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1 News
2 Test match series
3 Deaths
4 See also

[edit] News

[edit] 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 cricketer Shane Warne retires from all forms of cricket, also Glenn McGrath and Justin Langer retire from Test Cricket but will continue to play one day internationals.

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

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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 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 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.

[edit] 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 completition 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.

[edit] 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)
West Indies in England (4 Tests, May-June)
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)