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.

Contents 1 Tournament Structure 2 Schedule 3 Group Stage Table 4 Squads 5 Match Summary 5.1 1st Match: Australia v West Indies, 12 September 5.2 2nd Match: India v West Indies, 14 September 5.3 3rd Match: Australia v India, 16 September 5.4 4th Match: Australia v West Indies, 18 September 5.5 5th Match: India v West Indies, 20 September 5.6 6th Match: Australia v India, 22 September 5.7 Final: Australia v West Indies, 24 September 6 Notes

[edit] 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 an one-off final, which was played on September 24, 2006.

[edit] 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

[edit] Group Stage Table

DLF Cup 2006
Pos	Team	Pld	W	NR	L	BP	Pts	NRR
1	Australia	4	2	1	1	1	11	+0.553
2	West Indies	4	2	-	2	1	9	-0.305
3	India	4	1	1	2	-	6	-0.258

[edit] Squads

Australia[1] Name Style Domestic team(s) Ricky Ponting (c) RHB, RM Tasmania Brad Haddin (wk) RHB New South Wales Michael Hussey LHB, RM Western Australia Nathan Bracken RHB, LFM New South Wales Stuart Clark RHB, RFM New South Wales Michael Clarke RHB, SLA New South Wales Mark Cosgrove LHB, RM South Australia Dan Cullen RHB, OB South Australia Matthew Hayden LHB, RM Queensland Brad Hogg LHB, SLA Western Australia Phil Jaques LHB, LM New South Wales Mitchell Johnson LHB, LFM Queensland Simon Katich LHB, SLA New South Wales Brett Lee RHB, RF New South Wales Glenn McGrath RHB, RFM New South Wales Damien Martyn RHB, RM Western Australia Andrew Symonds RHB, RM, OB Queensland Shane Watson RHB, RFM Tasmania Glenn McGrath and Matthew Hayden were recalled after long absences.[2] Cosgrove, Jaques and Johnson travelled home after match three.[3]

India[4] Name Style Domestic team Rahul Dravid (c) RHB, OB Karnataka Mahendra Singh Dhoni (wk) RHB Jharkhand Ajit Agarkar RHB, RFM Mumbai Harbhajan Singh RHB, OB Punjab Mohammad Kaif RHB, OB Uttar Pradesh Dinesh Mongia LHB, SLA Punjab Munaf Patel RHB, RFM Gujarat Irfan Pathan LHB, LFM Baroda Ramesh Powar RHB, OB Mumbai Suresh Raina LHB, OB Uttar Pradesh Virender Sehwag RHB, OB Delhi Rudra Pratap Singh RHB, LFM Uttar Pradesh Sreesanth RHB, RFM Kerala Sachin Tendulkar RHB, LBG Mumbai Dinesh Mongia LHB, SLA Punjab Sachin Tendulkar makes a comeback after a long injury layoff[5]

West Indies[6] Name Style Domestic team Brian Lara (c) LHB, LBG T&T Carlton Baugh (wk) RHB Jamaica Ramnaresh Sarwan RHB, LB Guyana Ian Bradshaw LHB, LFM Barbados Dwayne Bravo RHB, RMF T&T Shivnarine Chanderpaul LHB, LB Guyana Corey Collymore RHB, RFM Barbados Fidel Edwards RHB, RF Barbados Chris Gayle LHB, OB Jamaica Wavell Hinds LHB, RM Jamaica Runako Morton LHB, OB Leeward Islands Marlon Samuels RHB, OB Jamaica Dwayne Smith RHB, RM Barbados Jerome Taylor RHB, RF Jamaica The West Indies Cricket Board were in a payment conflict with the West Indies Players' Association about this series, as the WIPA claims it was not informed before the WICB agreed to the matches, [7] but a deal was eventually agreed in early August.[8]

[edit] Match Summary

[edit] 1st Match: Australia v West Indies, 12 September

	Australia 279/9 (50 overs)	vs	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) Man of the Match: SR Watson (Aus)
	MJ Clarke 81 (79) JE Taylor 10-0-59-3		S Chanderpaul 92 (83) SR Watson 8-0-43-4

Shane 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]

[edit] 2nd Match: India v West Indies, 14 September

India	309/5 (50 overs)	West Indies won by 29 runs (D/L)[13]
	SR Tendulkar 141* (148) JE Taylor 3/64	Kinrara 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)
	CH Gayle 45 (35) MM Patel 1/18

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.

[edit] 3rd Match: Australia v India, 16 September

Australia	244 (49.2 overs)	No result[15]
	SR Watson 79 (74) MM Patel 3/53 [10]	Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Umpires: MR Benson (Eng) and AL Hill (NZ) Man of the Match: No award
India	35/5 (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.

[edit] 4th Match: Australia v West Indies, 18 September

	Australia 272/6 (50 overs)	vs	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) Man of the Match: MEK Hussey (AUS)
	MEK Hussey 109* (90) IDR Bradshaw 10-0-35-2		BC Lara 87 (80) B Lee 10-0-46-3

West 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 claming 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.

[edit] 5th Match: India v West Indies, 20 September

	India 162 (39.3 overs)	vs	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) Man of the Match: H Singh (IND)
	SR Tendulkar 65 (102) DR Smith 10-2-31-4		BC Lara 40* (48) H Singh 8-0-35-3

Rahul 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.

[edit] 6th Match: Australia v India, 22 September

	Australia 213 (48.1 overs)	vs	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) Man of the Match: B Lee (AUS)
	ML Hayden 54 (66) RP Singh 9.1-1-43-2		D Mongia 63* (90) B Lee 8.5-0-38-5

[edit] Final: Australia v West Indies, 24 September

	Australia 240/6 (50 overs)	vs	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) Man of the Match: B Lee (Aus)
	A Symonds 52 (59) RR Sarwan 4-0-21-2		RR Sarwan 36 (64) B Lee 8.2-0-24-4

Australia 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.

[edit] Notes