37-490: Cricket tournament Twenty20 World Cricket Classic Cricket format Twenty20 Host(s) Bermuda Champions [REDACTED] South Africa Participants Australia , Bermuda , England , India New Zealand , South Africa , Sri Lanka , West Indies Most runs [REDACTED] Gary Kirsten (255) Most wickets Pieter Strydom , Derek Crookes (7) The World Cricket Classic
74-417: A Twenty20 franchise elsewhere in the world and make far more money. Under-17s and Under-19s are playing T20 games in national championships, and at the detriment of two-day games. Good state players these days are averaging 35; if you were averaging 35 when I was playing your dad would go and buy you a basketball or a footy and tell you to play that. Ricky Ponting , In June 2009, speaking at
111-501: A baseball dugout . The Laws of cricket apply to Twenty20, with major exceptions: Currently, if the match ends with the scores tied and there must be a winner, the tie is broken with a one-over-per-side Eliminator or Super Over : Each team nominates three batsmen and one bowler to play a one-over-per-side "mini-match". The team which bats second in the match bats first in the Super Over. In turn, each side bats one over bowled by
148-627: A crowd of 27,509, the highest attendance for any county cricket game at the ground – other than a one-day final – since 1953. Thirteen teams from different parts of the country participated in Pakistan's inaugural competition in 2004, with the Faisalabad Wolves the first winners. On 12 January 2005 Australia's first Twenty20 game was played at the WACA Ground between the Western Warriors and
185-573: A light-hearted manner – both sides turned out in kit similar to that worn in the 1980s, the New Zealand team's a direct copy of that worn by the Beige Brigade . Some of the players also sported moustaches or beards and hairstyles popular in the 1980s, taking part in a competition amongst themselves for "best retro look", at the request of the Beige Brigade. Australia won the game comprehensively, and as
222-399: A tie-breaking bowl-out 3–0; 126 runs were scored apiece in the game proper. The game was the last international match played by Chris Cairns . The ICC has declared that it sees T20 as the optimal format for globalizing the game, and in 2018, announced that it will give international status to all T20 cricket matches played between its member nations. This resulted in a significant leap in
259-412: Is a form of limited overs cricket in that it involves two teams, each with a single innings . The key feature is that each team bats for a maximum of 20 overs (120 legal balls). The batting team members do not arrive from and depart to traditional dressing rooms, but come and go from a bench (typically a row of chairs) visible in the playing arena, analogous to association football's technical area or
296-450: Is a shortened format of cricket . At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single innings each, which is restricted to a maximum of twenty overs . Together with first-class and List A cricket, Twenty20 is one of the three forms of cricket recognised by
333-675: Is the current senior National cricket team selector. He was a member of the Indian cricket team that played in the 1992 World Cup . The one Test that he played for India was also the Test debut of Australian cricket player Shane Warne . He played in the third Test at Sydney Cricket Ground as the fourth seamer as Indian cricket team took the field without a specialist spinner where he took three wickets for 47 which includes Mark Waugh , Mark Taylor and Geoff Marsh in first-innings. This biographical article related to an Indian cricket person born in
370-511: The 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One , a 50-over competition. In December 2007 it was decided to hold a qualifying tournament with a 20-over format to better prepare the teams. With six participants, two would qualify for the 2009 World Twenty20 and would each receive $ 250,000 in prize money. The second tournament was won by Pakistan , who beat Sri Lanka by eight wickets in England on 21 June 2009. The 2010 ICC World Twenty20 tournament
407-672: The 2007 ICC World Twenty20 . The Board of Control for Cricket in India started the Indian Premier League popularly known as IPL , which is now the largest cricket league, in 2008, which utilizes the North American sports franchise system with ten teams in major Indian cities. In September 2017, the broadcasting and digital rights for the next five years (2018–2022) of the IPL were sold to Star India for US$ 2.55 billion, making it one of
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#1732869413909444-476: The International Cricket Council (ICC) as being played at the highest level, both internationally and domestically. A typical Twenty20 game is completed in about three and a half hours, with each innings lasting around 90 minutes and an official 10-minute break between the innings. This is much shorter than previous forms of the game, and is closer to the timespan of other popular team sports. It
481-627: The Rose Bowl in Hampshire on 13 June 2005, which England won by a margin of 100 runs, a record victory which lasted until 2007. On 9 January 2006 Australia and South Africa met in the first international Twenty20 game in Australia. In a first, each player's nickname appeared on the back of his uniform, rather than his surname. The international match drew a crowd of 38,894 people at The Gabba . On 16 February 2006 New Zealand defeated West Indies in
518-529: The Victorian Bushrangers . It drew a sell-out crowd of 20,000, which was the first one in nearly 25 years. Starting on 11 July 2006, 19 West Indies regional teams competed in what was named the Stanford 20/20 tournament. The event was financially backed by billionaire Allen Stanford , who gave at least $ 28 million in funding money. It was intended that the tournament would be an annual event. Guyana won
555-437: The Indian fitness website Takath.com that Twenty20 had "raised the bar" in terms of fitness levels for all players, demanding higher levels of strength, speed, agility and reaction time from all players regardless of role in the team. Matthew Hayden credited retirement from international cricket with aiding his performance in general and fitness in particular in the Indian Premier League . Several commentators have noted that
592-507: The Super Over is also tied then a " countback " is used, with scores after the fifth ball for each team being used to determine the result. If it is still tied, then the countback goes to four balls, and so on. The latest Super Over to decide a match was between the United States and Pakistan on 6 June 2024, in the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup at Grand Prairie Stadium in Dallas, Texas, with
629-693: The T20 format has been embraced by many Associate members of the ICC partly because it is more financially viable to play. T20's success has also inspired the invention of even shorter formats, such as T10 cricket and 100-ball cricket , and its impact on cricket has been compared to or served as inspiration for innovations in other sports, such as with the 3x3 variant of basketball or the Indian Pro Kabaddi League . Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting , on
666-462: The United States winning 18/1 to 13/1 in the Super Over after tying on 159. Tied Twenty20 matches were previously decided by a bowl-out . Women's and men's Twenty20 Internationals have been played since 2004 and 2005 respectively. To date, 76 nations have played the format, including all Test-playing nations . In November 2011, the ICC released the first Twenty20 International rankings for
703-487: The annual Cowdrey Lecture at Lord's , former Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist pushed for Twenty20 to be made an Olympic sport . "It would," he said, "be difficult to see a better, quicker or cheaper way of spreading the game throughout the world." This became a reality starting with the 2028 Summer Olympics . T20 cricket has also been accepted into the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games . Twenty20 match format
740-473: The competition, securing $ 280,000 prize money. On 1 November, the Stanford Superstars played England in what was expected to be the first of five fixtures in as many years with the winner claiming $ 20 million in each match. The Stanford Superstars won the first match, but no further fixtures were held as Allen Stanford was charged with fraud in 2009. Several T20 leagues started after the popularity of
777-609: The fans. The Women's Big Bash League was started in 2015 by Cricket Australia, while the Kia Super League was started in England and Wales in 2016. The Mzansi Super League in South Africa was started in 2018. Several T20 leagues follow the general format of having a group stage followed by a Page playoff system among the top four teams where: In the Big Bash League, there is an additional match to determine which of
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#1732869413909814-450: The fourth- or fifth-placed teams will qualify to be in the top four. The first Twenty20 International match was held on 5 August 2004 between the England and New Zealand women's teams, with New Zealand winning by nine runs. On 17 February 2005 Australia defeated New Zealand in the first men's international Twenty20 match, played at Eden Park in Auckland . The game was played in
851-459: The game. In October 2018, the ICC announced that the women's ranking would be split between ODIs and T20Is, and released both tables shortly thereafter. This is a list of the current Twenty20 domestic competitions in several of the leading cricket countries. Subroto Banerjee Subroto Tara Banerjee pronunciation (born 13 February 1969) is a former Indian cricketer who played in one Test and 6 ODIs from 1991 to 1992. He
888-637: The inaugural event, defeating Trinidad and Tobago by five wickets, securing $ 1 million in prize money. On 5 January 2007 the Queensland Bulls played the New South Wales Blues at The Gabba , Brisbane . An unexpected 16,000 fans turned up on the day to buy tickets, causing Gabba staff to throw open gates and grant many fans free entry. Attendance reached 27,653. For the February 2008 Twenty20 match between Australia and India, 85,824 people attended
925-709: The match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground , involving the Twenty20 World Champions against the ODI World Champions . The Stanford Super Series was held in October 2008 between the three teams. The respective winners of the English and Caribbean Twenty20 competitions, Middlesex and Trinidad and Tobago , and a Stanford Superstars team formed from West Indies domestic players. Trinidad and Tobago won
962-525: The men's game, based on the same system as the Test and ODI rankings. The rankings cover a two- to three-year period, with matches since the most recent 1 August weighted fully, matches in the preceding 12 months weighted two-thirds, and matches in the 12 months preceding that weighted one-third. To qualify for the rankings, teams must have played at least eight Twenty20 Internationals in the ranking period. The ICC Women's Rankings were launched in October 2015, which aggregated performance over all three forms of
999-579: The new format. The first official Twenty20 matches were played on 13 June 2003 between the English counties in the Twenty20 Cup . The first season of Twenty20 in England was a relative success, with the Surrey Lions defeating the Warwickshire Bears by nine wickets in the final to claim the title. The first Twenty20 match held at Lord's , on 15 July 2004 between Middlesex and Surrey , attracted
1036-482: The number of T20I matches played across the world. Every two years an ICC World Twenty20 tournament is to take place, except in the event of an ICC Cricket World Cup being scheduled in the same year, in which case it will be held the year before. The first tournament was in 2007 in South Africa where India defeated Pakistan in the final. Two Associate teams had played in the first tournament, selected through
1073-509: The one nominated opposition bowler, with their innings over if they lose two wickets before the over is completed. The side with the higher score from their Super Over wins. If the Super Over also ends up in a tie, it is repeated until the tie is broken. In the Australian domestic competition the Big Bash League , the Super Over is played slightly differently, with no two-wicket limit, and if
1110-746: The other hand, has criticised Twenty20 as being detrimental to Test cricket and for hampering batsmen's scoring skills and concentration. Former Australian captain Greg Chappell made similar complaints, fearing that young players would play too much T20 and not develop their batting skills fully, while former England player Alex Tudor feared the same for bowling skills. Former West Indies captains Clive Lloyd , Michael Holding and Garfield Sobers criticised Twenty20 for its role in discouraging players from representing their test cricket national side, with many West Indies players like Chris Gayle , Sunil Narine and Dwayne Bravo preferring instead to play in
1147-529: The result became obvious towards the end of the NZ innings, the players and umpires took things less seriously: Glenn McGrath jokingly replayed the Trevor Chappell underarm incident from a 1981 ODI between the two sides, and Billy Bowden showed him a mock red card (red cards are not normally used in cricket) in response. The first Twenty20 international in England was played between England and Australia at
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1184-442: The world's most lucrative sports league per match. The IPL has seen a spike in its brand valuation to US$ 5.3 billion after the 10th edition , according to global valuation and corporate finance advisor Duff & Phelps. The Big Bash League , Bangladesh Premier League , Pakistan Super League , Caribbean Premier League , and Afghanistan Premier League started thereafter, following similar formulae, and remained popular with
1221-512: The younger generation in response to dwindling crowds and reduced sponsorship. The Board wanted to deliver fast-paced, exciting cricket accessible to fans who were put off by the longer versions of the game. Stuart Robertson, the marketing manager of the ECB, proposed a 20-over-per-innings game, invented by New Zealand cricketer Martin Crowe , to county chairmen in 2001, and they voted 11–7 in favour of adopting
1258-6275: Was a Twenty20 cricket tournament which took place in Bermuda during April 2006. The participating players were all ex-cricketers with the exception of Bermuda who fielded their current squad. Four centuries were made in the tournament, one from Australian Ryan Campbell and South African Steven Jack , while Jack's opening partner Gary Kirsten passed 100 twice. Squads [ edit ] Australia [REDACTED] Bermuda [REDACTED] England [REDACTED] India [REDACTED] New Zealand [REDACTED] Ian Healy ( c ) Greg Blewett Ray Bright Ryan Campbell Rick Darling Damien Fleming Shaun Graf Rodney Hogg Wayne Phillips Clay Smith ( c ) Delyone Borden Lionel Cann Hasan Durham Kevin Hurdle Dwayne Leverock Dean Minors Daniel Morgan Saleem Mukuddem Oliver Pitcher Irving Romaine Ryan Steede Janeiro Tucker Robin Smith ( c ) Bill Athey Ian Austin David Capel Phil Defreitas Paul Jarvis Chris Lewis Graham Lloyd Neal Radford David Smith Peter Such Alan Wells Atul Bedade Venkatesh Prasad Salil Ankola Subroto Banerjee Rajesh Chauhan Narendra Hirwani Abey Kuruvilla Prashant Vaidya Atul Wassan Chandrakant Pandit Geoff Allott Mark Bailey Tony Blain Grant Bradburn Mark Douglas Simon Doull Trevor Franklin Chris Harris Mark Haslam Phil Horne Gavin Larsen Danny Morrison Murphy Su'a [REDACTED] England squad member Peter Such South Africa [REDACTED] Sri Lanka [REDACTED] West Indies [REDACTED] Derek Crookes Faiek Davids Fanie de Villiers Ismail Ebrahim Steven Jack Gary Kirsten Adrian Kuiper Hugh Page Meyrick Pringle Mark Rushmere Eric Simons Pieter Strydom Aravinda de Silva ( c ) Saliya Ahangama Asanka Gurusinha Chandika Hathurusingha Rumesh Ratnayake Ruwan Kalpage Roshan Mahanama Champaka Ramanayake Keerthi Ranasinghe Arjuna Ranatunga Sanjeeva Ranatunga Saliya Ahangama Rumesh Ratnayake Athula Samarasekera Sidath Wettimuny Joel Garner ( c ) Kenny Benjamin Carlisle Best Hendy Bryan Sherwin Campbell Colin Croft Roland Holder Robert Haynes Collis King Thelston Payne Nehemiah Perry Richie Richardson Phil Simmons Stuart Williams Qualifying games [ edit ] Game Date Batting 1st Batting 2nd Result 1 23 April Bermuda 5/174 West Indies 8/116 (20) [REDACTED] Bermuda by 58 runs 2 23 April India 6/112 England 5/113 (19) [REDACTED] England by 5 wickets 3 24 April South Africa 5/220 Australia 137 (19.4) [REDACTED] South Africa by 83 runs 4 24 April Sri Lanka 6/132 New Zealand 6/133 (18) [REDACTED] New Zealand by 4 wickets 5 26 April Bermuda 5/143 England 6/138 (20) [REDACTED] Bermuda by 5 runs 6 26 April India 9/135 West Indies 3/136 (20) [REDACTED] West Indies by 7 wickets 7 27 April South Africa 3/249 New Zealand 9/169 (20) [REDACTED] South Africa by 80 runs 8 27 April Australia 3/218 Sri Lanka 6/217 (20) [REDACTED] Australia by 1 run Plate Final [ edit ] April 29, 2006 Australia [REDACTED] 116 v [REDACTED] West Indies 3/120 (12.5) Ian Healy 33 Joel Garner 3/9 Stuart Williams 73 n.o Rodney Hogg 1/10 [REDACTED] West Indies won by 7 wickets National Sports Centre Umpires: G Francis and C Mitchley World Cricket Classic Final [ edit ] April 29, 2006 South Africa [REDACTED] 5/266 v [REDACTED] Bermuda 169 Steven Jack 109 Gary Kirsten 103 Saleem Mukuddem 2/39 Janeiro Tucker 63 Derek Crookes 3/29 [REDACTED] South Africa won by 97 runs National Sports Centre Umpires: R Julian and S Asani External links [ edit ] Cricinfo Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=World_Cricket_Classic&oldid=1228975825 " Categories : 2006 in cricket International cricket competitions in 2006 2006 in Bermudian sport April 2006 sports events in North America Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description with empty Wikidata description Twenty20 First-class cricket One Day International Limited overs (domestic) Twenty20 International Twenty20 (domestic) Other forms Twenty20 (abbreviated T20 )
1295-657: Was held in Bangladesh. The 2016 ICC World Twenty20 was won by West Indies. In July 2020, the ICC announced that both the 2020 and 2021 editions had been postponed by one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic . In June 2021, the ICC expanded the Twenty20 World Cup from 16 to 20 teams starting from the 2024 edition onwards. Twenty20 cricket is claimed to have resulted in a more athletic and explosive form of cricket. Indian fitness coach Ramji Srinivasan declared in an interview with
1332-503: Was held in the West Indies in May 2010, where England defeated Australia by seven wickets. The 2012 ICC World Twenty20 was won by the West Indies, by defeating Sri Lanka at the finals. It was the first time in cricket history when a T20 World Cup tournament took place in an Asian country. The 2014 ICC World Twenty20 was won by Sri Lanka, by defeating India at the finals, where the tournament
1369-518: Was introduced to create a fast-paced game that would be attractive to spectators at the ground and viewers on television. The game has succeeded in spreading around the cricket world. On most international tours there is at least one Twenty20 match and all Test -playing nations have a domestic cup competition. When the Benson & Hedges Cup ended in 2002, the ECB sought another one-day competition to fill with
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