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Cricket World Cup 2007 : the schedule & time table

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Seventies were dominated by West Indies. Nineties and 21st century so far has been dominated by Australia... West Indies won two consecutive World Cup in their glorious days, but now Australians are on the verge of breaking that record as well..

They won it in 1999. Again in 2003 and a win in 2007 will give them a very unique record of 3 succsessive World Cup wins... So will someone stop these Aussies, or not. following is your day-to-day Itinerary of Cricket World Cup 2007.

The cricket World Cup 2007 schedule





Date Day Match Venue Group





Warm-up matches
5th March Monday England v Bermuda St Vincent N/A
5th March Monday Sri Lanka v Scotland Barbados N/A
5th March Monday Pakistan v Canada Trinidad N/A
5th March Monday West Indies v Kenya Jamaica N/A
6th March Tuesday Australia v Zimbabwe St Vincent N/A
6th March Tuesday New Zealand v Bangladesh Barbados N/A
6th March Tuesday South Africa v Ireland Trinidad N/A
6th March Tuesday India v Netherlands Jamaica N/A
8th March Thursday Bangladesh v Scotland Barbados N/A
8th March Thursday Bermuda v Zimbabwe St Vincent N/A
8th March Thursday Canada v Ireland Trinidad N/A
8th March Thursday Kenya v Netherlands Jamaica N/A
9th March Friday New Zealand v Sri Lanka Barbados N/A
9th March Friday Australia v England St Vincent N/A
9th March Friday Pakistan v South Africa Trinidad N/A
9th March Friday India v West Indies Jamaica N/A





Group stage
Group A Australia, South Africa, Netherlands & Scotland.
Group B India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh & Bermuda.
Group C New Zealand, England, Kenya & Canada.
Group D West Indies, Pakistan, Zimbabwe & Ireland.





13th March Tuesday West Indies v Pakistan Jamaica Gr. D
14th March Wed'day Australia v Scotland St Kitts Gr. A
14th March Wed'day Kenya v Canada St Lucia Gr. C
15th March Thursday Sri Lanka v Bermuda Trinidad Gr. B





15th March Thursday Zimbabwe v Ireland Jamaica Gr. D
16th March Friday South Africa v Netherlands St Kitts Gr. A
16th March Friday England v New Zealand St Lucia Gr. C
17th March Saturday India v Bangladesh Trinidad Gr. B





17th March Saturday Pakistan v Ireland Jamaica Gr. D
18th March Sunday Australia v Netherlands St Kitts Gr. A
18th March Sunday England v Canada St Lucia Gr. C
19th March Monday India v Bermuda Trinidad Gr. B





19th March Monday West Indies v Zimbabwe Jamaica Gr. D
20th March Tuesday South Africa v Scotland St Kitts Gr. A
20th March Tuesday New Zealand v Kenya St Lucia Gr. C
21st March Wed'day Sri Lanka v Bangladesh Trinidad Gr. B





21st March Wed'day Pakistan v Zimbabwe Jamaica Gr. D
22nd March Thursday Scotland v Netherlands St Kitts Gr. A
22nd March Thursday New Zealand v Canada St Lucia Gr. C
23rd March Friday India v Sri Lanka Trinidad Gr. B





23rd March Friday West Indies v Ireland Jamaica Gr. D
24th March Saturday South Africa v Australia St Kitts Gr. A
24th March Saturday England v Kenya St Lucia Gr. C
25th March Sunday Bangladesh v Bermuda Trinidad Gr. B





Round : Super 8's
27th March Tuesday West Indies v Australia Antigua A1 v D2
28th March Wed'day Sri Lanka v South Africa Guyana B1 v A2
29th March Thursday New Zealand v West Indies Antigua C1 v D2
30th March Friday Pakistan v England Guyana D1 v C2
31st March Saturday India v Australia Antigua A1 v B2
01st April Sunday West Indies v Sri Lanka Guyana B1 v D2
02nd April Monday India v New Zealand Antigua C1 v B2
03rd April Tuesday Pakistan v South Africa Guyana D1 v A2
04th April Wed'day Sri Lanka v England Antigua B1 v C2





07th April Saturday India v South Africa Guyana B2 v A2
08th April Sunday Australia v England Antigua A1 v C2
09th April Monday Pakistan v New Zealand Guyana D1 v C1
10th April Tuesday West Indies v South Africa Grenada D2 v A2
11th April Wed'day India v England Barbados B2 v C2
12th April Thursday Sri Lanka v New Zealand Grenada B1 v C1
13th April Friday Australia v Pakistan Barbados A1 v D1
14th April Saturday New Zealand v S. Africa Grenada C1 v A2
15th April Sunday India v Pakistan Barbados B2 v D1
16th April Monday Australia v Sri Lanka Grenada A1 v B1
17th April Tuesday South Africa v England Barbados A2 v C2
18th April Wed'day Pakistan v Sri Lanka Grenada D1 v B1
19th April Thursday India v West Indies Barbados B2 v D2
20th April Friday New Zealand v Australia Grenada C1 v A1
21st April Saturday West Indies v England Barbados D2 v C2





24th April Tuesday 1st Semi final at Jamaica : II v VI
25th April Wed'day 2nd Semi final at St Lucia: I v III





28th April Saturday 2007 Cricket World Cup final at Barbados



Notes :

-:- All the matches have a reserve day - the day after. So, just in case a match didn't start or didn't finished, it will start from the same position on next day - the reserve day.

-:- So how exactly these grouping and schedule is made? Well, who is grouped with whom was decided accoding to ICC ODI ratings as of April 2005. At that time, the ODI ranking was in this order : Australia, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, West Indies, England, India, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Bangladesh, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Bermuda and the Netherlands.

And for the schedule - you must note that sequence D, A, C, B is repeated among the groups.

-:- How come the super 8's matches are already fixed? That is because, I don't know. But what it exactly means is India will always be B2 in Group B, and Sri Lanka B1 - regardless who wins between them.

Just in case a surprize comes from Bangladesh and they beat India or Sri Lanka in Group stages - they will take the name - B1 or B2, depending upon whom they beat - Sri Lanka or India.

Similarly, Australia will always be A1 and South Africa A2, New Zealand C1 and England C2, Pakistan D1 and West Indies D2.... unless a minnow removes them and take their place.

I repeat don't ask me why this pre-fixation is adpoted by ICC. Probably they want to fix which match will happen at what ground, so that spectators can plan they Caribbean visit.





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