# International cricket in 2007

The 2007 international cricket season was between April and September 2007.

## Season overview

International tours :
| Start date | Home team | Away team | Results [Matches] | Results [Matches] | Results [Matches] |
| Start date | Home team | Away team | Test | ODI | T20I |
| 10 May 2007 | Bangladesh | India | 0–1 [2] | 0–2 [3] | — |
| 17 May 2007 | England | West Indies | 3–0 [4] | 1–2 [3] | 1–1 [2] |
| 25 June 2007 | Sri Lanka | Bangladesh | 3–0 [3] | 3–0 [3] | — |
| 1 July 2007 | Scotland | Pakistan | — | 0–0 [1] | — |
| 19 July 2007 | England | India | 0–1 [3] | 4–3 [7] | — |
| 16 August 2007 | Scotland | India | — | 0–1 [1] | — |
| 22 August 2007 | Zimbabwe | South Africa | — | 0–3 [3] | — |
| Other international series ||||||
| Start date | Series | Series | Series | Winners | Winners |
| 18 May 2007 | Abu Dhabi Series | Abu Dhabi Series | Abu Dhabi Series | Pakistan | Pakistan |
| 5 June 2007 | Afro-Asia Cup | Afro-Asia Cup | Afro-Asia Cup | Asia XI | Asia XI |
| 23 June 2007 | Future Cup | Future Cup | Future Cup | India | India |
| 3 July 2007 | Future Friendship Cup | Future Friendship Cup | Future Friendship Cup | N/A | N/A |
| 10 July 2007 | Quadrangular Series | Quadrangular Series | Quadrangular Series | West Indies | West Indies |
| Minor tours ||||||
| Start date | Home team | Away team | Results [Matches] | Results [Matches] | Results [Matches] |
| Start date | Home team | Away team | First-class | First-class | ODI |
| 28 June 2007 | Canada | Netherlands | 0–1 [1] | 0–1 [1] | 0–1 [2] |
| 13 August 2007 | Netherlands | Bermuda | 1–0 [1] | 1–0 [1] | 2–0 [2] |
| Minor tournaments ||||||
| Start date | Tournament | Tournament | Tournament | Winners | Winners |
| 27 May 2007 | ICC World Cricket League Division Three | ICC World Cricket League Division Three | ICC World Cricket League Division Three | Uganda | Uganda |

## Pre-season rankings

ICC Test Championship 28 January 2007 :
| Rank | Team | Matches | Points | Rating |
| 1 | Australia | 43 | 5807 | 135 |
| 2 | England | 47 | 5344 | 114 |
| 3 | Pakistan | 38 | 4092 | 108 |
| 4 | India | 38 | 4056 | 107 |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | 36 | 3686 | 102 |
| 5 | South Africa | 42 | 4274 | 102 |
| 7 | New Zealand | 28 | 2602 | 93 |
| 8 | West Indies | 33 | 2378 | 72 |
| 9 | Zimbabwe | 15 | 415 | 28 |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 22 | 48 | 2 |
| Reference: ICC, 28 January 2007 |||||
ICC ODI Championship 29 April 2007 :
| Rank | Team | Matches | Points | Rating |
| 1 | Australia | 54 | 7038 | 130 |
| 2 | South Africa | 43 | 5313 | 124 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 45 | 5103 | 113 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 53 | 5879 | 111 |
| 5 | Pakistan | 36 | 5450 | 110 |
| 6 | India | 50 | 5320 | 95 |
| 7 | England | 43 | 4457 | 104 |
| 8 | West Indies | 47 | 4666 | 99 |
| 9 | Bangladesh | 42 | 1892 | 45 |
| 10 | Ireland | 11 | 317 | 29 |
| 11 | Zimbabwe | 36 | 779 | 22 |
| 12 | Kenya | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Reference: ICC, 29 April 2007 |||||

## May
### India in Bangladesh

| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| ODI series ||||||
| ODI 2582 | 10 May | Habibul Bashar | Rahul Dravid | Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | India by 5 wickets |
| ODI 2583 | 12 May | Habibul Bashar | Rahul Dravid | Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | India by 46 runs |
| ODI 2583a | 15 May | Habibul Bashar | Rahul Dravid | Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium, Chittagong | Match abandoned |
| Test series ||||||
| Test 1832 | 18–22 May | Habibul Bashar | Rahul Dravid | Bir Shrestha Shahid Ruhul Amin Stadium, Chittagong | Match drawn |
| Test 1833 | 25–29 May | Habibul Bashar | Rahul Dravid | Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka | India by an innings and 239 runs |

### West Indies in England

| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| Test series ||||||
| Test 1831 | 17–21 May | Andrew Strauss | Ramnaresh Sarwan | Lord's, London | Match drawn |
| Test 1834 | 25–29 May | Michael Vaughan | Ramnaresh Sarwan | Headingley, Leeds | England by an innings and 283 runs |
| Test 1835 | 7–11 June | Michael Vaughan | Daren Ganga | Old Trafford, Manchester | England by 60 runs |
| Test 1836 | 15–19 June | Michael Vaughan | Daren Ganga | Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street | England by 7 wickets |
| T20I series ||||||
| T20I 15 | 28 June | Paul Collingwood | Chris Gayle | The Oval, London | West Indies by 15 runs |
| T20I 16 | 29 June | Paul Collingwood | Chris Gayle | The Oval London | England by 5 wickets |
| ODI series ||||||
| ODI 2594 | 1 July | Paul Collingwood | Chris Gayle | Lord's, London | England by 79 runs |
| ODI 2597 | 4 July | Paul Collingwood | Chris Gayle | Edgbaston, Birmingham | West Indies by 61 runs |
| ODI 2598 | 7 July | Paul Collingwood | Chris Gayle | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | West Indies by 93 runs |

### Abu Dhabi Series

| No. | Date | Sri Lanka captain | Pakistan captain | Venue | Result |
| ODI series ||||||
| ODI 2584 | 18 May | Mahela Jayawardene | Shoaib Malik | Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | Pakistan by 5 wickets |
| ODI 2585 | 20 May | Mahela Jayawardene | Shoaib Malik | Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | Pakistan by 98 runs |
| ODI 2586 | 22 May | Mahela Jayawardene | Shoaib Malik | Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi | Sri Lanka by 115 runs |

### World Cricket League Division Three
#### Group stage

27–6 May June in Darwin, Australia.
Group A :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.200 |
| 2 | Papua New Guinea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.176 |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.139 |
| 4 | Fiji | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.361 |
Group B :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Uganda | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1.493 |
| 2 | Cayman Islands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1.030 |
| 3 | Tanzania | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.767 |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.926 |
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Team 2 | Venue | Result |
| Match 1 | 27 May | Papua New Guinea | Fiji | Power Park, Darwin | Papua New Guinea by 1 wicket |
| Match 2 | 27 May | Italy | Argentina | Gardens Oval, Darwin | Italy by 1 run |
| Match 3 | 27 May | Uganda | Hong Kong | Kahlin Oval, Darwin | Uganda by 90 runs |
| Match 4 | 27 May | Cayman Islands | Tanzania | Tracy Village, Darwin | Cayman Islands by 10 wickets |
| Match 5 | 28 May | Papua New Guinea | Argentina | Gardens Oval, Darwin | Argentina by 5 wickets |
| Match 6 | 28 May | Fiji | Italy | Marrara Oval No. 1, Darwin | Italy by 37 runs |
| Match 7 | 28 May | Uganda | Tanzania | Nightcliff Oval, Darwin | Uganda by 4 wickets |
| Match 8 | 28 May | Hong Kong | Cayman Islands | Power Park, Darwin | Cayman Islands by 8 wickets |
| Match 9 | 30 May | Papua New Guinea | Italy | Nightcliff Oval, Darwin | Papua New Guinea by 8 wickets |
| Match 10 | 30 May | Fiji | Argentina | Kahlin Oval, Darwin | Argentina by 10 wickets |
| Match 11 | 30 May | Uganda | Cayman Islands | Marrara Oval No. 1, Darwin | Uganda by 26 runs |
| Match 12 | 30 May | Hong Kong | Tanzania | Tracy Village, Darwin | Tanzania by 5 wickets |

#### Plate Championship

| No. | Date | Team 1 | Team 2 | Venue | Result |
| Plate Semi–Finals ||||||
| P SF1 | 31 May | Italy | Hong Kong | Tracy Village, Darwin | Hong Kong by 49 runs |
| P SF2 | 31 May | Fiji | Tanzania | Marrara Oval No. 1, Darwin | Tanzania by 3 wickets |
| Plate seventh place playoff ||||||
| 7th place | 2 June | Italy | Fiji | Nightcliff Oval, Darwin | Italy by 6 wickets |
| Plate Final ||||||
| 5th place | 2 June | Hong Kong | Tanzania | Power Park Darwin | Hong Kong by 129 runs |

#### Championship

| No. | Date | Team 1 | Team 2 | Venue | Result |
| Semi-Finals ||||||
| SF1 | 31 May | Argentina | Cayman Islands | Gardens Oval, Darwin | Argentina by 4 wickets |
| SF2 | 31 May | Papua New Guinea | Uganda | Kahlin Oval, Darwin | Uganda by 1 wicket |
| Third place playoff ||||||
| 3rd place | 2 June | Papua New Guinea | Cayman Islands | Marrara Oval No. 1, Darwin | Papua New Guinea by 23 runs |
| Final ||||||
| Final | 2 June | Argentina | Uganda | Gardens Oval, Darwin | Uganda by 91 runs |

## June
### Australian in Zimbabwe

The Australian team were due to play 3 ODIs in Zimbabwe, but the tour was cancelled in mid-May by their government following John Howard's order. Howard proclaimed the tour going ahead would be an "enormous propaganda boost" to Robert Mugabe. Cricket Australia was considering the option of holding the planned matches in a neutral location, but the Zimbabwean government quickly ruled out the possibility of the matches being played outside of Zimbabwe. On 15 May, the tour was officially cancelled.

### Afro-Asia Cup

| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| T20 ||||||
| T20 | 5 June | Shoaib Malik | Tanmay Mishra | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | Asia by 6 wickets |
| ODI series ||||||
| ODI 2587 | 6 June | Mahela Jayawardene | Justin Kemp | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | Asia by 34 runs |
| ODI 2588 | 9 June | Mahela Jayawardene | Justin Kemp | M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | Asia by 31 runs |
| ODI 2589 | 10 June | Mahela Jayawardene | Justin Kemp | M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai | Asia by 13 runs |

### Future Cup

| No. | Date | Team 1 | Team 2 | Venue | Result |
| ODI series ||||||
| ODI 2590 | 23 June | Ireland | India | Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast | India by 9 wickets |
| ODI 2591 | 24 June | Ireland | South Africa | Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast | South Africa by 42 runs |
| ODI 2592 | 26 June | India | South Africa | Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast | South Africa by 4 wickets |
| ODI 2593 | 29 June | India | South Africa | Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast | India by 6 wickets |
| ODI 2595 | 1 July | India | South Africa | Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast | India by 6 wickets |

### Bangladesh in Sri Lanka

| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| Test series ||||||
| Test 1837 | 25–29 June | Mahela Jayawardene | Mohammad Ashraful | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Sri Lanka by an innings and 234 runs |
| Test 1838 | 3–7 July | Mahela Jayawardene | Mohammad Ashraful | P. Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo | Sri Lanka by an innings and 90 runs |
| Test 1839 | 11–15 July | Mahela Jayawardene | Mohammad Ashraful | Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy | Sri Lanka by an innings and 193 runs |
| ODI series ||||||
| ODI 2605 | 20 July | Mahela Jayawardene | Mohammad Ashraful | P. Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo | Sri Lanka by 70 runs |
| ODI 2606 | 22 July | Mahela Jayawardene | Mohammad Ashraful | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Sri Lanka by 5 wickets |
| ODI 2607 | 24 July | Mahela Jayawardene | Mohammad Ashraful | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Sri Lanka by 39 runs |

## July
### Pakistan in Scotland

| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| ODI ||||||
| ODI 2595a | 1 July | Ryan Watson | Shoaib Malik | The Grange Cricket Club, Edinburgh | Match abandoned |

### Future Friendship Cup

| No. | Date | Pakistan captain | India captain | Venue | Result |
| ODI ||||||
| ODI 2595b | 3 July | Shoaib Malik | Rahul Dravid | Titwood, Glasgow | Match abandoned |

### Netherlands in Canada

Netherlands played a 2 ODI series in Canada, as well as a First-class match as a part of the 2007–08 ICC Intercontinental Cup.
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| ODI series ||||||
| ODI 2596 | 3 July | Ashish Bagai | Jeroen Smits | Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto | Netherlands by 117 runs |
| ODI 2597a | 4 July | Ashish Bagai | Jeroen Smits | Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto | Match abandoned |

### Quadrangular Series in Ireland

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | T | NR | BP | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | West Indies | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 2.521 |
| 2 | Ireland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0.240 |
| 3 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −0.310 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −1.637 |
ODI tournament :
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Team 2 | Venue | Result |
| ODI 2599 | 10 July | Netherlands | West Indies | Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin | West Indies by 10 wickets |
| ODI 2600 | 11 July | Ireland | Netherlands | Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast | Ireland by 1 run |
| ODI 2601 | 12 July | West Indies | Scotland | Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin | West Indies by 4 wickets |
| ODI 2602 | 13 July | Scotland | Netherlands | Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast | Match abandoned |
| ODI 2603 | 14 July | Ireland | West Indies | Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin | Match abandoned |
| ODI 2604 | 15 July | Ireland | Scotland | Civil Service Cricket Club, Belfast | Ireland by 23 runs |

### India in England

| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| Test series ||||||
| Test 1840 | 19–23 July | Michael Vaughan | Rahul Dravid | Lord's, London | Match drawn |
| Test 1841 | 27–31 July | Michael Vaughan | Rahul Dravid | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | India by 7 wickets |
| Test 1842 | 9–13 August | Michael Vaughan | Rahul Dravid | The Oval, London | Match drawn |
| ODI series ||||||
| ODI 2611 | 21 August | Paul Collingwood | Rahul Dravid | The Rose Bowl, Southampton | England by 104 runs |
| ODI 2613 | 24 August | Paul Collingwood | Rahul Dravid | County Cricket Ground, Bristol | India by 9 runs |
| ODI 2616 | 27 August | Paul Collingwood | Rahul Dravid | Edgbaston, Birmingham | England by 42 runs |
| ODI 2617 | 30 August | Paul Collingwood | Rahul Dravid | Old Trafford, Manchester | England by 3 wickets |
| ODI 2618 | 2 September | Paul Collingwood | Rahul Dravid | Headingley, Leeds | India by 38 runs (D/L) |
| ODI 2619 | 5 September | Paul Collingwood | Rahul Dravid | The Oval, London | India by 2 wickets |
| ODI 2620 | 8 September | Paul Collingwood | Rahul Dravid | Lord's, London | England by 7 wickets |

## August
### India in Scotland

| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| ODI ||||||
| ODI 2608 | 16 August | Ryan Watson | Rahul Dravid | Titwood, Glasgow | India by 7 wickets |

### Bermuda in the Netherlands

| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| ODI series ||||||
| ODI 2609 | 18 August | Jeroen Smits | Irving Romaine | Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam | Netherlands by 172 runs |
| ODI 2610 | 20 August | Jeroen Smits | Irving Romaine | Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam | Netherlands by 8 wickets |

### South Africa in Zimbabwe

| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| ODI series ||||||
| ODI 2612 | 22 August | Prosper Utseya | Graeme Smith | Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo | South Africa by 5 wkts |
| ODI 2614 | 25 August | Prosper Utseya | Graeme Smith | Harare Sports Club, Harare | South Africa by 8 wkts |
| ODI 2615 | 26 August | Prosper Utseya | Graeme Smith | Harare Sports Club, Harare | South Africa by 28 runs |