2007 ICC Cricket World Cup

2007 World Cup Final Result: Australia vs Sri Lanka

2007-04-28T23:31:00.000-07:00

Australia Innings
Adam Gilchrist c Silva b Fernando 149
Matthew Hayden c Jayawardene b Malinga 38
Ricky Ponting run out 37
Andrew Symonds not out 23
Shane Watson b Malinga 3
Michael Clarke not out 8
Extras: (4lb, 3nb, 16w) 23

TOTAL: (for 4 wickets) 281.
Overs: 38.

Fall of wickets: 1-172, 2-224, 3-261, 4-266.

Did not bat: Michael Hussey, Brad Hogg, Nathan Bracken, Shaun Tait, Glenn McGrath.

Bowling: Chaminda Vaas 8-0-54-0 (2nb, 5w), Lasith Malinga 8-1-49-2, Dilhara Fernando 8-0-74-1 (1nb, 4w), Muttiah Muralitharan 7-0-44-0 (2w), Tillekeratne Dilshan 2-0-23-0 (5w), Sanath Jayasuriya 5-0-33-0.

Sri Lanka Innings
Upul Tharanga c Gilchrist b Bracken 6
Sanath Jayasuriya b Clarke 63
Kumar Sangakkara c Ponting b Hogg 54
Mahela Jayawardene lbw b Watson 19
Chamara Silva b Clarke 21
Tillekeratne Dilshan run out 14
Russel Arnold c Gilchrist b McGrath 1
Chaminda Vaas not out 11
Lasith Malinga st Gilchrist b Symonds 10
Dilhara Fernando not out 1

Extras: (1lb, 14w) 15

TOTAL: (for 8 wickets) 215.

Overs: 36.

Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-123, 3-145, 4-156, 5-188, 6-190, 7-194, 8-211.

Did not bat: Muttiah Muralitharan.

Bowling: Nathan Bracken 6-1-34-1 (2w), Shaun Tait 6-0-42-0 (2w), Glenn McGrath 7-0-31-1 (1w), Shane Watson 7-0-49-1 (4w), Brad Hogg 3-0-19-1, Michael Clarke 5-0-33-2 (5w), Andrew Symonds 2-0-6-1.

Result: Australia won 53 runs.

Toss: Australia.

Umpires: Aleem Dar, Pakistan, and Steve Bucknor, West Indies.

TV umpire: Rudi Koertzen, South Africa. Match referee: Jeff Crowe, New Zealand

Semi-Final Result: Australia vs. South Africa

2007-04-25T18:08:00.000-07:00

Australia vs. South Africa - World Cup (Semi Final 2)

Australia innings

Gilchrist b Langeveldt 1 (5)
Hayden c Smith b Pollock 41 (60)
Ponting b Nel 22 (25)
Clarke not out 60 (86)
Symonds not out 18 (16)

Extras 11 (5lb, 3w, 3nb)

Total 153 (for 3 wkts; 31.3 overs)

FoW: 1-1, 2-44, 3-110

Bowling
Pollock 5-1-16-1
Langeveldt 6-0-34-1 (1nb, 1w)
Kallis 5-1-20-0 (1nb, 1w)
Nel 7-1-31-1 (1w)
Hall 6.3-0-43-0 (1nb)
Kemp 2-0-4-0

South Africa innings
Smith b Bracken 2 (5)
De Villiers c Gilchrist b Tait 15 (34)
Kallis b McGrath 5 (9)
Gibbs c Gilchrist b Tait 39 (49)
Prince c Gilchrist b McGrath 0 (2)
Boucher c Hayden b McGrath 0 (1)
Kemp not out 49 (91)
Hall c Gilchrist b Tait 3 (8)
Pollock c & b Hogg 5 (13)
Nel c Clarke b Tait 8 (41)
Langeveldt b Watson 6 (10)
Extras 17 (4lb, 13w)
Total 149 (for 10 wkts; 43.5 overs)

FoW: 1-7, 2-12, 3-26, 4-27, 5-27, 6-87, 7-93, 8-103, 9-130, 10-149

Bowling
Bracken 7-2-15-1
McGrath 8-1-18-3 (1w)
Tait 10-0-39-4 (5w)
Watson 8.5-0-49-1
Hogg 10-2-24-1 (3w)

Australia winners by 7 wickets

Australia now moves on to the World Cup final, where they'll face Sri Lanka.

Semi-Final Result: Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand

2007-04-24T20:58:00.000-07:00

Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand - World Cup (Semi Final 1)

Sri Lanka innings

Tharanga b Vettori 73 (74)
Jayasuriya b Franklin 1 (6)
Sangakkara c Fleming b Franklin 18 (42)
Jayawardene not out 115 (109)
Silva lbw Bond 21 (33)
Dilshan lbw Oram 30 (27)
Arnold not out 14 (14)
Extras 17 (3lb, 9w, 5nb)

Total 289 (for 5 wkts; 50 overs)

FoW: 1-13, 2-67, 3-111, 4-152, 5-233

Bowling
Franklin 9-1-46-2 (2nb, 2w)
Bond 10-1-59-1 (1nb, 3w)
Oram 10-0-60-1 (2nb, 1w)
Vettori 10-0-51-1 (1w)
Patel 10-0-62-0
Styris 1-0-8-0 (1w)

New Zealand innings
Fulton c Silva b Jayasuriya 46 (77)
Fleming lbw b Malinga 1 (4)
Taylor lbw b Vaas 9 (25)
Styris c Jayawardene b Dilshan 37 (38)
Oram c & b Muralitharan 3 (7)
McCullum c Silva b Muralitharan 0 (1)
McMillan b Jayasuriya 25 (20)
Vettori lbw b Muralitharan 0 (4)
Franklin not out 30 (38)
Bond b Muralitharan 2 (4)
Patel c Fernando b Dilshan 34 (38)
Extras 21 (5b, 2lb, 8w, 6nb)
Total 208 (for 10 wkts; 41.4 overs)

FoW: 1-2, 2-32, 3-105, 4-114, 5-114, 6-115, 7-116, 8-144, 9-149, 10-208

Bowling
Vaas 8-1-25-1 (1nb)
Malinga 7-2-21-1 (5nb, 1w)
Fernando 5-0-45-0 (1w)
Muralitharan 8-0-31-4 (1w)
Jayasuriya 9-0-57-2 (3w)
Dilshan 4.4-0-22-2 (1w)

Sri Lanka winners by 81 runs

Sri Lanka now moves on to the World Cup final, where they'll face either Australia or South Africa.

Super 8's Result: West Indies vs. England

2007-04-22T00:45:00.000-07:00

West Indies vs. England - World Cup (Super Eight Match 24)

West Indies innings
C Gayle c Broad b Flintoff 79
D Smith c Collingwood b flintoff 61
B Lara run out 18
M Samuels c Collingwood b Vaughan 51
R Sarwan c Nixon b Plunkett 3
S Chanderpaul c Plunkett b Collingwood 34
D Bravo c Dalrymple b Vaughan 13
D Ramdin not out 10
J Taylor c Dalrymple b Vaughan 12
D Powell run out 0
C Collymore run out 1
Extras (lb1, nb3, w14) 18

Total 300

Fall of wickets: 1-131 (Gayle), 2-168 (Smith), 3-173 (Lara), 4-181 (Sarwan), 5-258 (Samuels), 6-276 (Chanderpaul), 7-277 (Bravo), 8-296 (Taylor), 9-298 (Powell), 10-300 (Collymore).
Bowling: Anderson 6-0-39-0 (6w), Plunkett 7-0-71-1 (2nb, 5w), Broad 6-1-32-0 (1w), Flintoff 9.5-0-59-2 (1nb), Dalrymple 3-0-19-0 (1w), Collingwood 8-0-40-1 (1w), Vaughan 10-0-39-3.
Overs: 49.5

England innings
A Strauss c Smith b Collymore 7
M Vaughan run out 79
R Bopara run out 26
K Pietersen b Taylor 100
P Collingwood b Bravo 6
A Flintoff c Powell b Sarwan 15
J Dalrymple run out 1
P Nixon b Bravo 38
L Plunkett c Bravo b Taylor 2
S Broad not out 5
J Anderson not out 0
Extras (b6, lb11, w5) 22
Total (for nine wickets) 301
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Strauss), 2-101 (Bopara), 3-154 (Vaughan), 4-162 (Collingwood), 5-185 (Flintoff), 6-189 (Dalrymple), 7-269 (Pietersen), 8-271 (Plunkett), 9-298 (Nixon)
Bowling: Collymore 10-0-61-1 (w2), Powell 10-0-58-0 (w2), Taylor 10-1-65-2, Gayle 5-0-32-0, Bravo 9.5-0-47-2 (w1), Sarwan 5-1-21-1.
Overs: 49.5

England winners by one wicket

Super 8's Result: Australia vs. New Zealand

2007-04-20T20:32:00.000-07:00

Australia vs. New Zealand - World Cup (Super Eight Match 23)

Australia's innings

Gilchrist c Gillespie b Franklin 1 (2)
Hayden c & b Styris 103 (100)
Ponting c Taylor b Patel 66 (70)
Clarke b Franklin 49 (46)
Hussey c Styris b Franklin 37 (44)
Symonds c Mason b Patel 11 (16)
Watson not out 65 (32)
Hogg not out 0 (0)
Extras 16 (1lb, 5w, 10nb)
Total 348 (for 6 wkts; 50 overs)

FoW: 1-7, 2-144, 3-216, 4-233, 5-257, 6-334

Bowling
Mason 3-0-27-0 (1nb, 1w)
Franklin 8-0-74-3 (5nb, 1w)
Patel 10-0-48-2 (1nb)
Vettori 10-0-60-0 (2nb)
Styris 10-0-50-1 (2w)
Gillespie 6-0-67-0 (1nb)
McMillan 3-0-21-0

New Zealand innings
Fulton b Hogg 62 (72)
Fleming c Ponting b Tait 12 (9)
Taylor c Hussey b McGrath 3 (6)
Styris c Hayden b McGrath 27 (22)
McMillan lbw b Tait 1 (5)
Franklin b Watson 6 (9)
McCullum c Hussey b Hogg 7 (16)
Vettori c Symonds b Hogg 4 (4)
Gillespie c McGrath b Hogg 2 (8)
Mason c Gilchrist b Tait 0 (5)
Patel not out 0 (1)
Extras 9 (7 w, 2 nb)
Total 133 (all out: 25.5 overs)

FoW: 1-21, 2-29, 3-77, 4-80, 5-89, 6-111, 7-117, 8-127, 9-133, 10-133.

Bowling
Bracken 4-0-27-0 (1w)
Tait 6-0-32-3 (1nb, 4w)
McGrath 4-0-25-2 (1nb)
Hogg 6.5-1-29-4 (1w)
Watson 5-0-20-1 (1w)

Australia winners by 215 runs

Super 8's Result: West Indies vs. Bangladesh

2007-04-19T18:43:00.000-07:00

West Indies vs. Bangladesh - World Cup (Super Eight Match 22)

West Indies innings
Gayle lbw b Rasel 1
Smith b Mortaza 5
Chanderpaul b Ahmed 50
Samuels c Rahim b Hasan 31
Sarwan not out 91
Lara c Omar b Razzak 33
Bravo not out 9

Total 230 (5 wickets; 50 overs)

FoW: 1-8, 2-8, 3-55, 4-136, 5-196

Bowling
Mortaza 10-2-39-1
Rasel 10-2-48-1
Razzak 10-0-44-1
Rafique 10-0-46-0
Hasan 8-0-38-1
Ahmed 2-0-12-1

Bangladesh innings
Omar c Gayle b Powell 16
Iqbal run out (Bravo) 7
Ahmed c Ramdin b Collymore 6
Hasan c Ramdin b Collymore 0
Ashraful c Samuels b Powell 2
Bashar c Bravo b Powell 12
Rahim not out 38
Mortaza b Bravo 37
Rafique lbw b Gayle 0
Razzak c Lara b Bravo 1
Rasel b Gayle 2

Total 131 (all out; 43.5 overs)

FoW: 1-13, 2-21, 3-23, 4-34, 5-35, 6-52, 7-110, 8-111, 9-114, 10-131

Bowling
Collymore 7-1-11-2
Powell 10-0-38-3
Taylor 8-0-25-0
Bravo 10-3-28-2
Gayle 8.5-0-28-2

West Indies winners by 99 runs

Super 8's Result: Ireland vs. Sri Lanka

2007-04-18T17:26:00.000-07:00

Ireland vs. Sri Lanka - World Cup (Super Eight Match 21)

Ireland innings
Bray c Arnold b Maharoof 20
Porterfield c Jayasuriya b Maharoof 17
Botha c Sangakkara b Maharoof 0
Morgan c Sangakkara b Maharoof 0
N O'Brien c Sangakkara b Muralitharan 4
K O'Brien c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan 2
Carroll b Muralitharan 0
Johnston run out (Maharoof) 0
McCallan lbw b Muralitharan 0
Langford-Smith lbw b Vaas 18
Rankin not out 7

FoW: 1-28, 2-28, 3-28, 4-46, 5-48, 6-48, 7-49, 8-49, 9-54, 10-77

Total 77 (all out; 27.4 overs)

Bowling
Vaas 5.4-1-18-1
Kulasekara 7-3-10-0
Maharoof 10-3-25-4
Muralitharan 5-0-19-4

Sri Lanka innings
Tharanga c Porterfield b Rankin 0
Jayasuriya not out 24
Sangakkara c Carroll b Langford-Smith 10
Jayawardene not out 39

FoW: 1-1, 2-25

Total 81 (2 wickets; 10 overs)

Bowling
Rankin 4-0-36-1
Langford-Smith 3-0-29-1
Botha 1-0-4-0
O'Brien 1-0-4-0
Carroll 1-0-8-0

Sri Lanka winners by 8 wickets

Super 8's Result: England vs. South Africa

2007-04-17T17:17:00.000-07:00

England vs. South Africa - World Cup (Super Eight Match 20)

England:
I.Bell c Prince b Langeveldt 7
M.Vaughan lbw b Nel 17
A.Strauss c Smith b Kallis 46
K.Pietersen c Smith b Nel 3
P.Collingwood lbw b Hall 30
A.Flintoff b Hall 5
R.Bopara not out 27
P.Nixon c Boucher b Hall 1
S.Mahmood b Hall 0
M.Panesar c Boucher b Nel 2
J.Anderson lbw b Hall 0
Extras (b-4 lb-4 w-5 nb-3) 16
Total (10 wickets, 48 overs) 154

Fall of wickets: 1-9 2-37 3-53 4-111 5-115 6-119 7-121 8-121 9-144 10-154
Bowling: Pollock 10-2-17-0 (1nb), Langeveldt 7-1-38-1, Nel 10-3-35-3 (2nb, 4w), Hall 10-2-18-5, Kallis 8-0-22-1, Kemp 3-0-16-0 (1w)

South Africa:
AB de Villiers c Nixon b Flintoff 42
G.Smith not out 89
J.Kallis not out 17
Extras (b-4 w-3 nb-2) 9
Total (1 wicket; 19.2 overs) 157

Fall of wickets: 1-85
Bowling: Anderson 5-0-32-0 (2w), Mahmood 4.2-0-49-0 (1nb), Flintoff 6-0-36-1 (1nb, 1w), Panesar 2-0-24-0, Collingwood 2-0-12-0

South Africa winners by 9 wickets

Super 8's Result: Australia vs. Sri Lanka

2007-04-16T17:42:00.000-07:00

Australia vs. Sri Lanka - World Cup (Super Eight Match 19)

Sri Lanka innings
Upul Tharanga c Hayden b Bracken 6
Sanath Jayasuriya lbw b Bracken 12
Kumar Sangakkara lbw b McGrath 0
Mahela Jayawardene st Gilchrist b Hogg 72
Chamara Silva c Clarke b Hogg 64
Tillakaratne Dilshan c Hodge b Tait 7
Russel Arnold b Tait 3
Farveez Maharoof c Symonds b Bracken 25
Nuwan Kulasekara c Hayden b Bracken 1
Malinga Bandara c Hogg b McGrath 17
Dilhara Fernando not out 0
Extras (lb-5 w-11 nb-3) 19
Total all out (49.4 overs) 226

Fall of wickets: 1-26 2-27 3-27 4-167 5-174 6-178 7-183 8-184 9-218 10-226
Bowling: Bracken 9.4-3-19-4, Tait 10-0-68-2, McGrath 9-1-48-2, Hogg 10-0-35-2, Symonds 3-0-15-0, Clarke 8-0-36-0.

Australia innings
A.Gilchrist lbw b Arnold 30
M.Hayden c Dilshan b Arnold 41
R.Ponting not out 66
M.Clarke c Dilshan b Bandara 23
A.Symonds not out 63
Extras (w-4 nb-5) 9
Total (3 wickets, 42.4 overs) 232

Fall of wickets: 1-76 2-79 3-126
Bowling: Fernando 6-1-36-0 (3nb), Maharoof 7-0-52-0 (1nb), Kulasekara 4-0-20-0 (1nb), Arnold 4-0-20-2, Bandara 9.4-0-53-1, Jayasuriya 6-0-32-0, Dilshan 6-0-19-0

Australia winners by 7 wickets

Super 8's Result: Ireland vs. Bangladesh

2007-04-16T00:37:00.000-07:00

Ireland vs. Bangladesh - World Cup (Super Eight Match 18)

Ireland innings
William Porterfield c Rafique b Mortaza 85
Jeremy Bray run out (Hasan/ Rahim) 31
Eoin Morgan run out (Rahim/ Hossain) 5
Niall O'Brien c Tamim Iqbal b Hasan 10
Kevin O'Brien run out (sub/ Rahim) 48
Trent Johnston c Nafees b Mortaza 30
Andrew White run out (sub/ Rahim) 4
Dave Langford-Smith not out 6
Andre Botha not out 1
Extras: (b 1, lb 11, w 6, nb 5) 23
Total: (seven wickets in 50 overs) 243

Fall of wickets: 1-92 (Bray, 25.3 overs), 2-101 (Morgan, 27.5), 3-128 (Niall, 33.2), 4-176 (Porterfield, 41.3), 5-215 (Kevin, 47.1), 6-233 (White, 48.5), 7-237 (Johnston, 49.3)

Bowling:
Mashrafe Mortaza 10-1-38-2 (3nb)
Shahadat Hossain 9-1-51-0 (2nb, 1w)
Abdur Razzak 9-0-48-0 (2w)
Mohammad Rafique 10-0-42-0 (2w)
Saqibul Hasan 10-0-44-1
Aftab Ahmed 2-0-8-0 (1w)

Bangladesh innings
Tamim Iqbal b Johnston 29
Shahriar Nafees c Niall b Rankin 7
Aftab Ahmed c Niall b Botha 12
Saqibul Hasan run out (Botha) 3
Mohammad Ashraful c Langford-Smith b Rankin 35
Habibul Bashar b Johnston 32
Mushfiqur Rahim b McCallan 16
Mashrafe Mortaza c & b Langford-Smith 0
Mohammad Rafique c Johnston b Langford-Smith 2
Abdur Razzak b McCallan 11
Shahadat Hossain not out 0
Extras (lb 4, w 18) 22
Total (all out in 41.2 overs) 169

Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Shahriar Nafees, 6.3 overs), 2-45 (Aftab Ahmed, 10.1), 3-48 (Saqibul Hasan, 12.4), 4-93 (Tamim Iqbal, 19.6), 5-102 (Mohammad Ashraful, 21.6), 6-131 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 30.4), 7-134 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 31.2), 8-138 (Mohammad Rafique, 33.4), 9-169 (Abdur Razzak, 40.4)

Bowling:
Boyd Rankin 8-0-42-2 (9w)
Dave Langford-Smith 10-1-27-2 (3w)
Andre Botha 8-0-31-1
Trent Johnston 7.2-0-40-2 (2w)
Kyle McCallan 8-1-25-2

Ireland winners by 74 runs

Super 8's Result: South Africa vs. New Zealand

2007-04-14T18:44:00.000-07:00

South Africa vs. New Zealand - World Cup (Super Eight Match 17)

South Africa innings
Smith c Oram b Bond 1 7
de Villiers lbw b Franklin 0
Kallis c Bond b Vettori 22
Gibbs b McMillan 60
Prince c Patel b McMillan 37
Boucher c Fulton b McMillan 16
Pollock not out 21
Hall c Oram b Bond 17
Peterson not out 8

Total 193 (7 wickets; 50 overs)

Fow: 1-3, 2-3, 3-52, 4-128, 5-143, 6-149, 7-181

Bowling
Franklin 7-2-16-1
Bond 10-1-26-2
Oram 5-2-23-0
Patel 10-1-36-0
Vettori 10-0-50-1
Styris 3-0-16-0
McMillan 5-0-23-3

New Zealand innings
Fulton c Hall b Ntini 16
Fleming c Boucher b Pollock 50
Taylor lbw b Nel 10
Styris c Gibbs b Peterson 56
McMillan not out 38
Oram b Nel 10 5
McCullum not out 4

Total 196 (5 wickets; 48.2 overs)

FoW: 1-25, 2-42, 3-120, 4-176, 5-192

Bowling
Pollock 10-0-30-1
Ntini 10-0-42-1
Nel 9.2-0-33-2
Hall 8-0-32-0
Kallis 4-0-17-0
Peterson 7-0-39-1

New Zealand winners by five wickets

Super 8's Result: Australia vs. Ireland

2007-04-13T18:24:00.000-07:00

Australia vs. Ireland - World Cup (Super Eight Match 16)

Ireland innings
Bray b McGrath 1
Porterfield lbw b Tait 1
Morgan c Hayden b McGrath 0
N O'Brien b Tait 0
K O'Brien c Hodge b Clark 16
White c Hogg b McGrath 6
Johnston b Tait 17
McCallan c Tait b Symonds 5
Mooney run out (Tait) 23
Langford-Smith c Ponting b Hogg 2
Rankin not out
Total 91 (all out: 30 overs)

FoW: 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-12, 5-32, 6-42, 7-54, 8-72, 9-80, 10-91

Bowling
McGrath 7-1-17-3
Tait 6-1-39-3
Clark 8-1-19-1
Hogg 6-2-9-1
Symonds 3-1-7-1

Australia innings
Gilchrist b Johnston 34
Hussey not out 30
Symonds not out 15
Total 92 (for 1 wkt: 12.2 overs)

FoW: 1-62

Bowling
Langford-Smith 3-0-27-0
Rankin 4.2-0-24-0
Johnston 3-0-18-1
Mooney 1-0-14-0
McCallan 1-0-5-0

Australia winners by 9 wickets

Super 8's Result: New Zealand vs. Sri Lanka

2007-04-12T17:56:00.000-07:00

New Zealand vs. Sri Lanka - World Cup (Super Eight Match 15)

New Zealand innings
Fulton c Silva v Vaas 28 (54)
Fleming lbw b Vaas 0 (4)
Taylor c Sangakkara b Vaas 0 (2)
Styris not out 111 (157)
McMillan c Silva b Muralitharan 1 (7)
Oram c Maharoof b Dilshan 31 (45)
McCullum lbw b Muralitharan 1 (2)
Vettori c Silve b Muralitharan 5 (7)
Franklin not out 25 (27)
Extras 17 (2b, 2lb, 8w, 5 nb)
Total 219 (for 7 wkts: 50 overs)

FoW: 1-1, 2-4, 3-71, 4-77, 5-141, 6-145, 7-155

Bowling
Vaas 9-2-33-3 (1w)
Fernando 7-2-31-0 (3nb, 1w)
Maharoof 6-0-31-0 (1nb)
Muralitharan 10-0-32-3 (1nb, 2w)
Jayasuriya 10-0-44-0
Dilshan 8-1-44-1

Sri Lankan innings
Tharanga c Bond b Franklin 11 (21)
Jayasuriya c McCullum b Oram 64 (80)
Sangakkara not out 69 (104)
Jayawardene c sub b Vettori 15 (16)
Silva c Bond b Vettori 23 (34)
Dilshan not out 14 (24)
Extras 26 (4b, 7lb, 7w, 8nb)
Total 222 (for 4 wkts; 45.1 overs)

FoW: 1-30, 2-130, 3-152, 4-180

Bowling
Franklin 8-0-49-1 (1nb, 2w)
Bond 8-0-26-0
Gillespie 6.1-1-42-0 (4nb)
Vettori 10-0-35-2 (1nb,1w)
Styris 7-1-28-0
Oram 6-0-31-1 (2nb)

Super 8's Result: Bangladesh vs. England

2007-04-11T17:18:00.000-07:00

Bangladesh vs. England - World Cup (Super Eight Match 14)

Bangladesh innings
Iqbal c Collingwood b Mahmood 8 (7)
Nafees c Strauss b Mahmood 9 (18)
Bashar run out (Vaughan/Nixon) 4 (18)
Rahim b Flintoff 7 (11)
Hasan not out 57 (95)
Ashraful c Nixon b Anderson 6 (11)
Ahmed c Nixon b Anderson 10 (5)
Mortaza b Panesar 13 (43)
Rafique c Strauss b Panesar 0 (4)
Razzak c Collingwood b Panesar 15 (17)
Rasel c Flintoff b Mahmood 4 (2)
Extras 15 (3lb, 10w, 2nb)
Total 143 (for 10 wkts; 37.2 overs)

FoW: 1-9, 2-23, 3-26, 4-40, 5-47, 6-65, 7-112, 8-113, 9-137, 10-143

Bowling
Anderson 8-0-30-2 (4w)
Mahmood 8.2-0-27-3 (2w)
Flintoff 8-0-38-1 (2nb, 4w)
Panesar 7-2-25-3
Collingwood 4-0-14-0
Bopara 2-0-6-0

England innings
Bell c Ahmed b Rasel 0 (10)
Vaughan c Bashar b Razzak 30 (59)
Strauss lbw b Rasel 23 (37)
Pietersen c sub (Reza) b Razzak 10 (25)
Collingwood not out 23 (74)
Flintoff b Rafique 23 (21)
Bopara b Rafique 0 (4)
Nixon not out 20 (39)
Extras 18 (4b, 8lb, 6w)
Total 147 (for 6 wkts; 44.5 overs)

FoW: 1-7, 2-48, 3-70, 4-79, 5-110, 6-110

Bowling
Mortaza 8-3-28-0 (3w)
Rasel 10-3-25-2
Razzak 10-1-30-2
Rafique 10-3-33-2 (2w)
Hasan 6-0-19-0

England winners by 4 wickets

Super 8's Result: West Indies vs. South Africa

2007-04-10T17:03:00.000-07:00

West Indies vs. South Africa - World Cup (Super Eight Match 13)

West Indies innings
Gayle run out (Prince) 32 (35)
Chanderpaul c Smith b Pollock 4 (7)
Smith c de Villiers b Nel 33 (27)
Lara b Kallis 21 (26)
Sarwan c Pollock b Ntini 92 (75)
Bravo c Gibbs b Pollock 6 (11)
Pollard b Kallis 10 (17)
Ramdin c sub (Peterson) b Smith 4 (9)
Bradshaw c Hall b Smith 20 (45)
Powell not out 48 (42)
Collymore not out 12 (13)
Extras 7 (4lb, 3w)
Total 289 (for 9 wkts; 50 overs)

FoW: 1-5, 2-65, 3-69, 4-119, 5-142, 6-169, 7-181, 8-213, 9-254

Bowling
Pollock 10-1-33-2
Ntini 10-1-57-1
Nel 10-0-54-1
Hall 9-0-49-0 (2w)
Kallis 8-0-36-2
Smith 4-0-46-2

South African innings
De Villiers c Chanderpaul b Collymore 146 (130)
Smith c Ramdin b Collymore 7 (22)
Kallis b Gayle 81 (86)
Gibbs not out 61 (40)
Boucher c & b Bravo 52 (23)
Pollock not out 0 (0)
Extras 9 (3lb, 6w)
Total 356 (for 4 wkts; 50 overs)

FoW: 1-21, 2-191, 3-261, 4-347

Bowling
Collymore 10-0-41-2 (3w)
Powell 10-0-78-0 (1w)
Bradshaw 10-0-73-0 (2w)
Bravo 7-0-69-1
Pollard 3-0-20- (1w)
Gayle 6-0-42-1
Sarwan 4-0-30-0

South Africa winners by 67 runs

Super 8's Result: New Zealand vs. Ireland

2007-04-09T16:44:00.000-07:00

New Zealand vs. Ireland - World Cup (Super Eight Match 12)

New Zealand innings
Fulton lbw b McCallan 83 (110)
Fleming c Porterfield b Rankin 10 (11)
Marshall c Morgan b Langford-Smith 16 (21)
Styris c N O'Brien b Langford-Smith 10 (15)
McMillan c Johnston b McCallan 22 (29)
Oram c Morgan b White 20 (48)
McCullum c Morgan b Johnston 47 (37)
Vettori c N O'Brien b White 5 (7)
Franklin not out 34 (22)
Bond not out 0 (0)
Extras 16 (3b, 1lb,12w)
Total 263 (for 8 wkts; 50 overs)

FoW: 1-35, 2-59, 3-83, 4-118, 5-1772, 6-181, 7-189, 8-260.

Bowling
Langford-Smith 10-1-41-2 (1w)
Rankin 8-0-55-1 (7w)
Johnston 10-0-63-1 (1w)
McCallan 10-0-35-2 (1w)
White 10-0-45-2
K O'Brien 2-0-20-0

Ireland's innings
Porterfield c Styris b Bond 11 (22)
Bray c McCullum b Bond 1 (5)
Morgan c McCullum b Oram 15 (37)
N O'Brien c Oram b Patel 30 (75)
K O'Brien run out 49 (45)
Johnston lbw b Patel 13 (19)
White lbw b Vettori 0 (4)
Gillespie lbw b Vettori 2 (8)
McCallan b Vettori 0 (8)
Langford-Smith not out 0 (4)
Rankin lbw b Vettori 0 (1)
Extras 13 (3lb, 8w, 2nb)
Total 134 (all out, 37.4 overs)

FoW: 1-5, 2-22, 3-35, 4-110, 5-125, 6-127, 7-133, 8-133, 9-134, 10-134.

Bowling
Franklin 8-1-27-0 (1nb)
Bond 5-0-18-2 (1nb, 2w)
Oram 6-2-15-1 (1w)
Patel 7-1-32-2
Vettori 8.4-1-23-4 (1w)
Styris 3-0-16-0
K O'Brien 2-0-20-0

New Zealand winners by 129 runs

Super 8's Result: Australia vs. England

2007-04-09T03:07:00.000-07:00

Australia vs. England - World Cup (Super Eight Match 11)

England innings
Bell c Hussey b McGrath 77 (90)
Vaughan b Tait 5 (8)
Strauss b Tait 7 (10)
Pietersen c Clarke b Bracken 104 (122)
Collingwood c Gilchrist b Tait 2 (5)
Flintoff st Gilchrist b Hogg 4 (19)
Bopara c Hussey b Bracken 21 (36)
Nixon c Hodge b McGrath 8 (6)
Mahmood c Hodge b Bracken 0 (2)
Panesar not out 1 (2)
Anderson lbw b McGrath 0 (1)
Extras 18 (4b, 4lb, 7w, 3nb)
Total 247 (all out; 49.5 overs)

FoW: 1-10 (Vaughan, 3.2 ov), 2-24 (Strauss, 5.6 ov), 3-164 (Bell, 29.3 ov), 4-167 (Collingwood, 30.3 ov), 5-179 (Flintoff, 35.3 ov), 6-230 (Bopara, 46.2 ov),
7-240 (Pietersen, 48.4 ov), 8-240 (Mahmood, 48.6 ov), 9-246 (Nixon, 49.2 ov), 10-247 (Anderson, 49.5 ov)

Bowling
Bracken 10-1-33-3 (1w)
Tait 10-0-41-3 (2nb, 3w)
McGrath 9.5-0-62-3 (1w)
Clarke 4-0-27-0
Hogg 10-0-36-1 (1w)
Symonds 6-0-40-0

Australia innings
Gilchrist c Collingwood b Flintoff 27 (37)
Hayden b Collingwood 41 (50)
Ponting run out (Collingwood) 86 (106)
Clarke not out 55 (63)
Symonds not out 28 (28)
Extras 11 (1b, 5lb, 5w)
Total 248 (3 wkts; 47.2 overs)

FoW: 1-57 (Gilchrist, 10.6 ov), 2-89 (Hayden, 19.1 ov), 3-201 (Ponting, 40.1 ov)

Bowling
Anderson 10-1-49-0 (3w)
Mahmood 9.2-1-60-0 (1w)
Flintoff 10-1-35-1
Panesar 9-0-48-0
Collingwood 9-0-50-1 (1w)

Australia winners by seven wickets

Super 8's Result: Bangladesh vs. South Africa

2007-04-08T18:16:00.000-07:00

Bangladesh vs. South Africa - World Cup (Super Eight Match 10)

Bangladesh innings
Omar c Smith b Nel 17 (41)
Iqbal c Boucher b Nel 38 (59)
Bashar c&b Nel 5 (14)
Hasan c Smith b Kallis 9 (27)
Ashraful c Langeveldt b Nel 87 (83)
Ahmed c Nel b Ntini 35 (43)
Rahim run out (Kemp) 6 (13)
Mortaza b Nel 25 (16)
Rafique not out 3 (7)
Razzak not out 2 (2)
Extras 24 (7lb, 5nb, 12w)
Total 251 (8 wickets; 50 overs)

FoW: 1-42, 2-59, 3-69, 4-84, 5-160, 6-179, 7-233, 8-248

Bowling
Pollock 10 - 1 - 25 - 0
Ntini 10 - 1 - 61 - 1
Nel 10 - 1 - 45 - 5
Langeveldt 10 - 0 - 57 - 0
Kallis 6 - 0 - 27 - 1
Smith 3 - 0 - 16 - 0
Kemp 1 - 0 - 13 - 0

South Africa innings
Smith b Rasel 12 (24)
De Villiers b Razzak 15 (39)
Kallis c Khan b Rasel 32 (36)
Kemp c&b Hasan 7 (29)
Prince run out (Chowdhury) 1 (7)
Boucher c Rasel b Hasan 12 (26)
Gibbs not out 56 (59)
Pollock run out (Khan) 17 (23)
Nel c&b Rafique 1 (5)
Langeveldt lbw Razzak 9 (32)
Ntini c Bin Mortaza b Razzak 8 (11)
Extras 14 (2lb, 12w)
Total 184 (all out; 48.4 overs)

FoW: 1-18, 2-63, 3-64, 4-67, 5-8), 6-87, 7-13), 8-137, 9-162, 10-184

Bowling
Mortaza 9 - 0 - 45 - 0
Rasel 10 - 0 - 41 - 2
Razzak 9.4 - 1 - 25 - 3
Rafique 10 - 2 - 22 - 1
Hasan 10 - 0 - 49 - 2

Bangladesh winners by 67 runs

Super 8's Result: Sri Lanka vs. England

2007-04-04T21:37:00.000-07:00

Sri Lanka vs. England World Cup (Super Eight Match 9)
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium

Sri Lanka innings
Tharanga c Pietersen b Flintoff 62
Jayasuriya b Mahmood 25
Sangakkara c Collingwood b Mahmood 17
Jayawardene c Joyce b Collingwood 56
Silva b Flintoff 24
Dilshan run out 5
Arnold c Joyce b Mahmood 20
Vaas c Collingwood b Flintoff 4
Malinga c Nixon b Mahmood 2
Muralitharan not out 2
Fernando run out 2
Extras (b 3, lb 5, w 4, nb 4) 16
TOTAL (50 overs) 235

Bowling
Anderson 10-1-39-0
Mahmood 9-0-50-4
Flintoff 10-0-35-3
Collingwood 10-0-44-1
Panesar 8-0-45-0
Vaughan 3-0-14-0

England innings
Joyce lbw b Malinga 10
Vaughan c Sangakkara b Vaas 0
Bell run out 47
Pietersen c & b Muralitharan 58
Collingwood lbw b Fernando 14
Flintoff c Malinga b Fernando 2
Bopara b Fernando 52
Nixon c Jayawardene b Malinga 42
Mahmood not out 2
Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 2, nb 2) 6
TOTAL (8 wkts, 50 overs) 233
Bowling
Vaas 8-1-45-1
Malinga 10-1-50-2
Fernando 9-0-41-3
Jayasuriya 8-0-31-0
Dilshan 5-1-16-0
Muralitharan 10-1-48-1

Sri Lanka winners by 2 runs

Super 8's Result: Ireland vs. South Africa

2007-04-03T19:08:00.000-07:00

Ireland vs. South Africa - World Cup (Super Eight Match 8)

Guyana National Stadium

IRELAND
J Bray lbw b Pollock 0
W Porterfield c Kallis b Pollock 14
E Morgan c Prince b Hall 28
N O'Brien c Gibbs b Langeveldt 25
A White c Gibbs b Smith 30
A Botha c de Villiers b Hall 14
D Johnston not out 13
W McCallan c Boucher b Langeveldt 3
P Mooney c Boucher b Langeveldt 0
D Langford-Smith not out 17
Extras (b 1, lb 3, w 4) 8
Total (8 wickets; 35 overs) 152

Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Bray, 2.3 ov), 2-31 (Porterfield, 12.3 ov), 3-63 (Morgan, 19.5 ov), 4-77 (O'Brien, 22.5 ov), 5-116 (White, 28.6 ov), 6-119 (Botha, 30.1 ov), 7-124 (McCallan, 31.3 ov), 8-124 (Mooney, 31.4 ov).

Bowling: S Pollock 7-2-17-2, M Ntini 7-2-14-0 (2w), C Langeveldt 7-0-41-3 (2w), A Hall 7-0-37-2, J Kemp 3-0-14-0, J Kallis 3-0-20-0, G Smith 1-0-5-1.

SOUTH AFRICA
AB de Villiers c Porterfield b Rankin 0
G Smith c & b Johnston 41
J Kallis not out 66
H Gibbs c White b Rankin 6
A Prince not out 47
Extras (w 1, nb 4) 5
Total (3 wickets; 31.3 overs) 165

Fall of wickets: 1-1 (de Villiers, 0.3 ov), 2-71 (Smith, 12.1 ov), 3-85 (Gibbs, 16.3 ov).

Bowling: W Rankin 7-1-26-2 (1nb, 1w), D Langford-Smith 5-0-31-0, P Mooney 3.3-0-40-0 (3nb), D Johnston 3-0-15-1, A Botha 6-0-18-0, W McCallan 5-0-27-0, A White 2-0-8-0.

South Africa winners by seven wickets

Super 8's Result: Bangladesh vs. New Zealand

2007-04-02T17:47:00.000-07:00

Bangladesh vs. New Zealand - World Cup (Super Eight Match 7)
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium

Bangladesh innings
Omar c McCullum b Oram 22 (51)
Iqbal st McCullum b Oram 29 (54)
Aftab c sub b Styris 27 (39)
Hasan b Bond 25 (41)
Bashar run out 9 (21)
Ashraful b Styris 3 (8)
Rahim b Bond 0 (5)
Mortaza b Styris 2 (16)
Rafique not out 30 (36)
Razzak c sub b Styris 0 (2)
Rasel b Oram 10 (18)
Extras 17 (5b, 10 lb, 2w)
Total 174 (all out; 48.3 overs)

FoW: 1-55, 2-62, 3-105, 4-122, 5-127, 6-127, 7-129, 8-140, 9-140, 10-174.

Bowling
Maston 1.3-1-4-0
Bond 10-4-15-2
McMillan 1.3-0-6-0
Franklin 6-1-27-0
Oram 9.3-0-30-3 (1w)
Vettori 10-0-34-0 (1w)
Styris 10-1-43-4

New Zealand innings
Fulton c Iqbal b Rasel 15 (30)
Fleming not out 102 (92)
Marshall not out 50 (54)
Extras 11 (11w)
Total 178 (for 1 wkt; 29.2 overs)

FoW: 1-44

Bowling
Mortaza 6-0-41-0 (1w)
Rasel 7-0-22-1 (2w)
Razzak 8-0-38-0 (2w)
Rafique 5-0-37-0 (2w)
Hasan 3-0-33-0
Ashraful 0.2-0-7-0

New Zealand winners by nine wickets

Super 8's Result: Sri Lanka vs. West Indies

2007-04-01T18:02:00.000-07:00

Sri Lanka vs. West Indies - World Cup (Super Eight Match 6)
Guyana National Stadium

Sri Lanka innings
Tharanga b Powell 8 (25)
Jayasuriya b Powell 115 (101)
Sangakkara c Ramdin b Bradshaw 7 (10)
Jayawardene b Bravo 82 (113)
Silva c Lara b Sarwan 23 (31)
Dilshan not out 39 (22)
Arnold not out 4 (4)
Extras 25 (7lb, 13w, 5nb)
Total 303 (5 wkts; 50 overs)

FoW: 1-18 (Tharanga, 5.5 ov), 2-35 (Sangakkara, 8.4 ov), 3-218 (Jayasuriya, 38.4 ov), 4-251 (Jayawardene, 44.1 ov), 5-268 (Silva, 46.4 ov)

Bowling
Taylor 8-1-32-0 (4w)
Powell 10-1-38-2 (2nb, 2w)
Bradshaw 10-0-67-1 (1nb, 1w)
Smith 3-0-23-0
Gayle 9-0-60-0 (2nb, 3w)
Bravo 7-0-59-1 (2w)
Sarwan 3-0-17-1 (1w)

West Indies innings
Gayle c Fernando b Malinga 10 (21)
Bravo b Vaas 21 (24)
Chanderpaul b Malinga 76 (110)
Lara st Sangakkara b Vaas 2 (4)
Sarwan st Sangakkara b Jayasuriya 44 (68)
Samuels lbw b Muralitharan 3 (5)
Smith run out (Malinga) 0 (2)
Ramdin c Vaas b Jayasuriya 2 (5)
Bradshaw not out 6 (17)
Taylor lbw b Muralitharan 13 (9)
Powell b Jayasuriya 2 (4)
Extras 11 (1lb, 8w, 2nb)
Total 190 (all out; 44.3 overs)

FoW: 1-20 (Gayle, 5.2 ov), 2-40 (Bravo, 8.3 ov), 3-42 (Lara, 10.1 ov), 4-134 (Sarwan, 34.2 ov), 5-147 (Samuels, 35.6 ov), 6-148 (Smith, 36.4 ov),
7-158 (Ramdin, 38.1 ov), 8-173 (Chanderpaul, 41.2 ov), 9-187 (Taylor, 43.4 ov), 10-190 (Powell, 44.3 ov)

Bowling
Vaas 8-1-19-2 (1nb)
Malinga 5-0-34-2 (2w)
Fernando 7-3-19-0 (1w, 1nb)
Dilshan 4-0-11-0
Arnold 3-0-9-0
Muralitharan 9-0-59-2 (1w)
Jayasuriya 8.3-0-38-3

Sri Lanka winners by 113 runs

Super 8's Result: Australia vs. Bangladesh

2007-03-31T19:30:00.000-07:00

Australia vs. Bangladesh - World Cup (Super Eight Match 5)
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium

Bangladesh innings
Tamim Iqbal c Hogg b Bracken 3 (14)
Shahriar Nafees b McGrath 1 (4)
Aftab Ahmed c Bracken b McGrath 11 (7)
Saqibul Hasan c Gilchrist b Tait 25 (36)
Mohammad Ashraful c Ponting b McGrath 6 (8)
Habibul Bashar c Ponting b Bracken 24 (43)
Mashrafe Mortaza not out 25 (17)
Mushfiqur Rahim not out 2 (3)
Extras 7 (7w)
Total 104 (for 6 wkts: 22 overs)

FoW: 1-4, 2-8, 3-25, 4-37, 5-65, 6-97.

Bowling
Bracken 4-0-20-2 (1w)
McGrath 5-0-16-3 (1w)
Tait 4-0-28-1 (4w)
Watson 1.4-0-4-0
Hogg 5-0-20-0
Symonds 2.2-0-16-0

Australian innings
Gilchrist not out 59 (44)
Hayden not out 47 (39)
Total 106 (without loss; 13.5 overs)

Bowling
Mashrafe Mortaza 4-0-20-0
Tapash Baisya 2.5-0-35-0
Aftab Ahmed 0.1-0-1-0
Abdur Razzak 3-0-15-0
Mohammad Rafique 3-0-21-0
Saqibul Hasan 0.5-0-14-0

Australia winners by 10 wickets

Super 8's Result: England vs. Ireland

2007-03-30T20:36:00.000-07:00

England vs. Ireland - World Cup (Super Eight Match 4)
Guyana National Stadium

England Innings
Joyce b Rankin 1(5)
Vaughan c N O’Brien b Rankin 6 (13)
Bell c N O’Brien b K O’Brien 31 (74)
Pietersen c Porterfield b McCallan 48 (47)
Collingwood run out (White/Johnson) 90 (82)
Flintoff b Johnston 43 (62)
Nixon c Morgan b Botha 19 (15)
Bopara not out 10 (5)
Mahmood not out 0 (0)
Extras: 18 (lb2, w13, nb3)
Total: 266 (7 wickets; 50 overs)

FoW: 1-6 (Joyce, 1.1 overs), 2- 23 (Vaughan, 5.2 overs) 3-89 (Bell, 21.2 overs), 4-113 (Pietersen, 26.3 overs), 5-194 (Flintoff, 43.3 overs), 6-245 (Nixon, 48.2 overs), 7-258 (Collingwood, 49.3 overs)

Bowling:
Langford-Smith 7 – 0 – 38 – 0 (3nb, 3w)
Rankin 7 – 1 – 28 – 2 (4w)
Johnston 10 – 0 – 70 - 1
Botha 10 – 1 – 56 - 1
K O’Brien 4 – 0 – 26 – 1 (2w)
McCallan 10 – 0 – 38 – 1 (2w)
White 2 – 0 – 8 – 0

Ireland Innings
Porterfield c Bell b Flintoff 31 (68)
Bray c Bopara b Anderson 0 (1)
Morgan run out (Mahmood) 2 (7)
N O’Brien st Nixon b Vaughan 63 (88)
Botha c Flintoff b Panesar 18 (39)
K O’Brien lbw b Panesar 12 (19)
Johnston b Flintoff 27 (21)
White c Nixon b Collingwood 38 (35)
McCallan b Flintoff 5 (6)
Langford-Smith lbw b Flintoff 1 (2)
Rankin not out 4 (8)
Extras: 17 (lb3, w 9, nb 5)
Total: 218 (all out, 48.1 overs)

FoW: 1-6 (Bray, 0.5 overs), 2-11 (Morgan, 3.4 overs), 3-72 (Porterfield, 18.5 overs), 4-116 (Botha, 29.5 overs), 5-139 (K O’Brien, 35.6 overs), 6-139 (N O’Brien, 36.2 overs), 7-197 (Johnston, 44.5 overs), 8-209 (White, 45.5 overs), 9-210 (Langford-Smith, 46.1 overs), 10-218 (McCallan, 48.1 overs)

Bowling:
Anderson 7 – 1 – 35 – 1 (4w)
Mahmood 8 – 2 – 34 – 0 (1nb, 1w)
Flintoff 8.1 – 1 – 43 – 4 (4nb)
Collingwood 6 – 0 – 38 – 1 (1w)
Panesar 10 – 1 – 31 - 2
Vaughan 9 – 0 – 34 – 1 (1w)

Super 8's Result: West Indies vs. New Zealand

2007-03-29T19:07:00.000-07:00

West Indies vs. New Zealand - World Cup (Super Eight Match 3)
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium

West Indies innings
Gayle b Oram 44 (56)
Chanderpaul c Styris b Bond 4 (28)
Sarwan c McCullum b Oram 19 (27)
Samuels c McCullum b Oram 9 (18)
Lara c McCullum b Styris 37 (49)
Bravo c McCullum b Bond 18 (30)
Ramdin c Oram b Vettori 15 (22)
Simmons not out 14 (26)
Smith b Vettori 8 (6)
Powell lbw b Vettori 0 (1)
Collymore b Bond 0 (5)
Extras 9 (1b, 5lb, 3w)
Total 177 (all out; 44.4 overs)

FoW: 1-14, 2-66, 3-78, 4-81, 5-128, 6-150, 7-158, 8-176, 9-176, 10-177.

Bowling
Mason 6-2-14-0 (1w)
Bond 8.4-0-31-3 (2w)
Franklin 3-0-29-0
Oram 8-2-23-3
Styris 10-1-35-1
Vettori 9-1-39-3

New Zealand innings
Fulton b Powell 0 (2)
Fleming run out 45 (66)
Marshall c Lara b Powell 15 (23)
Styris not out 80 (90)
McMillan not out 33 (57)
Extras 6 (1lb, 3w, 2nb)
Total 179 (for 3 wkts;39.2 overs)

FoW: 1-0, 2-36, 3-77

Bowling
Powell 10-2-39-2 (2nb, 1w)
Smith 5-0-24-0 (1w)
Collymore 9-0-43-0
Bravo 8-0-32-0
Gayle 6.2-0-35-0 (1w)
Sarwan 1-0-5-0

New Zealand winners by 7 wickets

Super 8's Result: Sri Lanka vs. South Africa

2007-03-28T18:01:00.000-07:00

Sri Lanka vs. South Africa - World Cup (Super Eight Match 2)
Guyana National Stadium

Sri Lanka innings
Tharanga c Kemp b Ntini 12 (13)
Jayasuriya c Kallis b Langeveldt 26 (27)
Jayawardene c de Villiers b Langeveldt 12 (31)
Sangakkara c Boucher b Hall 28 (38)
Silva run out (Gibbs) 9 (27)
Dilshan c Kemp b Ntini 58 (76)
Arnold c Boucher b Langeveldt 50 (73)
Maharoof c Ntini b Langeveldt 5 (9)
Vaas c Gibbs b Langeveldt 0 (1)
Malinga not out 0 (2)
Muralitharan run out (Pollock) 1 (1)
Extras 8 (3lb, 4w, 1nb)
Total 209 (all out; 49.3 overs)

FoW: 1-13 (Tharanga, 3.1 ov), 2-45 (Jayasuriya, 10.1 ov), 3-65 (Jayawardene, 14.4 ov), 4-90 (Sangakkara, 21.3 ov), 5-98 (Silva, 24.1 ov), 6-195 (Dilshan, 45.5 ov),
7-208 (Arnold, 48.2 ov), 8-208 (Maharoof, 48.5 ov), 9-208 (Vaas, 48.6 ov), 10-209 (Muralitharan, 49.3 ov)

Bowling
Pollock 8-0-46-0
Ntini 8-0-26-2
Langeveldt 10-1-39-5 (1nb)
Hall 9.3-0-33-1 (3w)
Kallis 6-0-24-0
Peterson 5-0-22-0 (1w)
Smith 3-0-16-0

South Africa innings
Smith st Sangakkara b Muralitharan 59 (65)
de Villiers b Vaas 0 (5)
Kallis c Sangakkara b Malinga 86 (110)
Gibbs c & b Muralitharan 31 (51)
Boucher lbw b Muralitharan 0 (1)
Kemp st Sangakkara b Jayasuriya 5 (16)
Pollock b Malinga 13 (24)
Hall c Tharanga b Malinga 0 (1)
Peterson not out 4 (8)
Ntini b Malinga 0 (1)
Langeveldt not out 1 (9)
Extras 13 (5b, 4lb, 3w, 1nb)
Total 212 (9 wickets; 48.2 overs)

FoW: 1-1 (de Villiers, 0.6 ov), 2-95 (Smith, 17.2 ov), 3-160 ((Gibbs, 32.1 ov), 4-160 (Boucher, 32.2 ov), 5-182 (Kemp, 37.6 ov), 6-206 (Pollock, 44.5 ov),
7-206 (Hall, 44.6 ov), 8-207 (Kallis, 46.1 ov), 9-207 (Ntini, 46.2 ov)

Bowling
Vaas 10-1-31-1
Malinga 9.2-0-54-4 (1nb, 1w)
Maharoof 7-0-41-0
Muralitharan 10-0-34-3 (1w)
Jayasuriya 10-0-34-1 (1w)
Dilshan 2-0-9-0

South Africa winners by 1 wicket

Marshall approved as replacement

2007-03-28T01:31:00.000-07:00

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has approved New Zealand's application to replace injured batsman Lou Vincent with Hamish Marshall for the remainder of the Cricket World Cup.

Marshall will now take his place in the side after Vincent suffered a broken left lower ulna (wrist) earlier in the week when he was on the receiving end of a particularly lethal Shane Bond delivery during a recent team net session.

Super 8's Result: Australia vs. West Indies

2007-03-27T18:02:00.000-07:00

Australia vs. West Indies - World Cup (Super Eight Match 1)
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium

Australia Innings
Gilchrist c Ramdin b Powell 7 (9)
Hayden c Samuels b Bravo 158 (143)
Ponting run out 35 (46)
Clarke lbw b Bravo 41 (47)
Symonds c Ramdin b Samuels 13 (18)
Hussey b Powell 9 (18)
Watson not out 33 (26)
Hogg not out 5 (6)
Extras: 21 (b 1,lb 9,w 8,nb 3)
Total: 322 (6 wickets; 50 overs)

FoW: 1-10 (Gilchrist, 4.1 ov), 2-76 (Ponting, 14.4 ov), 3-174 (Clarke, 30.5 ov), 4-208 (Symonds, 35.6 ov), 5-234 (Hussey, 40.5 ov), 6-297 (Hayden, 47.1 ov)

Bowling
Powell 10 - 2 - 53 - 2
Taylor 10 - 0 - 67 - 0 (3w)
Collymore 10 - 0 - 56 - 0 (2w)
Gayle 4 - 0 - 29 - 0 (2nb)
Bravo 7 - 0 - 49 - 2 (2w)
Samuels 9 - 0 - 58 - 1 (1nb, 1w)

West Indies innings
Gayle c Watson b McGrath 2 (23)
Chanderpaul lbw b Tait 5 (12)
Sarwan c Ponting b Hogg 29 (58)
Samuels c Symonds b McGrath 4 (8)
Lara lbw b Hogg 77 (83)
Bravo c Ponting b McGrath 9 (10)
Ramdin c Gilchrist b Bracken 52 (43)
Smith lbw b Hogg 9 (7)
Taylor lbw b Symonds 10 (18)
Powell b Tait 5 (9)
Collymore not out 1 (2)
Extras 16 (1b, 15w)
Total 219 (all out; 45.3 overs)

FoW: 1-11 (Chanderpaul, 3.5 ov), 2-16 (Gayle, 7.2 ov), 3-20 (Samuels, 9.4 ov), 4-91 (Sarwan, 25.2 ov), 5-107 (Bravo, 28.3 ov), 6-156 (Lara, 35. 3 ov),
7-172 (Smith, 37.4 ov), 8-199 (Taylor, 42.4 ov), 9-217 (Ramdin, 44.2 ov), 10-219 (Powell, 45.3 ov)

Bowling
Bracken 9-1-25-1 (1w)
Tait 7.3-0-43-2 (7w)
McGrath 8-1-31-3
Watson 7-0-31-0
Hogg 10-0-56-3 (2w)
Symonds 4-0-32-1 (1w)

Australia winners by 103 runs

World Cup Super 8 Schedule

2007-03-25T21:14:00.000-07:00

27th March West Indies vs. Australia (Antigua)
28th March South Africa vs. Sri Lanka (Guyana)
29th March West Indies vs. New Zealand (Antigua)
30th March Ireland vs. England (Guyana)
31st March Australia vs. Bangladesh (Antigua)
1st April West Indies vs. Sri Lanka (Guyana)
2nd April Bangladesh vs. New Zealand (Antigua)
3rd April Ireland vs. South Africa (Guyana)
4th April England vs. Sri Lanka (Antigua)
7th April Bangladesh vs. South Africa (Guyana)
8th April Australia vs. England (Antigua)
9th April Ireland vs. New Zealand (Guyana)
10th April West Indies vs. South Africa (Grenada)
11th April England vs. Bangladesh (Barbados)
12th April Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand (Grenada)
13th April Australia vs. Ireland (Barbados)
14th April South Africa vs. New Zealand (Grenada)
15th April Bangladesh vs. Ireland (Barbados)
16th April Australia vs. Sri Lanka (Grenada)
17th April South Africa vs. England (Barbados)
18th April Ireland vs. Sri Lanka (Grenada)
19th April West Indies vs. Bangladesh (Barbados)
20th April Australia vs. New Zealand (Grenada)
21st April West Indies vs. England (Barbados)

Result: Bermuda vs. Bangladesh

2007-03-25T21:11:00.000-07:00

Bermuda vs. Bangladesh - World Cup (Match 24)

Queens Park Oval

Bermuda innings
S Outerbridge c Mohammad Rafique b Mashrafe Mortaza 0
O Pitcher c Habibul Bashar b Saqibul Hasan 22
D Borden c Habibul Bashar b Mashrafe Mortaza 2
D Hemp c Aftab Ahmed b Syed Rasel 0
I Romaine lbw b Abdur Razzak 11
D Minors c Tamim Iqbal b Abdur Razzak 23
L Cann b Saqibul Hasan 16
J Tucker c Tamim Iqbal b Mohammad Rafique 9
K Hurdle b Abdur Razzak 0
S Mukuddem not out 0
Extras (lb 5, w 4, nb 2) 11
Total (9 wickets; 21 overs) 94

Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Outerbridge, 0.6 ov), 2-8 (Borden, 4.1 ov), 3-11 (Hemp, 5.4 ov), 4-35 (Romaine, 10.6 ov), 5-52 (Pitcher, 16.4 ov), 6-73 (Cann, 18.2 ov), 7-86 (Tucker, 19.5 ov), 8-94 (Minors, 20.4 ov), 9-94 (Hurdle, 20.6 ov).

Bowling: Mashrafe Mortaza 4-0-8-2 (1nb, 2w), Syed Rasel 5-0-14-1 (1nb, 1w), Abdur Razzak 4-0-20-3 (1w), Mohammad Rafique 4-0-18-1, Saqibul Hasan 3-0-12-2, Aftab Ahmed 1-0-17-0.

Bangladesh innings
Tamim Iqbal c Hurdle b Mukuddem 1
Shahriar Nafees c Tucker b Mukuddem 12
Aftab Ahmed lbw b Mukuddem 7
Saqibul Hasan not out 26
Mohammad Ashraful not out 29
Extras (b 4, w 14, nb 3) 21
Total (3 wickets; 17.3 overs) 96

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Tamim Iqbal, 1.1 ov), 2-30 (Aftab Ahmed, 5.3 ov), 3-37 (Shahriar Nafees, 7.1 ov).

Bowling: K Hurdle 4-0-25-0 (3nb, 7w), S Mukuddem 5-1-19-3 (4w), J Tucker 3-0-14-0, R Leverock 3.3-0-19-0, D Borden 2-0-15-0.

Result: England vs. Kenya

2007-03-25T21:09:00.000-07:00

England vs. Kenya - World Cup (Match 23)

Beausejour Stadium

Kenya innings
M Ouma c Collingwood b Anderson 13
R Shah b Anderson 4
A Suji c Vaughan b Mahmood 14
S Tikolo b Flintoff 76
T Mishra b Collingwood 0
C Obuya run out (Bopara/Panesar) 10
T Odoyo lbw b Flintoff 4
J Kamande b Collingwood 17
L Onyango run out (Nixon) 10
P Ongondo run out (Vaughan) 3
H Varaiya not out 4
Extras (lb 8, w 6, nb 8) 22
Total (all out; 43 overs) 177

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Shah, 4.5 ov), 2-35 (Ouma, 10.1 ov), 3-73 (Suji, 17.4 ov), 4-74 (Mishra, 18.5 ov), 5-99 (Obuya, 23.3 ov), 6-112 (Odoyo, 26.5 ov), 7-151 (Kamande, 36.4 ov), 8-165 (Tikolo, 40.2 ov), 9-170 (Ongondo, 41.2 ov), 10-177 (Onyango, 42.6 ov).

Bowling: J Anderson 9-0-27-2 (1w), S Mahmood 9-0-39-1 (3nb, 2w), A Flintoff 9-0-35-2 (3nb, 1w), R Bopara 1-0-7-0 (1nb, 1w), P Collingwood 7-0-33-2 (1w), M Panesar 8-0-28-0

England innings
EC Joyce b Tikolo 75
MP Vaughan c Obuya b Ongondo 1
IR Bell c sub b Odoyo 16
KP Pietersen not out 56
PD Collingwood not out 18
Extras (lb 2, w 7, nb 3) 12
Total (3 wickets; 33 overs) 178

Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Vaughan, 3.1 ov), 2-52 (Bell, 8.4 ov), 3-155 (Joyce, 27.6 ov).

Bowling: T Odoyo 6-0-27-1 (2nb, 3w), P Ongondo 4-0-31-1, L Onyango 2-0-14-0 A Suji 3-0-15-0 (1nb), H Varaiya 6-0-39-0 (2w), J Kamande 5-0-24-0, S Tikolo 4-0-18-1, C Obuya 3-0-8-0.

Result: Australia vs. South Africa

2007-03-25T21:04:00.000-07:00

Australia vs. South Africa - World Cup (Match 22)
Warner Park Stadium

Australia Innings
Gilchrist c Gibbs b Langeveldt 42 (42)
Hayden c Gibbs b Kallis 101 (68)
Ponting c de Villiers b Ntini 91 (91)
Clarke run out (Pollock/Langeveldt) 92 (75)
Symonds b Hall 18 (13)
Hussey c Kallis b Hall 5 (3)
Watson not out 14 (9)
Extras: 14 (lb4, w9, nb1)
Total: 377 (6 wickets; 50 overs)

FoW: 1-106 (Gilchrist, 14.5 overs), 2-167 (Hayden, 23.3 overs) 3-328 (Ponting, 45.1 overs), 4-347 (Clarke, 46.4 overs), 5-353 (Hussey, 47.2 overs), 6-377 (Symonds, 49.6 overs)

Bowling:
Pollock 10- 0 – 83 – 0 (2w)
Ntini 9 – 0 – 68 – 1
Langeveldt 10 – 0 – 82 – 1 (1nb, 2w)
Hall 10 – 0 – 60 – 2
Smith 2 – 0 – 14 - 0
Kallis 9 – 0 – 66 - 1

South Africa Innings
Smith c Gilchrist b Hogg 74 (69)
De Villiers run out (Watson) 92 (70)
Kallis c Clarke b Hogg 48 (63)
Gibbs st Gilchrist b Hogg 17 (19)
Prince c Hayden b McGrath 1 (3)
Boucher b Tait 22 (26)
Kemp lbw b Tait 1 (6)
Pollock b Watson 7 (7)
Hall not out 8 (12)
Langeveldt b Bracken 0 (6)
Ntini b Bracken 7 (8)
Extras: 17 (w 11, nb1, pen 5)
Total: 294 (all out, 48 overs)

FoW: 1-160 (de Villiers, 20.6 overs), 2-220 (Gibbs, 31.3 overs), 3-223 (Prince, 32.2 overs), 4-256 (Boucher, 38.5 overs), 5-264 (Kemp, 40.5 overs), 6-267 (Smith, 41.3 overs), 7-277 (Kallis , 43.1 overs), 8-279 (Pollock, 44.1 overs), 9-280 (Langeveldt, 45.2 overs), 10-294 (Ntini, 47.6 overs)

Bowling:
Bracken 9 – 0 – 40 – 2
Tait 10 – 0 – 61 – 2 (1nb, 4w)
McGrath 9 – 0 – 62 – 1
Watson 8 – 1 – 46 – 1 (2w)
Hogg 10 – 0 – 61 – 3 (1w)
Symonds 2- 0 - 19 – 0

Man of the match Matthew Hayden (Australia)

Australia winners by 83 runs

Result: West Indies vs. Ireland

2007-03-25T20:57:00.000-07:00

West Indies vs. Ireland - World Cup (Match 21)
Sabina Park

Ireland innings

J Bray c sub b Taylor 41
W Porterfield c Gayle b Powell 0
E Morgan c Ramdin b Powell 18
N O'Brien c Ramdin b Bradshaw 11
A Botha c Ramdin b Gayle 28
K O'Brien c Sarwan b Gayle 17
A White b Bravo 18
T McCallan not out 20
J Mooney c Ramdin b Bravo 0
D Langford-Smith not out 8
Extras (4 balls, 10 leg byes, 6 wides, 2 no balls) 22

Total (for 8 wickets -- 48 overs) 183

Fall: 3, 61, 76, 82, 129, 139, 163, 163

Bowling: J Taylor 8-0-37-1 (3w), D Powell 9-2-24-2 (1w), I Bradshaw 9-0-27-1, D Bravo 7-1-35-2 (2nb, 1w), C Gayle 10-0-23-2 (1w), M Samuels 5-0-23-0

West Indies innings
C Gayle c White b Langford-Smith 18
S Chanderpaul not out 102
R Sarwan c K.O'Brien b McCallan 36
M Samuels not out 27
Extras (1lb, 6w) 7

Total (for 2 wickets -- 38.1 overs) 190

Fall: 24, 143

Bowling: D Langford-Smith 9-1-33-1 (3w), W Rankin 5-0-38-0 (2w), A Botha 6-0-35-0, J Mooney 4-1-22-0, W McCallan 10-0-35-1 (1w), K O'Brien 3-0-13-0, A White 1.1-0-13-0

West Indies winners by eight wickets

Result: Sri Lanka vs. India

2007-03-25T20:52:00.000-07:00

Sri Lanka vs. India - World Cup (Match 20)
Queens Park Oval

Sri Lankan innings
Tharanga lbw b Tendulkar 64 (90)
Jayasuriya c Agarkar b Khan 6 (23)
Jayawardene c Dhoni b Agarkar 7 (20)
Sangakkara c Patel b Ganguly 15 (35)
Silva c Dhoni b Khan 59 (68)
Dilshan c Dhoni b Patel 38 (41)
Arnold not out 19 (13)
Vaas not out 19 (12)
Extras 27 (11 lb, 14 w, 2 nb)
Total 254 (for six wkts: 50 overs)

FoW: 1-33, 2-53, 3-92, 4-133, 5-216, 6-216

Bowling
Khan 10-0-49-2 (1nb, 5w)
Agarkar 8-1-33-1 (3w)
Patel 10-1-46-1
Harbhajan 10-0-53-0 (3w)
Ganguly 4-0-22-1 (1w)
Tendulkar 8-0-40-1 (1nb 2w)

Indian innings
Uthappa c and b Vaas 18 (27)
Ganguly c Muralitharan b Vaas 7 (23)
Sehwag c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 48 (46)
Tendulkar b Fernando 0 (3)
Dravid c Muralitharan b Jayasuriya 60 (82)
Yuvraj run out 6 (12)
Dhoni lbw b Muralitharan 0 (1)
Agarkar c Arnold b Malinga 10 (25)
Harbhajan not out 17 (20)
Khan c Malinga b Muralitharan 1 (5)
Patel c Vaas b Dilshan 10 (17)
Extras 8 (1 lb, 7w)
Total 185 (all out:43.3 overs)

FoW: 1-25, 2-43, 3-44, 4-98, 5-112, 6-112, 7-136, 8-159, 9-161, 10-185

Bowling
Vaas 8-1-39-2
Malinga 8-0-39-1 (1w)
Fernando 6.2-0-32-1 (2w)
Muralitharan 10-0-41-3 (4w)
Jayasuriya 9-0-31-1
Dilshan 2.1-1-2-1

Sri Lanka winners by 69 runs

No arrest in Woolmer murder

2007-03-23T00:45:00.000-07:00

Despite reports that someone had been arrested in relation to the Bob Woolmer murder Jamaican police say theres is no truth in the reports. "I don't know where that's come from. That's nonsense, as far as I'm concerned. There's actually no truth in that." said deputy commissioner Mark Shield.

"I can unequivocally dismiss that, unless someone's given themselves up in India and we don't know about it, but I think that's highly unlikely."

However, its been reveleaed that there were no signs of forced entry into the Pakistan coach's hotel room "That's one of the interesting facts of the case. There's no sign of any forced entry at all," Shields said.

"In fact, all of Bob's possessions, as far as we can see, were intact."

Shields said it was therefore "difficult to believe" Woolmer's killer or killers were complete strangers to him.

He said: "It's imperative that we keep an open mind, but I have to say at this stage it looks as if it may be somebody somehow linked to him because clearly he let somebody into his hotel room and it may be that he knew who that person was."

Shield also went on to say “It would take some force because Bob was a large man and, therefore, it would have taken some significant force to subdue him.”

He added: “We do not know how many people there were in the room.”

Result: New Zealand vs. Canada

2007-03-22T16:55:00.000-07:00

New Zealand vs. Canada - World Cup (Match 19)
Beausejour Stadium

New Zealand innings
Vincent c & b Davison 101 (117)
Fleming c Billcliff b Sandher 66 (67)
Fulton lbw b Sandher 47 (47)
Styris c Bagai b Samad 28 (17)
McMillan c Samad b Davison 10 (6)
Oram not ot 35 (27)
McCullum not out 52 (21)
Extras 24 (1b, 5lb, 17w, 1nb)
Total 363 (5 wickets; 50 overs)

FoW: 1-142 (Fleming, 21.3 ov), 2-222 (Fulton, 35.2 ov), 3-253 (Styris, 38.5 ov), 4-266 (McMillan, 40.4 ov), 5-278 (Vincent, 42.6 ov)

Bowling
Cummins 10-1-59-0 (1nb, 4w)
Bhatti 5.3-1-25-0 (3w)
Samad 2.3-0-31-1 (1w)
Osinde 4-0-45-0 (1w)
Sandher 10-0-58-2
Davison 10-067-2 (2w)
Dhaniram 8-0-72-0

Canada innings
Davison c & b Mason 52 (31)
Barnett c McCullum b Vettori 40 (72)
Bagai b Vettori 37 (64)
Billcliff b Styris 50 (56)
Samad run out (Vincent) 9 (17)
Mulla lbw b Vettori 0 (2)
Dhaniram retired hurt 17 (19)
Bhatti b Patel 10 (28)
Cummins not out 9 (8)
Sandher b Patel 2 (6)
Osinde b Patel 0 (1)
Extras 23 (4b, 5lb, 5w, 9nb)
Total 249 (9 wickets, 49.2 overs)

FoW: 1-76 (Davison, 9.4 ov), 2-110 (Barnett, 20.4 ov), 3-188 (Bagai, 34.6 ov), 4-201 (Billcliff, 37.5 ov), 5-206 (Mulla, 38.6 ov), 6-207 (Samad, 39.2 ov)
6-226* (Dhaniram, retired not out, 44.5 ov), 7-245 (Bhatti, 47.4 ov), 8-249 (Sandher, 49.1 ov), 9-249 (Osinde, 49.2 ov)

Bowling
Tuffey 6-0-40-0 (1nb, 2w)
Mason 8-0-60-1 (4nb, 1w)
Oram 7-1-16-0 (1nb)
Patel 9.2-0-25-3
Vettori 10-0-57-3 (2nb)
Styris 6-0-21-1 (2w)
McMillan 3-0-21-0

New Zealand winners by 114 runs

Result: Scotland vs. The Netherlands

2007-03-22T16:52:00.000-07:00

Scotland vs. The Netherlands - World Cup (Match 18)
Warner Park Stadium

Scotland innings
Poonia c Smits b Stelling 0 (2)
Haq b Reekers 6 (15)
Watson c & b de Leede 16 (37)
Hamilton lbw b Stelling 4 (13)
Brown lbw b Stelling 0 (1)
McCallum c Stelling b Jonkman 24 (43)
Smith b Jonkman 19 (23)
Wright st Smits b Kashif 1 (7)
Blain not out 18 (28)
Rogers c Smits b Kashif 26 (30)
Hoffmann c ten Doeschate b van Bunge 7 (8)
Extras 15 (5lb, 8w, 2nb)
Total 136 (all out; 34.1 overs)

FoW: 1-0 (Poonia, 0.2 ov), 2-9 (Haq, 3.2 ov), 3-15 (Hamilton, 6.2 ov), 4-15 (Brown, 6.3 ov), 5-39 (Watso, 13.4 ov), 6-77 (Smith, 20.4 ov), 7-83 (McCallum, 22.3 ov)
8-83 (Wright, 23.4 ov), 9-117 (Rogers, 31.1 ov), 10-136 (Hoffmann, 34.1 ov)

Bowling
Stelling 8-3-12-3 (2nb, 1w)
Reekers 6-0-23-1 (2w)
de Leede 4-0-24-1 (2w)
Jonkman 5-1-22-2 (1w)
Kashif 7-2-29-2
ten Doeschate 3-0-17-0 (2w)
van Bunge 1.1-0-4-1

Netherland innings
Zuiderent not out 43 (56)
Reekers c Wright b Blain 9 (8)
Szwarczynski c Smith b Blain 12 (11)
ten Doeschate not out 70 (68)
Extras 6 (4lb, 2w)
Total 140 (2 wickets; 23.5 overs)

FoW: 1-18 (Reekers, 3.1 ov), 2-37 (Szwarczynski, 5.4 ov)

Bowling
Hoffmann 4-0-26-0
Blain 5-0-29-2 (1w)
Wright 4-1-17-0
Rogers 3-1-15-0
Brown 4-0-20-0
Haq 3.5-0-29-0 (1w)

Netherlands winners by 8 wickets

Result: Pakistan vs. Zimbabwe

2007-03-21T16:40:00.000-07:00

Pakistan vs. Zimbabwe - World Cup (Match 17)
Sabina Park

Pakistan innings
Akmal c Taylor b Chigumbura 15 (30)
Nazir c Matsikenyeri b Mpofu 160 (201)
Malik c Chibhabha b Williams 21 (51)
ul-Haq c Williams b Mupariwa 37 (32)
Yousuf c & b Brent 3 (12)
Khan run out (Mpofu) 28 (41)
Afridi b Brent 16 (14)
Sami c Utseya b Brent 5 (12)
Anjum c Matsikenyeri b Chigumbura 32 (25)
Gul b Chigumbura 10 (9)
Kaneria not out 6 (9)
Extras 16 (2lb, 12w, 2nb)
Total 349 (all out; 49.5 overs)

FoW: 1-31 (Akmal, 6.3 ov), 2-88 (Malik, 17.4 ov), 3-158 (ul-Haq, 27.4 ov), 4-170 (Yousuf, 30.4 ov), 5-252 (Khan, 40.1 ov), 6-285 (Afridi, 43.1 ov),
7-295 (Nazir, 44.1 ov), 8-301 (Sami, 45.5 ov), 9-324 (Gul,47.5 ov), 10-349 (Anjum, 49.5 ov)

Bowling
Mpofu 10-1-74-1 (2w)
Mupariwa 10-1-57-1 (1w)
Chigumbura 6.5-1-50-3 (1nb, 1w)
Brent 10-0-68-3 (3w)
Williams 6-0-41-1 (1nb)
Utseya 6-0-46-0 (1w)
Chibhabha 1-0-11-0

Zimbabwe innings
Sibanda c Nazir b Gul 0 (2)
Chibhabha c ul-Haq b Gul 3 (22)
Kasteni c ul-Haq b Sami 9 (22)
Taylor c Khan b Kaneria 13 (17)
Matsikenyeri run out (Akmal) 18 (25)
Chigumbura b Afridi 27 (11)
Williams c Gul b Kaneria 11 (9)
Brent b Afridi 9 (9)
Utseya not out 9 (9)
Mupariwa b Afirid 0 (3)
Mpofu b ul-Haq b Yousuf 1 (5)
Extras 4 (1lb, 1w, 2nb)
Total 99 (all out; 19.1 overs)

FoW: 1-0 (Sibanda, 0.2 ov), 2-12 (Chibhabha, 4.6 ov), 3-14 (Kasteni, 5.3 ov), 4-45 (Taylor, 12.1 ov), 5-45 (Matsikenyeri, 12.2 ov), 6-77 (Chigumbura, 15.1 ov)
7-93 (Williams, 16.6 ov), 8-94 (Brent, 17.2 ov), 9-94 (Mupariwa, 17.5 ov), 10-99 (Mpofu, 19.1 ov)

Bowling
Gul 5-1-10-2 (1nb)
Sami 5-0-15-1 (1w)
Kaneria 4-0-48-2
Afridi 4-0-20-3
Khan 1-0-5-0 (1nb)
Yousuf 0.1-0-0-1

Zimbabwe target was reduced to 193 due to rain.

Pakistan winners by 93 runs

An emotinal Inzamam-ul-Haq leaves the ground.

Woolmer death now being treated as 'suspicious'

2007-03-21T15:54:00.000-07:00

Jamaica's deputy police commissioner Mark Shields has revealed the death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer is now being treated as 'suspicious'.

Shields released a statement which said:

"At the press conference earlier today we reported that the cause of death was inconclusive.

"Having met with the pathologist, other medical personnel and investigators there is now sufficient information to continue a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr Woolmer, which we are now treating as suspicious.

"We have already informed the Woolmer family of this development and we are also in close contact with the Pakistan team management, Cricket World Cup and ICC to ensure all parties are kept informed of the ongoing investigation."

Result: Sri Lanka vs. Bangladesh

2007-03-21T15:49:00.000-07:00

Sri Lanka vs. Bangladesh - World Cup (Match 16)
Queens Park Oval

Sri Lanka innings
Tharanga c Ahmed b Rafique 26 (37)
Jayasuriya c Bashar b Razzak 109 (87)
Jayawardene c Ahmed b Hasan 46 (70)
Sangakkara c Iqbal b Rasel 56 (55)
Silva not out 52 (48)
Arnold not out 5 (5)
Extras 24 (11lb, 10w, 3nb)
Total 318 (4 wickets; 50 overs)

FoW: 1-98 (Tharanga, 14.2 ov), 2-202 (Jayawardene, 35.3 ov), 3-261 (Sangakkara, 44.4 ov), 4-300 (Jayasuriya, 47.6 ov)

Bowling
Mortaza 10-0-66-0 (2nb, 2w)
Rasel 10-0-58-1
Razzak 10-0-86-1 (1w)
Rafique 10-0-48-1 (2w)
Hasan 10-0-49-1

Bangladesh innings
Iqbal c Sangakkara b Malinga 6 (7)
Nafees lbw b Vaas 0 (3)
Rahim c Dilshan b Maharoof 6 (33)
Ahmed c Jayasuriya b Malinga 12 (16)
Hasan b Muralitharan 4 (20)
Bashar run out (Jayawardene) 18 (47)
Ashraful not out 45 (63)
Mortaza c Tharanga b Arnold 7 (14)
Rafique c Maharoof b Dilshan 7 (17)
Razzak c Sangakkara b Malinga 0 (2)
Rasel run out (Dilshan) 0 (1)
Extras 7 (2lb, 4w, 1nb)
Total 112 (all out; 37 overs)

FoW: 1-1 (Nafees, 0.5 ov), 2-7 (Iqbal, 3.4 ov), 3-20 (Ahmed, 7.3 ov), 4-26 (Rahim, 11.1 ov), 5-41 (Hasan, 16.4 ov), 6-66 (Bashar, 25.3 ov), 7-80 (Mortaza, 29.4 ov),
8-101 (Rafique, 34.4 ov), 9-111 (Razzak, 35.5 ov), 10-112 (Rasel, 36.6 ov)

Bowling
Vaas 7-4-11-1
Malinga 6-0-27-3 (1w)
Maharoof 7-1-26-1 (1w, 1nb)
Muralitharan 9-0-15-1 (2w)
Jayasuriya 1.5-0-2-0
Arnold 3.1-0-17-1
Dilshan 3-0-12-1

Sri Lanka winners by 206 runs

Result: New Zealand vs. Kenya

2007-03-20T16:34:00.000-07:00

New Zealand vs. Kenya - World Cup (Match 15)
Beausejour Stadium

New Zealand Innings
Vincent c Tikolo b Odoyo 0 (4)
Fleming run out (Obuya) 60 (61)
Taylor c & b Tikolo 85 (107)
Styris c Mishra b Onyango 64 (62)
McMillan c Tikolo b Ongondo 71 (48)
Oram b Odoyo 3 (6)
McCullum c Varaiya b Ongondo 6 (9)
Vettori not out 14 (7)
Franklin not out 0 (0)
Extras: 29 (lb 3,w 21,nb 5)
Total: 331 (7 wickets; 50 overs)

FoW: 1-0 (Vincent, 0.4 ov), 2-105 (Fleming, 20.1 ov), 3-192 (Taylor, 33.4 ov), 4-274 (Styris, 43.1 ov), 5-280 (Oram, 44.4 ov), 6-307 (McCullum, 47.6 ov), 7-321 (McMillan, 49.2 ov)

Bowling
Odoyo 10 - 0 - 55 - 2 (1nb)
Ongondo 10 - 0 - 64 - 2 (3nb)
Onyango 8 - 0 - 63 - 1 (1w)
Kamande 9 - 0 - 61 - 0 (2w)
Varaiya 7 - 0 - 40 - 0 (1w)
Tikolo 6 - 0 - 45 - 1 (5w)

Kenya Innings
Ouma run out (Vincent) 4 (21)
Obuya lbw b Mason 1 (5)
Shah c & b Vettori 71 (89)
Tikolo c Vettori b Mason 7 (16)
Mishra c Fleming b Franklin 2 (4)
Obuya run out (Oram) 21 (31)
Odoyo c Oram b Bond 42 (67)
Kamande b Vettori 12 (15)
Onyango run out (Vincent) 6 (17)
Ongondo c & b Franklin 4 (21)
Varaiya not out 1 (16)
Extras: 12 (lb 2,w 2,nb 8)
Total: 183 (all out; 49.2 overs)

FoW: 1-4 (DO Obuya, 2.3 ov), 2-8 (Ouma, 5.2 ov), 3-26 (Tikolo, 10.5 ov), 4-29 (Mishra, 11.4 ov), 5-76 (CO Obuya, 20.3 ov), 6-122 (Shah, 29.6 ov), 7-149 (Kamande, 35.3 ov), 8-167 (Onyango, 41.6 ov), 9-179 (Odoyo, 44.2 ov), 10-183 (Ongondo, 49.2 ov)

Bowling
Mason 9 - 0 - 29 - 2 (1nb,1w)
Bond 8 - 2 - 19 - 1 (1w)
Franklin 7.2 - 2 - 20 - 2
McMillan 10 - 0 - 39 - 0
Vettori 10 - 0 - 45 - 2 (4nb)
Oram 5 - 0 - 29 - 0 (1nb)

New Zealand winners by 148 runs

Result: Scotland vs. South Africa

2007-03-20T16:30:00.000-07:00

Scotland vs. South Africa - World Cup (Match 14)
Warner Park Stadium

Scotland Innings
Watts c Smith b Langeveldt 24 (44)
Haq c Boucher b Hall 13 (33)
Watson run out (de Villiers) 31 (50)
Hamilton c de Villiers b Hall 4 (13)
McCallum b Langeveldt
Brown not out 45 (64)
Smith b Pollock 15 (30)
Blain c Kemp b Hall 23 (35)
Hoffmann run out (Hall) 18 (11)
Extras: 12 (b 2,lb 4,w 5,nb 1)
Total: 186 (8 wickets; 50 overs)

Fow: 1 -35 (Haq, 11.2 ov), 2-43 (Watts, 14.1 ov), 3-63 (Hamilton, 19.1 ov), 4-71 (McCallum, 24.2 ov), 5-84 (Watson, 29.3 ov), 6-113 (Smith, 38.4 ov), 7-163 (Blain, 47.4 ov), 8-186 (Hoffmann, 49.6 ov)

Bowling
Pollock 10 - 1 - 25 - 1
Ntini 9 - 0 - 25 - 0 (1nb)
Hall 10 - 2 - 48 - 3 (2w)
Langeveldt 10 - 1 - 48 - 2 (3w)
Kallis 8 - 0 - 21 - 0
Smith 3 - 0 - 13 - 0

South Africa innings
Smith c Rogers b Haq 91 (65)
De Villiers c Brown b Rogers 62 (45)
Prince c McCallum b Haq 21 (23)
Kemp not out 12 (7)
Pollock not out 0 (0)
Extras: 2 (b 1,w 1)
Total: 188(3 wickets; 23.2 overs)

FoW: 1-134 (de Villiers, 15.5 ov), 2-162 (Prince, 20.6 ov), 3-178 (Smith, 22.6 ov)

Bowling
Hoffmann 3 - 0 - 21 - 0
Blain 4 - 0 - 32 - 0
JD Nel 3 - 0 - 24 - 0
Brown 2 - 0 - 20 - 0
Haq 6 - 0 - 43 - 2
Rogers 5.2 - 0 - 47 - 1 (1w)

Man of the match: Graeme Smith (South Africa)

South Africa winners by 7 wickets

Indian win sets new records

2007-03-19T17:03:00.000-07:00

India's win over Bermuda has set a new record one-day victory margin as well as eclipsing Sri Lanka's previous World Cup highest total of 398 for five made against Kenya in 1996.

Biggest Ever World Cup Wins

India 257 runs v Bermuda, Port of Spain 2007
Australia 256 runs v Namibia, Potchefstroom 2003
Sri Lanka 243 runs v Bermuda, Port of Spain 2007
Australia 229 runs v Netherlands, Basseterre 2007
South Africa 221 runs v Netherlands, Basseterre 2007
Australia 203 runs v Scotland, Basseterre 2007
England 202 runs v India, Lord's 1975
England 196 runs v East Africa, Birmingham 1975
Pakistan 192 runs v Sri Lanka, Nottingham 1975
West Indies 191 runs v Sri Lanka, Karachi 1987

Note: India's win is highest in all one-day internationals.

Result: Zimbabwe vs. West Indies

2007-03-19T16:56:00.000-07:00

Zimbabwe vs. West Indies - World Cup (Match 13)
Sabina Park

Zimbabwe innings
V.Sibanda b Powell 1
F.Kasteni b Taylor 0
C.Chibhabha b Taylor 12
B.Taylor run out 50
S.Matsikenyeri c Powell b Smith 16
S.Williams not out 70
E.Chigumbura not out 30
Extras: (b-5 lb-3 w-15) 23
Total (five wickets, 50 overs) 202
Fall of wickets: 1-0 2-2 3-31 4-59 5-142
Bowling: Powell 6-1-15-1 (2w2), Taylor 10-0-42-2 (7w), Collymore 9-0-29-0 (2w), Smith 5-0-28-1 (3w), Gayle 10-1-32-0 (1w), Samuels 10-1-48-0

West Indies innings
C.Gayle c Sibanda b Mpofu 40
S.Chanderpaul c Sibanda b Chigumbura 21
R.Sarwan c & b Ireland 12
M.Samuels c Chibhabha b Mupariwa 28
B.Lara not out 44
D.Bravo not out 37
Extras (lb-10 w-10 nb-2) 22
Total (4 wickets, 47.5 overs) 204
Fall of wickets: 1-73 2-73 3-106 4-129
Bowling: Mpofu 9-1-34-1 (8w), Ireland 7-0-38-1, Mupariwa 9-2-34-1 (1nb), Chigumbura 9.5-0-45-1 (1nb, 2w) Utseya 10-1-26-0, Williams 3-0-17-0

Man of the match: Sean Williams (Zimbabwe)

West Indies winners by 6 wickets

Result: India vs. Bermuda

2007-03-19T16:48:00.000-07:00

India vs. Bermuda - World Cup (Match 12)
Queens Park Oval

India innings
R.Uthappa c Leverock b Jones 3
S.Ganguly st Minors b Borden 89
V.Sehwag c Jones b Hurdle 114
M.Dhoni c Tucker b Borden 29
Y.Singh c Jones b Leverock 83
S.Tendulkar not out 57
R.Dravid not out 7
Extras: (lb-7 w-17 nb-7) 31
Total (five wickets, 50 overs) 413

Fall of wickets: 1-3 2-205 3-238 4-269 5-391
Bowling: Hurdle 10-0-53-1 (5nb 1w), Jones 7-0-74-1 (1nb 9w), Tucker 9-1-67-0 (1w), Hemp 2-0-32-0 (1nb), Leverock 10-0-96-1, Borden 5-0-30-2, Cann 7-0-54-0 (6w).

Dwayne Leverock catches Indian batsmen
Robin Uthappa.

Bermuda innings
O.Pitcher b Khan 0
S.Outerbridge b Khan 9
D.Borden lbw b Patel 13
D.Hemp not out 76
I.Romaine lbw b Kumble 0
J.Tucker b Kumble 0
D.Minors c sub b Agarkar 21
L.Cann c Uthappa b Agarkar 0
K.Hurdle b Agarkar 0
D.Leverock c Dhoni b Tendulkar 9
M.Jones lbw b Kumble 1
Extras (lb-12 w-12 nb-3) 27
Total (all out, 43.1 overs) 156

Fall of wickets: 1-0 2-18 3-47 4-57 5-63 6-106 7-106 8-110 9-154 10-156
Bowling: Khan 10-1-32-2 (1nb 2w), Agarkar 10-0-38-3 (3w), Patel 8-2-20-1 (1w), Kumble 9.1-0-38-3 (1nb 6w), Sehwag 5-0-15-0 (1nb), Tendulkar 1-0-1-1

Man-of-the-match: Virender Sehwag (India)

India winners by 257 runs

Result: England vs. Canada

2007-03-18T16:34:00.000-07:00

England vs. Canada - World Cup (Match 11)
Beausejour Stadium

England innings:
E Joyce b Dhaniram 66
M Vaughan c Davison b Samad 45
I Bell c Codrington b Dhaniram
K Pietersen c&b Dhaniram 5
P Collingwood not out 62
R Bopara b Codrington 29
J Dalrymple c Bagai b Cummins
P Nixon not out 23
Extras: 4b, 2lb, 5nb, 8wd 19
Total: 6/279; 50.0 overs
Fow: 1-101 ( Vaughan, 19.6 ov), 2-153 ( Bell, 33.2 ov), 3-160 ( Joyce, 35.1 ov), 4-161 ( Pietersen, 35.6 ov), 5-242 ( Bopara, 46.5 ov), 6-245 ( Dalrymple, 47.4 ov)

Bowling:
Cummins 7-0-58-1-
Bhatti 7.5-0-41-0-
Davison 10-1-32-0
Samad 5.1-0-31-1
Codrington 10-0-70-1
Dhaniram 10-0-41-3

Canada innings:
John Davison c Bell b Anderson 21
Geoff Barnett b Plunkett 7
Ashish Bagai c Pietersen b Plunkett 6
Ian Billcliff b Bopara 20
Abdool Samad lbw b Panesar 36
Ashif Mulla st Nixon b Bopara 58
Desmond Chumney not out 27
Sunil Dhaniram run out (Bopara/Collingwood) 30
George Codrington not out 7

Extras: (w 11, nb 3, lb 2) 16
Total: 7/228 (50 overs)

FOW:1/8,2/22,3/51,4/65,5/161,6/161,7/217

Bowling:
James Anderson 10-1-40-1
Liam Plunkett 9-0-46-2
Monty Panesar 10-1-35-1
Ravinder Bopara 9-0-43-2
Paul Collingwood 9-0-41-0
Jamie Dalrymple 3-0-21-0

England winners by 51 runs

Flintoff dropped as England vice-captain

2007-03-18T14:59:00.000-07:00

England's Andrew Flintoff was sacked as World Cup vice-captain and dropped for their Group C game against Canada this morning after a late-night drinking session in St Lucia.

However, team management decided against sending the 29-year-old all-rounder home after the incident on Friday night following their six-wicket defeat by New Zealand.

British newspapers had reported that Flintoff had to be fished out of the sea after capsizing a pedal boat in the sea following a drinking session.

A statement from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said five other players had also been fined for breaching discipline.

It added that this was not the first time that Flintoff, considered one of the world's greatest all-rounders and a key figure in their famous 2005 Ashes win over Australia, had been involved in such an episode.

"Andrew Flintoff has been given warnings about his conduct and disciplined for previous incidents of this nature," England head coach Duncan Fletcher was quoted as saying in the statement.

"In light of this and due to the serious nature of the incident which he was involved in at the hotel on Friday night, we have decided to take further disciplinary action against him.

"Andrew has been made fully aware of the team management's concerns and the fact that the ECB considers this type of behaviour to be totally unacceptable.

"He will remain with the World Cup squad and be available for selection for our next match against Kenya.

"All players involved wish to express their sincere regret for the embarrassment caused to their team mates, the England supporters and the ECB."

Pakistan coach dies

2007-03-18T14:55:00.000-07:00

Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer - a former England Test batsman - has died after being found unconscious in his hotel room in the West Indies.

The 58-year-old was discovered in his room at the Pegasus Hotel in Sabina Park on Sunday morning, and was immediately taken to the emergency department of a nearby hospital - but he did not recover.

A team spokesman said: "We saw him on Saturday night but having not seen him early on Sunday two of our officers went to his room and with the help of hotel staff entered. He was found unconscious there. It is too early to say whether he has suffered a heart attack. We are awaiting medical reports."

Result: Australia vs. The Netherlands

2007-03-18T14:35:00.001-07:00

Australia vs. The Netherlands - World Cup (Match 10)
Warner Park Stadium

AUSTRALIA Innings:
A Gilchrist c van Troost b de Leede 57
M Hayden c Borren b de Leede 29
R Ponting c&b ten Doeschate 23
M Clarke not out 93
B Hodge b Borren 123
M Hussey c sub b ten Doeschate 2
S Watson not out 12
Extras (lb9, w8, nb2) 19
Total (for 5 wkts - 50 overs) 358
Fall of wickets: 1-73, 2-116, 3-116, 4-320, 5-325

Bowling:
Jonkman 6-1-1-35-0,
Reekers 6-1-48-0
de Leede 10-1-40-2
ten Doeschate 10-0-76-2
Raja 7.5-0-61-0
Borren 10-0-89-1.

The Netherlands Innings:
B Zuiderent run out (Clarke) 9
D Reekers c Clarke b Bracken 25
A Kervezee lbw Bracken 0
R ten Doeschate lbw Taitt 1
*L van Troost lbw McGrath 0
D van Bunge lbw McGrath 33
T de Leede c Hayden b Hogg 14
P Borren c Hussey b Hogg 24
+J Smits lbw Hogg 3
A Raja not out 8
M Jonkman st Gilchrist b Hogg 0
Extras (b4, lb3, w5) 12
Total (all out - 26.5 overs) 129
Fall of wickets: 1-36, 2-36, 3-38, 4-40, 5-46, 6-87, 7-97, 8-106, 9-129

Bowling:
Bracken 7-1-33-2
Taitt 7-0-29-1
McGrath 8-0-33-2
Hogg 4.5-0-27-4

Man-of-the-Match: Brad Hodge (Australia)

Australia winners by 229 runs

Result: Pakistan vs. Ireland

2007-03-17T18:42:00.000-07:00

Pakistan vs. Ireland - World Cup (Match 9)
Sabina Park

Pakistan innings
Mohammad Hafeez c N O'Brien b Langford-Smith 4 (6)
Imran Nazir c Morgan b Botha 24 (51)
Younis Khan c Botha b Rankin 0 (3)
Mohammad Yousuf c Porterfield b Johnston 15 (31)
Inzamam-ul-Haq c Morgan b Botha 1 (3)
Shoaib Malik c N O'Brien b K O'Brien 9 (25)
Kamran Akmal c Johnston b Rankin 27 (47)
Azhar Mahmood c Johnston b Rankin 2 (21)
Mohammad Sami c Bray b McCallan 12 (34)
Iftikhar Anjum not out 8 (43)
Umar Gul c sub b McCallan 1 (13)
Extras 29 (lb3, w23, nb3)
Total (all out; 45.4 overs) 132

foW: 1/7 (Mohammad Hafeez, 0.6 overs), 2/15 (Younis Khan, 3.3 overs), 3/56 (Mohammad Yousuf, 13.1 overs), 4/58 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 13.1 overs), 5/66 (Imran Nazir, 17.6 overs), 6/72 (Shoaib Malik, 20.3 overs), 7/103 (Azhar Mahmood, 30.2 overs), 8/105 (Kamran Akmal, 30.5 overs), 9/130 (Mohammad Sami, 43.1 overs), 10/132 (Umar Gul, 45.4 overs)

Bowling
Langford-Smith 10-1-31-1 (1nb,5w)
Rankin 9-1-32-3 (1nb,13w)
Botha 8-4-5-2
Johnston 7-1-20-1 (1nb,4w)
K O'Brien 6-0-29-1 (1w)
McCallan 5.4-1-12-2

Ireland innings
Bray lbw b Mohammad Sami 3 (13)
Porterfield b Mohammad Hafeez 13 (50)
Morgan lbw b Mohammad Sami 2 (5)
N O'Brien st Kamran Akmal b Shoaib Malik 72 (107)
K O'Brien not out 16 (52)
White c Mohammad Hafeez b Iftikhar Anjum 4 (3)
McCallan c Younis Khan b Iftikhar Anjum 0 (1)
Johnston not out 9 (14)
Extras 14 (lb2, w11, nb1)
Total (7 wickets; 41.4 overs) 133

foW: 1/7 (Bray, 3.1 overs), 2/15 (Morgan, 5.3 overs), 3/62 (Porterfield, 20.6 overs), 4/70 (Botha 23.6 overs), 5/108 (N O'Brien, 33.6 overs), 6/113 (White, 34.5 overs). 7/113 (McCallan, 34.6 overs)

Bowling
Umar Gul 9-0-24-0 (3w)
Mohammad Sami 10-0-29-3 (3w)
Iftikhar Anjun 10-0-29-2 (3w)
Azhar Mahmood 7.4-1-25-0 (2w)
Mohammad Hafeez 4-0-15-1
Shoaib Malik 1-0-9-1 (1nb)

Man of the match: N O'Brien

Ireland winners by 3 wickets

Result: India vs. Bangladesh

2007-03-17T18:37:00.000-07:00

India vs. Bangladesh - World Cup (Match 8)
Queens Park Oval

India Innings
Ganguly c Abdur Razzak b Mohammad Rafique 66 (129)
Sehwag b Mashrafe Mortaza 2 (6)
Uthappa c Aftab Ahmed b Mashrafe Mortaza 9 (17)
Tendulkar c Mushfiqur Rahim b Abdur Razzak 7 (26)
Dravid lbw b Mohammad Rafique 14 (28)
Yuvraj Singh c Habibul Bashar b Abdur Razzak 47 (60)
Dhoni c Aftab Ahmed b Mohammad Rafique 0 (3)
Harbhajan Singh b Abdur Razzak 0 (3)
Agarkar c Mushfiqur Rahim b Mashrafe Mortaza 0 (2)
Khan not out 15 (17)
Patel c Abdur Razzak b Mahrafe Mortaza 15 (15)
Extras 16 (lb5, w3, nb8)
Total (all out; 49.3 overs) 191

foW: 1/6 (Sehwag, 2.1 overs), 2/21 (Uthappa, 6.4 overs), 3/40 (Tendulkar, 14.6 overs), 4/72 (Dravid 24.1 overs), 5/157 (Yuvraj Singh, 42.4 overs), 6/158 (Ganguly, 43.2 overs), 7/159 (Dhoni, 43.5 overs), 8/159 (Harbhajan Singh, 44.2 overs), 9/159 (Agarkar, 45.1 overs), 10/191 (Patel, 49.3 overs)

Bowling
Mahrafe Mortaza 9.3-2-38-4 (6nb, 2w)
Syed Rasel 10-2-31-0 (1nb)
Abdur Razzak 10-2-38-3
Saqibul Hasan 10-0-44-0 (1w)
Mohammad Rafique 10-2-35-3

Bangladesh Innings
Tamim Iqbal c Dhoni b Patel 51 (53)
Shahriar Nafees lbw b Khan 2 (8)
Mushfiqur Rahim not out 56 (107)
Aftab Ahmed lbw b Patel 8 (10)
Saqibul Hasan st Dhoni b Sehwag 53 (86)
Habibul Bashar st Dhoni b Sehwag 1 (8)
Mohammad Ashraful not out 8 (23)
Extras 13 (lb1, w4, nb8)
Total (5 wickets; 48.3 overs) 192

foW: 1/24 (Shahriar Nafees, 4.2 overs), 2/69 (Tamim Iqbal, 13.2 overs), 3/79 (Aftab Ahmed, 15.6 overs), 4/163 (Saqibal Hasan, 38.4 overs), 5/175 (Habibul Bashar, 42.2 overs)

Bowling
Khan 9-2-41-1 (2nb,1w)
Agarkar 10-0-41-0 (2nb)
Patel 8.3-1-39-2 (1w)
Harbhajan Singh 10-1-30-0
Tendulkar 3-0-8-0 (1w)
Yuvraj Singh 3-0-15-0
Sehwag 5-0-17-2 (1w)

Man of the match: Mashrafe Mortaza

Bangladesh winners by 5 wickets

Result: England vs. New Zealand

2007-03-16T18:03:00.000-07:00

England vs. New Zealand - World Cup (Match 7)
Beausejour Stadium

England innings
Joyce c McCullum b Franklin 0 (2)
Vaughan b Franklin 26 (52)
Bell c McCullum b Oram 5 (19)
Pietersen c Franklin b Bond 60 (92)
Collingwood c McCullum b Styris 31 (54)
Flintoff c Styris b Bond 0 (1)
Dalrymple c McCullum b Styris 3 (12)
Nixon not out 42 (41)
Plunkett not out 29 (34)
Extras 13 (2 lb, 4 w, 7 nb)
Total 209 (for 7 wkts; 50 overs)

FoW: 1-1, 2-30, 3-52, 4-133, 5-133, 6-134, 7-138

Bowling
Franklin 9-0-43-2 (4nb, 1w)
Bond 10-1-19-2 (2w)
Oram 6-0-25-1
Patel 8-0-42-0 (1nb)
Vettori 10-0-53-0 (1nb)
Styris 7-0-25-2 (1nb, 1w)

New Zealand innings
Vincent c Nixon b Anderson 0 (6)
Fleming c Joyce b Anderson 7 (11)
Taylor c Flintoff b Plunkett 0 (1)
Styris not out 87 (113)
McMillan c Dalrymple b Panesar 27 (34)
Oram not out 63 (83)
Extras 26 (2 b, 11 lb, 11 w, 2 nb)
Total 210 (for 4 wkts; 41 overs)

FoW: 1-1, 2-3, 3-19, 4-72.

Bowling
Anderson 8-0-39-2 (1w)
Plunkett 7-0-43-1 (1nb, 1w)
Flintoff 8-1-17-0 (1nb, 1w)
Collingwood 3-0-20-0
Panesar 10-0-47-1 (3w)
Dalrymple 4-0-29-0 (1w)
Pietersen 1-0-2-0

Man of the Match: Scott Styris

New Zealand winners by 6 wickets

Gibbs day out

2007-03-16T18:02:00.000-07:00

Herschelle Gibbs has bagged an international cricket first by hitting six sixes in an over as South Africa inflicted a 221-run defeat on Holland at the World Cup.

Gibbs savaged Daan van Bunge to help his team charge to a South African World Cup-record 3-353 at Warner Park, and Holland could respond with only 9-132 in the Group A match reduced to 40 overs each because of rain.

Result: South Africa vs. The Netherlands

2007-03-16T17:58:00.000-07:00

South Africa vs. The Netherlands - World Cup (Match 6)
Warner Park Stadium

South Africa innings
AB de Villiers c Smits b Stelling 0 (2)
GC Smith c van Bunge b Borren 67 (75)
JH Kallis not out 128 (157)
HH Gibbs c van Bunge b van Troost 72 (46)
MV Boucher not out 75 (36)
Total 353 (for 3 wkts; 40 overs)

FoW: 1-0, 2-114, 3-219.

Bowling
Stelling 8-1-43-1 (1w)
Reekers 5-1-35-0 (1w)
ten Doeschate 7-0-58-0 (1nb)
de Leede 4-0-48-0 (1w)
Borren 9-0-52-1
van Bunge 4-0-56-0
van Troost 4-0-59-1 (1w)

Netherlands innings
B Zuiderent b Pollock 1 (3)
DJ Reekers run out (Prince) 4 (2)
AN Kervezee c Pollock b Langeveldt 17 (34)
RN ten Doeschate run out (de Villiers) 57 (119)
DLS van Bunge lbw b Hall 5 (20)
ES Szwarczynski lbw b Smith 12 (28)
TBM de Leede b Kemp 21 (36)
PW Borren run out (Kallis/Smith) 2 (13)
LP van Troost c Smith b Kemp 5 (10)
WF Stelling not out 1 (3)
Total 132 (for 9 wkts; 40 overs)

FoW: 1-5, 2-6, 3-33, 4-47, 5-72, 6-114, 7-124, 8-131, 9-132.

Bowling
Pollock 6-3-4-1 (1w)
Langeveldt 6-0-22-1
Hall 6-1-15-1
Smith 8-0-32-1
Kallis 4-0-18-0 (1nb)
Kemp 4-0-18-2

Man of the Match: Herschelle Gibbs (South Africa)

South Africa winners by 221 runs

Result: Ireland vs. Zimbabwe

2007-03-15T16:25:00.000-07:00

Ireland vs. Zimbabwe - World Cup (Match 5)
Sabina Park

Ireland innings
Porterfield c Sibanda b Mpofu 0 (6)
Bray not out 115 (137)
Morgan c Chigumbura b Brent 21 (27)
N O'Brien c Taylor b Chigumbura 1 (5)
Botha b Chigumbura 1 (7)
K O'Brien c Taylor b Rainsford 10 (28)
White lbw b Brent 28 (48)
Johnston run out (Matsikenyeri) 20 (24)
McCallan st Taylor b Williams 0 (3)
Langford-Smith c Taylor b Mpofu 15 (17)
Extras 10 (1b, 1lb, 5w, 3nb)
Total (9 wickets; 50 overs) 221

FoW: 1-0 (Porterfield, 0.6 ov), 2-43 (Morgan, 9.5 ov), 3-44 (N O'Brien, 10.4 ov), 4-64 (Botha, 14.3 ov), 5-89 (K O'Brien, 21.6 ov), 6-145 (White, 37.3 ov), 7-182 (Johnston, 43.6 ov), 8-182 (McCallan, 44.3 ov), 9-221 (Langford-Smith, 49.6 ov)

Bowling
Mpofu 10-3-58-2
Rainsford 7-0-44-1
Chigumbura 6-2-21-2
Brent 10-1-40-2
Utseya 10-0-29-0
Williams 6-1-21-1
Matsikenyeri 1-0-6-0

Zimbabwe innings
Duffin c N O'Brien b Rankin 12 (22)
Sibanda hit wkt b White 67 (84)
Chibhabha c Langford-Smith b Johnston 12 (36)
Williams c Rankin b McCallan 14 (13)
Matsikenyeri not out 73 (76)
Chigumbura c Bray b McCallan 4 (9)
Taylor run out (McCallan) 24 (40)
Brent lbw b Botha 3 (12)
Utseya c Morgan b K O'Brien 1 (3)
Mpofu run out (Johnston) 0 (5)
Rainsford run out (N O'Brien) 1 (1)
Extras 10 (1lb, 7w, 2nb)
Total 221 (all out; 50 overs)

FoW: 1-26 (Duffin, 5.6 ov), 2-92 (Chibhabha, 20.5 ov), 3-107 (Williams, 23.2 ov), 4-128 (Sibanda, 28.1 ov), 5-133 (Chigumbura, 29.6 ov), 6-203 (Taylor, 43.4 ov), 7-212 (Brent, 47.3 ov), 8-213 (Utseya, 48.1 ov), 9-213 (Mpofu, 48.6 ov), 10-221 (Rainsford, 49.6 ov)

Bowling
Langford-Smith 9-0-34-0
Rankin 7-1-43-1
Botha 10-2-32-1
Johnston 10-2-32-1
McCallan 9-1-56-2
White 3-1-15-1
K O'Brien 2-1-8-1

Man of the Match: Jeremy Bray (Ireland)

Match tied

Result: Sri Lanka vs. Bermuda

2007-03-15T16:22:00.000-07:00

Sri Lanka vs. Bermuda - World Cup (Match 4)
Queens Park Oval

Sri Lanka innings
Tharanga c Minors b Hurdle 30 (47)
Jayasuriya c Pitcher b Mukuddem 22 (26)
Jayawardene c Hurdle b Cann 85 (90)
Sangakkara c Tucker b Leverock 76 (83)
Silva not out 55 (45)
Dilshan c Tucker b Hurdle 12 (15)
Maharoof c Hemp b Mukuddem 9 (5)
Arnold not out 2 (1)
Extras 30 (3lb, 13w, 14nb)
Total (6 wickets; 50 overs) 321

FoW: 1-62 (Jayasuriya, 8.3 ov), 2-78 (Tharanga, 11.6 ov), 3-228 (Sangakkara, 37.3 ov), 4-267 (Jayawardenem 42. 1 ov), 5-305 (Dilshan, 48.1 ov), 6-316 (Maharoof, 49.3 ov)

Bowling
Hurdle 9-1-61-2
Mukuddem 10-0-50-2
Tucker 10-0-50-0
Leverock 10-0-67-1
Borden 3-0-27-0
Cann 5-0-34-1
Romaine 3-0-29-0

Bermuda innings
Smith lbw b Vaas 0 (5)
Pitcher b Maharoof 6 (28)
Mukuddem c Sangakkara b Malinga 0 (4)
Hemp c Jayawardene b Malinga 14 (18)
Romaine lbw b Malinga 0 (1)
Tucker b Muralitharan 4 (21)
Minors c Sangakkara b Maharoof 4 (3)
Cann c Sangakkara b Maharoof 28 (32)
Borden c sub b Maharoof 6 (25)
Hurdle not out 6 (3)
Leverock lbw b Muralitharan 1 (8)
Extras 9 (6lb, 3w)
Total (all out; 24.4 overs) 78

FoW: 1-0 (Smith, 0.5 ov), 2-2 (Mukkudem, 3.1 ov), 3-20 (Hemp, 7.1 ov), 4-20 (Romaine, 7.2 ov), 5-25 (Pitcher, 11.2 ov), 6-29 (Minors, 11.5 ov), 7-39 (Tucker, 14.3 ov), 8-64 (Borden, 21.5 ov), 9-77 (Cann, 23.2 ov), 10-78 (Leverock, 24.4 ov)

Bowling
Vaas 6-3-11-1
Malinga 5-2-10-3
Maharoof 7-1-23-4
Muralitharan 6.4-0-28-2

Man of the Match: Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)

Sri Lanka winners by 243 runs

Result: Canada vs. Kenya

2007-03-14T16:32:00.000-07:00

Canada vs. Kenya - World Cup (Match 3)
Beausejour Stadium

Canada innings
Barnett c Mishra b Ongondo 41 (50)
Samad c Tikolo b Odoyo 15 (29)
Bagai st Ouma b Varaiya 19 (48)
Billcliff c & b Tikolo 34 (63)
Davison b Kamande 8 (19)
Ali b Kamande 6 (16)
Mulla c Ongondo b Tikolo 25 (39)
Dhaniram not out 34 (35)
Bhatti run out (Mishra) 1 (2)
Cummins run out (Odoyo) 1 (3)
Osinde run out 1 (4)
Extras 14 (5lb, 3w, 6nb)
Total 199 (all out; 50 overs)

FoW: 1-40 (Samad), 2-73 (Barnett), 3-102 (Bagai), 4-115 (Davison), 5-127 (Ali), 6-146 (Billcliff), 7-175 (Mulla),
8-185 (Bhatti), 9-187 (Cummins), 10-199 (Osinde)

Bowling
Odoyo 8-1-32-1
Ongondo 10-0-51-1
Odhiambo 3-0-33-0
Varaiya 10-3-19-1
Kamande 10-1-25-2
Tikolo 9-0-34-2

Kenya innings
Ouma c Mulla b Dhaniram 58 (89)
Obuya c Bagai b Cummins 4 (17)
Shah lbw b Bhatti 6 (26)
Tikolo not out 72 (76)
Mishra not out 35 (54)
Extras 28 (b 1, lb 2, w 18, nb 2, pen 5)
Total 203(3 wickets; 43.2 overs)

FoW: 1-28 (Obuya), 2-52 (Shah), 3-119 (Ouma)

Bowling
Bhatti 9-0-44-1
Cummins 8-0-32-1
Osinde 5.2-0-31-0
Davison 9-0-31-0
Samad 3-0-23-0
Dhaniram 9-1-34-1

Man of the Match: Stephen Tikolo (Kenya)

Canada winners by 7 wickets

Result: Australia vs. Scotland

2007-03-14T16:18:00.000-07:00

Australia vs. Scotland - World Cup (Match 2)
Warner Park Stadium

Australia Innings
A Gilchrist lbw b Brown 46 (55)
M Hayden lbw b Haq 60 (73)
R Ponting b Wright 113 (93)
M Clarke b Haq 15 (20)
B Hodge c Hoffmann b Rogers 29 (28)
M Hussey st Smith b Hoffmann 4 (6)
S Watson not out 18 (11)
G Hogg not out 40 (15)
Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 5, nb 1) 9
Total (6 wickets; 50 overs) 334

Fall of wickets: 1-91 (Gilchrist, 16.6 ov), 2-139 (Hayden, 26.5 ov), 3-193 (Clarke, 34.3 ov), 4-256 (Hodge, 43.1 ov), 5-274 (Ponting, 45.2 ov), 6-276 (Hussey, 46.1 ov).

Bowling:
P Hoffmann 10-0-57-1 (2w)
J Blain 4-0-29-0 (1nb, 1w)
C Wright 10-0-58-1
D Brown 9-0-86-1 (2w)
G Rogers 10-0-52-1
RM Haq 7-0-49-2

Scotland Innings
D Watts b McGrath 9 (25)
R Haq run out (McGrath/Tait) 16 (22)
2 N Poonia b Tait 1 (4)
R Watson c Bracken b McGrath 6 (20)
G Hamilton c Gilchrist b McGrath 3 (18)
D Brown c Watson b Hodge 19 (37)
C Smith b Hogg 51 (76)
C Wright lbw b Tait 4 (21)
G Rogers run out (Hayden/Gilchrist) 6 (19)
P Hoffmann not out 0 (0)
Extras (lb 9, w 6, nb 1) 16
Total (9 wickets; 40.1 overs) 131
To bat JAR Blain

Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Haq, 5.5 ov), 2-27 (Poonia, 7.4 ov), 3-32 (Watts, 9.3 ov), 4-37 (Watson, 13.3 ov), 5-42 (Hamilton, 15.3 ov), 6-89 (Brown, 27.4 ov), 7-104 (Wright, 32.5 ov), 8-131 (Rogers, 39.6 ov), 9-131 (Smith, 40.1 ov).

Bowling: N Bracken 6-1-12-0
S Tait 8-0-45-2 (3w)
G McGrath 6-1-14-3 (1nb)
S Watson 7-1-18-0 (1w)
G Hogg 7.1-1-16-1
BJ Hodge 6-0-17-1

Man of the Match: Ricky Ponting

Australia winners by 203 runs

Lara satisfied with win

2007-03-13T20:12:00.000-07:00

Here's what Brian Lara had to say following the West Indies opening World Cup win against Pakistan.

On the efforts of the team's young players:
"I think it was important they seized the moment. We said this was not a World Cup for the experienced players and we would be tapping on the shoulders of the younger players to win this World Cup."

On how well the side played:
"I think we played pretty well in the batting department. Marlon (Samuels) put us back in the game and Dwayne (Smith) at the end in his partnership with Corey (Collymore). We're happy with that."

"I was satisfied after the start we had and thought the guys played really well in the last 10 overs."

"The bowling was a very good team effort. We used just five bowlers and they all did very well."

And in regards to support from the home crowd:
"It was great to have the support we had (from the crowd) and our confidence will now be sky-high. We may have to come down a few levels over the next few days."

Result: West Indies vs. Pakistan

2007-03-13T16:41:00.000-07:00

West Indies vs. Pakistan - World Cup (Match 1)
Sabina Park

West Indies Innings
Gayle c Akmal b Umar Gul 2 (6)
Chanderpaul c Akmal b Anjum 19 (63)
Sarwan c Khan b Anjum 49 (65)
Samuels c Malik b Hafeez 63 (70)
Lara c Akmal b Hafeez 37 (56)
Bravo c Naved-ul-Hasan b Anjum 16 (17)
Ramdin st Akmal b Kaneria 1 (4)
Smith c Inzamam-ul-Haq b Gul 32 (15)
Taylor run out (Anjum) 2 (4)
Powell not out 1 (1)
Collymore not out 8 (2)
Extras: (2lb, 6wd, 3nb) 11
Total: 241 (9 wickets; 50 overs)

FoW: 1-7 (Gayle, 2.2 ov), 2-64 (Chanderpaul, 19.2 ov), 3-77 (Sarwan, 23.5 ov), 4-168 (Lara, 41.1 ov), 5-181 (Samuels, 43.6 ov), 6-183 (Ramdin, 44.5 ov), 7-223 (Smith, 48.2 ov), 8-228 (Taylor, 49.1 ov), 9-232 (Bravo, 49.3 ov)

Bowling
Gul 9 - 1 - 38 - 2
Naved-ul-Hasan 9 - 1 - 49 - 0
Anjum 10 - 3 - 44 - 3
Kaneria 9 - 2 - 45 - 1
Hafeez 9 - 0 - 39 - 2
Malik 4 - 0 - 24 - 0

Pakistan Innings
Nazir c Ramdin b Powell 6 (3)
Hafeez c Lara b Powell 11 (28)
Khan c Ramdin b Taylor 9 (13)
Yousuf c Ramdin b Smith 37 (72)
Inzamam-ul-Haq lbw b Smith 36 (65)
Malik c Chanderpaul b Collymore 62 (54)
Akmal c Bravo b Smith 0 (1)
Naved-ul-Hasan b Bravo 11 (29)
Anjum c Lara b Bravo 11 (18)
Gul c & b Bravo 0 (1)
Kaneria not out 0 (0)
Extras: (2lb, 2wd) 4
Total: 187 (all out; 47.2 overs)

FoW: 1-6 (Imran Nazir, 0.3 ov), 2-17 (Younis Khan, 3.6 ov), 3-39 (Mohammad Hafeez, 10.3 ov), 4-99 (Mohammad Yousuf, 28.6 ov), 5-116 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 32.4 ov), 6-116 (Kamran Akmal, 32.5 ov), 7-144 (Naved-ul-Hasan, 40.2 ov), 8-187 (Iftikhar Anjum, 46.5 ov), 9-187 (Umar Gul, 46.6 ov), 10-187 (Shoaib Malik, 47.2 ov)

Bowling
Powell 10 - 1 - 42 - 2
Taylor 10 - 1 - 38 - 1
Collymore 8.2 - 3 - 27 - 1
Devon Smith 10 - 0 - 36 - 3
Bravo 9 - 0 - 42 - 3

West Indies win by 54 runs.

World Cup opening ceremony

2007-03-12T16:59:00.000-07:00

Someone has been kind enough to upload the opening ceremony to YouTube. So if you didn't get to see it on your local network, you can check it out here!

More World Cup warm-up results

2007-03-09T17:53:00.001-08:00

Here's a quick run down of the results from Friday's World Cup warm-up matches:

West Indies 85 (25.5 ov) vs. India 1/86 (18.3 ov)
India winners by 9 wickets

England 197 (48.3 ov) vs. Australia 5/200 (40.5 ov)
Australia winners by 5 wickets

South Africa 199 (48.3 ov) vs. Pakistan 3/200 (44.3 ov)
Pakistan winners by 7 wickets

New Zealand 285/8 (50 ov) vs. Sri Lanka 267 (50 ov)
New Zealand winners by 18 runs

Convincing wins for Australia and Pakistan and a very poor showing by the hosts!

Bangladesh smash Scots

2007-03-08T23:43:00.001-08:00

Bangladesh needed just 34.1 overs to reel in Scotland's modest total of 152 on Thursday.

Navdeep Poonia was Scotland's best, posting a respectable 32 from 34 balls faced but he did it alone with the rest of the Scottish bats failing to fire. The Scots lost nine wickets as they crawled to 152 from their full allotment.

Abdur Razzak was the best of the Bangladeshi bowlers with 3/25 from 10 overs.

- Cricket Australia

Ireland, Zimbabwe notch up wins

2007-03-08T15:35:00.000-08:00

Ireland has accounted for Canada, getting home by 7 wickets in their World Cup warm-up match at St Augustine's Sir Frank Worrell ground. Set 116 runs for victory, Ireland got to its target with seven wickets and more than 23 overs to spare, with opener Jeremy Bray hitting an unbeaten 41.

Meanwhile Zimbabwe was too strong for Bermuda in their warm up in St Vincent, defeating them by six wickets with 21 overs to spare. Bermuda, did however, improve on their 45 run total they set against England, chalking up a total of 136. It wasn't enough to hold off Zimbabwe though, who were inspired by an unbeaten 72 from Sean Williams.

Register your World Cup dream team!

2007-03-07T22:30:00.000-08:00

Cricket Australia is running a World Cup dream team competition where you can select 15 players from any country participating in the World Cup. You can only select two players from each team though! The major prize in the comp is a cricket bat signed by the 2007 Australian World Cup squad (valued at $1500).

Here's my squad:
GAYLE, Chris
LARA, Brian
TENDULKAR, Sachin
PONTING, Ricky
PIETERSEN, Kevin
POLLOCK, Shaun
GILCHRIST, Adam
PANESAR, Monty
VAAS, Chaminda
VETTORI, Daniel
MURALITHARAN, Muttiah

Substitutes
YOUSUF, Mohammad
KALLIS, Jacques
AKMAL, Kamran
BOND, Shane

Click here to register and select your team (only open to Australian residents)

Gillespie in doubt for World Cup opener

2007-03-07T01:58:00.000-08:00

New Zealand bowler Mark Gillespie is doubtful for the start of the World Cup after complications to a viral infection were diagnosed in Barbados.

Gillespie left New Zealand with a throat virus, which has since caused acute brachial neuritis of the nerves in his right shoulder.

The Wellington paceman is treating the ailment and will return to the specialist in Bridgetown on Friday, adding to the Blackcaps' worries after a pre-tournament defeat to Bangladesh.

A two-wicket loss at the 3Ws Oval has proven to be a 'wake-up call', according to captain Stephen Fleming.

"There's not a lot we can say, I guess it's a result that just shakes you up," said Fleming.

"We just didn't play well, I don't want to give any excuses. It gives us some headaches and I suppose you can say it's a wake-up call before the tournament starts."

"The only other positive for us is that this wasn't a pool match but it shows how tough this tournament can be."

New Zealand faces Sri Lanka in Bridgetown on Friday.

- Cricket Australia

Australia home safely against Zimbabwe

2007-03-06T15:48:00.000-08:00

Australia has defeated Zimbabwe by 106 runs in Kingstown to record its first one-day win in over a month. Australia batted first and made a total of 290 thanks to half-centuries from Michael Clarke (82) and Shane Watson (81). Zimbabwe saw out the full 50 overs in reply, however they fell well short, finishing on 7-184. Stuart Clark was the best of the Australian bowlers with 2/33.

Bangladesh cause upset over New Zealand

2007-03-06T15:41:00.000-08:00

Bangladesh has caused the first upset of the World Cup by chasing down New Zealand's total of 224 with an over to spare in their World Cup warm-up at Barbados. Key bowlers for Bangladesh were Mashrafe Mortaza who took 4-44 and Abdur Razzak who snagged 4-26.

Sri Lanka home confortably against Scotland

2007-03-05T20:03:00.000-08:00

Sri Lanka has downed Scotland by 162 runs in their warm-up match at the 3W's oval. Sri Lanka finished on 7/294 after half-centuries from Kumar Sangakkara (81), Sanath Jayasuriya (77) and Upul Tharanga (70). Scotland was no match however, finishing all out for 132 off 41.2 overs.

Ireland give South Africa a scare

2007-03-05T19:49:00.000-08:00

Ireland has almost caused a huge upset over South Africa in their warm up match. The Proteas set the Irishmen a modest total of 193 for victory and Ireland appeared to have the win in the bag at 4/139 with 14 overs to spare, before they suffered a massive collapse to be all out for 157.

The South African innings could have been a lot worse after being just 8/91 half way through their 50 overs. The innings was salvaged by a ninth wicket partnership of 85 between Andrew Hall and Robin Peterson.

West Indies survive Kenyan challenge

2007-03-05T19:35:00.000-08:00

Kenya gave West Indies a scare, before going down by 21 runs in their warm-up match in Jamaica. A Marlon Samuels century steered the West Indies to a total of 268. The Kenyan's looked a shot at causing an upset after a seventh wicket stand between Obuya and bowler Thomas Odoyo of 55. However they fell short, finishing on 7/247.

England down Bermuda in World Cup warm-up

2007-03-05T19:04:00.000-08:00

England has thrashed Bermuda by 241 runs in the first of their World Cup warm up matches. England posted a respectable 8/286 after 120kg Bermuda spinner Dwayne Leverock took 2/32 including the scalp of Kevin Pietersen.

"I have been the leading wicket-taker for Bermuda for the last four years. The wicket gave me some turn and bounce so I used it to my advantage." said Leverock.

The 35-year-old left-armer, who was a 110 metre hurdler as a teenager, said he had slimmed down to about 19 stone, or 120kg for the World Cup.

Leverock's good work wasn't supported by the Bermuda batsmen, who were bowled out for just 45 after 22.2 overs, no doubt fueling debate over whether minor nations should be included in the World Cup.

World Cup Squads

2007-03-05T18:57:00.001-08:00

Here are the squads / teams for the 2007 Cricket World Cup...

Australia:
Ricky Ponting (Captain), Adam Gilchrist, Glenn McGrath, Andrew Symonds, Matt Hayden, Michael Clark, Brad Hogg, Michael Hussey, Shane Watson, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Brad Haddin, Mitchell Johnson, Brad Hodge, Shaun Tait

Bangladesh
Habibul Bashar (Captain), Shahriar Nafees, Abdur Razzak, Aftab Ahmed, Javed Omar, Mashrafe Mortaza, Mohammad Ashraful, Mohammad Rafique, Mushfiqur Rahim (wicketkeeper), Rajin Saleh, Saqibul Hasan, Shahadat Hossain, Syed Rasel, Tamim Iqbal, Tapash Baisya

Bermuda
Irvine Romaine (Captain), Janeiro Tucker, Saleem Mukuddem, Dwayne Leverock, Dean Minors, David Hemp, Kevin Hurdle, Lionel Cann, Kwame Tucker, Clay Smith, Malachi Jones, Steven Outerbridge, Delyone Borden, Stefan Kelly, Oliver Pitcher

Canada
John Davison (Captain), Anderson Cummins, Ashish Bagai, Desmond Chumney, Sunil Dhaniram, Henry Osinde, Abdool Samad, George Codrington, Umar Bhatti, Kevin Sandher, Ashif Mulla, Qaiser Ali, Ian Billcliff, Austin Codrington, Geoff Barnett

England
Michael Vaughan (Captain), Andrew Flintoff, Paul Collingwood, Andrew Strauss, James Anderson, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Bell, Jamie Dalrymple, Liam Plunkett, Sajid Mahmood, Edmund Joyce, Jonathan Lewis, Paul Nixon, Monty Panesar, Ravinder Bopara

Kenya
Stephen Tikolo (Captain), Thomas Odoyo, Ravindu Shah, Tony Suji, Collins Obuya, Peter Ochieng, David Obuya, Jimmy Kamande, Tanmay Mishra, Maurice Ouma, Nehemiah Odhiambo, Hiren Varaiya, Lameck Onyango, Malhar Patel, Rajesh Bhudia

India
Rahul Dravid (Captain), Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Sourav Ganguly, Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh, Dinesh Kaarthick, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, Zaheer Khan, Ajit Agarkar, Munaf Patel, Irfan Pathan and S Sreesanth

Ireland
Trent Johnston (Captain), Kyle McCallan, Andre Botha, Andrew White, Niall O'Brien, Dave Langford-Smith, Kevin O'Brien, William Porterfield, Jeremy Bray, Eoin Morgan, John Mooney, Peter Gillespie, Paul Mooney, Kenneth Carroll, Boyd Rankin

New Zealand
Stephen Fleming (Captain), Daniel Vettori, Craig McMillan, Scott Styris, Brendon McCullum, Lou Vincent, Jacob Oram, Daryl Tuffey, Shane Bond, James Franklin, Peter Fulton, Ross Taylor, Jeetan Patel, Mark Gillespie, Michael Mason

Pakistan
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Captain), Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Yousuf, Younis Khan, Azhar Mahmood, Shoaib Malik, Muhammad Sami, Imran Nazir, Kamran Akmal, Naved-ul-Hasan, Mohammad Hafeez, Iftikhar Anjum, Umar Gul, Danish Kaneria, Yasir Arafat

Scotland
Craig Wright (Captain), Dougie Brown, Gavin Hamilton, John Blain, Neil McCallum, Ryan Watson, Ross Lyons, Fraser Watts, Paul Hoffmann, Colin Smith, Majid Haq, Navdeep Poonia, Dewald Nel, Douglas Lockhart, Glenn Rogers

South Africa
Graeme Smith (Captain), Shaun Pollock, Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher, Herschelle Gibbs, Makhaya Ntini, Andrew Hall, Justin Kemp, Andre Nel, Ashwell Prince, Charl Langeveldt, Roger Telemachus, Robin Peterson, AB de Villiers, Loots Bosman

Sri Lanka
Mahela Jayawardene (Captain), Sanath Jayasuriya, Chaminda Vaas, M Muralitharan, Marvan Atapattu, Kumar Sangakkara, Russel Arnold, Tillekeratne Dilshan, Dilhara Fernando, Farveez Maharoof, Upul Tharanga, Lasith Malinga, Malinga Bandara, Nuwan Kulasekara, Chamara Silva

The Netherlands
Luuk Van Troost (Captain), Tim De Leede, Bas Zuiderent, Daan van Bunge, Jeroen Smits, Edgar Schiferli, Ryan ten Doeschate, Peter Borren, Alexei Kervezee, Darron Reekers, Billy Stelling, Adeel Raja, Mohammad Kashif, Mark Jonkman, Eric Szwarczynski

West Indies
Brian Lara (Captain), Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Chris Gayle, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Marlon Samuels, Corey Collymore, Dwayne Bravo, Ian Bradshaw, Dwayne Smith, Jerome Taylor, Denesh Ramdin, Daren Powell, Devon Smith, Lendl Simmons, Kieron Pollard

Zimbabwe
Prosper Utseya (Captain), Stuart Matsikenyeri, Brendan Taylor, Gary Brent, Elton Chigumbura, Vusimuzi Sibanda, Anthony Ireland, Edward Rainsford, Justice Chibhabha, Terrence Duffin, Tawanda Mupariwa, Chris Mpofu, Sean Williams, Keith Dabengwa, Friday Kasteni

Warm-ups begin at World Cup

2007-03-05T15:28:00.000-08:00

With construction ongoing at stadiums and infrastructure across the nine scattered venues, the West Indies begin the dress rehearsal phase of the World Cup in one of four warm-up matches today.

The West Indies, winners of the first two cricket World Cups in 1975 and '79 in England and runner-up in '83, faces Kenya at Trelawny Stadium near Montego Bay.

No.1-ranked South Africa plays Cup debutante Ireland at Trinidad, England is against Bermuda at St. Vincent and 1996 champion Sri Lanka takes on Scotland at the 3Ws stadium in Barbados in today's other matches.

Australia, seeking an unprecedented third consecutive World Cup title, had a boost yesterday with all-rounder Andrew Symonds hitting a dozen cricket balls in a net practice.

Although Symonds will miss tomorrow's warm-up match against Zimbabwe at St. Vincent and is still unlikely to return to action at least until Australia's March 24 Group match against South Africa.

India also features in warm-ups tomorrow against Netherlands, when New Zealand plays Bangladesh at Barbados and Pakistan takes on Canada at Trinidad.

The 16-match warm-up stage finally finishes Friday and the tournament proper starts next Tuesday with West Indies against Pakistan at Sabina Park in Jamaica.

Despite the West Indies position as the leading limited-overs team of the 1970s and early 1980s, the Caribbean has had to wait until last among the major cricket markets to host cricket's biggest event.

And the pressure is on the local team, which won the 2004 Champions Trophy tournament but has otherwise been in decline since its domination in the 80s.

No host has ever won the World Cup final, with South Africa eliminated after the first round at the last edition four years ago.

The South Africans are back at No.1 now, helped by Australia's five-match losing stretch.

South Africa and Australia have both complained about practice facilities so far and are investigating alternatives.

Australia has few options for its lineup in the warm-ups, with Symonds and opener Matt Hayden (broken toe) unavailable with injuries and vice-captain Adam Gilchrist arriving late following the birth of his third child.

Australia has lost six of its seven matches since Symonds ruptured his right biceps and needed surgery early last month. - AP

Vaughan ready for World Cup

2007-02-28T21:27:00.000-08:00

English captain Michael Vaughan, who has played in just 3 of Englands last 35 one-day internationals after battling a knee and then a hamstring injury says he will be right for the World Cup - "Hamstrings are very vulnerable but everything has gone very well in training indoors, the next stage is getting out on to the grass in the warm-up game.

"I have spoken too much about injuries, I just want to play. I don't enjoy being on the physio's bed constantly being asked questions about my knee and my hamstring - I am feeling all right.

"There is no way I'll be playing a full part in the game against Bermuda, I have just got to try and build it up and I am hoping to get some time in the middle.

"These warm-up games are very much about trying to get everyone right."

England still has injury concerns with Kevin Pietersen (rib) and bowlers James Anderson (back) and Jon Lewis (achilles), however Vaughan is confident they'll be right to go, "The only question mark has been Jon Lewis because he has not had any cricket, but he will be looking to bowl his 10 overs in the warm-up games."

Vaughan also fancies the team's chances after recent positive performances "I think we are in a lot better position than we were at the end of January, we have got an opportunity to create something special.

"We haven't really turned up at a World Cup since way back in 1992 and it is about time we did.

"This group of players has got a great opportunity of being the first England team for 15 years to go on and be successful."

Australia names greatest ever one-day team

2007-02-27T13:58:00.000-08:00

Australia announced it's greatest ever one-day team last night. The team was named to celebrate 36 years of one-day cricket and send off the current team, which flies out to the West Indies today. The team was voted for by the Australia's 163 one-day representatives. Wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist was apparently so well supported that Ian Healy and Rod Marsh didn't even make the top 30 list of vote-getters.

Here's the team:

Adam Gilchrist
Mark Waugh
Ricky Ponting (vice-captain)
Dean Jones
Steve Waugh (captain)
Michael Bevan
Andrew Symonds
Shane Warne
Brett Lee
Dennis Lillee
Glenn McGrath
Greg Chappell (12th man)

Pakistan, Bangladesh players given more incentive to win

2007-02-25T17:33:00.000-08:00

The Pakistan Cricket Board is offering its players a reward of up to US$1.2 million if they win the World Cup. Under the plan, each player will receive a bonus of 5 million rupees (US$84,000) if they win the tournament.

Their also offering a cash bonus of US$20,000 if they make the semi-finals.

Bangladesh has also employed a similar scheme to spur on it's players,

"To spur the Bangladesh Cricket Team on in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, the Board announced incentive bonuses for the players,” the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) said. “Accordingly, each player will receive an additional US$2000 (on top of the usual win bonus) per match for winning a Group Stage game.

“If the team qualify for the Super Eight stage then each player will receive an additional US$3000 (on top of the usual win bonus) for winning a game.”

Australia's World Cup uniform

2007-02-25T17:25:00.000-08:00

Australia has revealed it's World Cup uniform. Check it out:

Kumble eyes retirement from one-day cricket

2007-02-25T16:11:00.000-08:00

Anil Kumble seems likely to retire from one-day cricket after the World Cup.

"I think it will be a really exciting World Cup," he told Indian TV.

"It is definitely going to be my last World Cup, probably the last one-day international series for me."

Irfan Pathan cleared to play in World Cup

2007-02-25T15:48:00.000-08:00

Indian bowler Irfan Pathan has proved his fitness and has been cleared to play in next month's world cup. Pathan took 2-48 in the Indian Deodhar Trophy (the country's one day tournament) to prove his recovery from a shoulder strain.

"There is no alteration in the 15 players who were selected for the World Cup." said chief Indian selector Dilip Vengsarkar.

Akhtar and Asif likely to miss World Cup

2007-02-24T18:45:00.000-08:00

Karachi: Pakistan bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif are expected to miss the World Cup due to doping and fitness problems, a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official said yesterday.

The two have been named in Pakistan's squad but have yet to take the board's official dope tests and must also be cleared of their knee and elbow injuries.

"The situation for them is not good. They are struggling against time and we are not very hopeful of them playing in the World Cup," said the PCB official without wanting to be named.

The two bowlers tested positive last October for the banned substance nandrolone, but a PCB appeals panel cleared them of a doping offence and set aside their bans in December.

Pakistan media reported on Friday they had gone to London to take private dope tests to confirm the level of nandrolone remaining in their bodies.

The reports said they took the tests to confirm no traces of nandrolone remained before taking the PCB's official tests.

Director of cricket operations Saleem Altaf insisted it was mandatory for Shoaib and Asif to clear dope tests and fitness trials next week to play in the World Cup.

"I don't know why they are delaying taking the tests in Pakistan but if they don't take it they don't go to the World Cup," he said.

Source: Reuters

Scotland looking to cause a few upsets

2007-02-22T19:21:00.000-08:00

After loses to England and then New Zealand, now even Scotland thinks they have a shot at knocking of the Aussies!

"We don't fear anyone at this World Cup – the last month's fixtures in one-day cricket all over the world have been interesting to say the least and we won't be losing any sleep over playing the world champions," said Scotland's Australian-raised coach Peter Drinnen.

"If we can take early wickets, which I'm sure we can with the way we've been bowling, we might set a few nerves jangling and cause the likes of Australia and South Africa a few problems."

Although Scotland only has a small number of players who have ever played first-class cricket, they still fancy themselves at causing a few upsets:

"You hear a lot about our amateur status but that doesn't wash with me or the players," Drinnen said.

"The players set themselves professional standards and if they stick to them they're going to have a good tournament.

"We aren't going to the Caribbean to play exhibition cricket. Yes, we will be massive underdogs in the most difficult group, but I'm confident we will justify our place with the elite and who knows what we could do?

"Nobody is getting carried away here and we know we've got jobs to do and we will be giving it everything to cause a shock."

Brett Lee out of World Cup

2007-02-22T19:07:00.000-08:00

After losing five matches on the trot, Australia's world cup campaign has suffered another blow, with Brett Lee being ruled out. Lee suffered an ankle injury during a training session in New Zealand ten days ago and was this morning givin the bad news by a specialist. Stuart Clark has been named as Lee's replacement.

Australian chairman of selectors Andrew Hilditch issued a statement saying "It is a great disappointment for Brett Lee that he is unable to take place in the World Cup and is a significant blow for the planning and preparation in place for the tournament. However it does give a tremendous opportunity for Stuart Clark to join the 15-man squad."

"Stuart was extremely unlucky to miss out on initial selection and despite the unfortunate circumstances surrounding his inclusion we strongly believe that Stuart is primed to seize his opportunity."

"Though Brett’s injury is disappointing from a personal and team perspective, we strongly believe we are taking a squad of players more than capable of winning a third successive Cricket World Cup."

Stuart Clark is expected to fly to the West Indies on Wednesday pending his approval from the ICC.

Watson, Johnson to miss state final

2007-02-22T15:45:00.000-08:00

Queensland cricket captain Jimmy Maher has lashed out at Cricket Australia over their decision to pull Shane Watson and Mitchell Johnson from the team to play Victoria in Sunday's Ford Ranger Cup (the One-Day series) final. Cricket Australia has ordered the players be rested to avoid injury ahead of the World Cup. Ridiculous, if you ask me!

Brad Hodge may also be missing for the Victorians.

Click here for Maher's comments on Nine news. (There's also an interesting bit at the end of the story on whether the West Indies venues will be ready in time for the World Cup)

Rahul Dravid looking forward to start of World Cup

2007-02-21T22:33:00.000-08:00

Indian captain Rahul Dravid is happy the talk is almost over, with the World Cup less then three weeks away. Speaking at the launch of the team's new uniform Dravid had the following to say -

"In some ways, it's a relief that the World Cup has finally arrived after the amount of discussions that have taken place on television and in the newspapers over the last several months which is understandable in a World Cup year"

"We are finally going out and performing on the field. It's an exciting opportunity and a great challenge for us as it's the pinnacle of one-day cricket in the world. We will try and give our very best. Everyone in the team is excited" he added.

However, Dravid admits captaining the team in a cricket mad nation can be difficult at times.

"Captaining the team has been an exciting experience over the last 16 to 18 months. For a kid growing up in India it is obviously a dream to play for India.

"But there are definitely more headaches when you are captain than when you are just a player in the team.

"I am sure Sachin (Tendulkar) and Sourav (Ganguly) will agree."

India kicks off its campaign on the 17th of March against Bangladesh.

Sri Lanka to issue commemorative World Cup stamps

2007-02-21T20:22:00.000-08:00

The Sri Lankan Cricket board and the Department of Post and Telecommunications will issue postage stamps to commemorate the 2007 cricket World Cup. The stamps which will be officially launched on Friday, will be priced at Sri Lankan Rs.5 and Rs.50.

Sri Lanka's plays it's first match against Bermuda on March 15th.

Hayden to be right for World Cup opener

2007-02-21T19:39:00.000-08:00

Australian opener Matt Hayden say's he'll be ready to go for Australia's world cup opener against Scotland on March 14th, despite fracturing his toe during Tuesday's loss to New Zealand.

"I'm looking to be right on the money for that game," Hayden said. "There is nothing structurally wrong except for the fracture. We will review things on Monday, but in terms of a break it's as good as you can have."

Hayden also remains confident that Australia can claim its third straight World Cup crown despite the recent slump in form.

"Looking at the smaller picture we probably aren't where we wanted to be right now, but a lot of the things we have put in place over the past month and a half are going to stand us in good stead," Hayden said.

"When the big cricket is being played and the big characters need to stand up, I can tell you there are few blokes you would rather have beside you than the ones we've got.

"There will be lots of comments over the next few weeks, as there should be. We've had a few injury scares but come those big, important games of the year we will be right up for them."

South Africa knocks Australia off the top of the world rankings

2007-02-21T18:49:00.000-08:00

This is from the ICC media release:

The Proteas have taken over at the summit of the table following Australia’s five-wicket loss to New Zealand in Auckland on Sunday, which cost Michael Hussey’s side two rating points...

It is the first time since the listings began in October 2002 that Australia has not occupied top position.

Here's the latest official rankings:

Rank Team Points

1 South Africa 128
2 Australia 126
3 Pakistan 111
4 New Zealand 111
5 India 109
6 Sri Lanka 108
7 England 106
8 West Indies 101
9 Bangladesh 42
10 Zimbabwe 22
11 Kenya 0

17 Days to go!

2007-02-21T18:34:00.000-08:00

It's less then three weeks from the start of what promises to be an exciting 2007 Cricket World Cup. As the Aussies hit a form slump and lose their number one ranking, the field is wide open!

Keep it tuned here for constant updates and ramblings!