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2007 Tournament Format

The 2007 Cricket World Cup was hosted by the West Indies from March 11 to April 28, 2007. It was contested by 16 nations.

The ten Test Match-playing countries qualified for the World Cup automatically, along with Kenya, which had ODI status and five further teams qualified via the 2005 ICC Trophy. The field of sixteen teams was the largest ever for the Cricket World Cup.

The teams were divided into 4 groups, with each group playing its matches at one ground. The top two teams from each group competed in a Super 8 format, similar to the previous "Super 6" format, from which the semi-finalists were decided. 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.
There were 51 matches overall, spread over eight venues across the West Indies, which were selected to host the World Cup final tournament.

Notable events of the tournament included the death of Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, which happened one day after his team's defeat to Ireland, which put them out of the running for the World Cup.
India scored 413-5 in 50 overs against Bermuda, breaking the World Cup record for the highest team total. Herschelle Gibbs hit six sixes in one Daan van Bunge over for South Africa against the Netherlands, becoming the first player to achieve the feat in ODI cricket. Australia became the first team to win 3 consecutive World Cups.

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ICC World Cup 2007 Super Eight - Standings

Team M W L PCF Pts NRR  Australia 7 7 0 2 14 +2.40  Sri Lanka 7 5 2 2 10 +1.48  New Zealand 7 5 2 2 10 +0.25  South Africa 7 4 3 0 8 +0.31  England 7 3 4 0 6 -0.39  West Indies 7 2 5 2 4 -0.57  Bangladesh 7 1 6 0 2 -1.51  Ireland 7 1 6 0 2 -1.73

ICC 2007 World Cup News by Country

Group A - St. Kitts & Nevis

All matches start at 13.30 GMT

Australia News| Players	South Africa News| Players
Scotland News| Players	Netherlands News| Players

Group B - Trinidad & Tobago

All matches start at 13.30 GMT

Bangladesh News| Players	India News| Players
Sri Lanka News| Players	Bermuda News| Players

Group C - Saint Lucia

All matches start at 13.30 GMT

England News| Players	New Zealand News| Players
Kenya News| Players	Canada News| Players

Group D - Jamaica

All matches start at 14.30 GMT

Pakistan News| Players	West Indies News| Players
Ireland News| Players	Zimbabwe News| Players

Cricket World Cup Quotes..

I fully expect us to win every game we play, it doesn't matter what the make-up of the team is.
Ricky Ponting, Australian skipper.

Is this a resignation issue? I'll have to talk with my superiors on that.
former New Zealand captain and Match referee Jeff Crowe on the blunder by him and the umpires which caused the farcical scenes at the end of the World Cup final.

I guess it was nice to finish off with a catch behind with Gilly.
McGrath on Gilchrist catching Arnold to give him his last ODI wicket. He is the tournament's leading wicket-taker with a record haul of 25 wickets and the most successful World Cup bowler of all-time.

It was really pleasing to do it on an important day. I've been getting a lot of starts but hadn't converted.
Adam Gilchrist who smashed a final record 149 off 104 balls to set up the victory.

It was simply a brilliant innings from Gilchrist, unfortunately I was the opposition captain watching it.
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene about Adam Gilchrist's 149 off just 104 balls.

My learned commentary is, my commentary is congratulations to Ricky and the boys, but to Glenn McGrath, that lanky bloke from Narromine, thanks for a wonderful contribution to Australian cricket.
Prime Minister "cricket tragic" John Howard.

We listen to criticism, and there has been a lot of it from people saying it's been too long - so we'll look to make it shorter.
ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed.