3/17/07

England v New Zealand world cup 2007 Group Match

England v New Zealand 6th Match at St Lucia, on 16 March 2007

New Zealand won by 6 Wickets
Man of the Match: SB Styris, New Zealand

Score summary England innings

England 209/7 RunsBalls4s6s New Zealand Bowling
MP Vaughan 265230 JEC Franklin9-0-43-2
KP Pietersen 609241 SE Bond10-1-19-2
PD Collingwood 315420 JDP Oram6-0-25-1
PA Nixon 42*4150 SB Styris7-0-25-2

Score summary New Zealand innings

New Zealand 210/4 (41 Overs) RunsBalls4s6s England Bowling
SP Fleming 71110 JM Anderson8-0-39-2
SB Styris 87*11390 LE Plunkett7-0-43-1
CD McMillan 273430 A Flintoff8-1-17-0
JDP Oram 63*8341 MS Panesar10-0-47-1

3/15/07

West Indies v Pakistan world cup 2007 Group Match

West Indies v Pakistan at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica, on 13 March 2007

West Indies won by 54 runs
Man of the Match: DR Smith,West Indies

With the help of an alrounder performance from DR Smith, 32 in 15 balls and an important 3 wickets, and 63 of MN Samuels, West indies won the first ODI of world cup 2007 tournament by 54 runs. After Pakistan won the toss and chose to field first they failed to take advantage of early wicket of Gayle. Then Sarwan took the charge and played some superb strokes with Chanderpaul seems very quite. Again there was chance for Pakistan to comeback when West indies are 77/3 in 25 overs. But then Lara and Samuels playing quite comfortably keep the score moving. In the end with the help of rocketing batting from tail enders West Indies put target of 242.

Pakistan loose their first 3 wickets just on 39 runs on the board. Imran Nazir back after hitting six on very first ball then Younis Khan and Mohammad Hafeez could not stay longer and Pakistan were 39/3. Though Mohammad Yousuf and Inzamam-ul-Haq playing quite sensibly and added 60 more but they failed to reach to the destination as Mohammad Yousuf, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Kamran Akmal fall in just 17 runs gap at 116/6. Then they never come back in the game as there was no support from other end when Shoaib Malik was playing really superb innings. In the end Pakistan were allout on 187 and lose the match by 54 runs.

Score summary West Indies innings

West Indies 241/9 RunsBalls4s6s Pakistan  
RR Sarwan 496590 Umar Gul9-1-38-2
MN Samuels 637053 Iftikhar Anjum10-3-44-3
BC Lara 375631 Danish Kaneria9-2-45-1
DR Smith 321532 Mohammad Hafeez9-0-39-2

Score summary Pakistan innings

Pakistan 187/10 RunsBalls4s6s West Indies  
Younis Khan 91320 DB Powell10-1-42-2
Mohammad Yousuf 377210 CD Collymore8.2-3-27-1
Inzamam-ul-Haq 366540 DR Smith10-0-36-3
Shoaib Malik 625461 DJ Bravo9-0-42-3

3/8/07

Warm up Matches 06 march 2007

India v Netherlands India won by 182 runs. With the help of 50s from Dravid and Tendulkar India put hard target of 300 after putting to bat by Netherlands. Netherlands just manage to pass 100 and collapsed at 118. Score: India 300/9(50) (Dravid 74,Tendulkar 61,RN ten Doeschate 57/5) Netherlands 118/10(38) (B Zuiderent 32, RN ten Doeschate 31, Yuvraj Singh 12/4 )

Australia v Zimbabwe Result Australia won by 106 runs. After winning the toss and selecting to bat first Australia put 290 in 50 overs. In reply Zimbabwe made only 184 and lose the game by 106 runs. Score: Australia 290/8(50) (MJ Clarke 82, SR Watson 81, SC Williams 48/2) Zimbabwe 184/7(50) (SC Williams 44, S Matsikenyeri 35,SR Clark 33/2)

Canada v Pakistan Pakistan won by 77 runs. After winning the toss Canada put Pakistan to bat first they restrict Pakistan to 273 in 48 overs. In reply Canada all out on 196 in 47th over. Score: Pakistan 273/8(48) (Inzamam-ul-Haq 59, Mohammad Hafeez 61,S Dhaniram 26/2) Canada 196/10(47) (Qaiser Ali 37,AA Mulla 31,Mohammad Hafeez 10/3)

Bangladesh v New Zealand Bangladesh won by 2 wickets. World cup 2007 Warm up upset here. New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat first. But today was day for Bangladesh, New Zealand started their innings and they loose both the opening batsman on just 13 on the board. Then the damage continue further with Mortaza leading the role and they collapsed to 75/6. Then the drama turn bit towards New Zealand way when injured Oram 88 and McCullum 46 rescue their innings with comprehensive stand of 105. In the end New Zealand all out on 226 in 48th over. Bangladesh started their innings quite sensibly with openers gave them solid start. Wickets are falling on the way to get the target of 227. But Mohammad Ashraful playing nicely before was out lbw by Franklin and the game turns to an exited stage. But Mortaza now with the bat having something different in mind hit consecutive sixes to Franklin. World cup 2007 first upset end with Bangladesh winning the game by 2 wickets with 6 balls left. Score: New Zealand 226/10(48) (Oram 88, McCullum 46, Razzak 26/4, Mortaza 44/4) Bangladesh 230/8(49) (Tamim Iqbal 46, Javed Omar 45, DL Vettori 38/3)

3/6/07

Warm up Matches 05 march 2007

ICC cricket world cup 2007 Warm up Matches 05 march 2007. These are not counted as an official icc ODI but are held prior to forthcoming world cup 2007. Rules are also slightly changed in this series of Warm up Matches. 13 players can play in a match but only 11 can bat and 11 field at any time and any of 13 playes can bowl. Following are the statistics of Warm up Matches played on 05 march 2007.

Sri Lanka v Scotland Sri Lanka won the match by 159 runs. After winning the toss and electing to bat first Sri Lanka put total of 294/7. As usual Sanath Jayasuriya started his own style batting and put them on commanding position from the start. Later Sangakkara took on the charge and in the end they put 294 on the board. No one from Scotland can manage to stay on the crease. And they all out for 135 In 42 overs.
Score:
Sri Lanka 294/7(50) ( Jayasuriya 77/62, Sangakkara 81/87, JAR Blain 51/2)
Scotland 135/10(42) (GM Hamilton 25/51, Dilshan 8/2)

West Indies v Kenya, Jamaica West Indies won by 21 runs. West Indies win the toss and batting first put 268/6 with the help of Samuels 100 and Gayle 75. Kenya replied well but no one can put some extra efforts to take them to the West Indies total. In the end they fall short of 21 runs.
Score:
West Indies 268/6(50) (Samuels 100, Gayle 75, TM Odoyo 26/2)
Kenya 247/7(50) (CO Obuya 54*, RD Shah 41,DB Powell 23/2)

South Africa v Ireland South Africa won by 35 runs. It was drama here, after selecting to bat first top ODI rankers were struggling at 91/8 when Boucher departs at 14. Wonderful effort from AJ Hall and superb support from RJ Peterson put them on 192. Ireland loose their last 6 wickets in just 18 runs when CK Langeveldt crush their innings with 31/4. In the end South Africa mange to win the match by 35 runs.
Score:
South Africa 192/10(50) (AJ Hall 67*, RJ Peterson 29,DT Johnston 40/4)
Ireland 247/7(50) (AC Botha 40, WTS Porterfield 37, CK Langeveldt 31/4)

England v Bermuda England won by 241 runs.
Score:
England 286/8(50) (Dalrymple 76, Bell 46,DC Borden 71/3)
Bermuda 45/10(23) (J Lewis 7/3, A Flintoff 0 3/2,JM Anderson 8/2)

2/15/07

Cricket World Cup 2007 Teams

Forthcoming Cricket World Cup will start from March 2007. West Indies is hosting this world cup championship tournament. World Cup is the biggest tournament consisting of ODI cricket. The other form of cricket are five day test match and limited 20 overs match Twenty20 cricket. Following are the teams and the players taking part in this world cup 2007.

Australia World Cup Team
  1. RT Ponting (captain)
  2. NW Bracken
  3. MJ Clarke
  4. AC Gilchrist (wicketkeeper)
  5. BJ Haddin (wicketkeeper)
  6. ML Hayden
  7. BJ Hodge
  8. GB Hogg
  9. MEK Hussey
  10. MG Johnson
  11. B Lee
  12. GD McGrath
  13. A Symonds
  14. SW Tait
  15. SR Watson
Bangladesh World Cup Team
  1. Habibul Bashar (captain)
  2. Shahriar Nafees (vice-captain)
  3. Abdur Razzak
  4. Aftab Ahmed
  5. Javed Omar
  6. Mashrafe Mortaza
  7. Mohammad Ashraful
  8. Mohammad Rafique
  9. Mushfiqur Rahim (wicketkeeper)
  10. Rajin Saleh
  11. Saqibul Hasan
  12. Shahadat Hossain
  13. Syed Rasel
  14. Tamim Iqbal
  15. Tapash Baisya
Bermuda World Cup Team
  1. IH Romaine (captain)
  2. DA Minors (vice-captain)
  3. DC Borden
  4. LO Cann
  5. DL Hemp
  6. K Hurdle
  7. M Jones
  8. S Kelly
  9. DM Leverock
  10. S Mukuddem
  11. SD Outerbridge
  12. OL Pitcher
  13. CJ Smith
  14. JJ Tucker
  15. Kwame Tucker (wicketkeeper)
Canada World Cup Team
  1. JM Davison (captain)
  2. KT Sandher
  3. A Bagai (wicketkeeper) - vice-captain
  4. GEF Barnett
  5. U Bhatti
  6. IS Billcliff
  7. DR Chumney
  8. A Codrington
  9. GR Codrington
  10. AC Cummins
  11. S Dhaniram
  12. AA Mulla (wicketkeeper)
  13. H Osinde
  14. Qaiser Ali
  15. AM Samad
England World Cup Team
  1. MP Vaughan (captain)
  2. JM Anderson
  3. IR Bell
  4. RS Bopara
  5. PD Collingwood
  6. JWM Dalrymple
  7. A Flintoff
  8. EC Joyce
  9. J Lewis
  10. SI Mahmood
  11. PA Nixon (wicketkeeper)
  12. MS Panesar
  13. KP Pietersen
  14. LE Plunkett
  15. AJ Strauss
India World Cup Team
  1. R Dravid (captain)
  2. SR Tendulkar (vice-captain)
  3. AB Agarkar
  4. MS Dhoni (wicketkeeper)
  5. SC Ganguly
  6. Harbhajan Singh
  7. KD Karthik (wicketkeeper)
  8. Z Khan
  9. A Kumble
  10. MM Patel
  11. IK Pathan
  12. V Sehwag
  13. S Sreesanth
  14. AR Uthappa
  15. Yuvraj Singh
Ireland World Cup Team
  1. DT Johnston (captain)
  2. WK McCallan (vice-captain)
  3. AC Botha
  4. JP Bray
  5. KED Carroll
  6. PG Gillespie
  7. D Langford-Smith
  8. JF Mooney
  9. PJK Mooney
  10. EJG Morgan
  11. KJ O'Brien
  12. NJ O'Brien (wicketkeeper)
  13. WTS Porterfield
  14. WB Rankin
  15. AR White
Kenya World Cup Team
  1. SO Tikolo (captain)
  2. TM Odoyo (vice-captain)
  3. R Bhudia
  4. JK Kamande
  5. T Mishra
  6. CO Obuya
  7. DO Obuya
  8. N Odhiambo
  9. PJ Ongondo
  10. LN Onyango
  11. MA Ouma (wicketkeeper)
  12. ML Patel
  13. RD Shah
  14. AO Suji
  15. HA Varaiya
Netherlands World Cup Team
  1. LP van Troost (captain)
  2. B Zuiderent
  3. Adeel Raja
  4. PW Borren
  5. TBM de Leede
  6. MBS Jonkman
  7. AN Kervezee
  8. Mohammad Kashif
  9. DJ Reekers
  10. E Schiferli
  11. J Smits (wicketkeeper)
  12. WF Stelling
  13. ES Szwarczynski
  14. RN ten Doeschate
  15. DLS van Bunge
New Zealand World Cup Team
  1. SP Fleming (captain)
  2. SE Bond
  3. JEC Franklin
  4. PG Fulton
  5. MR Gillespie
  6. BB McCullum (wicketkeeper)
  7. CD McMillan
  8. MJ Mason
  9. JDP Oram
  10. JS Patel
  11. SB Styris
  12. RL Taylor
  13. DR Tuffey
  14. DL Vettori
  15. L Vincent
Pakistan World Cup Team
  1. Inzamam-ul-Haq (captain)
  2. Younis Khan (vice-captain)
  3. Abdul Razzaq
  4. Danish Kaneria
  5. Iftikhar Anjum
  6. Imran Nazir
  7. Kamran Akmal (wicketkeeper)
  8. Mohammad Asif
  9. Mohammad Hafeez
  10. Mohammad Yousuf
  11. Naved-ul-Hasan
  12. Shahid Afridi
  13. Shoaib Akhtar
  14. Shoaib Malik
  15. Umar Gul
Scotland World Cup Team
  1. CM Wright (captain)
  2. RR Watson (vice-captain)
  3. JAR Blain
  4. DR Brown
  5. GM Hamilton
  6. RM Haq
  7. PJC Hoffmann
  8. DR Lockhart
  9. RT Lyons
  10. NFI McCallum
  11. JD Nel
  12. NS Poonia
  13. GA Rogers
  14. CJO Smith (wicketkeeper)
  15. DF Watts
South Africa World Cup Squad

Sri Lanka World Cup Team
  1. DPMD Jayawardene (captain)
  2. RP Arnold
  3. MS Atapattu
  4. CM Bandara
  5. TM Dilshan
  6. CRD Fernando
  7. ST Jayasuriya
  8. KMDN Kulasekara
  9. MF Maharoof
  10. SL Malinga
  11. M Muralitharan
  12. KC Sangakkara (wicketkeeper)
  13. LPC Silva
  14. WU Tharanga
  15. WPUJC Vaas
West Indies World Cup Team

Zimbabwe World Cup Team
  1. P Utseya (captain)
  2. GB Brent
  3. CJ Chibhabha
  4. E Chigumbura
  5. KM Dabengwa
  6. T Duffin
  7. AJ Ireland
  8. F Kasteni
  9. S Matsikenyeri
  10. CB Mpofu
  11. T Mupariwa
  12. EC Rainsford
  13. V Sibanda
  14. BRM Taylor (wicketkeeper)
  15. SC Williams

1/24/07

Cricket World Cup Bowling Records

One day internationals(OID) are the most exciting contests since its begaining in the Cricket history. Cricket World Cup is the biggest tournament of one day cricket. It is contensted between all test cricket playing nations and qualifiers. Since its begaining in 1975, 8 such tournaments are organised. Following summarizes the Bolwing world records in Cricket World Cup tournaments.

World Cup Bowling Records

Top 5 Best Bowling in an Innings

  • 7/15 GD McGrath Australia v Namibia , 2003
  • 7/20 AJ Bichel Australia v England , 2003
  • 7/51 WW Davis West Indies v Australia , 1983
  • 6/14 GJ Gilmour Australia v England , 1975
  • 6/23 SE Bond New Zealand v Australia, 2003
  • 6/23 A Nehra India v England , 2003

Top 5 Most Wickets takers in a Tournament

  • 23/331 C. Vaas(Sri Lanka), 2003
  • 22/394 B. Lee(Australia), 2003
  • 21/310 G. McGrath(Australia), 2003
  • 20/325 G. Allott(New Zealand), 1999
  • 20/361 S. Warne(Australia), 1999

Top 5 Most Wicket takers in all Tournaments

  • 55/1311 Wasim Akram(Pakistan) Average 23.83
  • 45/935 Glen McGrath(Australia) Average 20.77
  • 44/1224 Javagal Srinath(India) Average 27.81
  • 38/913 Alen Donald(South Africa) Average 24.02
  • 36/754 Chaminda Vaas(Sri Lanka) Average 20.94

Hat Tricks in World Cups

  • By C. Sharma For India Against New Zealand, 1987
  • By S. Mushtaq For Pakistan Against Zimbabwe, 1999
  • By C. Vaas For Sri Lanka Against Bangladesh, 2003
  • By B. Lee For Australia Against Kenya, 2003

1/23/07

Cricket World Cup Batting Records

One day internationals(OID) are the most entertaining matches since its begaining in the Cricket history. Cricket World Cup is the biggest championship tournament of one day cricket. It is contensted between all test cricket playing nations and qualifiers. Since its begaining in 1975, 8 such tournaments are organised. Following summarizes the Batting world records in Cricket World Cup tournaments.

World Cup Batting Records

Highest Top 5 Team Scores

  • 398-5 By Sri Lanka against Kenya, Kandy, 1996
  • 373-6 By India against Sri Lanka, Taunton 1999
  • 360-4 By West Indies against Sri Lanka, Karachi 1987
  • 359-2 By Australia against India, Johannesburg 2003
  • 340-2 By Zimbabwe against Namibia, Harare 2003

Lowest Top 5 Team Scores

  • 36 By Canada against Sri Lanka, Paarl 2003
  • 45 By Canada against England, Manchester 1979
  • 45 By Namibia against Australia, Potchefstroom 2003
  • 68 By Scotland against West Indies, Leicester 1999
  • 74 By Pakistan against England, Adelaide 1992

Highest Top 5 Individual Scores

  • 188* Gary Kirsten against United Arab Emirates, Rawalpindi 1996
  • 183 Saurav Ganguly against Sri Lanka, Taunton 1999
  • 181 Viv. Richards against Sri Lanka, Karachi 1987
  • 175* Kapil Dev against Zimbabwe, Tunbridge Wells 1983
  • 172* Wishart against Namibia, Harare 2003

Highest Top 5 Individual Total Runs in a Tournament

  • 673 Sachin Tendulkar(India) in 2003 Average 61.18
  • 523 Sachin Tendulkar(India) in 1996 Average 87.16
  • 484 Mark Waugh(Australia) in 1996 Average 80.66
  • 471 Greham Gooch(Englang) in 1987 Average 58.87
  • 465 Saurav Ganguly(India) in 2003 Average 58.12

Highest Top 5 Individual Total Scores in All Tournaments

  • 1732 Sachin Tendulkar(India) Average 59.72
  • 1083 Javed Miandad(Pakistan) Average 43.32
  • 1064 Arvinda de Silva(Sri Lanka) Average 36.68
  • 1013 Viv. Richards(West Indies) Average 63.31
  • 1004 Mark Waugh(Australia) Average 52.84

Highest Top 5 Partnerships

  • 318 R Dravid & SC Ganguly, 2nd wicket, India v Sri Lanka - 1999
  • 244 SR Tendulkar & SC Ganguly, 2nd wicket, India v Namibia - 2003
  • 237* R Dravid & SR Tendulkar, 2nd wicket, India v Kenya - 1999
  • 234* RT Ponting & DR Martyn, 2nd wicket, Australia v India - 2003
  • 228 JF Kloppenburg & KJJ van Noortwijk, 2nd wicket, Netherlands v Namibia - 2003