2007

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2007 ICC Cricket World Cup

Logo of the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council
Cricket format One Day International
Tournament format(s) Round robin and Knockout
Host West Indies
Champions Australia (4th title)
Participants 16 (from 97 entrants)
Matches played 51
Attendance 672,000 (13,176 per match)
Player of the series Glenn McGrath
Most runs Matthew Hayden (659)
Most wickets Glenn McGrath (26)

The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was a men's cricket tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007, using the sport's One Day International format. There were a total of 51 matches played, three fewer than at the 2003 World Cup (despite a field larger by two teams).

The 16 competing teams were initially divided into four groups, with the two best-performing teams from each group moving on to a "Super 8" format. From this, Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and South Africa won through to the semi-finals, with Australia defeating Sri Lanka in the final to win their third consecutive World Cup. Australia's unbeaten record in this year's tournament increased their total to 29 consecutive World Cup matches without loss, a streak dating back to 23 May 1999, during the group stage of the 1999 World Cup.

Contents

Host selection

World Cup 2007s Venues in the West Indies.
World Cup 2007s Venues in the West Indies.

The World Cup was awarded to the West Indies via the International Cricket Council's rotational policy. It is the first time the Cricket World Cup has been held in the Caribbean despite the fact that the West Indies cricket team have been the second most successful team in past World Cups.[1]

The United States contingent lobbied strongly for matches to be staged at its newly built cricket ground in Lauderhill, Florida, but the ICC decided to award all matches to Caribbean nations. Bids from Bermuda, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and a second bid by Jamaica were also rejected.

Venues

Eight venues across the West Indies were selected to host the World Cup final tournament. All host countries hosted six matches with the exceptions of St Lucia, Jamaica and Barbados (the last of which hosted the final) which each hosted seven matches.

The stadium capacities shown are all seated capacities.

Country City Stadium Capacity Matches Cost
Antigua and Barbuda St John's Sir Vivian Richards Stadium 20,000 Super 8 US$54 Million[2]
Barbados Bridgetown Kensington Oval 32,000 Super 8 & Final US$69.1 Million[3]
Grenada St George's Queen's Park 20,000 Super 8
Guyana Georgetown Providence Stadium 20,000 Super 8 US$26 Million/US$46 Million[4]
Jamaica Kingston Sabina Park 30,000 Group D & Semi-final US$26 Million[5]
Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre Warner Park Stadium 10,000 Group A US$12 Million
Saint Lucia Gros Islet Beausejour Stadium 20,000 Group C & Semi-final US$13 Million[6]
Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain Queen's Park Oval 25,000 Group B

Four additional venues hosted warm-up matches.

Country City Stadium Capacity Cost
Barbados Bridgetown 3Ws Oval 8,500
Jamaica Trelawny Greenfield Stadium 25,000 US$35 Million[7]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Kingstown Arnos Vale Stadium 12,000
Trinidad and Tobago St. Augustine Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground 22,000

The Jamaican Government spent US$81 million for "on the pitch" expenses.[8] This included refurbishing Sabina Park and constructing the new multi-purpose facility in Trelawny - through a loan from China. Another US$20 million is budgeted for 'off-the-pitch' expenses, putting the tally at more than US$100 million or JM$7 billion.

This put the reconstruction cost of Sabina Park at US$46 million whilst the Trelawny Stadium will cost US$35 million.[9][10] The total amount of money spent on stadiums was at least US$301 million.

The Brian Lara Stadium, in Trinidad, lost its status as a pre-tournament warm-up match venue on 21 September 2006.[11]

Qualification

The captains of the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
The captains of the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
See also: 2007 Cricket World Cup qualification and 2007 Cricket World Cup squads

The field of sixteen teams, the largest ever for the Cricket World Cup, consists of all sixteen teams which currently hold One Day International status. This includes the ten full members of the ICC (which all have Test & permanent ODI status):

  • Australia
  • Bangladesh
  • England
  • India
  • New Zealand
  • Pakistan
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • West Indies
  • Zimbabwe

The other six (associate) ODI nations are Kenya (which has ODI status until 2009) and five further teams which qualified via the 2005 ICC Trophy (gaining ODI status until 2009, in the process):

  • Bermuda
  • Canada
  • Kenya
  • Ireland
  • Netherlands
  • Scotland

Media coverage

Mello
Mello

The World Cup has grown as a media event with each tournament. The sponsorship and television rights that were awarded primarily to cover the 2003 and 2007 World Cups raised over US$550 m.[12] The 2007 World Cup was televised in over 200 countries to a viewing audience estimated at more than two billion television viewers and was expected to generate more than 100,000 unique visitors to the West Indies who traveled solely for the tournament.[13][14]

The 2007 Cricket World Cup featured an orange raccoon-like creature named "Mello" as its mascot. It has been announced during matches that Mello has no race, species, age or gender- it is an attitude, the attitude of the young people of the West Indies. The official song for the World Cup was "The Game of Love and Unity" by Jamaican-born Shaggy, Bajan entertainer Rupee and Trinidadian Faye-Ann Lyons.

The 2007 tournament recorded the highest ticketing revenue for a Cricket World Cup, selling more than 672,000.[15] Although, attendance leading into the semi finals for the 2007 World Cup was 403,000; an average of 8,500 supporters per match.[16]

Leadup

All major Test-playing nations had schedules allowing them to play a large number of One Day International against other major ODI teams just prior to the World Cup. Australia, New Zealand and England took part in the Commonwealth Bank Series where England defeated Australia in the finals. Australia then went to New Zealand for the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy, losing 3-0. South Africa played five ODIs against India (South Africa won 4-0) and five against Pakistan (South Africa won 3-1) while India also played four ODIs against the West Indies (India won 3-1) and four ODIs against Sri Lanka (India won 2-1). Bangladesh played four ODIs against Zimbabwe (Bangladesh won 3-1) and won a tri-series against Canada and Bermuda. The associate ODI teams took part in the World Cricket League, which Kenya won, and were also involved in other series prior to the World Cup.

The rankings of the teams at the beginning of the Cricket World Cup were:

Ranking Team Points Ranking Team Points
1 South Africa 128 9 Bangladesh 42
2 Australia 125 10 Zimbabwe 22
3 New Zealand 113 11 Kenya 0
4 Pakistan 111 12 Scotland 0% / 69%
5 India 109 13 Netherlands 0% / 50%
6 Sri Lanka 108 14 Ireland 0% / 44%
7 England 106 15 Canada 0% / 33%
8 West Indies 101 16 Bermuda 0% / 28%

Note:Teams 12-16 did not have official ODI rankings leading up to the World Cup; they are ranked based on their win percentage against full members and then wins against associate members prior to the tournament.[17]

Warm-up matches

Prior to the main tournament all 16 nations played a series of warm-up matches to prepare, experiment with different tactics and to help them get acclimated to conditions in the West Indies. The warm-up matches were not considered as official ODIs.[18] The matches were played from Monday 5 March until Friday 9 March. The matches included a surprise victory by Bangladesh over New Zealand.

Opening ceremony

Alison Hinds performing during the ceremony.
Alison Hinds performing during the ceremony.

The Cricket World Cup 2007 Opening Ceremony was held on Sunday, 11 March 2007, at Trelawny Stadium in Jamaica]].[1]

It featured over 2000 dancers and performers representing all strands of West Indian music, from calypso and ragga to reggae and soca; among the performers were Sean Paul, Byron Lee, Kevin Lyttle, Beres Hammond, Lucky Dube, Buju Banton, Half Pint, Arrow, Machel Montano, Alison Hinds, Tony Rebel, Third World, Gregory Isaacs, David Rudder, Shaggy, the I Threes and Jimmy Cliff.

The ceremony, attended by several heads of state including the Governor-General of Jamaica started with an address by Sir Garfield Sobers; there were messages from the Prime Ministers of Jamaica and Grenada.

Rules and regulations

Matches

All matches were held from 0930 to 1715 local time. The first innings were held from 0930 to 1300 and the second innings were held from 1345 to 1715. For all venues other than Jamaica, local time was UTC-4, while Jamaican venues had local time UTC-5.

The matches were One Day Internationals and operated under normal ODI rules. All matches were to be 50 overs a side unless stated otherwise by the umpires or match referee. A bowler was able to bowl a maximum of 10 overs per match.

In the event of bad weather, each side must have batted a minimum of 20 overs for a result to be declared (if the match was not otherwise won, for example if the team batting second was dismissed before the completion of 20 overs). In the event of bad weather, the Duckworth-Lewis method was applied to determine the result or target. If no result was declared on the scheduled day, the teams returned the next day to complete the game, with the same situation as when the game was abandoned.

There was a new rule regarding referral of catches to the TV replay official (third umpire): if the standing umpires were unable to determine whether a catch had been taken cleanly, and/or whether a claimed catch was a "bump ball", they had discretion to refer the decision to the third umpire. Also, whilst reviewing such a catch via TV replay if it was clear to the third umpire that the batsman did not hit the ball, he was to indicate that the batsman was not out.[19]

Tournament points

In the Group Stage and in the Super 8 Stage points were awarded as follows:

Points
Results Points
Win 2 points
Tie/No Result 1 point
Loss 0 points

The top two teams from each group advanced to the Super 8 stage and any points they earned against the other qualifier from their own group was carried through. Points earned against the non qualifying teams in the same pool were not carried over. In the Super 8s, each team played the six remaining qualifiers from the other groups and the top four teams went through to the semi-finals. Positions were decided by most points. Where two or more teams were tied on points, the following methods in turn were used to decide which team went through:[19]

  1. Most wins in their group or in Super 8 whichever is applicable
  2. Higher net run rate
  3. Higher number of wickets taken per ball
  4. Winners of head to head matches
  5. The drawing of lots

Groups

Seeds

The tournament began with a league stage consisting of four groups of four. Each team played each of the other teams in its group once. Australia, India, England and West Indies were placed in separate pools for logistical reasons, as they were expected to have the most supporters in attendance, and transport and accommodation capacity in the West Indies is limited.[20]

The groups are listed below, with seedings (rankings from April 2005) shown in brackets. Each group played all of its matches at a single ground.

Group A Group B Group C Group D

Australia (1)
South Africa (5)
Scotland (12)
Netherlands (16)

Sri Lanka (2)
India (6)
Bangladesh (11)
Bermuda (15)

New Zealand (3)
England (7)
Kenya (10)
Canada (14)

Pakistan (4)
West Indies (8)
Zimbabwe (9)
Ireland (13)

System

The tournament was preceded by a number of warm-up matches to acclimatise the players. The Group Stage matches started on Tuesday 13 March and finished on Sunday 25 March. There were a total of 24 matches played in the group stage.

The top two teams in each group proceeded to the "Super 8" stage which will also use a league system. Each team carried forward its result against the other team qualifying from its preliminary stage group, and will play the other six qualifying teams once each. The top four teams in the league will qualify for the semi-finals. This system has been modified since the last World Cup, which had a "Super 6" stage rather than a Super 8. The Super 8 stage matches will be played from Tuesday 27 March until Saturday 21 April. A total of 24 matches will be played in the Super 8 stage.

The top four teams in the "Super 8" will advance to the Semi-Finals. This is the knockout stage, with the #1 team playing the #4 team, and the #2 team playing the #3 team in the tournament. The winners of the two semi-finals will play each other in the Final.

All tournament matches will have one reserve day (the day after the scheduled day of the match) to allow for matches to be completed in the event of bad weather.

Group Stage

Group A

All matches start at 1330 UTC.

Team Pts Pld W T L NR NRR
Australia 6 3 3 0 0 0 +3.433
South Africa 4 3 2 0 1 0 +2.403
Netherlands 2 3 1 0 2 0 -2.527
Scotland 0 3 0 0 3 0 -3.793
March 14, 2007
Australia
334/6 (50 overs)
v Scotland
131/9 (40.1 overs)
Australia won by 203 runs
Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Asoka De Silva
Man of the Match: Ricky Ponting
Ricky Ponting 113 (93)
Majid Haq 2/49 (7 overs)
(scorecard) Colin Smith 51 (76)
Glenn McGrath 3/14 (6 overs)

March 16, 2007
South Africa
353/3 (40 overs)
v Netherlands
132/9 (40 overs)
South Africa won by 221 runs
Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Umpires: Mark Benson and Tony Hill
Man of the Match: Herschelle Gibbs
Jacques Kallis 128* (109)
Billy Stelling 1/43 (8 overs)
(scorecard) R ten Doeschate 57 (75)
Justin Kemp 2/18 (4 overs)
  • Match reduced to 40 overs a side because of rain/ground conditions.

March 18, 2007
Australia
358/5 (50 overs)
v Netherlands
129 all out (26.5 overs)
Australia won by 229 runs
Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Tony Hill
Man of the Match: Brad Hodge
Brad Hodge 123 (89)
Tim de Leede 2/40 (10 overs)
(scorecard) Daan van Bunge 33 (33)
Brad Hogg 4/27 (4.5 overs)

March 20, 2007
Scotland
186/8 (50 overs)
v South Africa
188/3 (23.2 overs)
South Africa won by 7 wickets
Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Umpires: Mark Benson and Asoka De Silva
Man of the Match: Graeme Smith
Dougie Brown 45* (64)
Andrew Hall 3/48 (10 overs)
(scorecard) Graeme Smith 91 (65)
Majid Haq 2/43 (6 overs)

March 22, 2007
Scotland
136 all out (34.1 overs)
v Netherlands
140/2 (23.5 overs)
Netherlands won by 8 wickets
Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Umpires: Asoka De Silva and Tony Hill
Man of the Match: Billy Stelling
Glenn Rogers 26 (30)
Billy Stelling 3/12 (8 overs)
(scorecard) R ten Doeschate 70* (68)
John Blain 2/29 (5 overs)

March 24, 2007
Australia
377/6 (50 overs)
v South Africa
294 all out (48 overs)
Australia won by 83 runs
Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Umpires: Mark Benson and Steve Bucknor
Man of the Match: Matthew Hayden
Matthew Hayden 101 (68)
Andrew Hall 2/60 (10 overs)
(scorecard) AB de Villiers 92 (70)
Brad Hogg 3/61 (10 overs)


Group B

All matches start at 1330 UTC.

Team Pts Pld W T L NR NRR
Sri Lanka 6 3 3 0 0 0 +3.493
Bangladesh 4 3 2 0 1 0 -1.523
India 2 3 1 0 2 0 +1.206
Bermuda 0 3 0 0 3 0 -4.345
March 15, 2007
Sri Lanka
321/6 (50 overs)
v Bermuda
78 all out (24.4 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 243 runs
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Umpires: Daryl Harper and Ian Howell
Man of the Match: Mahela Jayawardene
Mahela Jayawardene 85 (90)
Saleem Mukuddem 2/50 (10 overs)
(scorecard) Lionel Cann 28 (32)
Farveez Maharoof 4/23 (7 overs)

March 17, 2007
India
191 all out (49.3 overs)
v Bangladesh
192/5 (48.3 overs)
Bangladesh won by 5 wickets
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Steve Davis
Man of the Match: Mashrafe Mortaza
Sourav Ganguly 66 (129)
Mashrafe Mortaza 4/38 (9.3 overs)
(scorecard) Mushfiqur Rahim 56* (107)
Virender Sehwag 2/17 (5 overs)

March 19, 2007
India
413/5 (50 overs)
v Bermuda
156 all out (43.1 overs)
India won by 257 runs
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Ian Howell
Man of the Match: Virender Sehwag
Virender Sehwag 114 (87)
Delyone Borden 2/30 (5 overs)
(scorecard) David Hemp 76* (105)
Ajit Agarkar 3/38 (10 overs)

March 21, 2007
Sri Lanka
318/4 (50 overs)
v Bangladesh
112 all out (37 of 46 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 198 runs (DL)
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Umpires: Steve Davis and Daryl Harper
Man of the Match: Sanath Jayasuriya
Sanath Jayasuriya 109 (87)
Mohammad Rafique 1/48 (10 overs)
(scorecard) Mohammad Ashraful 45* (63)
Lasith Malinga 3/27 (6 overs)
  • Match shortened due to rain; Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 311 runs in 46 overs for Bangladesh.

March 23, 2007
Sri Lanka
254/6 (50 overs)
v India
185 all out (43.3 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 69 runs
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Daryl Harper
Man of the Match: Muttiah Muralitharan
Upul Tharanga 64 (90)
Zaheer Khan 2/49 (10 overs)
(scorecard) Rahul Dravid 60 (82)
Muttiah Muralitharan 3/41 (10 overs)

March 25, 2007
Bermuda
94/9 (21 overs)
v Bangladesh
96/3 (17.3 of 21 overs)
Bangladesh won by 7 wickets (DL)
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Umpires: Steve Davis and Ian Howell
Man of the Match: Mohammad Ashraful
Dean Minors 23 (25)
Abdur Razzak 3/20 (4 overs)
(scorecard) Mohammad Ashraful 29* (32)
Saleem Mukuddem 3/19 (5 overs)
  • Match reduced to 21 overs a side due to rain during Bermuda's innings; Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 96 runs for Bangladesh.


Group C

All matches start at 1330 UTC.

Team Pts Pld W T L NR NRR
New Zealand 6 3 3 0 0 0 +2.138
England 4 3 2 0 1 0 +0.418
Kenya 2 3 1 0 2 0 -1.194
Canada 0 3 0 0 3 0 -1.389
March 14, 2007
Canada
199 all out (50 overs)
v Kenya
203/3 (43.2 overs)
Kenya won by 7 wickets
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
Umpires: Asad Rauf and Peter Parker
Man of the Match: Steve Tikolo
Geoff Barnett 41 (50)
Jimmy Kamande 2/25 (10 overs)
(scorecard) Steve Tikolo 72* (76)
Sunil Dhaniram 1/34 (9 overs)

March 16, 2007
England
209/7 (50 overs)
v New Zealand
210/4 (41 overs)
New Zealand won by 6 wickets
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
Umpires: Asad Rauf and Rudi Koertzen
Man of the Match: Scott Styris
Kevin Pietersen 60 (92)
Shane Bond 2/19 (10 overs)
(scorecard) Scott Styris 87 (113)
James Anderson 2/39 (8 overs)

March 18, 2007
England
279/6 (50 overs)
v Canada
228/7 (50 overs)
England won by 51 runs
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
Umpires: Billy Doctrove and Peter Parker
Man of the Match: Paul Collingwood
Ed Joyce 66 (103)
Sunil Dhaniram 3/41 (10 overs)
(scorecard) Asif Mulla 58 (60)
Ravinder Bopara 2/43 (9 overs)

20 March 2007
New Zealand
331/7 (50 overs)
v Kenya
183 all out (49.2 overs)
New Zealand won by 148 runs
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
Umpires: Billy Doctrove and Rudi Koertzen
Man of the Match: Ross Taylor
Ross Taylor 85 (107)
Thomas Odoyo 2/55 (10 overs)
(scorecard) Ravindu Shah 81 (89)
James Franklin 2/20 (7.2 overs)

22 March 2007
New Zealand
363/5 (50 overs)
v Canada
249/9 (49.2 overs)
New Zealand won by 114 runs
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
Umpires: Asad Rauf and Billy Doctrove
Man of the Match: Lou Vincent
Lou Vincent 101 (107)
Kevin Sandher 2/58 (10 overs)
(scorecard) John Davison 53 (31)
Jeetan Patel 3/25 (9.2 overs)

24 March 2007
Kenya
177 all out (43 overs)
v England
178/3 (33 of 43 overs)
England won by 7 wickets
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen and Peter Parker
Man of the Match: Ed Joyce
Steve Tikolo 76 (97)
James Anderson 2/27 (9 overs)
(scorecard) Ed Joyce 75 (90)
Thomas Odoyo 1/27 (6 overs)
  • Overnight rain delayed the start. Match reduced to 43 overs per side.


Group D

All matches start at 1430 UTC.

Team Pts Pld W T L NR NRR
West Indies 6 3 3 0 0 0 +0.764
Ireland 3 3 1 1 1 0 -0.092
Pakistan 2 3 1 0 2 0 +0.089
Zimbabwe 1 3 0 1 2 0 -0.886
13 March 2007
West Indies
241/9 (50 overs)
v Pakistan
187 all out (47.2 overs)
West Indies won by 54 runs
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Umpires: Billy Bowden and Simon Taufel
Man of the Match: Dwayne Smith
Marlon Samuels 63 (70)
Iftikhar Anjum 3/44 (10 overs)
(scorecard) Shoaib Malik 62 (54)
Dwayne Smith 3/36 (10 overs)

15 March 2007
Ireland
221/9 (50 overs)
v Zimbabwe
221 all out (50 overs)
Match tied
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Umpires: Ian Gould and Brian Jerling
Man of the Match: Jeremy Bray
Jeremy Bray 115* (139)
Elton Chigumbura 2/21 (6 overs)
(scorecard) Stuart Matsikenyeri 73* (77)
Kyle McCallan 2/56 (9 overs)

17 March 2007
Pakistan
132 all out (45.4 overs)
v Ireland
133/7 (41.4 overs)
Ireland won by 3 wickets (DL)
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Umpires: Billy Bowden and Brian Jerling
Man of the Match: Niall O'Brien
Kamran Akmal 27 (53)
Boyd Rankin 3/32 (9 overs)
(scorecard) Niall O'Brien 72 (106)
Mohammad Sami 3/29 (10 overs)
  • Match shortened due to bad light and rain; Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 128 runs in 47 overs for Ireland.

19 March 2007
Zimbabwe
202/5 (50 overs)
v West Indies
204/4 (47.5 overs)
West Indies won by 6 wickets
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Umpires: Ian Gould and Simon Taufel
Man of the Match: Sean Williams
Sean Williams 70* (88)
Jerome Taylor 2/42 (10 overs)
(scorecard) Brian Lara 44* (68)
Christopher Mpofu 1/34 (9 overs)

21 March 2007
Pakistan
349 all out (49.5 overs)
v Zimbabwe
99 all out (19.1 of 20 overs)
Pakistan won by 93 runs (DL)
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Umpires: Brian Jerling and Simon Taufel
Man of the Match: Imran Nazir
Imran Nazir 160 (121)
Gary Brent 3/68 (10 overs)
(scorecard) Elton Chigumbura 27 (11)
Shahid Afridi 3/20 (4 overs)
  • Match shortened due to rain; Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 193 runs in 20 overs for Zimbabwe.

23 March 2007
Ireland
183/8 (48 overs)
v West Indies
190/2 (38.1 of 48 overs)
West Indies won by 8 wickets (DL)
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Umpires: Billy Bowden and Ian Gould
Man of the Match: Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Jeremy Bray 41 (71)
Chris Gayle 2/23 (10 overs)
(scorecard) Shivnarine Chanderpaul 102* (113)
Kyle McCallan 1/35 (10 overs)
  • Match shortened due to rain; Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 190 runs in 48 overs for West Indies.


Super 8 stage

The top two teams in each first-round group moved on to a "super eight" stage which is scored as a complete round-robin. But each of the eight teams played only six new matches, rather than seven— each group's two representatives carried forward their result against each other rather than play again. Thus the table below, showing seven matches for each team, covers all matches between the Super 8 qualifiers, including those from the Group Stage.

Teams depicted in green backgrounds qualified for the semi-finals.

Team Pts Pld W T L NR RF OF RA OB NRR
Australia 14 7 7 0 0 0 1725 266.1 1314 322 +2.4
Sri Lanka 10 7 5 0 2 0 1586 301.1 1275 337 +1.483
New Zealand 10 7 5 0 2 0 1378 308 1457 345.1 +0.253
South Africa 8 7 4 0 3 0 1561 299.1 1635 333.2 +0.313
England 6 7 3 0 4 0 1557 344.4 1511 307.4 -0.394
West Indies 4 7 2 0 5 0 1595 338.1 1781 337.1 -0.566
Bangladesh 2 7 1 0 6 0 1084 318 1398 284 -1.514
Ireland 2 7 1 0 6 0 1111 333 1226 242 -1.73

Abbreviations:

  • Pts = Points
  • W = Won
  • T = Tied
  • L = Lost
  • RF = Runs for
  • OF = Overs faced
  • RA = Runs against
  • OB = Overs bowled
Super 8 Matchup by Teams
Australia South Africa Sri Lanka Bangladesh New Zealand England Ireland West Indies
Australia AUS 83 runs AUS 7 wkts AUS 10 wkts AUS 215 runs AUS 7 wkts AUS 9 wkts AUS 103 runs
South Africa AUS 83 runs RSA 1 wkt BAN 67 runs NZL 5 wkts RSA 9 wkts RSA 7 wkts RSA 67 runs
Sri Lanka AUS 7 wkts RSA 1 wkt SRI 198 runs SRI 6 wkts SRI 2 runs SRI 8 wkts SRI 113 runs
Bangladesh AUS 10 wkts BAN 67 runs SRI 198 runs NZL 9 wkts ENG 4 wkts IRL 74 runs WI 99 runs
New Zealand AUS 215 runs NZL 5 wkts SRI 6 wkts NZL 9 wkts NZL 6 wkts NZL 129 runs NZL 7 wkts
England AUS 7 wkts RSA 9 wkts SRI 2 runs ENG 4 wkts NZL 6 wkts ENG 48 runs ENG 1 wkt
Ireland AUS 9 wkts RSA 7 wkts SRI 8 wkts IRL 74 runs NZL 129 runs ENG 48 runs WI 8 wkts
West Indies AUS 103 runs RSA 67 runs SRI 113 runs WI 99 runs NZL 7 wkts ENG 1 wkt WI 8 wkts

Matches

All matches start at 1330 UTC.

March 27, 2007
Australia
322/6 (50 overs)
v West Indies
219 all out (45.3 overs)
Australia won by 103 runs
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Asad Rauf
Man of the Match: Matthew Hayden
Matthew Hayden 158 (143)
Daren Powell 2/53 (10 overs)
(scorecard) Brian Lara 77 (83)
Glenn McGrath 3/31 (8 overs)
  • Play was postponed due to rain after the Australian innings on 27 March. Match concluded on 28 March.

March 28, 2007
Sri Lanka
209 all out (49.3 overs)
v South Africa
212/9 (48.2 overs)
South Africa won by 1 wicket
Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Daryl Harper
Man of the Match: Charl Langeveldt and Lasith Malinga .[21]
Tillakaratne Dilshan 58 (76)
Charl Langeveldt 5/39 (10 overs)
(scorecard) Jacques Kallis 86 (110)
Lasith Malinga 4/54 (9.2 overs)

March 29, 2007
West Indies
177 all out (44.4 overs)
v New Zealand
179/3 (39.2 overs)
New Zealand won by 7 wickets
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda
Umpires: Asad Rauf and Rudi Koertzen
Man of the Match: Jacob Oram
Chris Gayle 44 (56)
Jacob Oram 3/23 (8 overs)
(scorecard) Scott Styris 80* (90)
Daren Powell 2/39 (10 overs)

March 30, 2007
England
266/7 (50 overs)
v Ireland
218 all out (48.1 overs)
England won by 48 runs
Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana
Umpires: Billy Doctrove and Simon Taufel
Man of the Match: Paul Collingwood
Paul Collingwood 90 (82)
Boyd Rankin 2/28 (7 overs)
(scorecard) Niall O'Brien 63 (88)
Andrew Flintoff 4/43 (8.1 overs)

March 31, 2007
Bangladesh
104/6 (22 overs)
v Australia
106/0 (13.5 of 22 overs)
Australia won by 10 wickets
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Billy Bowden
Man of the Match: Glenn McGrath
Mashrafe Mortaza 25* (17)
Glenn McGrath 3/16 (5 overs)
(scorecard) Adam Gilchrist 59* (44)
Abdur Razzak 0/15 (3 overs)
  • Wet outfield delayed start. Match reduced to 22 overs a side.

April 1, 2007
Sri Lanka
303/5 (50 overs)
v West Indies
190 all out (44.3 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 113 runs
Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana
Umpires: Mark Benson and Daryl Harper
Man of the Match: Sanath Jayasuriya
Sanath Jayasuriya 115 (101)
Daren Powell 2/38 (10 overs)
(scorecard) Shivnarine Chanderpaul 76 (110)
Sanath Jayasuriya 3/38 (8.3 overs)

April 2, 2007
Bangladesh
174 all out (48.3 overs)
v New Zealand
178/1 (29.2 overs)
New Zealand won by 9 wickets
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Rudi Koertzen
Man of the Match: Shane Bond
Mohammad Rafique 30* (36)
Scott Styris 4/43 (10 overs)
(scorecard) Stephen Fleming 102* (92)
Syed Rasel 1/22 (7 overs)

April 3, 2007
Ireland
152/8 (35 overs)
v South Africa
165/3 (31.3 of 35 overs)
South Africa won by 7 wickets (DL)
Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana
Umpires: Daryl Harper and Simon Taufel
Man of the Match: Jacques Kallis
Andrew White 30 (30)
Charl Langeveldt 3/41 (7 overs)
(scorecard) Jacques Kallis 66* (86)
Boyd Rankin 2/26 (7 overs)
  • Rain during Irelands innings reduced play to 35 overs. Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 160 runs in 35 overs for South Africa.

April 4, 2007
Sri Lanka
235 all out (50 overs)
v England
233/8 (50 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 2 runs
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda
Umpires: Asad Rauf and Billy Bowden
Man of the Match: Ravi Bopara
Upul Tharanga 62 (103)
Sajid Mahmood 4/50 (9 overs)
(scorecard) Kevin Pietersen 58 (80)
Dilhara Fernando 3/41 (9 overs)

April 7, 2007
Bangladesh
251/8 (50 overs)
v South Africa
184 all out (48.4 overs)
Bangladesh won by 67 runs
Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana
Umpires: Mark Benson and Billy Doctrove
Man of the Match: Mohammad Ashraful
Mohammad Ashraful 87 (83)
Andre Nel 5/45 (10 overs)
(scorecard) Herschelle Gibbs 56* (59)
Abdur Razzak 3/25 (9.4 overs)

April 8, 2007
England
247 all out (49.5 overs)
v Australia
248/3 (47.2 overs)
Australia won by 7 wickets
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda
Umpires: Billy Bowden and Rudi Koertzen
Man of the Match: Shaun Tait
Kevin Pietersen 104 (122)
Nathan Bracken 3/33 (10 overs)
(scorecard) Ricky Ponting 86 (106)
Andrew Flintoff 1/35 (10 overs)

April 9, 2007
New Zealand
263/8 (50 overs)
v Ireland
134 all out (37.4 overs)
New Zealand won by 129 runs
Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Simon Taufel
Man of the Match: Peter Fulton
Peter Fulton 83 (110)
Kyle McCallan 2/35 (10 overs)
(scorecard) Kevin O'Brien 49 (45)
Daniel Vettori 4/23 (8.4 overs)

April 10, 2007
South Africa
356/4 (50 overs)
v West Indies
289/9 (50 overs)
South Africa won by 67 runs
Queen's Park, St George's, Grenada
Umpires: Mark Benson and Daryl Harper
Man of the Match: AB de Villiers
AB de Villiers 146 (129)
Corey Collymore 2/41 (10 overs)
(scorecard) Ramnaresh Sarwan 92 (75)
Shaun Pollock 2/33 (8 overs)