| Date Time | Match & Location | Results |
| Twenty20 Match Schedule | ||
| Jul 5 16:00(G) 17:00(L) |
First Twenty20 Edgbaston, Birmingham | |
| Jul 6 16:00(G) 17:00(L) |
Second Twenty20 Edgbaston, Birmingham | |
| Test Match Schedule | ||
| Jul 8 to 12 09:30(G) 10:30(L) |
First Test Lord's, London | |
| Jul 21 to 25 09:30(G) 10:30(L) |
Second Test Headingley, Leeds | |
Upcoming Twenty20 World Cup championship tournament is scheduled to start from 30th April of 2010. It consists of total 27 Twenty20 cricket matches including two semi finals and the final. This is the third time Twenty20 World Cup tournament to be played among 12 cricket playing nations divided into four groups.
| Date | Time | # | Teams And Location | Results |
| Group Stage Matches Schedule: Twenty20 WC 2010 | ||||
| Fri Apr 30 | 17:00(G) 13:00(L) | 1 | Group B - New Zealand v Sri Lanka Providence Stadium, Guyana |
NZ 2 wickets |
| 21:00(G) 17:00(L) | 2 | Group D - West Indies v Ireland Providence Stadium, Guyana |
WI by 70 runs | |
| Sat May 1 | 13:30(G) 09:30(L) | 3 | Group C - Afghanistan v India Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia |
India 7 wickets |
| 17:30(G) 13:30(L) | 4 | Group A - Bangladesh v Pakistan Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia |
Pakistan 21 runs | |
| Sun May 2 | 13:30(G) 09:30(L) |
5 | Group C - India v South Africa Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia |
India 14 runs |
| 17:30(G) 13:30(L) | 6 | Group A - Australia v Pakistan Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia |
Australia 34 runs | |
| Mon May 3 | 13:30(G) 09:30(L) | 7 | Group B - Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Providence Stadium, Guyana |
SL 14 runs (D/L) |
| 17:30(G) 13:30(L) | 8 | Group D - West Indies v England Providence Stadium, Guyana |
WI by 8 wickets (D/L) | |
| Tue May 4 | 13:30(G) 09:30(L) | 9 | Group B - New Zealand v Zimbabwe Providence Stadium, Guyana |
NZ by 7 runs (D/L) |
| 17:30(G) 13:30(L) | 10 | Group D - England v Ireland Providence Stadium, Guyana |
Rain Washed out | |
| Wed May 5 | 13:30(G) 09:30(L) | 11 | Group A - Australia v Bangladesh Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
Aus 27 runs |
| 17:30(G) 13:30(L) | 12 | Group C - Afghanistan v South Africa Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
SA by 59 runs | |
| Super Eight Stage Matches Schedule: Twenty20 WC 2010 | ||||
| Thu May 6 | 13:30(G) 09:30(L) | 13 | England v Pakistan Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
England 6 wickets |
| 17:30(G) 13:30(L) | 14 | New Zealand v South Africa Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
South Africa 13 runs | |
| Fri May 7 | 13:30(G) 09:30(L) | 15 | Australia v India Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
Australia 49 runs |
| 17:30(G) 13:30(L) | 16 | West Indies v Sri Lanka Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
Sri Lanka 57 runs | |
| Sat May 8 | 13:30(G) 09:30(L) | 17 | New Zealand v Pakistan Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
New Zealand 1 run |
| 17:30(G) 13:30(L) | 18 | England v South Africa Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
England 39 runs | |
| Sun May 9 | 13:30(G) 09:30(L) | 19 | West Indies v India Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
West Indies 14 runs |
| 17:30(G) 13:30(L) | 20 | Australia v Sri Lanka Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
Australia 81 runs | |
| Mon May 10 | 13:30(G) 09:30(L) | 21 | Pakistan v South Africa Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia |
Pakistan 11 runs |
| 17:30(G) 13:30(L) | 22 | England v New Zealand Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia |
England 3 wickets | |
| Tue May 11 | 17:00(G) 13:00(L) | 23 | India v Sri Lanka Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia |
Sri Lanka 5 wickets |
| 21:00(G) 17:00(L) | 24 | West Indies v Australia Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia |
Australia 6 wickets | |
| Semi Finals And Final Matches Schedule: Twenty20 WC 2010 | ||||
| Thu May 13 | 15:30(G) 11:30(L) | 25 | First Semi Final England v Sri Lanka Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia |
England 7 wickets |
| Fri May 14 | 15:30(G) 11:30(L) | 26 | Second Semi Final Australia v Pakistan Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia |
Australia 3 wickets |
| Sun May 16 | 15:30(G) 11:30(L) | 27 | THE FINAL England v Australia Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
ENGLAND WON T20 WC 2010 |
| Date Time | Match | Location | Results |
| Twenty20 Matches Schedule | |||
| Feb 26 06:00(G) 19:00(L) |
First Twenty20 | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | Australia by 6 wickets NZ 118(20) Aus 119/4(16) |
| Feb 28 05:00(G) 18:00(L) |
Second Twenty20 | AMI Stadium, Christchurch | New Zealand won super over NZ 214/6(20) Aus 214/4(20) |
| One Day Matches Schedule | |||
| Mar 3 01:00(G) 14:00(L) |
First ODI | McLean Park, Napier | New Zealand by 2 wickets Aus 275/8(50) NZ 281/8(49.2) |
| Mar 6 23:00(G)(5th) 12:00(L) |
Second ODI | Eden Park, Auckland | Aus by 12 runs (D/L) Aus 273/7(50) NZ 253(43.2) |
| Mar 9 01:00(G) 14:00(L) |
Third ODI | Seddon Park, Hamilton | Australia 6 wickets NZ 245(46.2) Aus 248/4(47.2) |
| Mar 11 01:00(G) 14:00(L) |
Fourth ODI | Eden Park, Auckland | Australia 6 wickets (DL Method) NZ 238(44.1) Aus 202/4(31.1) |
| Mar 13 01:00(G) 14:00(L) |
Fifth ODI | Westpac Stadium, Wellington | New Zealand 51 runs NZ 241/9 (50) Aus 190(46.1) |
| Test Matches Schedule | |||
| Mar 19 to 23 22:00(G)(18th) 11:00(L) |
First Test | Basin Reserve, Wellington | Australia won by 10 wickets Aus 459/5D & 106/0 NZ 157(F/O) & 407 |
| Mar 27 to Mar 31 22:00(G)(26th) 11:00(L) |
Second Test | Seddon Park, Hamilton | Australia by 176 runs Aus 231 & 511/8D NZ 264 & 302 |
Pakistan V Australia Cricket Schedule 2010
Following is the detailed Cricket schedule of Pakistan tour of Australia 2009-2010. There are Three test matches followed by five ODIs and only Twenty20 Internationals.
| Date Time | Match and Location | Results |
| Dec 26 to 30 10:30(L) 23:30(GMT) |
First Test Melbourne Cricket Ground |
Australia won by 170 runs Aus 454/5(D) & 225/8(D) Pak 258/10 & 251/10 |
| Jan 3 to 7 10:30(L) 23:30(GMT) |
Second Test Sydney Cricket Ground |
Australia won by 36 runs Aus 127/10 & 381/10 Pak 333/10 & 139/10 |
| Jan 14 to 18 10:30(L) 23:30(GMT) |
Third Test Bellerive Oval, Hobart |
Australia won by 231 runs Aus 519/8D & 219/5D Pak 301 & 206 |
| Date Time | Match and Location | Results |
| Jan 22 13:25(L) 03:25(GMT) |
First ODI Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane |
Aus won by 5 wickets Pak 274/10(49.4) Aus 275/5(48.3) |
| Jan 24 14:25(L) 03:25(GMT) |
Second ODI Sydney Cricket Ground | |
| Jan 26 13:55(L) 03:25(GMT) |
Third ODI Adelaide Oval | |
| Jan 29 12:30(L) 04:30(GMT) |
Fourth ODI Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth | |
| Jan 31 12:30(L) 04:30(GMT) |
Fifth ODI Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth |
| Date Time | Match and Location | Results |
| Feb 5 19:35(L) 08:35(GMT) |
Only Twenty20 Melbourne Cricket Ground |
First ODI Oct 25 Australia won by 4 runs
Played at Reliance Stadium, Vadodara
Australia: 292/8(50) Ponting 74, M Hussey 73, White 51, Paine 50, Ishant 50/3
India: 288/8(50) Gambhir 68, Harbhajan 49, Johnson 59/2, Watson 70/2
Second ODI Oct 28 India Won by 99 runs
Played at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur
India: 354/7(50) Dhoni 124, Gambhir 76, Raina 62, Johnson 75/3
Australia: 255/10(48.3) Hussey 53, Voges 36, Jadeja 35/3
Third ODI Oct 31 India Won by 6 Wickets
Played at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Australia:229/5 (50) M Hussey 81*, Ponting 59, RA Jadeja 41/2
India: 230/4 (48.2) Yuvraj 78, Dhoni 71*, Tendulkar 32, Johnson 43/1
Fourth ODI Nov 2 Australia won by 24 runs
Played at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh
Australia:250(49.2) White 62, Ponting 52, Watson 49, Nehra 37/3
India:226(46.4) Tendulkar 40, Harbhajan 31, Watson 29/3, Bollinger 38/3
Fifth ODI Nov 5 Australia won by 3 runs
Played at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad
Australia:350/4(50) SE Marsh 112, Watson 93, White 57, P Kumar 68/2
India:347/10(49.4) Tendulkar 175, Raina 59, Watson 47/3, McKay 59/3
Sixth ODI Nov 8 Australia won by 6 wickets
Played at Nehru Stadium, Guwahati
India: 170(48) Jadeja 57, P Kumar 54*, Bollinger 35/5, Johnson 39/3
Australia: 172/4(41.4) Watson 49, Harbhajan 23/2
Seventh ODI Nov 11 Rain..Rain...Rain
Scheduled to be played at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai
This is the first time Champions League Twenty20- CLT20 tournament been organized in India. Following is the detailed schedule of the CLT20 tournament.
| Date | Time | Teams | Location | Winner |
| Oct 08 | 14:30 GMT | Group C: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Cape Cobras | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | Cape Cobras by 5 wickets |
| Oct 09 | 10:30 GMT | Group B: Eagles v New South Wales | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi | NSW by 53 runs |
| 14:30 GMT | Group D: Delhi Daredevils v Victoria | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi | Victoria 7 wickets | |
| Oct 10 | 10:30 GMT | Group C: Cape Cobras v Otago | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad | Cape Cobras 54 runs |
| 14:30 GMT | Group A: Deccan Chargers v Somerset | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad | Somerset 1 wicket | |
| Oct 11 | 10:30 GMT | Group B: New South Wales v Sussex | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi | NSW 35 runs |
| 14:30 GMT | Group D: Delhi Daredevils v Wayamba | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi | Delhi 50 runs | |
| Oct 12 | 10:30 GMT | Group A: Somerset v Trinidad & Tobago | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | Trinidad Tobago 44 runs |
| 14:30 GMT | Group C: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Otago | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | RCB 80 runs | |
| Oct 13 | 10:30 GMT | Group D: Victoria v Wayamba | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi | Wayamba 15 runs |
| 14:30 GMT | Group B: Eagles v Sussex | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi | Tie- Eagles won over eliminator | |
| Oct 14 | 14:30 GMT | Group A: Deccan Chargers v Trinidad & Tobago | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad | Trinidad Tobago 3 runs |
| Oct 15 | 14:30 GMT | League B: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Victoria | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | |
| Oct 16 | 10:30 GMT | League A: Eagles v Somerset | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad | |
| 14:30 GMT | League A: New South Wales v Trinidad & Tobago | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad | ||
| Oct 17 | 10:30 GMT | League B: Cape Cobras v Victoria | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | |
| 14:30 GMT | League B: Royal Challengers Bangalore v Delhi Daredevils | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | ||
| Oct 18 | 10:30 GMT | League A: New South Wales v Somerset | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad | |
| 14:30 GMT | League A: Eagles v Trinidad & Tobago | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad | ||
| Oct 19 | 14:30 GMT | League B: Cape Cobras v Delhi Daredevils | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| Oct 21 | 14:30 GMT | SEMI FINAL I: TBC v TBC | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi | |
| Oct 22 | 14:30 GMT | SEMI FINAL II : TBC v TBC | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad | |
| Oct 23 | 14:30 GMT | The Final: TBC v TBC | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad |
ICC Champions Trophy 2009 to be held in September - October 2009 at South Africa. This One Day International (ODI) Championship tournament will be contested between eight cricket playing nations. The Cricket teams playing in this tournament are Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies. Last time it was held in 2006 where Australia won this trophy for the first time beating West Indies. The forthcoming tournament will start from 22nd September with match between South Africa and Sri Lanka at SuperSport Park, Centurion. Following is the detailed ICC Champions Trophy Schedule 2009.
| Date | # | Time | Teams | Location | Result |
| Tue 22 | 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT | Group B - South Africa v Sri Lanka SL 319/8(50) RSA 206/7(37.4)- MOM: T Dilshan |
SuperSport Park, Centurion | SL 55 runs (D/L) | |
| Wed 23 | 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT | Group A - Pakistan v West Indies WI 133/10(34.3) PAK 134/5(30.3)- MOM: U Akmal |
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | PAK By 5 wickets | |
| Thu 24 | 09:30 local, 07:30 GMT | Group B - South Africa v New Zealand NZ 214/10(47.5) RSA 217/5(41.1)- MOM: W Parnell |
SuperSport Park, Centurion | RSA by 5 wickets | |
| Fri 25 | 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT | Group B - England v Sri Lanka SL 212(47.3) Eng 213/4(45)- MOM: Collingwood |
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Eng by 6 wickets | |
| Sat 26 | 09:30 local, 07:30 GMT | Group A - Australia v West Indies Aus 275/8(50) WI 225(46.5)- MOM: M Johnson |
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | Aus by 50 runs | |
| Sat 26 | 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT | Group A - India v Pakistan Pak 302/9(50) IND 248(44.5)- MOM: S Malik |
SuperSport Park, Centurion | Pak by 54 runs | |
| Sun 27 | 09:30 local, 07:30 GMT | Group B - New Zealand v Sri Lanka NZ 315/7(50) SL 277(46.4)- MOM: Vettori |
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | NZ by 38 runs | |
| Sun 27 | 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT | Group B - South Africa v England Eng 323/8(50) RSA 301/9(50) MOM: O Shah |
SuperSport Park, Centurion | Eng by 22 runs | |
| Mon 28 | 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT | Group A - Australia v India Aus 234/4(42.3) Ind 0/0(0) |
SuperSport Park, Centurion | Rain.. Rain.. | |
| Tue 29 | 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT | Group B - England v New Zealand Eng 146/10(43.1) NZ 147/6(27.1)- MOM: Elliott |
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | NZ By 4 Wickets | |
| Wed 30 | 09:30 local, 07:30 GMT | Group A - Australia v Pakistan Pak 205/6(50) Aus 206/8(50)- MOM: M Hussey |
SuperSport Park, Centurion | Australia by 2 wickets | |
| Wed 30 | 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT | Group A - India v West Indies WI 129/10(36) Ind 130/3(32.1)- MOM: Kohli |
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | India by 7 wickets | |
| Champions Trophy 2009- Semi Finals and The Final Schedule | |||||
| Fri 2 | 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT | Semi Final 1- Australia V England | SuperSport Park, Centurion | ||
| Sat 3 | 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT | Semi Final 2- New Zealand V Pakistan | New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | ||
| Mon 5 | 14:30 local, 12:30 GMT | THE FINAL | SuperSport Park, Centurion | ||
First Test: Match drawn
Played from Jul 8 to Jul 12 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
England Score:
435/10 Pietersen 69, Collingwood 64, Johnson 87/3, Hauritz 95/3
252/9 Collingwood 74, Swann 31, Hilfenhaus 47/3, Hauritz 63/3
Australia Score:
674/6 D Ponting 150, North 125*, Katich 122, Haddin 121
Second Test: England won by 115 runs
Played from Jul 16 to Jul 20 at Lord's, London
England Score:
425/10 Strauss 161, Cook 95, Hilfenhaus 103/4, Johnson 132/3
311/6 D Prior 61, Collingwood 54, Hauritz 80/3, Siddle 64/2
Australia Score:
215/10 M Hussey 51, Katich 48, Anderson 55/4, Onions 41/3
406/10 Clarke 136, Haddin 80, Flintoff 92/5, Swann 87/4
Third Test: Match drawn
Played from Jul 30 to Aug 3 at Edgbaston, Birmingham
Australia Score:
263/10 Watson 62, Katich 46, Anderson 80/5, Onions 58/4
375/5 Clarke 103*, North 96, Broad 38/2
England Score:
376/10 Flintoff 74, Strauss 69, Hilfenhaus 109/4, Siddle 89/3
Fourth Test: Australia won by an innings and 80 runs
Played from Aug 7 to Aug 11 at Headingley, Leeds
England Score:
102/10 Cook 30, Siddle 5/21, Clark 3/18
263/10 Swann 62, Broad 61, Johnson 5/69, Hilfenhaus 4/60
Australia Score:
445/10 North 110, Clarke 93, Ponting 78, Broad 6/91
Fifth Test: England won by 197 runs
Played from Aug 20 to Aug 24 at Kennington Oval, London
England Score:
332/10 Bell 72, Strauss 55, Trott 41, Siddle 4/75, Hilfenhaus 3/71
373/9D Trott 119, Strauss 75, Swann 63, North 4/98, Johnson 2/60
Australia Score:
160/10 Katich 50, Watson 34, Broad 5/37, Swann 4/38
348/10 Hussey 121, Ponting 66, Harmison 3/54, Swann 4/120
Australia won by 189 runs
Played on Aug 28 at Grange Cricket Club Ground, Raeburn Place, Edinburgh
Australia 345(50) Hussey 111, Voges 72, Watson 68, Goudie 5/73, Nel 2/74
Scotland 156/10(39.3) Hamilton 38, Berrington 25, Watts 24, Lee 2/36, Watson 3/30
First Twenty20: No result
Played on Aug 30 at Old Trafford, Manchester
Australia 145/4(20) White 55, Warner 33, Clarke 27*, Collingwood 2/20, Broad 2/33
England 4/2 (1.1)
Second Twenty20: Match Abandoned
Scheduled on Sep 1 at Old Trafford, Manchester
First ODI: Australia won by 4 runs
Played on Sep 4 at Kennington Oval, London
Australia 260/5(50) Ferguson 71*, White 53, Watson 46, Collingwood 2/47
England 256/8(50) Bopara 49, Shah 40, Wright 38, Johnson 3/24, Hauritz 2/44
Second ODI: Australia won by 39 runs
Played on Sep 6 at Lord's, London
Australia 249/8(50) Ferguson 55, Johnson 43*, Wright 2/52, Swann 2/31
England 210(46.1) Collingwood 56, Strauss 47, Lee 2/22, Watson 2/26, Bracken 2/37
Third ODI: Australia won by 6 wickets
Played on Sep 9 at The Rose Bowl, Southampton
England 228/9(50) Strauss 63, Morgan 43, Bresnan 31*, Watson 3/36, Johnson 2/39
Australia 230/4(48.3) White 105, Clarke 52, Wright 1/16, Swann 1/35
Fourth ODI: Australia won by 7 wickets
Played on Sep 12 at Lord's, London
England 220/10(46.3) Strauss 63, Shah 39, Lee 5/49, Hauritz 2/23
Australia 221/3(43.4) Clarke 62*, Paine 51, Bresnan 2/41
Fifth ODI: Australia won by 4 wickets
England 299(50) Morgan 58, Denly 45, Prior 37, Hauritz 54/2
Australia 302/6(48.2) Ponting 126, Clarke 52, Watson 36, Broad 57/2
Sixth ODI: Australia won by 111 runs
Played on Sep 17 14:30 at Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Australia 296/8(50) Paine 111, Hussey 65, Anderson 55/4
England 185(41) Bresnan 31*, Denly 25, Hopes 32/3
Seventh ODI: Sep 20 10:15 local, 09:15 GMT
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
Twenty20 cricket is quickly becoming more and more popular now a days. ICC Twenty20 World Cup is the international tournament of Twenty20 cricket matches. This international tournament is organized every two years by the ICC. It is consists of all the test playing nations and other qualifiers. First time it was held in South Africa in 2007. In this inaugural tournament India defeated Pakistan in the final. This is the second time ICC Twenty20 World Cup tournament will be played in England. It consists of 12 teams- Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Ireland, Netherland, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies. The tournament will start from 5th June, 2009 with Twenty20 match between England and Netherlands. Following is the detailed ICC Twenty20 World Cup 2009 Schedule and Fixtures.
| Date | Match# | Time | Teams | Location | Result |
| Fri 5 | 1 | 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT | Group B - England v Netherlands | Lord's, London | NL Win |
| Sat 6 | 2 | 10:00 local, 09:00 GMT | Group D - New Zealand v Scotland | Kennington Oval, London | NZ Win |
| 3 | 14:00 local, 13:00 GMT | Group C - Australia v West Indies | Kennington Oval, London | WI Win | |
| 4 | 18:00 local, 17:00 GMT | Group A - Bangladesh v India | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | India Win | |
| Sun 7 | 5 | 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT | Group D - Scotland v South Africa | Kennington Oval, London | SA Win |
| 6 | 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT | Group B - England v Pakistan | Kennington Oval, London | ENG Win | |
| Mon 8 | 7 | 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT | Group A - Bangladesh v Ireland | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | IR Win |
| 8 | 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT | Group C - Australia v Sri Lanka | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | SL Win | |
| Tue 9 | 9 | 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT | Group B - Netherlands v Pakistan | Lord's, London | PAK Win |
| 10 | 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT | Group D - New Zealand v South Africa | Lord's, London | SA Win | |
| Wed 10 | 11 | 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT | Group C - Sri Lanka v West Indies | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | SL Win |
| 12 | 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT | Group A - India v Ireland | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | India Win | |
| Fixtures For Super Eight Twenty20 | |||||
| Thu 11 | 13 | 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT | Group F - New Zealand v Ireland | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | NZ Win |
| 14 | 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT | Group E - England v South Africa | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | SA Win | |
| Fri 12 | 15 | 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT | Group F - Pakistan v Sri Lanka | Lord's, London | SL Win |
| 16 | 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT | Group E - India v West Indies | Lord's, London | WI Win | |
| Sat 13 | 17 | 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT | Group E - West Indies v South Africa | Kennington Oval, London | SA Win |
| 18 | 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT | Group F - New Zealand v Pakistan | Kennington Oval, London | PAK Win | |
| Sun 14 | 19 | 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT | Group F - Ireland v Sri Lanka | Lord's, London | SL Win |
| 20 | 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT | Group E - India v England | Lord's, London | ENG Win | |
| Mon 15 | 21 | 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT | Group E - England v West Indies | Kennington Oval, London | |
| 22 | 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT | Group F -Pakistan v Ireland | Kennington Oval, London | ||
| Tue 16 | 23 | 13:30 local, 12:30 GMT | Group F - New Zealand v Sri Lanka | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | |
| 24 | 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT | Group E -South Africa v India | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | ||
| Fixtures For the Final and Semi Final Matches | |||||
| Thu 18 | Semi Final | 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT | 1st Semi-Final | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | |
| Fri 19 | Semi Final | 17:30 local, 16:30 GMT | 2nd Semi-Final | Kennington Oval, London | |
| Sun 21 | Final | 15:00 local, 14:00 GMT | The Final | Lord's, London | |
Australia are on tour of South Africa from February 2009 to April 2009. In this bi- national tour, Australia and South Africa will play 3 test matches, two twenty20 internationals and five odi matches. The international matches of this tour will start with the first test match on 26th of February at New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. Following is the detailed schedule of Australia versus South Africa Cricket series 2009.
Test Match Cricket Schedule 2009
First Test: Australia won by 162 runs
Second Test: Australia won by 175 runs
Third Test:South Africa won by an innings and 20 runs Twenty20 Cricket Schedule 2009
First Twenty20: South Africa won by 4 wickets
Second Twenty20: South Africa won by 17 runs Australia V South Africa ODI Schedule
First ODI: Australia won by 141 runs
Second ODI: South Africa won by 7 wickets
Third ODI: South Africa won by 25 runs
Fourth ODI: RSA won by 61 runs
Fifth ODI: Australia won by 47 runs |
Australia Cricket Team
Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, Simon Katich, Michael Hussey, Doug Bollinger, Brad Haddin, Nathan Hauritz, Ben Hilfenhaus, Phillip Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, Andrew McDonald, Bryce McGain, Marcus North, Peter Siddle
South Africa Cricket Team for first 2 Tests
Graeme Smith, Hashim Amla, AB de Villiers, Jean-Paul Duminy, Jacques Kallis, Mark Boucher, Neil McKenzie, Dale Steyn, Paul Harris, Morne Morkel, Makhaya Ntini, Lonwabo Tsotsobe
New Zealand cricket team is on tour of Australia from November 2008 to February 2009. Here they will play two test matches, 5 ODIs and a twenty20 International match. Following is the detailed Cricket Schedule of this 2008-2009 Series.
| Australia v New Zealand Test Cricket Schedule 2008-2009 | ||
| Date Time | Location | Results |
| First Test 20-24 Nov. 10:00 local, 00:00 GMT |
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Australia I: 214/10 (Clarke 98, Hussey 35, Southee 63/4) New Zealand I: 156/10 (Taylor 40, Flynn 39*, Johnson 30/4) Australia II: 214/10 (Katich 131*, Johnson 31, Martin 69/3) New Zealand II: 177/10 (Taylor 75, Flynn 29*, Johnson 39/5) |
Australia 149 runs |
| Second Test 28-02 Dec. 10:30 local, 00:00 GMT |
Adelaide Oval New Zealand 270 and 203, Australia 535 |
Australia by an innings and 62 runs MOM: BJ Haddin |
| Australia v New Zealand ODI Cricket Schedule 2008-2009 | ||
| First ODI 1 Feb. 13:30 local, 04:30 GMT |
Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth Australia 181(48.4), New Zealand 182/8(50) |
New Zealand by 2 wickets MOM: KD Mills |
| Second ODI 6 Feb. 14:15 local, 03:15 GMT |
Melbourne Cricket Ground Australia 225/5(50), New Zealand 226/4(48.5) |
New Zealand by 6 wickets MOM: MJ Clarke |
| Third ODI 8 Feb. 14:15 local, 03:15 GMT |
Sydney Cricket Ground | |
| Fourth ODI 10 Feb. 13:45 local, 03:15 GMT |
Adelaide Oval | |
| Fifth ODI 13 Feb. 13:15 local, 03:15 GMT |
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane | |
| Australia v New Zealand Twenty20 International Schedule 2008-2009 | ||
| Only Twenty20 15 Feb. 19:35 local, 08:35 GMT |
Sydney Cricket Ground | |
Australia cricket team are on their tour to India from September 2008. Since last few years the contest between these two teams are turning out to exciting series similar to Ashes and India Pakistan series. Here in this series they will play four test matches. The first of the four test will start from 9, October and will be played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore. The second, third and fourth test match will start on 17/10, 29/10 and 6/11 at Mohali, Delhi and Nagpur respectively. Following is the complete schedule of the tour including date and time.
| Australia Tour Of India October 2008 | ||
| Date Time | Location | Results |
| Test Matches Schedule | ||
| First Test 9-13 October 09:30 local, 04:00 GMT |
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | |
| Second Test 17-21 October 09:30 local, 04:00 GMT |
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh | |
| Third Test 29-2 November 09:30 local, 04:00 GMT |
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi | |
| Third Test 6-10 November 09:30 local, 04:00 GMT |
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur | |
Australia Cricket Team
Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, Matthew Hayden, Phil Jaques, Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin, Doug Bollinger, Simon Katich, Shane Watson, Brett Lee, Stuart Clark, Mitchell Johnson, Jason Krejza, Bryce McGain,Peter Siddle
India Cricket Team
India tour of Australia 2008 test matches and Commonwealth Bank tri-nation Series. In this 2007/2008 Cricket tour, India will play four test matches followed by Commonwealth Bank Series. The first match of the four test matches tour will start on December 26(Boxing Day) at Melbourne Cricket Ground(MCG). The remaining three test matches will be played at Sydney, Perth and at Adelaide. Here is the complete India tour of Australia 2008 Test Matches Schedule.
| India tour of Australia 2007/2008 Test Matches Schedule | ||
| Date Time | Location | Results |
| First Test 26/12 - 30/12 10:30 local, 23:30 GMT |
Melbourne Cricket Ground AUS 343/10:(Hayden 124, Jaques 66, Khan 4/94, Kumble 5/84) IND 196/10:(Tendulkar 62, Ganguly 43 Lee 4/46, S Clark 4/28) AUS 351/7 D:(M Clarke 73, Jaques 51, Harbhajan 3/101,Kumble 2/102) IND 161/10:(Laxman 42,Ganguly 40,Johnson 3/21, Lee 2/43) |
Australia by 337 runs Man of the Match M Hayden |
| January 2008 | ||
| Second Test 2/1 - 6/1 10:30 local, 23:30 GMT |
Sydney Cricket Ground AUS 463:Symonds 162*,Hogg 79, Kumble 106/4 IND 532:Tendulkar 154*,Laxman 109, Lee 119/5 AUS 401/7D:Hussey 145*,Hayden 123, Kumble 148/4 IND 210:Ganguly 51,Kumble 45*, MJ Clarke 5/3 |
Australia by 122 runs |
| Third Test 16/1 - 20/1 11:30 local, 02:30 GMT |
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth IND 330:Dravid 93,Tendulkar 71, Johnson 86/4 AUS 212:Symonds 66,Gilchrist 55, RP Singh 68/4 IND 294:Laxman 79,Pathan 46, SR Clark 61/4 AUS 340:MJ Clarke 81,Johnson 50*, Pathan 54/3 |
India won by 72 runs Man of the match IK Pathan |
| Fourth Test 24/1 - 28/1 10:30 local, 00:00 GMT |
Adelaide Oval | |
| India Cricket Team |
| Anil Kumble, Wasim Jaffer, Virender Sehwag, Dinesh Karthik, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan, RP Singh, Irfan Pathan, Ishant Sharma, Pankaj Singh |
| Australia Cricket Team |
| Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Stuart Clark, Michael Clarke, Matthew Hayden, Brad Hogg, Michael Hussey, Phil Jaques, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Andrew Symonds, Shaun Tait |
Commonwealth Bank Series 2007-2008. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is sponsoring this tri-nation one day international tournament. The last tournament won by England was played between Australia, England and New Zealand in 2006/07. This Tri Series tournament will be played between host Australia, India and Sri Lanka. Following table contains the detailed schedule of this tournament including the teams. This will also include the results and score summary as the series progress.
| Commonwealth Bank Series Schedule - 2008, Australia | |||
| Date Time | Team | Location And Score Summary | Results |
| 3/2 13:15 local, 03:15 GMT | Australia v India | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane India 194 (45/45)(Gambhir 39, Dhoni 37, Lee 27/5) Australia 51/3 (7.2/26)(Hopes 17, Sreesanth 17/2) |
Rain, No result |
| 5/2 13:15 local, 03:15 GMT | India v Sri Lanka | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane India 267/4 (50)(Gambhir 102*, Dhoni 88*, Muralitharan 51/2) Sri Lanka |
Rain, No result |
| 8/2 14:15 local, 03:15 GMT | Australia v Sri Lanka | Sydney Cricket Ground Australia 253/6(50)(MJ Clarke 77*, Gilchrist 61, Vaas 34/2) Sri Lanka 125 (31.3) (Sangakkara 42, Bracken 47/5) |
Australia by 128 runs |
| 10/2 14:15 local, 03:15 GMT | Australia v India | Melbourne Cricket Ground Australia 159(43.1)(M Hussey 65*, I Sharma 38/4, Sreesanth 31/3) India 160/5 (45.5)(Tendulkar 44, RG Sharma 39*, Johnson 24/2) |
India by 5 Wickets |
| 12/210:00 local, 23:00 GMT | India v Sri Lanka | Manuka Oval, Canberra India 195/5 (29/29)(RG Sharma 70*, Gambhir 35, Maharoof 33/1) Sri Lanka 154/2 (19/21)(Dilshan 62*, Jayawardene 36*) |
Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets |
| 15/2 11:30 local, 02:30 GMT | Australia v Sri Lanka | W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth Australia 236 (49.4)(Gilchrist 118,MJ Clarke 43, Malinga 47/4) Sri Lanka 173 (45.3)(Sangakkara 80, Bracken 21/3, Johnson 29/3) |
Australia by 63 runs |
| 17/2 13:45 local, 03:15 GMT | Australia v India | Adelaide Oval Australia 203/9 (50)(MJ Clarke 79, Hogg 32, Pathan 41/4) India 153 (41.2)(Dhoni 37, Johnson 42/3, Hopes 16/2) |
Australia by 50 runs |
| 19/2 13:45 local, 03:15 GMT | India v Sri Lanka | Adelaide Oval Sri Lanka 238/6 (50)(Sangakkara 128, Jayawardene 71, MM Patel 38/1) India 239/8 (49.1) (Yuvraj Singh 76, Dhoni 50*, Amerasinghe 49/3) |
India by 2 wickets |
| 22/2 14:15 local, 03:15 GMT | Australia v Sri Lanka | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| 24/2 14:15 local, 03:15 GMT | Australia v India | Sydney Cricket Ground | |
| 26/2 10:00 local, 23:00 GMT | India v Sri Lanka | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | |
| 29/2 14:15 local, 03:15 GMT | Australia v Sri Lanka | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Commonwealth Bank Series Final Match Schedule | |||
| 2/3 14:15 local, 03:15 GMT | First Final | Sydney Cricket Ground | |
| 4/3 13:15 local, 03:15 GMT | Second Final | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane | |
| 7/3 13:45 local, 03:15 GMT | Third Final | Adelaide Oval | |
| India Cricket Team |
| Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Yuvraj Singh, Virender Sehwag, Dinesh Karthik, Robin Uthappa, Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Irfan Pathan, Praveen Kumar, RP Singh, Ishant Sharma, Sreesanth, Harbhajan Singh, Piyush Chawla |
| Sri Lanka Cricket Team |
| Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara , Sanath Jayasuriya, Upul Tharanga, Dilruwan Perera, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Chamara Silva, Chamara Kapugedera, Chanaka Welegedara, Chaminda Vaas, Lasith Malinga, Nuwan Kulasekera, Muttiah Muralitharan, Farveez Maharoof, Ishara Amerasinghe. |
| Australia Cricket Team |
| Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Michael Hussey, Brad Haddin, James Hopes, Brad Hogg, Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Clark, Nathan Bracken. |
Chappell Hadlee trophy series between New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand is on short tour of Australia for this Chappell Hadlee series 2007/08. Here they will play 3 One day internationals and the only twenty20 match. The tour schedule will begin with one day with Australia Chairman's XI against New Zealand. The official tour match will start with the only Twenty20 International on 11th December. Following the Twenty20 match they will play three Day Night One day matches. Here is the complete Chappell Hadlee series 2007-08 schedule.
| Chappell-Hadlee Series 2007-08 Schedule | ||
| Date Time | Location | Results |
| Tue 11/12 Only Twenty20 18:05 local, 09:05 GMT |
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth AUS 186/6(20)(Symonds 85*, MJ Clarke 33, MR Gillespie 39/2) NZ 132/10(18.3)(Oram 66*, AA Noffke 18/3, Lee 17/2) |
Australia by 54 runs |
| Fri 14/12 First ODI 13:45 local, 03:15 GMT |
Adelaide Oval NZ 254/7(50)(McCullum 96, Taylor 50, Tait 59/3) AUS 255/3(42.3)(Ponting 107*, Gilchrist 51, MJ Clarke 48) |
Australia by 7 wickets |
| Sun 16/12 Second ODI 14:15 local, 03:15 GMT |
Sydney Cricket Ground NZ 30/3(6)(SB Styris 12*, Taylor 5*, Lee 12/2) |
No result |
| Thu 20/12 Third ODI 10:00 local, 23:00 |
Bellerive Oval, Hobart AUS 282/6(50)(Ponting 134*, Symonds 52, Oram 34/2) NZ 168/10(34)(Styris 75, Lee 47/3, B Hogg 49/3) |
Australia by 114 runs |
| Series | Australia won the Chappell Hadlee Series Trophy 2007 Man of the Series Ponting |
Australia by 2-0 |
| Australia Cricket Team Chappell-Hadlee Series 2007-08 |
| Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Nathan Bracken, Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin, Matthew Hayden, Brad Hogg, James Hopes, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Andrew Symonds, Shaun Tait |
| New Zealand Cricket Team Chappell-Hadlee Series 2007-08 |
| Daniel Vettori, Brendon McCullum, Craig Cumming, Mark Gillespie, Gareth Hopkins, Jamie How, Chris Martin, Michael Mason, Kyle Mills, Jacob Oram, Jeetan Patel, Mathew Sinclair, Scott Styris, Ross Taylor, Lou Vincent |
Sri Lanka is on tour to Australia from Oct-2007. Here they will play two test matches followed by Commonwealth Bank Tri Series between India, Australia and Sri Lanka. This is going to be an interesting battle between ODI Word Cup 2007 winner and runner up playing in Test matches. Australia will play without the legend Shane Warne and Glen McGrath after very long time of their contribution to Australia cricket. For Sri Lanks point of view Atapattu made come back in Sri Lanka cricket team after long delay of 8 months followed by sports minister intervenes as he was not included initially. The tour will start from 27 of Oct. 2007 with 3 day match against Australia Chairman's XI. Muralitharan needs another nine wickets to go past Warne record of 708 wickets. The first test match of 2 tests will start from 8th Nov. 2007 at Brisbane Cricket Ground. Following is the compelete Australia Sri Lanka cricket schedule of Cricket tour 2007.
| Australia Sri Lanka Cricket Schedule Tour 2007 | ||
| Date Time | Location | Results |
| 1st Test 8/11 to 12/11 10:00 local, 00:00 GMT |
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Australia 551/4d Sri Lanka 211 and 300 (follow on) |
Australia by innings and 40 runs |
| 2nd Test 16/11 to 20/11 10:30 local, 23:30 GMT |
Bellerive Oval, Hobart Australia 542/5d and 210/2d Sri Lanka 246 and 410 |
Australia by 96 runs |
| Sri Lanka Cricket Team for Australia Cricket Tour 2007 |
| Mahela Jayawardene, Sanath Jayasuriya, Kumar Sangakkara, Marvan Atapattu, Chamara Silva, Jehan Mubarak, Malinga Bandara, Dilhara Fernando, Prasanna Jayawardene, Farveez Maharoof, Lasith Malinga, Muttiah Muralitharan, Thilan Samaraweera, Upul Tharanga, Chaminda Vaas, Michael Vandort, Chanaka Welegedara |
Australia to tour India from the end of September 2007 just after the completion of Twenty20 world cup. Here in this India Australia Schedule of future cup cricket ODI Series 2007 there will be 7 One day International matches and only Twenty20 match. Before this series total 83 ODI matches played between them resulted in 51 won by AUS and 27 by IND with 5 in No Result. They played only Twenty20 match so far i.e the semi final of Twenty20 world cup 2007 which was result into India won by 15 runs. Here is the complete future cup India Australia schedule of the ODI cricket series 2007 including the result and the score summary.
| Australia V India Cricket Schedule 2007 | ||||
| Date | Time | ODI | Location | Results |
| Sat 29/9 | 14:30(L) : 09:00(G) | ODI 1 | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | Called-off due to Rain |
| Score: AUS 307/7(50)(Clarke 130, Sreesanth 3-55) IND 9/1(2.4) | ||||
| Tue 2/10 | 09:00(L) : 03:30(G) | ODI 2 | Nehru Stadium, Kochi | Australia by 84 runs |
| ODI 2 Score |
AUS 306/6 (Haddin 87*, Symonds 87, Hayden 75, Sreesanth 67/3) IND 222/10 (Dhoni 58, Uthappa 41, GB Hogg 40/3, SR Clark 14/2) | |||
| Fri 5/10 | 09:00(L) : 03:30(G) | ODI 3 | Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Uppal, Hyderabad | Australia by 47 runs |
| ODI 3 Score |
AUS 290/7 (Symonds 89, Hayden 60, MJ Clarke 59, Pathan 57/2) IND 243/10 (Yuvraj 121, Tendulkar 43, Lee 37/3, GB Hogg 46/3) | |||
| Mon 8/10 | 09:00(L) : 03:30(G) | OID 4 | Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh | India by 8 runs |
| ODI 4 Score |
IND 291/4(Tendulkar 79, Dhoni 50*, Ganguly 41, JR Hopes 43/2) AUS 283/7 (Hayden 92, Symonds 75, Harbhajan 43/2, RP Singh 66/2) | |||
| Thu 11/10 | 09:00(L) : 03:30(G) | ODI 5 | I.P.C.L. Sports Complex Ground, Vadodara | Australia by 9 wickets |
| ODI 5 Score |
IND 148/10(Tendulkar 47, Khan 28, MG Johnson 26/5, Lee 42/2) AUS 149/1 (Gilchrist 79*, Ponting 39*, Hayden 29) | |||
| Sun 14/10 | 09:00(L) : 03:30(G) | ODI 6 | Vidarbha C.A. Ground, Nagpur | Australia by 18 runs |
| ODI 6 Score |
AUS 317/8 (Symonds 107*, Gilchrist 51, Khan 62/2) IND 299/7(Ganguly 86, Tendulkar 72, Uthappa 44, GB Hogg 48/4) | |||
| Wed 17/10 | 14:30(L) : 09:00(G) | ODI 7 | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | India by 2 wickets |
| ODI 7 Score |
AUS 193/10 (Ponting 57, Johnson 24*, M Kartik 27/6) IND 195/8(Uthappa 47, Z Khan 31*, M Kartik 21*, Johnson 46/3) | |||
| Sat 20/10 | 19:00(L) : 13:30(G) | Only Twenty20 | Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai | |
| India Team for ODI Series 2007 |
| MS Dhoni, Rahul Dravid, Gautam Gambhir, Sourav Ganguly, Harbhajan Singh, Dinesh Karthik, Zaheer Khan, Irfan Pathan, Piyush Chawla, Ramesh Powar, Rudra Pratap Singh, S Sreesanth, Sachin Tendulkar, Robin Uthappa, Yuvraj Singh |
| Australia Team for ODI Series 2007 |
| Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Nathan Bracken, Stuart Clark, Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin, Matthew Hayden, Ben Hilfenhaus, Brad Hodge, Brad Hogg, James Hopes, Mitchell Johnson, Brett Lee, Andrew Symonds, Adam Voges, Michael Hussey, Shaun Tait, Shane Watson |
Cricket world cup 2007 final played between Australia and Sri Lanka at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados on 28 April 2007. This was a 38 over match due to delay caused by rain. Winning the toss and batting first Australia set a big target of 282 in 38 overs for Sri Lanka. In reply Sri Lanka approached nicely in the begaining but after fall of Jayasuriya they just cannot break the increasing run rate. In the end they fall short of 53 runs.
As usual Hayden and Gilchrist started Australian innings. Hayden was looking quite today as Gilchrist on the other hand playing own style crushing the Sri Lankan attack. They reached to the toatal of 50 in 11th over without loosing any wicket. Fernando drop Gilchrist on his own bowling when he was on 31 though it was very difficult but these are the only chances you get while playing against team like Australia. Runs are coming easily for Australia when Murli brought into the attack in 12th over. Meanwhile Gilchrist completed his 50 in just 43 balls and continue to dominate bowling on the other hand Hayden was providing nice support to him. Their run rate moved above 6 when Gilchrist hit 2 towering sixers to Dilshan in 15th over. Murli on the other hand not allowing much room to them initially. Fernando brought back to the attack and immediately welcome by Gilchrist sixer and that brought their opening partnership to cross 100 in 17th over.
Nothing was working for Sri Lanka, at Half way Australia were on 135 will all 10 wickets intact. By the time Gilchrist completed his 15th ODI hundred in just 72 balls with 8 4s and 6 6s. Once again he was dropped by Sangakkara this time too was difficult one. Partnerships crossed 150 in just 128 balls and after this some relief for Sri Lanka as Hayden caught by Jayawardene when he was trying to loft Malinga when they were on 172. Immediately after this once again Gilchrist dropped by C Silva on 132 by the time Australia cross 200 in 27.3 overs. Finally a great great innings comes to an end when Gilchrist was just 1 short of his 150, got caught when he was trying to pull the ball and it takes an edge of the bat. After fall of Gilchrist run rate dropped a bit as Ponting was not looking on his own touch and finding difficult himselft playing shots. They past above 250 when Ponting hits his first six to Malinga in 34.4 overs. But they failed to take an advantage the openers given to them and only scores 59 in last 8 overs after Gilchrist out. In the end they manage to set the big target for Sri Lanka with the help of one of the best world cup innings from Gilchrist.
Gilchrist 149, Hayden 38, Ponting 37, Symonds 18*, Watson 3, Clarke 8*,
Sri Lanka Bowling:
Vaas 8/54/0 Malinga 8/49/2 Fernando 8/74/1 Murali 7/44/0 Dilshan 2/23/0 Jayasuriya 5/33/0
Sri Lanka lost Tharanga early caught by Gilchrist on swinging delivery from Bracken. After this Sangakkara and Jayasuriya started playing quite sensibly. Jayasuriya was looking good on his own touch moved their score 50 in 11th overs. There seems no movemnt in the bowl and they coming nicely to bat on and their 50 partnership up in 61 balls. They moved pass compare to Australia score in 14th over when Sangakkara hit consecutive 6,4,4 to McGrath. The needed partnership was building as Sangakkara and Jayasuriya contine hammering Australia Bowling attack and took just 27 balls to complete second fifty of their innings, 100 in 15.3 overs. Spins came to the attack now by the time Jayasuriya completes his fifty and their partneship of 100. They need 171 more runs to win in 20 overs with 9 wickets left. Sangakkara completed his 40th fifty in 50 balls, but immediately caught when he was trying to pull Hogg at mid wicket when he was 54.
Clark brought to attack and he done a trick bowled Jayasuriya when he was trying to down the trak, the ball kept low and hit on off stump. Big wicket for Australia and the match was turning bit towards their way. It has started raining when 13.1 overs left and by the time their innings reduced to 36 overs and they need 120 more to win in 11.1 overs. Jayawardene fall lbw to Watson very next over after rain stopped. Everything now was in hands of C Silva and Dilshan and they continue to fighting but the required rate was moving up and up reached to 12 an over and they needed 84 in 42 balls. Wickets was not a problem but it was very difficult to break Australian tight bowling attack. Wickets were falling now as they were trying to do something extraordinary. In the end they fall short of 53 runs.
Tharanga 6, Jayasuriya 63, Sangakkara 54, Jayawardene 19, C Silva 21, Dilshan 14, Arnold 1, Vaas 11*, Malinga 10, Fernando 1*
Australia Bowling:
Bracken 6/34/1, Tait 6/42/0, McGrath 7/31/1, Watson 7/49/1, Hogg 3/19/1, Clarke 5/33/2, Symonds 2/6/1
After very long run now its the time for big one, the Final of this cricket world cup 2007 tournament. Sri Lanka beat New Zealand in first semi final by 81 runs and Australia won by 7 wickets in second one. So we have Sri Lanka and Australia battle for the cricket world cup final 2007. This will be played at Bridgetown on 28th April, 2007.
Sri Lanka have played outstanding cricket throughout the tournament and deserve to be the finalist. Every Sri Lankans are committed and they know very well their role to play. They were thoroughly professional from the be gaining of the tournament and very well lead by Jayaverdne. They have won 8 out of 10 matches played so far in this tournaments and emerging as the more and more batter team. Undoubtedly they are very good fielding side. On the bowling side they have Malinga and Vaas who are capable of taking early wickets. And they have all time great Murli in the middle with Jaysuriya, Dilshan and Arnold as an other options. The major problem they had about the top batting order. Jaysuriya is not at its peak and Sangakkara is not in good form. Moreover they are laking power hitter, like Watson and Symonds Australia have, who can fire in the slog overs.
Australia simply are the best so far in this world cup 2007 series. They have won all the 10 matches they played in the tournament. Lately they crushed South Africa playing like real champions. They are the best fielding side who generally do not miss direct throw on the stumps. They have various alternate in the bowling department with swings from Bracken and great McGrath and speed from Tait. The left arm spinner Hogg too bowled well in this tournaments and have options like Watson, Symonds, Clarke for bowling. In the batting, they are the best team. They have the best opening pair with Hayden Gilchrist providing solid start to their innings and powerful middle order Clark, Ponting and Hussey are in very good form. They have Watson and Symonds are the power hitter who can explore their innings in the slog overs. Their lowest score of 322/6 batting first in this tournament and Michael Hussey needed rarely, tells about the power of their batting. This makes them the most favorite team to win this 2007 world cup final.
Before this, Sri Lanka and Australia played in the final of world cup 1996 at Lahore, Pakistan. It was the first time Sri Lanka playing in the final beat Australia by 7 wickets. Batting first Australia made 241/7, Mark Taylor scored 74. With the help of remarkable hundred from Arvinda de Silva (107*) and Gurusinha (65) made Sri Lanka the winner of 1996 world cup.
In the history of cricket world cup they meet 7 times before with Australia wins 5 times and Sri Lanka 2 times. This includes the match at Colombo in 1996 in which Australia conceded match due to safety reason and Sri Lanka declared winners. Overall they played 64 ODIs, Australia wins 42 times and Sri Lanka wins 20 times with 2 No Results.
This is the 6th time Australia playing in the cricket world cup final. In their previous 5 appearances they won the most 3 times, this could be their hat trick world cup win. First time they played in the final in 1975 the first ever world cup held, beaten by West Indies. They won against England in 1987 and lost to Sri Lanka in 1996. And they won in 1999 and 2003 by beating Pakistan and India respectively.
Overall we have two outstanding teams playing in the final of this world cup tournament. We hope for more entertaining cricket here in the final.
The 2nd Semi Final played at Gros Islet, St Lucia on 25 April 2007. It was very poor batting from South Africa given the target of 150, Australia made it very easily. Australia will now play the final game of this tournament against Sri Lanka.
South Africa batsman looks in hurry after winning the toss and chosing to bat first. South Africa, who chose to bat first started thier innings poorly. Nathan Bracken started the disaster with Graeme Smith, then McGrath bowled the danger Kallis. Fall continue when Tait joins with McGrath and put South Africa in deep trouble at 27 for 5. Situations could have been more worse if Gibbs is not given lucky chance when he was caught behind. Given the advantage he played quite nice and score 39. In the end it was single handle effore from Kemp who made 49* ann helped them to reach 149. This was never going to be a tough for Australian. Though they lost Gilchrist early in the innings, they were never in trouble through out the game and won the second semi final easily by 7 wickets.
GC Smith 2, de Villiers 15, Kallis 5, Gibbs 39, Prince 0, Boucher 0, Kemp 49*, Hall 3, Pollock 5, Ne l8, Langeveldt 6
Australia Bowling:
Bracken 15/1, McGrath 18/3, Tait 39/4, Watson 49/1, Hogg 24/1
Gilchrist 1, Hayden 41, Ponting 22, Clarke 60*, Symonds 18*
South Africa Bowling:
Pollock 16/1, Langeveldt 34/1, Kallis 20/0, Nel 31/1, Hall 43/0, Kemp 4/0
