Hyderabad, India: West Indies hosted the World Cup for the first time. 16 countries participated and 51 matches were played. The Australians completed the hattrick and the Aussie players dominated the tournament. Here is the list of matches and results.
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16 teams were divided into four groups. The top 2 teams proceeded to Super Eight. Australians defeated the third power house of Asia, Sri Lanka in the final.
Group A Matches (Australia, South Africa, Scotland and Netherlands)
14 March, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Aus def Scot by 203 runs
Score: Aus 334/6 Scot 131/9
Player of the match: Ponting (Australia)
Record: Ponting scored a century (113)
16 March, Saint Kitts and Nevis
SA def Netherlands by 221 runs
Score: SA 353/3 Neth 132/9
Player of the match: Gibbs (South Africa)
Record: Kallis scored a century (128*)
18 March, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Aus def Netherlands by 229 runs
Score: Aus 358/5 Netherlands 129
Player of the match: Hodge (Australia)
Record: Brad Hodge scored a century (123)
20 March, Saint Kitts and Nevis
SA def Scotland by 7 wkts
Score: Scotland 186/8, SA 188/3
Player of the match: Smith (South Africa)
22 March, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Netherlands def Scotland by 8 wkts
Score: Scotland 136, Netherlands 140/2
Player of the match: Stelling (Netherlands)
24 March, Saint Kitts and Nevis
Aus def SA by 83 runs
Score: Aus 377/6, SA 294
Player of the match: Hayden (Australia)
Record: Hayden scored century (101)
Group B Matches (Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, India and Bermuda)
15 March, Trinidad and Tobago
SL def Bermuda by 243 runs
Score: SL 321/6, Bermuda 78
Player of the match: Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)
17 March, Trinidad and Tobago
Bangladesh def India by 5 wickets
Score: Ind 191, Bang 192/5
Player of the match: Mortaza (Bangladesh)
19 March, Trinidad and Tobago
Ind def Bermuda by 257 runs
Score: Ind 413/5, Bermuda 156
Player of the match: Sehwag (India)
Record: Sehwag scored a century (114)
21 March, Trinidad and Tobago
SL def Bangladesh by 198 runs (D/L)
Score: SL 318/4, Bang 112
Player of the match: Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)
Record: Jayasuriya scored century (109)
23 March, Trinidad and Tobago
SL def Ind by 69 runs
Score: SL 254/6, Ind 185
Player of the match: Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)
25 March, Trinidad and Tobago
Bang def Bermuda by 7 wkts (D/L)
Score: Bermuda 94/9 (21 ov) Bang 96/3
Player of the match: Mohammad Ashraful (Bangladesh)
Group C Matches (New Zealand, England, Kenya and Canada)
14 March, Saint Lucia
Kenya def Canada by 7 wkts
Score: Canada 199, Kenya 203/3
Player of the match: Tikolo (Kenya)
16 March, Saint Lucia
NZ def Eng by 6 wkts
Score: Eng 209/7, NZ 210/4
Player of the match: Styris (New Zealand)
18 March, Saint Lucia
Eng def Canada by 51 runs
Score: Eng 279/6 Can 228/7
Player of the match: Collingwood (England)
20 March, Saint Lucia
NZ def Kenya by 148 runs
Score: NZ 331/7 Kenya 183
Player of the match: Ross Taylor (New Zealand)
22 March, Saint Lucia
NZ def Canada by 114 runs
Score: NZ 363/5, Can 249/9
Player of the match: Vincent (New Zealand)
Record: Lou Vincent scored century (101)
24 March, Saint Lucia
Eng def Kenya by 7 wkts
Score: Kenya 177, Eng 178/3
Player of the match: Joyce (England)
Group D Matches (West Indies, Ireland, Pakistan and Zimbabwe)
13 March, Jamaica
WI def Pak by 54 runs
Score: WI 241/9, Pak 187
Player of the match: D Smith (West Indies)
15 March, Jamaica
Ireland and Zim play TIE
Score: Ireland 221/9, Zim 221
Player of the match: Bray (Ireland)
Record: Bray scored century (115)
17 March, Jamaica
Ireland def Pak by 3 wkts
Score: Pak 132, Ire 133/7
Player of the match: N J O’Brien (Ireland)
19 March, Jamaica
WI def Zim by 6 wkts
Score: Zim 202/5, WI 204/4
Player of the match: Williams (Zimbabwe)
21 March, Jamaica
Pak def Zim by 93 runs (D/L)
Score: Pak 349, Zim 99
Player of the match: Imran Nazir (Pakistan)
Record: Imran Nazir scored century (160)
23 March, Jamaica
WI def Ireland by 8 wkts
Score: Ireland 183/8 WI 190/2
Player of the match: Chanderpaul (West Indies)
Record: Chanderpaul scored century (102*)
Super Eight (Aus, SL, NZ, SA, Eng, WI, Ban, Ire)
27 March, Antigua and Barbuda
Aus def WI by 103 runs
Score: Aus 322/6, WI 219
Player of the match: Hayden (Australia)
Record: Hayden scored century (158)
28 March, Guyana
SA def SL by 1 wkt
Score: SL 209, SA 212/9
Players of the match: Langeveldt (South Africa) and Malinga (Sri Lanka)
Record: Langeveldt took 5/39
29 March, Antigua and Barbuda
NZ def WI by 7 wkts
Score: WI 177, NZ 179/3
Player of the match: Oram (New Zealand)
30 March, Guyana
Eng def Ireland by 48 runs
Score: Eng 266/7, Ire 218
Player of the match: Collingwood (England)
31 March, Antigua and Barbuda
Aus def Ban by 10 wkts
Score: Ban 104/6, Aus 106/0
Player of the match: McGrath (Australia)
1 April, Guyana
SL def WI by 113 runs
Score: SL 303/5, WI 190
Player of the match: Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)
Record: Jayasuriya scored century (115)
2 April, Antigua and Barbuda
NZ def Ban by 9 wkts
Score: Ban 174, NZ 178/1
Player of the match: Bond (New Zealand)
Record: Fleming scored century (102*)
3 April, Guyana
SA def Ireland by 7 wkts (D/L)
Score: Ire 152/8 (35 ov) SA 165/3 (31/3 ov)
Player of the match: Kallis (South Africa)
4 April, Antigua and Barbuda
SL def Eng by 2 runs
Score: SL 235, Eng 233/8
Player of the match: Bopara (England)
7 April, Guyana
Ban def SA by 67 runs
Score: Ban 251/8 SA 184
Player of the match: Mohammad Ashraful (Bangladesh)
Record: Andre Nel took 5/45
8 April, Antigua and Barbuda
Aus def Eng by 7 wkts, MOM: Tait (Australia)
Score: England 247 (49.5/50 ov); Australia 248/3
Record: Pietersen scored century (104)
9 April, Guyana
NZ def Ireland by 129 runs
Score: NZ 263/8, Ire 134
Player of the match: Fulton (New Zealand)
10 April, Grenada
SA def WI by 67 runs
Score: SA 356/4, WI 289/9
Player of the match: de Villiers (South Africa)
Record: de Villiers scored century (146)
11 April, Barbados
Eng def Ban by 4 wkts
Score: Ban 143, Eng 147/6
Player of the match: S Mahmood (England)
12 April, Grenada
SL def NZ by 6 wkts
Score: NZ 219/7, SL 222/4
Player of the match: Vaas (Sri Lanka)
Record: Styris scored century (111)
13 April, Barbados
Aus def Ire by 9 wkts
Score: Ire 91, Aus 92/1
Player of the match: McGrath (Australia)
14 April, Grenada
NZ def SA by 5 wkts
Score: SA 193/7, NZ 196/5
Player of the match: McMillan (New Zealand)
15 April, Barbados
Ireland def Ban by 74 runs
Score: Ire 243/7, Ban 169
Player of the match: Porterfield (Ireland)
16 April, Grenada
Aus def SL by 7wkts
Score: SL 226, AUs 232/3
Player of the match: Bracken (Ireland)
17 April, Barbados
SA def Eng by 9 wkts
Score: Eng 154, SA 157/1
Player of the match: Hall (South Africa)
Record: Andrew Hall took 5/18
18 April, Grenada
SL def Ireland by 8 wkts
Score: Ire 77, SL 81/2
Player of the match: Maharoof (Sri Lanka)
19 April, Barbados
WI def Ban by 99 runs
Score: WI 230/5, Ban 131
Player of the match: Sarwan
20 April, Grenada
Aus def NZ by 215 runs
Score: Aus 348/6, NZ 133
Player of the match: Hayden (Australia)
Record: Hayden scored another century (148)
21 April, Barbados
Eng def WI by 1 wkt
Score: WI 300, Eng 301/9
Player of the match: Pietersen (England)
Record: Pietersen scored another century (100)
Semifinals (SL, NZ, Aus, SA)
24 April, Jamaica
SL def NZ by 81 runs
Score: SL 289/5, NZ 208
Player of the match: Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)
Record: Mahela Jayawardene scored another century (115)
25 April, Saint Lucia
Aus def SA by 7 wkts
Score: SA 149, AUs 153/3
Player of the match: McGrath (Australia)
Final (Aus vs SL)
28 April, Barbados
Aus def SL by 53 runs (D/L)
Score: Aus 281/4, SL 215/8
Player of the match: Gilchrist (Australia)
Record: Gilchrist scored century (149)
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