Official 2007 Cricket World Cup Thread

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As you all know, this year's World Cup is being played in the West Indies and consists of 16 teams split into 4 groups. After a series of matches, the top two ranked teams in each group moved forward to the Super Eights to compete further. After these series of matches, the top four ranked teams move into the semi final and then the top two into the final.

Below are the 16 teams competing and their allocated groups (source: aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/W...07_groups.html):

GROUP A:
Venue - Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts
Australia
Netherlands
Scotland
South Africa

GROUP B:
Venue - Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Bangledesh
Bermuda
India
Sri Lanka

GROUP C:
Venue - Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
Canada
England
Kenya
New Zealand

GROUP D:
Venue - Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
Ireland
Pakistan
West Indies
Zimbabwe
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Here is the list of warm up matches (source: content-aus.cricinfo.com/wc20...plate=schedule):

Mon 5 Bermuda v England
Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincent

Mon 5 Ireland v South Africa
Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground, St Augustine, Trinidad

Mon 5 Scotland v Sri Lanka
Three Ws Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

Mon 5 Kenya v West Indies
Trelawny Stadium, Jamaica

Tue 6 Australia v Zimbabwe
Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincent

Tue 6 Bangladesh v New Zealand
Three Ws Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

Tue 6 Canada v Pakistan
Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground, St Augustine, Trinidad

Tue 6 India v Netherlands
Trelawny Stadium, Jamaica

Thu 8 Bangladesh v Scotland
Three Ws Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

Thu 8 Bermuda v Zimbabwe
Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincent

Thu 8 Canada v Ireland
Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground, St Augustine, Trinidad

Thu 8 Kenya v Netherlands
Trelawny Stadium, Jamaica

Fri 9 New Zealand v Sri Lanka
Three Ws Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

Fri 9 Pakistan v South Africa
Sir Frank Worrell Memorial Ground, St Augustine, Trinidad

Fri 9 Australia v England
Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincent

Fri 9 India v West Indies
Trelawny Stadium, Jamaica
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And finally the World Cup matches (source: content-aus.cricinfo.com/wc20...plate=schedule):

Group Matches:
Tue 13 1st Match, Group D - West Indies v Pakistan
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

Wed 14 2nd Match, Group A - Australia v Scotland
Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts

Wed 14 3rd Match, Group C - Canada v Kenya
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia

Thu 15 4th Match, Group B - Bermuda v Sri Lanka
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

Thu 15 5th Match, Group D - Ireland v Zimbabwe
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

Fri 16 6th Match, Group A - Netherlands v South Africa
Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts

Fri 16 7th Match, Group C - England v New Zealand
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia

Sat 17 8th Match, Group B - Bangladesh v India
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

Sat 17 9th Match, Group D - Ireland v Pakistan
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

Sun 18 10th Match, Group A - Australia v Netherlands
Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts

Sun 18 11th Match, Group C - Canada v England
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia

Mon 19 12th Match, Group B - Bermuda v India
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

Mon 19 13th Match, Group D - West Indies v Zimbabwe
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

Tue 20 14th Match, Group A - Scotland v South Africa
Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts

Tue 20 15th Match, Group C - Kenya v New Zealand
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia

Wed 21 16th Match, Group B - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

Wed 21 17th Match, Group D - Pakistan v Zimbabwe
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

Thu 22 18th Match, Group A - Netherlands v Scotland
Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts

Thu 22 19th Match, Group C - Canada v New Zealand
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia

Fri 23 20th Match, Group B - India v Sri Lanka
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

Fri 23 21st Match, Group D - Ireland v West Indies
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica

Sat 24 22nd Match, Group A - Australia v South Africa
Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts

Sat 24 23rd Match, Group C - England v Kenya
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia

Sun 25 24th Match, Group B - Bangladesh v Bermuda
Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad

Super Eights:
Tue 27 25th Match, Super Eights - TBC v TBC
Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua
D2 v A1

Wed 28 26th Match, Super Eights - TBC v TBC
Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana
A2 v B1

Thu 29 27th Match, Super Eights - TBC v TBC
Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua
D2 v C1

Fri 30 28th Match, Super Eights - TBC v TBC
Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana
D1 v C2

Sat 31 29th Match, Super Eights - TBC v TBC
Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua
A1 v B2

Sun 1 April 30th Match, Super Eights - TBC v TBC
Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana
D2 v B1

Mon 2 31th Match, Super Eights - TBC v TBC
Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua
B2 v C1

Tue 3 32th Match, Super Eights - TBC v TBC
Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana
D1 v A2

Wed 4 33th Match, Super Eights - TBC v TBC
Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua
C2 v B1

Sat 7 34th Match, Super Eights - TBC v TBC
Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana
B2 v A2

Sun 8 35th Match, Super Eights - TBC v TBC
Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua
A1 v C2

Mon 9 36th Match, Super Eights - TBC v TBC
Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana
D1 v C1

Tue 10 37th Match, Super Eights - TBC v TBC
National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada
D2 v A2

Wed 11 38th Match, Super Eights - TBC v TBC
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
C2 v B2

Thu 12 39th Match, Super Eights - TBC v TBC
National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada
B1 v C1

Fri 13 40th Match, Super Eights - TBC v TBC
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
A1 v D1

Sat 14 41th Match, Super Eights - TBC v TBC
National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada
A2 v C1

Sun 15 42th Match, Super Eights - TBC v TBC
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
B2 v D1

Mon 16 43th Match, Super Eights - TBC v TBC
National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada
A1 v B1

Tue 17 44th Match, Super Eights - TBC v TBC
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
A2 v C2

Wed 18 45th Match, Super Eights - TBC v TBC
National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada
D1 v B1

Thu 19 46th Match, Super Eights - TBC v TBC
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
D2 v B2

Fri 20 47th Match, Super Eights - TBC v TBC
National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada
A1 v C1

Sat 21 48th Match, Super Eights - TBC v TBC
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
D2 v C2

Semi Final:
Tue 24 1st Semi Final - TBC v TBC
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica
2 v 3

Wed 25 2nd Semi Final - TBC v TBC
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia
1 v 4

Final:
Sat 28 Final - TBC v TBC
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados

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Any early predictions or thoughts?

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