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.
1. Australia qualify for final in high-scoring thriller
Australia qualified for their first final of a T20 World Cup in stunning circumstances, chasing down a monstrous score against Pakistan.
Winning the toss and electing to field first, things appeared to be going rather pear-shaped for the Australians, with Pakistan cruising along to 6 for 191.
It looked as if it could have been even worse at one point, with Pakistan at one point sitting on 0 for 82 off just 9.3 overs, before Kamran Akmal (50 from 34 balls) and Salman Butt (32 from 30 balls) both got themselves out within an over and a half of each other.
Umar Akmal (56 from 35 balls) was able to push the pace however, guiding Pakistan to their score of 191. Only three surprisingly good overs from David Hussey, who took 1 for 24, and four economical overs from Shaun Tait, who conceded just 25 runs from his four overs, prevented Pakistan from flying past 200.
Australia then got off to the worst possible start as Mohammad Amir made himself known, getting rid of both David Warner and Shane Watson in the opening overs.
The runs flowed, but a regular fall of wickets left Australia at 5 for 105 off 12.3 overs when David Hussey was dismissed, leaving Michael Hussey and Cameron White at the crease.
No one could slow down the Western Australian Hussey though as he monstered 60 from just 24 balls, including six sixes to win the game with a single ball to spare in what was a thriller.
