2016 T20 World Cup

Result

Player of the Match (Final)

Marlon Samuels, West Indies

Tournament format

16 teams: an 8-team qualifying First Round (2 groups) fed 2 survivors into a 10-team "Super 10" stage (2 groups of 5) alongside the 8 highest-ranked full members. Top 2 from each Super 10 group advanced to the semi-finals, then the final.

Full match archive

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Final: match context

West Indies won a second World Twenty20 title -- their fourth ICC world title overall -- in a final at Eden Gardens remembered above all for one of the most famous overs in the format's history. England batted first and got off to a disastrous start: opener Jason Roy was bowled by Samuel Badree for a near-golden duck in just the second ball of the innings, and Alex Hales fell in the second over, leaving England 23 for 3 before captain Eoin Morgan's early dismissal compounded the damage. Joe Root anchored the innings with 54 off 36 balls before an uncharacteristic dismissal sweeping a paddle shot, and two further wickets from Dwayne Bravo kept England from ever fully escaping the pressure; they finished on 155 for 9. West Indies' reply began just as shakily: part-time off-spin from Joe Root removed both Chris Gayle and Johnson Charles inside the second over, and Liam Plunkett had Lendl Simmons out lbw without scoring, leaving West Indies reeling at 11 for 3. Marlon Samuels and Bravo then added a crucial rescuing stand of 75 runs to steady the innings and drag West Indies back into contention. With 19 runs needed from the final over, bowled by Ben Stokes, all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite produced the defining moment of the match -- and one of the most replayed passages of play in Twenty20 history -- striking four consecutive sixes to win the game outright with two balls unused. Commentator Ian Bishop's live call, "Carlos Brathwaite! Remember the name!", became instantly iconic, and Brathwaite's 24 runs off the over broke the previous record for runs scored in a men's T20 World Cup final over. Samuels, whose 66 not out anchored the chase throughout and who had also top-scored in the 2012 final, was named Player of the Match for the second final running. The win held extra significance beyond the result: the West Indies women's team won their own World T20 final at the very same ground on the very same day, making West Indies the first nation to win both the men's and women's titles simultaneously. The celebrations were complicated by an ongoing pay dispute between the players and the West Indies Cricket Board that surfaced publicly in the tournament's aftermath, adding a layer of off-field tension to an otherwise euphoric result on the field.

Sources

• Wikipedia: 2016 ICC World Twenty20 final
• Wikipedia: 2016 ICC World Twenty20