Australian bowler Michael Clarke celebrates during Saturday's 53-run victory over Sri Lanka in the final at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados.
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2007 Cricket World Cup
Australia celebrates 3rd straight Cricket World
Cup
Last Updated April 28, 2007
CBC Sports
Australia won an unprecedented third straight Cricket World Cup with a 53-run victory over Sri Lanka in Saturday's rain-shortened championship final at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados.
RECENT RESULTS AND UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Tues., April 24
Semifinal | Sri Lanka def. New Zealand by 89 runs
Sri Lanka 289 for 5 (50.0 overs)
New Zealand 208 for 10 (41.4 overs)
Wed., April 25
Semifinal | Australia def. South Africa by 7 wickets
Australia 153 for 3 (31.3 overs)
South Africa 149 for 10 (43.5 overs)
Sat., April 28
Final | Australia def. Sri Lanka by 53 runs (D/L method)
Australia 281 for 4 (38 overs)
Sri Lanka 215 for 8 (36 overs)
| Group A ( St. Kitts & Nevis ) | Wins | Losses | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia* | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| South Africa* | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Scotland | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Group B ( Trinidad & Tobago ) | |||
| Sri Lanka* | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bangladesh* | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| India | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Bermuda | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Group C ( St. Lucia ) | |||
| New Zealand* | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| England* | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Kenya | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Canada | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Group D ( Jamaica ) | |||
| West Indies* | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ireland* | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | 2 | 1 |
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QUICK FACTS
What is the Cricket World Cup?
The ICC World Cup is a 16-team tournament involving the top test-playing countries (Australia, England, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, South Africa, New Zealand, the West Indies, Zimbabwe and Bangladesh) as well as qualifiers from the ICC's associate countries (second-tier nations), of which Canada is one.
The top two in each group will advance to the "Super 8," another group stage which brings the field down to four teams. The team who finishes first in the Super 8s will play the team that finished fourth, while second will play third to establish the finalists.
Previous winners
(runner-up in brackets)
2003 – Australia (India)
1999 – Australia (Pakistan)
1996 – Sri Lanka (Australia)
1992 – Pakistan (England)
1987 – Australia (England)
1983 – India (West Indies)
1979 – West Indies (England)
1975 – West Indies (Australia)
Canadian participation
Canada struggled in its first appearance at the Cricket World Cup, losing
handily to international heavyweights Australia, England and Pakistan at the
1979 event in Manchester, England.
It took 24 years, but Canada earned its way back to the World Cup tournament in 2003. The Canadians not only shocked the field with their first-ever win in a one-day international, beating Bangladesh by 60 runs, but several players had monumental performances.
Among them, captain John Davison recorded the fastest century in World Cup history (off 67 balls) before being dismissed for 111 against the West Indies and Ishwar Maraj became just the eighth player to survive the full quota of overs in a World Cup match (finishing at 53 not out off 155 balls).
At this year's tournament, Canada, ranked 14th, is in Pool C, along with New Zealand (3), England (7) and Kenya (10).
Team Canada
- John Davison (captain)
- Ashish Bagai (vice-captain)
- Qaiser Ali
- Geoffrey Barnett
- Umar Bhatti
- Ian Billcliff
- Desmond Chumney
- Austin Codrington
- George Codrington
- Anderson Cummins
- Sunil Dhaniram
- Ashif Mulla
- Henry Osinde
- Abdool Samad
- Kevin Sandher
Australian bowler Michael Clarke celebrates during Saturday's 53-run victory over Sri Lanka in the final at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados.