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The Cricket World Cup

March – April 2007

The Cricket World Cup is the cricket world championship, which is held every four years and comprises of one-day matches of 50 overs innings. The first Cricket World Cup took place in England in 1975, with the West Indies beating Australia at Lord’s by 17 runs on June 21.

From humble beginnings, as only 18 One-Day International matches had been played before the first Cricket World Cup, the tournament has expanded from including only eight cricket countries to including 16 for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. The event is now a multi-million pound business.

2007 Cricket World Cup Teams

16 teams will take part in the 2007 Cricket World Cup. These are the eleven cricket teams with One-Day International status (Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, the West Indies and Zimbabwe), plus five teams who qualified from ICC Challenge Trophy (Bermuda, Canada, Holland, Ireland and Scotland).

The teams are seeded and split into four groups of 4 as follows:

Group A – St Kitts & Nevis

Australia (1)

South Africa (5)

Scotland (12)

Holland (16)

Group B – Trinidad & Tobago

Sri Lanka (2)

India (8)

Bangladesh (11)

Bermuda (15)

Group C – St Lucia

New Zealand (3)

England (7)

Kenya (10)

Canada (14)

Group D – Jamaica

Pakistan (4)

West Indies (6)

Zimbabwe (9)

Ireland (13)

2007 Cricket World Cup Fixtures

Group A matches:

March 14 2007 Australia v Scotland

March 16 2007 South Africa v Holland

March 18 2007 Australia v Holland

March 20 2007 South Africa v Scotland

March 22 2007 Scotland v Holland

March 24 2007 Australia v South Africa

Group B matches:

March 15 2007 Sri Lanka v Bermuda

March 17 2007 India v Bangladesh

March 19 2007 India v Bermuda

March 21 2007 Sri Lanka v Bangladesh

March 23 2007 India v Sri Lanka

March 25 2007 Bermuda v Bangladesh

Group C matches:

March 14 2007 Kenya v Canada

March 16 2007 England v New Zealand

March 18 2007 England v Canada

March 20 2007 New Zealand v Kenya

March 22 2007 New Zealand v Canada

March 24 2007 England v Kenya

Group D matches:

March 13 2007 West Indies v Pakistan

March 15 2007 Zimbabwe v Ireland

March 17 2007 Pakistan v Ireland

March 19 2007 West Indies v Zimbabwe

March 21 2007 Zimbabwe v Pakistan

March 23 2007 West Indies v Ireland

Super Eight matches:

March 27 2007 D2 v A1

March 28 2007 A2 v B1

March 29 2007 D2 v C1

March 30 2007 D1 v C2

March 31 2007 A1 v B2

April 1 2007 D2 v B1

April 2 2007 B2 v C1

April 3 2007 D1 v A2

April 4 2007 C2 v B1

April 7 2007 B2 v A2

April 8 2007 A1 v C2

April 9 2007 D1 v C1

April 10 2007 D2 v A2

April 11 2007 C2 v B2

April 12 2007 B1 v C1

April 13 2007 A1 v D1

April 14 2007 A2 v C1

April 15 2007 B2 V D1

April 16 2007 A1 v B1

April 17 2007 A2 v C2

April 18 2007 D1 v B1

April 19 2007 D2 v B2

April 20 2007 A1 v C1

April 21 2007 D2 v C2

Semi- Finals:

April 24 2007 2 v 3

April 25 2007 1 v 4

Final:

April 28 2007

Previous Winners of The Cricket World Cup

The winners of the Cricket World Cup since the event began in 1975 were as follows:

2003 Australia

1999 Australia

1996 Sri Lanka

1992 Pakistan

1987 Australia

1983 India

1979 West Indies

1975 West Indies

Betting on The Cricket World Cup

There are many ways to bet on The Cricket World Cup, from the first player to score a century to the overall winner. You can bet on which team wins their pool or the player who will score the most runs in the tournament, giving you plenty of choice.

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