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The tournament consists of 12 teams and is contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers. The championship is expected to be held around every two years. A Test match between South Africa and England in January 2005. ...

The inaugural event, the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 is currently being held in South Africa. It will run from September 11, 2007 to September 24, 2007. The 2007 ICC World Twenty20 is a Twenty20 cricket tournament which is currently ongoing in South Africa from September 11 to September 24, 2007. ... is the 254th day of the year (255th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Format

Qualification

See also: World Cricket League Division One

The World Cricket League is a series of international one-day cricket tournaments for national teams without Test status, administered by the International Cricket Council. Any Associate or Affiliate member of the ICC may compete in the league system, which has promotion and relegation between each division. The series will complete its first cycle in 2007, with teams allotted into divisions based on their performance in the qualification tournaments for the 2007 World Cup. The finalists of the World Cricket League Division One final will qualify for 2007 ICC World Twenty20. ... The ICC World Cricket League is a series of international one-day cricket tournaments for national teams without Test status, administered by the International Cricket Council. ... A night match at Old Trafford. ... Bowler Shaun Pollock bowls to batsman Michael Hussey. ... A Test match between South Africa and England in January 2005. ... ICC logo The International Cricket Council (ICC) is the governing body for international Test match and One-day International cricket. ... A league system is a hierarchy of leagues in a sport that teams (usually) can be promoted or relegated between, depending on finishing positions or playoffs. ... The 2007 Cricket World Cup will be contested between 16 of the 97 countries that are members of the International Cricket Council. ... The 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One is a one-day international cricket tournament scheduled to be played between 30 January 2007 and 7 February 2007 in Nairobi, Kenya. ...

For the 2007 event all ten Test-playing teams (currently the only teams officially allowed to play the longest form and highest level of cricket) automatically qualified for the tournament, while the two remaining teams, Kenya and Scotland, qualified from the World Cricket League event in January and February 2007. This article is about the country. ...

Tournament

The tournament format consists of a four-group group stage followed by a Super 8 series. The four remaining teams will finally compete in a knockout stage. The winning teams of this final stage will then compete for the championship in a final match.

Hosts

The International Cricket Council's executive committee voted for the hosts of the tournament after examining the bids made by the nations keen to hold a Twenty20 World Championship. After South Africa, England will host in 2009 followed by Sri Lanka in 2011 and Bangladesh in 2013. The ICC decided that South Africa and England should host the first two tournaments because they were the earliest adopters of the format.^[1] For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... 2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2011 (MMXI) will be a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

References

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External links

• News Blog covering the 20/20 World Cup
• Official ICC website
• ICC Twenty20 World Cup - Video Highlights, Live Scorecard, Commentary
• Latest News, Information and Polls on 2007 ICC World Twenty20
• Live scores, Videos, News, Forums
• Cricinfo's 2007 ICC World Twenty20 coverage
• World Twenty20 Live Scorecard
• Twenty20 blog
• Official 2007 ICC World Twenty20 Website
• World Twenty20 on mobile

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