Twenty20

Middlesex playing against Surrey at Lord's, in front of a 28,000-strong crowd General rules The Laws of cricket apply to Twenty20, with some exceptions: Each bowler may bowl a maximum of only one-fifth of the total overs per innings (generally four, for a full, uninterrupted game). i.e., 4 in the 20 overs
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a bowler deliver a no ball by overstepping the popping crease, it costs 1 run and his next delivery is designated a "free-hit", from which the batsman can only be dismissed through a run out, as is the case for the original "no ball". (Strictly speaking, the very rare methods of dismissal from a "no ball" for hitting the ball twice, obstructing the field or handling the ball also apply to the "free-hit" delivery.) following fielding restrictions apply:
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more than five fielders can be on the leg side at any time. the first six overs, a maximum of two fielders can be outside the 30-yard circle.

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(sometimes referred to as the powerplay) After the first six overs, a maximum of five fielders can be outside the fielding circle. If the fielding team doesn't start to bowl their 20th over within 75 minutes, the batting side is credited an extra six runs for every whole over bowled after the 75 minute mark; the umpire may add more time to this if they believe the batting team is wasting time. Tie deciders Main article: Super Over Currently, if the match ends with the scores tied and there must be a winner, the tie is broken with a one over per side "Eliminator"[16] or "Super Over": Each team nominates three batsmen and one bowler to play a one-over per side "mini-match", sometimes referred to as a "One1". In turn, each side bats one over bowled by the one nominated opposition bowler, with their innings over if they lose two wickets before the over is completed. The side with the higher score from their Super Over wins. Tied Twenty20 matches were previously decided by a "Bowl-out". International Main article: Twenty20 International Twenty20 Internationals have been played since 2005. To date, 20 nations have played the format, including all test playing nations.

Nation Australia New Zealand England South Africa West Indies Sri Lanka Pakistan Bangladesh Zimbabwe India Kenya Scotland Netherlands Ireland Canada Bermuda Uganda Afghanistan UAE USA

Twenty20 International debut 17 February 2005 17 February 2005 13 June 2005 21 October 2005 16 February 2006 15 June 2006 28 August 2006 28 November 2006 28 November 2006 1 December 2006 1 September 2007 12 September 2007 2 August 2008 2 August 2008 2 August 2008 3 August 2008 30 January 2010 2 February 2010 9 February 2010 9 February 2010

ICC World Twenty20 tournament Main article: ICC World Twenty20 Every two years an ICC World Twenty20 tournament is to take place. The first tournament was in 2007 in South Africa where India defeated Pakistan in the final. The second tournament was won by Pakistan who beat Sri Lanka by 8 wickets in England on 21 June, 2009. The next ICC World Twenty20 tournament will be held in West Indies in May 2010. Defending Champions Pakistan are grouped with Bangladesh and Australia. Domestic /wiki/File:Chennai_Super_Kings_Logo.svg /wiki/File:Chennai_Super_Kings_Logo.svgThe logo of the Chennai Super Kings one of the popular teams taking part in the Indian Premier League, the world's biggest cricket tournament affair Main article: List of domestic Twenty20 cricket competitions This is a list of the main Twenty20 domestic competitions in each cricketing country. Country Canada India Domestic Competitions Scotiabank National T20 Championship DLF Indian Premier League , Indian Inter-State T20 Australia KFC Twenty20 Big Bash England Twenty20 Cup

Championship Kenya New Zealand South Africa National Elite League Twenty20 HRV Cup

Pakistan Pakistan Super League and RBS Twenty-20 Cup Standard Bank Pro 20 Series

Sri Lanka Inter-Provincial Twenty20 U.S.A. West Indies Pro Cricket, American Premier League and NYPD Cricket League Stanford 20/20

Banglades National Cricket League T20, h Zimbabw Metropolitan Bank Twenty20 e Champions Twenty20 League Main article: Twenty20 Champions League The Champions League Twenty20 often called CLT20 is a twenty20-based cricket tournament featuring teams from India, South Africa, England, Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Pakistan and the West Indies. The tournament however does not feature equal number of teams from each country. The Winners and the runners-up of the domestic leagues in India, South Africa, England and Australia and

the champions of the other 4 countries are also featured in the tournament. 2008 Season The first edition was supposed to have featured in India with 8 teams.Though there were rumours that only teams from India, South Africa, Australia and England would be allowed to take part, Sialkot Stallions of Pakistan was also allowed entry. The tournament was however postponed and later cancelled due to the 2008 Mumbai attacks. 2009 Season After the cancellation of the inaugral edition,the tournament witnessed some changes to enhance fan support. The league was to feature 2 teams from India, South Africa, Australia and England and 1 each from West Indies, New zealand, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The format of the game was also changed in contrast to the Twenty20 World Cup. However Sialkot Stallions from Pakistan were denied entry due to the political tensions between India and Pakistan and Delhi Daredevils the league topper of the IPL were chosen to substitute them. The venues selected were Hyderabad, Bangalore and Delhi. Domestic league champions Deccan Chargers, Sussex Sharks, Otago Volts and the Wayamba cricket team were eliminated at group stages while the rest of them made it to the league stages.Teams such as Trinidad and Tobago, Cape Cobras, Victorian Bushrangers and NSW Blues who were having a positive lead over their group-parnters Somerset Sabres, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Delhi Daredevils and Diamond Eagles made it into the knockout stages. Cape

Cobras and Victorian Bushrangers were eliminated at the semis while the other two qualified for the finals. NSW Blues crushed the favourite Trinidad and Tobago at the final to crown themselves as the champions. Teams participating in Champions League Twenty20 2008 Rajasthan Royals Chennai Super Kings 2009 Deccan Chargers Royal Challengers Bangalore 2010 Chennai Super Kings Mumbai Indians Royal Challengers Bangalore Chevrolet Warriors Highveld Lions Victoria Bushrangers

Sialkot Stallions Delhi Daredevils Nashua Titans Victorian Bushrangers Western Warriors Middlesex Crusaders Sussex Sharks Cape Cobras

Nashua Dolphins Diamond Eagles NSW Blues

Victoria Bushrangers Southern Redbacks Sussex Sharks Somerset Sabres Wayamba cricket team /wiki/EnglandWinner of Twenty20 Cup 2010 /wiki/EnglandRunner up of Twenty20 Cup 2010 Wayamba cricket team

Otago Volts Trinidad & Tobago Records

Central Districts Stags / wiki/West_Indies_Crick et_BoardTBD

These statistics are correct as of 30 August 2009 and include all major cricket level Twenty20 matches. Most Twenty20 runs Player Brad Hodge David Hussey Ross Taylor Graeme Smith (*) = Not Out Most Twenty20 wickets Player Albie Morkel Yasir Arafat Graham Napier Umar Gul Matches Wickets BBI Career span 93 69 66 52 91 90 88 84 86 4/30 20032010 4/17 20062010 4/10 20052010 4/29 20042009 5/6 20052010 Matches Runs 80 89 66 62 HS Career span 20032010 2,547 106

2,345 100 (*) 20042010 2,152 158 (*) 20042010 1,879 111 (*) 20042010 1,856 105 20042009

Brendon McCullum 78

Tyron Henderson 75

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individual score - Brendon McCullum (Kolkata) 158* (73) (2008 IPL) team total - by Sri Lanka 260/6 (20 overs) vs Kenya 88/10 (19.3 overs) (2007 ICC World Twenty20) sixes in an innings - Graham Napier (Essex) 16 (2008 Twenty20 Cup) sixes in career - Ross Taylor 103 hundred - Andrew Symonds (Kent) 34 balls (2004 Twenty20 Cup) fifty - Yuvraj Singh 12 balls (2007 ICC World Twenty20) against England hundreds - Brendon McCullum (Otago Volts , Kolkata Knight Riders and New Zealand) 3 innings bowling figures (International) - Umar Gul (Pakistan) 5/6 (2009 T20) innings bowling figures (Domestic) - Sohail Tanvir (Rajasthan Royals) 6/14 (2008 IPL) runs in one over - Yuvraj Singh 36, 6 balls 6 sixes (2007 ICC World Twenty20) against England's Stuart Broad

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