International cricket in the 2006–07 cricket season is defined by major statisticians, such as CricketArchive and Wisden, as those matches played on tours that started between September 2006 and April 2007. Two major ICC tournaments are scheduled for this season, with the Champions Trophy played in October in India, and the World Cup taking place in West Indies in March. In addition, England will defend the Ashes when they go to Australia in November, and all the ten Test nations will be in action during November and December – though Zimbabwe, who are playing Bangladesh during this time, withdrew from Test matches throughout 2006 and will thus only be playing One-day International matches.

Season overview International tours Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches] Test ODI T20I — 3–0 — 2–0 3–1 — 2–1 4–0 0–1 5–0 — 1–0 — 5–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 — 2–0 — 2–1 3–1 1–0 — 3–1 — — 1–3 — — 2–1 — — 3–0 — International tournaments Dates Tournament Winners DLF Cup ICC Champions Trophy Commonwealth Bank Series World Cup Minor tours Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches] First-class List A — 3–0 Minor tournaments Dates Tournament Winners Associates Triangular Series Associates Triangular Series ICC World Cricket League Division One Associates Triangular Series

Pre-season rankings

ICC Test Championship Pos Nation Matches Points Rating 1 33 4793 130 2 41 4864 119 3 30 3363 112 4 34 3780 111 5 33 3410 103 6 34 3182 94 7 25 2293 92 8 29 2080 72 9 15 415 28 10 22 48 2

ICC ODI Championship Pos Nation Points 1 131 2 123 3 1134 111 5 111 6 1077 99 8 99 9 35 10 3311 0

September

DLF Cup

The Board of Control for Cricket in India has announced that India, Australia and West Indies will take part in a triangular series held at the Kinrara Academy Oval in Kuala Lumpur. 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,Tri-series scheduled for Singapore and Malaysia, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 July 2006 but a deal was eventually agreed in early August.Windies contract dispute settled, from BBC. Retrieved 19 August 2006 The tournament was known as the DLF Cup, the second ODI tournament to be known by this name, following April's India v Pakistan series in the UAE.

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No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result Group stage ODI 2413 12 September Ricky Ponting Brian Lara Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur by 78 runs ODI 2414 14 September Rahul Dravid Brian Lara Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur by 29 runs (D/L) ODI 2416 16 September Ricky Ponting Rahul Dravid Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur No result ODI 2417 18 September Michael Hussey Brian Lara Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur by 3 wickets ODI 2419 20 September Rahul Dravid Brian Lara Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur by 16 runs ODI 2421 22 September Ricky Ponting Rahul Dravid Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur by 18 runs Final ODI 2422 24 September Ricky Ponting Brian Lara Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur by 127 runs

Zimbabwe in South Africa

Zimbabwe made a one-week tour of South Africa as warm-up to the Champions Trophy.Zimbabwe tour of South Africa, 2006/07, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2006 They lost all four matches on tour, three ODIs to South Africa and a Twenty20 match with domestic side Eagles.

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI series ODI 2415 15 September Prosper Utseya Jacques Kallis Goodyear Park, Blomfontein by 5 wickets ODI 2418 17 September Prosper Utseya Jacques Kallis Buffalo Park, East London by 6 wickets ODI 2420 20 September Prosper Utseya Jacques Kallis Sedgars Park, Potchefstroom by 171 runs

October

Champions Trophy

The 2006 ICC Champions Trophy was held in India from 7 October to 5 November 2006. It was the fifth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy (previously known as the ICC Knock-out). The tournament venue was not confirmed until mid-2005 when the Indian government agreed that tournament revenues would be free from tax (the 2002 tournament had been due to be held in India, but was switched to Sri Lanka when an exemption from tax in India was not granted).India to keep Champions Trophy BBC News, 26 May 2005 Australia won the tournament, their first Champions Trophy victory. They were the only team to only get one loss in the tournament, as all other teams lost at least two matches. West Indies, their final opponents, beat Australia in the group stage, but were bowled out for 138 in the final and lost by eight wickets on the Duckworth–Lewis method. West Indies opening batsman Chris Gayle was named Player of the Tournament.

Preliminary round

No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result Preliminary roundODI 2423 7 October Mahela Jayawardene Habibul Bashar Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali by 37 runs ODI 2424 8 October Brian Lara Prosper Utseya Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad by 9 wickets ODI 2425 10 October Mahela Jayawardene Prosper Utseya Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad by 144 runs ODI 2426 11 October Brian Lara Habibul Bashar Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur by 10 wickets ODI 2427 13 October Habibul Bashar Prosper Utseya Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur by 101 runs ODI 2428 14 October Mahela Jayawardene Brian Lara Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai by 9 wickets

Group stage

No. Group Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result Group stage ODI 2429 A 15 October Rahul Dravid Andrew Flintoff Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur by 4 wickets ODI 2430 B 16 October Stephen Fleming Graeme Smith Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai by 87 runs ODI 2431 B 17 October Younis Khan Mahela Jayawardene Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur by 4 wickets ODI 2432 A 18 October Ricky Ponting Brian Lara Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai by 10 runs ODI 2433 B 20 October Stephen Fleming Mahela Jayawardene Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai by 7 wickets ODI 2434 A 21 October Ricky Ponting Andrew Flintoff Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur by 6 wickets ODI 2435 B 24 October Graeme Smith Mahela Jayawardene Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad by 78 Runs ODI 2436 B 25 October Stephen Fleming Younis Khan Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali by 51 runs ODI 2437 A 26 October Rahul Dravid Brian Lara Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad by 3 wickets ODI 2438 B 27 October Younis Khan Graeme Smith Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali by 124 runs ODI 2439 A 28 October Andrew Flintoff Brian Lara Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad by 3 wickets ODI 2440 A 29 October Rahul Dravid Ricky Ponting Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali by 6 wickets

Knockout stage No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result Semi–finals ODI 2441 1 November Ricky Ponting Stephen Fleming Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali by 34 runs ODI 2442 2 November Brian Lara Graeme Smith Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur by 6 wickets Final ODI 2443 5 November Ricky Ponting Brian Lara Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali by 8 wickets (D/L)

New Zealand Women in Australia

New Zealand Women are scheduled to tour Australia in October. The series begins on 18 October, and consists of one Twenty20 international and five One-day Internationals. Australia have made one change to their squad since beating India in February, with Leah Poulton replacing the injured Alex Blackwell.Poulton set for Australia debut, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2006 Australia won the series 5–0, though the first three matches came down to the last over.

November

Afro–Asia Cup

The second Afro–Asia Cup was set to involve the African Cricket Association XI take on the Asian Cricket Council XI playing each other in a series of One Day Internationals, but was postponed until June 2007.Asia Cup and Afro-Asia Cup postponed, retrieved from Cricinfo, on 21 May 2006

ICC Intercontinental Cup

The 2006 Intercontinental Cup continues into this season, with a November match between Kenya and Bermuda. The details are given under the 2006 season.

West Indies in Pakistan

West Indies played three Tests and five One-day Internationals in Pakistan. The tour clashed with a date for a Twenty20 match organised by Allen Stanford, but that game was eventually cancelled and the tour went ahead.West Indies seek to clear the air on Stanford confusion, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 August 2006 In the Test series, Mohammad Yousuf passed Viv Richards' record of most runs in a calendar year, finishing the year with 1,788 Test runs, 665 of which came in this three-match series. Pakistan took a two-nil lead in the ODI series before losing captain Inzamam-ul-Haq to injury, and Marlon Samuels helped West Indies outscore Pakistan with his unbeaten century in the fourth match.

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test series Test 1815 11–15 November Brian Lara Inzamam-ul-Haq Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore by 9 wickets Test 1816 19–23 November Brian Lara Inzamam-ul-Haq Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Match drawn Test 1818 27 November – 1 December Brian Lara Inzamam-ul-Haq National Stadium, Karachi by 199 runs ODI series ODI 2458a 5 December Brian Lara Younis Khan Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Match abandoned ODI 2460 7 December Brian Lara Inzamam-ul-Haq Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad by 2 wickets ODI 2463 10 December Brian Lara Inzamam-ul-Haq Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore by 7 wickets (D/L) ODI 2464 13 December Brian Lara Abdul Razzaq Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan by 7 wickets ODI 2466 16 December Brian Lara Inzamam-ul-Haq National Stadium, Karachi by 7 wickets

Bermuda in Kenya

Bermuda visited Kenya for three One Day Internationals at the Mombasa Sports Club between 11 and 14 November. Africa trip extended, from Royal Gazette. Retrieved 24 September 2006 The match follows their meeting at the Intercontinental Cup, which was drawn after the final two days of the game were called off due to pitch conditions. Kenya ended up winning all three matches;Bermuda in Kenya, November 2006, from Cricmania.com. Retrieved 30 November 2006. Bermuda's highest score of the series was 201 in 50 overs, while Kenya's lowest was 186 in 37.5 overs chasing a target in the second match. Martin Williamson, managing editor of Cricinfo, commented that Kenya "outbatted and outbowled Bermuda, and...looked the more professional side in the field".Associates heading in opposite directions, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 December 2006 Dwayne Leverock, Bermuda, and Thomas Odoyo, Kenya, took the most wickets in the series with seven, while Steve Tikolo made 111 in the final ODI to lead the runs tally with 214. Apart from Tikolo, only Tanmay Mishra, Kenya, and Dean Minors, Bermuda, made more than 100 runs in the three matches.

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI series ODI 2444 11 November Steve Tikolo Irvine Romaine Mombasa Sports Club, Mombasa by 79 runs ODI 2445 12 November Steve Tikolo Irvine Romaine Mombasa Sports Club, Mombasa by 7 wickets ODI 2446 14 November Steve Tikolo Irvine Romaine Mombasa Sports Club, Mombasa by 104 runs

India in South Africa

India played their first tour game in South Africa on 16 November. The tour will last until 6 January, when the third and final Test at Newlands is scheduled to finish.

In the ODI series, India only once managed to bat through the 50 overs once in four completed games, six of the seven highest scores were made by South Africans,India in South Africa, 2006–07 One-Day Series Highest Individual Scores, from Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 December 2006 and the five highest batting averages in the series were registered by South Africans.India in South Africa, 2006–07 One-Day Series Averages , from Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 December 2006 Of the six bowlers to take more than five wickets, five of them were South African. Thus, South Africa won the ODI series 4–0. India also played their first Twenty20 International, winning with one ball and six wickets remaining.