For the women's tournament taking place at the same time, see 2012 ICC Women's World Twenty20.
Cricket tournament
2012 ICC World Twenty20
Dates
18 September – 7 October 2012[1]
Administrator(s)
International Cricket Council
Cricket format
Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)
Group stage and knockout
Host(s)
Sri Lanka
Champions
West Indies (1st title)
Runners-up
Sri Lanka
Participants
12
Matches
27
Attendance
643,867 (23,847 per match)
Player of the series
Shane Watson
Most runs
Shane Watson (249)
Most wickets
Ajantha Mendis (15)
Official website
www.icc-cricket.com
← West Indies 2010
Bangladesh 2014 →
The 2012 ICC World Twenty20 was the fourth ICC World Twenty20 competition, 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.[2][3][4][5] 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.[6] The format had four groups of three teams in a preliminary round.
Match fixtures were announced on 21 September 2011 by ICC.[3] On the same date, the ICC also unveiled the logo of the tournament, named "Modern Spin".[7]
^"T20 World Cup 2012". cricketwa. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
^"Samuels special the spur for epic West Indies win". Wisden India. 7 October 2012. Archived from the original on 10 December 2012.
^ ab"England to start ICC World Twenty20 title defence against qualifier". ICC. 21 September 2011.[permanent dead link]
^Cricket Country (13 September 2012). "ICC T20 World Cup 2012 schedule: Match time table with group details". Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 13 September 2012.
^IPL Fight. "T20 World Cup 2012 Schedule". Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
^"Malinga named event ambassador for Twenty20 World Cup". The Times of India. Press Trust of India. 8 June 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2012.
^"India to open ICC World T20 campaign against a qualifier". The Times of India. Press Trust of India. 21 September 2011. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
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