ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 Latest Matches
South Africa vs Netherlands
Friday, March 16, 2007Group A, St Kitts
SCOREBOARD
| Umpires: M Benson (England) and T Hill (New Zealand) | Toss: Netherlands (Elected to Field) (40 Over Match) |
| Result: South Africa beat Netherlands by 221 runs | Man of the Match: |
| Match Summary: South Africa won by 221 runs | |
| South Africa | Netherlands |
| 353/3 (40 Overs) | 132/9 (40 Overs) |
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| Required Run Rate: 9.09 | Target: 354 (40 Overs) |
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England vs New Zealand
Friday, March 16, 2007Group C at Saint Lucia
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Group B, Match 2, IND vs BAN: India wary of Bangladesh
Mar 17, 2007
When India meet Bangladesh for the first time in a World Cup today at the Trinidad Queens Park Oval, they will give respect to their neighbours, for Bangladesh has the knack of pullig off surprises when it matters most. Though Bangladesh have only beaten India once in 14 meetings, their defeat of Australia at Cardiff in 2005 and success over New Zealand last week suggest they are steadily improving and are not incapable of upsetting the more fancied side. At the same time, Indias overall performance in the West Indies is not inspiring with five wins and 15 losses. India skipper Rahul Dravid has warned his players of the need to be fully "switched on" against the Tigers. India are likely to repose their faith in the recently non-performing Virender Sehwag and Irfan Pathan, who boasts impressive statistics against Bangladesh, in an endeavour to haul them back to form. India Team (from): R Dravid (Captain), S Tendulkar, S Ganguly, R Uthappa, Y Singh, V Sehwag, D Karthik, MS Dhoni, I Pathan, A Agarkar, A Kumble, H Singh, Z Khan, S Sreesanth, M Patel.
Bangladesh Team (from): Habibul Bashar (Captain), Shahriar Nafees, Tamim Iqbal, Aftab Ahmed, Saqibul Hasan, Mohammad Ashraful, Mushfiqur Rahim, Mohammad Rafique, Abdur Razzak, Mashrafe Mortaza, Shahadat Hossain, Tapash Baisya, Syed Rasel, Rajin Saleh, Javed Omar.
Herschelle Gibbs Hits Sixes Record at Cup
Mar 16, 2007
South African Gibbs hit six sixes in an over, the first ever in a cricket international, (first at a one-day international and a World Cup) as his team dominated the Netherlands in the World Cup group stage match. Gibbs achieved his feat off Daan van Bunge to help the top- ranked South Africans amass 353-3, the fifth-highest tally at a World Cup.
It's up there with the best things I've done. I never thought about getting six in a row, but if it's your day, it's your day.
Gibbs's heroics allowed him to became only the third member of an exclusive club of players who have hit six sixes in an elite match. He joined India's Ravi Shastri and West Indian Garfield Sobers, who both achieved the feat in first class cricket in respectively 1985 and 1968.Gibbs's whirlwind innings was ended five balls later when he holed out to a catch on the long-on boundary by Van Bunge off a ball from Dutch captain Luuk van Troost. He faced just 40 balls for his 72, which included four fours and seven sixes.
Group C, Match 2, ENG vs NZ: New Zealand beat England by 6 wickets
Scott Styris and Jacob Oram guided New Zealand to a convincing win against the erratic England. New Zealand competed with defiance and completed the win in just 41 overs. Scott Styris made 87 runs and Jacob Oram made 63 runs.
Jacob Oram made a prolific fifty as New Zealand moved close to the victory target. Orams half century came in 68 balls. Earlier, Scott Styris smashed a credible half-century to bleak Englands chances of winning this match. Styriss fifty came in 70 balls. Brought into the attack for the first time in the World Cup, it took Monty Panesar just two balls to claim his first wicket. Jamie Dalrymple took the catch offered to him by Craig McMillan. McMillan made 27 runs from 34 balls. England Team: E C Joyce, M P Vaughan, I R Bell, K P Pietersen, P D Collingwood, A Flintoff, J W M Dalrymple, P A Nixon, L E Plunkett, J M Anderson, M S Panesar
New Zealand Team: S P Fleming, L Vincent, R L Taylor, S B Styris, J S Patel, J D P Oram, C D McMillan, B B McCullum, D L Vettori, J E C Franklin, S E Bond
Group C, Match 2: New Zealand 210-4 ( 41.0 Overs ) beat England 209-7 (50.0 Overs) by 6 wickets
Group A, Match 2, SA vs NE: South Africa beat Netherlands by 221 runs
South Africa registered a thumping 221-run victory over Netherlands in a Group A encounter at St Kitts on Friday. This was their highest victory margin in ODIs.
Chasing 354 for a win, Netherlands finished at 132 for nine in 40 overs.
Reported Earlier: It rained sixes and fours at St Kitts as South Africa made mincemeat of the Dutch posting 353 for three in a rain-curtailed 40 overs a side Group A match.
Records fell by the wayside as Hershelle Gibbs became the first batsman ever to hit six consecutive sixes in one over in a World Cup. Mark Boucher smashed his way through to the fastest ever fifty in any World Cup, reaching the mark in just 21 deliveries. The Proteas also broke the record for the maximum number of sixes in a World Cup innings, hitting 18 of them. In addition, they plundered 120 runs in just boundaries.At the end of the innings, Jaques Kallis remained unbeaten on 128, while Boucher was 75 not out. South Africa Team: G C Smith, A B de Villiers, J H Kallis, H H Gibbs, A G Prince, J M Kemp, M V Boucher, S M Pollock, A J Hall, C K Langeveldt, A Nel
Netherlands Team: B Zuiderent, D J Reekers, R N ten Doeschate, A N Kervezee, E S Szwarczynski, D L S van Bunge, T B M de Leede, P W Borren, W F Stelling, L P van Troost, J Smits
Group A, Match 2: South Africa 353-3 ( 40.0 Overs ) beat Netherlands 132-9 (40.0 Overs) by 221 runs
Group B, Match 1, SL vs BER: Sri Lanka beat Bermuda by 243 runs
Sri Lanka defeated Bermuda by 243 runs at Port of Spain, Trinidad on Thursday.
Chasing an improbable 322, Bermuda was bowled out for 78 runs in 24.4 overs. Farveez Maharoof picked up four wickets, while Lasith Malinga scalped three and Muttiah Muralitharan took two. Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene was adjudged Man of the Match for his knock of 85.
Electing to bat Sri Lanka piled on a massive 321 runs against Bermuda at the Queen's Park Oval on Thursday. Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara shared a solid partnership to take Sri Lanka to a commanding position against Bermuda. Both slammed half centuries on the process.
Reported Earlier: Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene won the toss and elected to bat against debutantes Bermuda in a Group B match at Port of Spain, Trinidad on Thursday.
The debutantes will be tested against the pace of Chaminda Vaas, Lasith Malinga and the crafty spin of Muttiah Muralitharan. Bermuda has just one professional cricketer in batsman David Hemp who has represented English county Warwickshire and now leads Glamorgan. Sri Lanka Team: Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene (Captain), Chamara Silva, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Russel Arnold, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Lasith Malinga, Farveez Maharoof.
Bermuda Team: Irvine Romaine (Captain), Dean Minors, Clay Smith, Janeiro Tucker, Oliver Pitcher, David Hemp, Lionel Cann, Saleem Mukuddem, Delyone Borden, Kevin Hurdle, Dwayne Leverock.
Group B, Match 1: Sri Lanka 321-6 ( 50.0 Overs ) beat Bermuda 78-10 (24.4 Overs) by 243 runs
Group D, Match 2, ZIM vs IRL: Ireland, Zimbabwe play out thrilling tie
The Group D encounter between Zimbabwe and debutantes Ireland ended in a thrilling draw at Sabina Park, Jamaica on Thursday.
Chasing a victory target of 222, Zimbabwe was bowled out for 221 on the last ball of the innings. This is the third tie in a World Cup. Stuart Matsikeneyri, who remained unbeaten on 73, failed to connect with the last ball after having taken his team to the brink of victory as wickets fell like pins at the other end.
Reported Earlier: Jeremy Bray smashed a magnificent century to steer World Cup debutants Ireland was 221 for nine after 50 overs against Zimbabwe in a Group D encounter at Sabina Park, Jamaica on Thursday.
Bray's first century at the World Cup included 10 boundaries and six hits across the fence. He remained unbeaten on 115.
Zimbabwe skipper Prosper Utseya won the toss and elected to field against World Cup debutants Ireland in a Group D encounter at Sabina Park, Jamaica on Thursday.
Both the teams need a win if they are to have any hope of progressing in the tournament.
Ireland Team: DT Johnston, WK McCallan, AC Botha, JP Bray, D Langford-Smith, EJG Morgan, KJ O'Brien, NJ O'Brien, WTS Porterfield, WB Rankin, AR White.
Zimbabwe Team: P Utseya, GB Brent, CJ Chibhabha, E Chigumbura, T Duffin, S Matsikenyeri, CB Mpofu, EC Rainsford, V Sibanda, BRM Taylor, SC Williams.
Group D, Match 2: Ireland 221 for 9 (50.0 overs) tied with Zimbabwe 221 all out (50.0 overs)
Group A, Match 1, AUS vs SCO: Australia beat Scotland by 203 runs
Australia defeated Scotland by 203 runs in the Group A match at St Kitts on Wednesday. Scotland was all out on the score of 131 runs in 40.1 overs. Colin Smith was the only blessing in disguise for Scotland as he scored his maiden ODI half century.Chasing a mammoth target of 335 runs set by the world champions Australia, Scotland started their innings on a cautious note. However, the Scots lost the wicket of Majid Haq when he was run out for 16 runs.
Captain Ricky Ponting stroked his fourth World Cup century on Wednesday to propel world champions Australia to 334 for six against Scotland in their opening Group A match. Ponting lofted five sixes and struck nine fours in his 113 from 93 balls, his 23rd international one-day century. He also broke Indian Saurav Ganguly's previous World Cup record of 23 sixes and became the sixth man to reach 1,000 World Cup runs. Scotland captain Craig Wright ensured the spectators, who filled less than half of the 10,000-capacity Warner Park, would get a decent day's cricket by opting to field first after winning the toss on a dull, overcast day. Australia Team: M L Hayden, A C Gilchrist, R T Ponting, M J Clarke, B J Hodge, M E K Hussey, S R Watson, G B Hogg, N W Bracken, S W Tait, G D McGrath
Scotland Team: D F Watts, R M Haq, R R Watson, G M Hamilton, D R Brown, N S Poonia, C J O Smith, C M Wright, G A Rogers, J A R Blain, P J C Hoffmann
Group A, Match 1: Australia 334-6 ( 50.0 Overs ) beat Scotland 131-9 (40.1 Overs) by 203 runs
Group C, Match 1, KEN vs CAN: Kenya beat Canada by 7 wickets
Chasing 200 for a win, Kenya was 192 for three after 42 overs against Canada in a Group C encounter at St Lucia on Wednesday.
Kenyan openers started off explosively before Anderson Cummins struck to draw first blood as he snared David Obuya for 4 runs. Following Obuya's exit, Shah joined Ouma at the crease. The duo put on a brief 24-run stand for the second wicket before Shah was trapped in front by Bhatti for 6 runs. This brought skipper Tikolo to the crease. Ouma smashed a timely half century to steady the Kenyan innings, which included six boundaries and one hit across the fence.
Just when it seemed that the Kenyans were running away with the game, Dhaniram struck to give Canada a much needed breakthrough as he dispatched Ouma for 58 runs. Put in to bat by Kenya skipper Steve Tikolo, Canada was bowled out for 199 in their stipulated 50 overs. Reported Earlier: Kenyan captain Steve tikolo won the toss and elected to field against Canada in the battle of the minnows. Kenya and Canada's cricket teams undertook some last minute preparations ahead their clash in Group C's opening match.
Rank outsiders Kenya and Canada will both be relying on some solid World Cup experience when they clash in Group C's opening match on Wednesday. Kenya captain Steve Tikolo is 35 and played in the last three World Cups, including their amazing run to the semi-finals in 2003. Kenya Team: M A Ouma, D O Obuya, R D Shah, S O Tikolo, T Mishra, C O Obuya, T M Odoyo, J K Kamande, N Odhiambo, P J Ongondo, H A Varaiya
Canada Team: G E F Barnett, A M Samad, A Bagai, I S Billcliff, J M Davison, A A Mulla, S Dhaniram, G R Codrington, U Bhatti, A C Cummins, H Osinde
Group C, Match 1: Kenya 203-3 ( 43.2 overs ) beat Canada 199-10 (50.0 Overs) by 7 wickets
Group D, Match 1, PAK vs WI: West Indies beat Pakistan by 54 runs
West Indies made a winning start in the 2007 Cricket World Cup beating Pakistan by 54 runs in the opener at Sabina Park, Jamaica on Tuesday.
Chasing 242 to win, Pakistan were bundled out for 187 runs in 47.2 overs. Dwayne Smith and Dwayne Bravo were the pick of the West Indian bowlers, taking three wickets each. Smith also made a valuable contribution with the bat as he scored 36 runs from just 15 balls at the end of the West Indies innings. Reported Earlier: West Indies were restricted to 241 for nine by Pakistan in the opening match of the 2007 Cricket World Cup at Sabina Park, Jamaica on Tuesday.
Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq won the toss and elected to field a decision that proved effective with Umar Gul sending back the dangerous Chris Gayle in the third over. The Southpaw was caught behind by Kamran Akmal for two. Akmal was involved in the dismissal of three more West Indies batsmen. West Indies Team: C H Gayle, S Chanderpaul, R R Sarwan, M N Samuels, B C Lara, D J Bravo, D R Smith, D Ramdin, J E Taylor, D B Powell, C D Collymore
Pakistan Team: Mohammad Hafeez, Imran Nazir, Younis Khan, Mohammad Yousuf, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal, Iftikhar Anjum, Naved-ul-Hasan, Umar Gul, Danish Kaneria
Group D, Match 1: West Indies 241-9 ( 50.0 overs ) beat Pakistan 187 all out ( 47.2 overs ) by 54 runs
West Indies, Pakistan Teams For World Cup Inaugural Tie In Jamaica
West Indies and Pakistan will face off in Tuesdays World Cup inaugural match at Sabina Park in Jamaica in a Group D match. West Indies have won the inaugural two editions of the World Cup held in England in 1975 and 1979 while Pakistan have clinched the 1992 edition played in Australia. In previous world cups, they have met 7 times, with West Indies winning 5 times.
The teams:West Indies (from): Brian Lara (Captain), Ian Bradshaw, Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Corry Collymore, Chris Gayle, Keiron Pollard, Darren Powell, Denesh Ramdin (wicketkeeper), Marlon Samuels, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Lendl Simmons, Devon Smith, Dwayne Smith, Jerome Taylor.
Pakistan (from): Inzamam-ul-Haq (Captain), Azhar Mahmood, Danish Kaneria, Imran Nazir, Kamran Akmal (wicketkeeper), Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Sami, Mohammad Yousuf, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Rao Iftikhar, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik, Umar Gul, Yasir Arafat, Younis Khan.
Umpires: Billy Bowden (New Zealand), Simon Taufel (Australia)
Doordarshan to show 16 World Cup matches live
Mar 13, 2007
Doordarshan will kick off its live World Cup coverage with Tuesdays West Indies vs Pakistan match, besides showing 15 other matches, including all the encounters featuring India.
World Cup is on!! Carnival touch to the opening ceremony
Mar 11, 2007
Sir Garfield Sobers, the greatest all-round cricketer ever, opened the World Cup tonight in a spectacular ceremony designed to show that whatever happens on the field over the next six weeks, West Indies are the undisputed champions when it comes to putting on a carnival.
The three-hour extravaganza costed $2.5million US Dollars and featured more than 1,000 performers. It was staged at the new multipurpose stadium in Trelawny, on the north coast of Jamaica. Sobers, now at 70, retired a year before the first World Cup in 1975.
Glittering opening of ICC Cricket World Cup at Trelawny
Mar 11, 2007
ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, the largest sporting event ever staged in the Caribbean, opens today at the Trelawny Sports Complex on Jamaica's North Coast.
Over 1200 performers, as part of over two and a half-hour ceremony, will be demonstrating rich Caribbean culture in varied styles. Players, representing record-16 teams, will be featuring in the opening ceremony while West Indian cricket legend and ex-captain Sir Garfield Sobers will be the chief guest on the occasion with a galaxy of stars of Caribbean cricket attending the ceremony. President of International Cricket Council (ICC) Percy Sonn and dignitaries from across the world have arrived here to be the part of the inaugural show.
Rahul Dravid happy with key players
Mar 10, 2007
Indian captain Rahul Dravid said that the key players in his team where coming into top form and fitness, which augured well for India's chances at the cricket World Cup.