Friday, March 30, 2007

Final Points Tally after Group Matches

Team Matches Played Won Loss Net Run Rate Total Points
Sri Lanka 1 1 0 4.3 2
Australia 1 1 0 1.66 2
West Indies 1 1 0 1.04 2
New Zealand 1 1 0 0.94 2
England 1 0 1 -0.94 0
Ireland 1 0 1 -1.04 0
South Africa 1 0 1 -1.66 0
Bangladesh 1 0 1 -4.3 0

Venues in ICC World Cup 2007

Country City Stadium Capacity
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda St John's Sir Vivian Richards Stadium 20,000
Flag of Barbados Barbados Bridgetown Kensington Oval 32,000
Flag of Grenada Grenada St George's Queen's Park 20,000
Flag of Guyana Guyana Georgetown Providence Stadium 20,000
Flag of Jamaica Jamaica Kingston Sabina Park 30,000
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis Basseterre Warner Park Stadium 10,000
Flag of Saint Lucia Saint Lucia Gros Islet Beausejour Stadium 20,000
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain Queen's Park Oval 25,000

Teams as per Ranking in ICC World Cup 2007

Team Ranking
Australia 1
South Africa 2
New Zealand 3
Pakistan 4
India 5
Sri Lanka 6
England 7
West Indies 8
Bangladesh 9
Zimbabwe 10
Kenya 11
Scotland 12
Netherlands 13
Ireland 14
Canada 15
Bermuda 16

Monday, March 26, 2007

Teams in ICC World Cup 2007

Team
Ranking
Australia
1
Bangladesh
9
Bermuda
16
Canada
15
England
7
India
5
Ireland
14
Kenya
11
Netherlands
13
New Zealand
3
Pakistan
4
Scotland
12
South Africa
2
Sri Lanka
6
West Indies
8
Zimbabwe
10

Group D

Pakistan
West Indies
Zimbabwe
Ireland

Group C

New Zealand
England
Kenya
Canada

Group B

Sri Lanka
India
Bangladesh
Bermuda

Group A

Australia
South Africa
Scotland
Netherlands

Rules and regulations

Matches:

All the matches will be One-day and normal ODI will be followed.


The Duckworth-Lewis method will be applied to determine the result or target, In the event of bad weather. If no result is declared on the scheduled day, the teams return the next day to complete the game, with the same situation as when the game was abandoned. If no result occurs on this second day, the result is officially "no result" and the teams score one point each.


Tournaments Points:

Results Points
Win 2
Tie/No Result 1
Loss 0

The top two teams from each group will advance to the Super 8 stage and any points they may have earned against the other qualifier from their own group will be carried through. Points earned against the non qualifying teams in the same pool will not be carried over.

In the Super 8s, each team will play the six remaining qualifiers from the other groups and the top four teams will go through to the semi-finals. Positions will be decided by most points. Where two or more teams are tied on points, the following methods in turn will be used to decide which team goes through:

  1. Most wins in their group or in Super 8 whichever is applicable
  2. Higher net run rate
  3. Higher number of wickets taken per ball
  4. Winners of head to head matches
  5. The drawing of lots
Knock out Stages:

In the case of a tie or no-result, the Semi-finals will be decided by the following:
  1. Tie - In the event of a tied match the teams will compete in a bowl out to decide who goes through to the Final.
  2. No result - In the event of a no-result the team with the higher net run-rate in the Super 8 stage will go through to the Final.

If such an event occurs in the Final, the following methods will be used:

  1. Tie - In the event of a tied match the teams will compete in a bowl out to decide the winners.
  2. No result - The teams will be declared joint winners.

Friday, March 16, 2007

ICC Cricket World Cup 2007

The ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 is Schedule to be held in West Indies from 13th March, 2007 to 28th April, 2007.

Opening Ceremony was hosted in the Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny Jamaica on 11th March, 2007.

In this ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 total 51 matches will be played among 16 teams.

Teams are divided into four groups of four team each.

Top tow team from each group will reach into the "Super8". "Super8" matches will be played from 27th March, 2007 to 21st April, 2007. Total 24 matches will be played in "Super8" stage.

Top four team will advance to the Semi finals. In the Semi finals No1 team will play against No4 team and No2 team will play against No3 team. Semi final will be played on 24th 25th April, 2007.

Top two team will advance to Final that will be played on 28th April, 2007.