2010 ICC World Twenty20

2010 ICC World Twenty20

Dates	30 April – 16 May 2010[1]
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)	Group stage and Knockout
Host(s)	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
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The 2010 ICC World Twenty20 was the third Men's T20 World Cup competition, 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.