- DLF Cup 2006–07
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The DLF Cup 2006–07 is a triangular One Day International cricket tournament involving Australia, India, and West Indies. Australia defeated West Indies by 127 runs in the final to lift the trophy, winning three of their five games in the tournament.
Brett Lee was declared Player of the Series for his outstanding contribution with the ball.
All the games were played at the Kinrara Academy Oval in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between 12 September and 24 September 2006.
Tournament Structure
The sides played each other in a double round robin, meaning that each side play four matches, for a total of six matches. The top 2 teams at the end of the round-robin stage played each other in a one-off final, which was played on September 24, 2006.
Schedule
No. Date Team 1 Team 2 Venue 1 12 September AUS WI Kinrara Academy Oval 2 14 September IND WI Kinrara Academy Oval 3 16 September AUS IND Kinrara Academy Oval 4 18 September AUS WI Kinrara Academy Oval 5 20 September IND WI Kinrara Academy Oval 6 22 September AUS IND Kinrara Academy Oval Final 24 September AUS WI Kinrara Academy Oval Group Stage Table
DLF Cup 2006 Pos Team Pld W NR L BP Pts NRR 1 
Australia4 2 1 1 1 11 +0.553 2 West Indies 4 2 - 2 1 9 -0.305 3 
India4 1 1 2 - 6 -0.258 Squads
Match Summary
1st Match: Australia v West Indies, 12 September
Australia
279/9 (50 overs)v West Indies
201 (34.3 overs)Australia won by 78 runs[9]
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and AL Hill (NZ)
Player of the match: SR Watson (Aus)MJ Clarke 81 (79)
JE Taylor 10-0-59-3S Chanderpaul 92 (83)
SR Watson 8-0-43-4Shane Watson's four wickets were a factor when West Indies went "a position of dominance to crash to a 78-run defeat" against an experimental Australian side, according to the BBC match report.[10] Phil Jaques fell for a 10-ball two, bowled by Fidel Edwards, before Simon Katich put on a stand of 98 with Ricky Ponting. When both were dismissed by Ian Bradshaw, Michael Clarke entered to hit 81 off 79 balls, before the last four partnerships contributed 21 runs and sent Australia for 279 for nine.
Replying, Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit 92 with four sixes and ten fours, and shared an opening stand of 136 with Chris Gayle. In the 24th over, West Indies required 108 to win and had nine wickets in hand; from there on, four men were caught behind by Brad Haddin, and West Indies lost nine wickets for 29 runs. From Lara at No. 4 to Edwards at No. 11, the batsmen contributed 15 runs, Bravo making eight of those. The collapse was described by Cricinfo editor Dileep Pramachandran as one "that made a house of cards look sturdy."[11]
Australia captain Ricky Ponting was fined his entire match fee after "showing dissent at an umpire's decision", his second such offense in five months, after Asad Rauf called a wide in the 33rd over of West Indies' innings.[12]
2nd Match: India v West Indies, 14 September
India309/5 (50 overs) West Indies won by 29 runs (D/L)[13] SR Tendulkar 141* (148)
JE Taylor 3/64Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and MR Benson (Eng)
Man of the Match: SR Tendulkar (Ind)West Indies 141/2 (20 overs) India won the toss, and chose to bat. Sachin Tendulkar, who played his first completed official international since March 2006, carried his bat to 141 not out, and put on stands with Rahul Dravid and Irfan Pathan to lead India to 200 for one. Pathan got out to Chris Gayle, and Jerome Taylor picked up three wickets, on a pitch where "grubbers...accounted for three of the batsmen". Match referee Chris Broad said that a small depression in the pitch had developed, and the organisers were forced to change their pitch rotation.[14] India batted out their 50 overs, though, with Tendulkar hitting four sixes after he reached his hundred, and the fifth-wicket stand between him and Suresh Raina worth 58 runs.
When West Indies batted, they scored even quicker, helped by 26 extras conceded in 20 overs. Chris Gayle struck 45 from 35 deliveries before being caught behind off Munaf Patel, and Patel and Ajit Agarkar were the only Indian bowlers to concede less than seven an over. With West Indies' at 141 for two, requiring 170 to win in the next 30 overs, rain stopped play at 8:35pm local time, and the players never returned.
3rd Match: Australia v India, 16 September
Australia244 (49.2 overs) No result[15] Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Umpires: MR Benson (Eng) and AL Hill (NZ)
Man of the Match: No award India35/5 (8 overs) SR Tendulkar 12 (17)
MG Johnson 4/11 [4]Australia batted first, with Shane Watson and Phil Jaques adding 64 in the first 10 overs. Watson fell for 79, having led Australia to 157 for four, and Michael Clarke scored his 64 at a much slower strike rate of 68. With no one below Clarke passing 20, Australia were bowled out for 244, Ajit Agarkar claiming two men caught behind and Munaf Patel taking three wickets in his ten overs. All batsmen were caught, save for Brad Haddin, who was run out.
The reply was interrupted twice by rain: India returned at 16 for nought in the fifth over, then lost five wickets in 18 balls, with Mitchell Johnson responsible for four of them in his seventh One-day International. The fifth was a run out. Then rain intervened again, and the game was called off as a no result.
4th Match: Australia v West Indies, 18 September
Australia
272/6 (50 overs)v West Indies
273/7 (47.2 overs)West Indies won by 3 wickets[16]
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and AL Hill (NZ)
Player of the match: MEK Hussey (AUS)MEK Hussey 109* (90)
IDR Bradshaw 10-0-35-2BC Lara 87 (80)
B Lee 10-0-46-3West Indies beat Australia by 3 wickets to book a place in the DLF Cup final. Michael Hussey led the Australian team for the first time in the absence of Ricky Ponting. Australia batted first and scored 272/6 in 50 overs. Opener Matthew Hayden scored 49 runs from 77 balls while Hussey scored a brisk 109 off just 90 balls and Brad Haddin scored 70 runs off 77 balls. Hussey and Haddin added 165 together, a world record for the sixth wicket in ODIs. [17] Ian Bradshaw was the pick of the West Indies bowlers claiming 2 wickets for 35 runs.
West Indies chase got off to a slow start and they were 44/2 by the end of 12th over when Brian Lara walked to the crease. Chris Gayle and Brian Lara then put on a 151 run partnership at a rate of close to 7.8 runs per over and set the stage for the chase. Gayle scored 79 while Lara scored a match-winning 87 off 80 balls. Lara fell with West Indies still needing 31 off 9.4 overs. 3 quick wickets followed Lara's dismissal leaving West Indies at 255/7 in 43.4 overs. However Dwayne Bravo and Carlton Baugh played sensibly and guided West Indies to a 3 wicket win with 16 balls to spare.
5th Match: India v West Indies, 20 September
India
162 (39.3 overs)v West Indies
146 (41 overs)India won by 16 runs [18]
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Umpires: MR Benson (ENG) and AL Hill (NZL)
Player of the match: H Singh (IND)SR Tendulkar 65 (102)
DR Smith 10-2-31-4BC Lara 40* (48)
H Singh 8-0-35-3Rahul Dravid won the toss and decided to bat first. The decision soon backfired when Dwayne Smith removed Dravid in the very first over of the game. Sehwag's bad form continued as he dismissed for 1 by Smith leaving India at 6/2. When Dhoni fell, India were struggling at 69/5. Dwayne Bravo picked up the first four Indian wickets to fall. Harbhajan Singh and Sachin Tendulkar then put on a 87 run partnership. Harbhajan scored 37 while Sachin Tendulkar scored 65. India were eventually bowled out for 162 inside 40 overs.
West Indies got off to a decent start with the openers putting on a 44 runs stand. Wickets then fell regularly and West Indies were bowled out for 146. Agarkar, Munaf Patel and Sreesanth picked two wickets each, while Harbhajan Singh picked up three wickets towards the end. Harbhajan Singh was declared the Man of the Match for his contributions with the bat as well as the ball.
The next game between India and Australia would decide the team that would go through to the finals.
6th Match: Australia v India, 22 September
Australia
213 (48.1 overs)v India
195 (43.5 overs)Australia won by 18 runs[19]
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Umpires: A Rauf (Pak) and MR Benson (ENG)
Player of the match: B Lee (AUS)ML Hayden 54 (66)
R. P. Singh 9.1-1-43-2D Mongia 63* (90)
B Lee 8.5-0-38-5Final: Australia v West Indies, 24 September
Australia
240/6 (50 overs)v West Indies
113 (34.2 overs)Australia won by 127 runs[20]
Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Umpires: A Rauf (Pak) and MR Benson (ENG)
Player of the match: B Lee (Aus)A Symonds 52 (59)
RR Sarwan 4-0-21-2RR Sarwan 36 (64)
B Lee 8.2-0-24-4Australia defeated West Indies by 127 runs to lift the DLF Cup. Ricky Ponting won the toss and decided to bat first. Shane Watson was the first wicket to fall for Australia. He scored 18. Skipper Ricky Ponting soon followed making 6, before Damien Martyn and Andrew Symonds scored 52 each. Michael Hussey hit a 24-ball 30 to take Australia to 240 in 50 overs. Ian Bradshaw was the pick of the West Indian bowlers with figures of two for 30 from his 10 overs.
West Indies had a horrible start to their innings losing Chris Gayle to the very first ball. Runako Morton made a 31-ball duck, the slowest ever duck in One Day Internationals.[21] West Indies lost wickets at regular intervals and were 56 for six at one stage. Ramnaresh Sarwan and Dwayne Smith scored 30's while rest of the batsmen barring Shivnarine Chanderpaul got one-digit scores.
Brett Lee was declared Man of the Match for his four wickets.
Notes
- ^ Australian Squad, from Cricinfo
- ^ Australia announce 18-man squad for Malaysia Cricinfo
- ^ Slow-starter Johnson hits his straps, by Dileep Premachandran, Cricinfo, 17 September 2006
- ^ India Squad, retrieved from Cricinfo
- ^ India announce squad for Malaysian Series and Champions Trophy, from Cricinfo
- ^ West Indies Squad, retrieved from Cricinfo
- ^ Tri-series scheduled for Singapore and Malaysia, from Cricinfo, retrieved 31 July 2006
- ^ Windies contract dispute settled, from BBC, retrieved 19 August 2006
- ^ Cricinfo - 1st Match: Australia v West Indies at Kinrara, Sep 12, 2006, from Cricinfo, retrieved 12 September 2006
- ^ Match Report, retrieved from BBC, from 12 September 2006
- ^ Flattering to deceive, by Dileep Pramachandran, Cricinfo, retrieved 12 September 2006
- ^ Ponting fined for showing dissent, from Cricinfo, retrieved 12 September 2006
- ^ Cricinfo - 2nd Match: India v West Indies at Kinrara, Sep 14, 2006, from Cricinfo, retrieved 14 September 2006
- ^ Broad clarifies fault in pitch, by Dileep Premachandran, Cricinfo, retrieved 14 September 2006
- ^ Cricinfo - 3rd Match: Australia v India at Kinrara, Sep 16, 2006, from Cricinfo, retrieved 17 September 2006
- ^ Cricinfo - 4th Match: Australia v West Indies at Kinrara, Sep 18, 2006, from Cricinfo, retrieved 18 September 2006
- ^ "Highest Partnership for Each Wicket in ODIs". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Records/Odis/Overall/Highest_Partnerships.html. Retrieved 2006-10-02.
- ^ Cricinfo - 5th Match: India v West Indies at Kinrara, Sep 20, 2006, from Cricinfo, retrieved 20 September 2006
- ^ Cricinfo - 6th Match: Australia v India at Kinrara, Sep 22, 2006, from Cricinfo, retrieved 22 September 2006
- ^ Cricinfo - Final Match: Australia v West Indies at Kinrara, Sep 24, 2006, from Cricinfo, retrieved 24 September 2006
- ^ Morton's Morton makes the record books ... for the wrong reason from Cricinfo, retrieved 24 September 2006
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