The Final Cricket World Cup 2007

Australia win the world cup championship tournament 2007

Cricket world cup 2007 final played between Australia and Sri Lanka at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados on 28 April 2007. This was a 38 over match due to delay caused by rain. Winning the toss and batting first Australia set a big target of 282 in 38 overs for Sri Lanka. In reply Sri Lanka approached nicely in the begaining but after fall of Jayasuriya they just cannot break the increasing run rate. In the end they fall short of 53 runs.

Australia Innings

As usual Hayden and Gilchrist started Australian innings. Hayden was looking quite today as Gilchrist on the other hand playing own style crushing the Sri Lankan attack. They reached to the toatal of 50 in 11th over without loosing any wicket. Fernando drop Gilchrist on his own bowling when he was on 31 though it was very difficult but these are the only chances you get while playing against team like Australia. Runs are coming easily for Australia when Murli brought into the attack in 12th over. Meanwhile Gilchrist completed his 50 in just 43 balls and continue to dominate bowling on the other hand Hayden was providing nice support to him. Their run rate moved above 6 when Gilchrist hit 2 towering sixers to Dilshan in 15th over. Murli on the other hand not allowing much room to them initially. Fernando brought back to the attack and immediately welcome by Gilchrist sixer and that brought their opening partnership to cross 100 in 17th over.

Nothing was working for Sri Lanka, at Half way Australia were on 135 will all 10 wickets intact. By the time Gilchrist completed his 15th ODI hundred in just 72 balls with 8 4s and 6 6s. Once again he was dropped by Sangakkara this time too was difficult one. Partnerships crossed 150 in just 128 balls and after this some relief for Sri Lanka as Hayden caught by Jayawardene when he was trying to loft Malinga when they were on 172. Immediately after this once again Gilchrist dropped by C Silva on 132 by the time Australia cross 200 in 27.3 overs. Finally a great great innings comes to an end when Gilchrist was just 1 short of his 150, got caught when he was trying to pull the ball and it takes an edge of the bat. After fall of Gilchrist run rate dropped a bit as Ponting was not looking on his own touch and finding difficult himselft playing shots. They past above 250 when Ponting hits his first six to Malinga in 34.4 overs. But they failed to take an advantage the openers given to them and only scores 59 in last 8 overs after Gilchrist out. In the end they manage to set the big target for Sri Lanka with the help of one of the best world cup innings from Gilchrist.

Australia Score 281/4(38)

Gilchrist 149, Hayden 38, Ponting 37, Symonds 18*, Watson 3, Clarke 8*,
Sri Lanka Bowling:
Vaas 8/54/0 Malinga 8/49/2 Fernando 8/74/1 Murali 7/44/0 Dilshan 2/23/0 Jayasuriya 5/33/0

Sri Lanka Innings

Sri Lanka lost Tharanga early caught by Gilchrist on swinging delivery from Bracken. After this Sangakkara and Jayasuriya started playing quite sensibly. Jayasuriya was looking good on his own touch moved their score 50 in 11th overs. There seems no movemnt in the bowl and they coming nicely to bat on and their 50 partnership up in 61 balls. They moved pass compare to Australia score in 14th over when Sangakkara hit consecutive 6,4,4 to McGrath. The needed partnership was building as Sangakkara and Jayasuriya contine hammering Australia Bowling attack and took just 27 balls to complete second fifty of their innings, 100 in 15.3 overs. Spins came to the attack now by the time Jayasuriya completes his fifty and their partneship of 100. They need 171 more runs to win in 20 overs with 9 wickets left. Sangakkara completed his 40th fifty in 50 balls, but immediately caught when he was trying to pull Hogg at mid wicket when he was 54.

Clark brought to attack and he done a trick bowled Jayasuriya when he was trying to down the trak, the ball kept low and hit on off stump. Big wicket for Australia and the match was turning bit towards their way. It has started raining when 13.1 overs left and by the time their innings reduced to 36 overs and they need 120 more to win in 11.1 overs. Jayawardene fall lbw to Watson very next over after rain stopped. Everything now was in hands of C Silva and Dilshan and they continue to fighting but the required rate was moving up and up reached to 12 an over and they needed 84 in 42 balls. Wickets was not a problem but it was very difficult to break Australian tight bowling attack. Wickets were falling now as they were trying to do something extraordinary. In the end they fall short of 53 runs.

Sri Lanka Score 215/8(36)

Tharanga 6, Jayasuriya 63, Sangakkara 54, Jayawardene 19, C Silva 21, Dilshan 14, Arnold 1, Vaas 11*, Malinga 10, Fernando 1*
Australia Bowling:
Bracken 6/34/1, Tait 6/42/0, McGrath 7/31/1, Watson 7/49/1, Hogg 3/19/1, Clarke 5/33/2, Symonds 2/6/1

Cricket world cup final Preview

After very long run now its the time for big one, the Final of this cricket world cup 2007 tournament. Sri Lanka beat New Zealand in first semi final by 81 runs and Australia won by 7 wickets in second one. So we have Sri Lanka and Australia battle for the cricket world cup final 2007. This will be played at Bridgetown on 28th April, 2007.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka have played outstanding cricket throughout the tournament and deserve to be the finalist. Every Sri Lankans are committed and they know very well their role to play. They were thoroughly professional from the be gaining of the tournament and very well lead by Jayaverdne. They have won 8 out of 10 matches played so far in this tournaments and emerging as the more and more batter team. Undoubtedly they are very good fielding side. On the bowling side they have Malinga and Vaas who are capable of taking early wickets. And they have all time great Murli in the middle with Jaysuriya, Dilshan and Arnold as an other options. The major problem they had about the top batting order. Jaysuriya is not at its peak and Sangakkara is not in good form. Moreover they are laking power hitter, like Watson and Symonds Australia have, who can fire in the slog overs.

Australia

Australia simply are the best so far in this world cup 2007 series. They have won all the 10 matches they played in the tournament. Lately they crushed South Africa playing like real champions. They are the best fielding side who generally do not miss direct throw on the stumps. They have various alternate in the bowling department with swings from Bracken and great McGrath and speed from Tait. The left arm spinner Hogg too bowled well in this tournaments and have options like Watson, Symonds, Clarke for bowling. In the batting, they are the best team. They have the best opening pair with Hayden Gilchrist providing solid start to their innings and powerful middle order Clark, Ponting and Hussey are in very good form. They have Watson and Symonds are the power hitter who can explore their innings in the slog overs. Their lowest score of 322/6 batting first in this tournament and Michael Hussey needed rarely, tells about the power of their batting. This makes them the most favorite team to win this 2007 world cup final.

Previous encounter in the final

Before this, Sri Lanka and Australia played in the final of world cup 1996 at Lahore, Pakistan. It was the first time Sri Lanka playing in the final beat Australia by 7 wickets. Batting first Australia made 241/7, Mark Taylor scored 74. With the help of remarkable hundred from Arvinda de Silva (107*) and Gurusinha (65) made Sri Lanka the winner of 1996 world cup.

Australia v Sri Lanka history

In the history of cricket world cup they meet 7 times before with Australia wins 5 times and Sri Lanka 2 times. This includes the match at Colombo in 1996 in which Australia conceded match due to safety reason and Sri Lanka declared winners. Overall they played 64 ODIs, Australia wins 42 times and Sri Lanka wins 20 times with 2 No Results.

Australia history in the finals

This is the 6th time Australia playing in the cricket world cup final. In their previous 5 appearances they won the most 3 times, this could be their hat trick world cup win. First time they played in the final in 1975 the first ever world cup held, beaten by West Indies. They won against England in 1987 and lost to Sri Lanka in 1996. And they won in 1999 and 2003 by beating Pakistan and India respectively.

Overall we have two outstanding teams playing in the final of this world cup tournament. We hope for more entertaining cricket here in the final.

Australia won in second semi final

Australia won by 7 wickets in second semi final of cricket world cup 2007

The 2nd Semi Final played at Gros Islet, St Lucia on 25 April 2007. It was very poor batting from South Africa given the target of 150, Australia made it very easily. Australia will now play the final game of this tournament against Sri Lanka.

South Africa Innings

South Africa batsman looks in hurry after winning the toss and chosing to bat first. South Africa, who chose to bat first started thier innings poorly. Nathan Bracken started the disaster with Graeme Smith, then McGrath bowled the danger Kallis. Fall continue when Tait joins with McGrath and put South Africa in deep trouble at 27 for 5. Situations could have been more worse if Gibbs is not given lucky chance when he was caught behind. Given the advantage he played quite nice and score 39. In the end it was single handle effore from Kemp who made 49* ann helped them to reach 149. This was never going to be a tough for Australian. Though they lost Gilchrist early in the innings, they were never in trouble through out the game and won the second semi final easily by 7 wickets.

South Africa Score 149/10

GC Smith 2, de Villiers 15, Kallis 5, Gibbs 39, Prince 0, Boucher 0, Kemp 49*, Hall 3, Pollock 5, Ne l8, Langeveldt 6
Australia Bowling:
Bracken 15/1, McGrath 18/3, Tait 39/4, Watson 49/1, Hogg 24/1

Australia Score 153/3

Gilchrist 1, Hayden 41, Ponting 22, Clarke 60*, Symonds 18*
South Africa Bowling:
Pollock 16/1, Langeveldt 34/1, Kallis 20/0, Nel 31/1, Hall 43/0, Kemp 4/0

First Semi Final World Cup 2007

Sri Lanka won by 81 runs and enters final of cricket world cup 2007

Preview

First semi final between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica, 24th April 2007. Both are equally capable teams in all aspects of cricket fielding, batting or bowling. Jayawardene and Fleming both are in good form and leading their teams nicely. Overall nice entertaining cricket would be here.

History

Overall they played 66 ODIs before, New Zealand wins 34 times and Sri Lanka 29 with 1 Tie and 2 No Results. During Last 10 ODIs both win 5 each. New Zealand have never won in the world semi finals before. Also New Zeland lost their super eight match against Sri Lanka.

Teams

Sri Lanka team : Tharanga, Jayasuriya, Sangakkara, Jayawardene, Silva, Dilshan, Arnold, Vaas, Malinga, Muralitharan, Fernando
New Zealand team : Fulton, Fleming, Taylor, Styris, McMillan, Oram, McCullum, Vettori, Franklin, Bond, Patel

Sri Lanka Innings

Sri Lanka win the toss and elceted to bat first. The pitch was looking good for batting. Sri Lanka innings was moving around Jayawardene's superb knock, one of the best one-day inning. Sri Lanka lost Jayasuriya early in the innings but then Tharanga started rocking New Zealand bowling. When the partnership started building for Sri Lanka a poor shot from Sangakkara cost his wicket. Jayawardene joins with Tharanga and they started playing comfortably. Jayawardene in particular started his innings very sensibly though it was bit slow. A poor predetermied sweep shot from Tharanga brought his superb innings comes to an end. Runs are coming nicely for Sri Lanka as Jayawardene dominating New Zealand bowling and there was nice support from Dilshan and Arnold. In the end superb century from Jayawardene at the right time of the tournament help Sri Lanka manage to set target of 290 for New Zealand. This was the maiden world cup 100 from Jayawardene, 2nd against New Zealand and 9th overall. Fielding and bowling was ver poor from New Zealand and they failed to take advantage of fall of an initial wickets. They conceded 102 runs in last 10 overs.

Sri Lanka Score 289/5

Tharanga 73, Jayasuriya 1, Sangakkara 18, Jayawardene 115*, Silva 21, Dilshan 30, Arnold 14*
New Zealand Bowling:
Franklin 46/2, Bond 59/1, Oram 60/1, Vettori 51/1, Patel 62/0, Styris 8/0

New Zealand Innings

It was poor start from New Zealand in reply to the target of 290 as they lost Fleming very early. On the other hand it was superb start from Malinga and Vaas as they are not allowing Fulton and Taylor any chance. After Taylor, Fulton and Styris was looking nice and started partnership between them. But very poor shot from Styris cost big wicket for New Zealand. It was an intelligent bowling change of Dilshan in place of Murli done trick for Sri Lanka. After Styris New Zealand innings collapse as new batsman could not stay agaist comeback of Murli. They lost 5 wickets in just 11 runs gape and collapsed to 116/7 from 105/2. They neve come back in the game though last pair creates some momentun adding 59 for their partnership.

New Zealand Score 208/10

Fulton 46, Fleming 1, Taylor 9, Styris 37, McMillan 25, Oram 3, McCullum 0, Vettori 0, Franklin 30*, Bond 2, Patel 34
Sri Lanka Bowling:
Vaas 25/1, Malinga 21/1, Fernando 45/0, Muralitharan 31/4, Jayasuriya 57/2, Dilshan 22/2

World Cup 2007 semifinalists and their history

Although South Africa defeat against New Zealand provided an opportunity for England to come back in the tournament, an excellent come back from South Africa throw England out of the tournament. Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka did clear their path to semi final very early in the super eight stage. So we have now Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and South Africa will contest in Semi Final.

First Semi Final New Zealand v Sri Lanka

The first semi final of this tournament will be played between New Zealand and Sri Lanka. This match will be played on Tuesday, 24th April at Sabina Park, Jamaica. New Zealand has never won in world cup semi final moreover they lost against Sri Lanka in their super eight series match.

Second Semi Final Australia v South Africa

The second Semi Final will be contested between Australia and South Africa on Wednesday 25 April at Beausejour Stadium, St Lucia. Australia is the only unbeaten team so far in this tournament. Also they never loose in their previous semi final games.

Here is brief history of each of semi finalists in previous eight cricket world cup tournaments.

Australia History

This is the 6th time Australia will play in the semifinal and they have never loose in their previous games. In 1975 they beat England, in 1987 beat Pakistan, 1996 beat West Indies, 1999 beat South Africa and in 2003 they beat Sri Lanka.

New Zealand Semi final History

New Zealand is entering for the 5th time. They never win in their previous games. They lost against West Indies in 1975, against England in 1979 and against Pakistan in 1992 and 1999.

Sri Lanka Semi Fianl History

Sri Lanka managed to enter in the semifinal 2 times before. This is the 3rd time they will play in the cricket world cup semi final. Before they won against India in 1996 and lost to Australia in 2003.

South Africa

South Africa are the most unlucky team in the history of world cup semi finals. First time they played against England in 1992 needed 22 off 13 balls when it was rained stopped the play. By the time they needed 21 off one ball. Second time again Australia in 1999 needing nine to win off the final over, Klusener crashed Damien Fleming's first two balls for four. Klusener wanted a short single but this made Allan Donald caught in the middle of the pitch run out and the match was tied. With the advantage gained during the super six stage Australia reached the final.

An early exits of India and Pakistan and very long schedule made this tournament boring so far let us hope for more entertained cricket in the semis and in the final.

Fight For Semi Final Cricket World Cup 2007

South Africa defeat against New Zealand creates hope for England, West Indies and Bangladesh to enter into the Semi Final of Cricket World Cup 2007. Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka have already entered in to the Semi Finals and the positions of other teams are as following. South Africa now have 6 points with 1 match left against England. England having 4 points and 2 matches left where as West Indies and Bangladesh having 2 points each with 2 matches left. Everything depends on the match between South Africa and England on 17th April. This current position lead to the following possible Scenario.

If South Africa win against England.

In this case South Africa will easily enter into Semi Final stage with having 8 points. This will end the battle for Semi Final and the remaining matches will be of less interest. Then Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and South Africa will enter to the Semi Final stage.

If South Africa loose against England.

In this scenario the road to the semi final would be an easy for England. England will be equal to the South Africa with 6 points each but on the Run Rate side England is above South Africa. And this will lead to the following possibilities.

• If England win the next match against West Indies then they will make for the Semi Final.
• If England loose against West Indies there will be 3 teams with equal points West Indies or Bangladesh, South Africa and England. In this case looking at the current Net Run Rate England will have advantage over other two teams. So for West Indies the situations are more tight as they have to win with high margin so as to boost their NRR. Similarly there is chance for Bangladesh too, but they need to do some extraordinary to with both the matches again Ireland and West Indies with high margins.

This is cricket anythings can happen till the last ball bowled. So lets wait and watch the battle for semi final and the match between South Africa and England on 17th April.

Cricket Super Eight Latest Results World Cup 2007

Cricket Super Eight Latest Results World Cup 2007

Super Eight Match 24(last): England v West Indies - Apr 21, 2007
England won by 1 Wickets.
West Indies 300 (49.5) England 301/9 (49.4)

Super Eight Match 23: Australia v New Zealand - Apr 20, 2007
Australia won by 215 runs.
Australia 348/6 (50) New Zealand 133 (25.5)

Super Eight Match 22: West Indies v Bangladesh - Apr 19, 2007
West Indies won by 99 runs.
West Indies 230/5 (50) Bangladesh 131 (43.5)

Super Eight Match 21: Sri Lanka v Ireland - Apr 18, 2007
Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets.
Ireland 77 (27.4) Sri Lanka 81/2 (10)

Super Eight Match 20: England v South Africa - Apr 17, 2007
South Africa won by 9 wickets.
England 154 (48) South Africa 157/1 (19.2)

Super Eight Match 19: Australia v Sri Lanka Apr 16, 2007
Australia won by 7 wickets.
Sri Lanka 226 (49.4) Australia 232/3 (42.4)

Super Eight Match 18: Bangladesh v Ireland - Apr 15, 2007
Ireland won by 74 runs.
Ireland 243/7 (50) Bangladesh 169 (41.2)

Super Eight Match 17: New Zealand v South Africa Apr 14, 2007
New Zealand won by 5 wickets
South Africa 193/7 (50) New Zealand 196/5 (48.2)

Super Eight Match 16: Australia v Ireland - Apr 13, 2007
Australia won by 9 wickets.
Ireland 91(30) Australia 92/1(12.2)

Super Eight Match 15: New Zealand v Sri Lanka - Apr 12, 2007
Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets.
New Zealand 219/7 (50) Sri Lanka 222/4 (45.1)

Super Eight Match 14: Bangladesh v England - Apr 11, 2007
England won by 4 wickets.
Bangladesh 143 (37.2) England 147/6 (44.5)

Super Eight Match 13: West Indies v South Africa - Apr 10, 2007
South Africa won by 67 runs.
South Africa 356/4 (50) West Indies 289/9 (50)

Super Eight Match 12: Ireland v New Zealand Apr 9, 2007
New Zealand won by 129 runs.
New Zealand 263/8 (50) Ireland 134 (37.4)

Super Eight Match 11: Australia v England - Apr 8, 2007
Australia won by 7 wickets.
England 247 (49.5) Australia 248/3 (47.2)

Super Eight Match 10: Bangladesh v South Africa - Apr 7, 2007
Bangladesh won by 67 runs.
Bangladesh 251/8 (50) South Africa 184 (48.4)

Super Eight Match 9: England v Sri Lanka Apr 4, 2007
Sri Lanka won by 2 runs.
Sri Lanka 235 (50) England 233/8 (50)

Cricket Super Eight Latest Results World Cup 2007

Super Eight Match 8: Ireland v South Africa Apr 3, 2007
South Africa won by 7 wickets.
Ireland 152/8 (35) South Africa 165/3 (31.3)
D/L Method 35 overs match.

Super Eight Match 7: Bangladesh v New Zealand Apr 2, 2007
New Zealand won by 9 wickets
Bangladesh 174 (48.3) New Zealand 178/1 (29.2)

Super Eight Match 6: West Indies v Sri Lanka Apr 1, 2007
Sri Lanka won by 113 runs.
Sri Lanka 303/5 (50) West Indies 190 (44.3)

Super Eight Match 5: Australia v Bangladesh Mar 31, 2007
Australia won by 10 wickets.
Bangladesh 104/6 (22) Australia 106/0 (13.5)
D/L Method 22 overs match.

Super Eight Match 4 England v Ireland Mar 30, 2007
England won by 48 runs.
England 266/7 (50) Ireland 218 (48.1)

Super Eight Match 3 West Indies v New Zealand Mar 29, 2007
New Zealand won by 7 wickets.
West Indies 177 (44.4) New Zealand 179/3 (39.2)

Super Eight Match 2 South Africa v Sri Lanka Mar 28, 2007
South Africa won by 1 wicket.
Sri Lanka 209 (49.3) South Africa 212/9 (48.2)

Super Eight Match 1 West Indies v Australia Mar 27-28, 2007
Australia won by 103 runs.
Australia 322/6 (50) West Indies 219 (45.3)

Super Eight Point Table World Cup 2007

Eight teams Australia, South Africa, West Indies, Ireland, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh ,New Zealand, England are qualifying for the super eight stage of the world cup 2007. In this stage each team will play with the other groups teams i.e each team will play 6 matches in this round and they will compete for Semi Finals. Australia, West Indies, Sri Lanka and New Zealand are qualifying in the super eight round with 2 points each from group stage as they won the match against other qualifying team from their group.

Following is the latest Super Eight Point Table showing the latest positions of each country in this cricket world cup 2007. For detailed information see Cricket World Cup 2007 Point Table

Country	Matches	Won	Lost	Tie	NR	Points	NRR	Remaining Matches
Australia	7	7	0	0	0	14	+2.400
Sri Lanka	7	5	2	0	0	10	+1.483
New Zealand	7	5	2	0	0	10	+0.253
South Africa	7	4	3	0	0	8	+0.313
England	7	3	4	0	0	6	-0.394
West Indies	7	2	5	0	0	4	-0.566
Bangladesh	7	1	6	0	0	2	-1.514
Ireland	7	1	6	0	0	2	-1.730

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