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2007 ICC World Twenty20
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	Twenty20 International
Tournament format(s)	Round robin and Knockout
Host	South Africa
Champions	India (1st title)
Participants	12 (from 16 entrants)
Matches played	27
Player of the series	Shahid Afridi
Most runs	Matthew Hayden (265)
Most wickets	Umar Gul (13)

The 2007 ICC World Twenty20 was a Twenty20 cricket tournament which took place in South Africa from September 11 to September 24, 2007. It was the inaugural Twenty20 World Championship. Twelve teams took part in the thirteen-day tournament, comprising the ten Test playing nations as well as Kenya and Scotland, the latter teams having qualified by reaching the final of the 2007 WCL Division One tournament. India won the tournament beating Pakistan in the final.^[1]

Contents 1 Rules and regulations 2 Squads 3 Group Stages 3.1 Group A 3.2 Group B 3.3 Group C 3.4 Group D 4 Super 8s 4.1 Group E 4.2 Group F 5 Knockout Stages 5.1 Semi-Finals 5.2 Final 6 Records and statistics 7 Venues 8 Match Officials 9 Media Coverage 10 References 11 External links

Points in the group stage and Super Eight stage were awarded as follows:

Points

Results	Points
Win	2 points
No Result	1 point
Loss	0 points

In the event of tied scores after both teams have faced their quota of overs, a bowl-out will determine the winner, even in the group stage.^[2].

In the group stage and Super Eights, teams will be ranked on the following criteria:^[3]

1. Higher number of points
2. If equal, higher number of wins
3. If still equal, net run rate
4. If still equal, lower bowling strike rate
5. If still equal, result of head to head meeting.

See also: 2007 ICC World Twenty20 squads

The 12 teams are divided into four groups of three teams each. The top two in each group go through to the second stage of the tournament.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	NR	NRR
South Africa	4	2	2	0	0	+0.974
Bangladesh	2	2	1	1	0	+0.149
West Indies	0	2	0	2	0	−1.233

Group A saw the only exit of a seeded team when the West Indies were eliminated after losing both their matches. Their first loss came after Chris Gayle's record 117 runs was not enough to prevent South Africa from winning.

11 September 16:00 UTC
	West Indies  205/6 (20 overs)	vs	South Africa 208/2 (17.4 overs)	South Africa won by 8 wickets Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Man of the Match: Chris Gayle (WI)
	Chris Gayle 117 (57) Johan van der Wath 2/33 (4)	(scorecard)	Herschelle Gibbs 90 (55) Fidel Edwards 1/21 (3)
Chris Gayle became the first person to hit a century in an official Twenty20 International. He also scored the most sixes in one innings of Twenty20 with 10. The West Indian first-wicket partnership of 145 between Chris Gayle and Devon Smith was the highest in Twenty20 international cricket. The West Indies beat their own record of giving away the most extras in a Twenty20 match, with 28 (4 leg-byes, 23 wides and a no-ball).

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13 September 08:00 UTC
	West Indies  164/8 (20 overs)	vs	Bangladesh 165/4 (18 overs)	Bangladesh won by 6 wickets Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Man of the Match: Mohammad Ashraful (Ban)
	Devon Smith 51 (52) Shakib Al Hasan 4/34 (4)	(scorecard)	Aftab Ahmed 62* (49) Ramnaresh Sarwan 2/10 (2)
South Africa and  Bangladesh qualified for the Super 8s as a result of this match.

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15 September 16:00 UTC
	Bangladesh  144 all out (19.3 overs)	vs	South Africa 146/3 (18.5 overs)	South Africa won by 7 wickets Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Tony Hill (NZ) Man of the Match: Morne Morkel (SA)
	Aftab Ahmed 36 (14) Shaun Pollock 3/40 (3.3)	(scorecard)	Graeme Smith 41 (34) Abdur Razzak 2/26 (4)

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	NR	NRR
Australia	2	2	1	1	0	+0.987
England	2	2	1	1	0	+0.209
Zimbabwe	2	2	1	1	0	−1.196

Group B started with World Champions Australia being defeated by Zimbabwe, Brendan Taylor scored 64 (not out) and saw the Africans home with one ball to spare.

12 September 16:00 UTC
	Australia  138/9 (20 overs)	vs	Zimbabwe 139/5 (19.5 overs)	Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Tony Hill (NZ) Man of the Match: Brendan Taylor (Zim)
	Brad Hodge 35 (22) Elton Chigumbura 3/20 (3)	(scorecard)	Brendan Taylor 64* (46) Stuart Clark 2/22 (4)

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13 September 12:00 UTC
	England  188/9 (20 overs)	vs	Zimbabwe 138/7 (20 overs)	England won by 50 runs Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Ian Howell (SA) Man of the Match: Kevin Pietersen (Eng)
	Kevin Pietersen 79 (37) Elton Chigumbura 4/31 (4)	(scorecard)	Brendan Taylor 47 (39) Dimitri Mascarenhas 3/18 (4)

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14 September 12:00 UTC
	England  135 all out (20 overs)	vs	Australia 136/2 (14.5 overs)	Australia won by 8 wickets Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Ian Howell (SA) Man of the Match: Nathan Bracken (Aus)
	Andrew Flintoff 31 (19) Nathan Bracken 3/16 (4)	(scorecard)	Matthew Hayden 67* (43) Andrew Flintoff 1/25 (4)
Australia and  England qualified for the Super 8s as a result of this match.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	NR	NRR
Sri Lanka	4	2	2	0	0	+4.721
New Zealand	2	2	1	1	0	+2.396
Kenya	0	2	0	2	0	−8.047

In the first match Kenya scored the lowest Twenty20 International total of 73 against New Zealand and went on to lose with 12.2 overs and 9 wickets to spare. Kenya's fate was sealed when they allowed Sri Lanka to post a Twenty20 world record of 260 in the group's second match. Kenya were then bowled out for 88 and lost by a record 172 runs.

12 September 08:00 UTC
	Kenya  73 (16.5 overs)	vs	New Zealand 74/1 (7.4 overs)	New Zealand won by 9 wickets Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Man of the Match: Mark Gillespie (NZ)
	Collins Obuya 18 (25) Mark Gillespie 4/7 (2.5)	(scorecard)	Lou Vincent 27 (20) Thomas Odoyo 1/22 (3)
Kenya's score of 73 all out was the lowest ever score in a Twenty20 International.

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14 September 08:00 UTC
	Sri Lanka  260/6 (20 overs)	vs	Kenya 88 all out (19.3 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 172 runs Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Man of the Match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
	Sanath Jayasuriya 88 (44) Jimmy Kamande 3/48 (4)	(scorecard)	Alex Obanda 21 (25) Tillakaratne Dilshan 2/4 (1.3)
Sri Lanka's score of 260 for six is the highest recorded in any top-level Twenty20 match. They also recorded the largest margin of victory in Twenty20 Internationals.  Sri Lanka and  New Zealand qualified for the Super 8s as a result of this match.

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15 September 12:00 UTC
	New Zealand  164/7 (20 overs)	vs	Sri Lanka 168/3 (18.5 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) Daryl Harper (Aus) Man of the Match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
	Ross Taylor 62 (42) Dilhara Fernando 2/31 (4)	(scorecard)	Sanath Jayasuriya 61 (44) Daniel Vettori 2/23 (4)

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	NR	NRR
India	3	2	1	0	1	0.000
Pakistan	2	2	1	1	0	+1.275
Scotland	1	2	0	1	1	−2.550

India and Pakistan played in the first ever World Twenty20 bowl-out. India's bowlers defeated Pakistan 3-0.

12 September 12:00 UTC
	Pakistan  171/9 (20 overs)	vs	Scotland 120 (19.5 overs)	Pakistan won by 51 runs Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Man of the Match: Shahid Afridi
	Younis Khan 41 (29) Craig Wright 3/29 (4)	(scorecard)	Fraser Watts 46 (35) Shahid Afridi 4/19 (4)

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13 September 16:00 UTC
	India	vs	Scotland	Match Abandoned - No Result Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
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Pakistan qualified for the Super 8s as a result of this match.

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14 September 16:00 UTC
	India  141/9 (20 overs)	vs	Pakistan 141/7 (20 overs)	Match tied,  India won bowl-out (3–0) Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Man of the Match: Mohammad Asif
	Robin Uthappa 50 (39) Mohammad Asif 4/18 (4)	(scorecard)	Misbah-ul-Haq 53 (35) Irfan Pathan 2/20 (4)
India qualified for the Super 8s as a result of this match.

The tournament super 8 format means that group placings are irrelevant and each of the seeded teams are already assigned to either Group E or F for the Super 8's.

A non-seeded team which qualified ahead of the seeded teams replaced that eliminated team. This only happened in Group A, where Bangladesh qualified ahead of West Indies and took the A2 spot in Group F. The other seven seeds qualified.^[4]

The eight teams are divided into two groups of four teams each. The two top teams in each group qualify for the semi-finals.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	NR	NRR
India	4	3	2	1	0	+0.750
New Zealand	4	3	2	1	0	+0.050
South Africa	4	3	2	1	0	−0.116
England	0	3	0	3	0	−0.700

16 September 08:00 UTC
	New Zealand  190 all out (20 overs)	vs	India 180/9 (20 overs)	New Zealand won by 10 runs Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Man of the Match: Daniel Vettori (NZ)
	Brendon McCullum 45 (31) Harbhajan Singh 2/24 (4)	(scorecard)	Gautam Gambhir 51 (33) Daniel Vettori 4/20 (4)

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16 September 16:00 UTC
	South Africa  154/8 (20 overs)	vs	England 135/7 (20 overs)	South Africa won by 19 runs Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Tony Hill (NZ) Man of the Match: Albie Morkel (SA)
	Albie Morkel 43 (20) Stuart Broad 3/37 (4)	(scorecard)	Owais Shah 36 (31) Albie Morkel 2/12 (2)

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18 September 08:00 UTC
	New Zealand  164/9 (20 overs)	vs	England 159/8 (20 overs)	New Zealand won by 5 runs Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Man of the Match: Craig McMillan (NZ)
	Craig McMillan 57 (31) James Anderson 2/24 (4)	(scorecard)	Darren Maddy 50 (31) Shane Bond 2/20 (4)

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19 September 12:00 UTC
	New Zealand  153/8 (20 overs)	vs	South Africa 158/4 (19.1 overs)	South Africa won by 6 wickets Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Man of the Match: Justin Kemp (SA)
	Craig McMillan 48 (25) Morne Morkel 4/16 (4)	(scorecard)	Justin Kemp 90 (56) Mark Gillespie 2/11 (3.1)
England eliminated and lost the chance to play the semis as a result of this match.

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19 September 16:00 UTC
	India  218/4 (20 overs)	vs	England 200/6 (20 overs)	India won by 18 runs Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Man of the Match: Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
	Virender Sehwag 68 (42) Chris Tremlett 2/45 (4)	(scorecard)	Vikram Solanki 43 (31) Irfan Pathan 3/37 (4)
Yuvraj Singh scored the fastest fifty in an official Twenty20 International from just 12 deliveries faced (previous best was 20 balls by Mohammed Ashraful in the same tournament) and also became the fourth cricketer in all official forms of cricket and the first in Twenty20 to hit 6 sixes in an over. Stuart Broad was the bowler. This was the highest score against a Test team during the tournament.

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20 September 16:00 UTC
	India  153/5 (20 overs)	vs	South Africa 116/9 (20 overs)	India won by 37 runs Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Man of the Match: Rohit Sharma (Ind)
	Rohit Sharma 50 (40) Shaun Pollock 2/17 (4)	(scorecard)	Albie Morkel 36 (37) R. P. Singh 4/13 (4)
After three teams finished on equal points  New Zealand and  India advanced to the semi-finals by having higher net run rates. The hosts,  South Africa, were eliminated as a result of this match.

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	NR	NRR
Pakistan	6	3	3	0	0	+0.843
Australia	4	3	2	1	0	+2.256
Sri Lanka	2	3	1	2	0	-0.697
Bangladesh	0	3	0	3	0	-2.031

16 September 12:00 UTC
	Bangladesh  123/8 (20 overs)	vs	Australia 124/1 (13.5 overs)	Australia won by 9 wickets Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Ian Howell (SA) Man of the Match: Brett Lee (Aus)
	Tamim Iqbal 32 (40) Brett Lee 3/27 (4)	(scorecard)	Matthew Hayden 73* (48) Mashrafe Mortaza 0/27 (3.5)
Brett Lee took the first ever hat-trick in Twenty20 International cricket.

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17 September 16:00 UTC
	Pakistan  189/6 (20 overs)	vs	Sri Lanka 156/9 (20 overs)	Pakistan won by 33 runs Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Man of the Match: Younis Khan (Pak)
	Shoaib Malik 57 (31) Lasith Malinga 3/43 (4)	(scorecard)	Chamara Silva 38 (27) Shahid Afridi 3/18 (4)

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18 September 12:00 UTC
	Australia  164/7 (20 overs)	vs	Pakistan 165/4 (19.1 overs)	Pakistan won by 6 wickets Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Man of the Match: Misbah-ul-Haq (Pak)
	Michael Hussey 37 (25) Sohail Tanvir 3/31 (4)	(scorecard)	Misbah-ul-Haq 66 (42) Stuart Clark 3/27 (4)

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18 September 16:00 UTC
	Sri Lanka  147/5 (20 overs)	vs	Bangladesh 83 all out (15.5 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 64 runs Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Man of the Match: Dilhara Fernando (Sri)
	Jehan Mubarak 31* (19) Mahmudullah 1/19 (4)	(scorecard)	Aftab Ahmed 18 (11) Sanath Jayasuriya 2/4 (1.5)
Pakistan qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match.  Bangladesh was eliminated as a result.

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20 September 08:00 UTC
	Sri Lanka  101 all out (19.3 overs)	vs	Australia 102/0 (10.2 overs)	Australia won by 10 wickets Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Ian Howell (SA) Man of the Match: Stuart Clark (Aus)
	Jehan Mubarak 28 (26) Stuart Clark 4/20 (4)	(scorecard)	Matthew Hayden 58* (38)
Australia qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match. This was the first time a team chased a total in the tournament with all 10 wickets intact, which makes it the biggest margin of victory in terms of wickets.

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20 September 12:00 UTC
	Bangladesh  140 all out (19.4 overs)	vs	Pakistan 141/6 (19 overs)	Pakistan won by 4 wickets Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Ian Howell (SA) and Tony Hill (NZ) Man of the Match: Junaid Siddique (Ban)
	Junaid Siddique 71 (49) Shoaib Malik 2/15 (2)	(scorecard)	Shahid Afridi 39 (15) Abdur Razzak 2/16 (4)

22 September 11:00 UTC
	New Zealand  143/8 (20 overs)	vs	Pakistan 147/4 (18.5 overs)	Pakistan won by 6 wickets Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS) and Simon Taufel (AUS) Man of the Match: Umar Gul (Pak)
	Ross Taylor 37* (23) Umar Gul 3/15 (4)	(scorecard)	Imran Nazir 59 (41) Scott Styris 1/14 (3)

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22 September 16:00 UTC
	India  188/5 (20 overs)	vs	Australia 173/7 (20 overs)	India won by 15 runs Kingsmead, Durban Umpires: Asad Rauf (PAK), Mark Benson (ENG) Man of the Match: Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
	Yuvraj Singh 70 (30) Mitchell Johnson 2/31 (4)	(scorecard)	Matthew Hayden 62 (47) S Sreesanth 2/12 (4)
Yuvraj Singh (Ind) hit the longest six of the tournament (119 m). Brett Lee was the bowler.

24 September 12:00 UTC
	India  157/5 (20 overs)	vs	Pakistan 152 all out (19.3 overs)	India won by 5 runs Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Mark Benson (ENG), Simon Taufel (AUS) Man of the Match: Irfan Pathan (Ind)
	Gautam Gambhir 75 (54) Umar Gul 3/28 (4)	(scorecard)	Misbah-ul-Haq 43(38) Irfan Pathan 3/16 (4)

India won the toss and chose to bat on what was considered to be a traditionally batsman-friendly pitch at the Bullring.^[5] Umar Gul took the wickets of both Yuvraj Singh and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, leaving India with 157/5 in 20 overs; only Gautam Gambhir (75 from 54 balls) produced a notable innings. A 21-run over from Sreesanth swung the game towards Pakistan. However, Irfan Pathan and Joginder Sharma slowed the scoring dramatically. With Pakistan needing 54 from 24 balls, Misbah-ul-Haq hit 3 sixes off Harbhajan Singh in one over. Sreesanth was also dispatched for 2 sixes, as Pakistan went into the last over needing 13 runs to win, with only 1 wicket remaining. Joginder Sharma bowled a wide first ball, followed by a dot ball. Misbah followed by taking six off a full-toss; Pakistan needed just 6 runs to win from the last four balls. Misbah attempted to hit the next ball with a paddle-scoop over fine leg, but he only managed to sky the ball, and it was caught at short fine-leg by Sreesanth, leaving Pakistan all out for 152 runs. Irfan Pathan was awarded the Man of the Match for his spell, which included 3 wickets for 16 runs, including that of Man of the Series, Shahid Afridi.

Main article: 2007 ICC World Twenty20 statistics

All matches were played at the following three grounds:

• Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town
• Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban
• Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Main article: 2007 ICC World Twenty20 officials

The umpires were selected from the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and the ICC International umpire panel and the referees from the Panel of ICC Referees.

Coverage of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 was as follows:

Television networks Australia — Fox Sports (Live) Australia — Nine Network Bangladesh — BTV (Live) India — ESPN (Live) - English India — Star Cricket (Live) - Hindi Middle East —Ten Sports (Live) & ESPN Star (Live, via Dish TV) New Zealand — Sky Sports (Live) Pakistan — GEO Super (Live) South Africa — Supersport (Live) Sri Lanka — Sirasa Network (Live) United Kingdom — Sky Sports (Live) ^ Soni, Paresh. "ICC World Twenty20", BBC, 2007-09-24. Retrieved on 2007-09-24. "India beat Pakistan in the World Twenty20 final by five runs to clinch their first major trophy since 1983."  ^ Playing conditions, from ICC World Twenty20 homepage, retrieved 12 September 2007 ^ Final WorldTwenty20 Playing conditions, from ICC World Twenty20 homepage, retrieved 12 September 2007 ^ Tournament format, from ICC World Twenty20 homepage, retrieved 8 September 2007 ^ Arch rivals sight redemption in dream T20 final. AFP (2007-09-23). Retrieved on 2007-09-25. “With fellow master-blasters Dhoni and Pakistan's Shahid Afridi both due to take the field at the batsman-friendly Wanderers here, a sell-out crowd on what is a bank holiday in South Africa can expect another run-fest.” Recent rule changes for Twenty20 Cricket. Follow the link to download a .pdf file of ALL the rules Wikinews has related news: 2007 Twenty20 World Championship Official Website 2007 World Twenty20 Championship Latest News CricketEurope article on ICC World Twenty20 Cricinfo article on ground allocation Sky Sports News BBC Sport article on fixture announcement Official fixture list, from Cricket South Africa ICC World Twenty20 v • d • e South Africa 2007 · England 2009 2007 ICC World Twenty20 general information v • d • e Squads Officials Stats & Records v • d • e International cricket in 2007-08 Preceding season: International cricket in 2007 September 2007 2007 ICC World Twenty20 October 2007 Pakistan v South Africa  · India v Australia November 2007 Sri Lanka v England  · Australia v Sri Lanka  · India v Pakistan  · South Africa v New Zealand  · Zimbabwe v West Indies December 2007 Australia v New Zealand  · Australia v India  · South Africa v West Indies  · New Zealand v Bangladesh January 2008 2007-08 Commonwealth Bank Series  · Pakistan v Zimbabwe February 2008 New Zealand v England  · Pakistan v Australia  · Bangladesh v South Africa  · 2007-08 Triangular Series in Bangladesh March 2008 Bangladesh v India  · India v South Africa  · West Indies v Sri Lanka Following season: International cricket in 2008