2007 Cricket World Cup
Dates | 13 March – 28 April 2007 |
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Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
Cricket format | One Day International |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
Host(s) |
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Champions | Australia (4th title) |
Runners-up | Sri Lanka |
Participants | 16 (from 97 entrants) |
Matches | 51 |
Attendance | 672,000 (13,176 per match) |
Player of the series | Glenn McGrath |
Most runs | Matthew Hayden (659) |
Most wickets | Glenn McGrath (26) |
The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was the ninth
The 16 competing teams were initially divided into four groups, with the two best-performing teams from each group moving on to a "Super 8" format.Every team played total 6 matches in super eight round.Teams didn't played with teams of their own group in super 8 round.They played total 6 teams from another three group(Top 2 teams of all three groups) From this,
Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer died the day after Pakistan was knocked out. The following day police announced that the death was suspicious and ordered a full investigation.[1][2] Eight months later, an open verdict was returned.[3]
Following the tournament the ICC distributed surplus tournament revenues of US$239 million to its members.[4]
Host selection
The World Cup was awarded to the West Indies via the
The United States contingent lobbied strongly for matches to be staged at its newly built cricket ground in
Eight venues across the West Indies were selected to host the World Cup tournament. All host countries hosted six matches with the exceptions of St. Lucia, Jamaica, and Barbados (which hosted the final), each of which hosted seven matches.
The Jamaican government spent US$81 million for "on-the-pitch" expenses.[6] This included refurbishing Sabina Park and constructing the new multi-purpose facility in Trelawny through a loan from China. Another US$20 million was budgeted for 'off-the-pitch' expenses, putting the tally at more than US$100 million or JM$7 billion.
This put the reconstruction cost of Sabina Park at US$46 million whilst the Trelawny Stadium was estimated to cost US$35 million.[7][8] The total amount of money spent on stadiums was at least US$301 million.
Venues
Antigua and Barbuda | Barbados | Grenada | Guyana |
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Sir Vivian Richards Stadium Capacity: 20,000 |
Kensington Oval Capacity: 27,000 |
Queen's Park Capacity: 20,000 |
Providence Stadium Capacity: 15,000 |
Jamaica | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Lucia | Trinidad and Tobago |
Sabina Park Capacity: 16,000 |
Warner Park Stadium Capacity: 10,000 |
Beausejour Stadium Capacity: 20,000 |
Queen's Park Oval Capacity: 25,000 |
Warm-up venues
Venue | City | Country | Capacity | Matches |
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3Ws Oval
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Bridgetown | Barbados | 8,500 | 4 |
Greenfield Stadium
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Falmouth, Jamaica | Jamaica | 25,000 | 4 |
Arnos Vale Stadium | Kingstown | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18,000 | 4 |
Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground | St. Augustine | Trinidad and Tobago | 4 |
Qualification
The field of 16 teams, the largest ever for the Cricket World Cup, consisted of all 16 teams which currently held ODI status. This included the ten full members of the ICC, all of which have Test and permanent ODI status. The other six (associate) ODI nations were Kenya (which had ODI status until 2009) and five additional teams (previously three) that qualified via the 2005 ICC Trophy (gaining ODI status until 2009 in the process). These nations included Scotland who won the ICC Trophy, Canada, the Netherlands, and – making their World Cup debuts – Ireland and Bermuda.
Full Members | |
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Australia | Bangladesh |
England | India |
New Zealand | Pakistan |
South Africa | Sri Lanka |
West Indies | Zimbabwe |
Associate Members | |
Bermuda | Canada |
Kenya | Ireland |
Netherlands | Scotland |
Squads
The 16 teams had to name their final squads by 13 February 2007. Changes were allowed after this deadline at the discretion of the ICC's Technical Committee in necessary cases, such as due to player injury.
Leadup
All major Test-playing nations had schedules allowing them to play a large number of ODI matches against other major ODI teams just prior to the World Cup. Australia, New Zealand, and England took part in the Commonwealth Bank Series where England defeated Australia in the finals. Australia then went to New Zealand for the Chappell–Hadlee Trophy, losing 3–0. South Africa played five ODIs against India (South Africa won 4–0) and five against Pakistan (South Africa won 3–1), while India also played four ODIs against the West Indies (India won 3–1) and four ODIs against Sri Lanka (India won 2–1). Bangladesh played four ODIs against Zimbabwe (Bangladesh won 3–1) and won a tri-series against Canada and Bermuda. The associate ODI teams took part in the World Cricket League, which Kenya won, and were also involved in other series prior to the World Cup.
The rankings of the teams at the beginning of the Cricket World Cup were:
Ranking | Team | Points |
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1 | South Africa | 128 |
2 | Australia | 125 |
3 | New Zealand | 113 |
4 | Pakistan | 111 |
5 | India | 109 |
6 | Sri Lanka | 108 |
7 | England | 106 |
8 | West Indies | 101 |
9 | Bangladesh | 42 |
10 | Zimbabwe | 22 |
11 | Kenya | 0 |
12 | Scotland | 0% / 69% |
13 | Netherlands | 0% / 50% |
14 | Ireland | 0% / 44% |
15 | Canada | 0% / 33% |
16 | Bermuda | 0% / 28% |
Note: Teams 12–16 did not have official ODI rankings leading up to the World Cup; they are ranked based on their win percentage against full members and then wins against associate members prior to the tournament.[10]
Warm-up matches
Prior to the main tournament, all 16 nations played a series of warm-up matches to prepare, experiment with different tactics, and to help them get acclimated to conditions in the West Indies. The matches were played from Monday 5 March until Friday 9 March.
Australia, Bangladesh, India and Pakistan were the only teams to win both of their warm-up games, whilst Bermuda, Canada, the Netherlands and Scotland did not win either of their fixtures.
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- Match shortened due to technical issues;[Duckworth-Lewisrevised target to win: 274 runs in 48 overs for Canada.
Aggregate warm-up results
Team | Played | Won | Lost |
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Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Bangladesh | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Bermuda | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Canada | 2 | 0 | 2 |
England | 2 | 1 | 1 |
India | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Ireland | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Kenya | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 2 |
New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Pakistan | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Scotland | 2 | 0 | 2 |
South Africa | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 1 |
West Indies | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Match status
None of the warm-up games were officially recognised as
Opening ceremony
The ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 Opening Ceremony was held on Sunday, 11 March 2007, at
The ceremony, attended by several
.Rules and regulations
Matches
The matches were One Day Internationals and operated under normal ODI rules. All matches were to be 50 overs a side unless stated otherwise by the umpires or match referee. A bowler was able to bowl a maximum of 10 overs per match.
In the event of bad weather, each side must have batted a minimum of 20 overs for a result to be declared (if the match was not otherwise won, for example if the team batting second were dismissed before the completion of 20 overs). In the event of bad weather, the
There was a new rule regarding referral of catches to the TV replay official (third umpire): if the standing umpires were unable to determine whether a catch had been taken cleanly, and/or whether a claimed catch was a "bump ball", they had discretion to refer the decision to the third umpire. Also, whilst reviewing such a catch via TV replay if it was clear to the third umpire that the batsman did not hit the ball, he was to indicate that the batsman was not out.[17]
Tournament points
In the Group and Super 8 stages, points were awarded as follows:
Results | Points |
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Win | 2 points |
Tie/No Result | 1 point |
Loss | 0 points |
The top two teams from each group advanced to the Super 8 stage and any points they earned against the other qualifier from their own group was carried through. Points earned against the non-qualifying teams in the same pool were not carried over. In the Super 8s, each team played the six remaining qualifiers from the other groups and the top four teams went through to the semi-finals. Positions were decided by most points. Where two or more teams were tied on points, the following methods in turn were used to decide which team went through:[17]
- Most wins in their group or in Super 8, whichever is applicable
- Higher net run rate
- Higher number of wickets taken per ball
- Winners of head-to-head matches
- The drawing of lots
Umpires
The umpiring panel for the 2007 Cricket World Cup comprised nine umpires from the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires (the only member not included was Darrell Hair), and nine umpires from the international panel. The refereeing panel consisted of seven members from the Elite Panel of ICC Referees, with Clive Lloyd not being included due to his role as the West Indies's team manager. Aleem Dar went on to stand as an umpire in his first World Cup final, alongside Steve Bucknor who appeared in his fifth final in a row, extending his record of four from the 2003 World Cup.
Groups
Seeds
The tournament began with a league stage consisting of four groups of four. Each team played each of the other teams in its group once. Australia, India, England, and the West Indies were placed in separate pools for logistical reasons, as they were expected to have the most supporters in attendance, and transport and accommodation capacity in the West Indies was limited.[18]
The groups are listed below, with seedings (rankings from April 2005) shown in brackets. Each group played all of its matches at a single ground.
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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Australia (1) | Sri Lanka (2) | New Zealand (3) | Pakistan (4) |
South Africa (5) | India (6) | England (7) | West Indies (8) |
Scotland (12) | Bangladesh (11) | Kenya (10) | Zimbabwe (9) |
Netherlands (16) | Bermuda (15) | Canada (14) | Ireland (13) |
Format
The tournament was preceded by a number of warm-up matches to allow the players to acclimatise to the conditions in the West Indies. The group stage matches started on 13 March and finished on 25 March. There were a total of 24 matches played in the group stage.
The top two teams in each group proceeded to the "Super 8" stage which also used a league system. Each team carried forward its result against the other team qualifying from its preliminary stage group, and played the other six qualifying teams once each. The top four teams in the league qualified for the semi-finals. This system was modified since the previous World Cup, which had a "Super 6" stage rather than a Super 8. The Super 8 stage matches were played from Tuesday 27 March until Saturday 21 April. A total of 24 matches were played in the Super 8 stage.
The top four teams in the "Super 8" advanced to the semi-finals. This was the knockout stage, with the No. 1 team playing the No. 4 team, and the No. 2 team playing the No. 3 team in the tournament. The winners of the two semi-finals played each other in the Final.
All tournament matches had one reserve day (the day after the scheduled day of the match) to allow for matches to be completed in the event of bad weather.
Group stage
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.433 |
2 | South Africa | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2.403 |
3 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −2.527 |
4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3.793 |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.493 |
2 | Bangladesh | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −1.523 |
3 | India | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1.206 |
4 | Bermuda | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4.345 |
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.138 |
2 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.418 |
3 | Kenya | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.194 |
4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.389 |
Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | West Indies | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.764 |
2 | Ireland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −0.092 |
3 | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.089 |
4 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −0.886 |
Super 8 stage
The top two teams in each first-round group moved on to a "Super 8" stage which was scored as a complete round-robin. However, each of the eight teams played only six new matches, rather than seven – each group's two representatives carried forward their result against each other rather than play again. Thus the table below, showing seven matches for each team, covers all matches between the Super 8 qualifiers, including those from the Group Stage.
Teams depicted in green backgrounds qualified for the semi-finals.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Australia | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2.400 |
2 | Sri Lanka | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.483 |
3 | New Zealand | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.253 |
4 | South Africa | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.313 |
5 | England | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | −0.394 |
6 | West Indies | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.566 |
7 | Bangladesh | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.514 |
8 | Ireland | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.730 |
Knockout stage
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4 South Africa | 149 | |||||
28 April – Kensington Oval, Bridgetown | ||||||
1 Australia | 153/3 | |||||
Australia | 281/4 | |||||
24 April – Sabina Park, Kingston | ||||||
Sri Lanka | 215/8 | |||||
2 Sri Lanka | 289/5 | |||||
3 New Zealand | 208 | |||||
Semi-finals
24 April 2007
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sri Lanka qualified for the final for second time after 1996.
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Final
28 April 2007
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sri Lanka were set a revised target of 269 runs from 36 overs.
- With this victory, Australia became the first team to win three consecutive World Cup titles.
This was the first World Cup final to be a repeat: the sides previously met in the
While Sri Lankan batsmen
Australia won the tournament undefeated, extending their streak of World Cup matches without a loss to 29.[23] Australian bowler Glenn McGrath was named 'Player of the Series' and retired from all forms of international cricket.[24]
Controversies
Death of Bob Woolmer
Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer was found dead on 18 March 2007, one day after his team's defeat to Ireland put them out of the running for the World Cup. Jamaican police performed an autopsy which was deemed inconclusive.[1] The following day police announced that the death was suspicious and ordered a full investigation.[2] Further investigation revealed the cause of death was "manual strangulation",[25] and that the investigation would be handled as a murder.[26] After a lengthy investigation the Jamaican police rescinded the comments that he was murdered, and confirmed that he died from natural causes.[27] In November 2007, an open verdict was returned.[3]
Criticism
The 2007 World Cup organisers were criticised early on for being over-commercialised and, in particular, the generally smaller crowds have been blamed on the ICC's security restrictions on things such as outside food, signs, replica kits, and musical instruments, despite Caribbean cricketing customs,
The World Cup was also criticised by the BCCI for its format because India failed to move on from the group stage after losing two of their three matches. The BCCI later claimed it would see to it that the ICC alter its format for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.[37] The elimination of both India and Pakistan also caused a large exodus of subcontinental fans from the Caribbean, and removed the prospect of an India vs Pakistan Super Eights match, generally considered one of the most revenue generating and electric matches in the tournament.
The tournament was also criticised as being too long.[38] At 6 weeks, it was the same length as the 2003 World Cup, but longer than the 5-week 1999 World Cup and the 4-week 1996 World Cup. The famous West Indian fast bowler Michael Holding also criticised the qualification process for the 2007 World Cup. Holding expressed doubts over the benefit to less-established teams of turning up and being heavily defeated.[39] However, former Scotland captain George Salmond claims that the opportunity to play one-day cricket against the bigger teams is invaluable for smaller teams such as his own, and questioned the validity of Holding's statements.[40] The majority of the experts and players participating in the tournament backed up the smaller teams taking part in the World Cup.[41] This was further backed up with Ireland and Bangladesh making the Super 8s and being competitive and sportsmanlike throughout the tournament.[42]
During the Pakistan and Canada warm-up match at Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground, the sight screen was knocked down and the game was delayed by over 70 minutes and reduced to 48 overs.[43] Additionally, a tear gas canister exploded at the Trinidad hotel where the Pakistan, South Africa, Canada and Ireland teams were staying.[44] The hotel had to be evacuated but no injuries were reported.
A number of concerns were expressed regarding the conditions of the pitches for the warm-up matches. During the Pakistan and South Africa warm-up game, the teams were unhappy with the condition of the pitch, claiming irregular bounce off the
Further criticism was generated by the confusion at the end of the final match: the umpires announced that play was suspended due to bad light, which caused the Australian team to erupt in celebration as the scoreboard and official announcements declared Australia the winners. However, the umpires incorrectly insisted that the game was only suspended and not completed, and that 3 overs remained to be played, so in farcical light conditions, Sri Lanka batted out the remaining 3 overs following a gentleman's agreement between the two captains.
Preparation problems
A number of preparation problems surfaced before the start of the World Cup. Some of the venues were not complete by the opening ceremony on 11 March 2007.[51] At Sabina Park, seats had to be removed at the newly constructed north-stand due to safety concerns.[52] At Trelawny Stadium in Jamaica, ground staff were unable to gain admission to the ground during the warm-up matches due to accreditation problems.[53] Additionally, South Africa and Australia both expressed concerns over practice facilities.[54]
Ultimately none of the stadia used in the warm-up games were used in any other part of the tournament except for the
Media coverage
The World Cup had grown as a media event with each tournament. The sponsorship and television rights that were awarded primarily to cover the 2003 and 2007 World Cups raised over US$550 million.[55] The 2007 World Cup was televised in over 200 countries to a viewing audience estimated at more than two billion viewers and was expected to generate more than 100,000 unique visitors to the West Indies travelling solely for the tournament.[56][57]
The 2007 Cricket World Cup featured an orange, anthropomorphic raccoon-like creature named "Mello" as its mascot. It was announced during matches that Mello had no race, species, age or gender – it was an attitude, the attitude of the young people of the West Indies. The official song for the World Cup was "The Game of Love and Unity" by Jamaican-born Shaggy, Barbadian entertainer Rupee, and Trinidadian Fay-Ann Lyons.
The 2007 tournament recorded the highest ticket sales for a Cricket World Cup, selling more than 672,000.[34] Attendance leading into the semi-finals for the 2007 World Cup was 403,000, an average of 8,500 supporters per match.[35]
See also
- 2007 Cricket World Cup statistics
- West Indies Cricket Board
- CARICOM Visa and Freedom of Travel during Cricket World Cup
- 2007 Cricket World Cup venues
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- ^ a b Police close Woolmer case after open verdict ABC, 30 November 2007
- ^ ICC Consolidated Financial Statements for the 9 months ended 31 December 2007, accounting note 12.
- ^ In terms of number of wins, win percentage, and number of cups won. In fact, they were on top on all of these criteria from 1975 to 1987, and only in 2003 did Australia pass their number of cups won.
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