716202786356.html Hindustan Times Super 8s This tournament's Super Eight format was designed such that the top 2 seeds from each group was pre-decided at the start of the tournament. The actual performance of the team in the Group Stage played no role in determining if the team qualified into Super Eight Group E or F. For example, in Group C, though Sri Lanka finished with more points than New Zealand, for the purpose of the Super Eight groupings, New Zealand retained the group's top seed position (C1) while Sri Lanka retained the group's second seed position (C2). In case a third-seeded team qualified ahead of the two top-seeded teams, it took on the seed of the eliminated team. This only happened in Group A, where Bangladesh (original seed A3) qualified ahead of West Indies (original seed A2) and therefore took on the A2 spot in Group F. The other seven top seeds qualified.http://worldtwenty20.yahoo.com/abouttwenty20/tournament-format.html Tournament format dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071011082654/http://worldtwenty20.yahoo.com/abouttwenty20/tournament-format.html 11 October 2007 The eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. The two top teams from each Super Eight group qualified for the semi-finals. Teams AUS BAN ENG IND NZ PAK SA SL Group E main CricketRR complete no ESPNCricinfo E IND NZ SA ENG Q Q 0 3 -0.700 2 1 0.750 2 1 0.050 2 1 -0.116 ENG IND NZ RSA #cfc 16 September 10:00 NZ 190 (20 overs) Brendon McCullum 45 (31) Harbhajan Singh 2/24 (4 overs) IND 180/9 (20 overs) Gautam Gambhir 51 (33) Daniel Vettori 4/20 (4 overs) New Zealand won by 10 runs (scorecard) Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Mark Benson (Eng) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Daniel Vettori (NZ) India won the toss and elected to field. 16 September 18:00 RSA 154/8 (20 overs) Albie Morkel 43 (20) Stuart Broad 3/37 (4 overs) ENG 135/7 (20 overs) Owais Shah 36 (31) Albie Morkel 2/12 (2 overs) South Africa won by 19 runs (scorecard) Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Asad Rauf (Pak) and Tony Hill (NZ) Albie Morkel (SA) England won the toss and elected to field. Jeremy Snape (Eng) made his T20 debut. 18 September 10:00 NZ 164/9 (20 overs) Craig McMillan 57 (31) James Anderson 2/24 (4 overs) ENG 159/8 (20 overs) Darren Maddy 50 (31) Shane Bond 2/20 (4 overs) New Zealand won by 5 runs (scorecard) Kingsmead, Durban Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Craig McMillan (NZ) England won the toss and elected to field. 19 September 14:00 NZ 153/8 (20 overs) Craig McMillan 48 (25) Morné Morkel 4/16 (4 overs) RSA 158/4 (19.1 overs) Justin Kemp 89* (56) Mark Gillespie 2/11 (3.1 overs) South Africa won by 6 wickets (scorecard) Kingsmead, Durban Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Justin Kemp (SA) South Africa won the toss and elected to field. Nathan McCullum (NZ) made his T20I debut. England were eliminated as a result of this match. Yuvraj world record 19 September 18:00 ENG 200/6 (20 overs) Vikram Solanki 43 (31) Irfan Pathan 3/37 (4 overs) IND 218/4 (20 overs) Virender Sehwag 68 (52) Chris Tremlett 2/45 (4 overs) India won by 18 runs (scorecard) Kingsmead, Durban Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Yuvraj Singh (Ind) India won the toss and elected to bat. Rohit Sharma, Joginder Sharma (Ind) and Chris Tremlett (Eng) made their T20I debuts. Yuvraj Singh scored the fastest fifty in a 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 18:00 IND 153/5 (20 overs) Rohit Sharma 50 (40) Shaun Pollock 2/17 (4 overs) RSA 116/9 (20 overs) Albie Morkel 36 (37) R. P. Singh 4/13 (4 overs) India won by 37 runs (scorecard) Kingsmead, Durban Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Rohit Sharma (Ind) India won the toss and elected to bat. 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. South Africa needed 126 runs while chasing to qualify for semi final but they failed and were eliminated. Group F main CricketRR complete no ESPNCricinfo F PAK AUS SL BAN Q Q 2 1 2.256 0 3 -2.031 3 0 0.843 1 2 -0.697 PAK AUS SRI BAN #cfc 16 September 14:00 BAN 123/8 (20 overs) Tamim Iqbal 32 (40) Brett Lee 3/27 (4 overs) AUS 124/1 (13.5 overs) Matthew Hayden 73* (48) Australia won by 9 wickets (scorecard) Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Asad Rauf (Pak) and Ian Howell (SA) Brett Lee (Aus) Australia won the toss and elected to field. Brett Lee took the first ever hat-trick in a T20I match.Sriram Veera Hayden and Lee power Australian win http://www.espncricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/story/311208.html ESPNcricinfo 16 September 2007 28 March 2016 17 September 18:00 PAK 189/6 (20 overs) Shoaib Malik 57 (31) Lasith Malinga 3/43 (4 overs) SRI 156/9 (20 overs) Chamara Silva 38 (27) Shahid Afridi 3/18 (4 overs) Pakistan won by 33 runs (scorecard) Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Daryl Harper (Aus) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Younis Khan (Pak) Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field. 18 September 14:00 AUS 164/7 (20 overs) Michael Hussey 37 (25) Sohail Tanvir 3/31 (4 overs) PAK 165/4 (19.1 overs) Misbah-ul-Haq 66* (42) Stuart Clark 3/27 (4 overs) Pakistan won by 6 wickets (scorecard) Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Mark Benson (Eng) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak) Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. 18 September 18:00 SRI 147/5 (20 overs) Jehan Mubarak 31* (19) Mahmudullah 1/19 (4 overs) BAN 83 (15.5 overs) Aftab Ahmed 18 (11) Sanath Jayasuriya 2/4 (1.5 overs) Sri Lanka won by 64 runs (scorecard) Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Mark Benson (Eng) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Dilhara Fernando (SL) Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field. Pakistan qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match. Bangladesh were eliminated from the tournament. 20 September 10:00 SRI 101 (19.3 overs) Jehan Mubarak 28 (26) Stuart Clark 4/20 (4 overs) AUS 102/0 (10.2 overs) Matthew Hayden 58* (38) Australia won by 10 wickets (scorecard) Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Asad Rauf (Pak) and Ian Howell (SA) Stuart Clark (Aus) Australia won the toss and elected to field. 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 14:00 BAN 140 (19.4 overs) Junaid Siddique 71 (49) Shoaib Malik 2/15 (2 overs) PAK 141/6 (19 overs) Shahid Afridi 39 (15) Abdur Razzak 2/16 (4 overs) Pakistan won by 4 wickets (scorecard) Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Ian Howell (SA) and Tony Hill (NZ) Junaid Siddique (Ban) Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. Junaid Siddique (Ban) made his T20 debut. Knockout stage 22 September – Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town NZ 143/8 (20 ov) PAK 147/4 (18.5 ov) 22 September – Kingsmead, Durban IND 188/5 (20 ov) AUS 173/7 (20 ov) 24 September – Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg IND 157/5 (20 ov) PAK 152 (19.3 ov) Semi-finals 22 September 13:00 NZ 143/8 (20 overs) Ross Taylor 37* (23) Umar Gul 3/15 (4 overs) PAK 147/4 (18.5 overs) Imran Nazir 59 (41) Scott Styris 1/14 (3 overs) Pakistan won by 6 wickets Scorecard Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape TownAttendance: 18,734 Daryl Harper (Aus) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Umar Gul (Pak) New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. 22 September 18:00 IND 188/5 (20 overs) Yuvraj Singh 70 (30) Mitchell Johnson 2/31 (4 overs) AUS 173/7 (20 overs) Matthew Hayden 62 (47) S. Sreesanth 2/12 (4 overs) India won by 15 runs Scorecard Kingsmead, Durban Mark Benson (Eng) and Asad Rauf (Pak) Yuvraj Singh (Ind) India won the toss and elected to bat. Final 2007 World Twenty20 final 24 September 2007 14:00 IND 157/5 (20 overs) Gautam Gambhir 75 (54) Umar Gul 3/28 (4 overs) PAK 152 (19.3 overs) Misbah-ul-Haq 43 (38) Irfan Pathan 3/16 (4 overs) India won by 5 runs Scorecard Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgAttendance: 32,217 Mark Benson (Eng) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Irfan Pathan (Ind) India won the toss and elected to bat. Yusuf Pathan (Ind) made his T20I debut. India won the toss and chose to bat on what was considered to be a traditionally batsman-friendly pitch at the Bullring.http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gdXpspIAJ3xqNuLwKF7boCk5SwXA Arch rivals sight redemption in dream T20 final AFP 23 September 2007 2007-09-25 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20071114030149/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gdXpspIAJ3xqNuLwKF7boCk5SwXA 14 November 2007 dead 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 (3/16), RP Singh (3/26) and Joginder Sharma (2/20) 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 but took the wicket of Sohail Tanvir, 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. Statistics Men's T20 World Cup records The leading run-scorer in the tournament was Matthew Hayden, with 265 runs, and the highest wicket-taker Umar Gul with 13 wickets. The top-five in each category are: Most runs Player Matches Innings Runs Average SR HS 100 50 4s 6s AUS Matthew Hayden 6 6 265 81.33 144.80 73* 0 4 32 10 IND Gautam Gambhir 7 6 227 37.83 129.71 75 0 3 27 5 PAK Misbah-ul-Haq 7 7 218 54.50 139.74 66* 0 2 18 9 PAK 2013 Shoaib Malik 7 7 195 39.00 126.62 57 0 2 15 5 ENG Kevin Pietersen 5 5 178 35.6 161.81 79 0 1 17 6Source: Cricinfohttps://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=3115&type=tournament Records / ICC World T20, 2007 / Most runs ESPNCricinfo Most wickets Player Matches Innings Wickets Overs Econ. Ave. BBI S/R 4WI 5WI PAK Umar Gul 7 7 13 27.4 5.60 11.92 4/25 12.7 1 0 AUS Stuart Clark 6 6 12 24 6.00 12.00 4/20 12.0 1 0 IND RP Singh 7 6 12 24 6.33 12.66 4/13 12.0 1 0 PAK Shahid Afridi 7 7 12 28 6.71 15.66 4/19 14.0 1 0 NZ Daniel Vettori 6 6 11 24 5.33 11.63 4/20 13.0 1 0Source: Cricinfohttps://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=3115&type=tournament Records / ICC World T20, 2007 / Most wickets ESPNCricinfo Media coverage Coverage of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 was as follows: Television networks https://www.exchange4media.com/media-tv-news/espn-star-sports-announces-worldwide-broadcast-deals-for-icc-world-twenty20-27307.html ESPN Star announces worldwide broadcast deals for world twenty20 18 August 2007 Africa — Supersport (Live) Australia — Fox Sports (Live) Australia — Nine Network Bangladesh — Bangladesh Television(In group stage 2 Bangladesh match only) (Live) Canada — Asian Television Network (Live) Caribbean – Caribbean Media Corporation (Live) India — ESPN (Live) – English India — STAR Cricket (Live) – Hindi Jamaica – Television Jamaica (Live) Middle East – Ten Sports (Live) New Zealand — SKY Network Television (Live) Pakistan — GEO Super (Live) Pakistan – Pakistan Television Corporation (Live) Sri Lanka — Sirasa Network (Live) United Kingdom — Sky Sports (Live) United States — DirecTV CricketTicket (Live) Radio Networks Africa – All Jazz Radio Australia – Australian live radio Bangladesh – DhakaFM Canada – CBC radio one Caribbean; Radio airplay India – All India Radio Jamaica – Radio Jamaica Limited Middle East – Top Fm radio New Zealand – Radio pacific Pakistan – Radio Pakistan Sri Lanka – Radio Sri Lanka, Sinhala Radio Service United Kingdom – BBC Radio 5 Live United States – WHTZ-FM – Z-100 References 30em External links Recent rule changes for Twenty20 Cricket. Follow the link to download a .pdf file of ALL the rules 2007 Twenty20 World Championship Official Website https://web.archive.org/web/20121128020428/http://www.worldtwenty20.com/ 28 November 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Twenty20 Cricket ICC World Twenty20