The third edition of the shortest format’s World Cup brought with it a trip to the Carribean, and Afghanistan’s first appearance on the big stage.

The tournament was played only 12 months after the previous World Cup, with the Champions Trophy which was originally delayed from Pakistan in 2008 being moved due to security concerns, and then shortened to a 20-over format.

Afghanistan became the first affiliate member team to ever play in a top-tier ICC tournament (i.e. ODI World Cup, T20 World Cup, Champions Trophy etc) and were joined by Ireland who made their second appearance in a row after surprising the world to make the quarter-finals just 12 months earlier.

Zimbabwe also made their return after missing the 2009 tournament, with the Netherlands and Scotland both missing out.

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The tournament brought with it some very high-scoring games and close cricket between the world’s best, but was also hampered by plenty of ugly weather during the group stage. Luckily, it cleared for the finals.

It also saw Australia and England both make the final for the first time (and for Australia, so far, the only time), although that became a bit of a non-event as England took home the chocolates.

Here are the top five matches from the 2010 T20 World Cup.

4. Weather aids West Indies past England

Weather may be the bain of cricketing existence, but it set up a thrilling early tournament clash between the hosts and England.

England went out and blasted 191 from their 20 overs, led by Eoin Morgan's 55 from 35 balls and Luke Wright's 45 from 27 balls. They were backed up by top order cameos from Michael Lumb, Craig Kieswetter and Kevin Pietersen.

Ravi Rampaul had a horrid time of it, going for 52 from his three overs, while Kieron Pollard's single over went for 16. Only Darren Sammy's 2 for 22 from four overs kept things somewhat respectable.

But then the rain struck, and struck in a big way. The West Indies chase was limited to just six overs, and they needed to go from ball one, chasing 60.

England shot themselves in the foot however with eight wides, while Chris Gayle was at his swashbuckling best with 25 from just 12 balls as the WIndies got the job done with a single ball to spare.