2007 Cricket World Cup final

August 2022 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup Final Kensington Oval, Barbados During 2007 World Cup Cricket Final.jpg Kensington Oval during the Final of 2007 Cricket World Cup between Sri Lanka and Australia 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup Australia AUS 40px 281/4 38 overs Sri Lanka SRI 40px 215/8 36 overs Rain before play reduced the game to 38 overs per side. Sri Lanka's innings interrupted by rain and reduced to 36 overs. Australia won by 53 runs (D/L method) 28 April 2007 Kensington Oval Bridgetown Adam Gilchrist (Aus) Steve Bucknor (WI) and Aleem Dar (Pak) 28,108 2003 2011 300px The 2007 Cricket World Cup final was played on 28 April 2007 at Kensington Oval in Barbados to determine the winner of the ninth installment of the Cricket World Cup. This was the first time that Barbados hosted a Cricket World Cup final.14 July 2004 Barbados to host World Cup final in 2007 https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/barbados-to-host-world-cup-final-in-2007-138760 ESPN Cricinfo Australia defeated Sri Lanka by 53 runs (under the Duckworth–Lewis method) to win their 4th World Cup title and 3rd in succession.16 November 2023 King of the Knockouts: How Australia have dominated the Cricket World Cup https://www.business-standard.com/cricket/world-cup/king-of-the-knockouts-how-australia-have-dominated-the-cricket-world-cup-123111600382_1.html Business Standard28 April 2020 How Gilchrist squashed Sri Lanka with a lights-out ton https://www.cricket.com.au/news/3308931/how-gilchrist-squashed-sri-lanka-with-a-lights-out-ton Cricket Australia It was the second time that Australia and Sri Lanka played a World Cup final against each other, after 1996. Road to the final Sri Lanka Sri Lanka started their world cup campaign with victories over Bermuda, Bangladesh and India and became the table toppers of Group B. In the Super-8 stage they finished second as they had defeated West Indies, England, New Zealand and Ireland. However, they lost two of their matches to South Africa and Australia each. In the semi finals, they defeated New Zealand by 81 runs, and qualified for the final second time after 1996.Anand Vasu 24 April 2007 Jayawardene-inspired Sri Lanka seal a spot in the final https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-world-cup-2006-07-125929/new-zealand-vs-sri-lanka-1st-semi-final-247505/match-report ESPN CricinfoWorld Cup 2007 countries Sri Lanka https://www.theguardian.com/sport/cricketworldcup2007/srilanka/0,,2013944,00.html The Guardian Australia Australia had dominated the tournament from the first match to the semi finals. They started their world cup campaign with victories over Scotland, Netherlands and South Africa and became the table toppers of Group A. In the Super-8 stage also they finished at the top as they had defeated West Indies, Bangladesh, England, Ireland, Sri Lanka and New Zealand. In the semi-finals, they defeated South Africa by 7 wickets, and qualified for the final for a record sixth time after 1975, 1987, 1996, 1999 and 2003.Andrew McGlashan 25 April 2007 Imposing Australia march into World Cup final https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-world-cup-2006-07-125929/australia-vs-south-africa-2nd-semi-final-247506/match-report ESPN CricinfoWorld Cup 2007 countries Australia https://www.theguardian.com/sport/cricketworldcup2007/australia/0,,2013937,00.html The Guardian Match details Match officials On-field umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Aleem Dar (Pak) Third umpire: Rudi Koertzen (SA) Reserve umpire: Billy Bowden (NZ) Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZ) Summary This was the first World Cup final to be a repeat – the teams 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.http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/STATS/BY_OPPONENT/AUS-SL/WC/AUS-SL_ODI_SERIES_SUMMARY.html Australia v Sri Lanka: World Cup Series Summary ESPNcricinfo 28 April 2007August 2026 InternetArchiveBot The match was Sri Lanka's second World Cup final appearance and Australia's sixth, their fourth in a row. Both teams remained unchanged from their semi-final matches. Australia's captain Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat first. However, the start of play was delayed due to rain, and the match was reduced to 38 overs per side. Adam Gilchrist's score of 149 – the highest in a World Cup final – helped give Australia an imposing total of 281.http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/292681.html Gilchrist leads Australia to World Cup treble ESPNcricinfo 6 May 2007thumb|200px|A large crowd of over 10,000 fans welcome the Australian team on completing the first World Cup hat-trick – Martin Place, Sydney. Sri Lankan batsmen Kumar Sangakkara and Sanath Jayasuriya added 116 for the second wicket, before falling with the score at 123 and 145 respectively. Despite the regular loss of wickets, Sri Lanka managed to maintain a run rate of over 6 an over. Further rain forced the reduction of Sri Lanka's innings to just 36 overs, with the target revised to 269. At the culmination of the 33rd over, with Sri Lanka still trailing the adjusted Duckworth-Lewis target by 37 runs, the umpires suspended the game due to bad light. While Australia's players began to celebrate their victory (since the minimum 20 overs had been reached), the umpires incorrectly announced that because the match was suspended due to light and not rain, the final three overs would have to be bowled the following day. With Sri Lanka needing 61 runs from 18 deliveries, Jayawardene agreed there was no need to return the following day, and instructed his team to resume batting, with Ponting agreeing to bowl only spinners. The last three overs were played in almost complete darkness, during which Sri Lanka added nine runs, giving Australia a 53-run victory via the Duckworth–Lewis method.http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wc2007/engine/current/match/247507.html World Cup final scorecard ESPNcricinfo 30 April 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070430003511/http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/wc2007/engine/current/match/247507.html 30 April 2007 live The umpires later apologised for their error, and stated that the match should have ended then with Australia winning by 37 runs.http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/292771.html Crowe takes blame for light chaos ESPNcricinfo 30 April 2007Mike Selvey 30 April 2007 Official fumbling in the dark takes the shine off Australia's triumph https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/apr/30/cricket.cricketworldcup20071 The Guardian thumb|Australian captain Ricky Ponting Australia won the tournament undefeated, and established a streak of 29 World Cup games without a loss.http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/292773.html How Gilchrist destroyed Sri Lanka S Rajesh HR Gopalakrishna ESPNcricinfo 29 April 2007 Australian bowler Glenn McGrath was named Player of the Series and retired from all forms of international cricket.James Fitzgerald 29 April 2007 McGrath bows out winning Player of the Tournament award https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/mcgrath-bows-out-winning-player-of-the-tournament-award-292785 29 April 2007 ESPNCricinfo 28 April AUS 281/4 (38 overs) Adam Gilchrist 149 (104) Lasith Malinga 2/49 (8 overs) SRI 215/8 (36 overs) Sanath Jayasuriya 63 (67) Michael Clarke 2/33 (5 overs) Australia won by 53 runs (D/L method) Scorecard Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Steve Bucknor (WI) and Aleem Dar (Pak) Adam Gilchrist (Aus) Australia won the toss and elected to bat. The match was reduced to 38 overs per side due to rain. Sri Lanka were set a revised target of 269 runs from 36 overs. With this victory, Australia became the first team to win three consecutive World Cup titles. Glenn McGrath (Aus) played in his last ODI match.Peter English 23 December 2006 McGrath to retire after World Cup https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/mcgrath-to-retire-after-world-cup-273700 ESPN Cricinfo Scorecard 1st innings AUS battinghttps://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-world-cup-2006-07-125929/australia-vs-sri-lanka-final-247507/full-scorecard Final, Bridgetown, April 28, 2007, ICC World Cup 11 August 2022 Adam Gilchrist c Silva b Fernando 149 104 13 8 143.26 Matthew Hayden c Jayawardene b Malinga 38 55 3 1 69.09 Ricky Ponting run out (Jayawardene) 37 42 1 1 88.09 Andrew Symonds not out 23 21 2 0 109.52 Shane Watson b Malinga 3 3 0 0 100.00 Michael Clarke not out 8 6 1 0 133.33 Michael Hussey Brad Hogg Nathan Bracken Shaun Tait Glenn McGrath Extras (lb 4, w 16, nb 3) 23 Total (4 wickets; 38 overs) 281 Fall of wickets: 1/172 (Hayden, 22.5 ov), 2/224 (Gilchrist, 30.3 ov), 3/261 (Ponting, 35.4 ov), 4/266 (Watson, 36.2 ov) SL bowling Chaminda Vaas 8 0 54 0 6.75 1 2 Lasith Malinga 8 1 49 2 6.12 0 0 Dilhara Fernando 8 0 74 1 9.25 4 1 Muttiah Muralitharan 7 0 44 0 6.28 2 0 Tillakaratne Dilshan 2 0 23 0 11.50 1 0 Sanath Jayasuriya 5 0 33 0 6.60 0 0 2nd innings SL batting Upul Tharanga c Gilchrist b Bracken 6 8 1 0 75.00 Sanath Jayasuriya b Clarke 63 67 9 0 94.02 Kumar Sangakkara c Ponting b Hogg 54 52 6 1 103.84 Mahela Jayawardene lbw b Watson 19 19 1 0 100.00 Chamara Silva b Clarke 21 22 1 1 95.45 Tillakaratne Dilshan run out (Clarke/McGrath) 14 13 2 0 107.69 Russel Arnold c Gilchrist b McGrath 1 2 0 0 50.00 Chaminda Vaas not out 11 21 0 0 52.38 Lasith Malinga st Gilchrist b Symonds 10 6 0 1 166.66 Dilhara Fernando not out 1 6 0 0 16.66 Muttiah Muralitharan Extras (lb 1, w 14) 15 Total (8 wickets; 36 overs) 215 Fall of wickets: 1/7 (Tharanga, 2.1 ov), 2/123 (Sangakkara, 19.5 ov), 3/145 (Jayasuriya, 22.6 ov), 4/156 (Jayawardene, 25.5 ov), 5/188 (Dilshan, 29.6 ov), 6/190 (Silva, 30.1 ov), 7/194 (Arnold, 31.5 ov), 8/211 (Malinga, 33.6 ov) AUS bowling Nathan Bracken 6 1 34 1 5.66 1 0 Shaun Tait 6 0 42 0 7.00 2 0 Glenn McGrath 7 0 31 1 4.42 1 0 Shane Watson 7 0 49 1 7.00 3 0 Brad Hogg 3 0 19 1 6.33 0 0 Michael Clarke 5 0 33 2 6.60 2 0 Andrew Symonds 2 0 6 1 3.00 0 0 Criticism of umpires While the majority of the tournament passed without any major criticism of the umpires or errors on their part, the final was wrought with confusion and was described as a "farcical finish" to the competition.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/6599659.stm Gilchrist starts in Aussie cup win BBC Oliver Brett 2007-04-28 2007-05-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20070527041508/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/6599659.stm 27 May 2007 live Rain affected the start of the match, reducing the contest to 38 overs a team, and further rain reduced the Sri Lankan innings to 36 overs. With Australia almost certain victors with just 3 overs to go, bad light began to affect play and the umpires seemed to offer the Sri Lankans the opportunity to leave the field for bad light. Both teams assumed this would have granted Australia victory that evening, but they were soon informed that if the light improved the match would have to continue; and if not then the final 3 overs would be played the next day. Sri Lanka's batsmen eventually came out and played out the final 3 overs regardless, and Australia were eventually crowned champions. Match referee Jeff Crowe revealed a "communication breakdown" between himself, on-field umpires Aleem Dar and Steve Bucknor and third umpire Rudi Koertzen was to blame for the mix-up,http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/292771.html Crowe takes blame Cricinfo 2007-04-28 2007-05-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20070518014527/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/292771.html 18 May 2007 live which overlooked Law 21 of the laws of cricket. The law states that, in a One Day International, providing a minimum of 20 overs have been played then a result can be reached using the Duckworth-Lewis system. The ICC issued a statement apologising for occurrence of the incident, but said that none of those involved would be sacked.http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/292851.html Malcolm Speed apologises for light chaos at the 2007 World Cup final Cricinfo Andrew Miller 2007-04-29 2007-05-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20070529074735/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/292851.html 29 May 2007 live Two months later it was announced that all five officials involved - the two on field umpires, the third and fourth umpires and the match referee - were to be reprimanded by suspension to prevent them officiating in the 2007 World Twenty20.http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/current/story/299277.html World Cup officials slammed by ICC Cricinfo 2007-06-22 2007-06-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20070626144625/http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/content/current/story/299277.html 26 June 2007 live References External links :Category:Cricket World Cup 2007 2007 Cricket World Cup 2007 Cricket World Cup Cricket 2007 Cricket World Cup website ICC Overview of 2007 World Cup ICC website – Cricket World Cup page Cricinfo – Cricket World Cup 2007 Final, 2007 Cricket World Cup Category:Cricket World Cup finals Category:2007 in Barbadian sport Category:21st century in Bridgetown Category:Sport in Bridgetown Category:Australia–Sri Lanka sports relations