2005–06 . Australian cricket season . 2007–08
The 2006–07 Australian cricket season is made up of three domestic competitions for the men; the first-class Pura Cup, the List A Ford Ranger One Day Cup and the Twenty20 competition KFC Twenty20 Big Bash. The women compete in the Women's National Cricket League, although Tasmania does not have a first-class women's team. The season started on 11 October 2006 with a domestic Ford Ranger One Day Cup match between Queensland and Tasmania, and culminated with the World Cup Final between Australia and Sri Lanka on 28 April 2007.
The international season started with the Champions Trophy in October and November, followed by the 5-Test match Ashes series and a single Twenty20 match against England until early January. The English tour was followed by the 2006–07 Commonwealth Bank Series, an ODI triangular series against England and New Zealand which lasted until mid February. Later in the summer, Australia toured New Zealand, playing for the 2006–07 Chappell–Hadlee Trophy, and competed in the World Cup in March and April.
Roll of honour
International series Rose Bowl: Australia Women beat New Zealand Women 5–0 in 5-ODI series. Champions Trophy: Australia beat West Indies by eight wickets in the final. Ashes: Australia beat England 5–0 in 5-Test Match series. Commonwealth Bank Series: Australia finished first in pool table, but lost to England, who finished second in the pools, 2–0 in Best of 3 ODI Finals Series. Chappell–Hadlee Trophy: New Zealand won 3–0 in 3 Match ODI Series. 2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia beat Sri Lanka in the final, undefeated throughout the tournament.
Domestic tournaments Pura Cup: Tasmanian Tigers defeated New South Wales Blues in Final. Ford Ranger One Day Cup: Queensland defeated Victoria in Final. KFC Twenty20 Big Bash: Victorian Bushrangers defeated Tasmanian Tigers in Final. Women's National Cricket League: New South Wales Breakers defeated Victoria Spirit 2–1 in the three-match final. Cricket Australia Cup (2nd XI): New South Wales Second XI finished first in the pool table.
International tours and tournaments
Champions Trophy
Ashes
The 2006–07 cricket series between Australia and England for the Ashes was played in Australia between 23 November 2006 and 5 January 2007. The five Test matches were at Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne and Sydney. Australia won the series 5–0, the first whitewash victory in 86 years, and regained the ashes that were held by England after its win in 2005. Australia also won the Twenty20 International.
Commonwealth Bank Series
Australia was a clear winner in the round robin stage, with 7 wins and only 1 loss, but lost against England in the best-of-3 series final.
Chappell–Hadlee Trophy
3 ODI matches between Australia and New Zealand to be held in New Zealand.
World Cup
The premier One Day International tournament was held in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April. Australia topped their group in the competition, defeating Scotland, the Netherlands and South Africa along the way. They remained undefeated throughout the Super 8 stage of the competition and again topped the group table. They defeated South Africa in the semi-final and went on to complete an unbeaten tournament with victory over Sri Lanka in a rain-affected final.
Domestic competitions
Tables Pura Cup Rk Team Pld W L LWF DWF DLF Pts 1 Tasmanian Tigers 10 6 2 0 1 1 38 2 NSW Blues 10 4 2 1 1 2 28 3 Western Warriors 10 3 3 1 3 0 26 4 Victorian Bushrangers 10 4 2 1 0 3 26 5 Queensland Bulls 10 4 4 0 1 1 26 6 Southern Redbacks 10 1 5 1 2 1 12 Source: CricketArchive.com Ford Ranger Cup Rk Team Pld W T L NR/A BP Pts 1 Victorian Bushrangers 10 7 0 3 0 4 32 2 Queensland Bulls 10 6 0 4 0 2 26 3 Western Warriors 10 5 0 5 0 2 22 4 Southern Redbacks 10 5 0 5 0 1 21 5 Tasmanian Tigers 10 4 0 6 0 1 17 6 NSW Blues 10 3 0 7 0 1 13 Source: CricketArchive.com KFC Twenty20 Big Bash Rk Team Pld W T L NR/A Pts 1 Victorian Bushrangers 4 3 0 0 1 7 2 Tasmanian Tigers 4 2 0 1 1 5 3 Western Warriors 4 2 0 2 0 4 4 Queensland 4 2 0 2 0 4 5 Southern Redbacks 4 2 0 2 0 4 6 NSW Blues 4 0 0 4 0 0 Source: CricketArchive.com Women's National League Rk Team Pld W NR/A T L BP Pts 1 Victoria Spirit 8 6 0 0 2 4 28 2 NSW Breakers 8 5 0 0 3 5 25 3 Queensland Fire 8 5 0 0 3 3 23 4 Southern Scorpions 8 3 1 0 4 0 14 5 Western Fury 8 0 1 0 7 0 2 Source: CricketArchive.com
For an explanation of the points system for the Pura Cup, please see Pura Cup#Points system.
Legend: W: Outright win DWF: Draws when first innings won DLF: Draws when first innings lost LWF: Losses when first innings won L: Losses
Matches Fixtures during the 2006–07 seasonPura Cup fixtures, Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2006One-day Domestic Cup fixtures, Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2006Australian Twenty20 Competition, 2006/07, Cricinfo. Retrieved 28 September 2006 Date Home team Away team Ground CompetitionAbbreviations used: CT = Champions Trophy FRC = Ford Ranger Cup NCL = Women's National Cricket League Pura = Pura Cup OD = One-day match ODI = One-Day International T20 = Twenty20 Big Bash Tour = Tour match