ICC World Cup, 2006/07 news from Cricinfo.com

Was the 2007 World Cup really a disaster?

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A series of unforeseen events went against the tournament, but it also got a lot of things right

Who hit the most sixes in the tournament?

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

How much do you know about the ninth World Cup?

Man overboard

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

When Andrew Flintoff ended up in the ocean after a late-night drinking session

The year the World Cup left us cold

Wed, 10 May 2023 04:30:37 GMT

The tournament in the West Indies ought to have been among the most joyous, but it was marked by a general cheerlessness, and with the death of Bob Woolmer, outright dismay

'He just kept going for it, and it came off'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Sri Lanka didn't anticipate a hundred hit by a batsman with a squash ball in his glove would end their World Cup dreams in 2007

Life as a World Cup Invincible

Wed, 10 May 2023 06:22:04 GMT

Shaun Tait looks back at the almost inevitable win Australia's powerhouse side achieved in 2007

Being there for Lara's goodbye

Wed, 10 May 2023 05:49:09 GMT

Stuart Broad was witness to two emotional departures during the 2007 World Cup, his first

Gilchrist squashes Sri Lanka

Wed, 10 May 2023 04:21:32 GMT

By the time the Australian opener was finished in the 2007 title match, there was little doubt about the place of his knock in the pantheon of innings played in World Cup finals

McGrath's early knockout punch

Wed, 10 May 2023 04:20:46 GMT

Glenn McGrath all but ended the 2007 semi-final inside the first ten overs

Malinga slings four in four

Wed, 10 May 2023 04:18:31 GMT

South Africa needed four runs to win against Sri Lanka, with five wickets in hand, when Lasith Malinga ripped them apart

Tamim goes after Zaheer

Wed, 10 May 2023 04:17:32 GMT

With poise, balance and hand speed reminiscent of a young Saeed Anwar, one young Bangladeshi took apart India's spearhead in 2007

Sobers, Shastri... Gibbs

Wed, 10 May 2023 04:17:12 GMT

After the fourth six off the hapless Daan van Bunge in this game, Herschelle Gibbs knew the record was on

Dark and dreary

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A coach's death, two shock exits, and a final no one can remember

One-day giants

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Five one-day international sides that have left a lasting mark on the game

Matt bats big and fast

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

When Hayden blitzkrieged South Africa on the way to the fastest hundred in World Cup history

The art of Mahela

Fri, 14 Apr 2023 09:06:16 GMT

He started out slowly and switched to all-out attack, and played not a graceless shot throughout

Shifting the Leverock

Wed, 12 Apr 2023 09:10:40 GMT

Who said big men can't dive?

A spectacular choke

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Ireland sneak one over the Zims, and England fall to Sri Lanka but raise their game against West Indies

Dark and dreary

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A coach's death, two shock exits and a final everyone wishes to forget

Last calls for Lara, Inzy, Jumbo and Pidge

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

And a tournament to forget for Dhoni, Hussey and Younis Khan

A squash ball and a perfect yorker

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australians dominated the World Cup but a Bangladeshi and a South African made their marks as well

Tamim crushes India's hopes

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Gibbs knows his boundaries. Malinga shakes up South Africa

Malinga takes four

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 09:35:36 GMT

World Cup 2007: the wild-haired slinger nearly does a coasting South Africa in

An awful reminder of awfulness

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A review of The Official 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup Review DVD

Squashing glory

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

How a humble little squash ball played its part in one of the great batting efforts of our times

The best opening acts in ODIs, and Gilchrist in finals

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist have all the numbers to suggest they're one of the best opening pairs ever in ODIs

The Departed

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Cricinfo puts together a retirement XI after the 2007 World Cup

Brighter than the bright lights

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Jenny Thompson on Adam Gilchrist's smashing World Cup final

A farce, a fiasco, a debacle or a shambles?

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Tim de Lisle looks back the World Cup and concludes that as an event, it committed the crime that sports administrators are apt to accuse players of: it brought the game into disrepute

The upside of disappointment

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

With their performance at the World Cup, Sri Lanka distracted a nation from the troubles that have blighted it during the last two years

And the winners are ...

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

We asked members of our staff to select their best World Cup XI and there were no surprises that Australian players dominated the list

West Indies take risk on gambler

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Flamboyant, naturally talented, stubborn, forthright, Ramnaresh Sarwan is a big punt as the West Indies captain

Bowing out on top

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Glenn McGrath's career was characterised by his consistency and his ability to bring out his best on the most important occasions

Awesome Australia but awful organisation

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

It was entirely appropriate that a sorry tournament should have a sorry end

Going out in style

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Glenn McGrath has gone out in style; he has become the leading wicket-taker in World Cup cricket and performed so well that people are now asking, "Why is he retiring?

Grand stage awaits fitting drama

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The Kensington Oval has been given an extensive makeover, and has also got back its famous bounce

One-way traffic, and Tait and Hogg turn it on

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Despite so many well-matched teams, the World Cup has witnessed far too many one-sided contests

Bowl it one last time, Glenn

Wed, 10 May 2023 04:56:17 GMT

To watch the chuntering maestro Glenn McGrath at work was to see an entire era of wicket-to-wicket back-of-length menace flash before the eyes

When Sabina woke up to Mahela

Wed, 10 May 2023 05:15:15 GMT

Dileep Premachandran on Mahela Jayawardene's Sabina Park epic

Anxious South Africa fall to mindless adventure

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A disappointing World Cup has just got worse. Just when it seemed a World Cup semi- final couldn't get any lower than the first one, it did

Powerhouses flex muscles in Power Cricket

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Australia are pioneering a new brand of one-day cricket, and South Africa are not far behind. Power Cricket is here

The Lost Action Hero

Thu, 30 Mar 2023 04:54:22 GMT

Plays of the Day

Heartbreaks and red-letter days

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The drama of the World Cup, its very weight and its scope, its highest joys and deepest sadnesses, have been found in the semi-finals

Brian Lara still bucking the world

Wed, 03 May 2023 10:23:01 GMT

With a cacophonous sell-out crowd and the green hills of central Barbados behind him, Brian Lara batted for the last time in an international today. Or so he tells us

The last king of Trinidad

Wed, 03 May 2023 10:03:51 GMT

Nobody made the game look better and few ever played it better than Brian Lara

Too much has been made of our selection

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A lot of fuss has been made about the Sri Lankan team resting their key bowlers. Would the same noise be made if Australia, South Africa or New Zealand were to do the same, asks Kumar Sangakkara

A long and eventful innings

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Brian Lara will play his last international match against England on Saturday. Cricinfo looks at the highlights of an illustrious career

Hayden's power play

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

While most of the other teams are struggling to score runs in the early overs, Australia are doing just fine, thanks to Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist

Flawed legacy of Lara's mortal genius

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Saturday could be the last time we will watch Brian Lara in an international match. West Indian cricket is unlikely to miss him

South Africa's go to man

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Top Performer: Andrew Hall would be the first to admit that there's much more to life than a century or a five-wicket haul

The rise of the southpaw

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Today's List is about teams with the most left-handers and matches in which they've taken the most wickets and scored the most runs

Ntini given a wake-up call

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A glance at the South African team-sheet first thing in the morning was enough to remove any lingering cobwebs of sleep

Barbados breathes cricket

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

You can feel cricket everywhere in Barbados. There are roundabouts named after cricketers, there is a university ground named after the 3Ws.

High profile omissions and a ball that went to sea

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Plays of the Day

The 2007 World Cup is a PR disaster

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The game is like a tree; if you keep the trunk and the roots healthy the branches will take care of themselves

Vaughan's ODI travails, and peerless Vettori

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

With an average in the mid-20s and a strike rate of 66, Michael Vaughan clearly doesn't cut it as a one-day batsman

In the skin of a lion

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Boyd Rankin forsook a potential rugby career for his first love, cricket

Born to run

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

AB de Villiers could have been a household name in any sport and his innings in Grenada restored the faith of his seniors

Hayden returns with a bang in 2007, and Amarnath's 1983 meltdown

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Matthew Hayden has muscled his way to becoming the fastest to reach 1000 runs in a year

Emptiness overshadows the excitement

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Rahul Bhattacharya looks back at the first phase of games at the Super Eights, the hits and misses

Shane Bond the thoroughbred

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Damaged, repaired, remade, Bond is influential as ever

Bangladesh bring the Super Eights to life

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Bangladesh has stunned this World Cup - stunned the world. Maybe even itself

You need self-belief and attitude

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A big thank you to Jayasuriya and Muralitharan

Guns, grapes and gripes

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Jenny Thompson and James Jones look back at the week that was April 2 to April 8

Masters of the middle overs

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

A look at the batsmen and bowlers who have done the job during the crucial period between the 20th and 40th overs during this World Cup

Why we love to love Sri Lanka

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

They have blended youth and experience, planning and flexibility, a raised eyebrow and a gentle smile. If Australia win the World Cup, the one-day game will move further into the laptop and towards power and fitness. If Sri Lanka win, it will be a triump

Hussey's slump, and Inzamam's World Cup woes

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The List takes a look at players who have had World Cups to forget

One last hurrah

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Dileep Premachandran writes on the stunning comeback to form by Sanath Jayasuriya

A public relations disaster

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

This World Cup has been a tough one from many points of view, not all of them the ICC's fault; they can hardly be blamed for the horrific death of Bob Woolmer

Gloucestershire's gas, Parore's gamble, and the Warnes

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Jamie Alter reviews the week that was March 26 to April 1

Four wickets in an over, and who's the Cockroach?

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The regular Monday column in which Steven Lynch answers your questions about (almost) any aspect of cricket. This week it's a World Cup special

An Anzac battle for the World Cup

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

As Australia batter their way through the World Cup it is only New Zealand that look like coming up with some resistance against the world champions

The man from unity

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Our correspondent travels to the Chanderpaul home in Unity and meets Kemraj, Shiv's father and Brandon, Shiv's ten-year old son

The Narail Express

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The man who will be leading the Bangladesh line in today's showdown with Australia in Antigua is Mashrafe Mortaza, a fast bowler who bobbed to the surface even as the rest of his country seemed to be sinking around him

High Rankin no minnow

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

It was meant to be England v Pakistan today at Providence, so the sight of a formidable fast bowler in green first thing in the morning was in a way fitting. The bowler was a 22-year-old farmer called Boyd Rankin

Fair for all, and decoding D/L

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The conditions in the World Cup have offered something to everybody, while wickets in hand will be key in matches involving D/L

Prizefighter's gloves are back on

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Matthew Hayden has completed another remarkable renaissance

I feel sorry for India's cricketers

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The World Cup feels a little empty without India

David v Goliath, and India's worst World Cup

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Although it is received as a tremendous shock when a lesser team beats an established side during the World Cup, history tells us it isn't as rare an occurence as Halley's Comet

More supporter tributes

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

More praise for the commentary candidates

Supporters push for their favourites

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Voting has begun for Australia's best commentator and to help you judge here are the leading tributes to the men and their microphones

Less is more

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Martin Williamson argues that the ICC needs to rethink the way it handles the Associates at future World Cups

Shape up or ship out

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Unfit and overweight, India's one-day cricketers are being muscled off the park

'A short-sighted decision'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Feedback to Andrew Miller's column about the ICC's decision to order YouTube to remove all its World Cup clips

In defeat, India can still win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

India's early exit from the World Cup could be the perfect opportunity for the game to be given a much-needed revamp

Once more cricket shoots itself in the foot

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Andrew Miller is unhappy with the ICC's decision to order YouTube to remove all its World Cup clips

An Irish record, and the World Cup's biggest stand

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The regular Monday column in which Steven Lynch answers your questions about (almost) any aspect of cricket. This week it's a World Cup special

Cool, calm, classy

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Inzamam-ul-Haq finished with 11,739 ODI runs, while his batting record as captain is the best of all time

So long, Inzi

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Like Bob Woolmer, this is not the way Inzamam-ul-Haq should have bid adieu to cricket, or at least ODI cricket, stumbling out of the World Cup disastrously

Fuelled by team spirit

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Unless things go drastically wrong, Ireland have a Super Eight date with England to look forward to in Guyana a week on Saturday

Big winners, big players, big scorers

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

The regular Monday column in which Steven Lynch answers your questions about (almost) any aspect of cricket. This week it's a World Cup special

Sehwag sizzles in record-breaking win

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Malachi Jones became the first bowler to take a wicket of the first delivery in a World Cup

Flintoff's sobering experience

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

All too often, the press and public in England are guilty of what is known as "tall-poppy syndrome". They build a star up, particularly if he is a sportsman, and then hack him down with a vengeance the moment he oversteps the mark

Making money and losing money

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Andrew McGlashan looks back at the week that was March 12 to March 18

Thanks Bob, you did make a difference

Wed, 10 May 2023 06:24:33 GMT

In time, it will become clear that he had done enough with Pakistan, with South Africa, with Warwickshire, with the ICC and with the game

The world's laughing-stock

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Pakistan cricket can't die, it will exist in a limbo of near-death, showing signs of life around World Cup time

Tough, but not impossible

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Anand Vasu calculates just exactly what India need to do to avoid elimination from the World Cup in round one

At the heart of the game

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Anand Vasu salutes the good men of Bangladesh who have put in very hard yards, often unrewarded, even ridiculed

Big picture, blurred vision

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

More important than the symbolism of minor teams at the World Cup is the question of what's being done for them in between tournaments

'I'm a good team man, irritating to opponents'

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT

Paul Nixon chats about making a debut at 36, playing at the World Cup, his obsession with fitness and badgering opponents