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| Event | 2010 ICC World Twenty20 | ||||||||
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| England won by 7 wickets | |||||||||
| Date | 16 May 2010 | ||||||||
| Venue | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown | ||||||||
| Umpires | Aleem Dar (Pak) y Doctrove (Win) | ||||||||
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The 2010 ICC World Twenty20 Final was played between England and Australia at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados on 16 May 2010. This was the 3rd ICC World Twenty20. England won the match by 7 wickets,[1][2][3] its first World Twenty20 victory, and first major victory for the cricket birthplace. England became the 3rd team to win this title after India, Pakistan[4]
Background
Prior to this match England and Australia played 4 times against each other in Twenty20s, where Australia won 2 matches and England with one win. One match ended with no result.[5] Their most recent meeting was back in August 2009, where match ends no result. In 2007 ICC World Twenty20, they met on 14 September, where Australia won the match by 8 wickets.
Road to the final
England
England, who had a terrible road to every world cup in both ODIs and T20Is before, started 2010 World Twenty20 in group D with West Indies and Ireland. The start of the England in the tournament was not good at all, where they lost to the hosts West Indies by 8 wickets in D/L method. In the next match against Ireland, England batted first and scored 120/8 in their 20 overs. The game for Irish looks so much easy, where rain reduced Ireland's innings to 3.3 overs, causing the match to be abandoned. This gives England to qualify Super 8s with higher net run rate. The devastated start finished after England entered to Super 8, where they were able to win all three matches against previous World Twenty20 champions Pakistan and also defeated New Zealand, and South Africa as well. This gives England top of group E. In the semi final, they met Sri Lankans, but with continuous match winning performances by Kevin Pietersen, England won the match easily and qualified for the finals.
Australia
Australia started the tournament as one of the favorites in World Twenty20 arena, where they won against Pakistan and Bangladesh to top ranked in group A. In Super 8s, they merry way continues, where Australia comfortably defeated India, Sri Lanka and West Indies to top ranked in group F. In the semi-final, Australia met Pakistan for the second time in the series. Pakistan batted first, posted a challenging total of 191 in 20 overs. Australian top order had no mercy for the Pakistani bowlers, where Michael Hussey made Australia through to the final.
Team Composition
Both teams were unchanged from their semi-final winning squads.
Match details
Match officials
The on-field umpires were Aleem Dar of Pakistan and Billy Doctrove of West Indies, with New Zealand Billy Bowden being the third (TV) umpire. Rudi Koertzen of South Africa was the fourth umpire. Ranjan Madugalle of Sri Lanka was the match referee.[6]
Toss
England captain Paul Collingwood won the toss and chose to field first.
Match Summary
Australia started the match rather surprisingly, where both openers went for just 2 runs a piece. England pacer Ryan Sidebottom removed Australia's third wicket at 3/8 giving Australians their first heavy breath in the series. Captain Michael Clarke with Hussey paced the innings, until Clarke got out in 10th over, giving Australians 4 for 45 runs. However, Hussey continued his form with middle order batsmen and Australia able to achieve 147 for 6 in their 20 overs. England's first wicket has fallen at 7 runs on the board, but since then, it was all just quality of English batsmen. Craig Kieswetter with all time scorer KP took the game away from Australia and reached the winning mark in 17 overs. Kieswetter, who scored match winnings 63 runs, adjudged man of the match, where as Pietersen was the player of the tournament.[7][8][9]
The win marked the England's first and only win in an ICC event since their runner-up positions in 1979 ICC Cricket World Cup and 1987 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Reference
- ^ ANDREW MILLER. "Kieswetter and Pietersen seal title for England". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "Craig Kieswetter helps England thrash Australia to win World Twenty20". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "England beat Australia to win World Twenty20 title". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
- ^ "The ICC World Twenty20". ESPNCricinfo.
- ^ "Australia v England / Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Match results".
- ^ "ICC World Twenty20, Final: Australia v England at Kensington oval, May 16, 2010".
- ^ "KP lauds 'hungry' England". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 16 May 2010. Archived from the original on 20 May 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
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- ^ "England clinches World Twenty20 title". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 17 May 2010. Archived from the original on 19 May 2010. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
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