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ICC World Cup Cricket Match 2007
England vs Sri Lanka
Super 8, Match 9, ENG vs SL: Sri Lanka defeat England by 2 runs
Apr 04, 2007
Sri Lanka has won a thrilling match against England by 2 runs. Both Paul Nixon and Ravi Bopara stood on the crease to bring England closer to the target that at one point seemed invincible. It was only on the last delivery when England required 3 runs to win that Bopara was bowled out by Dilhara Fernando.
England lost the precious wicket of Paul Nixon as he gave an easy catch to Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene off Malingas delivery. Nixon made 42 runs from 44 balls.
Dilhara Fernando struck a major blow to England as their in-form batsman Paul Collingwood was declared out. Collingwood was declared out leg before the wicket. He made 14 runs from 21 balls.
Reoprted Earlier: Fast bowler Sajid Mahmood claimed four wickets while allrounder Andrew Flintoff secured three as England put up a fine performance in the field to contain Sri Lanka to 235 all out in their World Cup Super 8 match in Antigua on Wednesday.
Fifties from captain Mahela Jayawardene and opener Upul Tharanga were the highpoints of the Sri Lanka batting display after Englands decision to bowl first proved fruitful.
Mahmood who claimed 4-50 and Andrew Flintoffs 3-35 gave England a manageable total to chase and the one their batsmen would feel confident about claiming two points from the Super Eight game.
Reoprted Earlier: England skipper Michael Vaughan won the toss and invited the Sri Lankans to have the first use of the pitch in the 9th World Cup Super Eights match at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Wednesday
The England team has decided to retain their same eleven from the last match. While the Sri Lankans too go with an unchanged side which won their last match against the West Indies side.
The islanders look pretty confident as they have got comprehensive victories so far with key players coming into form just in the right time.
Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga took 13 wickets and young opener Upul Tharanga amassed 347 runs with two hundreds in the series and both have since grown in stature.
Malinga looms as a daunting prospect again, his low-slung action making it tough for batsmen to pick.
England team: E C Joyce, M P Vaughan, I R Bell, K P Pietersen, P D Collingwood, A Flintoff, R Bopara, P A Nixon, S I Mahmood, J M Anderson, M S Panesar Sri Lanka team: S T Jayasuriya, W U Tharanga, D P M D Jayawardene, K C Sangakkara, L P C Silva, R Arnold, T M Dilshan, W P U J C Vaas, C R D Fernando, S L Malinga, M Muralitharan
World Cup Super 8, Match 9, Antigua & Barbuda: Sri Lanka 235-10 (50.0 overs) beat England 233-8 (50.0 overs) by 2 runs
Super 8, Match 9, ENG vs SL: Confident Sri Lanka to take fresh guard versus England
Apr 04, 2007
Sri Lanka will not dwell on last year`s 5-0 series sweep in England when the teams meet again in a World Cup Super Eights match on Wednesday, skipper Mahela Jayawardene said.
Sri Lankan fast bowler Lasith Malinga took 13 wickets and young opener Upul Tharanga amassed 347 runs with two hundreds in the series and both have since grown in stature.
Malinga looms as a daunting prospect again, his low-slung action making it tough for batsmen to pick.
He is the leading bowler at the tournament with 13 scalps, after his feat of taking four in successive deliveries in a dramatic one-wicket loss to South Africa in their opening Super Eights clash.
Sri Lanka bounced back with a 113-run victory over West Indies in Guyana on Sunday after explosive opener Sanath Jayasuriya stroked 115, his second hundred of the tournament.
Both England skipper Michael Vaughan and all-rounder Andrew Flintoff missed that home series due to injuries.
Sri Lanka have four points and two more wins would almost certainly secure a semi-final spot. They are expected to go through with champions Australia and New Zealand, who both head the table with six points, and South Africa.
Jayawardene said last year`s success in England was the launchpad for a strong team, comments that could worry England who looked below their best in beating debutants Ireland by 48 runs on Friday to score their first points.
Three-times finalists England have said their tournament would start in earnest against Sri Lanka.
England team (from): E Joyce, M Vaughan (capt), I Bell, K Pietersen, P Collingwood, A Flintoff, P Nixon (wkt), R Bopara, S Mahmood, J Anderson, M Panesar, J Dalrymple, A Strauss, L Plunkett, J Lewis.
Sri Lanka team (from): U Tharanga, S Jayasuriya, K Sangakkara (wkt), M Jayawardene (capt), C Silva, T Dilshan, R Arnold, C Vaas, D Fernando, L Malinga, M Muralitharan, F Maharoof, N Kulasekera, M Atapattu, M Bandara.
Umpires: Asad Rauf, B F Bowden England: E C Joyce, M P Vaughan, I R Bell, K P Pietersen, P D Collingwood, A Flintoff, R S Bopara, P A Nixon, S I Mahmood, J M Anderson, M S Panesar Sri Lanka: S T Jayasuriya, W U Tharanga, D P M D Jayawardene, K C Sangakkara, L P C Silva, R P Arnold, T M Dilshan, W P U J C Vaas, C R D Fernando, S L Malinga, M Muralitharan
The 2009 ICC World Twenty20 is a Twenty20 cricket tournament scheduled to take place in England in June of 2009. It will be the second World Twenty20 and will consist of 12 teams, contested by all Test-playing nations plus qualifiers (Ireland, Netherlands and Scotland)
The Champions Twenty20 League, formed with the official sanction of ICC will kick off in October 2008. Eight domestic teams from four nations will participate. Cricket Australia will partner the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and Cricket South Africa (CSA). The champion team in the Champions Twenty20 league will get US $5 million, which is the highest ever prize money for a cricket event.
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.
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.