World Cup 2007 Timeline Match by Match Results
World Cup 2007: The 9th edition of the world cup was held in West Indies from 13th March till 28th April and this was the first time ever that west indies were been awarded the honor of being the host even whilst being the second most successful team in world cup history. The tournament was largely been known for its upsets which saw the Asian biggies like India and Pakistan bowing out early from the world cup.
Team 1 | Team 2 | Winner | Margin | Ground | Match Date |
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West Indies | Pakistan | West Indies | 54 runs | Kingston | Mar 13, 2007 |
Australia | Scotland | Australia | 203 runs | Basseterre | Mar 14, 2007 |
Canada | Kenya | Kenya | 7 wickets | Gros Islet | Mar 14, 2007 |
Bermuda | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 243 runs | Port of Spain | Mar 15, 2007 |
Ireland | Zimbabwe | tied | Kingston | Mar 15, 2007 | |
England | New Zealand | New Zealand | 6 wickets | Gros Islet | Mar 16, 2007 |
Netherlands | South Africa | South Africa | 221 runs | Basseterre | Mar 16, 2007 |
Bangladesh | India | Bangladesh | 5 wickets | Port of Spain | Mar 17, 2007 |
Ireland | Pakistan | Ireland | 3 wickets | Kingston | Mar 17, 2007 |
Australia | Netherlands | Australia | 229 runs | Basseterre | Mar 18, 2007 |
Canada | England | England | 51 runs | Gros Islet | Mar 18, 2007 |
Bermuda | India | India | 257 runs | Port of Spain | Mar 19, 2007 |
West Indies | Zimbabwe | West Indies | 6 wickets | Kingston | Mar 19, 2007 |
Kenya | New Zealand | New Zealand | 148 runs | Gros Islet | Mar 20, 2007 |
Scotland | South Africa | South Africa | 7 wickets | Basseterre | Mar 20, 2007 |
Bangladesh | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 198 runs | Port of Spain | Mar 21, 2007 |
Pakistan | Zimbabwe | Pakistan | 93 runs | Kingston | Mar 21, 2007 |
Canada | New Zealand | New Zealand | 114 runs | Gros Islet | Mar 22, 2007 |
Netherlands | Scotland | Netherlands | 8 wickets | Basseterre | Mar 22, 2007 |
India | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 69 runs | Port of Spain | Mar 23, 2007 |
West Indies | Ireland | West Indies | 8 wickets | Kingston | Mar 23, 2007 |
Australia | South Africa | Australia | 83 runs | Basseterre | Mar 24, 2007 |
England | Kenya | England | 7 wickets | Gros Islet | Mar 24, 2007 |
Bangladesh | Bermuda | Bangladesh | 7 wickets | Port of Spain | Mar 25, 2007 |
West Indies | Australia | Australia | 103 runs | North Sound | Mar 27-28, 2007 |
South Africa | Sri Lanka | South Africa | 1 wicket | Providence | Mar 28, 2007 |
West Indies | New Zealand | New Zealand | 7 wickets | North Sound | Mar 29, 2007 |
England | Ireland | England | 48 runs | Providence | Mar 30, 2007 |
Australia | Bangladesh | Australia | 10 wickets | North Sound | Mar 31, 2007 |
West Indies | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 113 runs | Providence | Apr 1, 2007 |
Bangladesh | New Zealand | New Zealand | 9 wickets | North Sound | Apr 2, 2007 |
Ireland | South Africa | South Africa | 7 wickets | Providence | Apr 3, 2007 |
England | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 2 runs | North Sound | Apr 4, 2007 |
Bangladesh | South Africa | Bangladesh | 67 runs | Providence | Apr 7, 2007 |
Australia | England | Australia | 7 wickets | North Sound | Apr 8, 2007 |
Ireland | New Zealand | New Zealand | 129 runs | Providence | Apr 9, 2007 |
West Indies | South Africa | South Africa | 67 runs | St George's | Apr 10, 2007 |
Bangladesh | England | England | 4 wickets | Bridgetown | Apr 11, 2007 |
New Zealand | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 6 wickets | St George's | Apr 12, 2007 |
Australia | Ireland | Australia | 9 wickets | Bridgetown | Apr 13, 2007 |
New Zealand | South Africa | New Zealand | 5 wickets | St George's | Apr 14, 2007 |
Bangladesh | Ireland | Ireland | 74 runs | Bridgetown | Apr 15, 2007 |
Australia | Sri Lanka | Australia | 7 wickets | St George's | Apr 16, 2007 |
England | South Africa | South Africa | 9 wickets | Bridgetown | Apr 17, 2007 |
Ireland | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 8 wickets | St George's | Apr 18, 2007 |
West Indies | Bangladesh | West Indies | 99 runs | Bridgetown | Apr 19, 2007 |
Australia | New Zealand | Australia | 215 runs | St George's | Apr 20, 2007 |
West Indies | England | England | 1 wicket | Bridgetown | Apr 21, 2007 |
New Zealand | Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka | 81 runs | Kingston | Apr 24, 2007 |
Australia | South Africa | Australia | 7 wickets | Gros Islet | Apr 25, 2007 |
Australia | Sri Lanka | Australia | 53 runs | Bridgetown | Apr 28, 2007 |
World Cup 2007 Format and group stages
The tournament witnessed participation by 16 teams which were highest till now and three more than the previous edition of the world cup. All of the 16 teams were been divided into four groups with two top teams from each group qualifying into the “Super 8” stages. The format was more or less the same as the “Super 6” used in the previous edition with the number of teams being the only difference in the process.
The tournament also saw the “referral system” to be introduced for the very first time where the umpires can refer the decision of a certain cat hot the third umpire. Also, the teams were supposed to bat at least 20 over’s to ascertain a result in a rain-affected game. Talking about the super 8 qualifications, Australia and South Africa qualified from Group A, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh qualifying from Group B, New Zealand, and England from Group C and West Indies and Ireland from Group D.
World Cup 2007 Super 8 and Semifinals
The Super 8 carried the same concept as the previous world cup where the qualifying teams were carrying their points scored against the fellow qualifiers form the same group. A big name like Australia, Sri Lanka, South Africa, and New Zealand qualified to the semifinals after grabbing the top spots in the super 8 round robin stage.
The first semi-final was been held between Sri Lanka and New Zealand where the Lankans secured an easy victory by 81 runs against the Kiwis. The second semifinal was a “No contest” by every means and the Australian team easily thumped the South African team by 7 wickets in a low scoring match.
The finals: Australia completing their Treble!
The Grand finale once again proved to be a one-sided affair as the Australian team completed an easy victory by defeating the Sri Lankan team by 53 runs as per the Duckworth Lewis system. The match has been held at the Kensington Oval ground and got halted by rain at the very end of the Sri Lankan innings. This was the reason Australia got away with a victory based on the D/L system and completed their treble of the world cup trophies.
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