2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup
{{Short description|Cricket event}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup
| image = 2007-World-Cup-Logo.png
| caption = Logo of the 2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup
| administrator = World Indoor Cricket Federation
| cricket format = Indoor Cricket
| tournament format = Round-robin and Knockout
| host = England
| champions = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia (men)
{{flagicon|AUS}} Australia (women)
| participants = 7 (men)
5 (women)
| matches = 35 (men)
20 (women)
| previous_year = 2004
| previous_tournament = 2004 Indoor Cricket World Cup
| next_year = 2009
| next_tournament = 2009 Indoor Cricket World Cup
}}
The 2007 Indoor Cricket World Cup was an Indoor Cricket tournament that took place in Bristol, England from 22 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.
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
=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
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
- {{flagicon|ENG}} England
- {{flagicon|FRA}} France
- {{flagicon|Guernsey}} Guernsey
- {{flagicon|NZ}} New Zealand
- {{flagicon|PAK}} Pakistan
- {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa
India were also initially entered in the men's division but were late withdrawals from the competition.
Women's Division
- {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
- {{flagicon|ENG}} England
- {{flagicon|NZ}} New Zealand
- {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa
- {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales
Round Robin tournament
Men's Division
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 22 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|NZ}} New Zealand
| score1 = 90
| score2 = 85
| team2 = England {{flagicon|ENG}}
| result = New Zealand won by 5 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 22 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa
| score1 = 203
| score2 = -91
| team2 = Guernsey {{flagicon|Guernsey}}
| result = South Africa won by 304 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 22 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
| score1 = 211
| score2 = -101
| team2 = France {{flagicon|FRA}}
| result = Australia won by 312 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 22 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|FRA}} France
| score1 = 0
| score2 = 0
| team2 = Pakistan {{flagicon|PAK}}
| result = France won on forfeit
| rain = 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
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 22 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa
| score1 = 97
| score2 = -31
| team2 = England {{flagicon|ENG}}
| result = South Africa won by 128 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 22 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|NZ}} New Zealand
| score1 = 193
| score2 = 0
| team2 = Guernsey {{flagicon|Guernsey}}
| result = New Zealand won by 193 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 23 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|ENG}} England
| score1 = 109
| score2 = -5
| team2 = Guernsey {{flagicon|Guernsey}}
| result = England won by 114 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 23 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
| score1 = 82
| score2 = 77
| team2 = New Zealand {{flagicon|NZ}}
| result = Australia won by 5 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 23 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa
| score1 = 0
| score2 = 0
| team2 = Pakistan {{flagicon|PAK}}
| result = South Africa won on forfeit
| rain = 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
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 23 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|NZ}} New Zealand
| score1 = 181
| score2 = 30
| team2 = France {{flagicon|FRA}}
| result = New Zealand won by 151 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 23 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|ENG}} England
| score1 = 0
| score2 = 0
| team2 = Pakistan {{flagicon|PAK}}
| result = England won on forfeit
| rain = 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
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 23 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
| score1 = 123
| score2 = 40
| team2 = South Africa {{flagicon|RSA}}
| result = Australia won by 83 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 24 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|ENG}} England
| score1 = 72
| score2 = 62
| team2 = Australia {{flagicon|AUS}}
| result = England won by 10 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 24 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa
| score1 = 173
| score2 = -11
| team2 = France {{flagicon|FRA}}
| result = South Africa won by 184 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 24 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|Guernsey}} Guernsey
| score1 = 165
| score2 = 13
| team2 = Pakistan {{flagicon|PAK}}
| result = Guernsey won by 152 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 24 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|NZ}} New Zealand
| score1 = 110
| score2 = 35
| team2 = South Africa {{flagicon|RSA}}
| result = England won by 75 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 24 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
| score1 = 195
| score2 = -33
| team2 = Guernsey {{flagicon|Guernsey}}
| result = Australia won by 228 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 24 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|ENG}} England
| score1 = 230
| score2 = 0
| team2 = France {{flagicon|FRA}}
| result = England won by 230 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 25 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|PAK}} Pakistan
| score1 = 0
| score2 = 0
| team2 = New Zealand {{flagicon|NZ}}
| result = Pakistan won on forfeit
| rain = New Zealand forfeited this match
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 25 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|PAK}} Pakistan
| score1 = 0
| score2 = 0
| team2 = Australia {{flagicon|AUS}}
| result = Pakistan won on forfeit
| rain = Australia won this match but were found to have played an ineligible player. The match was therefore awarded to Pakistan.
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 25 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|Guernsey}} Guernsey
| score1 = 76
| score2 = 30
| team2 = France {{flagicon|FRA}}
| result = Guernsey won by 46 runs
| rain =
}}
Women's Division
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 22 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
| score1 = 183
| score2 = 3
| team2 = England {{flagicon|ENG}}
| result = Australia won by 180 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 22 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa
| score1 = 178
| score2 = -33
| team2 = Wales {{flagicon|Wales}}
| result = South Africa won by 211 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 22 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
| score1 = 193
| score2 = -45
| team2 = Wales {{flagicon|Wales}}
| result = Australia won by 238 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 22 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|NZ}} New Zealand
| score1 = 132
| score2 = 14
| team2 = England {{flagicon|ENG}}
| result = New Zealand won by 118 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 23 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|NZ}} New Zealand
| score1 = 194
| score2 = 42
| team2 = Wales {{flagicon|Wales}}
| result = New Zealand won by 152
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 23 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa
| score1 = 131
| score2 = 115
| team2 = Australia {{flagicon|AUS}}
| result = South Africa won by 16 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 23 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|ENG}} England
| score1 = 83
| score2 = 80
| team2 = Wales {{flagicon|Wales}}
| result = England won by 3 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 23 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa
| score1 = 161
| score2 = 108
| team2 = New Zealand {{flagicon|NZ}}
| result = South Africa won by 53 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 24 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa
| score1 = 201
| score2 = 58
| team2 = England {{flagicon|ENG}}
| result = South Africa won by 143 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 24 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
| score1 = 157
| score2 = 72
| team2 = New Zealand {{flagicon|NZ}}
| result = Australia won by 85 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 24 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
| score1 = 179
| score2 = 31
| team2 = England {{flagicon|ENG}}
| result = Australia won by 148 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 24 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa
| score1 = 194
| score2 = 35
| team2 = Wales {{flagicon|Wales}}
| result = South Africa won by 159 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 25 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
| score1 = 228
| score2 = -19
| team2 = Wales {{flagicon|Wales}}
| result = Australia won by 247 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 25 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|NZ}} New Zealand
| score1 = 171
| score2 = 35
| team2 = England {{flagicon|ENG}}
| result = New Zealand won by 136 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 26 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|NZ}} New Zealand
| score1 = 198
| score2 = 61
| team2 = Wales {{flagicon|Wales}}
| result = New Zealand won by 137 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 26 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa
| score1 = 103
| score2 = 87
| team2 = Australia {{flagicon|AUS}}
| result = South Africa won by 16 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 26 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa
| score1 = 119
| score2 = 65
| team2 = New Zealand {{flagicon|NZ}}
| result = South Africa won by 54 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 26 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|Wales}} Wales
| score1 = 116
| score2 = 88
| team2 = England {{flagicon|ENG}}
| result = Wales won by 28 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 27 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
| score1 = 130
| score2 = 111
| team2 = New Zealand {{flagicon|NZ}}
| result = Australia won by 19 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 27 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa
| score1 = 192
| score2 = 17
| team2 = England {{flagicon|ENG}}
| result = South Africa won by 175 runs
| rain =
}}
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
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 25 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa
| score1 = 109
| score2 = 33
| team2 = New Zealand {{flagicon|NZ}}
| result = South Africa won by 76 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 25 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
| score1 = 106
| score2 = 41
| team2 = England {{flagicon|ENG}}
| result = Australia won by 65 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 26 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|NZ}} New Zealand
| score1 = 112
| score2 = 94
| team2 = England {{flagicon|ENG}}
| result = New Zealand won by 18 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 26 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
| score1 = 82
| score2 = 64
| team2 = South Africa {{flagicon|RSA}}
| result = Australia won by 18 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 27 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa
| score1 = 80
| score2 = 65
| team2 = England {{flagicon|ENG}}
| result = South Africa won by 15 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 27 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
| score1 = 99
| score2 = 56
| team2 = New Zealand {{flagicon|NZ}}
| result = Australia won by 43 runs
| rain =
}}
Men's Division – Bottom Three
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 26 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|PAK}} Pakistan
| score1 = 107
| score2 = 30
| team2 = Guernsey {{flagicon|Guernsey}}
| result = Pakistan won by 37 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 26 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|FRA}} France
| score1 = 107
| score2 = 30
| team2 = Pakistan {{flagicon|PAK}}
| result = France won by 77 runs
| rain =
}}
----
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 27 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|FRA}} France
| score1 = 74
| score2 = 61
| team2 = Guernsey {{flagicon|Guernsey}}
| result = France won by 13 runs
| rain =
}}
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
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 28 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
| score1 = 163
| score2 = 51
| team2 = England {{flagicon|ENG}}
| result = Australia won by 112 runs
| rain =
}}
Semi-final 2 (2nd vs 3rd) – winner to final, loser to bronze medal match
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 28 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa
| score1 = 87
| score2 = 84
| team2 = New Zealand {{flagicon|NZ}}
| result = South Africa won by 3 runs
| rain =
}}
Bronze Medal Match – winner receives bronze medal, loser to World Cup Plate final
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 28 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|NZ}} New Zealand
| score1 = 106
| score2 = 1
| team2 = England {{flagicon|ENG}}
| result = New Zealand won by 105 runs
| rain =
}}
Women's Division
Major Semi-final (1st vs 2nd) – winner to final, loser to preliminary final
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 27 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|RSA}} South Africa
| score1 = 127
| score2 = 97
| team2 = Australia {{flagicon|AUS}}
| result = South Africa won by 30 runs
| rain =
}}
Qualifying Final (3rd vs 5th) – winner to minor semi final, loser knocked out
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 28 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|ENG}} England
| score1 = 84
| score2 = 80
| team2 = Wales {{flagicon|Wales}}
| result = England won by 4 runs
| rain =
}}
Minor Semi-final – winner to preliminary final, loser knocked out
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 28 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|NZ}} New Zealand
| score1 = 210
| score2 = 63
| team2 = England {{flagicon|ENG}}
| result = New Zealand won by 147 runs
| rain =
}}
Preliminary Final – winner to final, loser knocked out
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 28 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
| score1 = 131
| score2 = 42
| team2 = New Zealand {{flagicon|NZ}}
| result = Australia won by 89 runs
| rain =
}}
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.
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 29 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
| score1 = 74
| score2 = 51
| team2 = South Africa {{flagicon|RSA}}
| result = Australia won by 23 runs
| rain =
}}
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.
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 29 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|ENG}} England
| score1 = 101
| score2 = 21
| team2 = France {{flagicon|FRA}}
| result = England won by 80 runs
| rain =
}}
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.
{{Limited Overs Matches
| date = 29 September 2007
| team1 = {{flagicon|AUS}} Australia
| score1 = 138
| score2 = 39
| team2 = South Africa {{flagicon|RSA}}
| result = Australia won by 49 runs
| rain =
}}
Player of the tournament
Nineteen year old Lee Irwin of Australia was awarded player of the tournament.