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{{Infobox rugby league club
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup
| Founder = Cronulla Sutherland Leagues Club
| image = ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 logo.png
| clubname = Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
| imagesize = 220px
| image = [[Image:Cronullasharks.jpg|150px]]
| caption = Logo of the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup
| fullname = Cronulla Sutherland<br/>District Rugby League<br/>Football Club Ltd
| administrator = [[International Cricket Council]]
| nickname = Sharkies
| cricket format = [[One Day International]]
| shortname =
| tournament format = [[Round robin]] and [[Knockout]]
| founded = 1963 as ''Cronulla-Caringbah''<br> 1967 in [[New South Wales Rugby League]]
| host = West Indies
| ground = [[Toyota Stadium (Cronulla)|Toyota Stadium]]
| champions = Australia
| capacity = 22,500
| ceo = Tony Zappia
| count = 4th
| participants = 16 (from 97 entrants)
| mgrtitle = Coach
| matches = 51
| manager = [[Ricky Stuart]]
| attendance = 672000
| URL = [http://www.sharks.com.au sharks.com.au]
| league = [[National Rugby League]]
| player of the series = [[Glenn McGrath]]
| most runs = [[Matthew Hayden]] (659)
| season = [[National Rugby League season 2008|2008]]
| most wickets =[[Glenn McGrath]] (26)
| position = 3rd
| premierships = 0
| premiershipyears =
| runnerups = 2
| runnerupyears = [[NSWRFL season 1973|1973]], [[NSWRFL season 1978|1978]],
| minorpremierships = 2
| minorpremiershipyears = [[NSWRL season 1988|1988]], [[NRL season 1999|1999]]
| current = Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2008
| homejersey = Cronulla home jersey 1970.svg
| awayjersey = Cronulla Sharks away jersey 2008.svg
}}
}}
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 ICC Cricket World Cup|2003 World Cup]] (despite a field larger by two teams).
The '''Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks''' are an Australian professional [[rugby league]] team based in [[Cronulla, New South Wales]] in the [[Sutherland Shire]], south of Sydney. They compete in the [[National Rugby League]] (NRL), Australia's premier rugby league competition.


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 national cricket team|Australia]], [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]], [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] and [[South Africa national cricket team|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 [[Winning streak (sports)|streak]] dating back to 23 May 1999, during the group stage of the [[1999 Cricket World Cup|1999 World Cup]].
The club was admitted to the [[New South Wales Rugby League premiership]], predecessor of the [[Australian Rugby League]] and the current [[National Rugby League]] competition, in January, 1967. Despite more than 40 years of competition and three [[Grand Final]]s, Cronulla has yet to win a premiership.


==History==
==Host selection==
[[Image:2007 Cricket World Cup venues.png|thumb|World Cup 2007s Venues in the West Indies.]]
{{details|Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks History|Cronulla Sharks History}}
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.<ref>In terms of number of wins, win percentage, and number of cups won. In fact, they were on top on all of these criteria from 1975 to 1987, and only in 2003 did Australia pass their number of cups won.</ref>


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]], [[Saint Vincent and the Grenadines|St. Vincent and the Grenadines]], and a second bid by [[Jamaica]] were also rejected.
===1960s===


===Venues===
In 1967 the [[New South Wales Rugby Football League]] (NSWRFL) added two new clubs to the competition, Cronulla-Sutherland and Penrith, the first to join the competition since Parramatta and Manly were admitted 20 years earlier in 1947.
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.
They debuted in 1967 wearing a sky blue jersey adorned with a white V and red numbers on the back, at the then club home ground of Sutherland Oval, under the coaching of [[Ken Kearney]]. Cronulla-Sutherland earned immediate recognition when they beat [[Sydney Roosters|Eastern Suburbs]] at the Sydney Sports Ground in their first match. They had only two more wins, against Norths and Parramatta, and finished last on the competition table.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Country
!City
!Stadium
!Capacity
!Matches
!Cost
|-
| Antigua and Barbuda
| [[St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda|St John's]]
| [[Sir Vivian Richards Stadium]]
| style="text-align: center;" |20,000
| Super 8
| US$54 Million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2006/06/03/stories/2006060309962100.htm|title= Stadium named after Richards getting ready|publisher=The Hindu (India)|accessdate=2007-05-24}}</ref>
|-
| Barbados
| [[Bridgetown]]
| [[Kensington Oval]]
| style="text-align: center;" |32,000
| Super 8 & Final
| US$69.1 Million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/cricket/wires/07/16/2080.ap.cb.spt.crk.wcup.kensington.oval.0271/index.html|title=Kensington Oval cost|accessdate=2007-04-09}}</ref><!--New reference needed, old link is dead-->
|-
| Grenada
| [[St. George's, Grenada|St George's]]
| [[Queen's Park, Grenada|Queen's Park]]
| style="text-align: center;" |20,000
| Super 8
|
|-
| Guyana
| [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]]
| [[Providence Stadium]]
| style="text-align: center;" |20,000
| Super 8
| US$26 Million/US$46 Million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guyanastadium.netfirms.com Providence Stadium cost|title=Guyana Providence Stadium - Progress Information|date=[[2007-02-18]]|accessdate=2007-05-24}}</ref>
|-
| Jamaica
| [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]]
| [[Sabina Park]]
| style="text-align: center;" |30,000
| Group D & Semi-final
| US$26 Million<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.jis.gov.jm/local_gov/html/20040211T090000-0500_1716_JIS_MAYOR_MCKENZIE_LOBBIES_FOR_SABINA_PARK_TO_HOST_WORLD_CUP_CRICKET.asp | title=Mayor Mckenzie Lobbies for Sabina Park to Host World Cup Cricket | date=[[2004-02-24]] | accessdate=2007-05-24}}</ref>
|-
| Saint Kitts and Nevis
| [[Basseterre]]
| [[Warner Park Sporting Complex|Warner Park Stadium]]
| style="text-align: center;" |10,000
| Group A
| US$12 Million
|-
| Saint Lucia
| [[Gros Islet Quarter|Gros Islet]]
| [[Beausejour Stadium]]
| style="text-align: center;" |20,000
| Group C & Semi-final
| US$13 Million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stlucia.gov.lc/docs/CWC2007BidExecSummary.pdf|title=The Saint Lucia Bid for Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007|accessdate=2007-05-24|format=PDF}}</ref>
|-
| Trinidad and Tobago
| [[Port of Spain]]
| [[Queen's Park Oval]]
| style="text-align: center;" |25,000
| Group B
|
|}


Four additional venues hosted warm-up matches.
In mid-1968 the club moved permanently to [[Endeavour Field]] at [[Woolooware]], thus becoming the only club in Sydney to own their own ground. Their first match there was against [[Parramatta Eels|Parramatta]] and the Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks won 10-7.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Country
!City
!Stadium
!Capacity
!Cost
|-
| Barbados
| [[Bridgetown]]
| [[3Ws Oval]]
| style="text-align: center;" |8,500
|
|-
| Jamaica
| [[Trelawny Parish, Jamaica|Trelawny]]
| [[Greenfield Stadium (Trelawny)|Greenfield Stadium]]
| style="text-align: center;" |25,000
| US$35 Million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20060709/focus/focus4.html|title= More planning needed for Cricket World Cup|date=[[2006-07-09]]|accessdate=2007-05-24}}</ref>
|-
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
| [[Kingstown]]
| [[Arnos Vale Stadium]]
| style="text-align: center;" |12,000
|
|-
| Trinidad and Tobago
| [[Saint Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago|St. Augustine]]
| [[Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground]]
| style="text-align: center;" |22,000
|
|}
The Jamaican Government spent US$81 million for "on the pitch" expenses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20060831/news/news2.html|title=Robert Bryan, executive director, Jamaica 2007 Cricket Limited (from www.jamaica-gleaner.com)|accessdate=2007-04-09}}</ref> 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$100 million or [[Jamaican dollar|JM$]]7 billion.


This put the reconstruction cost of Sabina Park at US$46 million whilst the Trelawny Stadium will cost US$35 million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.caribbeancricket.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2127|title=World Cup 2007: Eyes Wide Shut by Claude Robinson from www.caribbeancricket.com|accessdate=2007-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sportsjamaica.com/read_article.php?id=5632|title= Cricket: 'Run wid it again!'|date=[[2006-04-24]]||accessdate=2007-04-09}}</ref> The total amount of money spent on stadiums was at least US$301 million.
===1970s===
[[Image:cronulla 1988.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Cronulla Sharks logo 1978-1997]]Captain-coached by Englishman [[Tommy Bishop]], Cronulla-Sutherland made the end-of-season play-offs for the first time in 1973 . They lost only five games and finished just one point behind minor premiers Manly, and ahead of local rivals St George. The Sharks made it to the grand final against the Sea Eagles but in a brutal encounter lost 10-7.


The [[Brian Lara Stadium]], in Trinidad, lost its status as a pre-tournament warm-up match venue on 21 September 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/260157.html|title=Brian Lara stadium exits World Cup|author=Mark Pouchet|publisher=Cricinfo|date=[[2006-09-21]]|accessdate=2007-04-09}}</ref>
Cronulla-Sutherland met the Sea Eagles again in the 1978 grand final, amidst much controversy surrounding referee [[Greg Hartley]]. The Sharks led by 7-2 well into the second half. Manly came back and brought the scoreboard to 11-7. It took a late penalty goal from [[Steve Rogers (rugby league)|Steve Rogers]] to level scores at 11-all by fulltime. The replay saw the Sharks opportunity pass by as they fielded a much-weakened team due to further injuries, eventually being shut-out by Manly 16-0. Cronulla were without suspended stars [[Greg Pierce]] and [[Dane Sorensen]] in both games, while hooker [[John McMartin (rugby league)|John McMartin]], fullback [[Mick Mullane]] and [[Barry Andrews]] were all injured for the replay.


==Qualification==
In 1979, Cronulla won the mid-week [[Amco Cup]] competition, their first trophy in the top grade, beating Combined Brisbane 22-5.
[[Image:ICC CWC 2007 team captains.jpg|thumb|The captains of the 2007 Cricket World Cup.]]{{Seealso|2007 Cricket World Cup qualification|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 cricket|Test]] & permanent [[One Day International|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):
===1980s===
{|
Cronulla suffered major financial trouble in 1983, with the NSWRL appointing an administrator and providing a loan. Western Suburbs and Newtown, both in a similar predicament, were refused a loan, with Newtown being forced out of the competition. However, the season wasn't all bad for Cronulla, with the emergence of teenage star, [[Andrew Ettingshausen]], who was named Rookie of the Year, and would later go on to become the most capped and successful player for Cronulla. Cronulla also made the final of the mid-week [[Amco Cup|KB Cup]], but lost again to Manly, 26-6.
|
*Bermuda
|
*Canada
|
*Kenya
|
*Ireland
|
*Netherlands
|
*Scotland
|-
|}


==Media coverage==
In 1985, Cronulla was buoyed by the arrival of 'super coach' [[Jack Gibson (rugby league)|Jack Gibson]], who had coached Easts and Parramatta to premierships. Gibson left the club in good shape in 1987, with the promise fulfilled in 1988 when Cronulla won the minor premiership, led by veteran second-rower Gavin Miller, who was named Dally M Player of the Year, and Rothmans Medal winning halfback, Barry Russell. However, Russell dislocated his shoulder two weeks before the finals, and missed the semi-final where Cronulla went down to Canterbury. He was rushed back in for the final against Balmain, but he was severely hampered by the injury, and Cronulla were bundled out. A bright spot for the Sharks, though, was the selection in the Australian team of Miller, and young centres, Ettingshausen and Mark McGaw.
[[Image:Icc-cwc2007 mascot.jpg|thumb|100px|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&nbsp;m.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charteredaccountants.com.au/charter/charter_archive/2003/june_2003/A117967146|title=Sponsorship revenue|accessdate=2007-04-09}}</ref> The 2007 World Cup was [[television|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2007/03/11/2003351858|title=Taipai Times Editorial|accessdate=2007-04-18}}</ref><ref name="CWC">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cricketworldcup.com/icc-marketing.html|work=cricketworldcp.com|title=World Cup Overview|accessdate=2007-01-29}}</ref>


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 [[Jamaica]]n-born [[Shaggy (artist)|Shaggy]], [[Barbados|Bajan]] entertainer [[Rupee (musician)|Rupee]] and [[Trinidad]]ian Faye-Ann Lyons.
In 1989, Cronulla sneaked into the finals after thrashing Illawarra 46-14 in the final round, followed by a memorable 38-14 victory over the Brisbane Broncos in the play-off for fifth position. However, they could not repeat the performance in their semi-final against eventual premiers Canberra, in what was their third game in seven days. Gavin Miller was rewarded for another great year with both the Dally M Player of the Year award and the Rothmans Medal.


The 2007 tournament recorded the highest ticketing revenue for a Cricket World Cup, selling more than 672,000.<ref>[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/current/story/301516.html World Cup profits boost debt-ridden Windies board]</ref> Although, attendance leading into the semi finals for the 2007 World Cup was 403,000; an average of 8,500 supporters per match.<ref name="Attendance">{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketworld.com/world_cup_2007/article/?aid=11055|title=ICC CWC 2007 Match Attendance Soars Past 400,000|publisher=Cricketworld.com|date=[[2007-04-24]]|accessdate=2007-04-25}}</ref>
===1990s===
[[Image:cronulla 1998.jpg|left|200px|thumb|Cronulla Sharks logo 1998-2004]]
Cronulla again dropped into a period of poor form and financial trouble in 1990, but the appointment as coach of rugby league Immortal, [[Arthur Beetson]], in 1992 helped turn the on-field problems around. He helped develop a batch of promising players, including five-eighth [[Mitch Healey]], fullback [[David Peachey]], winger [[Richie Barnett]], prop [[Adam Ritson]], and hooker [[Aaron Raper]], son of another Immortal, [[Johnny Raper]]. However, Cronulla were forced into receivership in 1993.


==Leadup==
Beetson was replaced as coach in 1994 by [[John Lang (rugby league)|John Lang]], a former Australian hooker, and coach of the [[Easts Tigers|Brisbane Easts]] team. Lang brought halfback, [[Paul Green (rugby league)|Paul Green]], down from Brisbane with him. A golden age for the club had begun, signalled by the two lower grade teams (President's Cup and Reserve grade) winning their competitions. During John Lang's coaching period, from 1994 to 2001, Cronulla made the semi-finals every year except for 1994 and 1998. The club had a glamorous image and attracted record crowds, with a corresponding financial improvement.
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 [[2006-07 Commonwealth Bank Series|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 [[2007 ICC World Cricket League Division One|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:
In 1995, Cronulla were one of the first clubs to join the [[Super League (Australia)|Super League]] competition, which kicked off after protracted legal battles and much bitterness, in 1997. The club was motivated by a dissatisfaction with the perceived favouritism of the NSWRL administration towards other clubs, and a still-risky financial situation.
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Ranking
!Team
!|Points
| style="background:white; border-top-color:white;border-bottom-color:white;" |
!Ranking
!Team
!Points
|-
|1
|South Africa
|128
| style="background:white; border-top-color:white;border-bottom-color:white;" |
|9
|Bangladesh
|42
|-
|2
|Australia
|125
| style="background:white; border-top-color:white;border-bottom-color:white;" |
|10
|Zimbabwe
|22
|-
|3
|New Zealand
|113
| style="background:white; border-top-color:white;border-bottom-color:white;" |
|11
|Kenya
|0
|-
|4
|Pakistan
|111
| style="background:white; border-top-color:white;border-bottom-color:white;" |
| 12 || align="left" | Scotland || 0%''' / '''69%
|-
|5
|India
|109
| style="background:white; border-top-color:white;border-bottom-color:white;" |
| 13 || align="left" | Netherlands || 0%''' / '''50%
|-
|6
|Sri Lanka
|108
| style="background:white; border-top-color:white;border-bottom-color:white;" |
| 14 || align="left" | Ireland || 0%''' / '''44%
|-
|7
|England
|106
| style="background:white; border-top-color:white;border-bottom-color:white;" |
| 15 || align="left" | Canada || 0%''' / '''33%
|-
|8
|West Indies
|101
| style="background:white; border-top-color:white;border-bottom-color:white;" |
| 16 || align="left" | 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.''<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc-wcl/content/story/280216.html | title=Associate ODI Rankins after WCL Division 1 | publisher=ICC | date=[[2007-02-13]] | accessdate=2007-05-24}} - Note: The ODIs in the WCL Division 1 were the last ODIs played by associates before the World Cup.</ref>


===Warm-up matches===
They reached the inaugural - and only - grand final of the ten-team competition, Cronulla made the Super League grand final and went on to lose to Brisbane 26-8 in Brisbane. The game was notable for being the only grand final to be played outside Sydney. The club rejoined the reunited National Rugby League competition in 1998.
{{main|2007 Cricket World Cup 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 [[One Day International|ODIs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc-cwc/content/story/213796.html|title=ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 match schedule announced (from icc-cricket.org; explains that there are 51 ODIs scheduled but that only fits with the main tournament)|accessdate=2007-04-09}}</ref> 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===
Arguably the Sharks' best season ever was in 1999, when they again won the minor premiership in convincing fashion. The Sharks easily accounted for the Brisbane Broncos in the quarter-final, and led 8-0 in the grand final qualifier against the St George Illawarra Dragons before eventually losing 8-24.
[[Image:2007 CWC Opening ceremony.jpg|thumb|left|[[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]].[http://www.indianmuslims.info/news/2007/march/11/sports/all_set_for_grand_opening_of_crickets_biggest_showpiece.html]


It featured over 2000 dancers and performers representing all strands of [[West Indian]] music, from [[Calypso music|calypso]] and [[ragga]] to [[reggae]] and [[Soca music|soca]]; among the performers were [[Sean Paul]], [[Byron Lee]], [[Kevin Lyttle]], [[Beres Hammond]], [[Lucky Dube]], [[Buju Banton]], [[Half Pint]], [[Arrow (musician)|Arrow]], [[Machel Montano]], [[Alison Hinds]], [[Tony Rebel]], [[Third World (band)|Third World]], [[Gregory Isaacs]], [[David Rudder]], [[Shaggy]], the [[I Threes]] and [[Jimmy Cliff]].
===2000s===
Cronulla lost the grand final qualifier in similar circumstances in 2001, to eventual premiers Newcastle. The year was marked by the sudden rise of halfback [[Preston Campbell]], who was named Dally M Player of the Year, despite being a fringe first grader at the start of the season.


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]].
[[Image:Sharkies Leagues Club.JPG|250px|thumb|left|Sharkies Leagues Club]]In 2002, John Lang, was replaced by Australian coach, [[Chris Anderson (rugby league)|Chris Anderson]], who had led Canterbury Bulldogs and Melbourne Storm to premierships. The following two years were the most acrimonious in the club's history. The first year was almost an on-field success, as Anderson retained the core of John Lang's team, and the Sharks again reached the grand final qualifier. However another heartbreaking loss to New Zealand, the replacement of halfback Campbell - a crowd favourite - with former Melbourne halfback Brett Kimmorley, and a string of released players signalled trouble for 2003.


==Rules and regulations==
This was realised with the sudden mid-season departure of long-time stars, Nick Graham and Dean Treister. The Sharks finished 11th, suffering a record 74-4 loss to Parramatta in a match marred by the controversial performance of referee, [[Shayne Hayne]]. Three Cronulla players were sent from the field, including Sharks captain David Peachey, for ignoring the referee's instructions. Constant infighting between the board and the coach led to Anderson's departure at the end of the season.
===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 International]]s 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.
The same year the club's name reverted back to Cronulla-Sutherland Chris Anderson was replaced by [[Stuart Raper]], another son of Johnny Raper, and the coach of the President's Cup winning team in 1994. A loyal clubman, he instantly brought a revival in club and supporter spirit. However, Raper's apparent focus on team harmony rather than results led to Cronulla's win percentage worsening, from 49% (24 wins 27 losses) under Anderson, to 43% (31 wins 42 losses).


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.
Steve Rogers, the CEO of the Cronulla Sharks and a former club legend, died on 3 January 2006 at the age of 51 of a "mixture of prescription drugs and alcohol." In April, 2006, the NSW state coroner ruled that the death was accidental.


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.<ref name="World Cup 07 playing conditions">{{cite web|url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc/rules/wc07_playing_conditions.pdf|title=ICC Playing Conditions for 2007 World Cup|accessdate=February 27|accessyear=2007|format=PDF}}</ref>
On 21 April 2006, the Australian Government announced they will be funding a $9.6 million dollar upgrade to Toyota Park. Funding will be going towards extending the E.T. Stand.


===Tournament points===
Cronulla finished the 2006 season in disastrous fashion. After winning 8 out 9 games in the middle of the season and climbing to near the top of the ladder, the team experienced the worst losing streak in the club's history, losing their last 10 consecutive games. In a bizarre finish to a tumultuous season, the Sharks narrowly failed to win their final game after coming back from 26-0 down to lose 26-24 to Canberra. A missed penalty goal in the dying seconds of the match would have sent the game into extra-time, allowing the chance for Cronulla to equal the biggest single-game comeback in the history of top-level rugby league in Australia.
In the Group Stage and in the Super 8 Stage points were awarded as follows:
{| class="wikitable"
|+Points
|-
! colspan="1"|Results
! colspan="1"|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:<ref name="World Cup 07 playing conditions">{{cite web|url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc/rules/wc07_playing_conditions.pdf|title=ICC Playing Conditions for 2007 World Cup|accessdate=February 27|accessyear=2007|format=PDF}}</ref>
On 22 September 2006, The Sharks Board ended weeks of speculation over the future of Coach [[Stuart Raper]] by sacking him as first grade coach and handing him a $300,000 payout, making him the second consecutive coach to receive such a payout. On the 26th of September, Australian Test Coach [[Ricky Stuart]] signed a new 3 year deal to coach the Sharks as of 2007, replacing Raper as coach.


# Most wins in their group or in Super 8 whichever is applicable
[[Image:Sharkies Leagues Club Sign.JPG|160px|thumb|right|Sharkies Leagues Club]]Round one of the 2007 season saw the Sharks break their 10 game losing streak against the [[Penrith Panthers]] with an 18-0 victory at Toyota Park. Ricky Stuart, despite being somewhat hampered by the decisions of former coach Raper in the team he inherited, led the Sharks to fifth on the ladder at the halfway mark of the season surprising many critics. Towards the end of the season, Cronulla plunged to fifteenth on the league ladder, slumping to seven straight losses. The season ended with the Sharks in 11th place, rounding off a heartbreaking season, with the club losing no less than nine matches by 4 points or less.
# Higher [[net run rate]]
# Higher number of wickets taken per ball
# Winners of head to head matches
# 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecb.co.uk/news/world/icc-table-provides-basis,3325,EN.html|title=World Cup seedings plan announced|accessdate=2007-04-09}}</ref>


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.
In 2008 players Greg Bird and Ben Pomeroy both signed long term contracts to add three years to their contracts.
{| class="wikitable" width=98%
|-
!width=25%| '''[[#Group A|Group A]]'''
!width=25%| '''[[#Group B|Group B]]'''
!width=25%| '''[[#Group C|Group C]]'''
!width=25%| '''[[#Group D|Group D]]'''
|-
|
Australia (1)<br />
South Africa (5)<br />
Scotland (12)<br />
Netherlands (16)<br />
|
Sri Lanka (2)<br />
India (6)<br />
Bangladesh (11)<br />
Bermuda (15)<br />
|
New Zealand (3)<br />
England (7)<br />
Kenya (10)<br />
Canada (14)<br />
| valign="top"|
Pakistan (4)<br />
West Indies (8)<br />
Zimbabwe (9)<br />
Ireland (13)<br />
|-
|}


===System===
The Sharks made an excellent start to 2008, beating defeated grand finalists Manly and premiers Melbourne in away games in the first two rounds. The team finished the season in third spot on the NRL ladder and had one of the best defensive records and worst attacking records in the league. After a comprehensive 36-10 victory over Canberra in the Qualifying Final at [[Toyota Stadium]], Cronulla were beaten 28-0 by Melbourne in the Preliminary Final at the [[Sydney Football Stadium]]. This was a disappointing end to an otherwise successful season.
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.
==Emblem and colours==
For Cronulla's maiden season in first grade a sky blue jersey with a white V was adopted from the [[Cronulla Surf Club]] despite Cronulla's chocolate and gold design in the Sydney 2nd Division competition. The team colours of black, white and sky blue haven't changed, with the exception of grey being incorporated during [[Super League (Australia)|super league]], and shortly after on the team's away strip.<gallery perrow="3" align="right" caption="Home jerseys of the Sharks">
Image:Cronulla home jersey 1967.svg|1967-1969
Image:Cronulla home jersey 1970.svg|1970-1996, 2007-present
Image:Cronulla home jersey 1997.svg|1997-2000
Image:Cronulla home jersey 2001.svg|2001-2003
Image:Cronulla home jersey 2004.svg|2004-2006
</gallery>


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.
The club wasn’t known as the 'Cronulla Sharks' until after its admission into the competition. During Cronulla’s first season the crest featured a drawing of [[Captain Cook]]'s ship the [[HM Bark Endeavour|Endeavour]]. It is alleged that during the first season the club President suggested the 'Lions' while the captain [[Ken Kearney]] recommended the 'Sharks'. The mascot may have been named after the Cronulla Surf Club's rugby league teams of the 1970s.


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.
From the late 1970s through to the late 1990s, the Sharks used a predominately black circular crest with a blue shark. This was changed after [[Super League (Australia)|Super League]] in 1997 to a blue and white star-shaped design. Between 1999-2002, the name was shortened to simply the "Sharks". Since 2003, the name has since been changed back to the [[Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks]] and changed their logo again in 2005, which is currently in use.


==Stadium==
==Group Stage==
{{Main|2007 Cricket World Cup group stage}}
[[Image:Wooloware Endeavour Field.JPG|250px|thumb|left|Toyota Park - Endeavour Field]]The Cronulla Sutherland Leagues Club is known as Sharkies and is located on Captain Cook Drive at [[Woolooware, New South Wales|Woolooware]]. The leagues club sits beside the Cronulla Sutherland home ground, [[Toyota Park (Cronulla)|Toyota Stadium]], originally known as Endeavour Field. Cronulla's home ground has had numerous names over the years including Ronson Field, Shark Park and Toyota Park.
====Group A====
All matches start at 1330 UTC.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=175 |Team
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=20 abbr="Tied" |T
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=20 abbr="No result" |NR
!width=20 abbr="Net run rate" |NRR
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|Australia
|'''6'''||3||3||0||0||0||+3.433
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|South Africa
|'''4'''||3||2||0||1||0||+2.403
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
|style="text-align:left;"|Netherlands
|'''2'''||3||1||0||2||0|| -2.527
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
|style="text-align:left;"|Scotland
|'''0'''||3||0||0||3||0|| -3.793
|}
{{Limited overs international
| date = 14 March 2007
| team1 = Australia
| score1 = 334/6 (50 overs)
| score2 = 131/9 (40.1 overs)
| team2 = Scotland
| runs1 = [[Ricky Ponting]] 113 (93)
| wickets1 = [[Majid Haq]] 2/49 (7 overs)
| runs2 = [[Colin Smith (cricketer)|Colin Smith]] 51 (76)
| wickets2 = [[Glenn McGrath]] 3/14 (6 overs)
| result = Australia won by 203 runs
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs Scotland|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Warner Park Stadium]], [[Basseterre]], [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]]
| umpires = [[Steve Bucknor]] and [[Asoka De Silva]]
| motm = [[Ricky Ponting]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 16 March 2007
| team1 = South Africa
| score1 = 353/3 (40 overs)
| score2 = 132/9 (40 overs)
| team2 = Netherlands
| runs1 = [[Jacques Kallis]] 128[[not out|*]] (109)
| wickets1 = [[Billy Stelling]] 1/43 (8 overs)
| runs2 = [[Ryan ten Doeschate|R ten Doeschate]] 57 (75)
| wickets2 = [[Justin Kemp]] 2/18 (4 overs)
| result = South Africa won by 221 runs
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: South Africa vs Netherlands|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Warner Park Stadium]], [[Basseterre]], [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]]
| umpires = [[Mark Benson]] and [[Tony Hill (cricket)|Tony Hill]]
| motm = [[Herschelle Gibbs]]
| rain = Match reduced to 40 overs a side because of rain/ground conditions.
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 18 March 2007
| team1 = Australia
| score1 = 358/5 (50 overs)
| score2 = 129 all out (26.5 overs)
| team2 = Netherlands
| runs1 = [[Brad Hodge]] 123 (89)
| wickets1 = [[Tim de Leede]] 2/40 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Daan van Bunge]] 33 (33)
| wickets2 = [[Brad Hogg]] 4/27 (4.5 overs)
| result = Australia won by 229 runs
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs Netherlands|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Warner Park Stadium]], [[Basseterre]], [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]]
| umpires = [[Steve Bucknor]] and [[Tony Hill (cricket)|Tony Hill]]
| motm = [[Brad Hodge]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 20 March 2007
| team1 = Scotland
| score1 = 186/8 (50 overs)
| score2 = 188/3 (23.2 overs)
| team2 = South Africa
| runs1 = [[Dougie Brown]] 45[[not out|*]] (64)
| wickets1 = [[Andrew Hall]] 3/48 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Graeme Smith]] 91 (65)
| wickets2 = [[Majid Haq]] 2/43 (6 overs)
| result = South Africa won by 7 wickets
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: South Africa vs Scotland|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Warner Park Stadium]], [[Basseterre]], [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]]
| umpires = [[Mark Benson]] and [[Asoka De Silva]]
| motm = [[Graeme Smith]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 22 March 2007
| team1 = Scotland
| score1 = 136 all out (34.1 overs)
| score2 = 140/2 (23.5 overs)
| team2 = Netherlands
| runs1 = [[Glenn Rogers]] 26 (30)
| wickets1 = [[Billy Stelling]] 3/12 (8 overs)
| runs2 = [[Ryan ten Doeschate|R ten Doeschate]] 70[[not out|*]] (68)
| wickets2 = [[John Blain]] 2/29 (5 overs)
| result = Netherlands won by 8 wickets
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Scotland vs Netherlands|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Warner Park Stadium]], [[Basseterre]], [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]]
| umpires = [[Asoka De Silva]] and [[Tony Hill (cricket)|Tony Hill]]
| motm = [[Billy Stelling]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 24 March 2007
| team1 = Australia
| score1 = 377/6 (50 overs)
| score2 = 294 all out (48 overs)
| team2 = South Africa
| runs1 = [[Matthew Hayden]] 101 (68)
| wickets1 = [[Andrew Hall]] 2/60 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Abraham de Villiers|AB de Villiers]] 92 (70)
| wickets2 = [[Brad Hogg]] 3/61 (10 overs)
| result = Australia won by 83 runs
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs South Africa|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Warner Park Stadium]], [[Basseterre]], [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]]
| umpires = [[Mark Benson]] and [[Steve Bucknor]]
| motm = [[Matthew Hayden]]
}}


==Team Anthem==
====Group B====
All matches start at 1330 [[UTC]].
Up, up, Cronulla,
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
the boys in the black, white and blue.
|-
Up, up, Cronulla,
!width=175 |Team
name of the sharks fits you.
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
Sharks, sharks, forever,
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
go out and play without fear.
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
Now's the time to see good football,
!width=20 abbr="Tied" |T
cause the sharks are here!
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
Up the sharks!
!width=20 abbr="No result" |NR
!width=20 abbr="Net run rate" |NRR
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|Sri Lanka
|'''6'''||3||3||0||0||0||+3.493
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|Bangladesh
|'''4'''||3||2||0||1||0|| -1.523
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
|style="text-align:left;"|India
|'''2'''||3||1||0||2||0||+1.206
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
|style="text-align:left;"|Bermuda
|'''0'''||3||0||0||3||0|| -4.345
|}
{{Limited overs international
| date = 15 March 2007
| team1 = Sri Lanka
| score1 = 321/6 (50 overs)
| score2 = 78 all out (24.4 overs)
| team2 = Bermuda
| runs1 = [[Mahela Jayawardene]] 85 (90)
| wickets1 = [[Saleem Mukuddem]] 2/50 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Lionel Cann]] 28 (32)
| wickets2 = [[Farveez Maharoof]] 4/23 (7 overs)
| result = Sri Lanka won by 243 runs
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka vs Bermuda|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Queen's Park Oval]], [[Port of Spain]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
| umpires = [[Daryl Harper]] and [[Ian Howell]]
| motm = [[Mahela Jayawardene]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 17 March 2007
| team1 = India
| score1 = 191 all out (49.3 overs)
| score2 = 192/5 (48.3 overs)
| team2 = Bangladesh
| runs1 = [[Sourav Ganguly]] 66 (129)
| wickets1 = [[Mashrafe Mortaza]] 4/38 (9.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Mushfiqur Rahim]] 56[[not out|*]] (107)
| wickets2 = [[Virender Sehwag]] 2/17 (5 overs)
| result = Bangladesh won by 5 wickets
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: India vs Bangladesh|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Queen's Park Oval]], [[Port of Spain]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
| umpires = [[Aleem Dar]] and [[Steve Davis (umpire)|Steve Davis]]
| motm = [[Mashrafe Mortaza]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 19 March 2007
| team1 = India
| score1 = 413/5 (50 overs)
| score2 = 156 all out (43.1 overs)
| team2 = Bermuda
| runs1 = [[Virender Sehwag]] 114 (87)
| wickets1 = [[Delyone Borden]] 2/30 (5 overs)
| runs2 = [[David Hemp]] 76[[not out|*]] (105)
| wickets2 = [[Ajit Agarkar]] 3/38 (10 overs)
| result = India won by 257 runs
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: India vs Bermuda|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Queen's Park Oval]], [[Port of Spain]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
| umpires = [[Aleem Dar]] and [[Ian Howell]]
| motm = [[Virender Sehwag]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 21 March 2007
| team1 = Sri Lanka
| score1 = 318/4 (50 overs)
| score2 = 112 all out (37 of 46 overs)
| team2 = Bangladesh
| runs1 = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] 109 (87)
| wickets1 = [[Mohammad Rafique]] 1/48 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Mohammad Ashraful]] 45[[not out|*]] (63)
| wickets2 = [[Lasith Malinga]] 3/27 (6 overs)
| result = Sri Lanka won by 198 runs ([[Duckworth-Lewis method|DL]])
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Queen's Park Oval]], [[Port of Spain]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
| umpires = [[Steve Davis (umpire)|Steve Davis]] and [[Daryl Harper]]
| motm = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]]
| rain = Match shortened due to rain; [[Duckworth-Lewis method|Duckworth-Lewis]] revised target to win: 311 runs in 46 overs for Bangladesh.
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 23 March 2007
| team1 = Sri Lanka
| score1 = 254/6 (50 overs)
| score2 = 185 all out (43.3 overs)
| team2 = India
| runs1 = [[Upul Tharanga]] 64 (90)
| wickets1 = [[Zaheer Khan]] 2/49 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Rahul Dravid]] 60 (82)
| wickets2 = [[Muttiah Muralitharan]] 3/41 (10 overs)
| result = Sri Lanka won by 69 runs
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka vs India|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Queen's Park Oval]], [[Port of Spain]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
| umpires = [[Aleem Dar]] and [[Daryl Harper]]
| motm = [[Muttiah Muralitharan]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 25 March 2007
| team1 = Bermuda
| score1 = 94/9 (21 overs)
| score2 = 96/3 (17.3 of 21 overs)
| team2 = Bangladesh
| runs1 = [[Dean Minors]] 23 (25)
| wickets1 = [[Abdur Razzak (cricketer)|Abdur Razzak]] 3/20 (4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Mohammad Ashraful]] 29[[not out|*]] (32)
| wickets2 = [[Saleem Mukuddem]] 3/19 (5 overs)
| result = Bangladesh won by 7 wickets ([[Duckworth-Lewis method|DL]])
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs Bermuda|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Queen's Park Oval]], [[Port of Spain]], [[Trinidad and Tobago]]
| umpires = [[Steve Davis (umpire)|Steve Davis]] and [[Ian Howell]]
| motm = [[Mohammad Ashraful]]
| rain = Match reduced to 21 overs a side due to rain during Bermuda's innings; [[Duckworth-Lewis method|Duckworth-Lewis]] revised target to win: 96 runs for Bangladesh.
}}


==Current Squad (2009)==
====Group C====
All matches start at 1330 [[UTC]].

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="100%" style="font-size:75%"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
|- bgcolor="#ff0000"
!width=175 |Team
|- bgcolor="#ff0000"
!width=5%|No
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
!width=5%|Nat
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
!!width=31%|Player
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=10%|Position
!width=20 abbr="Tied" |T
!width=10%|Weight(kg)
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=10%|Height(m)
!width=20 abbr="No result" |NR
!width=5%|Age
!width=20 abbr="Net run rate" |NRR
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
!width=10%|NRL Games
|style="text-align:left;"|New Zealand
!width=19%|Previous 1st Grade Club
|'''6'''||3||3||0||0||0||+2.138
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
|align=center|'''1'''
|style="text-align:left;"|England
|align=center|{{flagicon|Australia}}
|'''4'''||3||2||0||1||0||+0.418
|''' [[Brett Kearney]]'''
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
|align=center|Full Back
|style="text-align:left;"|Kenya
!width=10%|80
|'''2'''||3||1||0||2||0|| -1.194
!width=10%|1.78
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
!width=10%|25
|style="text-align:left;"|Canada
!width=10%|76
|'''0'''||3||0||0||3||0|| -1.389
|align=center| [[South Sydney Rabbitohs]]
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF
|align=center|'''2'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|New Zealand}}
|''' [[Luke Covell]]'''
|align=center|Wing
!width=10%|98
!width=10%|1.86
!width=10%|27
!width=10%|116
|align=center| [[Wests Tigers]]
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF
|align=center|'''3'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|Australia}}
|''' [[Ben Pomeroy]]'''
|align=center|Centre
!width=10%|95
!width=10%|1.87
!width=10%|24
!width=10%|67
|align=center| [[Penrith Panthers]]
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF
|align=center|'''4'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|New Zealand}}
|''' [[Karl Filiga]]'''
|align=center|Centre
!width=10%|105
!width=10%|1.88
!width=10%|20
!width=10%|1
|align=center| [[None]]
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF
|align=center|'''5'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|Samoa}}
|'''[[Misi Taulapapa]]'''
|align=center|Wing
!width=10%|85
!width=10%|1.77
!width=10%|26
!width=10%|33
|align=center| [[Auckland Warriors]]
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF
|align=center|'''6'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|AUS}}
|'''[[Trent Barrett]]'''
|align=center|Five Eight
!width=10%|94
!width=10%|1.82
!width=10%|31
!width=10%|199
|align=center| [[St George Illawarra Dragons]]
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF
|align=center|'''7'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|AUS}}
|'''[[Brett Seymour]]'''
|align=center|Halfback
!width=10%|90
!width=10%|1.78
!width=10%|24
!width=10%|95
|align=center| [[Brisbane Broncos]]
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF
|align=center|'''8'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|AUS}}
|'''[[Ben Ross]]'''
|align=center|Front Row
!width=10%|113
!width=10%|1.91
!width=10%|28
!width=10%|107
|align=center| [[Penrith Panthers]]
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF
|align=center|'''9'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|Samoa}}
|'''[[Terence Seu Seu]]'''
|align=center|Hooker
!width=10%|91
!width=10%|1.80
!width=10%|21
!width=10%|25
|align=center| [[Newcastle Knights]]
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF
|align=center|'''10'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|Australia}}
|'''[[Luke Douglas]]'''
|align=center|Front Row
!width=10%|109
!width=10%|1.92
!width=10%|22
!width=10%|74
|align=center| [[None]]
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF
|align=center|'''11'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|AUS}}
|'''[[Anthony Tupou]]'''
|align=center|Second Row
!width=10%|100
!width=10%|1.83
!width=10%|24
!width=10%|111
|align=center| [[Sydney Roosters]]
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF
|align=center|'''12'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|AUS}}
|'''[[Paul Gallen]]'''
|align=center|Second Row
!width=10%|104
!width=10%|1.80
!width=10%|27
!width=10%|141
|align=center| [[None]]
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF
|align=center|'''13'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|AUS}}
|'''[[Greg Bird]] (c)'''
|align=center|Lock
!width=10%|100
!width=10%|1.81
!width=10%|24
!width=10%|106
|align=center| [[None]]
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF
|align=center|'''14'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|AUS}}
|'''[[Kade Snowden]]'''
|align=center|Front Row
!width=10%|112
!width=10%|1.90
!width=10%|22
!width=10%|31
|align=center| [[Newcastle Knights]]
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF
|align=center|'''15'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|NZL}}
|'''[[Fraser Anderson]]'''
|align=center|Second Row
!width=10%|103
!width=10%|1.90
!width=10%|24
!width=10%|45
|align=center| [[Brisbane Broncos]]
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF
|align=center|'''16'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|AUS}}
|'''[[Reece Williams]]'''
|align=center|Second Row
!width=10%|103
!width=10%|1.87
!width=10%|23
!width=10%|79
|align=center| [[None]]
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF
|align=center|'''17'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|AUS}}
|'''[[Blake Green]]'''
|align=center|Utility
!width=10%|82
!width=10%|1.83
!width=10%|22
!width=10%|13
|align=center|[[Parramatta Eels]]
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF
|align=center|'''18'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|AUS}}
|'''[[Jacob Selmes]]'''
|align=center|Front Row
!width=10%|114
!width=10%|1.96
!width=10%|22
!width=10%|13
|align=center|[[None]]
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF
|align=center|'''19'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|AUS}}
|'''[[Corey Hughes]]'''
|align=center|Hooker
!width=10%|88
!width=10%|1.77
!width=10%|30
!width=10%|213
|align=center|[[Canterbury Bulldogs]]
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF
|align=center|'''20'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|AUS}}
|'''[[Mitch Brown]]'''
|align=center|Fullback/Wing
!width=10%|89
!width=10%|1.87
!width=10%|21
!width=10%|23
|align=center|[[None]]
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF
|align=center|'''21'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|AUS}}
|'''[[Grant Millington]]'''
|align=center|Second Row
!width=10%|98
!width=10%|194
!width=10%|22
!width=10%|9
|align=center| [[None]]
|- bgcolor=#f2f2f2
|align=center|'''22'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|Fiji}}
|'''[[Jason Bakuya]]'''
|align=center|Wing/Centre
!width=10%|89
!width=10%|1.81
!width=10%|19
!width=10%|2
|align=center| [[None]]
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF
|align=center|'''23'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|AUS}}
|'''[[Matt Wright]]'''
|align=center|Centre
!width=10%|
!width=10%|
!width=10%|18
!width=10%|0
|align=center| [[None]]
|- bgcolor=#f2f2f2
|align=center|'''24'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|AUS}}
|'''[[Jonathan Mannah]]'''
|align=center|Front Row
!width=10%|
!width=10%|
!width=10%|19
!width=10%|0
|align=center| [[None]]
|- bgcolor=#FFFFFF
|align=center|'''25'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|Samoa}}
|'''[[Aidan Howard]]'''
|align=center|Second Row/Lock
!width=10%|95
!width=10%|1.84
!width=10%|23
!width=10%|0
|align=center| [[None]]
|}
|}
{{Limited overs international
| date = 14 March 2007
| team1 = Canada
| score1 = 199 all out (50 overs)
| score2 = 203/3 (43.2 overs)
| team2 = Kenya
| runs1 = [[Geoff Barnett (cricketer)|Geoff Barnett]] 41 (50)
| wickets1 = [[Jimmy Kamande]] 2/25 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Steve Tikolo]] 72[[not out|*]] (76)
| wickets2 = [[Sunil Dhaniram]] 1/34 (9 overs)
| result = Kenya won by 7 wickets
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Kenya vs Canada|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Beausejour Stadium]], [[Gros Islet Quarter|Gros Islet]], [[Saint Lucia]]
| umpires = [[Asad Rauf]] and [[Peter Parker (umpire)|Peter Parker]]
| motm = [[Steve Tikolo]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 16 March 2007
| team1 = England
| score1 = 209/7 (50 overs)
| score2 = 210/4 (41 overs)
| team2 = New Zealand
| runs1 = [[Kevin Pietersen]] 60 (92)
| wickets1 = [[Shane Bond]] 2/19 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Scott Styris]] 87 (113)
| wickets2 = [[James Anderson (cricketer)|James Anderson]] 2/39 (8 overs)
| result = New Zealand won by 6 wickets
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs New Zealand|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Beausejour Stadium]], [[Gros Islet Quarter|Gros Islet]], [[Saint Lucia]]
| umpires = [[Asad Rauf]] and [[Rudi Koertzen]]
| motm = [[Scott Styris]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 18 March 2007
| team1 = England
| score1 = 279/6 (50 overs)
| score2 = 228/7 (50 overs)
| team2 = Canada
| runs1 = [[Ed Joyce]] 66 (103)
| wickets1 = [[Sunil Dhaniram]] 3/41 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Asif Mulla]] 58 (60)
| wickets2 = [[Ravinder Bopara]] 2/43 (9 overs)
| result = England won by 51 runs
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs Canada|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Beausejour Stadium]], [[Gros Islet Quarter|Gros Islet]], [[Saint Lucia]]
| umpires = [[Billy Doctrove]] and [[Peter Parker (umpire)|Peter Parker]]
| motm = [[Paul Collingwood]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 20 March 2007
| team1 = New Zealand
| score1 = 331/7 (50 overs)
| score2 = 183 all out (49.2 overs)
| team2 = Kenya
| runs1 = [[Ross Taylor]] 85 (107)
| wickets1 = [[Thomas Odoyo]] 2/55 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Ravindu Shah]] 81 (89)
| wickets2 = [[James Franklin]] 2/20 (7.2 overs)
| result = New Zealand won by 148 runs
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: New Zealand vs Kenya|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Beausejour Stadium]], [[Gros Islet Quarter|Gros Islet]], [[Saint Lucia]]
| umpires = [[Billy Doctrove]] and [[Rudi Koertzen]]
| motm = [[Ross Taylor]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 22 March 2007
| team1 = New Zealand
| score1 = 363/5 (50 overs)
| score2 = 249/9 (49.2 overs)
| team2 = Canada
| runs1 = [[Lou Vincent]] 101 (107)
| wickets1 = [[Kevin Sandher]] 2/58 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[John Davison (cricketer)|John Davison]] 53 (31)
| wickets2 = [[Jeetan Patel]] 3/25 (9.2 overs)
| result = New Zealand won by 114 runs
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: New Zealand vs Canada|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Beausejour Stadium]], [[Gros Islet Quarter|Gros Islet]], [[Saint Lucia]]
| umpires = [[Asad Rauf]] and [[Billy Doctrove]]
| motm = [[Lou Vincent]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 24 March 2007
| team1 = Kenya
| score1 = 177 all out (43 overs)
| score2 = 178/3 (33 of 43 overs)
| team2 = England
| runs1 = [[Steve Tikolo]] 76 (97)
| wickets1 = [[James Anderson (cricketer)|James Anderson]] 2/27 (9 overs)
| runs2 = [[Ed Joyce]] 75 (90)
| wickets2 = [[Thomas Odoyo]] 1/27 (6 overs)
| result = England won by 7 wickets
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs Kenya|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Beausejour Stadium]], [[Gros Islet Quarter|Gros Islet]], [[Saint Lucia]]
| umpires = [[Rudi Koertzen]] and [[Peter Parker (umpire)|Peter Parker]]
| motm = [[Ed Joyce]]
| rain = Overnight rain delayed the start. Match reduced to 43 overs per side.
}}


====Group D====
==Club Captains & Coaches==
All matches start at 1430 [[UTC]].


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
===Coaches===
|-
*[[Ken Kearney]] (1967-1969)
!width=175 |Team
*[[Tommy Bishop]] (1970-1973, 1980)
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
*[[Noel Thornton]] (1974)
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
*[[Johnny Raper]] (1975-1976)
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
*[[Ted Glossop]] (1977)
!width=20 abbr="Tied" |T
*[[Norm Provan]] (1978-1979)
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
*[[Greg Pierce]] (1981-1982)
!width=20 abbr="No result" |NR
*[[Terry Fearnley]] (1983-1984)
!width=20 abbr="Net run rate" |NRR
*[[Jack Gibson (rugby league)|Jack Gibson]] (1985-1987)
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
*[[Allan Fitzgibbon]] (1988-1991)
|style="text-align:left;"|West Indies
*[[Arthur Beetson]] (1992-1993)
|'''6'''||3||3||0||0||0||+0.764
*[[John Lang (rugby league)|John Lang]] (1994-2001)
|- style="background:#ccffcc;"
*[[Chris Anderson (Rugby League)|Chris Anderson]] (2002-2003)
|style="text-align:left;"|Ireland
*[[Stuart Raper]] (2004-2006)
|'''3'''||3||1||1||1||0|| -0.092
*[[Ricky Stuart]] (2007-)
|-style="background:#f9f9f9;"
|style="text-align:left;"|Pakistan
|'''2'''||3||1||0||2||0||+0.089
|-style="background:#f9f9f9;"
|style="text-align:left;"|Zimbabwe
|'''1'''||3||0||1||2||0|| -0.886
|}
{{Limited overs international
| date = 13 March 2007
| team1 = West Indies
| score1 = 241/9 (50 overs)
| score2 = 187 all out (47.2 overs)
| team2 = Pakistan
| runs1 = [[Marlon Samuels]] 63 (70)
| wickets1 = [[Iftikhar Anjum]] 3/44 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Shoaib Malik]] 62 (54)
| wickets2 = [[Dwayne Smith]] 3/36 (10 overs)
| result = West Indies won by 54 runs
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: West Indies vs Pakistan|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Sabina Park]], [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]
| umpires = [[Billy Bowden]] and [[Simon Taufel]]
| motm = [[Dwayne Smith]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 15 March 2007
| team1 = Ireland
| score1 = 221/9 (50 overs)
| score2 = 221 all out (50 overs)
| team2 = Zimbabwe
| runs1 = [[Jeremy Bray (cricketer)|Jeremy Bray]] 115[[not out|*]] (139)
| wickets1 = [[Elton Chigumbura]] 2/21 (6 overs)
| runs2 = [[Stuart Matsikenyeri]] 73[[not out|*]] (77)
| wickets2 = [[Kyle McCallan]] 2/56 (9 overs)
| result = Match tied
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Zimbabwe vs Ireland|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Sabina Park]], [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]
| umpires = [[Ian Gould]] and [[Brian Jerling]]
| motm = [[Jeremy Bray (cricketer)|Jeremy Bray]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 17 March 2007
| team1 = Pakistan
| score1 = 132 all out (45.4 overs)
| score2 = 133/7 (41.4 overs)
| team2 = Ireland
| runs1 = [[Kamran Akmal]] 27 (53)
| wickets1 = [[Boyd Rankin]] 3/32 (9 overs)
| runs2 = [[Niall O'Brien (cricketer)|Niall O'Brien]] 72 (106)
| wickets2 = [[Mohammad Sami]] 3/29 (10 overs)
| result = Ireland won by 3 wickets ([[Duckworth-Lewis method|DL]])
| report =[[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Pakistan vs Ireland|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Sabina Park]], [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]
| umpires = [[Billy Bowden]] and [[Brian Jerling]]
| motm = [[Niall O'Brien (cricketer)|Niall O'Brien]]
| rain = Match shortened due to bad light and rain; [[Duckworth-Lewis method|Duckworth-Lewis]] revised target to win: 128 runs in 47 overs for Ireland.
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 19 March 2007
| team1 = Zimbabwe
| score1 = 202/5 (50 overs)
| score2 = 204/4 (47.5 overs)
| team2 = West Indies
| runs1 = [[Sean Williams (cricketer)|Sean Williams]] 70[[not out|*]] (88)
| wickets1 = [[Jerome Taylor]] 2/42 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Brian Lara]] 44[[not out|*]] (68)
| wickets2 = [[Christopher Mpofu]] 1/34 (9 overs)
| result = West Indies won by 6 wickets
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: West Indies vs Zimbabwe|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Sabina Park]], [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]
| umpires = [[Ian Gould]] and [[Simon Taufel]]
| motm = [[Sean Williams (cricketer)|Sean Williams]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 21 March 2007
| team1 = Pakistan
| score1 = 349 all out (49.5 overs)
| score2 = 99 all out (19.1 of 20 overs)
| team2 = Zimbabwe
| runs1 = [[Imran Nazir]] 160 (121)
| wickets1 = [[Gary Brent]] 3/68 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Elton Chigumbura]] 27 (11)
| wickets2 = [[Shahid Afridi]] 3/20 (4 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 93 runs ([[Duckworth-Lewis method|DL]])
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Pakistan vs Zimbabwe|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Sabina Park]], [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]
| umpires = [[Brian Jerling]] and [[Simon Taufel]]
| motm = [[Imran Nazir]]
| rain = Match shortened due to rain; [[Duckworth-Lewis method|Duckworth-Lewis]] revised target to win: 193 runs in 20 overs for Zimbabwe.
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 23 March 2007
| team1 = Ireland
| score1 = 183/8 (48 overs)
| score2 = 190/2 (38.1 of 48 overs)
| team2 = West Indies
| runs1 = [[Jeremy Bray (cricketer)|Jeremy Bray]] 41 (71)
| wickets1 = [[Chris Gayle]] 2/23 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Shivnarine Chanderpaul]] 102[[not out|*]] (113)
| wickets2 = [[Kyle McCallan]] 1/35 (10 overs)
| result = West Indies won by 8 wickets ([[Duckworth-Lewis method|DL]])
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: West Indies vs Ireland|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Sabina Park]], [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]
| umpires = [[Billy Bowden]] and [[Ian Gould]]
| motm = [[Shivnarine Chanderpaul]]
| rain = Match shortened due to rain; [[Duckworth-Lewis method|Duckworth-Lewis]] revised target to win: 190 runs in 48 overs for West Indies.
}}


===Captains===
==Super 8 stage==
<!--
*[[Monty Porter]] (1967)
*[[Warren Ryan]] (1968)
*[[Noel Thornton]] (1968-1969)
*[[Graeme Wilson]] (1969-1970)
*[[George Taylforth]] (1970)
*[[Tom Bishop]] (1970-1971, 1973)
*[[Kevin Hogan]] (1971)
*[[Ron Turner (rugby league)|Ron Turner]] (1971)
*[[Greg Pierce]] (1971-1980)
*[[Ken Maddison]] (1972, 1974)
*[[Cliff Watson]] (1972-1973)
*[[John Maguire]] (1974-1975, 1977)
*[[Roger Millward]] (1976)
*[[John McMartin (rugby league)|John McMartin]] (1977)
*[[Steve Rogers (rugby league)|Steve Rogers]] (1978-1982)
*[[Dane Sorensen]] (1982)
*[[Gavin Miller]] (1983, 1991-1992)
*[[David Hatch (rugby league)|David Hatch]] (1984-1990)
*[[Greg Nixon]] (1984)
*[[Dan Stains]] (1992-1994)
*[[Mark McGaw]] (1992)
*[[Andrew Ettingshausen]] (1992, 1995-2000)
*[[Danny Lee (rugby league)|Danny Lee]] (1994)
*[[Mitch Healey]] (1995-1998, 2000)
*[[Les Davidson]] (1996)
*[[David Peachey]] (1998, 2000-2005)
*[[Jason Stevens]] (2000-2002)
*[[Andrew Pierce]] (2000)
*[[Chris Beattie (rugby league)|Chris Beattie]] (2002)
*[[Brett Kimmorley]] (2002-2007)
*[[Danny Nutley]] (2004)
*[[Paul Gallen]] (2007-2008)
*[[Luke Covell]] (2008)
*[[Greg Bird]] (2008)


For the results section:
==Rep Players==
Left/Right placement of teams decided by seed ranking, they are:
A1>B1>C1>D1>A2>D2>C2>B2 (notice disorder of A2), it does not matter who ends up in these positions.


Team
===Internationals===
Australia
South Africa
Scotland
Netherlands
Sri Lanka
India
Bangladesh
Bermuda
New Zealand
England
Kenya
Canada
Pakistan
Ireland
Zimbabwe
West Indies


-->
'''Australia'''
*[[Phil Bailey]] (2003)
*[[Greg Bird]]
*[[Andrew Ettingshausen]]
*[[Paul Gallen]]
*[[Paul Green (rugby league)|Paul Green]]
*[[Craig Greenhill]]
*[[Brett Kimmorley]] (2002-2005)
*[[Steve Kneen]]
*[[Mark McGaw]]
*[[Chris McKenna]]
*[[Gavin Miller]]
*[[David Peachey]]
*[[Greg Pierce]]
*[[Aaron Raper]] (1995)
*[[Russell Richardson]]
*[[Mat Rogers]]
*[[Steve Rogers (rugby league)|Steve Rogers]]
*[[Danny Stains]]
*[[Jason Stevens]]
*[[Ron Turner (rugby league)|Ron Turner]]
*[[David Waite]]


{{main|2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight stage}}
'''New Zealand'''
*[[Richard Barnett]]
*[[Luke Covell]]
*[[Tevita Latu]]
*[[Andrew Lomu]]
*[[Tawera Nikau]]
*[[Dane Sorensen]]
*[[Kurt Sorensen]]
*[[Nigel Vagana]]
*[[Fraser Anderson]] (2008)


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.
'''Fiji'''
*[[Jason Bukuya]] (2008)


Teams depicted in green backgrounds qualified for the semi-finals.
'''Samoa'''
*[[Hutch Maiava]] (2006)
*[[Terrence Seuseu]] (2008)
*[[Misi Taulapapa]] (2008)


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
===State of Origin===
|-
!Team
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=20 abbr="Tied" |T
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=20 abbr="No result" |NR
!width=20 abbr="Runs for" |RF
!width=20 abbr="Overs faced"|OF
!width=20 abbr="Runs against" |RA
!width=20 abbr="Overs bowled"|OB
!width=20 abbr="Net run rate" |NRR
|-! style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|Australia
||'''14''' || 7 || 7 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||1725 ||266.1 ||1314 ||322 ||+{{ #expr: ((1725/(266*6+1))-(1314/(322*6+0)))*6 round 3}}
|-! style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|Sri Lanka
||'''10''' || 7 || 5 ||0 ||2 ||0 ||1586 ||301.1 ||1275 ||337 ||+{{ #expr: ((1586/(301*6+1))-(1275/(337*6+0)))*6 round 3}}
|-! style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|New Zealand
||'''10''' || 7 || 5 || 0 || 2 || 0 ||1378 ||308 ||1457 ||345.1||+{{ #expr: ((1378/(308*6+0))-(1457/(345*6+1)))*6 round 3}}
|-! style="background:#ccffcc;"
|style="text-align:left;"|South Africa
||'''8''' || 7 || 4 || 0 || 3 || 0 ||1561 ||299.1 ||1635 ||333.2 ||+{{ #expr: ((1561/(299*6+1))-(1635/(333*6+2)))*6 round 3}}
|-!
|style="text-align:left;"|England
||'''6''' || 7 || 3 || 0 || 4 || 0 ||1557 ||344.4 ||1511 ||307.4 ||{{ #expr: ((1557/(344*6+4))-(1511/(307*6+4)))*6 round 3}}
|-!
|style="text-align:left;"|West Indies
||'''4''' || 7 || 2 || 0 || 5 ||0 ||1595 ||338.1 ||1781 ||337.1 ||{{ #expr: ((1595/(338*6+1))-(1781/(337*6+1)))*6 round 3}}
|-!
|style="text-align:left;"|Bangladesh
||'''2''' || 7 || 1 ||0 || 6 || 0 ||1084 ||318 ||1398 ||284 ||{{ #expr: ((1084/(318*6+0))-(1398/(284*6+0)))*6 round 3}}
|-!
|style="text-align:left;"|Ireland
||'''2''' || 7 || 1 ||0 || 6 ||0 ||1111 ||333 ||1226 ||242 ||{{ #expr: ((1111/(333*6+0))-(1226/(242*6+0)))*6 round 3}}
|-
|}
Abbreviations:
{|
|-
||
* Pts = Points
* W = Won
* T = Tied
* L = Lost
||
* RF = Runs for
* OF = Overs faced
* RA = Runs against
* OB = Overs bowled
||
* NR = No result
* NRR = [[Net run rate]]
* Pld = Played
||
|-
|}


;Super 8 Matchup by Teams
'''New South Wales'''
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 75%; text-align:left;"
*[[Steve Rogers]] (1980-1982) 4
|-
*[[Gavin Miller]] (1983, 1989) 5
!width=100|
*[[Mark McGaw]] (1987-1988, 1990-1991) 13
!width=100|Australia
*[[Andrew Ettingshausen]] (1987-1994, 1996, 1998) 27
!width=100|South Africa
*[[Jonathan Docking]] (1987-1988) 2
!width=100|Sri Lanka
*[[Alan Wilson (rugby league)|Alan Wilson]] (1981) 2
!width=100|Bangladesh
*[[Jason Stevens]] (1999-2001, 2004) 9
!width=100|New Zealand
*[[David Peachey]] (2000) 1
!width=100|England
*[[Phil Bailey]] (2003) 3
!width=100|Ireland
*[[Brett Kimmorley]] (2005, 2007) 3
!width=100|West Indies
*[[Paul Gallen]] (2006-2008) 5
|-
*[[Greg Bird]] (2007-2008) 4
| align="left" |Australia
| style="background:#C0C0C0" |
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs South Africa|AUS 83 runs]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs Sri Lanka|AUS 7 wkts]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs Australia|AUS 10 wkts]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs New Zealand|AUS 215 runs]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs Australia|AUS 7 wkts]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Ireland vs Australia|AUS 9 wkts]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs West Indies|AUS 103 runs]]
|-
| align="left" |South Africa
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs South Africa|AUS 83 runs]]
| style="background:#C0C0C0" |
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka vs South Africa|RSA 1 wkt]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs South Africa|BAN 67 runs]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: South Africa vs New Zealand|NZL 5 wkts]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs South Africa|RSA 9 wkts]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Ireland vs South Africa|RSA 7 wkts]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: South Africa vs West Indies|RSA 67 runs]]
|-
| align="left" |Sri Lanka
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs Sri Lanka|AUS 7 wkts]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka vs South Africa|RSA 1 wkt]]
| style="background:#C0C0C0" |
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh|SRI 198 runs]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka|SRI 6 wkts]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka vs England|SRI 2 runs]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Ireland vs Sri Lanka|SRI 8 wkts]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka vs West Indies|SRI 113 runs]]
|-
| Bangladesh
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs Australia|AUS 10 wkts]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs South Africa|BAN 67 runs]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh|SRI 198 runs]]
| style="background:#C0C0C0" |
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs New Zealand|NZL 9 wkts]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs England|ENG 4 wkts]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs Ireland|IRL 74 runs]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: West Indies vs Bangladesh|WI 99 runs]]
|-
| New Zealand
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs New Zealand|AUS 215 runs]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: South Africa vs New Zealand|NZL 5 wkts]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka|SRI 6 wkts]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs New Zealand|NZL 9 wkts]]
| style="background:#C0C0C0" |
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs New Zealand|NZL 6 wkts]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: New Zealand vs Ireland|NZL 129 runs]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: West Indies vs New Zealand|NZL 7 wkts]]
|-
| England
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs Australia|AUS 7 wkts]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs South Africa|RSA 9 wkts]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka vs England|SRI 2 runs]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs England|ENG 4 wkts]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs New Zealand|NZL 6 wkts]]
| style="background:#C0C0C0" |
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs Ireland|ENG 48 runs]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: West Indies vs England|ENG 1 wkt]]
|-
| Ireland
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Ireland vs Australia|AUS 9 wkts]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Ireland vs South Africa|RSA 7 wkts]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Ireland vs Sri Lanka|SRI 8 wkts]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs Ireland|IRL 74 runs]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: New Zealand vs Ireland|NZL 129 runs]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs Ireland|ENG 48 runs]]
| style="background:#C0C0C0" |
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: West Indies vs Ireland|WI 8 wkts]]
|-
| West Indies
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs West Indies|AUS 103 runs]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: South Africa vs West Indies|RSA 67 runs]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka vs West Indies|SRI 113 runs]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: West Indies vs Bangladesh|WI 99 runs]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: West Indies vs New Zealand|NZL 7 wkts]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: West Indies vs England|ENG 1 wkt]]
| [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: West Indies vs Ireland|WI 8 wkts]]
| style="background:#C0C0C0" |
|-
|}
==== Matches==== <!-- temporary heading to make edits to scores easier-->


All matches start at 1330 [[UTC]].
'''Queensland'''
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*[[Paul Khan]] (1981-1982) 4
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*[[Dan Stains]] (1989-1990) 4
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*[[Craig Greenhill]] (1996) 1
{{Limited overs international
*[[Martin Lang]] (1998-2000) 8
| date = 27 March 2007
*[[Chris McKenna]] (1999-2000, 2002) 7
| team1 = Australia
*[[Mat Rogers]] (1999-2000) 5
| score1 = 322/6 (50 overs)
*[[Chris Beattie]] (2001-2002) 3
| score2 = 219 all out (45.3 overs)
*[[Danny Nutley]] (2005) 1
| team2 = West Indies
| runs1 = [[Matthew Hayden]] 158 (143)
| wickets1 = [[Daren Powell]] 2/53 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Brian Lara]] 77 (83)
| wickets2 = [[Glenn McGrath]] 3/31 (8 overs)
| result = Australia won by 103 runs
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs West Indies|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Sir Vivian Richards Stadium]], [[North Sound]], [[Antigua and Barbuda]]
| umpires = [[Aleem Dar]] and [[Asad Rauf]]
| motm = [[Matthew Hayden]]
| rain = Play was postponed due to rain after the Australian innings on 27 March. Match concluded on 28 March.
}}
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{{Limited overs international
| date = 28 March 2007
| team1 = Sri Lanka
| score1 = 209 all out (49.3 overs)
| score2 = 212/9 (48.2 overs)
| team2 = South Africa
| runs1 = [[Tillakaratne Dilshan]] 58 (76)
| wickets1 = [[Charl Langeveldt]] 5/39 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Jacques Kallis]] 86 (110)
| wickets2 = [[Lasith Malinga]] 4/54 (9.2 overs)
| result = South Africa won by 1 wicket
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka vs South Africa|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Providence Stadium]], [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]], [[Guyana]]
| umpires = [[Steve Bucknor]] and [[Daryl Harper]]
| motm = [[Charl Langeveldt]] and [[Lasith Malinga]] .<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/6498645.stm|title=Langeveldt and Malinga jointly awarded Man of the Match|accessdate=2007-04-09}}</ref>
}}
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{{Limited overs international
| date = 29 March 2007
| team1 = West Indies
| score1 = 177 all out (44.4 overs)
| score2 = 179/3 (39.2 overs)
| team2 = New Zealand
| runs1 = [[Chris Gayle]] 44 (56)
| wickets1 = [[Jacob Oram]] 3/23 (8 overs)
| runs2 = [[Scott Styris]] 80[[not out|*]] (90)
| wickets2 = [[Daren Powell]] 2/39 (10 overs)
| result = New Zealand won by 7 wickets
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: West Indies vs New Zealand|(scorecard)]]
| venue =[[Sir Vivian Richards Stadium]], [[North Sound]], [[Antigua and Barbuda]]
| umpires = [[Asad Rauf]] and [[Rudi Koertzen]]
| motm =[[Jacob Oram]]}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 30 March 2007
| team1 = England
| score1 = 266/7 (50 overs)
| score2 = 218 all out (48.1 overs)
| team2 = Ireland
| runs1 = [[Paul Collingwood]] 90 (82)
| wickets1 = [[Boyd Rankin]] 2/28 (7 overs)
| runs2 = [[Niall O'Brien (cricketer)|Niall O'Brien]] 63 (88)
| wickets2 = [[Andrew Flintoff]] 4/43 (8.1 overs)
| result = England won by 48 runs
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs Ireland|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Providence Stadium]], [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]], [[Guyana]]
| umpires = [[Billy Doctrove]] and [[Simon Taufel]]
| motm =[[Paul Collingwood]]}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 31 March 2007
| team1 = Bangladesh
| score1 = 104/6 (22 overs)
| score2 = 106/0 (13.5 of 22 overs)
| team2 = Australia
| runs1 = [[Mashrafe Mortaza]] 25[[not out|*]] (17)
| wickets1 = [[Glenn McGrath]] 3/16 (5 overs)
| runs2 = [[Adam Gilchrist]] 59[[not out|*]] (44)
| wickets2 = [[Abdur Razzak (cricketer)|Abdur Razzak]] 0/15 (3 overs)
| result = Australia won by 10 wickets
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs Australia|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Sir Vivian Richards Stadium]], [[North Sound]], [[Antigua and Barbuda]]
| umpires = [[Aleem Dar]] and [[Billy Bowden]]
| motm = [[Glenn McGrath]]
| rain = Wet outfield delayed start. Match reduced to 22 overs a side.
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 1 April 2007
| team1 = Sri Lanka
| score1 = 303/5 (50 overs)
| score2 = 190 all out (44.3 overs)
| team2 = West Indies
| runs1 = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] 115 (101)
| wickets1 = [[Daren Powell]] 2/38 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Shivnarine Chanderpaul]] 76 (110)
| wickets2 = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] 3/38 (8.3 overs)
| result = Sri Lanka won by 113 runs
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka vs West Indies|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Providence Stadium]], [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]], [[Guyana]]
| umpires = [[Mark Benson]] and [[Daryl Harper]]
| motm = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 2 April 2007
| team1 = Bangladesh
| score1 = 174 all out (48.3 overs)
| score2 = 178/1 (29.2 overs)
| team2 = New Zealand
| runs1 = [[Mohammad Rafique]] 30[[not out|*]] (36)
| wickets1 = [[Scott Styris]] 4/43 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Stephen Fleming]] 102[[not out|*]] (92)
| wickets2 = [[Syed Rasel]] 1/22 (7 overs)
| result = New Zealand won by 9 wickets
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs New Zealand|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Sir Vivian Richards Stadium]], [[North Sound]], [[Antigua and Barbuda]]
| umpires = [[Aleem Dar]] and [[Rudi Koertzen]]
| motm = [[Shane Bond]]
}}
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{{Limited overs international
| date = 3 April 2007
| team1 = Ireland
| score1 = 152/8 (35 overs)
| score2 = 165/3 (31.3 of 35 overs)
| team2 = South Africa
| runs1 = [[Andrew White (cricketer)|Andrew White]] 30 (30)
| wickets1 = [[Charl Langeveldt]] 3/41 (7 overs)
| runs2 = [[Jacques Kallis]] 66[[not out|*]] (86)
| wickets2 = [[Boyd Rankin]] 2/26 (7 overs)
| result = South Africa won by 7 wickets ([[Duckworth-Lewis method|DL]])
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Ireland vs South Africa|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Providence Stadium]], [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]], [[Guyana]]
| umpires = [[Daryl Harper]] and [[Simon Taufel]]
| motm = [[Jacques Kallis]]
| rain = Rain during Irelands innings reduced play to 35 overs. [[Duckworth-Lewis method|Duckworth-Lewis]] revised target to win: 160 runs in 35 overs for South Africa.}}
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{{Limited overs international
| date = 4 April 2007
| team1 = Sri Lanka
| score1 = 235 all out (50 overs)
| score2 = 233/8 (50 overs)
| team2 = England
| runs1 = [[Upul Tharanga]] 62 (103)
| wickets1 = [[Sajid Mahmood]] 4/50 (9 overs)
| runs2 = [[Kevin Pietersen]] 58 (80)
| wickets2 = [[Dilhara Fernando]] 3/41 (9 overs)
| result = Sri Lanka won by 2 runs
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka vs England|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Sir Vivian Richards Stadium]], [[North Sound]], [[Antigua and Barbuda]]
| umpires = [[Asad Rauf]] and [[Billy Bowden]]
| motm = [[Ravi Bopara]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 7 April 2007
| team1 = Bangladesh
| score1 = 251/8 (50 overs)
| score2 = 184 all out (48.4 overs)
| team2 = South Africa
| runs1 = [[Mohammad Ashraful]] 87 (83)
| wickets1 = [[Andre Nel]] 5/45 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Herschelle Gibbs]] 56[[not out|*]] (59)
| wickets2 = [[Abdur Razzak (cricketer)|Abdur Razzak]] 3/25 (9.4 overs)
| result = Bangladesh won by 67 runs
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs South Africa|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Providence Stadium]], [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]], [[Guyana]]
| umpires = [[Mark Benson]] and [[Billy Doctrove]]
| motm = [[Mohammad Ashraful]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 8 April 2007
| team1 = England
| score1 = 247 all out (49.5 overs)
| score2 = 248/3 (47.2 overs)
| team2 = Australia
| runs1 = [[Kevin Pietersen]] 104 (122)
| wickets1 = [[Nathan Bracken]] 3/33 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Ricky Ponting]] 86 (106)
| wickets2 = [[Andrew Flintoff]] 1/35 (10 overs)
| result = Australia won by 7 wickets
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs Australia|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Sir Vivian Richards Stadium]], [[North Sound]], [[Antigua and Barbuda]]
| umpires = [[Billy Bowden]] and [[Rudi Koertzen]]
| motm = [[Shaun Tait]]
}}
----
{{Limited overs international
| date = 9 April 2007
| team1 = New Zealand
| score1 = 263/8 (50 overs)
| score2 = 134 all out (37.4 overs)
| team2 = Ireland
| runs1 = [[Peter Fulton]] 83 (110)
| wickets1 = [[Kyle McCallan]] 2/35 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Kevin O'Brien (cricketer)|Kevin O'Brien]] 49 (45)
| wickets2 = [[Daniel Vettori]] 4/23 (8.4 overs)
| result = New Zealand won by 129 runs
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: New Zealand vs Ireland|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Providence Stadium]], [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]], [[Guyana]]
| umpires = [[Steve Bucknor]] and [[Simon Taufel]]
| motm = [[Peter Fulton]]
}}
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{{Limited overs international
| date = 10 April 2007
| team1 = South Africa
| score1 = 356/4 (50 overs)
| score2 = 289/9 (50 overs)
| team2 = West Indies
| runs1 = [[AB de Villiers]] 146 (129)
| wickets1 = [[Corey Collymore]] 2/41 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Ramnaresh Sarwan]] 92 (75)
| wickets2 = [[Shaun Pollock]] 2/33 (8 overs)
| result = South Africa won by 67 runs
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: South Africa vs West Indies|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Queen's Park, Grenada|Queen's Park]], [[St George's, Grenada|St George's]], [[Grenada]]
| umpires = [[Mark Benson]] and [[Daryl Harper]]
| motm = [[AB de Villiers]]
}}
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{{Limited overs international
| date = 11 April 2007
| team1 = Bangladesh
| score1 = 143 all out (37.2 overs)
| score2 = 147/6 (44.5 overs)
| team2 = England
| runs1 = [[Shakib Al Hasan]] 57[[not out|*]] (95)
| wickets1 = [[Monty Panesar]] 3/25 (7 overs)
| runs2 = [[Michael Vaughan]] 30 (59)
| wickets2 = [[Syed Rasel]] 2/25 (10 overs)
| result = England won by 4 wickets
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs England|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Kensington Oval]], [[Bridgetown]], [[Barbados]]
| umpires = [[Steve Bucknor]] and [[Simon Taufel]]
| motm = [[Sajid Mahmood]]
}}
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{{Limited overs international
| date = 12 April 2007
| team1 = New Zealand
| score1 = 219/7 (50 overs)
| score2 = 222/4 (45.1 overs)
| team2 = Sri Lanka
| runs1 = [[Scott Styris]] 111[[not out|*]] (157)
| wickets1 = [[Muttiah Muralitharan|M Muralitharan]] 3/32 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Kumar Sangakkara]] 69[[not out|*]] (104)
| wickets2 = [[Daniel Vettori]] 2/35 (10 overs)
| result = Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: New Zealand vs Sri Lanka|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Queen's Park, Grenada|Queen's Park]], [[St George's, Grenada|St George's]], [[Grenada]]
| umpires = [[Asad Rauf]] and [[Billy Doctrove]]
| motm = [[Chaminda Vaas]]
}}
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{{Limited overs international
| date = 13 April 2007
| team1 = Ireland
| score1 = 91 all out (30 overs)
| score2 = 92/1 (12.2 overs)
| team2 = Australia
| runs1 =[[John Mooney (cricketer)|John Mooney]] 23 (44)
| wickets1 =[[Glenn McGrath]] 3/17 (7 overs)
| runs2 =[[Adam Gilchrist]] 34 (25)
| wickets2 =[[Trent Johnston]] 1/18 (3 overs)
| result = Australia won by 9 wickets
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Ireland vs Australia|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Kensington Oval]], [[Bridgetown]], [[Barbados]]
| umpires = [[Billy Bowden]] and [[Rudi Koertzen]]
| motm = [[Glenn McGrath]]
}}
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{{Limited overs international
| date = 14 April 2007
| team1 = South Africa
| score1 = 193/7 (50 overs)
| score2 = 196/5 (48.2 overs)
| team2 = New Zealand
| runs1 = [[Herschelle Gibbs]] 60 (100)
| wickets1 = [[Craig McMillan]] 3/23 (5 overs)
| runs2 = [[Scott Styris]] 56 (84)
| wickets2 = [[Andre Nel]] 2/33 (9.2 overs)
| result = New Zealand won by 5 wickets
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: New Zealand vs South Africa|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Queen's Park, Grenada|Queen's Park]], [[St George's, Grenada|St George's]], [[Grenada]]
| umpires = [[Mark Benson]] and [[Daryl Harper]]
| motm = [[Craig McMillan]]
}}
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{{Limited overs international
| date = 15 April 2007
| team1 = Ireland
| score1 = 243/7 (50 overs)
| score2 = 169 all out (41.2 overs)
| team2 = Bangladesh
| runs1 = [[William Porterfield]] 85 (136)
| wickets1 = [[Mashrafe Mortaza]] 2/38 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Mohammad Ashraful]] 35 (36)
| wickets2 = [[Kyle McCallan]] 2/25 (8 overs)
| result = Ireland won by 74 runs
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs Ireland|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Kensington Oval]], [[Bridgetown]], [[Barbados]]
| umpires = [[Billy Bowden]] and [[Steve Bucknor]]
| motm = [[William Porterfield]]}}
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{{Limited overs international
| date = 16 April 2007
| team1 = Sri Lanka
| score1 = 226 all out (49.4 overs)
| score2 = 232/3 (42.4 overs)
| team2 = Australia
| runs1 = [[Mahela Jayawardene]] 72 (88)
| wickets1 = [[Nathan Bracken]] 4/19 (9.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Ricky Ponting]] 66* (80)
| wickets2 = [[Russel Arnold]] 2/20 (4 overs)
| result = Australia won by 7 wickets
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs Sri Lanka|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Queen's Park, Grenada|Queen's Park]], [[St George's, Grenada|St George's]], [[Grenada]]
| umpires = [[Aleem Dar]] and [[Billy Doctrove]]
| motm = [[Nathan Bracken]]}}
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{{Limited overs international
| date = 17 April 2007
| team1 = England
| score1 = 154 all out (48 overs)
| score2 = 157/1 (19.2 overs)
| team2 = South Africa
| runs1 = [[Andrew Strauss]] 46 (67)
| wickets1 = [[Andrew Hall]] 5/18 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Graeme Smith]] 89* (58)
| wickets2 = [[Andrew Flintoff]] 1/36 (6 overs)
| result = South Africa won by 9 wickets
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs South Africa|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Kensington Oval]], [[Bridgetown]], [[Barbados]]
| umpires = [[Steve Bucknor]] and [[Simon Taufel]]
| motm = [[Andrew Hall]]}}
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{{Limited overs international
| date = 18 April 2007
| team1 = Ireland
| score1 = 77 all out (27.4 overs)
| score2 = 81/2 (10 overs)
| team2 = Sri Lanka
| runs1 = [[Jeremy Bray (cricketer)|Jeremy Bray]] 20 (29)
| wickets1 =[[Farveez Maharoof]] 4/25 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Mahela Jayawardene]] 39* (27)
| wickets2 = [[Boyd Rankin]] 1/36 (4 overs)
| result = Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Ireland vs Sri Lanka|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Queen's Park, Grenada|Queen's Park]], [[St George's, Grenada|St George's]], [[Grenada]]
| umpires = [[Mark Benson]] and [[Billy Doctrove]]
| motm = [[Farveez Maharoof]]
}}
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{{Limited overs international
| date = 19 April 2007
| team1 = West Indies
| score1 = 230/5 (50 overs)
| score2 = 131 all out (43.5 overs)
| team2 = Bangladesh
| runs1 = [[Ramnaresh Sarwan]] 91* (90)
| wickets1 = [[Mashrafe Mortaza]] 1/39 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Mushfiqur Rahim]] 38* (75)
| wickets2 = [[Daren Powell]] 3/38 (10 overs)
| result = West Indies won by 99 runs
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: West Indies vs Bangladesh|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Kensington Oval]], [[Bridgetown]], [[Barbados]]
| umpires = [[Billy Bowden]] and [[Rudi Koertzen]]
| motm = [[Ramnaresh Sarwan]]
}}
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{{Limited overs international
| date = 20 April 2007
| team1 = Australia
| score1 = 348/6 (50 overs)
| score2 = 133 all out (25.5 overs)
| team2 = New Zealand
| runs1 = [[Matthew Hayden]] 103 (100)
| wickets1 = [[James Franklin]] 3/74 (8 overs)
| runs2 = [[Peter Fulton]] 62 (72)
| wickets2 = [[Brad Hogg]] 4/29 (6.5 overs)
| result = Australia won by 215 runs
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs New Zealand|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Queen's Park, Grenada|Queen's Park]], [[St George's, Grenada|St George's]], [[Grenada]]
| umpires = [[Aleem Dar]] and [[Asad Rauf]]
| motm = [[Matthew Hayden]]}}
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{{Limited overs international
| date = 21 April 2007
| team1 = West Indies
| score1 = 300 all out (49.5 overs)
| score2 = 301/9 (49.5 overs)
| team2 = England
| runs1 = [[Chris Gayle]] 79 (58)
| wickets1 = [[Michael Vaughan]] 3/39 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Kevin Pietersen]] 100 (91)
| wickets2 = [[Dwayne Bravo]] 2/47 (9.5)
| result = England won by 1 wicket
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs West Indies|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Kensington Oval]], [[Bridgetown]], [[Barbados]]
| umpires = [[Rudi Koertzen]] and [[Simon Taufel]]
| motm = [[Kevin Pietersen]] }}


===City v Country===
==Knockout stage==
{{Round4
<!--Date-Place|Team 1|Score 1|Team 2|Score 2 -->
<!--semi-finals -->
|24 April - [[Sabina Park]], [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]| 2&nbsp;'''Sri Lanka'''|289/5 | 3&nbsp;New Zealand| 208
|25 April - [[Beausejour Stadium]], [[Gros Islet Quarter|Gros Islet]], [[Saint Lucia]]| 1&nbsp;'''Australia''' |153/3| 4&nbsp;South Africa|149
<!--final -->
|28 April - [[Kensington Oval]], [[Bridgetown]], [[Barbados]]|Sri Lanka|215/8|'''Australia'''|281/4||
}}
====Semi-finals====
{{Limited overs international
| date = 24 April 2007 1430 [[UTC]]
| team1 = Sri Lanka
| score1 = 289/5 (50 overs)
| score2 = 208 all out (41.4 overs)
| team2 = New Zealand
| runs1 = [[Mahela Jayawardene]] 115* (109)
| wickets1 = [[James Franklin]] 2/46 (9 overs)
| runs2 = [[Peter Fulton]] 46 (77)
| wickets2 = [[Muttiah Muralitharan]] 4/31 (8 overs)
| result = Sri Lanka won by 81 runs
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup - 1st Semi-Final: Sri Lanka vs New Zealand|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Sabina Park]], [[Kingston, Jamaica|Kingston]], [[Jamaica]]
| umpires = [[Rudi Koertzen]] and [[Simon Taufel]]
| motm = [[Mahela Jayawardene]]}}


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'''City'''
{{Limited overs international
*[[Adam Ritson]] 1995
| date = 25 April 2007 1330 [[UTC]]
*[[Andrew Ettingshausen]] 1996
| team1 = South Africa
*[[Colin Best]] 2001
| score1 = 149 all out (43.5 overs)
*[[Adam Dykes]] 2001
| score2 = 153/3 (31.3 overs)
*[[Nick Graham]] 2002
| team2 = Australia
*[[Jason Stevens]] 2003-2005
| runs1 = [[Justin Kemp]] 49* (91)
*[[David Simmons]] 2006
| wickets1 = [[Shaun Tait]] 4/39 (10 overs)
*[[Lance Thompson]] 2006-2007
| runs2 = [[Michael Clarke (cricketer)|Michael Clarke]] 60* (86)
*[[Paul Gallen]] 2006-2007
| wickets2 = [[Shaun Pollock]] 1/16 (5 overs)
*[[Ben Pomeroy]] 2007-2008
| result = Australia won by 7 wickets
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup - 2nd Semi-Final: Australia vs South Africa|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Beausejour Stadium]], [[Gros Islet Quarter|Gros Islet]], [[Saint Lucia]]
| umpires = [[Aleem Dar]] and [[Steve Bucknor]]
| motm = [[Glenn McGrath]]}}


====Final====
'''Country'''
{{Limited overs international
*[[Danny Lee]] 1996
| date = 28 April 2007 1330 [[UTC]]
*[[David Peachey]] 2003
| team1 = Australia
*[[Brett Kimmorley]] 2002, 2004, 2007
| score1 = 281/4 (38 overs)
*[[Luke Covell]] 2005
| score2 = 215/8 (36 overs)
*[[Luke Douglas]] 2007
| team2 = Sri Lanka
*[[Greg Bird]] 2007
| runs1 = [[Adam Gilchrist]] 149 (104)
*[[Brett Kearney]] 2008
| wickets1 = [[Lasith Malinga]] 2/49 (8 overs)
| runs2 = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] 63 (67)
| wickets2 = [[Michael Clarke (cricketer)|Michael Clarke]] 2/30 (4 overs)
| result = Australia won by 53 runs ([[Duckworth-Lewis method|DL]])
| report = [[n:2007 Cricket World Cup - Final: Australia vs Sri Lanka|(scorecard)]]
| venue = [[Kensington Oval]], [[Bridgetown]], [[Barbados]]
| umpires = [[Steve Bucknor]] and [[Aleem Dar]]
| motm = [[Adam Gilchrist]]
| rain = Rain before play reduce the game to 38 overs per side. Sri Lanka's innings interrupted by rain and reduced to 36 overs.}}


This was the first World Cup final to be a repeat &ndash; the sides previously met in the 1996 World Cup final, which Sri Lanka won. Australia has won every World Cup match against Sri Lanka apart from that loss.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/STATS/BY_OPPONENT/AUS-SL/WC/AUS-SL_ODI_SERIES_SUMMARY.html|title=Australia v Sri Lanka: World Cup Series Summary|publisher=Cricinfo|accessdate=2007-04-28}}</ref> The match was Sri Lanka's second World Cup final appearance and Australia's sixth, their fourth in a row.
==Club Greats==
[[Image:Australian World Cup treble.jpg|thumb|200px|A large crowd of over 10,000 fans welcome to the Australian team on completing the first World Cup hat-trick - Martin Place, Sydney.]]
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[[Ricky Ponting]] won the toss and elected to bat. However, the start of play was delayed due to rain, and the match was reduced to 38 overs per side. [[Adam Gilchrist]] played an incredible innings of 149 - the highest for any batsman in a World Cup final - to give Australia an imposing total going in at to break.<ref name="final">{{cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/292681.html|title=Gilchrist leads Australia to World Cup treble|publisher=Cricinfo|accessdate=2007-05-06}}</ref> While Sri Lankan batsmen [[Kumar Sangakkara]] and [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] were adding 116 for the second wicket, the contest was alive, but after the pair got out, Sri Lanka's chances slowly washed way.<ref name="final" /> Further rain forced the reduction of Sri Lanka's innings to just 36 overs, with the target revised to 269. At the culmination of the 33rd over, with Sri Lanka still trailing the adjusted [[Duckworth-Lewis]] target by 37 runs, the umpires suspended the game due to bad light. While Australia's players began to celebrate their victory (since the minimum 20 overs had been reached), the umpires incorrectly announced that because the match was suspended due to light and not rain, the final three overs would have to be bowled the following day. With Sri Lanka needing 61 runs from 18 deliveries, Mahela Jayawardene agreed there was no need to return the following day, and instructed his team to resume batting, with Ricky Ponting agreeing to play only spinners. Umpires later apologized for their error, and that the match should have ended then with Australia winning by 37 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/292771.html|title=World Cup Referee apologize|publisher=Cricinfo|accessdate=2007-04-30}}</ref> The last three overs were played in almost complete darkness, during which Sri Lanka added nine runs, giving Australia a 53-run victory via the DL method, as Sri Lanka had batted 2 overs fewer than Australia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wc2007/engine/current/match/247507.html|title=World Cup final scorecard|publisher=Cricinfo|accessdate=2007-04-30}}</ref>


Australia won the tournament undefeated, concluding a streak of 29 World Cup games without a loss.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/292773.html|title=Australia v Sri Lanka, World Cup final, Barbados|publisher=Cricinfo|accessdate=2007-04-30}}</ref> Australian bowler Glenn McGrath was named 'Player of the Series'.<ref name="WC Final">{{cite web | title = ICC World Cup - Final | publisher = Cricinfo | date = 2007-04-28 | url = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/australia/engine/match/247507.html | accessdate = 2007-04-28}}</ref>
===Club Icons===
*[[Ray Corcoran]] (1968-1975)
*[[Greg Pierce]] (1968-1980)
*[[Tommy Bishop]] (1969-1973)
*[[Rick Bourke]] (1972-1982)
*[[Cliff Watson]] (1971-1973)
*[[Ken Maddison]] (1972-1975)
*[[Steve Rogers (rugby league)|Steve Rogers]] (1973-1982, 1985)
*[[Mick Mullane]] (1974-1983)
*[[Steve Kneen]] (1976-1982)
*[[Dane Sorensen]] (1977-1983, 1985-1989)
*[[David Hatch (rugby league)|David Hatch]] (1978-1990)
*[[Gavin Miller]] (1980-1983, 1986-1992)
*[[Barry Russell]] (1983-1991)
*[[Andrew Ettingshausen]] (1983-2000)
*[[Mark McGaw]] (1984-1992)
*[[Mitch Healey]] (1988-2000)
*[[Danny Lee (rugby league)|Danny Lee]] (1988-1998)
*[[Les Davidson]] (1991-1998)
*[[Dean Triester]] (1993-2003)
*[[David Peachey]] (1993-2005)
*[[Paul Green (rugby league)|Paul Green]] (1994-1998)
*[[Mat Rogers]] (1994-2001)
*[[Jason Stevens]] (1997-2005)
*[[Preston Campbell]] (1999-2002)
*[[Paul Gallen]] (2001-present)
*[[Phil Bailey]] (2002-2006)
*[[Greg Bird]] (2002-present)
*[[Brett Kimmorley]] (2002-present)
*[[Lance Thompson]] (2005-2008)


===Dream Team===
==Records==
{{See Also|2007 Cricket World Cup statistics}}
''Announced 2006''


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
*1.[[David Peachey]]
|+ 2007 Cricket World Cup Records
*2.[[Mat Rogers]]
|-
*3.[[Steve Rogers (rugby league)|Steve Rogers]]
!Record
*4.[[Andrew Ettingshausen]]
!Performance
*5.[[Ray Corcoran]]
!Player
*6.[[Chris Wellman]]
!Country
*7.[[Tommy Bishop]]
|-
*8.[[Cliff Watson]]
!rowspan=4|Most runs
*9.[[Ron Turner (rugby league)|Ron Turner]]
|-bgcolor="azure"
*10.[[Jason Stevens]]
| '''659''' || style="text-align:left;"| [[Matthew Hayden|M Hayden]] || style="text-align:left;"|Australia
*11.[[Gavin Miller]]
|-
*12.[[Ken Maddison]]
| '''548''' || style="text-align:left;"| [[Mahela Jayawardene|M Jayawardene]] || style="text-align:left;"|Sri Lanka
*13.[[Greg Pierce]]
|-
*14.[[Dane Sorensen]]
| '''539''' || style="text-align:left;"| [[Ricky Ponting|R Ponting]] || style="text-align:left;"|Australia
*15.[[Steve Kneen]]
|-
*16.[[Brett Kimmorley]]
!rowspan=4|Most wickets
*17.[[Mark McGaw]]
|-bgcolor="azure"
| '''26''' || style="text-align:left;"|[[Glenn McGrath|G McGrath]] || style="text-align:left;"|Australia
|-
|rowspan=2| '''23'''
| style="text-align:left;"|[[Muttiah Muralitharan|M Muralitharan]] || style="text-align:left;"|Sri Lanka
|-
| style="text-align:left;"| [[Shaun Tait|S Tait]] || style="text-align:left;"|Australia<br>
|-
!rowspan=4|Most dismissals<br>(wicketkeeper)
|-bgcolor="azure"
| '''17''' || style="text-align:left;"|[[Adam Gilchrist|A Gilchrist]]|| style="text-align:left;"|Australia
|-
| '''15''' || style="text-align:left;"|[[Kumar Sangakkara|K Sangakkara]]|| style="text-align:left;"|Sri Lanka
|-
| '''14''' || style="text-align:left;"|[[Brendan McCullum|B McCullum]]|| style="text-align:left;"|New Zealand
|-
!rowspan=7|Most catches<br>(fielder)
|-bgcolor="azure"
|rowspan=2| '''8'''
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Paul Collingwood|P Collingwood]] ||style="text-align:left;"| England
|-bgcolor="azure"
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Graeme Smith|G Smith]] || style="text-align:left;"|South Africa
|-
|rowspan=4| '''7'''
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Herschelle Gibbs|H Gibbs]] || style="text-align:left;"|South Africa<br>
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Eoin Morgan|E Morgan]] || style="text-align:left;"|Ireland<br>
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Matthew Hayden|M Hayden]] || style="text-align:left;"|Australia<br>
|-
|style="text-align:left;"| [[Ricky Ponting|R Ponting]] || style="text-align:left;"|Australia
|-
|colspan=7 align="left"|<small>''Source: [http://content-www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/engine/records/index.html?id=2403;type=tournament Cricinfo.com]''</small>
|}


===Club Legends===
==Overview==
===Notable events===
''Announced 2003''
* [[Ireland cricket team|Ireland]] tied their first match against [[Zimbabwe national cricket team|Zimbabwe]], only the third time a tie had occurred in the World Cup.
* [[Ricky Ponting]]'s 113 against [[Scotland national cricket team|Scotland]] was his 4th century in World Cup matches. He joined [[Mark Waugh]], [[Sachin Tendulkar]] and [[Sourav Ganguly]] in the list of highest century makers in World cups.
* [[Herschelle Gibbs]] hit six sixes in one [[Daan van Bunge]] over for South Africa against the [[Netherlands national cricket team|Netherlands]] in their Group A match in [[Warner Park Sporting Complex|Warner Park]], [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]], becoming the first player to achieve the feat in ODI cricket.
* South African batsmen hit 18 sixes in the game against the [[Netherlands national cricket team|Netherlands]]; This is the highest number of sixes hit in an innings of a World Cup ODI. This record was equalled by [[India national cricket team|India]] in the game against [[Bermuda national cricket team|Bermuda]].
* [[Brendon McCullum]] scored the fastest World Cup fifty (off 20 balls) for [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] against [[Canada national cricket team|Canada]], beating [[Mark Boucher|Mark Boucher's]] 21-ball record set against the [[Netherlands national cricket team|Netherlands]] six days earlier.
* [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]] earned qualification from the group stage in a World Cup for the first time, by beating [[India national cricket team|India]] and [[Bermuda national cricket team|Bermuda]]. Bangladesh later went on to beat [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]] in the Super 8 stage.
* [[Ireland cricket team|Ireland]] defeated [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] in their group match and knocked them out of the tournament in the process. Ireland proceeded to qualify for the Super 8 stages in their first ever World Cup.
* [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] coach [[Bob Woolmer]] was found dead in his hotel room the day after his team's defeat against Ireland. Murder investigation was launched due to the circumstances of Woolmer's death, but Jamaican police have since confirmed Woolmer died from natural causes.
* [[Imran Nazir]] scored 160 for Pakistan against Zimbabwe in their final Group Stage match; this was the highest individual List A innings ever made in the West Indies.
* [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] captain [[Inzamam-ul-Haq]] announced his retirement from one-day cricket, and resigned from the Pakistan captaincy, effective from the conclusion of Pakistan's involvement in the tournament.
* Disciplinary action was taken against several English players for breaking their curfew: several players were fined and [[Andrew Flintoff]] was stripped of the English vice-captaincy and left out of their group match against [[Canada national cricket team|Canada]].
* [[India national cricket team|India]] scored 413-5 in 50 overs against Bermuda, breaking the World Cup record for the highest team total, and became the first team to score 400 runs in a World Cup innings. It was also the highest List A team total ever made in the West Indies. [[India national cricket team|India]] bowled out [[Bermuda national cricket team|Bermuda]] for 156 to win by 257 runs, the largest winning margin in ODIs.
* [[Matthew Hayden]] scored the fastest World Cup hundred (off 66 balls) for Australia against South Africa, one ball quicker than the previous record.
* Both [[Herschelle Gibbs]] and [[Matthew Hayden]] were awarded honorary citizenship of [[Saint Kitts and Nevis]] after their individual record-breaking feats.<ref>[http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/287237.html Hayden finds passport to World Cup success], Cricinfo, 26 March 2007, accessed on 24 May 2007.</ref>
* [[Lasith Malinga]] became the fifth player to record a [[Hat-trick#Cricket|hat-trick]] in the World Cup, taking three wickets in succession for Sri Lanka against South Africa, and with his next delivery proceeded to become the first player ever to take four wickets in four consecutive balls in one day international cricket.
* [[Glenn McGrath]] became the leading wicket taker in the history of the World Cup, taking his 56th World Cup wicket against Bangladesh, overtaking [[Wasim Akram]]'s 55 wicket total.
* West-Indies captain [[Brian Lara]] announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
* Following [[Ireland cricket team|Ireland]]'s successful World Cup debut: defeating two [[List of International Cricket Council members#Full Members|full members]] ([[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] and [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]]), Ireland was promoted to the main [[ICC ODI Championship|ODI championship table]].<ref>{{cite news | title=Ireland qualifies for LG ICC ODI Championship | publisher=[[International Cricket Council]] | date=16 April 2007 | url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc-odi/content/story/290679.html | accessdate=2007-05-25}}</ref>
* [[Ireland cricket team|Ireland]]'s wins against Pakistan and Bangladesh boosted their team's ODI rank to number 10 ahead of Kenya and full member Zimbabwe.
* [[Adam Gilchrist]] and [[Matthew Hayden]] put on 76 for the first wicket in the Super-8 game against [[Sri Lankan Cricket Team|Sri Lanka]]. This was their 40th partnership of over 50 runs. The previous highest was 39 partnerships of over 50 runs between [[Desmond Haynes]] and [[Gordon Greenidge]] of the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]].
*Matthew Hayden's century against [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] was the 100th time a century was scored in the World Cup and the third time any individual player scored three centuries in one tournament. He joins [[Mark Waugh]] and [[Sourav Ganguly]] as the only players to score three centuries in a World Cup.
* By officating in the England - West Indies match [[Rudi Koertzen]] overtook [[David Shepherd (umpire)|David Shepherd]] as the most capped umpire in ODI's. The match was Koertzen's 173<sup>rd</sup> ODI. Shepherd officated in 172 ODIs.
* [[Steve Bucknor]] officiated in a record fifth consecutive World Cup final.
* Sri Lankan player [[Russel Arnold]] announced his retirement from international cricket.
* After more than a decade at the helm, New Zealand captain [[Stephen Fleming]] resigned the captaincy of New Zealand's one-day team in the wake of his team's defeat in the Semi-Final of the World Cup against Sri Lanka at Sabina Park. He captained New Zealand team in 218 one-day matches.
* [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] created history by participating in their 4th consecutive Cricket World Cup final.
* [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa's]] score of 149 all out against Australia in the semi-final was their lowest World Cup score ever.
*[[Glenn McGrath]]'s haul of 3 wickets against [[South Africa national cricket team|South Africa]] lifted his wicket tally to 25 in the tournament, the most in a World Cup so far.
*[[Matthew Hayden]]'s innings of 41 against South Africa brought up the remarkable 600 runs in a tournament, becoming the 2nd person to do so. He achieved a further 38 runs in the final against Sri Lanka, leaving him 14 short of [[Sachin Tendulkar]]'s record of 673 runs.
* The 172-run partnership between [[Adam Gilchrist]] and [[Matthew Hayden]] is the highest opening partnership in a World Cup final.
* [[Adam Gilchrist]] became the 5th batsman to score a century in the Cricket World Cup final in 2007 after [[Clive Lloyd]] in 1975, [[Viv Richards]] in 1979, [[Aravinda de Silva]] in 1996 and [[Ricky Ponting]] in 2003. His score of 149 is the highest individual score ever in the final of the World Cup beating the previous highest of 140* by [[Ricky Ponting]] in 2003.
* [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] became the first team to win 3 consecutive World Cups.
* [[Glenn McGrath]] retired from all forms of international cricket following the successful campaign.


===Death of Bob Woolmer===
*[[Cliff Watson]]
{{Main|Bob Woolmer murder investigation}}
*[[Greg Pierce]]
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*[[Mark McGaw]]
*[[n:Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer dies at age 58|Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer dies at age 58]]
*[[Steve Rogers]]
*[[n:Pakistan coach's death 'suspicious'|Pakistan coach's death 'suspicious']]
*[[Andrew Ettinghausen]]
*[[n:Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer murdered; investigation underway|Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer murdered; investigation underway]]
*[[Mat Rogers]]
*[[n:Report claims that Pakistani cricket coach Bob Woolmer was poisoned|Report claims that Pakistani cricket coach Bob Woolmer was poisoned]]
*[[Tommy Bishop]]
*[[n:Bob Woolmer not murdered, says Scotland Yard detectives|Bob Woolmer not murdered, says Scotland Yard detectives]] }}
*[[Gavin Miller]]
Pakistan coach [[Bob Woolmer]] was found dead on 18 March 2007, one day after his team's defeat to Ireland put them out of the running for the World Cup. Jamaican police performed an autopsy which was deemed inconclusive.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/current/story/286421.html|title=Woolmer's post-mortem inconclusive|date=[[2007-03-20]]|publisher=CricInfo|accessdate=2007-03-23}}</ref> The following day police announced that the death was suspicious and ordered a full investigation.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/286445.html|title=Woolmer's death 'suspicious' - police|date=[[2007-03-21]]|publisher=CricInfo|accessdate=2007-03-23}}</ref> Further investigation revealed the cause of death was "manual strangulation",<ref>{{cite news | last =Raedler
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===Club Immortals===
===Criticism===
The 2007 World Cup organizers were criticized early on for being over-commercialized and, in particular, the generally smaller crowds have been blamed on the ICC's security restrictions on things such as outside food, signs, replica kits and musical instruments, despite Caribbean cricketing customs,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/288564.html | title=A public relations disaster | author=Tim de Lisle | publisher=Cricinfo | date=[[2007-04-03]] | accessdate=2007-05-24}}</ref> as well as the authorities being accused of "running [cricket and cricketing traditions] out of town, then sanitising it out of existence".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://sport.guardian.co.uk/cricketworldcup2007/story/0,,2050381,00.html | title=Weep for the ghosts of calypsos past in this lifeless forum | author=Mike Selvey | publisher=[[The Guardian]] | date=[[2007-04-05]] | accessdate=2007-05-24}}</ref> [[Sir Viv Richards]] echoed the concerns.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/west_indies/6531839.stm | title=Richards attacks Cup organisation | publisher=[[BBC]] | date=[[2007-04-05]] | accessdate=2007-05-24}}</ref> The ICC were also condemned for high prices for tickets and concessions, which were considered unaffordable for the local population in many of the locations.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/288885.html | title=Crushing the essence of the Caribbean | publisher=Cricinfo | date=[[2007-04-05]] | accessdate=2007-05-24}}</ref> ICC CEO, [[Malcolm Speed]], said that the ICC recognized the problem but said it was the local organizers' fault.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/quote/content/current/page/156062.html|title=Quote ... unquote|publisher=Cricinfo|year=2007|accessdate=2007-04-30}}</ref> However, the later matches had more crowds as the tournament progressed with the local organizers easing restrictions.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/story/288990.html | title=Barbados determined to restore local flavour | publisher=Cricinfo | date=[[2007-04-05]] | accessdate=2007-05-24}}</ref> Although they did not meet the target of US$42m, the revenue from ticket sales was double the ticket sales revenue from the last world cup and recorded the highest ticketing revenue for a Cricket World Cup with more than $32 million in ticket revenue.<ref>[http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/current/story/301516.html World Cup profits boost debt-ridden Windies board]</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/290706.html|title=Ticket sales double of previous World Cup - Dehring|publisher=Cricinfo|date=[[2007-04-16]]|accessdate=2007-04-30}}</ref><ref name="Attendance" />
''Announced 2003''


The World Cup was also criticized for its format, with [[Indian cricket team|India]] and [[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistan]] removed from the World Cup after losing two matches. This led to Ireland and Bangladesh entering the long Super Eights stage and consistently being defeated (bar another upset by Bangladesh over South Africa). The removal of India and Pakistan also caused a large exodus of subcontinental fans from the Caribbean, and removed the prospect of an India vs Pakistan Super Eights match, generally considered one of the most revenue generating and electric matches in the tournament.<ref name="Format">[http://www.rediff.com/wc2007/2007/mar/27bindra.htm Former BCCI chief blames format for India's exit]</ref> The BCCI later claimed it would see to it that the ICC will alter its World Cup format for the [[2011 Cricket World Cup]].<ref name="Format"/>
*[[Steve Rogers]]
*[[Gavin Miller]]
*[[Andrew Ettinghausen]]


The tournament was also criticised as being too long. At 6 weeks, it was the same length as the 2003 World Cup, but longer than the 5 week 1999 World Cup and the 4 week 1996 World Cup. The famous West Indian fast bowler [[Michael Holding]] also criticised the qualification process for the 2007 World Cup. Holding expressed doubts over the benefit to less established teams of turning up and being heavily defeated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/281062.html|title=Holding slams World Cup minnows|date=[[2007-02-20]]|accessdate=2007-04-09}}</ref> However, former Scotland captain [[George Salmond]] claims that the opportunity to play one-day cricket against the bigger teams is invaluable for smaller teams such as his own, and questioned the validity of Holding's statements.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricket.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1659807.cms|title=cricket.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1659807.cms<!--INSERT TITLE-->|accessdate=2007-04-09}}</ref> The majority of the experts and players participating in the tournament backed up the smaller teams taking part in the World Cup.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/285508.html|title=Bermuda have 'wonderful experience' in huge loss|publisher=Cricinfo|date=[[2007-03-16]]|accessdate=2007-04-09}}</ref> This was further backed up with Ireland and Bangladesh making the Super 8s and being competitive and sportsmanlike throughout the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/icc-odi/content/story/291931.html|title=Ireland qualifies for ODI Championship|publisher=ICC|date=[[2007-04-22]]|accessdate=2007-04-22}}</ref>
==Award Winners==


Further criticism was generated by the confusion at the end of the final match, during which the umpires suspended play due to bad light and while official announcements and the scoreboard declared Australia the winners and the Australian team celebrated, while the umpires incorrectly insisted that the game was only suspended not completed, and that 3 overs remained to be played. And so in farcical light conditions, Sri Lanka batted out the 3 overs following a gentleman's agreement between the two captains.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/292772.html|title=Awesome Australia but awful organising|publisher=Cricinfo|date=[[2007-04-28]]|accessdate=2007-04-30}}</ref> The umpires and ICC apologized for the unnecessary situation and cited it as an unnecessary fundamental error due to the pressure of the situation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/292851.html|title=Speed apologises for light chaos|publisher=Cricinfo|date=[[2007-04-28]]|accessdate=2007-04-30}}</ref> In June the ICC announced that the officials involved &mdash; onfield umpires [[Steve Bucknor]] and [[Aleem Dar]], reserve umpires [[Rudi Koertzen]] and [[Billy Bowden]], and match referee [[Jeff Crowe]] &mdash; would all be suspended from the [[2007 Twenty20 World Championship]]. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://content-nz.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/current/story/299277.html|title=World Cup officials banned by ICC|publisher=Cricinfo|date=[[2007-06-22]]|accessdate=2007-06-24}}</ref>
===[[Dally M Medal]]===
*[[Steve Rogers (rugby league)|Steve Rogers]] (1981)
*[[Gavin Miller]] (1988, 1989)
*[[Preston Campbell]] (2001)


===Rothmans Medal===
===Preparation problems===
A number of preparation problems surfaced before the start of the World Cup. Some of the venues were not complete by the opening ceremony on 11 March 2007.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20070311/sports/sports12.html | title=Some Cup venues still not ready | date=[[2007-03-11]] | accessdate=2007-04-09}}</ref> At [[Sabina Park]], seats had to be removed at the newly constructed north-stand due to safety concerns.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.indiaenews.com/america/20070311/42427.htm | title=A week before the opening Cricket World Cup game, chinks appear at Sabina Park | date=[[2007-03-11]] | accessdate=2007-04-09}}</ref> At [[Trelawny Stadium]] in [[Jamaica]], ground staff were unable to gain admission to the ground during the warm up matches due to accreditation problems.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2007/03/11/scath111.xml | title=Hosts hope calm is not followed by a storm | author=[[Michael Atherton]] | publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Sunday Telegraph]] | date=[[2007-03-12]] | accessdate=2007-04-09}}</ref> Additionally, [[South African cricket team|South Africa]] and [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] both expressed concerns over practice facilities.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/03/04/sports/CB-SPT-CRK-World-Cup-Roundup.php | title=Warmup matches start amid last minute preparations | date=[[2007-03-04]] | accessdate=2007-04-09}}</ref>
*[[Terry Hughes (rugby league)|Terry Hughes]] (1968)
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*[[Ken Maddison]] (1973)
*[[Steve Rogers (rugby league)|Steve Rogers]] (1975)
*[[Barry Russell]] (1988)
*[[Gavin Miller]] (1989)
*[[Paul Green (rugby league)|Paul Green]] (1995)


==See also==
===Club Player of the Year===
*[[West Indies Cricket Board]]
*[[David Peachey]] (1997, 1999 ,2001)
*[[Caribbean Community#CARICOM Visa and the Single Domestic Space|CARICOM Visa and Freedom of Travel during Cricket World Cup]]
*[[Danny Nutley]] (2005)
*[[Greg Bird]] (2006)
*[[Paul Gallen]] (2007-2008)


==Club Records==
==Notes==
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===Career===
'''Most Games'''
*[[Andrew Ettingshausen]] 328
*[[David Peachey]] 232
*[[Mitch Healey]] 223
*[[Dane Sorensen]] 216
*[[Danny Lee]] 212

'''Most Points'''
*[[Steve Rogers]] 1255
*[[Mat Rogers]] 1112
*[[Luke Covell]] 756*
*[[Andrew Ettingshausen]] 662
*[[Barry Andrews]] 657

'''Most Tries'''
*[[Andrew Ettingshausen]] 165
*[[David Peachey]] 110
*[[Steve Rogers]] 82
*[[Barry Andrews]] 75
*[[Ray Corcoran]] 63

===Season===
'''Most Points'''
*[[Brett Kimmorley]] (2002) 251
*[[Mat Rogers]] (2000) 212
*[[Luke Covell]] (2008) 206*
*[[George Taylforth]] (1970) 202
*[[Mat Rogers]] (1997) 196

'''Most Tries'''
*[[David Peachey]] (1999) 19
*[[Andrew Ettingshausen]] (1994) 18
*[[Brett Howland]] (1999) 18
*[[Preston Campbell]] (2001) 17
*[[Andrew Ettingshausen]] (1988) 17
*[[Chris Gardner (rugby league)|Chris Gardner]] (1983) 17
*[[David Peachey]] (2002) 17

===Match===
'''Most Points'''
*[[Brett Kimmorley]](2002) 28 v Newcastle
*[[Steve Rogers]] (1977) 26 v Wests
*[[Mat Rogers]] (2000) 26 v Newcastle
*[[Steve Rogers]] (1980) 24 v Balmain
*[[George Taylforth]] (1969) 24 v Canterbury

'''Most Tries'''
*[[Andrew Ettingshausen]] (1989) 5 v Illawarra
*[[Andrew Ettingshausen]] (1994) 5 v South Sydney
*[[Mat Rogers]] (1995) 4 v Newcastle


==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.sharks.com.au Official Cronulla Sharks website]
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*[http://www.cronullasupporters.com/ Cronulla Sutherland Supporters Club - Unofficial Supporters Club]
*[http://sharks.4eva.com Sharks Forever]
*[http://www.cricketworldcup.com 2007 Cricket World Cup website]
*[http://www.sharksfinatics.com/ Sharks Finatics Supporters Group website]
*[http://www.cricketworldcup.com/pdfs/event-overview.pdf ICC Overview of 2007 World Cup]
*[http://www.takeforum.com/wwwsportzcentre/ Sharks & General League site]
*[http://www.icc-cricket.com/events/worldcup/ ICC website - Cricket World Cup page]
* [http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/index/0,22045,5012659,00.html Daily Telegraph - Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2007 season feature]
*[http://www.cricinfo.com/worldcup2007/ Cricinfo - Cricket World Cup 2007]

==References==
* [http://users.hunterlink.net.au/~maajjs/aus/ausaward.htm "Player Awards Australia"]
* [http://rl1908.com/Clubs/Cronulla-Sharks.htm "Rugby League history"]


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2007 ICC Cricket World Cup
File:ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 logo.png
Logo of the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round robin and Knockout
Host(s)West Indies
ChampionsAustralia (4thth title)
Participants16 (from 97 entrants)
Matches51
Attendance672,000 (13,176 per match)
Player of the seriesGlenn McGrath
Most runsMatthew Hayden (659)
Most wicketsGlenn 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.

Host selection

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.
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

File:Icc-cwc2007 mascot.jpg
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

Main article: 2007 Cricket World Cup 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.

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

Main article: 2007 Cricket World Cup 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
14 March 2007
(scorecard)
Australia
334/6 (50 overs)
v
Scotland
131/9 (40.1 overs)
Ricky Ponting 113 (93)
Majid Haq 2/49 (7 overs)
Colin Smith 51 (76)
Glenn McGrath 3/14 (6 overs)
Australia won by 203 runs
Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Asoka De Silva
Player of the match: Ricky Ponting
16 March 2007
(scorecard)
South Africa
353/3 (40 overs)
v
Netherlands
132/9 (40 overs)
Jacques Kallis 128* (109)
Billy Stelling 1/43 (8 overs)
R ten Doeschate 57 (75)
Justin Kemp 2/18 (4 overs)
South Africa won by 221 runs
Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Umpires: Mark Benson and Tony Hill
Player of the match: Herschelle Gibbs
  • Match reduced to 40 overs a side because of rain/ground conditions.
18 March 2007
(scorecard)
Australia
358/5 (50 overs)
v
Netherlands
129 all out (26.5 overs)
Brad Hodge 123 (89)
Tim de Leede 2/40 (10 overs)
Daan van Bunge 33 (33)
Brad Hogg 4/27 (4.5 overs)
Australia won by 229 runs
Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Tony Hill
Player of the match: Brad Hodge
20 March 2007
(scorecard)
Scotland
186/8 (50 overs)
v
South Africa
188/3 (23.2 overs)
Dougie Brown 45* (64)
Andrew Hall 3/48 (10 overs)
Graeme Smith 91 (65)
Majid Haq 2/43 (6 overs)
South Africa won by 7 wickets
Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Umpires: Mark Benson and Asoka De Silva
Player of the match: Graeme Smith
22 March 2007
(scorecard)
Scotland
136 all out (34.1 overs)
v
Netherlands
140/2 (23.5 overs)
Glenn Rogers 26 (30)
Billy Stelling 3/12 (8 overs)
R ten Doeschate 70* (68)
John Blain 2/29 (5 overs)
Netherlands won by 8 wickets
Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Umpires: Asoka De Silva and Tony Hill
Player of the match: Billy Stelling
24 March 2007
(scorecard)
Australia
377/6 (50 overs)
v
South Africa
294 all out (48 overs)
Matthew Hayden 101 (68)
Andrew Hall 2/60 (10 overs)
AB de Villiers 92 (70)
Brad Hogg 3/61 (10 overs)
Australia won by 83 runs
Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Umpires: Mark Benson and Steve Bucknor
Player of the match: Matthew Hayden

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
15 March 2007
(scorecard)
Sri Lanka
321/6 (50 overs)
v
Bermuda
78 all out (24.4 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 85 (90)
Saleem Mukuddem 2/50 (10 overs)
Lionel Cann 28 (32)
Farveez Maharoof 4/23 (7 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 243 runs
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Umpires: Daryl Harper and Ian Howell
Player of the match: Mahela Jayawardene
17 March 2007
(scorecard)
India
191 all out (49.3 overs)
v
Bangladesh
192/5 (48.3 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 66 (129)
Mashrafe Mortaza 4/38 (9.3 overs)
Mushfiqur Rahim 56* (107)
Virender Sehwag 2/17 (5 overs)
Bangladesh won by 5 wickets
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Steve Davis
Player of the match: Mashrafe Mortaza
19 March 2007
(scorecard)
India
413/5 (50 overs)
v
Bermuda
156 all out (43.1 overs)
Virender Sehwag 114 (87)
Delyone Borden 2/30 (5 overs)
David Hemp 76* (105)
Ajit Agarkar 3/38 (10 overs)
India won by 257 runs
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Ian Howell
Player of the match: Virender Sehwag
21 March 2007
(scorecard)
Sri Lanka
318/4 (50 overs)
v
Bangladesh
112 all out (37 of 46 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 109 (87)
Mohammad Rafique 1/48 (10 overs)
Mohammad Ashraful 45* (63)
Lasith Malinga 3/27 (6 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 198 runs (DL)
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Umpires: Steve Davis and Daryl Harper
Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya
  • Match shortened due to rain; Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 311 runs in 46 overs for Bangladesh.
23 March 2007
(scorecard)
Sri Lanka
254/6 (50 overs)
v
India
185 all out (43.3 overs)
Upul Tharanga 64 (90)
Zaheer Khan 2/49 (10 overs)
Rahul Dravid 60 (82)
Muttiah Muralitharan 3/41 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 69 runs
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Daryl Harper
Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan
25 March 2007
(scorecard)
Bermuda
94/9 (21 overs)
v
Bangladesh
96/3 (17.3 of 21 overs)
Dean Minors 23 (25)
Abdur Razzak 3/20 (4 overs)
Mohammad Ashraful 29* (32)
Saleem Mukuddem 3/19 (5 overs)
Bangladesh won by 7 wickets (DL)
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
Umpires: Steve Davis and Ian Howell
Player of the match: Mohammad Ashraful
  • 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
14 March 2007
(scorecard)
Canada
199 all out (50 overs)
v
Kenya
203/3 (43.2 overs)
Geoff Barnett 41 (50)
Jimmy Kamande 2/25 (10 overs)
Steve Tikolo 72* (76)
Sunil Dhaniram 1/34 (9 overs)
Kenya won by 7 wickets
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
Umpires: Asad Rauf and Peter Parker
Player of the match: Steve Tikolo
16 March 2007
(scorecard)
England
209/7 (50 overs)
v
New Zealand
210/4 (41 overs)
Kevin Pietersen 60 (92)
Shane Bond 2/19 (10 overs)
Scott Styris 87 (113)
James Anderson 2/39 (8 overs)
New Zealand won by 6 wickets
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
Umpires: Asad Rauf and Rudi Koertzen
Player of the match: Scott Styris
18 March 2007
(scorecard)
England
279/6 (50 overs)
v
Canada
228/7 (50 overs)
Ed Joyce 66 (103)
Sunil Dhaniram 3/41 (10 overs)
Asif Mulla 58 (60)
Ravinder Bopara 2/43 (9 overs)
England won by 51 runs
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
Umpires: Billy Doctrove and Peter Parker
Player of the match: Paul Collingwood
20 March 2007
(scorecard)
New Zealand
331/7 (50 overs)
v
Kenya
183 all out (49.2 overs)
Ross Taylor 85 (107)
Thomas Odoyo 2/55 (10 overs)
Ravindu Shah 81 (89)
James Franklin 2/20 (7.2 overs)
New Zealand won by 148 runs
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
Umpires: Billy Doctrove and Rudi Koertzen
Player of the match: Ross Taylor
22 March 2007
(scorecard)
New Zealand
363/5 (50 overs)
v
Canada
249/9 (49.2 overs)
Lou Vincent 101 (107)
Kevin Sandher 2/58 (10 overs)
John Davison 53 (31)
Jeetan Patel 3/25 (9.2 overs)
New Zealand won by 114 runs
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
Umpires: Asad Rauf and Billy Doctrove
Player of the match: Lou Vincent
24 March 2007
(scorecard)
Kenya
177 all out (43 overs)
v
England
178/3 (33 of 43 overs)
Steve Tikolo 76 (97)
James Anderson 2/27 (9 overs)
Ed Joyce 75 (90)
Thomas Odoyo 1/27 (6 overs)
England won by 7 wickets
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen and Peter Parker
Player of the match: Ed Joyce
  • 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
(scorecard)
West Indies
241/9 (50 overs)
v
Pakistan
187 all out (47.2 overs)
Marlon Samuels 63 (70)
Iftikhar Anjum 3/44 (10 overs)
Shoaib Malik 62 (54)
Dwayne Smith 3/36 (10 overs)
West Indies won by 54 runs
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Umpires: Billy Bowden and Simon Taufel
Player of the match: Dwayne Smith
15 March 2007
(scorecard)
Ireland
221/9 (50 overs)
v
Zimbabwe
221 all out (50 overs)
Jeremy Bray 115* (139)
Elton Chigumbura 2/21 (6 overs)
Stuart Matsikenyeri 73* (77)
Kyle McCallan 2/56 (9 overs)
Match tied
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Umpires: Ian Gould and Brian Jerling
Player of the match: Jeremy Bray
17 March 2007
(scorecard)
Pakistan
132 all out (45.4 overs)
v
Ireland
133/7 (41.4 overs)
Kamran Akmal 27 (53)
Boyd Rankin 3/32 (9 overs)
Niall O'Brien 72 (106)
Mohammad Sami 3/29 (10 overs)
Ireland won by 3 wickets (DL)
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Umpires: Billy Bowden and Brian Jerling
Player of the match: Niall O'Brien
  • Match shortened due to bad light and rain; Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 128 runs in 47 overs for Ireland.
19 March 2007
(scorecard)
Zimbabwe
202/5 (50 overs)
v
West Indies
204/4 (47.5 overs)
Sean Williams 70* (88)
Jerome Taylor 2/42 (10 overs)
Brian Lara 44* (68)
Christopher Mpofu 1/34 (9 overs)
West Indies won by 6 wickets
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Umpires: Ian Gould and Simon Taufel
Player of the match: Sean Williams
21 March 2007
(scorecard)
Pakistan
349 all out (49.5 overs)
v
Zimbabwe
99 all out (19.1 of 20 overs)
Imran Nazir 160 (121)
Gary Brent 3/68 (10 overs)
Elton Chigumbura 27 (11)
Shahid Afridi 3/20 (4 overs)
Pakistan won by 93 runs (DL)
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Umpires: Brian Jerling and Simon Taufel
Player of the match: Imran Nazir
  • Match shortened due to rain; Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 193 runs in 20 overs for Zimbabwe.
23 March 2007
(scorecard)
Ireland
183/8 (48 overs)
v
West Indies
190/2 (38.1 of 48 overs)
Jeremy Bray 41 (71)
Chris Gayle 2/23 (10 overs)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 102* (113)
Kyle McCallan 1/35 (10 overs)
West Indies won by 8 wickets (DL)
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Umpires: Billy Bowden and Ian Gould
Player of the match: Shivnarine Chanderpaul
  • Match shortened due to rain; Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 190 runs in 48 overs for West Indies.

Super 8 stage

Main article: 2007 Cricket World Cup Super Eight 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.

27 March 2007
(scorecard)
Australia
322/6 (50 overs)
v
West Indies
219 all out (45.3 overs)
Matthew Hayden 158 (143)
Daren Powell 2/53 (10 overs)
Brian Lara 77 (83)
Glenn McGrath 3/31 (8 overs)
Australia won by 103 runs
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Asad Rauf
Player of the match: Matthew Hayden
  • Play was postponed due to rain after the Australian innings on 27 March. Match concluded on 28 March.
28 March 2007
(scorecard)
Sri Lanka
209 all out (49.3 overs)
v
South Africa
212/9 (48.2 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 58 (76)
Charl Langeveldt 5/39 (10 overs)
Jacques Kallis 86 (110)
Lasith Malinga 4/54 (9.2 overs)
South Africa won by 1 wicket
Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Daryl Harper
Player of the match: Charl Langeveldt and Lasith Malinga .[21]
29 March 2007
(scorecard)
West Indies
177 all out (44.4 overs)
v
New Zealand
179/3 (39.2 overs)
Chris Gayle 44 (56)
Jacob Oram 3/23 (8 overs)
Scott Styris 80* (90)
Daren Powell 2/39 (10 overs)
New Zealand won by 7 wickets
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda
Umpires: Asad Rauf and Rudi Koertzen
Player of the match: Jacob Oram
30 March 2007
(scorecard)
England
266/7 (50 overs)
v
Ireland
218 all out (48.1 overs)
Paul Collingwood 90 (82)
Boyd Rankin 2/28 (7 overs)
Niall O'Brien 63 (88)
Andrew Flintoff 4/43 (8.1 overs)
England won by 48 runs
Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana
Umpires: Billy Doctrove and Simon Taufel
Player of the match: Paul Collingwood
31 March 2007
(scorecard)
Bangladesh
104/6 (22 overs)
v
Australia
106/0 (13.5 of 22 overs)
Mashrafe Mortaza 25* (17)
Glenn McGrath 3/16 (5 overs)
Adam Gilchrist 59* (44)
Abdur Razzak 0/15 (3 overs)
Australia won by 10 wickets
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Billy Bowden
Player of the match: Glenn McGrath
  • Wet outfield delayed start. Match reduced to 22 overs a side.
1 April 2007
(scorecard)
Sri Lanka
303/5 (50 overs)
v
West Indies
190 all out (44.3 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 115 (101)
Daren Powell 2/38 (10 overs)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 76 (110)
Sanath Jayasuriya 3/38 (8.3 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 113 runs
Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana
Umpires: Mark Benson and Daryl Harper
Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya
2 April 2007
(scorecard)
Bangladesh
174 all out (48.3 overs)
v
New Zealand
178/1 (29.2 overs)
Mohammad Rafique 30* (36)
Scott Styris 4/43 (10 overs)
Stephen Fleming 102* (92)
Syed Rasel 1/22 (7 overs)
New Zealand won by 9 wickets
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Rudi Koertzen
Player of the match: Shane Bond
3 April 2007
(scorecard)
Ireland
152/8 (35 overs)
v
South Africa
165/3 (31.3 of 35 overs)
Andrew White 30 (30)
Charl Langeveldt 3/41 (7 overs)
Jacques Kallis 66* (86)
Boyd Rankin 2/26 (7 overs)
South Africa won by 7 wickets (DL)
Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana
Umpires: Daryl Harper and Simon Taufel
Player of the match: Jacques Kallis
  • Rain during Irelands innings reduced play to 35 overs. Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 160 runs in 35 overs for South Africa.
4 April 2007
(scorecard)
Sri Lanka
235 all out (50 overs)
v
England
233/8 (50 overs)
Upul Tharanga 62 (103)
Sajid Mahmood 4/50 (9 overs)
Kevin Pietersen 58 (80)
Dilhara Fernando 3/41 (9 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 2 runs
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda
Umpires: Asad Rauf and Billy Bowden
Player of the match: Ravi Bopara
7 April 2007
(scorecard)
Bangladesh
251/8 (50 overs)
v
South Africa
184 all out (48.4 overs)
Mohammad Ashraful 87 (83)
Andre Nel 5/45 (10 overs)
Herschelle Gibbs 56* (59)
Abdur Razzak 3/25 (9.4 overs)
Bangladesh won by 67 runs
Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana
Umpires: Mark Benson and Billy Doctrove
Player of the match: Mohammad Ashraful
8 April 2007
(scorecard)
England
247 all out (49.5 overs)
v
Australia
248/3 (47.2 overs)
Kevin Pietersen 104 (122)
Nathan Bracken 3/33 (10 overs)
Ricky Ponting 86 (106)
Andrew Flintoff 1/35 (10 overs)
Australia won by 7 wickets
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda
Umpires: Billy Bowden and Rudi Koertzen
Player of the match: Shaun Tait
9 April 2007
(scorecard)
New Zealand
263/8 (50 overs)
v
Ireland
134 all out (37.4 overs)
Peter Fulton 83 (110)
Kyle McCallan 2/35 (10 overs)
Kevin O'Brien 49 (45)
Daniel Vettori 4/23 (8.4 overs)
New Zealand won by 129 runs
Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Simon Taufel
Player of the match: Peter Fulton
10 April 2007
(scorecard)
South Africa
356/4 (50 overs)
v
West Indies
289/9 (50 overs)
AB de Villiers 146 (129)
Corey Collymore 2/41 (10 overs)
Ramnaresh Sarwan 92 (75)
Shaun Pollock 2/33 (8 overs)
South Africa won by 67 runs
Queen's Park, St George's, Grenada
Umpires: Mark Benson and Daryl Harper
Player of the match: AB de Villiers
11 April 2007
(scorecard)
Bangladesh
143 all out (37.2 overs)
v
England
147/6 (44.5 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 57* (95)
Monty Panesar 3/25 (7 overs)
Michael Vaughan 30 (59)
Syed Rasel 2/25 (10 overs)
England won by 4 wickets
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Simon Taufel
Player of the match: Sajid Mahmood
12 April 2007
(scorecard)
New Zealand
219/7 (50 overs)
v
Sri Lanka
222/4 (45.1 overs)
Scott Styris 111* (157)
M Muralitharan 3/32 (10 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 69* (104)
Daniel Vettori 2/35 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
Queen's Park, St George's, Grenada
Umpires: Asad Rauf and Billy Doctrove
Player of the match: Chaminda Vaas
13 April 2007
(scorecard)
Ireland
91 all out (30 overs)
v
Australia
92/1 (12.2 overs)
John Mooney 23 (44)
Glenn McGrath 3/17 (7 overs)
Adam Gilchrist 34 (25)
Trent Johnston 1/18 (3 overs)
Australia won by 9 wickets
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Umpires: Billy Bowden and Rudi Koertzen
Player of the match: Glenn McGrath
14 April 2007
(scorecard)
South Africa
193/7 (50 overs)
v
New Zealand
196/5 (48.2 overs)
Herschelle Gibbs 60 (100)
Craig McMillan 3/23 (5 overs)
Scott Styris 56 (84)
Andre Nel 2/33 (9.2 overs)
New Zealand won by 5 wickets
Queen's Park, St George's, Grenada
Umpires: Mark Benson and Daryl Harper
Player of the match: Craig McMillan
15 April 2007
(scorecard)
Ireland
243/7 (50 overs)
v
Bangladesh
169 all out (41.2 overs)
William Porterfield 85 (136)
Mashrafe Mortaza 2/38 (10 overs)
Mohammad Ashraful 35 (36)
Kyle McCallan 2/25 (8 overs)
Ireland won by 74 runs
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Umpires: Billy Bowden and Steve Bucknor
Player of the match: William Porterfield
16 April 2007
(scorecard)
Sri Lanka
226 all out (49.4 overs)
v
Australia
232/3 (42.4 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 72 (88)
Nathan Bracken 4/19 (9.4 overs)
Ricky Ponting 66* (80)
Russel Arnold 2/20 (4 overs)
Australia won by 7 wickets
Queen's Park, St George's, Grenada
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Billy Doctrove
Player of the match: Nathan Bracken
17 April 2007
(scorecard)
England
154 all out (48 overs)
v
South Africa
157/1 (19.2 overs)
Andrew Strauss 46 (67)
Andrew Hall 5/18 (10 overs)
Graeme Smith 89* (58)
Andrew Flintoff 1/36 (6 overs)
South Africa won by 9 wickets
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Simon Taufel
Player of the match: Andrew Hall
18 April 2007
(scorecard)
Ireland
77 all out (27.4 overs)
v
Sri Lanka
81/2 (10 overs)
Jeremy Bray 20 (29)
Farveez Maharoof 4/25 (10 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 39* (27)
Boyd Rankin 1/36 (4 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
Queen's Park, St George's, Grenada
Umpires: Mark Benson and Billy Doctrove
Player of the match: Farveez Maharoof
19 April 2007
(scorecard)
West Indies
230/5 (50 overs)
v
Bangladesh
131 all out (43.5 overs)
Ramnaresh Sarwan 91* (90)
Mashrafe Mortaza 1/39 (10 overs)
Mushfiqur Rahim 38* (75)
Daren Powell 3/38 (10 overs)
West Indies won by 99 runs
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Umpires: Billy Bowden and Rudi Koertzen
Player of the match: Ramnaresh Sarwan
20 April 2007
(scorecard)
Australia
348/6 (50 overs)
v
New Zealand
133 all out (25.5 overs)
Matthew Hayden 103 (100)
James Franklin 3/74 (8 overs)
Peter Fulton 62 (72)
Brad Hogg 4/29 (6.5 overs)
Australia won by 215 runs
Queen's Park, St George's, Grenada
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Asad Rauf
Player of the match: Matthew Hayden
21 April 2007
(scorecard)
West Indies
300 all out (49.5 overs)
v
England
301/9 (49.5 overs)
Chris Gayle 79 (58)
Michael Vaughan 3/39 (10 overs)
Kevin Pietersen 100 (91)
Dwayne Bravo 2/47 (9.5)
England won by 1 wicket
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen and Simon Taufel
Player of the match: Kevin Pietersen

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 April - Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
 
 
 2 Sri Lanka289/5
 
28 April - Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
 
 3 New Zealand 208
 
Sri Lanka215/8
 
25 April - Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
 
Australia281/4
 
 1 Australia 153/3
 
 
 4 South Africa149
 

Semi-finals

24 April 2007 1430 UTC
(scorecard)
Sri Lanka
289/5 (50 overs)
v
New Zealand
208 all out (41.4 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 115* (109)
James Franklin 2/46 (9 overs)
Peter Fulton 46 (77)
Muttiah Muralitharan 4/31 (8 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 81 runs
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen and Simon Taufel
Player of the match: Mahela Jayawardene
25 April 2007 1330 UTC
(scorecard)
South Africa
149 all out (43.5 overs)
v
Australia
153/3 (31.3 overs)
Justin Kemp 49* (91)
Shaun Tait 4/39 (10 overs)
Michael Clarke 60* (86)
Shaun Pollock 1/16 (5 overs)
Australia won by 7 wickets
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Steve Bucknor
Player of the match: Glenn McGrath

Final

28 April 2007 1330 UTC
(scorecard)
Australia
281/4 (38 overs)
v
Sri Lanka
215/8 (36 overs)
Adam Gilchrist 149 (104)
Lasith Malinga 2/49 (8 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 63 (67)
Michael Clarke 2/30 (4 overs)
Australia won by 53 runs (DL)
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Aleem Dar
Player of the match: Adam Gilchrist
  • Rain before play reduce the game to 38 overs per side. Sri Lanka's innings interrupted by rain and reduced to 36 overs.

This was the first World Cup final to be a repeat – the sides previously met in the 1996 World Cup final, which Sri Lanka won. Australia has won every World Cup match against Sri Lanka apart from that loss.[22] The match was Sri Lanka's second World Cup final appearance and Australia's sixth, their fourth in a row.

A large crowd of over 10,000 fans welcome to the Australian team on completing the first World Cup hat-trick - Martin Place, Sydney.

Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat. However, the start of play was delayed due to rain, and the match was reduced to 38 overs per side. Adam Gilchrist played an incredible innings of 149 - the highest for any batsman in a World Cup final - to give Australia an imposing total going in at to break.[23] While Sri Lankan batsmen Kumar Sangakkara and Sanath Jayasuriya were adding 116 for the second wicket, the contest was alive, but after the pair got out, Sri Lanka's chances slowly washed way.[23] Further rain forced the reduction of Sri Lanka's innings to just 36 overs, with the target revised to 269. At the culmination of the 33rd over, with Sri Lanka still trailing the adjusted Duckworth-Lewis target by 37 runs, the umpires suspended the game due to bad light. While Australia's players began to celebrate their victory (since the minimum 20 overs had been reached), the umpires incorrectly announced that because the match was suspended due to light and not rain, the final three overs would have to be bowled the following day. With Sri Lanka needing 61 runs from 18 deliveries, Mahela Jayawardene agreed there was no need to return the following day, and instructed his team to resume batting, with Ricky Ponting agreeing to play only spinners. Umpires later apologized for their error, and that the match should have ended then with Australia winning by 37 runs.[24] The last three overs were played in almost complete darkness, during which Sri Lanka added nine runs, giving Australia a 53-run victory via the DL method, as Sri Lanka had batted 2 overs fewer than Australia.[25]

Australia won the tournament undefeated, concluding a streak of 29 World Cup games without a loss.[26] Australian bowler Glenn McGrath was named 'Player of the Series'.[27]

Records

See also: 2007 Cricket World Cup statistics
2007 Cricket World Cup Records
Record Performance Player Country
Most runs
659 M Hayden Australia
548 M Jayawardene Sri Lanka
539 R Ponting Australia
Most wickets
26 G McGrath Australia
23 M Muralitharan Sri Lanka
S Tait Australia
Most dismissals
(wicketkeeper)
17 A Gilchrist Australia
15 K Sangakkara Sri Lanka
14 B McCullum New Zealand
Most catches
(fielder)
8 P Collingwood England
G Smith South Africa
7 H Gibbs South Africa
E Morgan Ireland
M Hayden Australia
R Ponting Australia
Source: Cricinfo.com

Overview

Notable events

  • Ireland tied their first match against Zimbabwe, only the third time a tie had occurred in the World Cup.
  • Ricky Ponting's 113 against Scotland was his 4th century in World Cup matches. He joined Mark Waugh, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly in the list of highest century makers in World cups.
  • Herschelle Gibbs hit six sixes in one Daan van Bunge over for South Africa against the Netherlands in their Group A match in Warner Park, Saint Kitts and Nevis, becoming the first player to achieve the feat in ODI cricket.
  • South African batsmen hit 18 sixes in the game against the Netherlands; This is the highest number of sixes hit in an innings of a World Cup ODI. This record was equalled by India in the game against Bermuda.
  • Brendon McCullum scored the fastest World Cup fifty (off 20 balls) for New Zealand against Canada, beating Mark Boucher's 21-ball record set against the Netherlands six days earlier.
  • Bangladesh earned qualification from the group stage in a World Cup for the first time, by beating India and Bermuda. Bangladesh later went on to beat South Africa in the Super 8 stage.
  • Ireland defeated Pakistan in their group match and knocked them out of the tournament in the process. Ireland proceeded to qualify for the Super 8 stages in their first ever World Cup.
  • Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer was found dead in his hotel room the day after his team's defeat against Ireland. Murder investigation was launched due to the circumstances of Woolmer's death, but Jamaican police have since confirmed Woolmer died from natural causes.
  • Imran Nazir scored 160 for Pakistan against Zimbabwe in their final Group Stage match; this was the highest individual List A innings ever made in the West Indies.
  • Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq announced his retirement from one-day cricket, and resigned from the Pakistan captaincy, effective from the conclusion of Pakistan's involvement in the tournament.
  • Disciplinary action was taken against several English players for breaking their curfew: several players were fined and Andrew Flintoff was stripped of the English vice-captaincy and left out of their group match against Canada.
  • India scored 413-5 in 50 overs against Bermuda, breaking the World Cup record for the highest team total, and became the first team to score 400 runs in a World Cup innings. It was also the highest List A team total ever made in the West Indies. India bowled out Bermuda for 156 to win by 257 runs, the largest winning margin in ODIs.
  • Matthew Hayden scored the fastest World Cup hundred (off 66 balls) for Australia against South Africa, one ball quicker than the previous record.
  • Both Herschelle Gibbs and Matthew Hayden were awarded honorary citizenship of Saint Kitts and Nevis after their individual record-breaking feats.[28]
  • Lasith Malinga became the fifth player to record a hat-trick in the World Cup, taking three wickets in succession for Sri Lanka against South Africa, and with his next delivery proceeded to become the first player ever to take four wickets in four consecutive balls in one day international cricket.
  • Glenn McGrath became the leading wicket taker in the history of the World Cup, taking his 56th World Cup wicket against Bangladesh, overtaking Wasim Akram's 55 wicket total.
  • West-Indies captain Brian Lara announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
  • Following Ireland's successful World Cup debut: defeating two full members (Pakistan and Bangladesh), Ireland was promoted to the main ODI championship table.[29]
  • Ireland's wins against Pakistan and Bangladesh boosted their team's ODI rank to number 10 ahead of Kenya and full member Zimbabwe.
  • Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden put on 76 for the first wicket in the Super-8 game against Sri Lanka. This was their 40th partnership of over 50 runs. The previous highest was 39 partnerships of over 50 runs between Desmond Haynes and Gordon Greenidge of the West Indies.
  • Matthew Hayden's century against New Zealand was the 100th time a century was scored in the World Cup and the third time any individual player scored three centuries in one tournament. He joins Mark Waugh and Sourav Ganguly as the only players to score three centuries in a World Cup.
  • By officating in the England - West Indies match Rudi Koertzen overtook David Shepherd as the most capped umpire in ODI's. The match was Koertzen's 173rd ODI. Shepherd officated in 172 ODIs.
  • Steve Bucknor officiated in a record fifth consecutive World Cup final.
  • Sri Lankan player Russel Arnold announced his retirement from international cricket.
  • After more than a decade at the helm, New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming resigned the captaincy of New Zealand's one-day team in the wake of his team's defeat in the Semi-Final of the World Cup against Sri Lanka at Sabina Park. He captained New Zealand team in 218 one-day matches.
  • Australia created history by participating in their 4th consecutive Cricket World Cup final.
  • South Africa's score of 149 all out against Australia in the semi-final was their lowest World Cup score ever.
  • Glenn McGrath's haul of 3 wickets against South Africa lifted his wicket tally to 25 in the tournament, the most in a World Cup so far.
  • Matthew Hayden's innings of 41 against South Africa brought up the remarkable 600 runs in a tournament, becoming the 2nd person to do so. He achieved a further 38 runs in the final against Sri Lanka, leaving him 14 short of Sachin Tendulkar's record of 673 runs.
  • The 172-run partnership between Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden is the highest opening partnership in a World Cup final.
  • Adam Gilchrist became the 5th batsman to score a century in the Cricket World Cup final in 2007 after Clive Lloyd in 1975, Viv Richards in 1979, Aravinda de Silva in 1996 and Ricky Ponting in 2003. His score of 149 is the highest individual score ever in the final of the World Cup beating the previous highest of 140* by Ricky Ponting in 2003.
  • Australia became the first team to win 3 consecutive World Cups.
  • Glenn McGrath retired from all forms of international cricket following the successful campaign.

Death of Bob Woolmer

Main article: Bob Woolmer murder investigation

Template:Wikinewshas Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer was found dead on 18 March 2007, one day after his team's defeat to Ireland put them out of the running for the World Cup. Jamaican police performed an autopsy which was deemed inconclusive.[30] The following day police announced that the death was suspicious and ordered a full investigation.[31] Further investigation revealed the cause of death was "manual strangulation",[32] and that the investigation would be handled as a murder.[33]. After a lengthy investigation the Jamaican police rescinded the comments that he was murdered, and confirmed that he died from natural causes.[34]

Criticism

The 2007 World Cup organizers were criticized early on for being over-commercialized and, in particular, the generally smaller crowds have been blamed on the ICC's security restrictions on things such as outside food, signs, replica kits and musical instruments, despite Caribbean cricketing customs,[35] as well as the authorities being accused of "running [cricket and cricketing traditions] out of town, then sanitising it out of existence".[36] Sir Viv Richards echoed the concerns.[37] The ICC were also condemned for high prices for tickets and concessions, which were considered unaffordable for the local population in many of the locations.[38] ICC CEO, Malcolm Speed, said that the ICC recognized the problem but said it was the local organizers' fault.[39] However, the later matches had more crowds as the tournament progressed with the local organizers easing restrictions.[40] Although they did not meet the target of US$42m, the revenue from ticket sales was double the ticket sales revenue from the last world cup and recorded the highest ticketing revenue for a Cricket World Cup with more than $32 million in ticket revenue.[41] [42][16]

The World Cup was also criticized for its format, with India and Pakistan removed from the World Cup after losing two matches. This led to Ireland and Bangladesh entering the long Super Eights stage and consistently being defeated (bar another upset by Bangladesh over South Africa). The removal of India and Pakistan also caused a large exodus of subcontinental fans from the Caribbean, and removed the prospect of an India vs Pakistan Super Eights match, generally considered one of the most revenue generating and electric matches in the tournament.[43] The BCCI later claimed it would see to it that the ICC will alter its World Cup format for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.[43]

The tournament was also criticised as being too long. At 6 weeks, it was the same length as the 2003 World Cup, but longer than the 5 week 1999 World Cup and the 4 week 1996 World Cup. The famous West Indian fast bowler Michael Holding also criticised the qualification process for the 2007 World Cup. Holding expressed doubts over the benefit to less established teams of turning up and being heavily defeated.[44] However, former Scotland captain George Salmond claims that the opportunity to play one-day cricket against the bigger teams is invaluable for smaller teams such as his own, and questioned the validity of Holding's statements.[45] The majority of the experts and players participating in the tournament backed up the smaller teams taking part in the World Cup.[46] This was further backed up with Ireland and Bangladesh making the Super 8s and being competitive and sportsmanlike throughout the tournament.[47]

Further criticism was generated by the confusion at the end of the final match, during which the umpires suspended play due to bad light and while official announcements and the scoreboard declared Australia the winners and the Australian team celebrated, while the umpires incorrectly insisted that the game was only suspended not completed, and that 3 overs remained to be played. And so in farcical light conditions, Sri Lanka batted out the 3 overs following a gentleman's agreement between the two captains.[48] The umpires and ICC apologized for the unnecessary situation and cited it as an unnecessary fundamental error due to the pressure of the situation.[49] In June the ICC announced that the officials involved — onfield umpires Steve Bucknor and Aleem Dar, reserve umpires Rudi Koertzen and Billy Bowden, and match referee Jeff Crowe — would all be suspended from the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship. [50]

Preparation problems

A number of preparation problems surfaced before the start of the World Cup. Some of the venues were not complete by the opening ceremony on 11 March 2007.[51] At Sabina Park, seats had to be removed at the newly constructed north-stand due to safety concerns.[52] At Trelawny Stadium in Jamaica, ground staff were unable to gain admission to the ground during the warm up matches due to accreditation problems.[53] Additionally, South Africa and Australia both expressed concerns over practice facilities.[54]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ In terms of number of wins, win percentage, and number of cups won. In fact, they were on top on all of these criteria from 1975 to 1987, and only in 2003 did Australia pass their number of cups won.
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  3. ^ "Kensington Oval cost". Retrieved 2007-04-09.
  4. ^ Providence Stadium cost "Guyana Providence Stadium - Progress Information". 2007-02-18. Retrieved 2007-05-24. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help); Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ^ "Mayor Mckenzie Lobbies for Sabina Park to Host World Cup Cricket". 2004-02-24. Retrieved 2007-05-24. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ "The Saint Lucia Bid for Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-05-24.
  7. ^ "More planning needed for Cricket World Cup". 2006-07-09. Retrieved 2007-05-24. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ "Robert Bryan, executive director, Jamaica 2007 Cricket Limited (from www.jamaica-gleaner.com)". Retrieved 2007-04-09.
  9. ^ "World Cup 2007: Eyes Wide Shut by Claude Robinson from www.caribbeancricket.com". Retrieved 2007-04-09.
  10. ^ "Cricket: 'Run wid it again!'". 2006-04-24. Retrieved 2007-04-09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
  11. ^ Mark Pouchet (2006-09-21). "Brian Lara stadium exits World Cup". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2007-04-09. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  12. ^ "Sponsorship revenue". Retrieved 2007-04-09.
  13. ^ "Taipai Times Editorial". Retrieved 2007-04-18.
  14. ^ "World Cup Overview". cricketworldcp.com. Retrieved 2007-01-29.
  15. ^ World Cup profits boost debt-ridden Windies board
  16. ^ a b "ICC CWC 2007 Match Attendance Soars Past 400,000". Cricketworld.com. 2007-04-24. Retrieved 2007-04-25. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  17. ^ "Associate ODI Rankins after WCL Division 1". ICC. 2007-02-13. Retrieved 2007-05-24. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help) - Note: The ODIs in the WCL Division 1 were the last ODIs played by associates before the World Cup.
  18. ^ "ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 match schedule announced (from icc-cricket.org; explains that there are 51 ODIs scheduled but that only fits with the main tournament)". Retrieved 2007-04-09.
  19. ^ a b "ICC Playing Conditions for 2007 World Cup" (PDF). Retrieved February 27. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help); Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ "World Cup seedings plan announced". Retrieved 2007-04-09.
  21. ^ "Langeveldt and Malinga jointly awarded Man of the Match". Retrieved 2007-04-09.
  22. ^ "Australia v Sri Lanka: World Cup Series Summary". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2007-04-28.
  23. ^ a b "Gilchrist leads Australia to World Cup treble". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2007-05-06.
  24. ^ "World Cup Referee apologize". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
  25. ^ "World Cup final scorecard". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
  26. ^ "Australia v Sri Lanka, World Cup final, Barbados". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2007-04-30.
  27. ^ "ICC World Cup - Final". Cricinfo. 2007-04-28. Retrieved 2007-04-28.
  28. ^ Hayden finds passport to World Cup success, Cricinfo, 26 March 2007, accessed on 24 May 2007.
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