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ICC Cricket World Cup 2007

England and World Cup Cricket — the same old story: Part 4 of 5

A look back to 2007, when England at least made it out of the group stage for the first time since 1996.

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12 little-known facts about Kyle Mills

A day after Daniel Vettori announced his retirement from international cricket, Kyle Mills too call quit from the game.

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11 Man-of-the-match awardees in the ICC Cricket World Cup finals

For days, the teams battle it out to reach the grandest stage of them all – the World Cup finals. For how they fare here determines the rest of their lives.

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10 unforgettable controversies in World Cup history

Without a doubt one of the most morbid and sad moments in a World Cup came when Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer was found dead in his room under mysterious circumstances during the 2007 World Cup

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Flashback to 2007 World Cup: Three in a row for Australia

Cricket in the Caribbean is always an enjoyable experience and when game’s biggest event, the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, was hosted in West Indies, it promised of an electrifying atmosphere and lot of fun.

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New Zealand vs West Indies in past World Cup encounters

The dominant New Zealand side will be facing the volatile West Indian side at home for the seventh time in the history of World Cup. This is the second time the sides are meeting each other in a World Cup knock-out clash, their first being in 1975 semi-final.

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14 top upsets in World Cup cricket history

While the teams’ don’t like the tag minnows, and the competition has narrowed down in the past few years but when a weaker side defeats a bigger one, it does make headline and rightly are termed ‘upsets’.

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Sri Lanka vs South Africa in past World Cup encounters

On Wednesday, at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), the AB de Villiers led South Africa will clash in the first quarter-final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015, against an inspired Sri Lankan side, who will be giving it their all for their heroes Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene, who are due to retire after the tournament.

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ICC Cricket World Cup 2007: Herschelle Gibbs becomes the first batsman to hit six sixes in international cricket

Before Gibbs, only West Indian Garry Sobers and Indian Ravi Shastri had hit six sixes in an over in First-Class cricket. After Gibbs, Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh hit six sixes off Stuart Broad in the 20007 Twenty20 (T20) World Cup.

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ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: Pakistan remembers former coach Bob Woolmer ahead of crucial encounter against Ireland

It is very difficult to cope up with the passing away of a team’s coach at the mega event after a defeat and the Pakistani players did take time to become normal.

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