International cricket in 2006–07

International cricket in the 2006–07 cricket season is defined by major statisticians, such as CricketArchive and Wisden, as those matches played on tours that started between September 2006 and April 2007. Two major ICC tournaments are scheduled for this season, with the Champions Trophy played in October in India, and the World Cup taking place in West Indies in March. In addition, England will defend the Ashes when they go to Australia in November, and all the ten Test nations will be in action during November and December – though Zimbabwe, who are playing Bangladesh during this time, withdrew from Test matches throughout 2006 and will thus only be playing One-day International matches.

Season overview

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International tours
Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches]
Test ODI T20I
15 September 2006   South Africa   Zimbabwe 3–0 [3]
11 November 2006   Pakistan   West Indies 2–0 [3] 3–1 [5]
19 November 2006   South Africa   India 2–1 [3] 4–0 [5] 0–1 [1]
23 November 2006   Australia   England 5–0 [5] 1–0 [1]
28 November 2006   Bangladesh   Zimbabwe 5–0 [5] 1–0 [1]
7 December 2006   New Zealand   Sri Lanka 1–1 [2] 2–2 [5] 1–1 [2]
15 December 2006   Bangladesh   Scotland 2–0 [2]
11 January 2007   South Africa   Pakistan 2–1 [3] 3–1 [5] 1–0 [1]
21 January 2007   India   West Indies 3–1 [4]
4 February 2007   Zimbabwe   Bangladesh 1–3 [4]
8 February 2007   India   Sri Lanka 2–1 [4]
16 February 2007   New Zealand   Australia 3–0 [3]
International tournaments
Dates Tournament Winners
12 September 2006   DLF Cup   Australia
7 October 2006   ICC Champions Trophy   Australia
12 January 2007   Commonwealth Bank Series   England
13 March 2007   World Cup   Australia
Minor tours
Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches]
First-class List A
11 November 2006   Kenya   Bermuda 3–0 [3]
Minor tournaments
Dates Tournament Winners
26 November 2006   Associates Triangular Series   Netherlands
17 January 2007   Associates Triangular Series   Kenya
29 January 2007   ICC World Cricket League Division One   Kenya
25 February 2007   Associates Triangular Series   Bangladesh

Pre-season rankings

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ICC Test Championship 21 August 2006
Pos Nation Matches Points Rating
1   Australia 33 4793 130
2   England 41 4864 119
3   Pakistan 30 3363 112
4   India 34 3780 111
5   Sri Lanka 33 3410 103
6   South Africa 34 3182 94
7   New Zealand 25 2293 92
8   West Indies 29 2080 72
9   Zimbabwe 15 415 28
10   Bangladesh 22 48 2
ICC ODI Championship 10 September 2006
Pos Nation Points
1   Australia 131
2   South Africa 123
3   India 113
4   Pakistan 111
5   New Zealand 111
6   Sri Lanka 107
7   West Indies 99
8   England 99
9   Zimbabwe 35
10   Bangladesh 33
11   Kenya 0

September

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DLF Cup

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The Board of Control for Cricket in India has announced that India, Australia and West Indies will take part in a triangular series held at the Kinrara Academy Oval in Kuala Lumpur. The West Indies Cricket Board were in a payment conflict with the West Indies Players' Association about this series, as the WIPA claims it was not informed before the WICB agreed to the matches,[1] but a deal was eventually agreed in early August.[2] The tournament was known as the DLF Cup, the second ODI tournament to be known by this name, following April's India v Pakistan series in the UAE.

Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
  Australia 4 2 1 1 11 +0.55
  West Indies 4 2 2 0 9 −0.31
  India 4 1 2 1 6 −0.26
No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result
Group stage
ODI 2413 12 September   Australia Ricky Ponting   West Indies Brian Lara Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur   Australia by 78 runs
ODI 2414 14 September   India Rahul Dravid   West Indies Brian Lara Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur   West Indies by 29 runs (D/L)
ODI 2416 16 September   Australia Ricky Ponting   India Rahul Dravid Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur No result
ODI 2417 18 September   Australia Michael Hussey   West Indies Brian Lara Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur   West Indies by 3 wickets
ODI 2419 20 September   India Rahul Dravid   West Indies Brian Lara Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur   India by 16 runs
ODI 2421 22 September   Australia Ricky Ponting   India Rahul Dravid Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur   Australia by 18 runs
Final
ODI 2422 24 September   Australia Ricky Ponting   West Indies Brian Lara Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur   Australia by 127 runs

Zimbabwe in South Africa

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Zimbabwe made a one-week tour of South Africa as warm-up to the Champions Trophy.[3] They lost all four matches on tour, three ODIs to South Africa and a Twenty20 match with domestic side Eagles.

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI series
ODI 2415 15 September Prosper Utseya Jacques Kallis Goodyear Park, Blomfontein   South Africa by 5 wickets
ODI 2418 17 September Prosper Utseya Jacques Kallis Buffalo Park, East London   South Africa by 6 wickets
ODI 2420 20 September Prosper Utseya Jacques Kallis Sedgars Park, Potchefstroom   South Africa by 171 runs

October

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Champions Trophy

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The 2006 ICC Champions Trophy was held in India from 7 October to 5 November 2006. It was the fifth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy (previously known as the ICC Knock-out). The tournament venue was not confirmed until mid-2005 when the Indian government agreed that tournament revenues would be free from tax (the 2002 tournament had been due to be held in India, but was switched to Sri Lanka when an exemption from tax in India was not granted).[4] Australia won the tournament, their first Champions Trophy victory. They were the only team to only get one loss in the tournament, as all other teams lost at least two matches. West Indies, their final opponents, beat Australia in the group stage, but were bowled out for 138 in the final and lost by eight wickets on the Duckworth–Lewis method. West Indies opening batsman Chris Gayle was named Player of the Tournament.

Preliminary round

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Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1   Sri Lanka 3 3 0 0 0 6 2.672
2   West Indies 3 2 1 0 0 4 0.404
3   Bangladesh 3 1 2 0 0 2 0.019
4   Zimbabwe 3 0 3 0 0 0 −2.927
Source: EspnCricinfo
No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result
Preliminary round
ODI 2423 7 October   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene   Bangladesh Habibul Bashar Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali   Sri Lanka by 37 runs
ODI 2424 8 October   West Indies Brian Lara   Zimbabwe Prosper Utseya Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad   West Indies by 9 wickets
ODI 2425 10 October   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene   Zimbabwe Prosper Utseya Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad   Sri Lanka by 144 runs
ODI 2426 11 October   West Indies Brian Lara   Bangladesh Habibul Bashar Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur   West Indies by 10 wickets
ODI 2427 13 October   Bangladesh Habibul Bashar   Zimbabwe Prosper Utseya Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur   Bangladesh by 101 runs
ODI 2428 14 October   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene   West Indies Brian Lara Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai   Sri Lanka by 9 wickets

Group stage

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Group A
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1   Australia 3 2 1 0 0 4 0.529
2   West Indies 3 2 1 0 0 4 0.009
3   India 3 1 2 0 0 2 0.482
4   England 3 1 2 0 0 2 −1.044
Source: EspnCricinfo

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1   South Africa 3 2 1 0 0 4 0.767
2   New Zealand 3 2 1 0 0 4 0.572
3   Sri Lanka 3 1 2 0 0 2 −0.195
4   Pakistan 3 1 2 0 0 2 −1.107
Source: EspnCricinfo
No. Group Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result
Group stage
ODI 2429 A 15 October   India Rahul Dravid   England Andrew Flintoff Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur   India by 4 wickets
ODI 2430 B 16 October   New Zealand Stephen Fleming   South Africa Graeme Smith Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai   New Zealand by 87 runs
ODI 2431 B 17 October   Pakistan Younis Khan   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur   Pakistan by 4 wickets
ODI 2432 A 18 October   Australia Ricky Ponting   West Indies Brian Lara Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai   West Indies by 10 runs
ODI 2433 B 20 October   New Zealand Stephen Fleming   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai   Sri Lanka by 7 wickets
ODI 2434 A 21 October   Australia Ricky Ponting   England Andrew Flintoff Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur   Australia by 6 wickets
ODI 2435 B 24 October   South Africa Graeme Smith   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad   South Africa by 78 Runs
ODI 2436 B 25 October   New Zealand Stephen Fleming   Pakistan Younis Khan Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali   New Zealand by 51 runs
ODI 2437 A 26 October   India Rahul Dravid   West Indies Brian Lara Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad   West Indies by 3 wickets
ODI 2438 B 27 October   Pakistan Younis Khan   South Africa Graeme Smith Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali   South Africa by 124 runs
ODI 2439 A 28 October   England Andrew Flintoff   West Indies Brian Lara Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad   England by 3 wickets
ODI 2440 A 29 October   India Rahul Dravid   Australia Ricky Ponting Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali   Australia by 6 wickets

Knockout stage

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No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result
Semi–finals
ODI 2441 1 November   Australia Ricky Ponting   New Zealand Stephen Fleming Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali   Australia by 34 runs
ODI 2442 2 November   West Indies Brian Lara   South Africa Graeme Smith Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur   West Indies by 6 wickets
Final
ODI 2443 5 November   Australia Ricky Ponting   West Indies Brian Lara Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali   Australia by 8 wickets (D/L)

New Zealand Women in Australia

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New Zealand Women are scheduled to tour Australia in October. The series begins on 18 October, and consists of one Twenty20 international and five One-day Internationals. Australia have made one change to their squad since beating India in February, with Leah Poulton replacing the injured Alex Blackwell.[5] Australia won the series 5–0, though the first three matches came down to the last over.

November

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Afro–Asia Cup

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The second Afro–Asia Cup was set to involve the African Cricket Association XI take on the Asian Cricket Council XI playing each other in a series of One Day Internationals, but was postponed until June 2007.[6]

ICC Intercontinental Cup

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The 2006 Intercontinental Cup continues into this season, with a November match between Kenya and Bermuda. The details are given under the 2006 season.

West Indies in Pakistan

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West Indies played three Tests and five One-day Internationals in Pakistan. The tour clashed with a date for a Twenty20 match organised by Allen Stanford, but that game was eventually cancelled and the tour went ahead.[7] In the Test series, Mohammad Yousuf passed Viv Richards' record of most runs in a calendar year, finishing the year with 1,788 Test runs, 665 of which came in this three-match series. Pakistan took a two-nil lead in the ODI series before losing captain Inzamam-ul-Haq to injury, and Marlon Samuels helped West Indies outscore Pakistan with his unbeaten century in the fourth match.

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1815 11–15 November Brian Lara Inzamam-ul-Haq Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore   Pakistan by 9 wickets
Test 1816 19–23 November Brian Lara Inzamam-ul-Haq Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Match drawn
Test 1818 27 November – 1 December Brian Lara Inzamam-ul-Haq National Stadium, Karachi   Pakistan by 199 runs
ODI series
ODI 2458a 5 December Brian Lara Younis Khan Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Match abandoned
ODI 2460 7 December Brian Lara Inzamam-ul-Haq Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad   Pakistan by 2 wickets
ODI 2463 10 December Brian Lara Inzamam-ul-Haq Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore   Pakistan by 7 wickets (D/L)
ODI 2464 13 December Brian Lara Abdul Razzaq Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan   West Indies by 7 wickets
ODI 2466 16 December Brian Lara Inzamam-ul-Haq National Stadium, Karachi   Pakistan by 7 wickets

Bermuda in Kenya

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Bermuda visited Kenya for three One Day Internationals at the Mombasa Sports Club between 11 and 14 November.[8] The match follows their meeting at the Intercontinental Cup, which was drawn after the final two days of the game were called off due to pitch conditions. Kenya ended up winning all three matches;[9] Bermuda's highest score of the series was 201 in 50 overs, while Kenya's lowest was 186 in 37.5 overs chasing a target in the second match. Martin Williamson, managing editor of Cricinfo, commented that Kenya "outbatted and outbowled Bermuda, and...looked the more professional side in the field".[10] Dwayne Leverock, Bermuda, and Thomas Odoyo, Kenya, took the most wickets in the series with seven, while Steve Tikolo made 111 in the final ODI to lead the runs tally with 214. Apart from Tikolo, only Tanmay Mishra, Kenya, and Dean Minors, Bermuda, made more than 100 runs in the three matches.

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI series
ODI 2444 11 November Steve Tikolo Irvine Romaine Mombasa Sports Club, Mombasa   Kenya by 79 runs
ODI 2445 12 November Steve Tikolo Irvine Romaine Mombasa Sports Club, Mombasa   Kenya by 7 wickets
ODI 2446 14 November Steve Tikolo Irvine Romaine Mombasa Sports Club, Mombasa   Kenya by 104 runs

India in South Africa

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India played their first tour game in South Africa on 16 November. The tour will last until 6 January, when the third and final Test at Newlands is scheduled to finish.

In the ODI series, India only once managed to bat through the 50 overs once in four completed games, six of the seven highest scores were made by South Africans,[11] and the five highest batting averages in the series were registered by South Africans.[12] Of the six bowlers to take more than five wickets, five of them were South African.[12] Thus, South Africa won the ODI series 4–0. India also played their first Twenty20 International, winning with one ball and six wickets remaining.

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI series
ODI 2446a 19 November Graeme Smith Rahul Dravid New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Match abandoned
ODI 2447 22 November Graeme Smith Rahul Dravid Kingsmead, Durban   South Africa by 157 runs
ODI 2449 26 November Graeme Smith Rahul Dravid Newlands, Cape Town   South Africa by 106 runs
ODI 2452 29 November Graeme Smith Virender Sehwag St George's Park, Port Elizabeth   South Africa by 80 runs
ODI 2458 3 December Graeme Smith Virender Sehwag SuperSport Park, Centurion   South Africa by 9 wickets
Only T20I
T20I 10 1 December Graeme Smith Virender Sehwag New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   India by 6 wickets
Test series
Test 1823 15–19 December Graeme Smith Rahul Dravid New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   India by 123 runs
Test 1825 26–30 December Graeme Smith Rahul Dravid Kingsmead, Durban   South Africa by 174 runs
Test 1827 2–6 January Graeme Smith Rahul Dravid Newlands, Cape Town   South Africa by 5 wickets

England in Australia

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England arrived in Australia on 10 November, and played their first Test on 23 November. The Boxing Day Test will be the fourth of the series, which concluded on 6 January. The tour also includes a Twenty20 International at the SCG, and the VB Series. The tour also includes several exhibition matches between England and local Australian squads.

Australia won the series 5–0, the first whitewash in 86 years, since 1920–21. Glenn McGrath, Justin Langer and Shane Warne all retired from Test cricket after the final game at the SCG.

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1817 23–27 November Ricky Ponting Andrew Flintoff The Gabba, Brisbane   Australia by 277 runs
Test 1819 1–5 December Ricky Ponting Andrew Flintoff Adelaide Oval, Adelaide   Australia by 6 wickets
Test 1821 14–18 December Ricky Ponting Andrew Flintoff WACA Ground, Perth   Australia by 206 runs
Test 1824 26–30 December Ricky Ponting Andrew Flintoff Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   Australia by an innings and 99 runs
Test 1826 2–6 January Ricky Ponting Andrew Flintoff Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   Australia by 10 wickets
Only T20I
T20I 13 9 January Ricky Ponting Andrew Flintoff Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   Australia by 77 runs

Associates South Africa Tri-Series

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Bermuda, Canada and Netherlands played a six-match triangular series in South Africa during November and December.[13] Bermuda continued their losing streak, losing their three first matches before bowling Netherlands out for 91 in the sixth and final ODI to win the game. Netherlands, however, had already won three games and the triangular series. Canada finished as runners-up, beating Bermuda in both matches but losing by one wicket in the final game against the Netherlands, where Billy Stelling and Mark Jonkman put on 27 off 20 balls for the last wicket as the Dutch chased 205 in 42 overs.

Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
  Netherlands 4 3 1 0 13 −0.423
  Canada 4 2 2 0 9 +0.242
  Bermuda 4 1 3 0 5 +0.166
No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result
ODI series
ODI 2448 26 November   Canada George Codrington   Netherlands Luuk van Troost Sedgars Park, Potchefstroom   Netherlands by 17 runs
ODI 2450 27 November   Bermuda Irvine Romaine   Canada George Codrington Sedgars Park, Potchefstroom   Canada by 5 wickets
ODI 2451 28 November   Bermuda Irvine Romaine   Netherlands Luuk van Troost Sedgars Park, Potchefstroom   Netherlands by 8 wickets
ODI 2452 30 November   Bermuda Irvine Romaine   Canada George Codrington Willowmoore Park, Benoni   Canada by 3 wickets
ODI 2455 1 December   Canada George Codrington   Netherlands Luuk van Troost Willowmoore Park, Benoni   Netherlands by 1 wicket (D/L)
ODI 2456 2 December   Bermuda Irvine Romaine   Netherlands Luuk van Troost Willowmoore Park, Benoni   Bermuda by 6 wickets

Zimbabwe in Bangladesh

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Zimbabwe had said they would not play any Tests 2006, so this tour of Bangladesh only included One-day Internationals. They did not win any of their six matches against Bangladesh, losing the Twenty20 International as well as five successive ODIs.

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Only T20I
T20I 9 28 November Shahriar Nafees Prosper Utseya Khulna Divisional Stadium, Khulna   Bangladesh by 43 runs
ODI series
ODI 2453 30 November Habibul Bashar Prosper Utseya Khulna Divisional Stadium, Khulna   Bangladesh by 9 wickets
ODI 2457 3 December Habibul Bashar Prosper Utseya Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra   Bangladesh by 6 wickets
ODI 2459 5 December Habibul Bashar Prosper Utseya Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra   Bangladesh by 26 runs
ODI 2461 8 December Habibul Bashar Prosper Utseya Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka   Bangladesh by 8 wickets
ODI 2462 10 December Habibul Bashar Prosper Utseya Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka   Bangladesh by 3 wickets

December

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Sri Lanka in New Zealand

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Sri Lanka visit New Zealand for the third consecutive summer, this time playing a series of two Tests, five One-day Internationals and two Twenty20 Internationals.[14]

Sri Lankans in New Zealand in 2006–07. 2-Test series drawn 1–1. Twenty20 International series 1–1. ODI series 2–2

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1820 7–11 December Stephen Fleming Mahela Jayawardene Jade Stadium, Christchurch   New Zealand by 5 wickets
Test 1822 15–19 December Stephen Fleming Mahela Jayawardene Basin Reserve, Wellington   Sri Lanka by 217 runs
T20I series
T20I 11 22 December Stephen Fleming Mahela Jayawardene Westpac Stadium, Wellington   Sri Lanka by 18 runs (D/L)
T20I 12 26 December Stephen Fleming Mahela Jayawardene Eden Park, Auckland   New Zealand by 5 wickets
ODI series
ODI 2468 28 December Daniel Vettori Mahela Jayawardene McLean Park, Napier   Sri Lanka by 7 wickets
ODI 2469 31 December Daniel Vettori Mahela Jayawardene Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown   New Zealand by 1 wicket
ODI 2470 2 January Daniel Vettori Mahela Jayawardene Jade Stadium, Christchurch   New Zealand by 4 wickets (D/L)
ODI 2471 6 January Stephen Fleming Mahela Jayawardene Eden Park, Auckland   Sri Lanka by 189 runs
ODI 2472a 9 January Stephen Fleming Mahela Jayawardene Seddon Park, Hamilton Match abandoned

Scotland in Bangladesh

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The Associate member Scotland toured Bangladesh for two One-day Internationals in December, and lost both matches. They also lost a warmup match to the Bangladesh Cricket Board's Academy team.

Scottish in Bangladesh in 2006–07. Bangladesh won 2-ODI series 2–0.

No. Date Away captain Home captain Venue Result
ODI series
ODI 2465 15 December Craig Wright Habibul Bashar Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong   Bangladesh by 6 wickets
ODI 2467 17 December Craig Wright Habibul Bashar Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka   Bangladesh by 146 runs

January

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Pakistan in South Africa

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Pakistan play three Tests, one T20I and five One-day Internationals in South Africa.

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1828 11–15 January Graeme Smith Inzamam-ul-Haq SuperSport Park, Centurion   South Africa by 7 wickets
Test 1829 19–23 January Graeme Smith Inzamam-ul-Haq St George's Park, Port Elizabeth   Pakistan by 5 wickets
Test 1830 26–30 January Graeme Smith Inzamam-ul-Haq Newlands, Cape Town   South Africa by 5 wickets
Only T20I
T20I 14 2 February Graeme Smith Younis Khan New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   South Africa by 10 wickets
ODI series
ODI 2506 4 February Graeme Smith Younis Khan SuperSport Park, Centurion   South Africa by 164 runs
ODI 2513 7 February Graeme Smith Inzamam-ul-Haq Kingsmead, Durban   Pakistan by 141 runs
ODI 2517 9 February Graeme Smith Inzamam-ul-Haq St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Match abandoned
ODI 2521 11 February Graeme Smith Inzamam-ul-Haq Newlands, Cape Town   South Africa by 10 wickets
ODI 2523 14 February Graeme Smith Inzamam-ul-Haq New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   South Africa by 9 wickets

Commonwealth Bank Series

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The Commonwealth Bank Series follows the same format as last year, with 12 group stage matches (8 for each team) and a best-of-three final series. VB is a co-branded sponsor of this series.

Pos Team Pld W L T NR BP Pts NRR
1   Australia 8 7 1 0 0 3 31 0.667
2   England 8 3 5 0 0 1 13 −0.608
3   New Zealand 8 2 6 0 0 1 9 −0.007
Source: Points table from Cricinfo, retrieved 6 February 2007
Group stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result
ODI 2473 12 January   Australia Ricky Ponting   England Michael Vaughan Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   Australia by 8 wickets
ODI 2474 14 January   Australia Ricky Ponting   New Zealand Stephen Fleming Bellerive Oval, Hobart   Australia by 105 runs
ODI 2475 16 January   England Michael Vaughan   New Zealand Stephen Fleming Bellerive Oval, Hobart   England by 3 wickets
ODI 2478 19 January   Australia Ricky Ponting   England Andrew Flintoff The Gabba, Brisbane   Australia by 4 wickets
ODI 2479 21 January   Australia Ricky Ponting   New Zealand Stephen Fleming Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   Australia by 2 wickets
ODI 2482 23 January   England Andrew Flintoff   New Zealand Stephen Fleming Adelaide Oval, Adelaide   New Zealand by 90 runs
ODI 2486 26 January   Australia Ricky Ponting   England Andrew Flintoff Adelaide Oval, Adelaide   Australia by 9 wickets
ODI 2488 28 January   Australia Ricky Ponting   New Zealand Stephen Fleming W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth   Australia by 8 runs
ODI 2490 30 January   England Andrew Flintoff   New Zealand Stephen Fleming W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth   New Zealand by 58 runs
ODI 2497 2 February   Australia Ricky Ponting   England Andrew Flintoff Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   England by 92 runs
ODI 2501 4 February   Australia Ricky Ponting   New Zealand Stephen Fleming Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   Australia by 5 wickets
ODI 2510 6 February   England Michael Vaughan   New Zealand Stephen Fleming The Gabba, Brisbane   England by 14 runs
Finals
No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result
ODI 2515 9 February   Australia Ricky Ponting   England Andrew Flintoff Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   England by 4 wickets
ODI 2519 11 February   Australia Ricky Ponting   England Andrew Flintoff Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   England by 34 runs (D/L)

Associates Kenya Tri-Series

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Kenya hosted Canada and Scotland for a triangular series at Mombasa Sports Club between 17 and 24 January.[15]

Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
  Kenya 4 3 1 0 13 +0.847
  Scotland 4 2 2 0 8 −0.906
  Canada 4 1 3 0 5 +0.364
Group stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result
ODI 2476 17 January   Kenya Steve Tikolo   Scotland Craig White Mombasa Sports Club, Mombasa   Kenya by 190 runs
ODI 2477 18 January   Canada John Davison   Scotland Craig White Mombasa Sports Club, Mombasa   Scotland by 2 wickets
ODI 2478a 20 January   Kenya Steve Tikolo   Canada John Davison Mombasa Sports Club, Mombasa   Kenya by forfeit
ODI 2481 21 January   Kenya Steve Tikolo   Scotland Ryan Watson Mombasa Sports Club, Mombasa   Kenya by 6 runs
ODI 2483 23 January   Canada John Davison   Scotland Craig White Mombasa Sports Club, Mombasa   Scotland by 2 wickets
ODI 2484 24 January   Kenya Steve Tikolo   Canada John Davison Mombasa Sports Club, Mombasa   Canada by 69 runs

West Indies in India

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No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 2480 21 January Rahul Dravid Brian Lara VCA Ground, Nagpur   India by 14 runs
ODI 2485 24 January Rahul Dravid Chris Gayle Barabati Stadium, Cuttack   India by 20 runs
ODI 2487 27 January Rahul Dravid Brian Lara M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai   West Indies by 3 wickets
ODI 2493 31 January Rahul Dravid Brian Lara IPCL Ground, Vadodara   India by 160 runs

World Cricket League Division One

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The first edition of the top tier of the World Cricket League tournament took place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 29 January to 7 February.[16] The six non-Test teams who have qualified for the 2007 Cricket World Cup took part in the round-robin tournament, with the top two teams qualifying for the final, and also qualifying for the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship.

Pos Team Pld W L Pts NRR
1   Kenya 5 4 1 8 1.355
2   Scotland 5 4 1 8 0.354
3   Netherlands 5 3 2 6 0.120
4   Canada 5 2 3 4 −0.849
5   Ireland 5 1 4 2 −0.061
6   Bermuda 5 1 4 2 −1.310
Source: ESPNcricinfo[17]
League Stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result
ODI 2489 29 January   Bermuda Irvine Romaine   Kenya Steve Tikolo Jaffery Sports Club Ground, Nairobi   Kenya by 10 wickets
ODI 2491 30 January   Canada John Davison   Netherlands Luuk van Troost Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, Nairobi   Netherlands by 8 wickets
ODI 2492 30 January   Ireland Trent Johnston   Scotland Craig Wright Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi   Scotland by 3 wickets
ODI 2494 31 January   Bermuda Irvine Romaine   Ireland Trent Johnston Jaffery Sports Club Ground, Nairobi   Ireland by 4 wickets
ODI 2495 31 January   Canada John Davison   Scotland Craig Wright Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, Nairobi   Scotland by 7 runs
ODI 2496 31 January   Kenya Steve Tikolo   Netherlands Luuk van Troost Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi   Kenya by 7 wickets
ODI 2498 2 February   Canada John Davison   Bermuda Irvine Romaine Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi   Canada by 56 runs
ODI 2499 2 February   Kenya Steve Tikolo   Ireland Trent Johnston Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, Nairobi   Kenya by 1 wicket
ODI 2500 2 February   Scotland Craig Wright   Netherlands Luuk van Troost Jaffery Sports Club Ground, Nairobi   Scotland by 2 runs
ODI 2502 4 February   Bermuda Irvine Romaine   Netherlands Luuk van Troost Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, Nairobi   Netherlands by 8 wickets
ODI 2503 4 February   Canada John Davison   Ireland Trent Johnston Jaffery Sports Club Ground, Nairobi   Canada by 6 wickets
ODI 2504 4 February   Kenya Steve Tikolo   Scotland Craig Wright Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi   Scotland by 77 runs
ODI 2507 5 February   Bermuda Irvine Romaine   Scotland Craig Wright Ruaraka Sports Club Ground, Nairobi   Bermuda by 5 wickets
ODI 2508 5 February   Canada John Davison   Kenya Steve Tikolo Jaffery Sports Club Ground, Nairobi   Kenya by 158 runs
ODI 2509 5 February   Ireland Trent Johnston   Netherlands Luuk van Troost Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi   Netherlands by 6 runs
Final
No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result
ODI 2512 7 February   Scotland Craig Wright   Kenya Steve Tikolo Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi   Kenya by 8 wickets

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Bangladesh in Zimbabwe

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Bangladesh played a 4-match ODI series in Zimbabwe from 4 to 10 February.

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 2505 4 February Prosper Utseya Habibul Bashar Harare Sports Club, Harare   Bangladesh by 45 runs
ODI 2511 6 February Prosper Utseya Habibul Bashar Harare Sports Club, Harare   Zimbabwe by 8 wickets
ODI 2516 9 February Prosper Utseya Habibul Bashar Harare Sports Club, Harare   Bangladesh by 14 runs
ODI 2518 10 February Prosper Utseya Habibul Bashar Harare Sports Club, Harare   Bangladesh by 1 wicket

Sri Lanka in India

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Sri Lanka played a 4-match ODI series in India from 8 to 17 February.

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 2514 8 February Rahul Dravid Mahela Jayawardene Eden Gardens, Kolkata No result
ODI 2520 11 February Rahul Dravid Mahela Jayawardene Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot   Sri Lanka by 5 runs
ODI 2522 14 February Rahul Dravid Mahela Jayawardene Nehru Stadium, Margao   India by 5 wickets
ODI 2525 17 February Rahul Dravid Mahela Jayawardene ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam   India by 7 wickets

Chappell–Hadlee Trophy

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The third edition of the Chappell–Hadlee Trophy, the annual One-day International series between Australia and New Zealand, was held in New Zealand from 16 to 20 February.

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 2524 16 February Stephen Fleming Michael Hussey Westpac Stadium, Wellington   New Zealand by 10 wickets
ODI 2526 18 February Stephen Fleming Michael Hussey Eden Park, Auckland   New Zealand by 5 wickets
ODI 2527 20 February Stephen Fleming Michael Hussey Seddon Park, Hamilton   New Zealand by 1 wickets

Antigua Tri-Series

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Bangladesh, Bermuda and Canada took part in a triangular series two weeks before the World Cup. All matches were played at the Antigua Recreation Ground.[18]

Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
  Bangladesh 2 2 0 0 9 +0.831
  Canada 2 1 1 0 4 +0.181
  Bermuda 2 0 2 0 0 −0.957
Triangular Series
No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result
ODI 2528 25 February   Bangladesh Habibul Bashar   Bermuda Irvine Romaine Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua   Bangladesh by 8 wickets
ODI 2529 26 February   Bermuda Irvine Romaine   Canada John Davison Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua   Canada by 3 wickets
ODI 2530 28 February   Bangladesh Habibul Bashar   Canada John Davison Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua   Bangladesh by 13 runs

March

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World Cup

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Group stage

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The 2007 World Cup, the ninth of its kind, begins on 13 March and continues until 28 April. 16 teams will take part, as six non-Test nations join the fray. The teams will play in four groups of four, where the top two teams qualify for the Super Eight stage, played as a round-robin. The top four teams then make it through to the semi-finals.

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
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
Source: ESPNcricinfo
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
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
Source: ESPNcricinfo
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
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
Source: ESPNcricinfo
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
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
Source: ESPNcricinfo
No. Group Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result
Group stage
ODI 2531 D 13 March   West Indies Brian Lara   Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica   West Indies by 54 runs
ODI 2532 A 14 March   Australia Ricky Ponting   Scotland Craig Wright Warner Park, Basseterre, St. Kitts   Australia by 203 runs
ODI 2533 C 14 March   Canada John Davison   Kenya Steve Tikolo Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia   Kenya by 7 wickets
ODI 2534 B 15 March   Bermuda Irvine Romaine   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad   Sri Lanka by 243 runs
ODI 2535 D 15 March   Ireland Trent Johnston   Zimbabwe Prosper Utseya Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica Match tied
ODI 2536 A 16 March   Netherlands Luuk van Troost   South Africa Graeme Smith Warner Park, Basseterre, St. Kitts   South Africa by 221 runs
ODI 2537 C 16 March   England Michael Vaughan   New Zealand Stephen Fleming Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia   New Zealand by 6 wickets
ODI 2538 B 17 March   Bangladesh Habibul Bashar   India Rahul Dravid Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad   Bangladesh by 5 wickets
ODI 2539 D 17 March   Ireland Trent Johnston   Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica   Ireland by 3 wickets
ODI 2540 A 18 March   Australia Ricky Ponting   Netherlands Luuk van Troost Warner Park, Basseterre, St. Kitts   Australia by 229 runs
ODI 2541 C 18 March   Canada John Davison   England Michael Vaughan Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia   England by 51 runs
ODI 2542 B 19 March   Bermuda Irvine Romaine   India Rahul Dravid Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad   India by 257 runs
ODI 2543 D 19 March   West Indies Brian Lara   Zimbabwe Prosper Utseya Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica   West Indies by 6 wickets
ODI 2544 A 20 March   Scotland Ryan Watson   South Africa Graeme Smith Warner Park, Basseterre, St. Kitts   South Africa by 7 wickets
ODI 2545 C 20 March   Kenya Steve Tikolo   New Zealand Stephen Fleming Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia   New Zealand by 148 runs
ODI 2546 B 21 March   Bangladesh Habibul Bashar   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad   Sri Lanka by 198 runs (D/L)
ODI 2547 D 21 March   Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq   Zimbabwe Prosper Utseya Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica   Pakistan by 93 runs (D/L)
ODI 2548 A 22 March   Netherlands Jeroen Smits   Scotland Craig Wright Warner Park, Basseterre, St. Kitts   Netherlands by 8 wickets
ODI 2549 C 22 March   Canada John Davison   New Zealand Stephen Fleming Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia   New Zealand by 114 runs
ODI 2550 B 23 March   India Rahul Dravid   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad   Sri Lanka by 69 runs
ODI 2551 D 23 March   Ireland Kyle McCallan   West Indies Brian Lara Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica   West Indies by 8 wickets
ODI 2552 A 24 March   Australia Ricky Ponting   South Africa Graeme Smith Warner Park, Basseterre, St. Kitts   Australia by 83 runs
ODI 2553 C 24 March   England Michael Vaughan   Kenya Steve Tikolo Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia   England by 7 wickets
ODI 2554 B 25 March   Bangladesh Habibul Bashar   Bermuda Irvine Romaine Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad   Bangladesh by 7 wickets

Super Eights

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Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
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
Source: [19]
No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result
Super Eights
ODI 2555 27–28 March   West Indies Brian Lara   Australia Ricky Ponting Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua   Australia by 103 runs
ODI 2556 28 March   South Africa Graeme Smith   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana   South Africa by 1 wicket
ODI 2557 29 March   West Indies Brian Lara   New Zealand Stephen Fleming Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua   New Zealand by 7 wickets
ODI 2558 30 March   Ireland Trent Johnston   England Michael Vaughan Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana   England by 48 runs
ODI 2559 31 March   Australia Ricky Ponting   Bangladesh Habibul Bashar Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua   Australia by 10 wickets
ODI 2560 1 April   West Indies Brian Lara   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana   Sri Lanka by 113 runs
ODI 2561 2 April   Ireland Habibul Bashar   New Zealand Stephen Fleming Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua   New Zealand by 9 wickets
ODI 2562 3 April   Ireland Trent Johnston   South Africa Graeme Smith Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana   South Africa by 7 wickets
ODI 2563 4 April   England Michael Vaughan   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua   Sri Lanka by 2 runs
ODI 2564 7 April   Bangladesh Habibul Bashar   South Africa Graeme Smith Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana   Bangladesh by 67 runs
ODI 2565 8 April   Australia Ricky Ponting   England Michael Vaughan Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua   Australia by 7 wickets
ODI 2566 9 April   Ireland Trent Johnston   New Zealand Stephen Fleming Providence Stadium, Providence, Guyana   New Zealand by 129 runs
ODI 2567 10 April   West Indies Brian Lara   South Africa Graeme Smith Queens's Park, St. George's, Grenada   South Africa by 67 runs
ODI 2568 11 April   England Michael Vaughan   Bangladesh Habibul Bashar Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados   England by 4 wickets
ODI 2569 12 April   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene   New Zealand Stephen Fleming Queens's Park, St. George's, Grenada   Sri Lanka by 6 wickets
ODI 2570 13 April   Australia Ricky Ponting   Ireland Trent Johnston Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados   Australia by 9 wickets
ODI 2571 14 April   South Africa Graeme Smith   New Zealand Stephen Fleming Queens's Park, St. George's, Grenada   New Zealand by 5 wickets
ODI 2572 15 April   Bangladesh Habibul Bashar   Ireland Trent Johnston Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados   Ireland by 74 runs
ODI 2573 16 April   Australia Ricky Ponting   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene Queens's Park, St. George's, Grenada   Australia by 7 wickets
ODI 2574 17 April   South Africa Graeme Smith   England Michael Vaughan Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados   South Africa by 9 wickets
ODI 2575 18 April   Ireland Trent Johnston   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene Queens's Park, St. George's, Grenada   Sri Lanka by 8 wickets
ODI 2576 19 April   West Indies Brian Lara   Bangladesh Habibul Bashar Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados   West Indies by 99 runs
ODI 2577 20 April   Australia Ricky Ponting   New Zealand Stephen Fleming Queens's Park, St. George's, Grenada   Australia by 215 runs
ODI 2578 21 April   West Indies Brian Lara   England Michael Vaughan Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados   England by 1 wickets

Knockout stage

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No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result
Semi–finals
ODI 2579 24 April   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene   New Zealand Stephen Fleming Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica   Sri Lanka by 81 runs
ODI 2580 25 April   Australia Ricky Ponting   South Africa Graeme Smith Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia   Australia by 7 wickets
Final
ODI 2581 28 April   Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene   Australia Ricky Ponting Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados   Australia by 53 runs (D/L)

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