ICC Cricket world cup 2007

ICC Cricket world cup 2007 is proposed to be held in West Indies from 13-3-2007 to 28-4-2007. 16 teams will participate in the tournament making it the biggest ever after 14 teams appeared in 2003.Two new teams Bermuda and Ireland will make their maiden world cup appearance swelling the number of participant teams tally in all editions to 19.This is the first time Since 1992 World Cup(including)that there will be no match played under flood lights.Eight grounds will stage World Cup matches in the Caribbean.%1 matches will be contested during the World Cup.It will be the second highest behind the last edition in South Africa which witnessed 52 games.

World Cup Winners Ranking

Australia - Won 3 World Cup in 1987, 1999, and 2003
West Indies - Won 2 World Cup in 1975, and 1979
India - Won 1 World Cup in 1983
Pakistan - Won 1 World Cup in 1992
Sri Lanka - Won 1 World Cup in 1996

Details of Trophy

Session	Trophy	Winners	Runners-up
1975	Prudential Cup	West Indies	Australia
1979	Prudential Cup	West Indies	England
1983	Prudential Cup	India	West Indies
1987	Reliance Cup	Australia	England
1992	B&H World Cup	Pakistan	England
1996	Wills World Cup	Sri Lanka	Australia
1999	ICC World Cup	Australia	Pakistan
2003	ICC World Cup	Australia	India

More details about earlier World Cups

Map showing the geographical location of the teams

Rules & regulations

Matches Day matches will be held from 0930 to 1715 local time. The first innings will run from 0930 to 1300 and the second innings will run from 1345 to 1715. For all venues other than Jamaica, local time is UTC-4, while Jamaican venues have local time UTC-5. The matches will be One-day Internationals and will operate under normal ODI rules. All matches are to be 50 overs a side unless stated otherwise by the umpires or match referee. A bowler may 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 has not otherwise been won). If each side has batted at least twenty overs, the Duckworth-Lewis method will be applied to determine the result or target. There is a new rule regarding referral of catches to the TV replay official (third umpire): if the standing umpires are unable to determine whether a catch has been taken cleanly, and/or whether a claimed catch is a "bump ball", they have discretion to refer the decision to the third umpire. Also, whilst reviewing such a catch via TV replay if it is clear to the third umpire that the batsman did not hit the ball, he shall indicate that the batsman is not out.

Tournament points

In the Group Stage and in the Super 8 Stage points will be awarded as follows:
Points
Results-----------Points
Win --------------2 points
Tie/No Result-----1 point
Loss -------------0 points

The top two teams from each group will advance to the Super 8 stage and any points they may have earned against the other qualifier from their own group will be carried through. Points earned against the non qualifing teams in the same pool will not be carried over. In the Super 8s, each team will play the six remaining qualifiers from the other groups and the top four teams will go through to the semi-finals. Positions will be decided by most points. Where two or more teams are tied on points, the following methods in turn will be used to decide which team goes through:

Most wins in their group or in Super 8 whichever is applicable
Higher Net run rate
Higher number of wickets taken per ball
Winners of head to head matches
The drawing of lots

Knock-out stages

In the case of a tie or no-result, the Semi-finals will be decided by the following: Tied-Match - In the event of a tied match the teams will compete in a bowl-out to decide who goes through to the Final. No-Result - In the event of a no-result the team with the higher net run-rate in the Super 8 stage will go through to the Final. If such an event occurs in the Final, the following methods will be used: Tied-Match - In the event of a tied match the teams will compete in a bowl-out to decide the winners. No-Result - The teams will be declared joint winners.

World Cup Group Stages

Date	Team	Team	Venue	Result
13 Mar 2007	West Indies	Pakistan	Sabina Park	West Indies won by 54 runs.W.I 241/9 and PAK 147 in 47.2 overs
14 Mar 2007	Australia	Scotland	Warner Park	Australia won.Australia-334/6 and Scotland-131
14 Mar 2007	Kenya	Canada	Beausejour Stadium	Kenya won. Kenya 203/3 and Canada 199/9
15 Mar 2007	Zimbabwe	Ireland	Sabina Park	Tie;Both teams scored 221;Zimbabwe-221;Ireland-221/9
15 Mar 2007	Sri Lanka	Bermuda	The Queen's Park Oval	Sri Lanka won by 243 runs ;Sri Lanka-321/6;Bermuda-78
16 Mar 2007	South Africa	Netherlands	Warner Park	South Africa won by 221 runs.South Africa -353/3;Netherlands-132.
16 Mar 2007	England	New Zealand	Beausejour Stadium	New Zealand won by 6 wickets;New Zealand-210/4 ; England-209/7
17 Mar 2007	Pakistan	Ireland Qualified for Super 8 quarter finals	Sabina Park	Ireland won by 3 wickets;Ireland-133/7 Pakistan-132
17 Mar 2007	India	Bangladesh	The Queen's Park Oval	Bangladesh won by 5 wickets;India-191;Bangladesh-192/5
18 Mar 2007	Australia Qualified for Super 8 quarter finals	Netherlands	Warner Park	Australia won by 229 runs;Australia-358/6 ;Netherlands-129/10
18 Mar 2007	England	Canada	Beausejour Stadium	England won by 51 runs;England-279/6;Canada-228/7
19 Mar 2007	India (413 by India is the highest record of runs in TheWorld Cup Cricket(ODI) )	Bermuda	The Queen's Park Oval	India won by 257 runs.India-413/5;Bermuda-156(43.1 overs).India's 413 for 5 is the World Cup record.runs in one day match(So far it was 398 runs).
19 Mar 2007	West Indies Qualified for Super 8 quarter finals	Zimbabwe	Sabina Park	West Indies won by 6 wickets;Zimbabwe-202/5;West Indies -204/4 (47.4 overs)
20 Mar 2007	South Africa Qualified for Super 8 quarter finals	Scotland	Warner Park	South Africa won by 7 wickets.South Africa-187 in 23.2 overs;Scotland-186/8.
20 Mar 2007	New Zealand Qualified for Super 8 quarter finals	Kenya	Beausejour Stadium	New Zealand won by 148 runs.New Zealand-331/7;Kenya-183 in 49.2 overs.
21 Mar 2007	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	The Queen's Park Oval	Sri Lanka wonby 206 runs.Sri Lanka-318/4;Bangladesh-112/10
21 Mar 2007	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	Sabina Park	Pakistan wonby 250 runs;Pakistan-349;Zimbabwe-99runs
22 Mar 2007	Scotland	Netherlands	Warner Park	Netherlands wonby 98 runs.Scotland-138; Holland-140/2(23.2 overs)
22 Mar 2007	New Zealand	Canada	Beausejour Stadium	New Zealand wonby 114 runs.New Zealand-363/5;Canada-249(49.2 overs)
23 Mar 2007	West Indies	Ireland	Sabina Park	West Indies won by 8 wickets.W.I.:-Target increased to 190 uinder Duckworth-Lewis method;Ireland:-183/8 (Overs reduced to 48 as the play was affected by rains).
23 Mar 2007	India	Sri Lanka Qualified for Super 8 quarter finals	The Queen's Park Oval	Sri Lanka won by 169 runs. Sri Lanka-254/;India-185
24 Mar 2007	Australia	South Africa	Warner Park	AUS beat RSA by 83 runs.AUS-377/6(50 overs);RSA-294/10(48 overs)
24 Mar 2007	England Qualified for Super 8 quarter finals	Kenya	Beausejour Stadium	England beat Kenya by 7 WKTs.Kenya-177/10(43 overs);ENG-178/3(33 overs).
25 Mar 2007	Bermuda	Bangladesh Qualified for Super 8 quarter finals	The Queen's Park Oval	BAN beat BER by 7 WKTs.BER-94/9(21 overs);BAN- 96/3 (17.3 overs).Overs restricted to 21 due to rains.

World Cup Squads (Points before entering super Eight)

Groups	Teams	Captain	M	W	D	L	NRR	Pts
Group A	Australia	Ricky Ponting	3	3	0	0	+3.43	6
	South Africa	Graeme Smith	3	2	0	1	+2.40	4
	The Netherlands	Luuk van Troost	3	1	0	2	-2.53	2
	Scotland	CraiG Wright	3	0	0	3	-3.79	0
Group B	Sri Lanka	Mahela Jayawardene	3	3	0	0	+3.49	6
	Bangladesh	Habibul Bashar	3	2	0	1	-1.52	4
	India	Rahul Dravid	3	1	0	2	+1.21	2
	Bermuda	Irvine Romaine	3	0	0	3	-4.34	0
Group C	New Zealand	Stephen Fleming	3	3	0	0	+2.14	6
	England	Michael Vaugan	3	2	0	1	0.42	4
	Kenya	Steve Tikolo	3	1	0	2	-1.19	2
	Canada	John Davison	3	0	0	3	-1.39	0
Group D	West Indies	Brian Lara	3	3	0	0	+0.79	6
	Ireland	Trent Johnston	3	1	1	1	-0.09	3
	Pakistan	Inzamam-ul-Haq	3	1	0	2	0.09	2
	Zimbabwe	Prosper Utseya	3	0	1	2	-0.89	1

Super Eights- standings(at the start of the quarter finals)

Team	Group Rank	MP	W	L	PCF	Pts	NRR
SL	B1	1	1	0	2	2	+4.30
AUS	A1	1	1	0	2	2	+1.66
WIN	D2	1	1	0	2	2	+1.04
NZL	C1	1	1	0	2	2	+0.94
ENG	C2	1	0	1	0	0	-0.94
IRE	D1	1	0	1	0	0	-1.04
RSA	A2	1	0	1	0	0	-1.66
BAN	B2	1	0	1	0	0	-4.30

MP-matches played against qualifying team; W-won; L-Lost; PCF-Points carried forward; NRR-Net Run Rate

World Cup 2007 - Super Eight Series

Date	Team	Team	Venue	Result
27 Mar 2007	W.I. (D2)	AUS (A1)	The Viv Richards Stadium	AUS won by 103 runs;AUS -322/6 and W.I.- 219 in 45.3 overs
28 Mar 2007	RSA (A2)	SL (B1)	Providence Stadium	RSA won by one wicket. SL 209 in 49.3 overs nd RSA reached the target in 48.2 overswith one wicket in hand
29 Mar 2007	NZ (C1)	W.I (D2).	The Viv Richards Stadium	NZ won by 7 wkts.W.I.177 and NZ-179/3
30 Mar 2007	ENG (C2)	IRE (D1)	Providence Stadium	ENG won by 49 runs.ENG-267; IRE- 218 (48.1 overs).
31 Mar 2007	AUS (A1)	BAN (B2)	The Viv Richards Stadium	AUS won by 10 wickets.BAN-104/6; AUS-106/0 13,5 overs.
01 Apr 2007	W.I (D2)	SL (B1)	Providence Stadium	SL won by 113 runs.SL- 303 ;WI 190
02 Apr 2007	BAN (B2)	NZ (C1)	The Viv Richards Stadium	NZ won by 9 wickets.BAN-174(48.3 overs);NZ- 178/1 (29.2 overs).
03 Apr 2007	IRE (D1)	RSA (A2)	Providence Stadium	RSA won by 7 wickets.(D/L method)IRE- 159(35 overs);RSA 165 (31.3 overs)
04 Apr 2007	ENG (C2)	SL (B1)	The Viv Richards Stadium	SL won by 2 runs;SL-235(in restricted overs of 35)'ENG-233/8 (35 overs)
07 Apr 2007	BAN (B2)	RSA (A2)	Providence Stadium	BAN won by 67 runs.BAN-251/8 (50 overs);RSA-184/4 (48.4 overs)
08 Apr 2007	AUS (A1)	ENG (C2)	The Viv Richards Stadium	AUS won by 7 wickets.AUS- 248/3 (47.2 overs);ENG-247 all out (49.5 overs)
09 Apr 2007	NZ (C1)	IRE (D1)	Providence Stadium	NZ beat IRE by 2 wickets.NZ- 263/8;IRE- 134 (37.3 overs)
10 Apr 2007	WI (D2)	RSA (A2)	Queen's Park Stadium	RSA won by 67 runs.RSA-356/4(50 overs);WI-289/9 (50 overs).
11 Apr 2007	ENG (C2)	BAN (B2)	Kensington Oval	ENG won by 4 wickets. ENG- 147/6 in 44.5 overs; BAN-143 /10 in 37.2 overs.
12 Apr 2007	SL (B1)	NZ (C1)	Queen's Park Stadium	SL won by 6 wkts.NZ-219/7 in 50 overs;SL-222/4 in 45.1 overs
13 Apr 2007	AUS (A1)	IRE (D1)	Kensington Oval	AUS won by 9 wickets.AUS -92/1 (12.2 overs);IRE-91 all out.
14 Apr 2007	RSA (A2)	NZ (C1)	Queen's Park Stadium	NZ won by 5 wickets.SA-193/7 (50 overs);NZ-196/5 (48.2 overs).
15 Apr 2007	BAN (B2)	IRE (D1)	Kensington Oval	IRE won by 74 runs;IRE-243/7;BAN-169 all out.
16 Apr 2007	AUS (A1)	SL (B1)	Queen's Park Stadium	AUS won by 7 wickets.AUS-232/3;SL-226 all out.
17 Apr 2007	RSA (A2)	ENG (C2)	Kensington Oval	RSA beat ENG by 9 wickets.RSA-157/1(19.2 overs);ENG-154/10(48 overs)
18 Apr 2007	IRE (D1)	SL (B1)	Queen's Park Stadium	SL beat IRE by 8 wickets.IRE-77 for 10 in 27.4 overs;SL-81/2 in 10 overs.
19 Apr 2007	WI (D2)	BAN (B2)	Kensington Oval	WI beat BANby 99 runs. WI-230/5;BAN-131
20 Apr 2007	AUS (A1)	NZ (C1)	Queen's Park Stadium	AUS won by 215 runs.AUS-348/6;NZ-133 (25.5 overs)
21 Apr 2007	WI (D2)	ENG (C2)	Kensington Oval	ENG beat WI by one wicket.WI-300 all out (49.5 overs);ENG-301/9 wickets (49.5 overs)

Super Eights- standings(at the end of the quarter finals)-Final Pts. table

Team	Group Rank	M	W	L	Pts	NRR
AUS	A1-Team 1	7	7	0	14	+2.400
SL	B1-Team 2	7	5	2	10	+1.483
NZ	C1-Team 3	7	5	2	10	+0.253
RSA	A2-Team 4	7	4	3	8	+0.313
ENG	C2	7	3	4	6	-0.394
WI	D2	7	2	5	4	-0.566
BAN	B2	7	1	6	2	-1.514
IRE	D1	7	1	6	2	-1.730

Semi Finals

Date	Team	Team	Venue	Result
24 Apr 2007	SL(Team 2)	NZ(Team 3)	Sabina Park	SL won by 81 runs;SL-281/5 (50 overs.NZ-208/10 (41.4 overs)
25 Apr 2007	AUS (Team 1)	RSA(Team 4)	Beausejour Stadium	AUS won by 7 wickets.RSA-149/10;AUS-153/3.

Final

Date	Team	Team	Venue	Result
28 Apr 2007	Sri Lanka	Australia	Kensington Oval	AUS won by 53 runs;AUS-281/4(38 overs);SL- 215/8(36 overs).Match reduced to 38 overs per side due to rain.SL's innings interupted due to rain and reduced to 36 overs

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