ICC World Twenty20 2012

The ICC World Twenty20 2012 was the fourth world championship in men's Twenty20 cricket and took place from September 18 to October 7, 2012 in Sri Lanka . The ICC Women's World Twenty20 competition took place at the same time, with the semi-finals and finals being held on the same day and in the same stadium as the men’s competition. West Indies won the world championship, beating hosts Sri Lanka in the Colombo final with 36 runs.

qualification

The ten test nations were automatically qualified. The last two participants were determined in a qualifying tournament, the ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier , which was held from March 13 to 24, 2012 in the United Arab Emirates . 16 teams competed, with ten teams qualifying through regional qualification tournaments and six directly on the basis of their ODI status . Ultimately, Ireland and Afghanistan prevailed and thus took part in the main tournament. Thus, the following teams qualified for this final tournament:

Afghanistan Australia Bangladesh England

India Ireland New Zealand Pakistan

South Africa Zimbabwe Sri Lanka West Indies

Tournament mode

The preliminary round consists of four groups of 3 teams, in which everyone plays a game against everyone. There are two points for the winning team and no points for the losing team. If no winner can be determined (for example due to abandonment due to rain), both teams receive one point each. If both teams score the same number of runs after both teams have completed innings, a super over follows . The first two teams in each group qualify for the intermediate round, the so-called Super 8 , which is again played in groups, this time two teams of four. Subsequently, the first two teams in each group qualify for the semi-finals, the winners of which contest the final. The grouping of the Super 8 and the corresponding pairings refer to the seeding lists of the preliminary round, not to the placements.

Venues

Colombo Kandy Hambantota

The venues for the ICC World Twenty20 2012 in Sri Lanka

The games will be played in three stadiums, with the Hambantota stadium only being used in the preliminary round:

• Pallekele International Cricket Stadium , Kandy
• R. Premadasa Stadium , Colombo
• Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium , Hambantota

Quotes and statistics

The teams had to report the bids for the tournament to the ICC by August 24, 2012 after an extension of the deadline. The player with the most runs was Shane Watson from Australia with 249 runs in six games. The highest individual performance in a game was achieved by the New Zealander Brendon McCullum with 123 runs in the game against Bangladesh. The Sri Lankan player Ajantha Mendis achieved the most wickets as a bowler with 15. He achieved the best individual performance against Zimbabwe with 6 wickets in only 8 runs.

referee

13 referees and 2 referees were nominated for the tournament. Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka) and Jeff Crowe (New Zealand) acted as referees. The 13 referees are listed in the following table:

Surname	nation	status
Billy Bowden	New Zealand	Elite panel
Aleem Dar	Pakistan	Elite panel
Steve Davis	Australia	Elite panel
Kumar Dharmasena	Sri Lanka	Elite panel
Marais Erasmus	South Africa	Elite panel
Ian Gould	England	Elite panel
Tony Hill	New Zealand	Elite panel
Richard Kettleborough	England	Elite panel
Nigel Llong	England	Elite panel
Asad up	Pakistan	Elite panel
Simon Baptism	Australia	Elite panel
Rod Tucker	Australia	Elite panel
Bruce Oxenford	Australia	International Panel

Warm up games

As usual before big tournaments, warm-up games for the tournament participants take place before the tournament so that they have the opportunity to adjust to the conditions. Each team plays two games, which take place in stadiums in Colombo

September 13th scorecard	Colombo	Ireland 181-5 (20)	-	Zimbabwe 127-8 (20)
		Ireland wins with 54 runs

September 13th scorecard	Colombo	West Indies 132-6 (20)	-	Sri Lanka 135-1 (15.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 9 wickets

September 15 scorecard	Colombo	Afghanistan 209-7 (20)	-	Sri Lanka A 158 (18.2)
		Afghanistan wins with 51 runs

September 15 scorecard	Colombo	Australia 139-6 (20)	-	New Zealand 83 (17)
		Australia wins with 56 runs

September 15 scorecard	Colombo	Zimbabwe 134-6 (20)	-	Bangladesh 135-5 (18.2)
		Bangladesh wins with 5 wickets

September 15 scorecard	Colombo	India 146-5 (20)	-	Sri Lanka 120 (19.3)
		India wins with 26 runs

September 17th scorecard	Colombo	England 172-6 (20)	-	Australia 163-6 (20)
		England wins with 9 runs

September 17th scorecard	Colombo	Ireland 164-6 (20)	-	Bangladesh 159-9 (20)
		Ireland wins with 5 runs

September 17th scorecard	Colombo	South Africa 186-6 (20)	-	New Zealand 177-8 (20)
		South Africa wins with 9 runs

September 17th scorecard	Colombo	Afghanistan 122-7 (20)	-	West Indies 125-2 (15.5)
		West Indies wins by 8 wickets

September 17th scorecard	Colombo	India 185-3 (20)	-	Pakistan 186-5 (19.1)
		Pakistan wins with 5 wickets

September 19 scorecard	Colombo	England 111 (19.3)	-	Pakistan 96-9 (20)
		England wins with 15 runs

Preliminary round

The group compositions were announced on September 21, 2011.

Group A

Group A	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
India (A2)	2	2	0	0	4th	+1,994
England (A1)	2	1	1	0	2	+1,712
Afghanistan	2	0	2	0	0	-3,089

September 19 scorecard	Colombo	India 159-5 (20)	-	Afghanistan 136 (19.3)
		India wins with 23 runs

Afghanistan won the coin toss and opted for the field game. Afghanistan as an underdog got off to a good start when Shapoor Zadran managed to take the two opening batsmen out of the game by the 4th over. Then, however, Virat Kohli managed to reach 50 runs, with Afghanistan dropping balls several times and thus missing the opportunity to significantly weaken the Indians. India managed to achieve a result of 159 runs. Afghanistan was able to keep the game open for a long time in their own innings. From the 11th over, however, they lost many wickets at regular intervals and so Mohammad Nabi was the only one who could achieve decisive runs outside the front row of batsmen. When his wicket fell with 31 runs scored in the 16th over with 119 runs for Afghanistan, it was no longer possible for the remaining batsmen to achieve the missing runs. Virat Kohli became the man of the match.

September 21 scorecard	Colombo	England 196-5 (20)	-	Afghanistan 80 (17.2)
		England wins with 116 runs

Afghanistan won the coin toss and decided to start bowling. At the start of the English inning, Afghanistan seemed to be getting off to a good start when the English opening batsmen Craig Kieswetter lost his wicket in the first over. Luke Wright, who came in as the third batsmen, made sure that England gained the upper hand from the fourth over. His partners lost a total of four wickets, but Wright managed to stay in the game to the last ball and scored a total of 99 runs. Afghanistan found it very difficult to answer. Numerous wickets were lost early on, so Stuart Broad scored wickets four and five in the sixth overs. That only changed when Gulbodin Naib came onto the field as number eight. With a focus on boundaries, he managed a total of 44 runs and was the only player in Afghanistan to reach a double-digit run number. The loss of his wicket in the 18th over ended the game. Englishman Luke Wright became Man of the Match.

September 23 scorecard	Colombo	India 170-4 (20)	-	England 80 (14.4)
		India wins with 90 runs

England won the coin toss and went for the field game. India got off to a good start to their innings. So it was first Virat Kohli who, together with Gautam Gambhir, brought India to 80 runs in the first ten over. But then his wicket increased and the run rate stabilized at a medium level. After 119 runs after the 16th over and the loss of Gambhir's wicket, it was above all Rohit Sharma who improved for India in the last overs and brought India to 170 runs. The English answer mainly had to contend with the strong spin bowling of the Indians. So it was only Craig Kieswetter who achieved an acceptable run number with his 35 runs. Indian bowler Harbhajan Singh scored four wickets in only 12 allowed runs. Eight batsmen of the English were eliminated with mostly low single-digit run numbers, which meant that England achieved the worst inning result in Twenty20 cricket when they had already lost all their players in the 15th over. Man of the match was Harbhajan Singh.

Group B

Group B	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
Australia (B1)	2	2	0	0	4th	+2,184
West Indies (B2)	2	0	1	1	1	-1,855
Ireland	2	0	1	1	1	-2,092

September 19 scorecard	Colombo	Ireland 123-7 (20)	-	Australia 125-3 (15.1)
		Australia wins with 7 wickets

Ireland won the coin toss and decided to start with their batsmen. With the first ball, the Australian Shane Watson managed to overcome the Irish captain William Porterfield. The next wickets also fell very quickly, so Ireland had already lost four of them by the 7th over. Only with the brothers Kevin and Niall O'Brien did Ireland manage to collect runs with a partnership over a longer period of time, namely 52 in total. After their two wickets fell in the 14th over at 85 and 86 runs for Ireland, they succeeded remaining batsman to increase the result to 123. The best thrower for Australia was Shane Watson, who got three wickets. It was he who, with his 51 runs as the opening batsmen, put Australia on the winning road. By the time he had to leave for Australia in the 10th over with 91 runs, the game was as good as decided. In the 15th over Australia exceeded the target of 123 runs. Shane Watson was the man of the match.

September 22nd scorecard	Colombo	West Indies 191-8 (20)	-	Australia 100-1 (9.1 / 9.1)
		Australia wins with 17 runs ( D / L method )

West Indies won the coin toss and decided to start with the bat. They started off strong when Chris Gayle and Marlon Samuels each scored over 50 runs. However, thanks to two important wickets from Shane Watson and three from Mitchell Starc, Australia succeeded in regularly losing wickets in the West Indies. As a result, despite the 191 runs, 8 wickets were incurred at the end of the inning. The Australian response was marked by a quick start from David Warner, who scored 28 runs in fourteen balls before his wicket fell in the 3rd over. By the 10th over, Shane Watson and Michael Hussey brought Australia to 100 runs without losing another wicket. Then the rain set in and Australia won with 17 runs via the Duckworth-Lewis Method. Shane Watson was the man of the match.

September 24th scorecard	Colombo	Ireland 129-6 (19/19)	-	West Indies
		No result

West Indies won the coin toss and settled on the field game. The Irishman William Porterfield lost his wicket with the first ball. Ireland then came into play well, but was interrupted after the 5th over by rain when 33 runs were in a wicket. After the break, after which the number of overs was reduced to 19 per side, Ireland found it harder. You lost a wicket in each of the following two overs and the run rate also went down. Ireland recovered only slowly from this, but was able to increase to 129 runs by the end of the inning with three more lost wickets. In the inning break it began to rain again, whereupon the game had to be abandoned. As a consequence, Ireland was eliminated due to the higher defeat against Australia.

Group C

Group C	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
South Africa (C2)	2	2	0	0	4th	+3,598
Sri Lanka (C1)	2	1	1	0	2	+1,852
Zimbabwe	2	0	2	0	0	-3,624

September 18 scorecard	Hambantota	Sri Lanka 182-4 (20)	-	Zimbabwe 100 (17.3)
		Sri Lanka wins with 82 runs

Zimbabwe won the coin toss and decided to do the bowling first. Dilshan Munaweera and TM Dilshan together achieved the first 50 runs for the hosts. Between the 6th and 11th over, Sri Lanka then lost three wickets before increasing their run count to 182 thanks to the performance of Kumar Sangakkara and Jeevan Mendis, who achieved 95 runs together. Zimbabwe was also unable to put pressure on Sri Lanka because of her field work. After the inning break, the Zimbabwean team got off to a decent start before Ajantha Mendis managed two wickets in the fifth over. As a result, the run rate in Zimbabwe decreased significantly. More double hits from Jeevan Mendis in the tenth and again Ajantha Mendis in the fifteenth over decided the game. Ajantha Mendis was elected Man of the Match with his 6 wickets in only 8 permitted runs .

September 20 scorecard	Hambantota	Zimbabwe 93-8 (20)	-	South Africa 94-0 (12.4)
		South Africa wins with 10 wickets

South Africa won the coin toss and decided to start the field game. The South African bowlers managed to get Zimbabwe off to a tough start. After the 5th over they only had 17 runs and already lost 3 wickets. Only Craig Ervine and Stuart Matsikenyeri managed to achieve stability in the game of Zimbabwe when they reached 35 runs in their partnership. This ended in the tenth over when the South African Jacques Kallis scored his first two of a total of four wickets. An increase was then no longer possible for Zimbabwe, so they finished their innings with 93 runs. South Africa responded with its two inaugural batsmen, Hashim Amla and Richard Levi. The two managed to catch up with the Zimbabweans by the 12th over without them having a serious chance of a wicket. With that, Zimbabwe was eliminated from the tournament. Jacques Kallis became the man of the match.

September 22nd scorecard	Hambantota	South Africa 78-4 (7/7)	-	Sri Lanka 46-5 (7/7)
		South Africa wins with 32 runs

The game had to be postponed several times due to rainfalls. When conditions allowed play, the game was shortened to 7 overs per side. Sri Lanka won the coin toss and decided to start the field game. Due to the low number of overs, South Africa went at a high pace from the start. They lost 4 wickets and AB de Villiers was the top scorer with 30 runs. Sri Lanka had a much harder time in its innings, which meant they were missing 32 runs in the game that was meaningless for the tournament outcome. AB de Villiers was the man of the match.

Group D

Group D	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
Pakistan (D1)	2	2	0	0	4th	+0.706
New Zealand (D2)	2	1	1	0	2	+1,150
Bangladesh	2	0	2	0	0	-1,868

September 21 scorecard	Kandy	New Zealand 191-3 (20)	-	Bangladesh 132-8 (20)
		New Zealand wins with 59 runs

Bangladesh won the coin toss and decided to start bowling. New Zealand quickly gained the upper hand. When Abdur Razzak beat New Zealand's opening batsmen Martin Guptill in the fourth Over, Brendon McCullum came into play. This in turn could not be brought under control by Bangladesh. He scored a total of 123 runs, setting a record in Twenty20 cricket. However, he lost his wicket with the last ball of the inning when New Zealand had submitted 191 runs. Bangladesh then found it much more difficult. Especially New Zealand bowlers Kyle Mills, who got three wickets in the first five overs, and Tim Southee, who also got three wickets, ensured that their chase was without a chance. Only Nasir Hossain managed to get 50 runs, but Bangladesh was 59 runs behind New Zealand in the end. Brendon McCullum became the man of the match.

September 23 scorecard	Kandy	Pakistan 177-6 (20)	-	New Zealand 164-9 (20)
		Pakistan wins with 13 runs

Pakistan won the coin toss and decided to start its batsmen. Mohammad Hafeez and Nasir Jamshed in particular stood out with a partnership of 76 runs. New Zealand only succeeded in disturbing the Pakistanis from the 14th over when Hafeez was eliminated. However, wickets in the following two overs did not really upset Pakistan and so they came up with 177 runs. New Zealand tried to keep up in its response, but initially lost it when the opening batsmen were eliminated after the 8th over. Brandon McCullum and Daniel Vettori also scored numerous runs (48), but at a lower run rate. At the end of the inning, New Zealand managed to open the game again, but with the loss of Ross Taylor's wicket in the penultimate over, that chance was wasted. Pakistan's best bowler was Saeed Ajmal with four wickets. Nasir Jamshed was the man of the match.

September 25 scorecard	Kandy	Bangladesh 175-6 (20)	-	Pakistan 178-2 (18.4)
		Pakistan wins with 8 wickets

Bangladesh won the coin toss and decided to start with its batsmen. They got off to a good start, but the run rate dropped after the two opening batsman were eliminated after the sixth over. Then the Bangladeshi Shakib Al Hasan set the accents, who scored a total of 84 runs. The best bowler in Pakistan was Yasir Arafat with three wickets. Pakistan had 140 runs to score to qualify for the next round. They achieved this with ease. It took Bangladesh until the fourteenth over to win a wicket, and in this over they eliminated both opening batsmen, Mohammad Hafeez with 45 runs and Imran Nazir with 72 runs. More wickets did not get and so Bangladesh lost the game and was eliminated. Imran Nazir was the man of the match.

Main round

Super 8

Group 1

Group 1	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
Sri Lanka	3	3	0	0	6th	+0.998
West Indies	3	2	1	0	4th	-0.375
England	3	1	2	0	2	-0.397
New Zealand	3	0	3	0	0	-0.169

September 27 scorecard	Kandy	New Zealand 174-7 (20) / 7/1 (1)	-	Sri Lanka 174-6 (20) / 13/1 (1)
		Sri Lanka wins in the Super Over

New Zealand won the coin toss and decided to start with the bat. The first four of the New Zealand batsmen each managed to achieve double-digit run numbers. The most successful of these was Rob Nicol who managed a total of 58 runs. A one-two punch from bowler Nuwan Kulasekara in the 18th over, however, ended this series and New Zealand failed to improve again in the remaining time. Sri Lanka also got off to a strong start with its inaugural batsmen Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan who hit 80 runs in their partnership. It was above all Dilshan with his 76 runs that kept Sri Lanka on course for victory. However, the run rate steadily decreased and when Dlishan lost his wicket at the beginning of the 19th over, it became difficult for Sri Lanka. after they equalized with the penultimate ball, they needed at least one run from the last one. However, the New Zealand captain Ross Taylor managed to steer the ball from Lahiru Thirimanne against the stumps when it was dropped and to achieve a run out with it. This was the first Super Over of this tournament. Sri Lanka started with the bat and New Zealand bowler Tim Southee allowed two wides in addition to 12 runs. New Zealand failed to reach this run number with the bat, which Dilshan sealed with a captured penultimate ball from Martin Guptill. Man of the match was Tillakaratne Dilshan.

September 27 scorecard	Kandy	West Indies 179-5 (20)	-	England 164-4 (20)
		West Indies wins by 15 runs

West Indies won the coin toss and decided to start asking. Her opening duo Johnson Charles and Chris Gayle managed a partnership of 103 runs until the 11th over. The usual batsmen had a hard time and it was Charles who became the inning's best scorer with 84 runs. England found it difficult to catch up. At first they lost the wickets of Craig Kieswetter and Luke Wright in the first over. Then Jonny Bairstow missed a good run number. When this wicket fell after the tenth over and England had only 55 runs to book, the newcomer Eoin Morgan increased the pace and brought England closer with his 71 runs. It wasn't enough, however, and West Indies won with 23 runs. Johnson Charles was the man of the match.

September 29 scorecard	Kandy	New Zealand 148-6 (20)	-	England 149-4 (18.5)
		England wins with 6 wickets

New Zealand won the coin toss and decided to start with the bat. The New Zealand batsmen lost two wickets by Steven Finn by the fourth over and initially only achieved a medium run rate. It wasn't until their sixth batsmen in the 12th over, James Franklin, that they could improve. This reached 50 runs and so New Zealand had a total of 148 runs. England's response was shaped by Luke Wright, who with his 76 runs contributed a large part to the game's win. New Zealand did not manage to disturb him decisively and so he managed a partnership with Eoin Morgan with 86 runs. Thus England kept the chance of the semi-finals open. Luke Wright was the man of the match.

September 29 scorecard	Kandy	West Indies 129-5 (20)	-	Sri Lanka 130-1 (15.2)
		Sri Lanka wins with 9 wickets

West Indies won the coin toss and decided to start their batsmen. The West Indian opening batsmen had a hard time at first. Both had lost their wicket in only 16 runs in 5 overs. It was Marlon Samuels with 50 runs and Dwayne Bravo with 40 runs who brought the West Indies into play, but the run number remained catchable with 129 runs. Sri Lanka showed that in his answer, with Jayawardene standing out with 65 runs. Even after the loss of Tillakaratne Dilshan in the 3rd over, he and Kumar Sangakkara managed to get the runs up to the 16th over. Mahela Jayawardene was the man of the match.

October 1st scorecard	Kandy	West Indies 139 (19.3) / 19/0 (0.5)	-	New Zealand 139-7 (20) / 17/0 (1)
		West Indies wins the Super Over

New Zealand won the coin toss and decided to start the field game. They managed to interrupt and control the West Indies regularly with wickets. It was Chris Gayle alone who could achieve 30 runs, with Doug Bracewell and Tim Southee each getting three wickets. The result of the West Indies, who were bowled in the last over all out, rose to 139 runs and was considered catchable for New Zealand. However, they initially had their problems, also thanks to bowler Sunil Narine, who managed 3 wickets. So they had a pretty low run rate and it was not until the fourth batsman, Ross Taylor, that they had a chance to overtake the West Indies. However, Taylor succeeded, who achieved a total of 62 runs, and Bracewell only achieved 13 of the required 14 runs in the last over and so it went into the super over. Thanks to Taylor, New Zealand again presented a good template with 17 runs. West Indies, however, managed to break Southee's attacking game and scored 19 runs in five balls for Gayle and Marlon Samuels. Sunil Narine was the man of the match.

October 1st scorecard	Kandy	Sri Lanka 169-6 (20)	-	England 150-9 (20)
		Sri Lanka wins with 19 runs

England won the coin toss and went for the field game. Sri Lanka got off to a good start, which was initially shaped by Mahela Jayawardene with his 42 runs. Bowler Graeme Swann managed a double strike at the beginning of the 11th overs, which took both Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara out of the game. Stuart Broad did the same in 16th over, but Sri Lanka had a total of 169 runs. The English answer was marked by major problems, for which bowler Lasith Malinga was primarily responsible. He got a total of 5 wickets. Samit Patel alone managed a high run number with 67, which was not enough to catch up with the target. Lasith Malinga was the man of the match.

Group 2

Group 2	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
Australia	3	2	1	0	4th	+0.464
Pakistan	3	2	1	0	4th	+0.273
India	3	2	1	0	4th	-0.274
South Africa	3	0	3	0	0	-0.421

September 28th scorecard	Colombo	South Africa 133-6 (20)	-	Pakistan 136-8 (19.4)
		Pakistan wins with 2 wickets

South Africa won the coin toss and decided to start with the bat. The start was not particularly good for them. After the 7th over, they had already lost three wickets, but only achieved 31 runs. In the 13th over, captain AB de Villiers came into play, who together with Jean-Paul Duminy accelerated the game significantly. Still, it was only enough to 133 runs, as the Pakistanis' spin bowling was superior. Pakistan's response started out similarly to that of South Africans. However, they lost their fourth wicket in the 7th over and the run rate flattened significantly. Three more wickets resulted in a score of 76/7 in the 15th over. The decision was not made until the partner chip for the eighth wicket. Umar Akmal and Umar Gul together achieved 49 runs in 4.3 over and ensured that the South African runs were still caught. Umar Gul was the man of the match.

September 28th scorecard	Colombo	India 140-7 (20)	-	Australia 141-1 (14.5)
		Australia wins with 9 wickets

India won the coin toss and decided to start with the bat. India started off well at first, but then continued to lose its run rate. After finishing the 11th over with 76/4, when Shane Watson hit a double, it settled down to about 7 runs per over. Only the partnership of Suresh Raina and Ravichandran Ashwin managed to significantly increase the run number with their 33 runs. For the bowlers, Pat Cummins with 16 runs for two wickets and Shane Watson with his 3 wickets were the deciding factors. In Australia's response, the Indians failed to exert any significant influence with their crank. The opening batsmen Shane Watson and David Warner managed a partnership with 133 runs up to the 14th over. Then Watson lost his wicket, but this no longer had any effect. Shane Watson was the man of the match.

September 30th scorecard	Colombo	South Africa 146-5 (20)	-	Australia 147-2 (17.4)
		Australia wins with 8 wickets

Australia won the coin toss and decided to start playing the field game. South Africa initially struggled with its batsmen. Only from the fourth batsmen onwards did the players manage to get into the game and score runs. But it was the bowlers Xavier Doherty with three and Shane Watson with two wickets who shaped the innings. The answer from the Australians was dominated by Shane Watson, who managed a total of 70 runs. Above all, the partnership with Michael Hussey, which brought in 99 runs, was decisive that Australia won the game in the 18th over. Shane Watson was the man of the match.

September 30th scorecard	Colombo	Pakistan 128 (19.4)	-	India 129-2 (17.0)
		India wins with 8 wickets

Pakistan won the coin toss and decided to start its batsmen. They got off to a quick start with 26 runs in two overs, but then the pace decreased significantly. The Indian bowlers, especially Lakshmipathy Balaji (3 wickets), Ravichandran Ashwin (2 wickets) and Yuvraj Singh (2 wickets), managed to get wickets regularly and to force many batsmen to a low strike rate. The innings ended with 128 runs in the 20th over with the loss of the 10 wicket. In the Indian response, Pakistan had an early breakthrough when Raza Hasan beat Gautam Gambhir in the second ball of the inning. The then coming Virat Kohli, however, scored 78 runs and the number of runs to be achieved was reached after 17 overs. Virat Kohli was the man of the match.

October 2nd scorecard	Colombo	Pakistan 149-6 (20)	-	Australia 117-7 (20)
		Pakistan wins with 32 runs

Australia won the coin toss and decided to start playing the field game. Pakistan quickly had to accept Mohammad Hafeez's wicket, so their start was rather mediocre. Nasir Jamshed, who came in for this, managed a total of 55 runs, so that Pakistan was able to achieve a decent result with 149 runs. The Australians' best bowler was Mitchell Starc with three wickets. The response from the Australians started well, but was brought under control by Pakistan when the wickets of the opening batsmen Shane Watson and David Warner fell quickly. Michael Hussey managed most of the runs at 54, but the other batsmen were rather weak. This was mainly thanks to the bowlers Raza Hasan with 2 wickets with an economy of 3.5 and Saeed Ajmal with three wickets. So Australia was no longer able to catch the lead. Raza Hasan was the man of the match.

October 2nd scorecard	Colombo	India 152-6 (20)	-	South Africa 151 (19.5)
		India wins with 1 run

South Africa won the coin toss and decided to start the field game. India was forced to win high to stay in the tournament due to Pakistan's victory and started well at first. Then, however, they lost three wickets from fourth to sixth over, which lowered the runs rate. In the end it was Suresh Raina who put India in an acceptable starting position with his 45 runs. It took South Africa 122 runs to knock India out of the tournament. So it was Faf du Plessis, who with his 65 runs played a big part in the fact that this succeeded in the 17th over. Decisive wickets that prevented South Africa from winning the game were scored by Yuvraj Singh (2), so that Zaheer Khan and Lakshmipathy Balaji were able to win India with one run with two of their 3 wickets each in the 18th and 20th over. Yuvraj Singh was the man of the match.

Semifinals

October 4th scorecard	Colombo	Sri Lanka 139-4 (20)	-	Pakistan 123-7 (20)
		Sri Lanka wins with 16 runs

Sri Lanka won the coin toss and decided to start with the bat. Mahela Jayawardene and Tillakaratne Dilshan opened the first 10 overs as batsmen with a partnership of 62 runs. Even after the two were eliminated up to the 13th over, Sri Lanka managed to play consistently and Pakistan did not achieve any major breakthroughs. The Pakistani response started in an orderly fashion, even if the run rate was quite low and they repeatedly had to contend with wicket losses. Rangana Herath managed a double strike against Mohammad Hafeez, who scored 42 runs, and Shahid Afridi at the beginning of the 15th overs. Herath managed a total of 3 wickets. From then on, Pakistan was no longer able to seriously endanger Sri Lanka, so that they missed their target by 16 runs. Mahela Jayawardene was the man of the match.

October 5th scorecard	Colombo	West Indies 205-4 (20)	-	Australia 131 (16.4)
		West Indies wins with 74 runs

West Indies won the coin toss and decided to start their batsmen. At the beginning of the West Indian Inning, the Australians initially managed to keep opening batsmen Chris Gayle as little as possible. The result was a medium run rate, so that after 10 overs there were 76 runs with two wickets fallen. In the 15th over, Gayle began to collect numerous boundaries, which helped him to 75 not out and his team to 205 runs with only four lost wickets. At the Australian innings it was first Samuel Badree who removed the two opening batsmen of the Australians until the fifth over. Then there were many 3 wickets within two overs, so that when the score was 46 runs and 6 wickets had fallen in the 8th over, the chase seemed to be over. It was George Bailey who brought the Australians back into play with 63 quick runs, but when his wicket and Pat Cummins' lost in the 14th over, Australia were left with no chance. Ultimately, the last wicket fell in the 17th over with 131 runs and the West Indies qualified for the final after a clear victory. Chris Gayle was the man of the match.

final

October 7th scorecard	Colombo	West Indies 137-6 (20)	-	Sri Lanka 101 (18.4)
		West Indies wins with 36 runs

West Indies won the coin toss and decided to start their batsmen. They had big problems at the start when they had to accept a very bad run rate and the early wicket from Johnson Charles. It was not until the 13th over that the batsmen found a remedy and the runs became more numerous. The most successful was Marlon Samuels, who scored a total of 78 runs. Ajantha Mendis got 4 wickets, but they were too late in the innings, so that the West Indies could still score 137 runs. Sri Lanka started stronger in his innings. Mahela Jayawardene scored 33 runs and was partnered with Kumar Sangakkara for 42 runs. However, his wicket fell in the 10th over and then the West Indian bowlers, especially Sunil Narine with 3 wickets, were more and more successful. As a result, Sri Lanka could not increase the run rate in the end and lost their last wicket in the penultimate over. West Indies won with a lead of 36 runs against the hosts and became world champions. Marlon Samuels was the man of the match.

Individual evidence

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6. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Explanation of the abbreviations: Col. = games; S = victories; N = defeats; U = tie; NR = No Result; P = points; NRR = Net Run Rate
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33. ↑ Sidharth Monga: Samuels, Sammy give WI first world title since 1979 . Cricinfo. October 7, 2012. Retrieved October 8, 2012.

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