Twenty20 cricket
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thumb|Lasith Malinga bowling to [[Shahid Afridi in the 2009 T20 World Cup Final at Lord's, London.]]
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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- History
- Origins
- Worldwide spread
- T20 leagues
- Twenty20 Internationals
- Twenty20 World Cup
- Impact on the game
- Inclusion in multi-sport events
- Match format and rules
- Format
- General rules
- Tie deciders
- International
- T20 International rankings
- Domestic professional T20 leagues
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Lasith Malinga bowling to [[Shahid Afridi in the 2009 T20 World Cup Final at Lord's, London.]]
Twenty20 (abbreviated T20) is a shortened format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single innings each, which is restricted to a maximum of twenty overs (which is equivalent to 120 legal deliveries per team). Together with first-class and List A cricket, Twenty20 is one of the three forms of cricket recognised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) as being played at the highest level, both internationally and domestically.
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