2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup

The 2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup was an Indoor Cricket tournament that took place in Bristol, England from the 22nd 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.

2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup

Logo of the 2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup
Administrator(s)	World Indoor Cricket Federation
Cricket format	Indoor Cricket
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)	England
Champions	Australia (men) Australia (women)
Participants	7 (men) 5 (women)
Matches played	35 (men) 20 (women)

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

• Australia
• England
• France
• Guernsey
• New Zealand
• Pakistan
• South Africa

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

Women's Division

• Australia
• England
• New Zealand
• South Africa
• Wales

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Round Robin Tournament

Men's Division

22 September 2007

New Zealand 90	v	England 85

New Zealand won by 5 runs

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22 September 2007

South Africa 203	v	Guernsey -91

South Africa won by 304 runs

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22 September 2007

Australia 211	v	France -101

Australia won by 312 runs

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22 September 2007

France 0	v	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

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22 September 2007

South Africa 97	v	England -31

South Africa won by 128 runs

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22 September 2007

New Zealand 193	v	Guernsey 0

New Zealand won by 193 runs

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23 September 2007

England 109	v	Guernsey -5

England won by 114 runs

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23 September 2007

Australia 82	v	New Zealand 77

Australia won by 5 runs

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23 September 2007

South Africa 0	v	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

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23 September 2007

New Zealand 181	v	France 30

New Zealand won by 151 runs

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23 September 2007

England 0	v	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

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23 September 2007

Australia 123	v	South Africa 40

Australia won by 83 runs

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24 September 2007

England 72	v	Australia 62

England won by 10 runs

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24 September 2007

South Africa 173	v	France -11

South Africa won by 184 runs

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24 September 2007

Guernsey 165	v	Pakistan 13

Guernsey won by 152 runs

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24 September 2007

New Zealand 110	v	South Africa 35

England won by 75 runs

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24 September 2007

Australia 195	v	Guernsey -33

Australia won by 228 runs

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24 September 2007

England 230	v	France 0

England won by 230 runs

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25 September 2007

Pakistan 0	v	New Zealand 0

Pakistan won on forfeit

• New Zealand forfeited this match

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25 September 2007

Pakistan 0	v	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.

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25 September 2007

Guernsey 76	v	France 30

Guernsey won by 46 runs

Women's Division

22 September 2007

Australia 183	v	England 3

Australia won by 180 runs

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22 September 2007

South Africa 178	v	Wales -33

South Africa won by 211 runs

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22 September 2007

Australia 193	v	Wales -45

Australia won by 238 runs

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22 September 2007

New Zealand 132	v	England 14

New Zealand won by 118 runs

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23 September 2007

New Zealand 194	v	Wales 42

New Zealand won by 152

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23 September 2007

South Africa 131	v	Australia 115

South Africa won by 16 runs

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23 September 2007

England 83	v	Wales 80

England won by 3 runs

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23 September 2007

South Africa 161	v	New Zealand 108

South Africa won by 53 runs

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24 September 2007

South Africa 201	v	England 58

South Africa won by 143 runs

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24 September 2007

Australia 157	v	New Zealand 72

Australia won by 85 runs

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24 September 2007

Australia 179	v	England 31

Australia won by 148 runs

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24 September 2007

South Africa 194	v	Wales 35

South Africa won by 159 runs

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25 September 2007

Australia 228	v	Wales -19

Australia won by 247 runs

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25 September 2007

New Zealand 171	v	England 35

New Zealand won by 136 runs

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26 September 2007

New Zealand 198	v	Wales 61

New Zealand won by 137 runs

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26 September 2007

South Africa 103	v	Australia 87

South Africa won by 16 runs

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26 September 2007

South Africa 119	v	New Zealand 65

South Africa won by 54 runs

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26 September 2007

Wales 116	v	England 88

Wales won by 28 runs

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27 September 2007

Australia 130	v	New Zealand 111

Australia won by 19 runs

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27 September 2007

South Africa 192	v	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 109	v	New Zealand 33

South Africa won by 76 runs

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25 September 2007

Australia 106	v	England 41

Australia won by 65 runs

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26 September 2007

New Zealand 112	v	England 94

New Zealand won by 18 runs

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26 September 2007

Australia 82	v	South Africa 64

Australia won by 18 runs

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27 September 2007

South Africa 80	v	England 65

South Africa won by 15 runs

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27 September 2007

Australia 99	v	New Zealand 56

Australia won by 43 runs

Men's Division - Bottom Three

26 September 2007

Pakistan 107	v	Guernsey 30

Pakistan won by 37 runs

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26 September 2007

France 107	v	Pakistan 30

France won by 77 runs

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27 September 2007

France 74	v	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 163	v	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 87	v	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 106	v	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 127	v	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 84	v	Wales 80

England won by 4 runs

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

28 September 2007

New Zealand 210	v	England 63

New Zealand won by 147 runs

Preliminary Final - winner to final, loser knocked out

28 September 2007

Australia 131	v	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 74	v	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 101	v	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 138	v	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

• Indoor Cricket World Cup
• 2007 Junior World Series of Indoor Cricket

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>.