Twelve teams took part in the thirteen-day tournament—the ten Test-playing nations and the finalists of the 2007 WCL Division One tournament: Kenya and Scotland.Group B started with World Champions Australia being defeated by Zimbabwe, Brendan Taylor scored 60 (not out) and saw the Africans home with one ball to spare.In the first match Kenya scored the lowest Twenty20 International total of 73 against New Zealand and went on to lose with 12.2 overs and 9 wickets to spare.Kenya's fate was sealed when they allowed Sri Lanka to post a Twenty20 world record of 260 in the group's second match.India won the toss and chose to bat on what was considered to be a traditionally batsman-friendly pitch at the Bullring.The leading run-scorer in the tournament was Matthew Hayden, with 265 runs, and the highest wicket-taker Umar Gul with 13 wickets.