Cricket World Cup 2007

The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup , which was held on the islands of the British West Indies from March 13 to April 28, 2007 , is the ninth tournament for the most important trophy in cricket . Even today, traditional test cricket over five days is still considered the highest form of cricket and the best cricket nation can be considered the country that has achieved the most successes in test cricket over the years, but the most important individual event is by far World Cup that has been held since 1975. World champion was Australia , player of the tournament Glenn McGrath .

format

All games were played in one-day cricket format, with innings limited to 50 overs and one innings per team.

All games started at 9:30 a.m. local time, although it should be noted that Jamaica is one time zone further away from Central Europe than any other venue. The first innings are then scheduled for 09:30 - 13:00, the second for 13:45 - 17:15. As usual with important tournaments, an additional game day was planned for all games in the event that there were long interruptions in rain; but if possible, if necessary with shortened innings, the game is concluded on the scheduled day. The Duckworth-Lewis method , which has meanwhile proven itself, is used.

For the first time, 16 nations competed in this tournament, which is held in eight countries in the English-speaking Caribbean.

The 10 test cricket nations England , Australia , South Africa , New Zealand , West Indies , India , Pakistan , Sri Lanka , Zimbabwe and Bangladesh , also Kenya as the only country with official one-day international status at the time of the draw , were automatically qualified five qualifiers of the ICC Trophy 2005 in Ireland , namely Scotland , Ireland , Canada , Bermuda and the Netherlands .

From four preliminary round groups of four teams each, the first two qualified for the intermediate rounds (Super 8), in which all qualifiers competed against each other in one group, only the four results from the preliminary round of these teams among each other were taken. After all, the first played against the fourth and the second against the third in the two semi-finals. The final took place in Barbados on April 28th, there was no match for third place.

Venues

St. Lucia Bridgetown Antigua Grenada Basseterre Port of Spain

The venues for the 2007 ICC World Cup are in the Leeward Islands

Kingston

Venues of the ICC World Cup 2007 in Jamaica

Georgetown

Venues of the ICC World Cup 2007 in Guyana

Eight stadiums in the states represented by the West Indies cricket team were selected as the venues .

city	country	Stadion	capacity
North Sound	Antigua and Barbuda	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium	20,000
Bridgetown	Barbados	Kensington oval	31,000
River Road	Grenada	Queen's Park	20,000
Georgetown	Guyana	Providence Stadium	20,000
Kingston	Jamaica	Sabina Park	20,000
Basseterre	St. Kitts and Nevis	Warner Park Stadium	10,000
Gros Islet	Saint Lucia	Beausejour Stadium	20,000
Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago	Queen's Park Oval	25,000

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in four groups with four teams each, with the first two of each group qualifying for the Super Eight. The following terms are used in the tables:

• Sp everal
• S iege
• N iederlagen
• U nentschieden
• NR No Result
• P oints
• NRR Net Run Rate

Group A

table

Group A St. Kitts & Nevis	Sp.	S.	N	U	NO	P	NRR
Australia	3	3	0	0	0	6th	+3.43
South Africa	3	2	1	0	0	4th	+2.40
Netherlands	3	1	2	0	0	2	−2.53
Scotland	3	0	3	0	0	0	−3.79

Games

March 14th Scorecard	Basseterre	Australia 334-6 (50)	-	Scotland 131-9 (40.1)
		Australia wins with 203 runs

March 16 scorecard	Basseterre	South Africa 352-3 (40/40)	-	Netherlands 132-9 (40.1 / 40)
		South Africa wins with 221 runs

March 18 scorecard	Basseterre	Australia 358-5 (50)	-	Netherlands 129 (26.5)
		Australia wins with 229 runs

March 20 scorecard	Basseterre	Scotland 186-8 (50)	-	South Africa 188-3 (23.2)
		South Africa wins with 7 wickets

March 22nd scorecard	Basseterre	Scotland 136 (34.1)	-	Netherlands 140-2 (23.5)
		Netherlands wins with 8 wickets

March 24th scorecard	Basseterre	Australia 377-6 (50)	-	South Africa 294 (48)
		Australia wins with 83 runs

Group B

table

Group B Trinidad & Tobago	Sp.	S.	N	U	NO	P	NRR
Sri Lanka	3	3	0	0	0	6th	+3.49
Bangladesh	3	2	1	0	0	4th	−1.52
India	3	1	2	0	0	2	+1.21
Bermuda	3	0	3	0	0	0	−4.35

Games

March 15 scorecard	Port of Spain	Sri Lanka 321-6 (50)	-	Bermuda 78 (24.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 243 runs

March 17th Scorecard	Port of Spain	India 191 (49.3)	-	Bangladesh 192-5 (48.3)
		Bangladesh wins with 5 wickets

March 19 scorecard	Port of Spain	India 413-5 (50)	-	Bermuda 156 (43.1)
		India wins with 257 runs

March 21 scorecard	Port of Spain	Sri Lanka 318-4 (50)	-	Bangladesh 112 (37/46)
		Sri Lanka wins with 198 runs ( DL method )

March 23 scorecard	Port of Spain	Sri Lanka 254-6 (50)	-	India 185 (43.3)
		Sri Lanka wins with 69 runs

March 25 scorecard	Port of Spain	Bermuda 94-9 (21/21)	-	Bangladesh 96-3 (17.3 / 21)
		Bangladesh wins with 7 wickets ( DL-Method )

Group C

table

Group C St. Lucia	Sp.	S.	N	U	NO	P	NRR
New Zealand	3	3	0	0	0	6th	+2.14
England	3	2	1	0	0	4th	+0.42
Kenya	3	1	2	0	0	2	−1.19
Canada	3	0	3	0	0	0	−1.39

Games

March 14th Scorecard	Saint Lucia	Canada 199 (50)	-	Kenya 203-3 (43.2)
		Kenya wins with 7 wickets

March 16 scorecard	Saint Lucia	England 209-7 (50)	-	New Zealand 210-4 (41)
		New Zealand wins with 6 wickets

March 18 scorecard	Saint Lucia	England 279-6 (50)	-	Canada 228-7 (50)
		England wins with 51 runs

March 20 scorecard	Saint Lucia	New Zealand 331-7 (50)	-	Kenya 183 (49.2)
		New Zealand wins with 148 runs

March 22nd scorecard	Saint Lucia	New Zealand 363-5 (50)	-	Canada 249-9 (49.2)
		New Zealand wins with 114 runs

March 24th scorecard	Saint Lucia	Kenya 177 (43/43)	-	England 178-3 (33/43)
		England wins with 7 wickets

Group D

table

Group D Jamaica	Sp.	S.	N	U	NO	P	NRR
West Indies	3	3	0	0	0	6th	+0.76
Ireland	3	1	1	1	0	3	−0.09
Pakistan	3	1	2	0	0	2	+0.09
Zimbabwe	3	0	2	1	0	1	−0.89

Games

March 13 scorecard	Kingston	West Indies 241-9 (50)	-	Pakistan 187 (47.2)
		West Indies wins with 54 runs

March 15 scorecard	Kingston	Ireland 221-9 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 221 (50)
		draw

March 17th Scorecard	Kingston	Pakistan 132	-	Ireland 133-7 (41.4 / 47)
		Ireland wins with 3 wickets ( DL method )

March 19 scorecard	Kingston	Zimbabwe 202-5 (50)	-	West Indies 204-4 (47.5)
		West Indies wins with 6 wickets

March 21 scorecard	Kingston	Pakistan 349 (49.5)	-	Zimbabwe 99 (19.1 / 20)
		Pakistan wins with 93 runs ( DL method )

March 23 scorecard	Kingston	Ireland 183-8 (48)	-	West Indies 190-2 (38.1 / 48)
		West Indies wins with 8 wickets ( DL method )

Main round

Super 8

(Antigua & Barbuda, Grenada, Guyana, Barbados)

table

Super 8	Sp.	S.	N	NO	P	NRR
Australia	7th	7th	0	0	14th	+2.40
Sri Lanka	7th	5	2	0	10	+1.48
New Zealand	7th	5	2	0	10	+0.25
South Africa	7th	4th	3	0	8th	+0.31
England	7th	3	4th	0	6th	−0.39
West Indies	7th	2	5	0	4th	−0.57
Bangladesh	7th	1	6th	0	2	−1.51
Ireland	7th	1	6th	0	2	−1.73

Games

March 27 scorecard	Antigua and Barbuda	Australia 322-6 (50)	-	West Indies 219 (45.3)
		Australia wins with 103 runs

March 28 scorecard	Georgetown	Sri Lanka 209 (49.3)	-	South Africa 212-9 (48.2)
		South Africa wins with 1 wicket

March 29 scorecard	Antigua and Barbuda	West Indies 177 (44.4)	-	New Zealand 179-3 (39.2)
		New Zealand wins with 7 wickets

March 30th scorecard	Georgetown	England 266-7 (50)	-	Ireland 218 (48.1)
		England wins with 48 runs

March 31 scorecard	Antigua and Barbuda	Bangladesh 104-6 (22/22)	-	Australia 106-0 (13.5 / 22)
		Australia wins with 10 wickets

April 1st scorecard	Georgetown	Sri Lanka 303-5 (50)	-	West Indies 190 (44.3)
		Sri Lanka wins with 113 runs

April 2nd scorecard	Antigua and Barbuda	Bangladesh 174 (48.3)	-	New Zealand 178-1 (29.2)
		New Zealand wins with 9 wickets

April 3 scorecard	Georgetown	Ireland 152-8 (35/35)	-	South Africa 165-3 (31.1 / 35)
		South Africa wins with 7 wickets ( DL method )

April 4th scorecard	Antigua and Barbuda	Sri Lanka 235 (50)	-	England 233-8 (50)
		Sri Lanka wins with 2 runs

April 7th scorecard	Georgetown	Bangladesh 251-8 (50)	-	South Africa 184 (48.4)
		Bangladesh wins with 67 runs

April 8th scorecard	Antigua and Barbuda	England 247 (49.5)	-	Australia 248-3 (47.2)
		Australia wins with 7 wickets

April 9th scorecard	Georgetown	New Zealand 263-8 (50)	-	Ireland 134 (37.4)
		New Zealand wins with 129 runs

April 10th scorecard	Grenada	South Africa 356-4 (50)	-	West Indies 289-9 (50)
		South Africa wins with 67 runs

April 11th scorecard	Bridgetown	Bangladesh 143 (37.2)	-	England 289-6 (44.5)
		England wins with 4 wickets

April 12th scorecard	Grenada	New Zealand 219-7 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 222-4 (45.1)
		Sri Lanka wins with 6 wickets

April 13th Scorecard	Bridgetown	Ireland 91 (30)	-	Australia 92-1 (12.2)
		Australia wins with 9 wickets

April 14th scorecard	Grenada	South Africa 193-7 (50)	-	New Zealand 196-5 (48.2)
		New Zealand wins with 5 wickets

April 15 scorecard	Bridgetown	Ireland 243-7 (50)	-	Bangladesh 169 (41.2)
		Ireland wins with 74 runs

April 16 scorecard	Grenada	Sri Lanka 226 (49.4)	-	Australia 232-3 (42.4)
		Australia wins with 7 wickets

April 17th scorecard	Bridgetown	England 154 (48)	-	South Africa 157-1 (19.2)
		South Africa wins with 9 wickets

April 18 scorecard	Grenada	Ireland 77 (27.4)	-	Sri Lanka 81-2 (10)
		Sri Lanka wins with 8 wickets

April 19 scorecard	Bridgetown	West Indies 230-5 (50)	-	Bangladesh 131 (43.5)
		West Indies wins with 99 runs

April 20 scorecard	Grenada	Australia 348-6 (50)	-	New Zealand 133 (25.5)
		Australia wins with 215 runs

April 21 scorecard	Bridgetown	West Indies 300 (49.5)	-	England 301-9 (49.5)
		England wins with 1 wicket

Semifinals

April 24th scorecard	Kingston	Sri Lanka 289-5 (50)	-	New Zealand 208 (41.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 81 runs

April 25 scorecard	Saint Lucia	South Africa 149 (43.5)	-	Australia 153-3 (31.3)
		Australia wins with 7 wickets

final

April 28 scorecard	Bridgetown	Australia 281-4 (38/38)	-	Sri Lanka 215-8 (36/36)
		Australia wins with 53 runs ( DL method )

Web links

Commons : Cricket World Cup 2007  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official 2007 Cricket World Cup website
• Cricinfo - Cricket World Cup 2007

Remarks

1. ↑ In the event of a tie, the following criteria apply: 1. Number of wins, 2. net run rate , 3. wickets per ball; 4. Direct comparison; 5th lot