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Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of cricket played between two of the international members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), in which each team faces a maximum of twenty overs. The matches have top-class status and are the highest T20 standard. The game is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket.
The first Twenty20 International match between two men's sides was played on 17 February 2005, involving Australia and New Zealand. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack reported that "neither side took the game especially seriously", [8] and it was noted by ESPNcricinfo that but for a large score for Ricky Ponting, "the concept would have shuddered". [9]
The first century in an ICC Men's T20 World Cup match was scored by Chris Gayle of the West Indies. He achieved the feat in the inaugural match of the first Men's T20 World Cup (then called the World Twenty20) against the hosts South Africa on 11 September 2007. He scored 117 runs in 57 balls at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. [5]
The first season of Twenty20 in England was a relative success, with the Surrey Lions defeating the Warwickshire Bears by 9 wickets in the final to claim the title. [4] The first Twenty20 match held at Lord's , on 15 July 2004 between Middlesex and Surrey , attracted a crowd of 27,509, the largest attendance for any county cricket game at the ...
Afghans in their thousands took to the streets to celebrate their men's national cricket team reaching the Twenty20 World Cup semifinals for the first time on Tuesday. Afghanistan beat Bangladesh ...
International Falls (sometimes referred to as I-Falls) is a city in and the county seat of Koochiching County, Minnesota, United States. [1] The population was 5,802 at the time of the 2020 census. [3] International Falls is located on the Rainy River directly across from Fort Frances, Ontario, Canada.
This is a list of men's Twenty20 International cricket grounds. A total of 220 cricket grounds have been used since the first Twenty20 International (T20I) match in February 2005. [ 1 ] The grounds are listed in the order in which they were first used as a venue for a T20I match.
The first Twenty20 International (T20I) match on the ground was played in 2011. [a] [1] Women's One Day International and Twenty20 International cricket has been played on the ground. [4] A five-wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer") [5] [6] refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a ...