The 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the eighth

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tournament. It was played in Australia from 16 October to 13 November 2022. Although originally scheduled to be held in 2020, in July 2020, the

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(ICC) confirmed that the tournament had been postponed due to the

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. In August 2020, the ICC confirmed that Australia would host the rearranged tournament in 2022, while the T20 World Cup would take place in India in 2021 as originally planned, but that was later moved to the United Arab Emirates and Oman. On 21 January 2022, the ICC confirmed all the fixtures for the tournament. Hosts

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were also the defending champions.

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became the first team to reach the final, after they beat

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by seven wickets in the first semi-final. In the second semi-final,

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beat

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by ten wickets to advance. Both of the teams were looking to win their second

title. In the final, England beat Pakistan by five wickets to win their second ICC Men's T20 World Cup title.

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was named the

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and also the Player of the tournament.

Background

In April 2018, the ICC announced that the tournament would replace the scheduled 2021 ICC Champions Trophy. This was after the ICC granted full international status to

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matches played between member sides from 1 January 2019 onwards. In October 2019, it was reported that the ICC could scrap the T20 World Cup Qualifier, which would have been used as a pathway for qualification to the T20 World Cup. Therefore, twelve teams from the 2020 ICC T20 World Cup and four teams from qualification events would advance to the T20 World Cup. On 23 January 2020, the ICC confirmed the full details of qualification for the tournament. In May 2020, the ICC told the

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(BCCI) that they reserve the rights to take away hosting rights from India, after the BCCI did not secure a tax exemption from the Indian government for the tournament. In July 2020, when the previous edition of the tournament was being reviewed due to the

, Earl Eddings, the chairman of

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suggested that Australia could host that tournament in October 2021, and India stage this tournament a year later in 2022. The ICC also confirmed that either Australia or India, the hosts for the tournaments originally scheduled to take place in 2020 and 2021 respectively, would host this tournament. Several warm-up matches were played between 10 and 19 October 2022 between all participants. The first set of matches featured the teams from the groups in the first round of the main tournament, before the teams in the Super 12 phase played their warm-up matches. These matches did not have either

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or T20 status as teams were allowed to field all 15 members of their squad.

Teams and qualifications

The twelve teams that reached the

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phase of the

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automatically qualified for the 2022 tournament.

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Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

and

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all qualified directly for the Super 12 phase of this tournament, based on their performances in the 2021 tournament and their

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as of 15 November 2021.

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Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

and the

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were all placed in the group stage of the competition. The remaining four places came from the top two teams from each of the two Global Qualifiers. The Global Qualifiers had a total of sixteen teams; the bottom four teams from the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup (

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and

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), the next four highest ranked T20I sides (

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, the

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and

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), and the eight teams that progressed from the Regional Finals. From the Global Qualifier A tournament, Ireland and the United Arab Emirates progressed to the T20 World Cup. The United Arab Emirates won the Global Qualifier A to be placed in Group A of the T20 World Cup, with Ireland placed in Group B. From the Global Qualifier B tournament, the Netherlands and Zimbabwe became the final two teams to qualify for the T20 World Cup. Zimbabwe won the Global Qualifier B tournament to be placed in Group B of the T20 World Cup, with the Netherlands being placed in Group A.

Global Qualifiers

The Global Qualifiers comprised the four lowest-ranked teams from the 2021 ICC T20 World Cup, the four best-ranked teams not already qualified for the World Cup or qualifiers; and eight teams from Regional Qualifiers. On 24 March 2020, the

(ICC) confirmed that all ICC qualifying events scheduled to take place before 30 June 2020 had been postponed due to the

. In December 2020, the ICC updated the qualification pathway following the disruption from the pandemic. In August 2021, the ICC confirmed that the EAP qualifier had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the

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advanced to the Global Qualifiers as the highest-ranked team in the EAP region. In October 2021, Group B of the Asia qualifier was also cancelled due to the pandemic, with

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progressing as the highest-ranked team. In the Regional Final of the European qualifier, Jersey won their first four matches to confirm their progression to the Global Qualifiers.

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finished in second place, ahead of

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, to also advance from the European group.

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won Group A of the Asia qualifier, finishing just ahead of

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on net run rate. In the Americas qualifier, the

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became the first team from that group to reach the Global Qualifiers, after they won their first five matches. They were joined by

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, who finished in second position in the Americas qualifier group.

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claimed the final place in the Global Qualifiers, after winning the Regional Final of the Africa qualifier.

Match officials

On 3 October 2022, the ICC named the match referees and the umpires for the group stage of the tournament. On 7 November 2022, the ICC confirmed the match referees and the umpires for the semi-finals, with the officials for the final being named after the semi-finals. Match referees *

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* Chris Broad *

Ranjan Madugalle Deshabandu Ranjan Senerath Madugalle ( si, රන්ජන් මඩුගල්ල; born 22 April 1959) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who currently serves as the Chief of the panel of ICC match referees. He was educated at Trinity College, K ...

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Umpires *

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Kumar Dharmasena Deshabandu Handunnettige Deepthi Priyantha Kumar Dharmasena (born 24 April 1971), popularly as Kumar Dharmasena, is a Sri Lankan cricket umpire and former international cricketer. He is a member of the ICC Elite Panel Umpires and the first and ...

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Chris Gaffaney Christopher Blair Gaffaney (born 30 November 1975) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played for the Otago Volts. A right-handed batsman, he played in 83 First-Class matches and 113 List-A matches. At present he serves as an international ...

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* Adrian Holdstock *

Richard Illingworth Richard Keith Illingworth (born 23 August 1963) is an English former cricketer, who is currently an umpire. The bulk of his domestic cricketing career occurred with Worcestershire, although he had a spell with Derbyshire, and overseas with Nata ...

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* Nitin Menon *

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* Langton Rusere *

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* Joel Wilson * Paul Wilson

Squads

On 1 September 2022, Australia were the first team to announce their squad for the tournament. All the teams announced their preliminary squads by 22 September 2022.

Venues

On 15 November 2021, the ICC confirmed the venues that would host matches across the tournament. The host cities were

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Brisbane Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ...

Hobart Hobart ( ; Nuennonne/Palawa kani: ''nipaluna'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Home to almost half of all Tasmanians, it is the least-populated Australian state capital city, and second-small ...

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

Perth Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...

and

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

. The semi-finals took place at the

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and the

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, with the final taking place at the

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Prize money

On 30 September 2022, the ICC announced the prize money for the tournament.

Warm-up matches

First round warm-ups

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Super 12 warm-ups

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First round

On 21 March 2022, ICC confirmed the fixtures for the first round.

Group A

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Group B

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Super 12

Group 1

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Group 2

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Final

Pakistan were asked to bat first who then scored a total of 137 runs for the fall of 8 wickets. Shan Masood was Pakistan's top scorer with 38 runs. England's

finished with the figures of 3 wickets for 12 runs. In the second innings, England finished the six-over powerplay with 49 runs for 3 wickets. In the 13th over, the game changed when

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slid forwards to take a catch off

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, dismissing

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. Shaheen jarred his right knee in the process. With England needing 41 runs off five overs, Shaheen attempted to return for his third over after receiving some treatment. But he pulled out of his run-up once, then sent one down to

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at 114 kph. Iftikhar Ahmed then completed Shaheen's remaining over after he took off the field. With scores level after Ben Stokes had brought up his maiden T20I fifty, he scored the winning run with six balls to spare.

Statistics

''The top five (or all those tied for fifth) in each category are listed.''

Most runs

Most wickets

Team of the tournament

On 14 November 2022, the ICC announced its team of the tournament with Sam Curran being named as player of the tournament, and Jos Buttler as the captain of the team.

Footnotes

References

External links

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