During the group stage and Super Eight, points were awarded to the teams as follows: In case of a tie (i.e., both teams score exactly the same number of runs at the end of their respective innings), a bowl-out decided the winner. This was applicable in all stages of the tournament. The bowl-out was used to determine the result of only one game in this tournament – the Group D game between India and Pakistan on 14 September (scorecard). Within each group (both group stage and Super Eight stage), teams were ranked against each other based on the following criteria:
| Results | Points |
| Win | 2 points |
| No result | 1 point |
| Loss | 0 points |
Teams from every ICC Region : Kenya , South Africa (host nation) , Zimbabwe Bangladesh , India , Pakistan , Sri Lanka Australia , New Zealand England , Scotland By finishing first and second in the 2007 WCL Division One, Kenya and Scotland qualified for the World Twenty20.
All matches were played at the following three grounds:
| Cape Town | Durban | Johannesburg |
| Newlands Cricket Ground | Kingsmead | Wanderers Stadium |
| Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 25,000 | Capacity: 34,000 |
| Newlands Cricket GroundKingsmead Cricket GroundWanderers Stadium |
Five umpires from the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires, along with four members of the ICC International umpire panel completed the list of umpires for the 27 match tournament. A rotation system saw all officials serve on-field, as well as in third umpire capacities. Three South African officials—Marais Erasmus, Karl Hurter, and Brian Jerling—served as fourth umpires for all group stage matches.
| Umpire | Panel |
| Mark Benson | Elite |
| Billy Doctrove | Elite |
| Daryl Harper | Elite |
| Asad Rauf | Elite |
| Simon Taufel | Elite |
| Steve Davis | International |
| Tony Hill | International |
| Ian Howell | International |
| Nigel Llong | International |
The three match referees selected were members of the Panel of ICC Referees, and were responsible for all 27 matches.
| Referee |
| Chris Broad |
| Ranjan Madugalle |
| Mike Procter |
The 12 participant teams were divided into four groups of three teams each. The groups were determined based on the rankings of the teams in Twenty20 as of 1 March 2007. The top two teams from each group went through to the second stage of the tournament. A warm-up match was played between South Africa and Pakistan on 6 September 2007 in which South Africa defeated Pakistan by 25 runs. All times given are South African Standard Time (UTC+02:00)
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 and Bangladesh also winning against West Indies. South Africa won the toss and elected to field. , Vernon Philander, Morne Morkel (both SA) and Ramnaresh Sarwan, Fidel Edwards (both WI) all made their T20I debuts. , 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). Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field. , South Africa and Bangladesh qualified for the Super 8s as a result of this match. South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
| Pos | Seed | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | A1 | South Africa | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.974 |
| 2 | A3 | Bangladesh | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.149 |
| 3 | A2 | West Indies | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −1.233 |
| 11 September 18:00 (scorecard) |
| West Indies 205/6 (20 overs) | v | South Africa208/2 (17.4 overs) |
| Chris Gayle 117 (57) Johan van der Wath 2/33 (4 overs) | Herschelle Gibbs 90* (55) Fidel Edwards 1/21 (3 overs) |
| South Africa won by 8 wickets Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Chris Gayle (WI) |
| 13 September 10:00 (scorecard) |
| West Indies 164/8 (20 overs) | v | Bangladesh165/4 (18 overs) |
| Devon Smith 51 (52) Shakib Al Hasan 4/34 (4 overs) | Aftab Ahmed 62 (49) Ramnaresh Sarwan 2/10 (2 overs) |
| Bangladesh won by 6 wickets Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Nigel Llong (Eng) Player of the match: Mohammad Ashraful (Ban) |
| 15 September 18:00 (scorecard) |
| Bangladesh 144 (19.3 overs) | v | South Africa146/3 (18.5 overs) |
| Aftab Ahmed 36 (14) Shaun Pollock 3/40 (3.3 overs) | Albie Morkel 41 (29) Abdur Razzak 2/26 (4 overs) |
| South Africa won by 7 wickets Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Morne Morkel (SA) |
Group B started with World Champions Australia being defeated by Zimbabwe, Brendan Taylor scored 60 (not out) and saw the Africans home with one ball to spare. Australia won the toss and elected to bat. , Tatenda Taibu, Vusi Sibanda, Tawanda Mupariwa (Zim), Brad Hodge and Mitchell Johnson (both Aus) all made their T20I debuts. England won the toss and elected to bat. , Luke Wright, Darren Maddy and Chris Schofield (Eng) all made their T20I debuts. England won the toss and elected to bat. , Australia and England qualified for the Super 8s as a result of this match.
| Pos | Seed | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | B1 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.987 |
| 2 | B2 | England | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.209 |
| 3 | B3 | Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −1.196 |
| 12 September 18:00 (scorecard) |
| Australia 138/9 (20 overs) | v | Zimbabwe139/5 (19.5 overs) |
| Brad Hodge 35 (22) Elton Chigumbura 3/20 (3 overs) | Brendan Taylor 60* (45) Stuart Clark 2/22 (4 overs) |
| Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Tony Hill (NZ) Player of the match: Brendan Taylor (Zim) |
| 13 September 14:00 (scorecard) |
| England 188/9 (20 overs) | v | Zimbabwe138/7 (20 overs) |
| Kevin Pietersen 79 (37) Elton Chigumbura 4/31 (4 overs) | Brendan Taylor 47 (39) Dimitri Mascarenhas 3/18 (4 overs) |
| England won by 50 runs Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Ian Howell (SA) Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen (Eng) |
| 14 September 14:00 (scorecard) |
| England 135 (20 overs) | v | Australia136/2 (14.5 overs) |
| Andrew Flintoff 31 (19) Nathan Bracken 3/16 (4 overs) | Matthew Hayden 67* (43) Andrew Flintoff 1/25 (4 overs) |
| Australia won by 8 wickets Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Ian Howell (SA) Player of the match: Nathan Bracken (Aus) |
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. New Zealand won the toss and elected to field. , Nehemiah Odhiambo, Maurice Ouma (Ken) and Chris Martin, Daniel Vettori (NZ) all made their T20I debuts. , Kenya's score of 73 all out was the lowest ever score in a Twenty20 International. Kenya won the toss and elected to field. , Jehan Mubarak and Gayan Wijekoon (both SL) made their T20I debuts. , Sri Lanka's score of 260 for six was 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. New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
India and Pakistan played in the first ever World Twenty20 bowl-out. India's bowlers defeated Pakistan 3–0. Scotland won the toss and elected to field. , This was Scotland's inaugural T20I match. , Fraser Watts, Ryan Watson, Navdeep Poonia, Gavin Hamilton, Neil McCallum, Dougie Brown, Colin Smith, Majid Haq, Craig Wright, John Blain, Dewald Nel (Sco) all made their T20I debuts. Scotland won the toss and elected to field. , No play was possible due to rain. , Points were shared. As a result of this match, Pakistan qualified for the Super 8s. Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. , Sohail Tanvir (Pak) made his T20I debut. , After the scores were tied, the winner of the match was decided via a bowl out. India won the bowl out and qualified for the Super 8s.
This tournament's Super Eight format was designed such that the top 2 seeds from each group was pre-decided at the start of the tournament. The actual performance of the team in the Group Stage played no role in determining if the team qualified into Super Eight Group E or F. For example, in Group C, though Sri Lanka finished with more points than New Zealand, for the purpose of the Super Eight groupings, New Zealand retained the group's top seed position (C1) while Sri Lanka retained the group's second seed position (C2). In case a third-seeded team qualified ahead of the two top-seeded teams, it took on the seed of the eliminated team. This only happened in Group A, where Bangladesh (original seed A3) qualified ahead of West Indies (original seed A2) and therefore took on the A2 spot in Group F. The other seven top seeds qualified. The eight teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. The two top teams from each Super Eight group qualified for the semi-finals.
India won the toss and elected to field. England won the toss and elected to field. , Jeremy Snape (Eng) made his T20 debut. England won the toss and elected to field. South Africa won the toss and elected to field. , Nathan McCullum (NZ) made his T20I debut. , England were eliminated as a result of this match. India won the toss and elected to bat. , Rohit Sharma, Joginder Sharma (Ind) and Chris Tremlett (Eng) made their T20I debuts. , Yuvraj Singh scored the fastest fifty in a 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. India won the toss and elected to bat. , 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. , South Africa needed 126 runs while chasing to qualify for semi final but they failed and were eliminated.
Australia won the toss and elected to field. , Brett Lee took the first ever hat-trick in a T20I match. Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field. Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field. , Pakistan qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match. , Bangladesh were eliminated from the tournament. Australia won the toss and elected to field. , Australia qualified for the semi-finals as a result of this match. , Sri Lanka was eliminated from the tournament. , This was the first time a team chased a total in the tournament with all 10 wickets intact, making it the biggest margin of victory in terms of wickets. Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. , Junaid Siddique (Ban) made his T20 debut.
New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. India won the toss and elected to bat.
India won the toss and elected to bat. , Yusuf Pathan (Ind) made his T20I debut. India won the toss and chose to bat on what was considered to be a traditionally batsman-friendly pitch at the Bullring. 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 (3/16), RP Singh (3/26) and Joginder Sharma (2/20) 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 but took the wicket of Sohail Tanvir, 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.
The leading run-scorer in the tournament was Matthew Hayden, with 265 runs, and the highest wicket-taker Umar Gul with 13 wickets. The top-five in each category are:
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