Your guide to ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2012: Full coverage (West Indies won!)
India, the favourites to lift the trophy, were eliminated in the Super Eight stage and England did not qualify for the Super Eight round.
The fourth ICC T20 World Cup kicked off on September 18 in Sri Lanka. The Indian cricket squad got eliminated in the Super Eight stage after failing to beat South Africa by a high margin.
Either India or Pakistan were going to qualify and Pakistan boosted its net run rate after beating Australia by 32 runs in the Super Eight stage and entered the semi-final stage, crushing India's hopes. Alongside Pakistan and Sri Lanka, West Indies and Australia had also qualified for the semi-final stage.
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ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2012 final:
October 7 -- Sri Lanka Vs. West Indies [West Indies won by 36 runs, crowned T20 2012 champions]
Sri Lanka were at 101 in 18.4 overs.
West Indies were 137/6 in 20 overs. West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
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ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2012 Semi final:
October 5 -- Australia Vs. West Indies: [West Indies won by 74 runs, entered finals]
Australia were 131 all out in 16.4 overs and West Indies scored 205/4 in 20 overs.
West Indies's Marlon Samuels got an early wicket of Australian Michael Hussey while Samuel Badree took Shane Watson's wicket in the fifth over delivering a massive blow to Australia within first five overs.
West Indies won the toss and elected to bat. The last over from Australian XJ Doherty proved extremely costly for Australia as West Indians KA Pollard and CH Gayle scored 25 runs with 4 sixes and that single over. Australia needed 206 runs in 20 overs to enter the finals and had to play at an average run rate of 10.25 per over.
October 4 -- Sri Lanka Vs. Pakistan: [Sri Lanka won by 16 runs and entered finals]
Sri Lanka scored 139/4 in 20 overs and Pakistan finished 127/7 in 20 overs.
The first ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2012 semi final match was held on Thursday, October 4. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. Mahela Jayawardene was declared Man of the Match.
The final match of the Twenty20 World Cup will be held on Sunday, October 7 between Sri Lanka and West Indies.
Sri Lanka has qualified to play in the final of ICC World Cup for the second consecutive time. In 2011, it appeared in the final with India but lost to India.
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Super Eight stage:
Super Eight Group 2: October 2 -- India Vs. South Africa [India won by 1 run but is still out of the World Cup making way for Pakistan in the semi-final.]
South Africa won the toss and elected to field. India scored 152/6 in 20 overs. But in order to qualify for the semi-final, India needed to win by at least 31 runs. So India were actually defending 121, but South Africa secured a total of 151 to lose by just 1 run. Yuvraj Singh became Man of the Match in India's final appearance at this year's Twenty20 World Cup series. In an interview, Singh said he dedicates the Man of the Match award to all the cancer patients in the world.
Super Eight Group 2: October 2 -- Pakistan Vs. Australia [Pakistan won by 32 runs and enters semi-final stage]
Australia won the toss and elected to field. Pakistan were 149/6 in 20 overs with Nasir Jamshed scoring 55 runs off just 46 balls. Pakistan's strong bowling and fielding performance helped it restrict Australia's score to just 117/7 in 20 overs. Pakistan's Raza Hasan who took two wickets in 4 overs with a strong economy rate (3.50) was declared Man of the Match.
The comfortable win helped Pakistan improve its net run rate (see table below) and add pressure on India to win the match against South Africa by a huge margin.
South Africa and India were both eliminated as a result of Pakistan's win against Australia.
Group 1 NRR and points
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Country team |
Total matches played |
Matches won |
Matches lost |
Net run rate |
Points |
|
Sri Lanka [FINALIST] |
3 |
3 |
0 |
+0.998 |
6 |
|
West Indies [FINALIST] |
3 |
2 |
1 |
-0.375 |
4 |
|
England [ELIMINATED] |
3 |
1 |
1 |
-0.397 |
2 |
|
New Zealand [ELIMINATED] |
3 |
0 |
3 |
-0.169 |
0 |
Both England and New Zealand from Group 1 are eliminated as of Monday, October 1, 2012.
Group 2 NRR and points
|
Country team |
Total matches played |
Matches won |
Matches lost |
Net run rate |
Points |
|
Australia [LOST IN SEMI FINAL] |
3 |
2 |
1 |
+0.464 |
4 |
|
Pakistan [LOST IN SEMI FINAL] |
3 |
2 |
1 |
+0.272 |
4 |
|
India [ELIMINATED] |
3 |
2 |
1 |
-0.274 |
4 |
|
South Africa [ELIMINATED] |
3 |
0 |
3 |
-0.421 |
0 |
Super Eight Group 1: October 1 -- England Vs. Sri Lanka [Sri Lanka won by 19 runs]
It was England's make or break match and after losing to Sri Lanka, England have now been eliminated from the Twenty20 World Cup 2012. England won the toss and elected to field. England needed 170 to win but made just 150 in 20 overs. Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga was declared Man of the Match.
Super Eight Group 1: October 1 -- West Indies Vs. New Zealand [West Indies won]
The match between West Indies and New Zealand tied at 139 runs but West Indies won the super over and the team's player Sunil Narine was declared Man of the Match. New Zealand is eliminated from the tournament.
Super Eight Group 2: September 30 -- India Vs. Pakistan [India won by 8 wickets]
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India Vs. Pakistan match highlights (Sunday, Sept 30): India won with 18 balls to spare redeeming themselves from the disastrous performance against Australia just a day earlier. Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. Pakistan were 128 all out in 19.4 overs. Yuvraj, Balaji and Ashwin’s bowling and Dhoni’s fielding helped India take Pakistani wickets in quick succession. During India's innings, Pakistan's Raza Hasan took the wicket of Gautam Gambhir in the first over. Shahid Afridi and Umar Gul took Virendra Sehwag's wicket India scored 129/2 in 17 overs. Virat Kohli who led India to victory with his 78 runs off 61 balls including 2 smashing sixes and 8 fours became the Man of the Match. |
Super Eight Group 2: September 30 -- South Africa Vs. Australia [Australia won by eight wickets]
For the second consecutive day in the Super Eight stage, Australia won the match and Shane Watson was declared Man of the Match. Watson scored 70 runs off 47 balls recreating his batting magic against India the previous day.
Super Eight Group 1: September 29 -- England Vs. New Zealand [England won by six wickets]
This is England's first win in the Super Eight stage with 149/4 in its second innings. New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat scoring 148 runs in 20 overs. England's Luke Wright was declared Man of the Match.
Super Eight Group 1: September 29 -- West Indies Vs. Sri Lanka [Sri Lanka won by nine wickets]
The host team in its second innings scored 130/1 in 15 overs with Mahela Jayawardene scoring 65 (not out) off 45 balls. He was subsequently declared Man of the Match.
Super Eight Group 2: September 28 -- Pakistan Vs. South Africa [Pakistan won by 2 wickets]
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. It posted a total score of 133/6 in 20 overs. In the closely chased innings, Pakistan scored 136/8 in 19.3 overs winning narrowly. Umar Gul was declared Man of the Match.
Super Eight Group 2: September 28 -- India Vs. Australia [Australia won by 9 wickets]
Total whitewash! India trounced by Watson, Warner! India won the toss and opted to bat. At the end of Indian innings of 20 overs, Inda are at 140/7 with a run rate of 7.00. Irfan Pathan was India's highest scorer securing 31 runs off 30 balls which included a smashing six and 2 fours. Australia were 141/1 in 14.5 overs. Shane Watson is Man of the Match.
Super Eight Group 1: September 27 -- Sri Lanka Vs. New Zealand [Sri Lanka won]
The match between Sri Lanka and New Zealand tied with both teams posting a total score of 174 runs in 20 overs, but Sri Lanka won the super over and Dilshan Tillakaratne was awarded the Man of the Match trophy.
Super Eight Group 1: September 27 -- England Vs. West Indies [West Indies won]
After suffering a humiliating defeat to India in the Group Games, England was expected to make a comeback with a better performance against West Indies. But England lost to West Indies by 15 runs after scoring 164/5 as against the West Indies’s 179/5.
Among the four teams in Group 1, England has the lowest Net Run Rate (NRR) of -0.750
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Prior to the Super Eight stage was the Group matches used for elimination purposes.
There were four groups of three teams each.
- Group A includes India, England and runners-up qualifier Afghanistan;
- Group B includes Australia, West Indies and Ireland;
- Group C comprises host Sri Lanka as well as South Africa and Zimbabwe; and
- Group D comprises Pakistan, New Zealand and Bangladesh.
Highlights of ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2012 Group match between India and Afghanistan on September 19:
- India batted first and posted a score of 159/5 in 20 overs
- Afghanistan were 136/10 in 19.3 overs
- India won by 23 runs and Virat Kohli was named Man of the Match
Highlights of ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2012 match between England and Afghanistan on September 21:
- England were 196/5 in 20 Overs
- Afghanistan were all out at 80 runs in 17.2 overs
- England won the game by 116 runs and Luke Wright was named Man of the Match
- England's score against Afghanistan is the highest so far among all the matches played in this series of Twenty20 World Cup
Both England and India from Group A have qualified for the super eights after beating Afghanistan. Afghanistan is eliminated out of the World Cup as a result of losing to two teams in the group.
Highlights of ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2012 match between England and India on September 23:
- The Indian team, captained by Dhoni, has left out Virendra Sehwag and Zaheer Khan and instead taken Harbhajan and Chawla in
- England won the toss and elected to field
- India posted a final score of 170/4 in 20 overs
- England were 80/10 in 14.4 overs
- The score was England's lowest Twenty20 score
- India won by 90 runs
- Harbhajan Singh was declared the Man of the Match
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T20 World Cup all team scoreboard for Group matches: Total Matches played: 12 September 18 – Group C -- Sri Lanka Vs. Zimbabve [ Sri Lanka won] September 19 - Group B -- Ireland Vs. Australia [Australia won] September 19 - Group A -- India Vs. Afghanistan [India won] September 20 - Group C -- Zimbabwe Vs. South Africa [South Africa won by 10 wickets] September 21 - Group D -- New Zealand Vs. Bangladesh [New Zealand won by 59 runs] September 21 - Group A -- England Vs. Afghanistan [England won by 119 runs] September 22 - Group B -- West Indies Vs. Australia [Australia won by 17 runs] September 22 - Group C -- South Africa Vs. Sri Lanka [South Africa won by 32 runs] September 23 - Group D -- New Zealand Vs. Pakistan [Pakistan won by 13 runs] September 23 - Group A -- India Vs. England [India won by 90 runs] September 24 - Group B -- Ireland Vs. West Indies [Match abandoned because of rain. But West Indies qualified for the Super Eights because of higher net run-rate] September 25 - Group D -- Pakistan Vs. Bangladesh [Pakistan win by 8 wickets] |
The Indian team won its first Twenty20 Cup in South Africa in the debut of the T20 series in 2007 and England lifted its first trophy in the 2010 series.
(This guide was last updated on Thursday, October 4 at 10.30pm BST).
