International cricket in 2007

 

The 2007 international cricket season is defined as international matches and tours during the 2007 English cricket season, between April and September. However, due to the 2007 Cricket World Cup, there were no other international cricket matches being played during April, meaning the international season effectively started in May. The end of the season was marked by the inaugural 2007 Twenty20 Cricket World Championship, hosted by South Africa.

ICC Championship Tables In April 2007

ICC Test Championship Table at 28 January 2007 Rank Team Matches Points Rating 1  Australia 43 5807 135 2  England 47 5344 114 3  Pakistan 38 4092 108 4  India 38 4056 107 T-5  Sri Lanka 36 3686 102 T-5  South Africa 42 4274 102 7  New Zealand 28 2602 93 8  West Indies 33 2378 72 9  Zimbabwe 15 415 28 10  Bangladesh 22 48 2 Reference: ICC, January 28, 2007

ICC ODI Championship Table at April 29 2007 Rank Team Matches Points Rating 1  Australia 54 7038 130 2  South Africa 43 5313 124 3  New Zealand 45 5103 113 4  Sri Lanka 53 5879 111 5  Pakistan 36 3950 110 6  India 50 5320 106 7  England 43 4457 104 8  West Indies 47 4666 99 9  Bangladesh 42 1892 45 10  Ireland 11 317 29 11  Zimbabwe 36 779 22 12  Kenya 11 0 0 Reference: ICC, April 29, 2007

May

Indians in Bangladesh

Main article: Indian cricket team in Bangladesh in 2007

No.	Date	Home Captain	Away Captain	Venue	Result
One-Day International series
ODI 2582	10 May	Habibul Bashar	Rahul Dravid	Shere Bangla National Stadium	IND by 5 wickets
ODI 2583	12 May	Habibul Bashar	Rahul Dravid	Shere Bangla National Stadium	IND by 46 runs
ODI 2583a	15 May	Habibul Bashar	Rahul Dravid	Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium	No result
Test Series
Test 1832	18-22 May	Habibul Bashar	Rahul Dravid	Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium	Match drawn
Test 1833	25-29 May	Habibul Bashar	Rahul Dravid	Shere Bangla National Stadium	IND by an innings and 239 runs

West Indians in England

Main article: West Indian cricket team in England in 2007

No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test Series
Test 1831	17-21 May	Andrew Strauss	Ramnaresh Sarwan	Lord's Cricket Ground	Match drawn
Test 1834	25-29 May	Michael Vaughan	Ramnaresh Sarwan	Headingley Cricket Ground	ENG by an innings and 283 runs
Test 1835	7-11 June	Michael Vaughan	Daren Ganga	Old Trafford	ENG by 60 runs
Test 1836	15-19 June	Michael Vaughan	Daren Ganga	Riverside Ground	ENG by 7 wickets
Twenty20 International
T20I 15	28 June	Paul Collingwood	Chris Gayle	The Oval	WIN by 15 runs
T20I 16	29 June	Paul Collingwood	Chris Gayle	The Oval	ENG by 5 wickets
One-Day International Series
ODI 2594	1 July	Paul Collingwood	Chris Gayle	Lord's Cricket Ground	ENG by 79 runs
ODI 2597	4 July	Paul Collingwood	Chris Gayle	Edgbaston Cricket Ground	WIN by 61 runs
ODI 2598	7 July	Paul Collingwood	Chris Gayle	Trent Bridge	WIN by 93 runs

Abu Dhabi Series - Pakistan v Sri Lanka

Main article: Abu Dhabi Series 2007

No.	Date	Captain 1	Captain 2	Venue	Result
ODI Series
ODI 2584	18 May	Mahela Jayawardene	Shoaib Malik	Sheikh Zayed Stadium	PAK by 5 wickets
ODI 2585	20 May	Mahela Jayawardene	Shoaib Malik	Sheikh Zayed Stadium	PAK by 98 runs
ODI 2586	22 May	Mahela Jayawardene	Shoaib Malik	Sheikh Zayed Stadium	SRI by 115 runs

World Cricket League Division Three

Main article: 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three

Group Stage

May 27 - 6 June in Darwin, Australia.

No.	Group	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue	Result
1st Match	A	May 27	Papua New Guinea	Fiji	Power Park	PNG by 1 wicket
2nd Match	A	May 27	Italy	Argentina	Gardens Oval	ITA by 1 run
3rd Match	B	May 27	Uganda	Hong Kong	Kahlin Oval	UGA by 90 runs
4th Match	B	May 27	Cayman Islands	Tanzania	Tracy Village	CYM by 10 wickets
5th Match	A	May 28	Papua New Guinea	Argentina	Gardens Oval	ARG by 5 wickets
6th Match	A	May 28	Fiji	Italy	Marrara Oval No 1	ITA by 37 runs
7th Match	B	May 28	Uganda	Tanzania	Nightcliff Oval	UGA by 4 wickets
8th Match	B	May 28	Hong Kong	Cayman Islands	Power Park	CYM by 8 wickets
9th Match	A	May 30	Papua New Guinea	Italy	Nightcliff Oval	PNG by 8 wickets
10th Match	A	May 30	Fiji	Argentina	Kahlin Oval	ARG by 10 wickets
11th Match	B	May 30	Uganda	Cayman Islands	Marrara Oval No 1	UGA by 26 runs
12th Match	B	May 30	Hong Kong	Tanzania	Tracy Village	TZA by 5 wickets

Group A Table Team M W L NR T Pts NRR  Argentina 3 2 1 0 0 4 +1.200  Papua New Guinea 3 2 1 0 0 4 +0.176  Italy 3 2 1 0 0 4 -0.139  Fiji 3 0 3 0 0 0 -1.361

Group B Table Team M W L NR T Pts NRR  Uganda 3 3 0 0 0 6 +1.493  Cayman Islands 3 2 1 0 0 4 +1.030  Tanzania 3 1 2 0 0 2 -0.767  Hong Kong 3 0 3 0 0 0 -1.926

WCL Div 3 Plate Championship

The winner of the plate championship finishes in 5th place, whilst the runner up finishes sixth. The winner of the seventh place playoff place comes 7th, and the loser places 8th.

No.	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue	Result
Plate Semi–Finals
P SF1	May 31	Italy	Hong Kong	Tracy Village	HKG by 49 runs
P SF2	May 31	Fiji	Tanzania	Marrara Oval No 1	TZA by 3 wickets
Plate seventh place playoff
P 7th Place	June 2	Italy	Fiji	Nightcliff Oval	ITA by 6 wickets
Plate Final
P Final	June 2	Hong Kong	Tanzania	Power Park	HKG by 129 runs

	Semi finals				Final
	May 31-Marrara Cricket Ground No. 2, Darwin, Australia
	Hong Kong	195
	Italy	146
					June 2-Power Park, Darwin, Australia
					Hong Kong	242/6
					Tanzania	113
					Third place
	May 31-Tracy Village Oval, Darwin, Australia			June 2-Nightcliff Oval, Darwin, Australia
	Fiji	173		Italy	124/4
	Tanzania	174/7			Fiji	123

WCL Div 3 Championship

No.	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue	Result
Semi-Finals
SF1	May 31	Argentina	Cayman Islands	Gardens Oval	ARG by 4 wickets
SF2	May 31	Papua New Guinea	Uganda	Kahlin Oval	UGA by 1 wicket
Third place playoff
3rd Place	June 2	Papua New Guinea	Cayman Islands	Marrara Oval No 1	PNG by 23 runs
Final
Final	June 2	Argentina	Uganda	Gardens Oval	UGA by 91 runs

	Semi finals				Final
	May 31-Gardens Oval, Darwin, Australia
	Argentina	103/6
	Cayman Islands	102
					June 2-Gardens Oval, Darwin, Australia
					Argentina	150
					Uganda	241/8
					Third place
	May 31-Kahlin Oval, Darwin, Australia			June 2-Marrara Oval No 1, Darwin, Australia
	Uganda	204/9		Papua New Guinea	263/6
	Papua New Guinea	203/6			Cayman Islands	240/9

June

Australians in Zimbabwe

The Australian team were due to play 3 ODIs in Zimbabwe, but the tour was cancelled in mid-May by their government following John Howard's order. Howard proclaimed the tour going ahead would be an "enormous propaganda boost" to Robert Mugabe.^[1] Cricket Australia was considering the option of holding the planned matches in a neutral location,^[2] but the Zimbabwean government quickly ruled out the possibility of the matches being played outside of Zimbabwe. On May 15, the tour was officially cancelled.^[3]

Afro-Asia Cup

Main article: 2007 Afro-Asia Cup

No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Twenty20 Series
Only T20	5 June	Shoaib Malik	Tanmay Mishra	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium , Bangalore, India	Asia by 6 wickets
One-Day International Series
ODI 2587	6 June	Mahela Jayawardene	Justin Kemp	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium , Bangalore, India	Asia by 34 runs
ODI 2588	9 June	Mahela Jayawardene	Justin Kemp	M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	Asia by 31 runs
ODI 2589	10 June	Mahela Jayawardene	Justin Kemp	M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai	Asia by 13 runs

Indians and South Africans in Ireland

Main article: 2007 Future Cup

No.	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue	Result
One-Day International Series
ODI 2590	June 23	Ireland	India	Civil Service Cricket Club	IND by 9 wickets
ODI 2591	June 24	Ireland	South Africa	Civil Service Cricket Club	RSA by 42 runs
ODI 2592	June 26	India	South Africa	Civil Service Cricket Club	RSA by 4 wickets
ODI 2593	June 29	India	South Africa	Civil Service Cricket Club	IND by 6 wickets
ODI 2595	July 1	India	South Africa	Civil Service Cricket Club	IND by 6 wickets

Bangladeshis in Sri Lanka

Main article: Bangladesh cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007

No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test Series
Test 1837	25-29 June	Mahela Jayawardene	Mohammad Ashraful	R. Premadasa Stadium	SRI by an innings and 234 runs
Test 1838	3-7 July	Mahela Jayawardene	Mohammad Ashraful	Pakiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium	SRI by an innings and 90 runs
Test 1839	11-15 July	Mahela Jayawardene	Mohammad Ashraful	Asgiriya Stadium	SRI by an innings and 193 runs
One-Day International Series
ODI 2605	20 July	Mahela Jayawardene	Mohammad Ashraful	Pakiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium	SRI by 70 runs
ODI 2606	22 July	Mahela Jayawardene	Mohammad Ashraful	R. Premadasa Stadium	SRI by 5 wickets
ODI 2607	24 July	Mahela Jayawardene	Mohammad Ashraful	R. Premadasa Stadium	SRI by 39 runs

July

Pakistanis in Scotland

The Pakistan were due to have a one-off ODI match against Scotland, to be played at The Grange, Edinburgh on July 1, but periods of rain over the entire day ended up with the match (ODI number 2595a) being abandoned without a ball bowled.^[4]

Friendship Cup - India v Pakistan

Pakistan were to play a one off ODI with India (to be played at Titwood, Glasgow on July 3) for charity, following Charles, Prince of Wales's invitation;^[5] to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the independence of both countries from the British Empire. Heavy rain resulted in Pakistan's second match in three days (ODI number 2595b) being abandoned without a ball bowled.^[6]

Dutchmen in Canada

Main article: Dutch cricket team in Canada in 2007

The Netherlands played a 2 ODI series in Canada, as well as a First-class match as a part of the 2007-08 ICC Intercontinental Cup.

No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
One-Day International Series
ODI 2596	July 3	Ashish Bagai	Jeroen Smits	Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club	NED by 117 runs
ODI 2597a	July 4	Ashish Bagai	Jeroen Smits	Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club	Match abandoned

Quad-Series in Ireland

Main article: Quadrangular Series in Ireland in 2007

After touring England earlier in the Summer, West Indies will travel to Ireland who will be hosting a four nations tournament between the ranked one-day teams West Indies and Ireland, and the two associate nations Netherlands and Scotland.

One Day International Tournament No. Date Team 1 Team 2 Venue Result ODI 2599 July 10  Netherlands  West Indies Dublin WIN by 10 wickets ODI 2600 July 11  Ireland  Netherlands Belfast IRL by 1 run ODI 2601 July 12  West Indies  Scotland Dublin WIN by 4 wickets ODI 2602 July 13  Scotland  Netherlands Belfast No result ODI 2603 July 14  Ireland  West Indies Dublin No result ODI 2604 July 15  Ireland  Scotland Belfast IRL by 23 runs

Team Points Played W T/NR L BP NRR  West Indies 11 3 2 1 0 1 +2.521  Ireland 10 3 2 1 0 0 +0.24  Scotland 2 3 0 1 2 0 -0.31  Netherlands 2 3 0 1 2 0 -1.637

Indians in England

Main article: Indian cricket team in England in 2007

No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
Test Series (Pataudi Trophy)
Test 1840	19-23 July	Michael Vaughan	Rahul Dravid	Lord's Cricket Ground	Match drawn
Test 1841	27-31 July	Michael Vaughan	Rahul Dravid	Trent Bridge	IND by 7 wickets
Test 1842	9-13 August	Michael Vaughan	Rahul Dravid	The Oval	Match drawn
One-Day International Series
ODI 2611	21 August	Paul Collingwood	Rahul Dravid	The Rose Bowl	ENG by 104 runs
ODI 2613	24 August	Paul Collingwood	Rahul Dravid	Bristol County Cricket Ground	IND by 9 runs
ODI 2616	27 August	Paul Collingwood	Rahul Dravid	Edgbaston Cricket Ground	ENG by 42 runs
ODI 2617	30 August	Paul Collingwood	Rahul Dravid	Old Trafford	ENG by 3 wickets
ODI 2618	2 September	Paul Collingwood	Rahul Dravid	Headingley Stadium	IND by 38 runs (D/L)
ODI 2619	5 September	Paul Collingwood	Rahul Dravid	The Oval	IND by 2 wickets
ODI 2620	8 September	Paul Collingwood	Rahul Dravid	Lord's Cricket Ground	ENG by 7 wickets

August

Indians in Scotland

Main article: Indian cricket team in Scotland in 2007

No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
One-Day International
ODI 2608	August 16	Ryan Watson	Rahul Dravid	The Grange	IND by 7 wickets

Bermudians in the Netherlands

Main article: Bermudian cricket team in the Netherlands in 2007

No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
One-Day Internationals
ODI 2609	August 18	Jeroen Smits	Irving Romaine	Hazelaarweg	NED by 172 runs
ODI 2610	August 20	Jeroen Smits	Irving Romaine	Hazelaarweg	NED by 8 wickets

South Africans in Zimbabwe

Main article: South African cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2007

No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
One-Day International Series
ODI 2612	August 22