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The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was the ninth Cricket World Cup, a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007. There were a total of 51 matches played, three fewer than at the 2003 World Cup (despite a field larger by two teams).
The following is a list of all the major statistics and records for the 2007 Cricket World Cup held in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007. Though India were eliminated early, they set the ODI record for the highest victory margin in their 257 run win over Bermuda . [ 1 ]
18 May 2007: Abu Dhabi Series Pakistan: 5 June 2007: Afro-Asia Cup: Asia XI 23 June 2007: Future Cup India: 3 July 2007: Future Friendship Cup N/A 10 July 2007: Quadrangular Series West Indies: Minor tours Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches] First-class ODI; 28 June 2007 Canada Netherlands: 0–1 [1] 0–1 [2] 13 August 2007 ...
The 2007 Cricket World Cup, which was played in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007, featured 16 teams, who were divided into four groups.Group D featured the hosts, the West Indies, fellow full ICC members Pakistan and Zimbabwe, and associate members Ireland.
Australia's score of 417/6 is the highest in men's ODI World Cup history, bettering India's 413/5 in the 2007 World Cup. The winning margin of 275 runs was the highest in a World Cup match (later surpassed). [10] [11]
This was the first World Cup final to be a repeat – the sides previously met in the 1996 World Cup Final, which Sri Lanka won. Australia has won every World Cup match against Sri Lanka apart from that loss. [1] The match was Sri Lanka's second World Cup final appearance and Australia's sixth, their fourth in a row.
It was also the highest score in World Cup history, breaking the 400 barrier. India also broke their team record score of 376/2, and equalled the ODI record for the maximum number of sixes in an innings by scoring 18 sixes, a feat first achieved by South Africa against the Netherlands earlier in the tournament.
Australia were put in to bat and made the seventh-highest total in World Cup history, [1] It was nevertheless the third-lowest total in Scotland's ODI history and the third time a team had won by more than 200 runs in World Cup cricket. Ricky Ponting became the leading Australian run-scorer in World Cups, second overall only to Sachin Tendulkar ...