The ICC have heralded the ICC World Twenty20 England 2009 as setting a 'new benchmark for World Twenty20 events' according to ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat.
Following ICC President David Morgan’s declaration of the event being an “overwhelming success” on 22 June, ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat has followed up these comments with announcing that the ICC World Twenty20 was “a tremendous achievement”.
In a letter to the England and Wales Cricket Board he offered his thanks to all those at ECB who had been involved and said the success was ' a credit to all those involved.'
The colour and excitement of the ICC World Twenty20 took place over 21 days including 20 warm-up matches and 42 tournament matches.
The tournament was held at 4 venues, Lord’s, The Oval, Trent Bridge and Taunton and across the tournament more than 386, 000 tickets were sold, which represented over 96% attendance, with fans travelling from over 34 different countries.
The tournament set a sporting global precedent. For the first time, the women’s tournament was played alongside the men’s with the semi final and final stages integrated and in an historic move the men’s and women’s final on June 21 were both staged at Lord’s with victories for Pakistan's men and the England women's team. .
To add to the groundbreaking success of the event “The television and media coverage far exceeded expectations and the feedback received from those that participated in the event was excellent” said Mr Lorgat.
