 Lasith Malinga bowling to Shahid Afridi during the Final at the Lord's | |||||||||
| Event | 2009 ICC World Twenty20 | ||||||||
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| Pakistan won by 8 wickets | |||||||||
| Date | 21 June 2009 | ||||||||
| Venue | Lord's, London | ||||||||
| Player of the match | Shahid Afridi (Pak) | ||||||||
| Umpires | Daryl Harper (Aus) Simon Taufel (Aus) | ||||||||
| Attendance | 28,000 | ||||||||
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The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 Final was played between Sri Lanka and Pakistan at the Lord's in London on 21 June 2009. This was the 2nd ICC World Twenty20. Pakistan won the match by eight wickets,[1][2] its first World Twenty20 victory, after being the runners-up at the very previous tournament in 2007[3][4] Pakistan became the 2nd team to win this title after India.[3] This was the second consecutive time where both the finalists were Asian teams.[3] In the stadium, the match was watched by 28,000 spectators and almost 32 million people watched it on TV.[5]
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- ^ "ICC World Twenty20 2009". BBC. 21 June 2009. Retrieved 21 June 2009.
- ^ a b c "The ICC World Twenty20". ESPNCricinfo.
- ^ "India win dramatic Twenty20 final". BBC. 24 September 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2007.
- ^ "ViewerTrack" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-27. Retrieved 2015-11-26.