2007 in cricket

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January

* January 3 - Leg-spin bowler Shane Warne picks up his 1000th international wicket to end the England innings in the last game of the 2006-07 Ashes series trapping Monty Panesar lbw for a duck.

* January 6 - Australian cricketers Shane Warne and Justin Langer retire from international cricket, also Glenn McGrath retires from Test Cricket but will continue to play one day internationals.

* January 9 - Australia broke the World Record for the most runs scored in an international Twenty20 match by scoring 221 runs against England.

February

*February 9 - England win the first game in the three match final of the Commonwealth Bank Series.
*February 11 - England beat Australia in the second match of the Commonwealth Bank Series, winning the final 2-0.
*February 12 - Ireland qualify for the final of the ICC Intercontinental Cup against Canada.
*February 16 - Australia lose to New Zealand by a record margin of ten wickets in the first of a three match One Day International series.
*February 18 - Australia lose their first position in the ICC ODI rankings to South Africa.
*February 20 - New Zealand complete a 3-0 whitewash over Australia in the ODI series.
*February 28 - Darren Gough returns to Yorkshire as Captain after three years with Essex.

March

*March 11 - The 9th Cricket World Cup begins with the opening ceremony in Jamaica.
*March 13 - The first game of the World Cup sees the hosts, the West Indies defeat Pakistan by 54 runs.
*March 15 - In their first World Cup match, Ireland take part in only the third tied game in the history of the tournament when they tie their match with Zimbabwe.
*March 16 - Herschelle Gibbs hits six sixes in a single over playing for South Africa against The Netherlands.
*March 17 - Ireland go one better than their first game, defeating Pakistan by three wickets. On the same day, Bangladesh defeat India, both creating two sensational upsets in ODI history.
*March 18 - Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer is found unconscious in his hotel. He later dies in hospital. England vice-captain Andrew Flintoff is removed from his position and dropped for their game against Canada. Canada score their highest World Cup total, 228-7 after 50 overs, in the game.
*March 23 - Tasmania win their first ever Pura Cup defeating New South Wales in the final in Hobart.
*March 25 - Bangladesh defeat Bermuda to knock India out of the World Cup.
*March 27 - Alexander Downer, the Australian Foreign Minister, states that the Australian Government may be prepared to assist Cricket Australia financially should they be fined by the ICC by deciding not to go ahead with the planned tour of Zimbabwe in September.
*March 28 - Lasith Malinga becomes the first player to take four wickets in consecutive deliveries in an ODI.
*March 31 - Glenn McGrath becomes the leading wicket taker in World Cup history by taking his tally to 57 in Australia's Super 8 victory over Bangladesh.

April

*April 4 - Greg Chappell resigns as the coach of India following their elimination from the World Cup.
*April 6 - It is announced that the first match to be staged at the Galle International Stadium after the completion of the rebuilding work following the 2004 Tsunami will be the 1st Test Match between Sri Lanka and England in December.
*April 7 - Bangladesh amass their highest ever ODI score of 251-8 in defeating South Africa in the Super 8 stage of the World Cup.
*April 13 - Cricket Kenya announces that they will field a team in the 2007 Logan Cup, to be named "Kenya Select".
*April 15 - Ireland achieve their second win of the World Cup by beating Bangladesh by 74 runs in Barbados. This promotes Ireland to the main table of the ICC ODI Championship.
*April 17 - The final of the 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup between Ireland and Canada will take place at Grace Road between May 22 and 25.
*April 18 - The line up for the Semi-Finals of the World Cup is completed when South Africa defeat England. The Semi-finals will feature Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and South Africa.
*April 19 - Duncan Fletcher announces he will step down as the coach of England after their final Super 8 game against the West Indies.
*April 20 - Peter Moores is appointed as the new coach of England. Shoaib Malik becomes the new captain of Pakistan, replacing Inzamam-ul-Haq. Dav Whatmore announces he will step down as coach of Bangladesh following their home series against India in May.
*April 21 - Brian Lara retires from international cricket following the West Indies final Super 8 game against England.
*April 24 - Stephen Fleming steps down as One-Day captain of New Zealand following their World Cup Semi-final defeat against Sri Lanka. Graeme Smith, the captain of South Africa is named as captain of the African XI to take part in the 2007 Afro-Asia Cup. Steve Tikolo, the captain of Kenya, is named as vice-captain. The African squad includes nine South Africans, four Kenyans and two Zimbabweans.
*April 25 - Arthur Milton, the last man to play international cricket and international football for England, dies aged 79 in Bristol.
*April 27 - The ICC announces a change to the format of the ICC Intercontinental Cup for 2007-08. The separate groups have been replaced with a single group of eight teams, all of whom play each other in a round robin over the two years of the competition.
*April 28 - Australia win their third successive World Cup, beating Sri Lanka in the final in Barbados. Paul-Jan Bakker is appointed coach of The Netherlands.

May

*May 1 - Ramnaresh Sarwan is appointed as captain of the West Indies in succession to Brian Lara.
*May 2 - Mike Brearley is appointed as the new President of the MCC, with his one year term due to start on October 1.
*May 10 - Graeme Smith pulls out of the Afro-Asia Cup in order to undergo foot surgery. Justin Kemp is called in as his replacement as captain. Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Hall, Jacques Kallis and Makhaya Ntini also withdrew from the ODI squad. Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel and Boeta Dippenaar are called up as replacements.
*May 22 - Sri Lanka win the final match of the Abu Dhabi Series, but lose the series 2-1 to Pakistan.
*May 23 - Ireland defeat Canada in the final of the 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup, with opener Jeremy Bray scoring 146 on the way to an innings and 115 run win.
*May 28 - Sachin Tendulkar, Shoaib Akhtar, Chaminda Vaas and Lasith Malinga all opt out of the Asian XI ODI squad for the Afro-Asia Cup. Sourav Ganguly, Dilhara Fernando, Mashrafe Mortaza and Zaheer Khan are named as replacements. England complete an innings and 283 run victory over the West Indies with a day to spare, the heaviest defeat suffered by the West Indies in Test history.
*May 29 - India complete a 1-0 Test series win over Bangladesh. Newly appointed West Indies captain Ramnaresh Sarwan is ruled out of the remainder of their tour of England following a shoulder injury inflicted during the second Test at Headlingley. Daren Ganga replaces him on a temporary basis.

June

*June 2 - Uganda win the 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Three, beating surprise finalists Argentina by 91 runs.
*June 7 - Cricket South Africa president Ray Mali is named as acting president of the ICC following the death of Percy Sonn, to serve until the ICC's annual conference in 2008.
*June 9 - The Asian XI secure the Afro-Asian Cup following their win in the 2nd ODI at Chennai.
*June 10 - Mahendra Singh Dhoni's unbeaten 139 helps the Asian XI to a 13 run win over the African XI, to complete a 3-0 whitewash.
*June 13 - The Semi-Final places of the Friends Provident Trophy are decided, with the Durham Dynamos and Hampshire Hawks topping the North and South Conferences respectively. For doing so, they earned home ties against runners up Warwickshire Bears (to play against Hampshire) and Essex Eagles (to play against Durham) to be played on June 20.

Test match series

*England in Australia (5 Tests, November 2006-January) - Australia win series 5-0
*India in South Africa (3 Tests, December 2006-January) - South Africa win series 2-1
*Sri Lanka in New Zealand (2 Tests, December 2006-January) - Series Drawn 1-1
*Pakistan in South Africa (3 Tests, January) - South Africa win series 2-1
*India in Bangladesh (2 Tests, May) - India win series 1-0
*West Indies in England (4 Tests, May-June) - England win series 3-0
*Bangladesh in Sri Lanka (2 Tests, June-July)
*India in England (3 Tests, July-August)
*South Africa in Pakistan (2 Tests, September-October)
*Sri Lanka in Australia (2 Tests, November)
*New Zealand in South Africa (2 Tests, November-December)
*West Indies in Zimbabwe (2 Tests, November-December)
*England in Sri Lanka (3 Tests, November-December)
*Pakistan in India (3 Tests, November-December)
*India in Australia (4 Tests, December-January 2008)
*West Indies in South Africa (4 Tests, December-January 2008)

Deaths

* January 9 - Ken Cranston, 89, English Test cricketer (1947–48).
* March 16 - Manjural Islam Rana, 22 Bangladeshi Test cricketer (2003-05).
* March 18 - Bob Woolmer, 58, English Test cricketer (1975-81), coach of the South African cricket team (1994-1999), Pakistani cricket team (2004-2007).
* April 25 - Arthur Milton, 79, English Test cricketer (1958-59)
* April 29 - Dick Motz, 67, New Zealand Test cricketer (1961-69)
* April 30 - Tom Cartwright, 71, English Test cricketer (1964-65).
* May 25 - Bill Johnston, 85, Australian Test cricketer (1947-55).
* May 27 - Percy Sonn, 57, South African President of the ICC (2006-07).

ee also

* "International Cricket": International cricket in 2006-07, International cricket in 2007, International cricket in 2007-08
* 2005 in cricket
* 2006 in cricket