2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup
Logo of the 2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup
Administrator(s)World Indoor Cricket Federation
Cricket formatIndoor Cricket
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)England
ChampionsAustralia Australia (men)
Australia Australia (women)
Participants7 (men)
5 (women)
Matches35 (men)
20 (women)

The 2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup was an Indoor Cricket tournament that took place in Bristol, England from 22 to 29 September 2007 involving both a men's and a women's division. There were a total of 35 matches played in the men's division and 26 matches played in the women's division.

The men's division was split into two stages (in addition to finals) with each side playing each other once before being split into two groups, the top four and the bottom three. The top four sides progressed to a Super 4's stage where they again played each other once in order to be ranked for the semi-finals. The semi finals featured Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa with Australia defeating South Africa in the final to record their sixth consecutive World Cup. The top three sides contested a subsidiary title, won by England.

Whilst the women's division was not split into separate stages it did employ a more complicated semi final system that gave all five nations the opportunity of progressing through to the final during the finals stage. South Africa advanced straight through to the final after defeating Australia in the semi-finals stage, though Australia then prevailed over New Zealand and were able to reverse their semi final result to defeat South Africa in the final. This was the fifth consecutive World Cup for Australia.

The 2007 Junior World Series of Indoor Cricket was held alongside this event.

Host Selection

The World Cup was awarded to England by the WICF at the conclusion of the previous World Cup. As a result, England became the first nation to host the World Cup twice having held the first tournament in 1995.

Venue

The England Indoor Cricket Association determined that the Action Indoor Sports Stadium in Bristol would host all World Cup matches and Bristol became the host city as a result. All World Cup matches were played at the same venue.

Participants

Men's Division

India were also initially entered in the men's division but were late withdrawals from the competition.

Women's Division

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Round Robin tournament

Men's Division

22 September 2007
New Zealand New Zealand
90
v
England England
85
New Zealand won by 5 runs
22 September 2007
South Africa South Africa
203
v
Guernsey Guernsey
-91
South Africa won by 304 runs
22 September 2007
Australia Australia
211
v
France France
-101
Australia won by 312 runs
22 September 2007
France France
0
v
Pakistan Pakistan
0
France won on forfeit
  • The Pakistan side arrived late to the tournament and were unable to field a side for this match. It was initially rescheduled and later awarded to France
22 September 2007
South Africa South Africa
97
v
England England
-31
South Africa won by 128 runs
22 September 2007
New Zealand New Zealand
193
v
Guernsey Guernsey
0
New Zealand won by 193 runs
23 September 2007
England England
109
v
Guernsey Guernsey
-5
England won by 114 runs
23 September 2007
Australia Australia
82
v
New Zealand New Zealand
77
Australia won by 5 runs
23 September 2007
South Africa South Africa
0
v
Pakistan Pakistan
0
South Africa won on forfeit
  • The Pakistan side arrived late to the tournament and were unable to field a side for this match. It was initially rescheduled and later awarded to South Africa
23 September 2007
New Zealand New Zealand
181
v
France France
30
New Zealand won by 151 runs
23 September 2007
England England
0
v
Pakistan Pakistan
0
England won on forfeit
  • The Pakistan side arrived late to the tournament and were unable to field a side for this match. It was initially rescheduled and later awarded to England
23 September 2007
Australia Australia
123
v
South Africa South Africa
40
Australia won by 83 runs
24 September 2007
England England
72
v
Australia Australia
62
England won by 10 runs
24 September 2007
South Africa South Africa
173
v
France France
-11
South Africa won by 184 runs
24 September 2007
Guernsey Guernsey
165
v
Pakistan Pakistan
13
Guernsey won by 152 runs
24 September 2007
New Zealand New Zealand
110
v
South Africa South Africa
35
England won by 75 runs
24 September 2007
Australia Australia
195
v
Guernsey Guernsey
-33
Australia won by 228 runs
24 September 2007
England England
230
v
France France
0
England won by 230 runs
25 September 2007
Pakistan Pakistan
0
v
New Zealand New Zealand
0
Pakistan won on forfeit
  • New Zealand forfeited this match
25 September 2007
Pakistan Pakistan
0
v
Australia Australia
0
Pakistan won on forfeit
  • Australia won this match but were found to have played an ineligible player. The match was therefore awarded to Pakistan.
25 September 2007
Guernsey Guernsey
76
v
France France
30
Guernsey won by 46 runs

Women's Division

22 September 2007
Australia Australia
183
v
England England
3
Australia won by 180 runs
22 September 2007
South Africa South Africa
178
v
Wales Wales
-33
South Africa won by 211 runs
22 September 2007
Australia Australia
193
v
Wales Wales
-45
Australia won by 238 runs
22 September 2007
New Zealand New Zealand
132
v
England England
14
New Zealand won by 118 runs
23 September 2007
New Zealand New Zealand
194
v
Wales Wales
42
New Zealand won by 152
23 September 2007
South Africa South Africa
131
v
Australia Australia
115
South Africa won by 16 runs
23 September 2007
England England
83
v
Wales Wales
80
England won by 3 runs
23 September 2007
South Africa South Africa
161
v
New Zealand New Zealand
108
South Africa won by 53 runs
24 September 2007
South Africa South Africa
201
v
England England
58
South Africa won by 143 runs
24 September 2007
Australia Australia
157
v
New Zealand New Zealand
72
Australia won by 85 runs
24 September 2007
Australia Australia
179
v
England England
31
Australia won by 148 runs
24 September 2007
South Africa South Africa
194
v
Wales Wales
35
South Africa won by 159 runs
25 September 2007
Australia Australia
228
v
Wales Wales
-19
Australia won by 247 runs
25 September 2007
New Zealand New Zealand
171
v
England England
35
New Zealand won by 136 runs
26 September 2007
New Zealand New Zealand
198
v
Wales Wales
61
New Zealand won by 137 runs
26 September 2007
South Africa South Africa
103
v
Australia Australia
87
South Africa won by 16 runs
26 September 2007
South Africa South Africa
119
v
New Zealand New Zealand
65
South Africa won by 54 runs
26 September 2007
Wales Wales
116
v
England England
88
Wales won by 28 runs
27 September 2007
Australia Australia
130
v
New Zealand New Zealand
111
Australia won by 19 runs
27 September 2007
South Africa South Africa
192
v
England England
17
South Africa won by 175 runs

Super 4's Stage

The top four sides at the conclusion of the round robin series progressed through to the Super 4 stage of the tournament. The bottom three sides were relegated to the World Cup Plate division and, together with the team that finished 4th after the Super 4's stage, competed for a separate subordinate trophy.

Men's Division – Top Four

25 September 2007
South Africa South Africa
109
v
New Zealand New Zealand
33
South Africa won by 76 runs
25 September 2007
Australia Australia
106
v
England England
41
Australia won by 65 runs
26 September 2007
New Zealand New Zealand
112
v
England England
94
New Zealand won by 18 runs
26 September 2007
Australia Australia
82
v
South Africa South Africa
64
Australia won by 18 runs
27 September 2007
South Africa South Africa
80
v
England England
65
South Africa won by 15 runs
27 September 2007
Australia Australia
99
v
New Zealand New Zealand
56
Australia won by 43 runs

Men's Division – Bottom Three

26 September 2007
Pakistan Pakistan
107
v
Guernsey Guernsey
30
Pakistan won by 37 runs
26 September 2007
France France
107
v
Pakistan Pakistan
30
France won by 77 runs
27 September 2007
France France
74
v
Guernsey Guernsey
61
France won by 13 runs

Women's Division

There was no Super 4's stage in the women's division.

Semi finals

The World Cup finals operated under a different format in each division. In the men's division the winner of the two semi finals proceeded to the final and the remaining two sides competed for the bronze medal match.

The World Cup Plate final was contested between the loser of the bronze medal match and the highest ranked side from the bottom three during the Super 4's stage.

The women's division employed a slightly more complicated format. The fourth and fifth placed sides faced off against one another with the winner taking on third place to earn a right in the preliminary final. The top two sides competed in a major semi final with the winner progressing to the final and the loser taking the second spot in the preliminary final. The remaining spot in the World Cup final was assumed by the winner of the preliminary final.

Men's Division

Semi-final 1 (1st vs 4th) – winner to final, loser to bronze medal match

28 September 2007
Australia Australia
163
v
England England
51
Australia won by 112 runs

Semi-final 2 (2nd vs 3rd) – winner to final, loser to bronze medal match

28 September 2007
South Africa South Africa
87
v
New Zealand New Zealand
84
South Africa won by 3 runs

Bronze Medal Match – winner receives bronze medal, loser to World Cup Plate final

28 September 2007
New Zealand New Zealand
106
v
England England
1
New Zealand won by 105 runs

Women's Division

Major Semi-final (1st vs 2nd) – winner to final, loser to preliminary final

27 September 2007
South Africa South Africa
127
v
Australia Australia
97
South Africa won by 30 runs

Qualifying Final (3rd vs 5th) – winner to minor semi final, loser knocked out

28 September 2007
England England
84
v
Wales Wales
80
England won by 4 runs

Minor Semi-final – winner to preliminary final, loser knocked out

28 September 2007
New Zealand New Zealand
210
v
England England
63
New Zealand won by 147 runs

Preliminary Final – winner to final, loser knocked out

28 September 2007
Australia Australia
131
v
New Zealand New Zealand
42
Australia won by 89 runs

Finals

Men's Division

World Cup
The World Cup final was contested between Australia and South Africa. This final was the sixth consecutive appearance in a World Cup final and was the first for South Africa. Despite performing below expectations early in the tournament, Australia easily accounted for England in their semi final. The South African side, on the other hand, came through a tough encounter with the New Zealand side by just three runs.

In the end, Australia managed a narrow but comfortable victory to claim their sixth consecutive title.

29 September 2007
Australia Australia
74
v
South Africa South Africa
51
Australia won by 23 runs

World Cup Plate
A secondary and subordinate final was played between England (the loser of the bronze medal match) and France (the highest ranked side from the bottom three teams). England rebounded from their heavy loss against New Zealand in the bronze medal match to claim the first Plate title.

29 September 2007
England England
101
v
France France
21
England won by 80 runs

Women's Division The Women's World Cup Final featured Australia and South Africa. South Africa entered the side as favourites having accounted for Australia in all but one of their encounters in the earlier stages of the World Cup. Australia, however, rebounded and managed to claim their fifth consecutive World Cup title.

29 September 2007
Australia Australia
138
v
South Africa South Africa
39
Australia won by 49 runs

Player of the tournament

Nineteen year old Lee Irwin of Australia was awarded player of the tournament.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Indoor Cricket World Cup History." World Indoor Cricket Federation. World Indoor Cricket Federation, n.d. Web. 19 Nov. 2015. <http://www.worldindoorcricketfederation.com/history_worldcup.html>.
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