2012 World Twenty20
The 2012 ICC World Twenty20 was the fourth edition of the Men's T20 World Cup, formerly known as the ICC World Twenty20, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament that took place in Sri Lanka from 18 September to 7 October 2012 which was won by the West Indies. This was the first World Twenty20 tournament held in an Asian country, the last three having been held in South Africa, England and the West Indies. Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga had been chosen as the event ambassador of the tournament by ICC. The format had four groups of three teams in a preliminary round. It was the last edition with 12 teams format before it was expanded to 16 teams.
Match fixtures were announced on 21 September 2011 by ICC. On the same date, the ICC also unveiled the logo of the tournament, named "Modern Spin".
Background
The 2012 World Twenty20 is the fourth edition of the Twenty20 tournament. The first was hosted by South Africa in 2007, where India beat Pakistan in a thriller to become Twenty20 champions. Pakistan, the losing finalists in 2007, defeated Sri Lanka in 2009 tournament to become World T20 Champions, held in England. In 2010 England became the third World Twenty20 champions by beating Australia in the West Indies.Format
The format is the same as the 2010 edition. The format has four groups of three in a preliminary round, groups A-D. In addition to the ten test cricket playing nations, there are two associate/affiliate teams who qualified from the 2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier staged in the United Arab Emirates on 13–14 March 2012.The top two teams from each group A-D proceed to the Super Eight stage of the tournament. The Super Eights consist of two groups 1 & 2. The top two teams from the Super Eight groups play the semi-finals, and the semi-final winners contest the final to determine the world champions in Twenty20 cricket. England are the defending champions, having won the 2010 edition in the West Indies.
The Super Eight stage consists of the top two teams from each group of the group stage. The teams are split into two groups, Groups 1 and 2. Group 1 will consist of the top seed from Groups A and C, and the second seed of groups B and D. Group 2 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.
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 point |
In case of a tie, a Super Over decides the winner. This is applicable in all stages of the tournament.
Within each group, teams are ranked against each other based on the following criteria:
- 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
; Africa
Venues
All matches were played at the following three grounds:Match officials
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Referees
Squads
Groups
The groups were announced on 21 September 2011.;Group A
- A1
- A2
- Q2
- B1
- B2
- Q1
- C1
- C2
- D1
- D2
Warm-up matches
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Group stage
There were 27 matches played during the 2012 ICC World Twenty20, 12 in group stages, 12 in Super Eights, two Semi-finals and a final.Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Super 8s
Seedings for this stage were allocated at the start of the tournament and were not affected by group stage results, with the exception that if a non-seeded team knocked out a seeded team, it would inherit that team's seeding.Group E
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Group F
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Knockout stage
Semi-finals
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Statistics
Most Runs
| Player | Runs | ||||||||
| 6 | 249 | 49.80 | 150.00 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 15 | ||
| 7 | 243 | 40.50 | 116.26 | * | 0 | 1 | 29 | 5 | |
| 6 | 230 | 38.33 | 132.94 | 78 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 15 | |
| 6 | 222 | 44.40 | 150.00 | * | 0 | 3 | 19 | 16 | |
| 5 | 212 | 42.40 | 159.39 | * | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 |
Most Wickets
| Player | ||||||||
| 6 | 15 | 9.80 | 6.12 | 6/8 | 9.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | 11 | 16.00 | 7.33 | 3/26 | 13.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 10 | 16.40 | 6.83 | 3/20 | 14.4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 9 | 9.77 | 7.33 | 3/19 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 9 | 18.11 | 6.79 | 4/30 | 16.0 | 1 | 0 |
Team of the tournament
| Player | Role |
| Chris Gayle | Batsman |
| Shane Watson | All-rounder |
| Virat Kohli | Batsman |
| Mahela Jayawardene | Batsman / Captain |
| Luke Wright | Batsman |
| Brendon McCullum | Batsman / Wicket-keeper |
| Marlon Samuels | Batsman |
| Lasith Malinga | Bowler |
| Mitchell Starc | Bowler |
| Saeed Ajmal | Bowler |
| Ajantha Mendis | Bowler |
| Suresh Raina | Batsman / 12th man |