England had the honour of hosting the second T20 World Cup in 2009, although it did little for their on-field performance.
27 matches were once again played in a 12-team competition, although this time it was only nine of the Test playing nations.
Following a famous victory over Australia in the 2007 version, Zimbabwe pulled out of the tournament, allowing for Australia, New Zealand, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, South Africa, England and the West Indies to be joined by Ireland and the Netherlands, alongside Scotland, who won a third-place playoff at the qualification tournament.
It meant Kenya missed out, with Ireland and the Netherlands both making their first appearance.
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Pakistan were able to avenge their final defeat from the inaugural tournament to hand Sri Lanka a beatdown in the final at Lord’s as two sub-continent nation once again faced off in pinnacle of the shortest format of the game.
Here are the five best matches from the 2009 T20 World Cup.
2. 179 runs in 13 overs as Scotland and New Zealand swing for the fences
Rain-reduced T20 matches bring a whole new meaning to hit and giggle cricket, and this match at The Oval was no exception to the rule.
The two teams were only able to play seven overs per side on a typical English day, but it didn't stop them from putting on a festival of big hitting and swinging for the fences.
Sent in to bat, Scotland came into the game as massive outsiders, but managed to total 89 from their seven overs, with Ryan Watson scoring 27 off 10 and Kyle Coetzer 33 off 15.
Only a fabulous two overs from eventual man of the match Ian Butler stopped things from getting out of hand, with the Kiwi picking up 3 for 19 from two overs.
New Zealand, reading to score at better than 12 runs per over to chase the target down, wasted little time in blasting off, with Brendon McCullum (18 off 7) and Jesse Ryder (31 off 12) both striking at over 250.
By the time Jacob Oram was the third man out, the score was 3 for 68 off 4.3 overs, and the Black Caps needed just 22 runs from 3.3 overs, a relative walk in the park all things considered.
They would eventually reach the target with an over to spare, Ross Taylor not out on 21 from just 10 balls, with overs from Calum MacLeod, Craig Wright and Jan Stander during the chase going for 19, 20 and 22 respectively.
