The Ninth Cricket World Cup was played in 2007 in West Indies. Super Eight stage was introduced in this tournament and the top 4 teams of the super 8 stage went on to play the semi-finals. New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Australia, and South Africa qualified for the 2007 cricket world cup semi-finals.
1st Semi final Cricket World Cup 2007:
1. The first semi-final of the 2007 Cricket World Cup was played on 24th April 2007. Sri Lankan cricket team faced New Zealand in this first semi-final.
2. Sri Lanka Scored 289 runs. Upal Tharanga scored 73 runs and Jayawardene scored 115 runs.
3. New Zealand cricket team was all out for 208 runs. PG Fulton scored 49 runs and SB Styris scored 37 runs.
4. Muttiah Muralitharan took 4 wickets for Sri Lanka.
5. DPMD Jayawardene was declared Man of the Match in the semifinal of cricket world cup 2007.
2nd Semifinal Cricket World Cup 2007:
1. The second semi-final of the 2007 Cricket World Cup was played on 25th April 2007. Australia faced South Africa in the semi-final of the Ninth Cricket World Cup.
2. South African cricket team scored 149 runs in total. HH Gibbs scored 39 runs and JM Kemp scored 49 runs.
3. SW Tait took 4 wickets and GD McGrath took 3 wickets for Australia.
4. Australia won the match by 7 wickets with 111 balls remaining.
5. MJ Clarke scored 60 runs and ML Hayden scored 41 runs for Australia.
6. Glenn McGrath was declared Man of the Match.
7. The Final of the 2007 Cricket World Cup was played between Sri Lanka and Australia.
Final-Cricket World Cup 2007
The Ninth World Cup of Cricket was played in the West Indies and Australia faced Sri Lanka in the final of the 2007 Cricket World Cup. The defending champions Australian walked the ground with immense confidence and won the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
