England v Ireland: CWC Super Eight, 4th Match England 266/7 (50 overs; Collingwood 90, Rankin 2/28), Ireland 218 (48.1 overs; N O’Brien 63, Flintoff 4/43). England win by 48 runs.
Monthly Archive for March, 2007
The full schedule for this year’s inaugural Twenty20 World Championships has been released - details of the Group B schedule (for Zimbabwe’s matches against Australia and England) are no on our fixtures page. The tournament will run from 11-24 September.
West Indies v New Zealand: CWC Super Eight, 3rd Match West Indies 177 (44.4 overs; Gayle 44, Oram 3/23), New Zealand 179/3 (39.2 overs; Styris 80*, Powell 2/39) New Zealand win by 7 wickets.
South Africa v Sri Lanka: CWC Super Eight, 2nd Match Sri Lanka 290 (49.3 overs; Dilshan 58, Langeveldt 5/39), South Africa 212/9 (48.2 overs; Kallis 86, Malinga 4/54). South Africa win by 1 wicket
West Indies v Australia: CWC Super Eight, 1st Match Australia 322/6 (50 overs; Hayden 158, Bravo 2/49), West Indies 219 (45.3 overs; Lara 77, McGrath 3/31). Australia win by 103 runs.
Easterns have won the Faithwear one-day title - results of most of the matches listed below, ZC haven’t published full details so sadly not all matches are listed.
1st Round
Centrals (263/8; 47 overs) beat Southerns (209; 47 overs) by 59 runs
Westerns (314/9) beat Northerns (223) by 81 runs
2nd Round
Centrals (221/8) beat Westerns (220) by 2 wickets
Northerns beat Easterns (186) by 2 wickets
3rd Round
Easterns beat Westerns (219/9; 50 overs) by 3 wickets
Northerns (188) beat Southerns (170) by 18 runs
4th Round
Westerns (209) beat Southerns (207) by 2 runs
Bangladesh v Bermuda: CWC Group B Bermuda 94/9 (21/21 overs; Minors 23, Abdur Razzak 3/20), Bangladesh 96/3 (17.3/21 overs; Mohammad Ashraful 29*, Mukuddem 3/19). Bangladesh win by 7 wickets (D/L method)
The final match of the group stage was a stop-start affair, thanks to plenty of rain in Port of Spain, and was eventually reduced to a 21-overs per side slogfest. Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field, knowing that a win would secure their own place in the Super Eight and secure an early flight home for the Indians, and within the first over the wickets began to fall. Dean Minors top-scored for Bermuda with 23, as their usual mainstay David Hemp went for a 4th-ball duck. To their credit, Bermuda’s final total of 94/9 was reasonable in the conditions, and when Saleem Mukuddem secured 3 early wickets it looked like the upset may have been on the cards. The arrival of Mohammad Ashraful at the crease signalled the end of the Bermudan dream, though, and Ashraful and Saqibul Hasan steading the Bangladeshi innings and saw their side home.
Bangladesh beat Bermuda by 7 wickets (D/L method)
Kenya met England in the final match in Group C - with England’s form having been at best erratic of late, Kenya may have been harbouring hopes of reaching the second round for the second World Cup in a row, but sadly it wasn’t to be. After winning the toss and electing to bat, Kenya found themselves on the receiving end of a determined English bowling display, and were bowled out for just 177. In reply, England wobbled early on with the loss of Michael Vaughan for just 1 run, but former Irish international Ed Joyce (75) and former South African Kevin Pietersen (56*) saw the English home with 17 overs to spare. Read that sentence again and see if you can spot the irony.
Australia v South Africa was billed as the group stage clash of the titans, but didn’t quite live up to its billing. Aware of South Africa’s run-chasing capability, Australia took the early fight to the Proteas and smashed their way to 377/6 from their 50 overs, showing particular contempt from the bowling of Shaun Pollock, who went for 83 runs from his 10 overs. In reply, Smith and de Villiers got off to a rapid start, but once de Villiers was run out by a superb direct hit by Shane Watson, thrown all the way from the boundary, the wheels came off the South African innings as Jacques Kallis was unable to score at the required rate, and most of the rest of the batsmen were unable to score at all. The Proteas were bowled out in the 48th over, 83 runs short of the target.
England beat Kenya by 7 wickets
Australia beat South Africa by 83 runs
Ireland met West Indies for the right to carry 2 points through to the Super Eight stage, and after West Indies’ unconvincing win over Zimbabwe, Ireland may have fancied their chances. The luck of the Irish wasn’t with them today, though, as the Windies found some form with both bat and ball. Batting first, Ireland were restricted to 183 from their 48 overs (match shortened due to rain delays), and a timely 102 not out from Shivnarine Chanderpaul saw West Indies home with plenty of time to spare.
India needed to beat Sri Lanka to be sure of their place in the Super Eight, but Sri Lanka refused to do them any favours despite having already secured their own slot. Led by Upul Tharanga, Sri Lanka made 254/6 from their allotted overs, then proceeded to tear through the India batting lineup. Dravid (60) and Sehwag (48) put up something of a fight, but not enough to save the game for the Indians, who now rely on Bermuda beating Bangladesh in the final group match on Sunday to have any chance of progress.
West Indies beat Ireland by 8 wickets (D/L method)
Sri Lanka beat India by 69 runs