Gayle’s Gangnam style as Windies win 2012 T20

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This is the TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 live. Hello and welcome to the Test Match special podcast. This is Henry moran from the T20 World Cup. For this special edition of the podcast, we're going to be looking back at the first T20 World cup to be held in Asia, the fourth edition of the tournament in 2012 held in Sri Lanka.

Narayan moves in and bowls to Merlingo swipes high into the sky. This could be it for the West Indies, the man underneath it who takes the catch and the West Indies have won. And it really is the most remarkable match we witnessed here.

The TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 live. Well, this was a tournament that saw England coming into the competition as reigning champions, but their reign would be short lived with West Indies lifting the title at the Primodasa Stadium against the hosts and I think arguably favorites for that final, Sri Lanka. But what about the story of the tournament where one player who was involved in the England squad was Stephen Finn, England's leading wicket taker with eight in the tournament. And following all the action as ever, Test match specials, Prakash Wakankur. So fini, first of all, what are your memories of a tournament that was at that point called the World T20 rather than the T20 World Cup?

My overriding memory is, or memory is the West Indies doing the Gangnam Style dance almost every day of the trip. It felt like they're ahead of their time as a T20 team, the way that they played the game and the way that they committed to playing the game. So yeah, that teamed with that Bloomin Dance that I had to encounter, especially when we lost to them in the second round phase of the tournament, staying in the same hotel. Our bus was about 15 minutes behind theirs. As we walked through the hotel lobby, they were all doing the Gangnam Star dance to the, to the music as we somberly walked through to our rooms. So yeah, that if we go through

how the tournament worked. First and foremost, it was a competition that saw four groups of three. Just 27 matches compared to the, the 2026 edition where 55 games take place, it's less than half as many games. And so it really was a condensed competition in those days and you actually had to do pretty badly not to qualify for the Super 8. So two out of the three sides in each group would go through to the Super 8 phase. And when the tournament would then move into a different gear, top two teams in the Super 8 through to the semifinals. And that's a sort of more familiar passage, if you like, from the more modern additions of the competition. So just briefly, the groups as they were back then, England, India, Afghanistan, Australia, West Indies and Ireland, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Zimbabwe and then Pakistan, New Zealand and Bangladesh. And so Prakash, back in those days, it really was fast and furious.

It was short, sharp. And even though the, the group phase was meant to let the top teams go through, I think there was a lot more riding on every game because you knew if you, if you sort of slipped up you could, especially if you were in a group like the, the one that had Pakistan, New Zealand and Bangladesh. I, that, that was a group of death in, in that tournament. But yes, like Finny said, I, I, I remember in Sri Lanka the, the whole mood, particularly around Columbo was about the West Indies team hotel, all the stuff that was going on there because there were breaks in the, in the tournament, the restaurants they were visiting, the music that was playing. And of course Sri Lankans, given their absolute, absolutely passionate love for music. They'd adopted a lot of the calypso music and it was, it was just a fantastic atmosphere throughout that tournament, particularly as the Super Eights came around.

And only three venues were used as well, the Premadassa in Colombo, Palakeli and the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Hambantota, which, with a capacity of 35,000. I'm not sure how often it's used these days, but along with a major international airport, I think last I checked, had one flight per day in that part of the country, right in the, in the deep south. It was, it was three venues. It was men's and women's tournaments side by side as well. Finney. I mean, it did feel like a sort of real hub and party of international cricket.

Yeah, it was, it was great. And that was my first T20 World cup that I played and I missed out on selection in the 2010 one as I just started playing for England then and thought I might have a chance and was disappointed not to be in it and then was selected for this 2012 one. And yeah, to have the shortest format of the game that wasn't as dynamic and powerful as it is now. Played at three venues, it clearly challenged teams in different ways. There were quite a few low scores, including our defeat to India in the Super Eights phase of the tournament was particularly bad. But. But yeah, I really, really enjoyed it. And my first taste of, of having a smaller hub where all the players are in the same hotel. You're bumping into people the whole time. But then going out there and representing England, it was great fun.

Yeah, we'll go through England's tournament then, first and foremost, before moving on to, I, I suppose the, the crunch end of the competition. England entering the tournament, as I mentioned, as, as the reigning champions, but though they started well against Afghanistan, massive victory, 116 runs. Luke Wright 99, not out. Missing a century off the final ball, but then collapsing to a two out against India, their lowest T20 total at the time. And I think it was Harbhajan Singh and Piers Chawler who spun England a web. England struggling against spin is not necessarily a new condition.

No, not necessarily, no. And yeah, Harbazan in particular then with the way they got the ball to bounce in Sri Lanka, you can see that ball bouncing quite a lot. So it's particularly tricky. And the guys at that stage hadn't really been exposed to the ipl, but weren't that familiar with the players that we were playing against because there were some lesser known names in that team as well that India picked in that T20 World Cup. So yeah, we got caught on the hop in that one. That wasn't the Super 8. Sorry, that was the first. I said it was the Super Eights in my opening. But that was the first group stage, wasn't it? And was a bit of a shock. And a bit of a knock to our confidence at that stage.

Yeah. And you'd have to do, well, as I say, not to qualify. Indeed, England did, despite that massive defeat against India. The other qualifiers for the Super 8 phase, pretty predictable, really, I think it's fair to say, given the way that the tournament worked. So we saw qualification with England, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and West Indies going into Group E and then Group F, as it was termed. Australia, India, Pakistan and South Africa. So pretty predictable. But immediately, Prakash, you've got two Super 8 groups. They are packed full of superstars. It was. It was a really sort of condensed, exciting phase.

It certainly was. And it brought out some really good games as well. I mean, there were some tight games. There was just a hint of, you know, I think India particularly not making it through, created a huge flutter. And I think the only thing that we could fall back on as Indians, as we typically would, is to say, but we won the one game that mattered. We beat Pakistan. And I think it was a very different world back then. We talking almost what, almost a decade and a half back. And I think it was. It was one of those things. I mean, India, like Finny said, did have a few new faces. Iran Patan really was. Was coming on. Zaheer didn't play that game against England in spite of being who he was. Harban had been in the wilderness till. Till that tournament began. Pius Chawla was someone who's in India's current coach, Gautam Gambir was actually vice captain of that tournament and, and Having won in 2007, I think the expectations were very high. But the fact is that in that tight group of four, India couldn't get past and get the two wins that they would have needed at least to be able to qualify.

Just briefly, looking at some of the names on show, what. What amazes me is both the combination of names that are still around, bearing in mind we're 14 years on now. You look at the. The Afghanistan and Mohammed Nabi, still part of. Still part of things from England's point of view. Joss Butler part of the squad then, admittedly, some names that have disappeared now from international cricket. Keegsweta was England's wicket keeper. Michael Lum had opened the batting. And the success in 2010, a young Owen Morgan. You were there. Finney, of course. Graham Swan, Luke Wright and again India's side. The names that were in it, Ms. Dhoni, Gautam Gambir. Ashwin Khan, Kohli Rayner. Sehwag was there. Rohit Sharma, Yuvraj, Harbijan, Australia, a side that included the likes of young pat Cummins, just 19 years old. The hussies, Mitchell Stark, David Warner and the list goes on. And then you look at that Sri Lanka side as well. And for me, that was just one of the absolute great teams with Jai Wardner, Matthews, Chandamal, Dilshan, Harath, Malinga, Mendes, both Mendes, Sangakara, Tiramani. I mean, just what wonderful names. It sort of almost feels like we can be at a point now where we can hark back to a golden age. In some ways we did.

And, and, and like every tournament, I mean, you mentioned the two Mendes, but Ajanta Mendes really did set that tournament alight on home pitches. And, and there were, there were these, these remarkable sort of games where from having played the earlier editions in non Asian conditions, this was the first time it was in playing on what is often called low, slow turning pitches. And it just brought about that additional excitement because I think the average scores dropped, the ball had a greater say. Batters weren't just there to try and hit the ball out of the park. They had to, you know, adjust and adapt. And I think it made for a fantastic tournament. It really did.

Yeah. Jack Kallis was part of the South Africa squad as well. I mean, it's brilliant names looking at it.

Yeah. And that was the most exciting thing about it. You, you kind of there as, as I was, I was I think, 22 at the time. 22, 23. And you're there and amongst all these players that you've watched play on tv, that was my first experience of a world tournament. So, yeah, you've played against these guys for the last couple of years. But then to have everyone in one place, you kind of go down to breakfast every morning, you're like, that's Jacques Kallis, that's Seiwak, you're down there. And it's. Yeah, it was a bizarre feeling and unfortunately we, we didn't play that well throughout the tournament. We were kind of just clinging on all the way through, hoping that things would fall our way.

And in some ways it was a bit of a novel experience, I suppose, because in those, in those days it wasn't quite the cross pollination between T20 tournaments that meant that you were rubbing shoulders with these, these names on a, on a yearly basis. Actually more of a novelty seeing these guys.

Yeah. And that's one of the benefits of the England players. In around 2016, I think it was when the attitude changed towards the IPL to allow the Players to go and play. I, in those years, in the early 2000 and tens, I'd always put my name in for the auction. To the ecb, you'd send your forms in, you'd say, please, will you sign this? And you'd just get an email back about three minutes later saying, no, you can't. And you, you never rubbed shoulders with those people. So when you then came up against them, one, you didn't know that much about their game from having chatted to them as you would do in the IPL and the experience of learning off them. Josh Butler in particular speaks loads about going to the IPL and learning so much about playing the game that's made him a better player. So it can only have been a good thing. But certainly then it was unusual to be rubbing shoulders in such close proximity to those great players.

Yeah, and that West Indies squad, by the way you mentioned them. I mean, some of the all time greats of T20 cricket were playing captained by their coach for this year's edition in 26 at Darren Sammy Dwayne Bravo as well. Darren Bravo was there. Fidel Edwards, Chris Gale, of course, Kyron Pollard, Dennis Ramdin, Andre Russell, Marlon Samuels. Oh yeah, yeah, he was there. And, and causing. Causing mischief.

Well, they had everything that you would want for a T20 team. The wrist spin in Badgery, Mystery spin in Narayan, Power Gale Bravo, Samuels, Pollard. It was a team that would survive in world tournaments now, which is not the case for most of those teams that were playing then, so very much ahead of their time. And what Darren Sammy did and what he's been able to do across his life as a West Indian captain and now coach administrator is bring those guys together to feel as though that sense of togetherness and collectiveness moving towards something is something that you really felt in that tournament. And that was kind of encapsulated with the way that you'd walk through the hotel lobby and there was about 20 of them dancing to Gangnam Style as you walked in.

Yes.

I mean, you know, what then became IPL folklore, one has to remember, actually began in that tournament. Whether it was Dwayne Bravo doing his particular steps or indeed names like Andre Russell and of course Chris Gale with all his sort of histrionics and the razzmatazz around him and the rcb, they lit up the ipl, let's be honest, and I think they earned themselves a phenomenal following.

Coincidentally, you're wearing your 2012 Sri Lanka hat, Prakash.

Pure, pure coincidence. But it's one of My favorites because I just loved the way the logo was. It's sort of modeled on the, on the Sri Lankan or the Sinhalese script. And it's, it's, it's, it's one of my favorite memories. But it really was a tournament that, as I keep saying, I think brought T20 cricket to Asia in a way that it hadn't been brought before.

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talking about paraphernalia. So when you, like we do for these tournaments, actually, you get a little backpack when you go into your room and you check in, because it's an ICC event, everything's controlled by the icc. So you go in and you've got a backpack with Sri Lanka 2012, and in it you've got a boot bag, a towel, a mug for the players. Yeah, I've still got my towel at home. My Sri Lanka 2012. Yeah. Probably needs to be thrown away 14

years now, doesn't it? Not a bit of it.

It's still in my. In my towel trunk at home.

Oh, dear. Not a bit of it. One thing I'd forgotten about the England squad, by the way, Finney. No, Kevin Peterson at the time because he was in international exile after all that had happened in the series against South Africa the preceding summer.

Yeah, and I think that gave Johnny Barstow his chance to come in batting at number number four. I think he shuffled up and down the order a bit, depending on the situation, but there were a few games where he batted at number four and clearly Johnny went on to be a fantastic player. He was very early in his international career then. So Kevin was a big miss in a couple of those games, especially the, the game against Sri Lanka, which was, in my mind it was a quarter final, but it was the last group game of the Super Eights for us and if we won it, we would make it through to the next stage of the tournament, to the semi finals, even though we hadn't played that well up until that point. So we went into that game feeling as though it was a quarter final and didn't manage to go over the line. Would he'd have helped in that situation.

Yeah. Well, it was a knockout. England played against the West Indies, lost two wickets in the first over chasing 180. Then big partnership between Morgan and Hales but eventually falling 15 runs short. Then Stephen Finn starred 3 for 16 against New Zealand, six wicket win. And then the eventual as it was a knockout so England needed to beat Sri Lanka and then Lassif Malinga did what he tends to do and Malinga

will bowl the last ball of the third over the crowd. Right behind Malinga as he runs into ball to Hales with a wide slip and another yorker that should be out. That is definitely out. Striking Hills a tall man on the pad and Lasik Malinga has got three cuts in the over and England 18 for three hails LBW Malinga for three and they're in some stress at the moment.

England chasing that 175 for 31, three wickets in four balls. And even though there was 50 from Samit Patel, England lost by 19 runs and eliminated.

Yeah, me and, me and Jade D back, we're. We were both not out at the end of one from three and I remember facing Malinga and it was the only real time that I faced him in international cricket. And yorkers, slurballs, I couldn't pick him. See, I was just flailing around at the end there.

Yeah. And it was a fantastic occasion. I remember it well with the noise around Malinga running in and just that sense of event every time. You saw these superstars who were becoming real household names around the world. But in Sri Lanka, Prakash, these guys were just the absolute. Yeah, they were the kings of the world without question.

But, but also like you said earlier, Henry, I think the, the quality, if I may be bold enough to say, the quality of human beings in that Sri Lankan team. Just the people like Jaywardhanes, Sangakara Vas had just stepped finished up. But, but you know, seeing, seeing the, the emergence of Ajanta Mendes, Malinga Slinga Malinga and all the other stuff, I think it was the warmth of the occasion, the warmth of the Sri Lankan people. Just the environment. I think it was simpler, cleaner, less complicated to a large extent and I think it was wonderful. But in India, I know that a lot of people really understood net run rates after India fell away.

Indeed, I'm going to get onto that because hosts Sri Lanka, they qualified as did West Indies because they won a super over against New Zealand to qualify from group one. So it was Sri Lanka and West IND that qualified at the expense of England and New Zealand. And then in group two there was a three way tie. Australia, Pakistan and India, all with two wins. Final group match against South Africa. India needed to win by 31 runs to qualify. They in the end won by one run, eliminated on net run rate. So through went Australia and Pakistan.

That's right. And I remember this distinctly because people say, but we won the game, how can we not have qualified? And then people were sitting and calculating net run rates and calculators and what have you. And there was a huge sense of disappointment because the logic at that time was you won the last game, you've got to have qualified. Surely there wasn't to be.

Not a bit of it. Real shock. I mean it almost seems implausible. India wouldn't qualify for a knockout stage.

Well, it does now, doesn't it? It certainly does now. And yeah, the, the, the net run rate is again something that from that tournament onwards everyone was a lot more wary of. And that's why this stage of the group when, when we're watching England play here, you're, you're constantly thinking what do they need to do to improve their net run rate? And that was probably born there.

Yep. South Africa didn't win a single game in that group. They were eliminated despite the fact of, of having a side captain by AB Devils. Hashi Mamler was there. Du Plessis, Duminy Callis. Morning Moral. Dale Stain was part of that squad. It was a brilliant side. But perhaps you look at it and you think, well, the big strength was perhaps the fast bowling and not necessarily friendlier conditions. And so it was a side that fell away. And so we headed to the semi finals where Sri Lanka took on Pakistan, West Indies took on Australia and two reasonably comprehensive victories really. Sri Lanka beating Pakistan by 16 runs, Jaya Wardener with 42. And then West Indies hammering Australia by 74 runs with Chris Gale 75 not outs of 40.

Watts saved it for that semifinal, didn't he? I mean he'd sort of been by his standards a little bit below par through the, through the tournament till that stage. And then he really came to the fore in that semi final. Just dismantled Australia's bowling.

Yeah, it was a spectacular display from Chris Gale and so I'm not sure it was a final necessarily that you thought was a bit of a surprise in the, in the players that are in it. Maybe you would now with, with hindsight and looking at the two teams involved. But then Finney, there were so many good players part of those sides. I mean indeed there are today. But at that point Sagacara, Jaya, Wardner, Matthews, Mendes. It was. It was a brilliant Sri Lanka team. A golden generation.

Well, especially in their own conditions. And when you look back on it in retrospect, the West Indies were the best T20 team in that tournament with the way that they set up and their attitude towards the game and the way that they performed throughout the tournament. And you'd always expect a home team to go far in any tournament, just given the familiarity with the conditions and the fact it was only played at those three grounds throughout the tournament. The wickets maybe got a touch tired, which would have suited the skill, especially of those Sri Lankan batters. You look at some of those greats in there and their ability to play on tricky pitches. So, yeah, not all that surprising in hindsight, but, yeah, when you look at the might of India and how England have developed over the years, they're not two teams. When you look back now that you

think might be there, an amazing final as well, because once we got to the Premedassa for that fight, I remember the streets around the ground were heaving hours before the game started. And indeed it was two games on that day because there was a women's final as well where England were beaten by Australia. A familiar tale as Charlotte Edwards side were beaten up the final hurdle by the Australian team who were beginning that wonderful golden run of theirs through the. Through the 2000 and tens. But in the men's final, Sri Lanka, the home favorites up against West Indies and West Indies after 10 overs were 32 for 2. Chris Gale having managed just three runs

from 16 balls, waiting for Samuels to come and do his job.

And he. And he did. Marlon Samuels 78 or 56, including off Lasteth Malinga. And I'd forgotten this. Five sixes in a single over.

Yeah, and that's. That's the game, isn't it? That, that there and Marlon Samuels, for all of the power and destruction of the other players. You always felt as though when you were playing against the West Indies that Samuels was playing the anchor role and looking to buy this time, but clearly saw an opportunity against the seam of Malinga, even though such a skillful bowler, clearly to put him under pressure, took the risk and ultimately that sort won the game.

Yeah.

And so it was only 137 for 6. But those 78 runs from 56 balls were absolutely priceless. Halfway stage, though, Prakash, if you're Sri Lanka, you're thinking 1, 3, 8 home conditions, the sort of batting we've got.

Yep, absolutely. And I think that's again, that was yet another example of runs on the board pressure of a final. And of course they hadn't thought that they would be beaten at their own game by that man, Sunil Narayan.

And the other point, I guess Stephen, is that in those days players weren't quite as adept and used to the mental calculations of a T20 run chase. Yeah.

And I think players also then weren't as good at hitting sixes. So in a short chase like that, I don't know, Samuels did it to the, to Sri Lanka in the first innings. But it was unusual for someone to come and smack sixes and change the game in a final like that. Whereas now a short chase, you, it's one innings from someone with these deep batting lineups that teams have that wins you that game. But I went, I mean blame my own trumpet, but I bowled all of my overs that I could have done in the tournament and I didn't get hit for 16 in the entire tournament. So like that shows the change in attitude in the game between now and then. And yeah, Sri Lanka's, Sri Lanka's players weren't able to do that and then crumbled under the pressure and expectations.

I mean if you cast your mind back or, or look at the scorecard, you'll see that only three Sri Lankan players got into double figures in that game, in that final. And two of them were players that you would expect to, which is Jardane and Sangakara. And it was only Nuan Kulasekara, better known for his bowling, who got into double figures. So really I think the stranglehold by, by both Badri and then I think Sunil Naran probably reaped benefits of some of that was what would pay to Sri Lanka's chances of winning a home World Cup.

Yeah.

And in the end, as you mentioned Prakash, it ended up being the squeeze, the spin that did the, that did the damage with, with quite brilliance as, as we've seen time and again from Sunil Narayan with 3 for 9, his figures in that final. Darren, Sammy. Meanwhile, 2 for 6 and Sri Lanka collapsed to 101, losing by 36 runs.

Yeah, it was a, it was a comprehensive win. Chasing something that as you rightly said, Henry, at the halfway stage the Sri Lankans would have thought okay, let's put the, the drinks in the, in the, in the freezer to get them ready. But it wasn't to be.

Narayan moves in and bowls to me. Swipes high into the sky. This could be it for the West Indies. The man underneath it who takes the catch and the West Indies have won and it really is the most remarkable match we witnessed here. They've won by 36 runs, a match that halfway through their innings they seem absolutely dest and nailed on to lose. But Marlon Samuels with a brilliant 78 from 56 balls and also taking wickets has helped propel West Indies to a thoroughly deserved win. They're dancing there now. All of their, their back room staff there, the management, all those who have worked so hard, they're joining with them. I don't know what all that dancing means. Much of it they do and they've been practicing throughout this tournament and now they can do it absolutely in the center stage. As the fireworks go up, the crowd is absolute stunned as the West Indies celebrate a well deserved triumph in this world. 2020. That is one of the most curious, unpredictable and strange 2020 matches I've ever seen. And it's worth remembering that halfway through their innings West Indies were 32 for two and they've won the match. And I don't think many people would have given them very much in the way of odds at that stage. Fireworks are going all over the place. Lots of smoke. And that really is a truly REM victory.

They, they won a well deserved maiden

title and danced the night away.

Yes, well, they did indeed, and then some.

I imagine you were quite glad you weren't necessarily there for that. It would have been quite a party. Well, maybe you would want to have been there.

Well, I'd have, I'd have liked to play in a World cup final. Yeah. But yeah, there's no doubt that those guys know how to celebrate and I'm sure they did do that night.

Yeah. Name without naming people. Yes. I can only say that I was in that hotel with a couple of friends and towards the latter part, I think as the party sort of started breaking up and spilling out, some of the players came down and it continued well into the, into the night. It was fantastic. Just relaxed, fun, clean fun. Loads of, you know, jokes and laughter going around. But the Wendy's were really, really up there in their, in their form of celebration. Phenomenal.

What was cricket a slightly more, I suppose a game with slightly fewer polished edges at that point. Was there a little bit more freedom? Was there less concern about sort of.

Well, social media wasn't as big a thing, was it? I think the, the big difference in, I think the way that players have viewed and like the way that you not behave because you don't misbehave. But it's Just you have your guardrails up the whole time, I think now. And yeah, that was a time when that wasn't so prevalent.

The degree of scrutiny was nowhere near. Right. I mean, maybe it's got to do with just individual players, individual stars, the whole marketing thing, individual agents. I don't know what it is, but clearly people could be more themselves, if you know what I mean, and not be constantly looking back over their shoulders to figure who's filming, not filming, what's coming out, what are the matchups being put out? I think. I don't remember there being much vitriolic. I didn't think there was. There was toxicity of any kind, really, that one can remember.

No, I'd agree with that.

And I think that's a huge difference.

Yeah. For a player now with the way that social media works. You have a bad game and you're just. You're annihilated on social media. So it immediately gets your back up. And I don't think that was as big a thing 14 years ago.

Yeah, well, it does seem remarkable. It was quite that long ago, but indeed it was A tournament won by West Indies, their first title. The runners up, Sri Lanka. England falling away in the Super 8 stages. Is India not making it through to the semifinal, which seems a remarkable enough thing. But it was a very memorable couple of weeks and that's all it was back there, 27 matches. It rattled along that tournament across the three venues in Sri Lanka. One, as I say, by the West Indies. The women's competition running at the same time was won by Australia. And of course they went on that fabulous run that followed that. It's wonderful going back down memory lane, discussing those. Those great players from that edition, some of whom still just about playing in the edition of 2026. But it is a very different world in T20 cricket and cricket more generally, I think it's fair to say. Thank you very much, Prakash and Steve and don't forget to subscribe to the Test match special podcast on BBC Sounds. Just hit that subscribe button on Sounds or wherever you get your podcast to make sure you never miss a thing, including no balls. The cricket podcast. If you want other cricket content, just search BBC Stumped from the World Service on BBC Sounds. My thanks to Prakash and to Stephen and we'll speak to you again soon. The TMS podcast from BBC Radio 5 live.

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