A Twenty20 International (T20I) is an international cricket match between two representative teams, each having T20I status, as determined by the International Cricket Council (ICC), and is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket.[1] The first such match was played between Australia and New Zealand on 17 February 2005.[2] A Twenty20 International can have three possible results: it can be won by one of the two teams, it could be tied, or it could be declared to have "no result".[3] For a match to finish as a tie, both teams must have scored the same number of runs. The number of wickets lost is not considered.[3] Although such matches are recorded as ties, a tiebreak is usually played; prior to December 2008, this was a bowl-out, and since then it has been a Super Over.[4]
The first tied T20I occurred in 2006, between New Zealand and the West Indies. Hosted at Eden Park in Auckland, it was the fifth T20I. The crowd had started to leave the stadium, disappointed with the result, when the bowl-out was announced; the 2007 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack reported that "suddenly the evening took a madcap turn."[4] The next tie, involving India and Pakistan, happened during the group stages of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20. India won the resulting bowl-out, and were awarded two points, the equivalent of a win. In October 2008, the tie between Canada and Zimbabwe was the final international match to be decided by a bowl-out; Zimbabwe won 3–1.[4] Two months later, New Zealand and the West Indies took part in the first Super Over in an international. The West Indies won the eliminator by scoring 25 runs in their extra over, compared to New Zealand's 15.
On 17 June 2018, a T20I between Scotland and Ireland was ended in a tie, though no Super Over was played. It was the tenth T20I match to end in a tie, and the first since the ICC playing conditions were implemented in September 2017, not to end with a Super Over.[5] However, both teams knew that there would not be a Super Over in the event of a tie before the match.[6] The International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed that there should have been a Super Over, and apologised for the oversight.[7] On 21 April 2021, a rain-curtailed T20I match between Malaysia and the Netherlands was ended in a tie, again no Super Over was played due to the lost time.[8] [9]
, there have been 39 tied Twenty20 Internationals.[10] Every Test-playing nation except Bangladesh has been involved in a tied T20I. New Zealand have played in the most, involved in ten tied matches.
| No. | Date | Event | Batting first | Batting second | Venue | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tour | 126/7 (20 overs) | 126/8 (20 overs) | Eden Park, Auckland New Zealand | Match tied New Zealand won bowl-out, 3–0 | [12] | |
| 2 | World T20 | 141/9 (20 overs) | 141/7 (20 overs) | Kingsmead, Durban South Africa | Match tied India won bowl-out, 3–0 | [13] | |
| 3 | Quadrangular Series | 135/7 (20 overs) | 135/9 (20 overs) | Maple Leaf North-West Ground, King City Canada | Match tied Zimbabwe won bowl-out, 3–1 | [14] | |
| 4 | Tour | 155/7 (20 overs) | 155/8 (20 overs) | Eden Park, Auckland New Zealand | Match tied West Indies won Super Over, 25/1 – 15/2 | [15] | |
| 5 | Tour | 214/6 (20 overs) | 214/4 (20 overs) | AMI Stadium, Christchurch New Zealand | Match tied New Zealand won Super Over, 9/0 – 6/1 | [16] | |
| 6 | Tour | 151/4 (20 overs) | 151/8 (20 overs) | Dubai International Cricket Stadium United Arab Emirates | Match tied Pakistan won Super Over, 12/0 – 11/1 | [17] | |
| 7 | World T20 | 174/7 (20 overs) | 174/6 (20 overs) | Pallekele Cricket Stadium, Kandy Sri Lanka | Match tied Sri Lanka won Super Over, 13/1 – 7/1 | [18] | |
| 8 | 139 (19.3 overs) | 139/7 (20 overs) | Match tied West Indies won Super Over, 19/0 – 17/0 | [19] | |||
| 9 | Tour | 154/8 (20 overs) | 154/7 (20 overs) | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah United Arab Emirates | Match tied England won Super Over, 4/0 – 3/1 | [20] | |
| 10 | Netherlands Tri-Nation | 185/4 (20 overs) | 185/6 (20 overs) | Sportpark Het Schootsveld, Deventer Netherlands | Match tied No tiebreaker | [21] | |
| 11 | ACC Western Region T20 | 155/6 (20 overs) | 155/8 (20 overs) | Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Oman | Match tied Qatar won Super Over, 6/0 – 5/1 | [22] | |
| 12 | Tour | 134/7 (20 overs) | 134/8 (20 overs) | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town South Africa | Match tied South Africa won Super Over, 14/0 – 5/0 | [23] | |
| 13 | Inter-Insular Cup | 128/9 (20 overs) | 128/8 (20 overs) | College Field, Saint Peter Port Guernsey | Match tied Jersey won Super Over, 15/0 – 14/1 | [24] | |
| 14 | Tour | 152/8 (20 overs) | 152 (20 overs) | Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam Netherlands | Match tied Zimbabwe won Super Over, 18/0 – 9/1 | [25] | |
| 15 | Tour | 112 (20 overs) | 112/8 (20 overs) | West End Park, Doha Qatar | Match tied Qatar won Super Over, 14 – 12 | [26] | |
| 16 | Tour | 146/5 (11 overs) | 146/7 (11 overs) | Eden Park, Auckland New Zealand | Match tied England won Super Over, 17/0 – 8/1 | [27] | |
| 17 | Tour | 179/5 (20 overs) | 179/6 (20 overs) | Seddon Park, Hamilton New Zealand | Match tied India won Super Over, 17/0 – 20/0 | [28] | |
| 18 | Tour | 165/8 (20 overs) | 165/5 (20 overs) | Sky Stadium, Wellington New Zealand | Match tied India won Super Over, 13/1 – 16/1 | [29] | |
| 19 | Tour | 142/8 (20 overs) | 142/7 (20 overs) | Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida India | Match tied Ireland won Super Over, 8/0 – 12/1 | [30] | |
| 20 | Nepal Tri-Nation | 107/4 (13 overs) | 91/4 (10 overs) | Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Nepal | Match tied (DLS method) No tiebreaker | [31] | |
| 21 | Tour | 145 (19 overs) | 57/2 (7.2 overs) | Marsa Sports Club, Marsa Malta | Match tied (DLS method) No tiebreaker | [32] | |
| 22 | T20 World Cup Qualifier | 142/5 (20 overs) | 142/8 (20 overs) | Coolidge Cricket Ground Antigua | Match tied United States won Super Over, 22/1 – 14/0 | [33] | |
| 23 | Tour | 164/6 (20 overs) | 164/8 (20 overs) | Sydney Cricket Ground Australia | Match tied Australia won Super Over, 9/0 – 5/1 | [34] | |
| 24 | Tour | 166/9 (20 overs) | 166/5 (20 overs) | Oman Cricket Academy Ground Turf 1, Muscat Oman | Match tied Bahrain won Super Over, 19/0 – 8/0 | [35] | |
| 25 | Tour | 160 (19.4 overs) | 75/4 (9 overs) | McLean Park, Napier New Zealand | Match tied (DLS Method) No tiebreaker | [36] | |
| 26 | Malaysia Quadrangular | 144/8 (20 overs) | 144/7 (20 overs) | UKM-YSD Cricket Oval, Bangi Malaysia | Match tied Bahrain won Super Over, 11/0 – 10/1 | [37] | |
| 27 | Tour | 196/5 (20 overs) | 196/8 (20 overs) | Eden Park, Auckland New Zealand | Match tied Sri Lanka won Super Over, 12/0 – 8/2 | [38] | |
| 28 | Nordic Cup | 96 (17.4 overs) | 96/9 (20 overs) | Solvangs Park, Glostrup Denmark | Match tied Finland won Super Over, 15/0 – 13/1 | [39] | |
| 29 | Central Europe Cup | 169/4 (20 overs) | 169 (19.3 overs) | Vinoř Cricket Ground, Prague Czech Republic | Match tied Czech Republic won Super Over, 10/0 – 6/1 | [40] | |
| 30 | West Africa Trophy | 121/7 (20 overs) | 121 (20 overs) | Tafawa Balewa Square Cricket Oval, Lagos Nigeria | Match tied Ghana won Super Over, 6/1 – 3/2 | [41] | |
| 31 | T20 World Cup Qualifier | 184/6 (20 overs) | 184/9 (20 overs) | Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur Nepal | Match tied Oman won Super Over, 21/0 – 10/1 | [42] | |
| 32 | Tour | 137/9 (20 overs) | 137/9 (20 overs) | Udayana Cricket Ground, Jimbaran Indonesia | Match tied Philippines won Super Over, 10/0 – 9/1 | [43] | |
| 33 | Tour | 212/4 (20 overs) | 212/6 (20 overs) | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru India | Match tied First super over tied, 16/0 - 16/1 India won 2nd Super Over, 11/2 - 1/2 | [44] | |
| 34 | Tour | 125 (20 overs) | 125/8 (20 overs) | West End Park International Cricket Stadium, Doha Qatar | Match tied Hong Kong won Super Over, 21/0 - 3/1 | [45] | |
| 35 | Mdina Cup | 142/8 (20 overs) | 142 (49.4 overs) | Dreux Sport Cricket Club, Dreux France | Match tied France won Super Over, 12/0 - 7/2 | [46] | |
| 36 | World T20 | 109/10 (19.4 overs) | 109/6 (20 overs) | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Barbados | Match tied Namibia won Super Over, 21/0 – 10/1 | [47] | |
| 37 | World T20 | 159/7 (20 overs) | 159/3 (20 overs) | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas United States | Match tied United States won Super Over, 18/1 – 13/1 | [48] | |
| 38 | Tour | 137/9 (20 overs) | 137/8 (20 overs) | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele Sri Lanka | Match tied India won Super Over, 4/0 - 2/2 | [49] | |
| 39 | Tour | 170/6 (20 overs) | 170/8 (20 overs) | Grand Prairie Stadium, Dallas United States | Match tied Nepal won Super Over, 3/0 – 2/2 | [50] | |
| No. of Tied Matches | ||
| 10 | ||
| 6 | ||
| 5 | ||
| 4 | ||
| 3 | ||
| 2 | ||
| 1 | ||
| Total | 78 (39 tied matches) |