The DLF Cup 2006–07 (named after sponsor DLF) was a triangular

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tournament involving Australia,

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, and

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. Australia defeated West Indies by 127 runs in the final to lift the trophy, winning three of their five games in the tournament. Australian bowler

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was declared Player of the Series for his outstanding contribution with the ball. All the games were played at the

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between 12 September and 24 September 2006.

Tournament Structure

The sides played each other in a double

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, 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 a one-off final, which was played on 24 September 2006.

Schedule

Group Stage Table

Squads

Glenn McGrath Glenn Donald McGrath (; born 9 February 1970) is an Australian former international cricketer who played international cricket for 14 years. He was a fast-medium pace bowler and is considered one of the greatest international bowlers of all t ...

and

Matthew Hayden Matthew Lawrence Hayden (born 29 October 1971) is an Australian cricket commentator and former cricketer. His career spanned fifteen years. Hayden was a powerful and aggressive left-handed opening batsman, who along with opening partners, Just ...

were recalled after long absences,while

Mark Cosgrove Mark James Cosgrove (born 14 June 1984) is an Australian-English cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and part-time medium pace bowler. He represented Australia in three One Day Internationals in 2006. Career Cosgrove made his state debut ...

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and

Mitchell Johnson Mitchell Guy Johnson (born 2 November 1981) is a former Australian cricketer, who played all forms of the game for his national side. He is a left-arm fast bowler and left-handed batsman. He made his Test debut for Australia in November 2007 ...

travelled home after third match. *

Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (; ; born 24 April 1973) is an Indian former international cricketer who captained the Indian national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the all time highest run-sco ...

made a comeback to the Indian team, after a long injury layoff. * The

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were in a payment conflict with the

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about this series, as the WIPA claims it was not informed before the WICB agreed to the matches, but a deal was eventually agreed in early August.

Match summary

1st match: Australia v West Indies

Shane Watson Shane Robert Watson (born 17 June 1981) is an Australian former cricketer, and occasional captain in all formats, who has played for Australia's national cricket team. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-handed fast-medium swing bowler ...

'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.

fell for a 10-ball two, bowled by

Fidel Edwards Fidel Henderson Edwards (born 6 February 1982) is a Barbadian cricketer, who plays all formats of the game. A pace bowler, his round-arm action is "not unlike" that of former fast bowler Jeff Thomson. He was spotted in the nets by Brian Lara and ...

, before

Simon Katich Simon Matthew Katich (born 21 August 1975) is an Australian cricket coach and former cricketer. He captained New South Wales and also, until the end of the 2007 season, Derbyshire County Cricket Club. Katich also played for Lancashire, represen ...

put on a stand of 98 with

Ricky Ponting Ricky Thomas Ponting (born 19 December 1974) is an Australian cricket coach, commentator, and former cricketer. Ponting was captain of the Australian national team during its "golden era", between 2004 and 2011 in Test cricket and 2002 and 20 ...

. When both were dismissed by

Ian Bradshaw Ian David Russell Bradshaw (born 9 July 1974) is a former Barbadian cricketer who played for the West Indies cricket team as a left-arm fast bowler in all three formats of the game. In September 2004, Bradshaw was a member of the West Indies t ...

, 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 Shivnarine "Shiv" Chanderpaul (born 16 August 1974) is a Guyanese cricket coach and former captain of the West Indies cricket team. Considered one of the greatest batsmen of his era, Chanderpaul is the first Indo-Caribbean to play 100 Tests for ...

hit 92 with four sixes and ten fours, and shared an opening stand of 136 with

Chris Gayle Christopher Henry Gayle, OD (born 21 September 1979) is a Jamaican cricketer who has been playing international cricket for the West Indies since 1999. A destructive batter, Gayle is widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen to have play ...

. 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 Bradley James Haddin (born 23 October 1977), is a former Australian cricketer, vice-captain and coach who represented Australia in all three forms of international cricket. He played domestically for New South Wales as a right-handed batsman ...

, 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." Australia captain

was fined his entire match fee after "showing dissent at an umpire's decision", his second such offense in five months, after

Asad Rauf Asad Rauf ( Punjabi, ur, ; 12 May 1956 – 14 September 2022) was a Pakistani cricket player and umpire. He was a member of the ICC Elite Umpire Panel from 2006 to 2013. Alleged to have been involved in match-fixing and spot-fixing of cricket ...

called a

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in the 33rd over of West Indies' innings.

2nd match: India v West Indies

India won the toss, and chose to bat.

, who played his first completed official international since March 2006, scored 141

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, and put on stands with

Rahul Dravid Rahul Sharad Dravid (; born 11 January 1973) is an Indian cricket coach and former captain of the Indian national team, currently serving as its head coach. Prior to his appointment to the senior men's national team, Dravid was the Head of ...

and

Irfan Pathan Irfan Pathan (; born 27 October 1984) is a former Indian cricketer turned Commentator, Cricket Analyst, Actor and Dancer. He was a bowling all rounder and a member of the Indian cricket team that won the inaugural 2007 ICC Twenty20 World Cup a ...

to lead India to 200 for one. Pathan got out to

, and

Jerome Taylor Jerome Everton Taylor (born 22 June 1984) is a Jamaican cricketer who has played as a fast bowler for the West Indies. Taylor eventually picked up 100 wickets for the Windies in both tests and odis. During 2017 he reversed an initial decision t ...

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. 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

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worth 58 runs. When West Indies batted, they scored even quicker, helped by 26 extras conceded in 20 overs.

struck 45 from 35 deliveries before being caught behind off

Munaf Patel Munaf Patel (born 12 July 1983) is a former Indian cricketer who played all formats of the game. He has also played for the West Zone in the Duleep Trophy and Gujarat, Mumbai cricket team and Maharashtra cricket team in domestic arena. In Nov ...

, and Patel and

Ajit Agarkar Ajit Bhalchandra Agarkar (born 4 December 1977) is a former Indian cricketer and a commentator. He has represented India in more than 200 international matches in all three formats of the game. He is the third highest wicket-taker for India i ...

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.

3rd match: Australia v India

Australia batted first, with

and

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

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of 68. With no one below Clarke passing 20, Australia were bowled out for 244,

claiming two men caught behind and

taking three wickets in his ten overs. All batsmen were caught, save for

, who was

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. 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

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.

4th match: Australia v West Indies

West Indies beat Australia by 3 wickets to book a place in the DLF Cup final.

Michael Hussey Michael Edward Killeen Hussey (born 27 May 1975) is an Australian cricket coach, commentator and former international cricketer, who played all forms of the game. Hussey is also widely known by his nickname 'Mr Cricket'. Hussey was a relative la ...

led the Australian team for the first time in the absence of

. Australia batted first and scored 272/6 in 50 overs. Opener

scored 49 runs from 77 balls while Hussey scored a brisk 109 off just 90 balls and

scored 70 runs off 77 balls. Hussey and Haddin added 165 together, a world record for the sixth wicket in ODIs.

was the pick of the West Indies bowlers claiming 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

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walked to the crease.

and

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

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and

Carlton Baugh Carlton Seymour Baugh (born 23 June 1982) is a Jamaican cricketer. He attended Wolmer's Schools He is an aggressive right-hand batsman, wicketkeeper and occasional bowler of leg breaks and googlies. His Test debut came during a five-day matc ...

played sensibly and guided West Indies to a 3 wicket win with 16 balls to spare. Australia's

Stuart Clark Stuart Rupert Clark (born 28 September 1975) is an Australian former cricketer who played for New South Wales and the Australian team. He was a right-arm fast-medium bowler. His nickname "Sarfraz" originates from the similarities of his bowli ...

finished with bowling figures of 7-0-87-0; his economy rate of 12.42 tied the then-record of

Tapash Baisya Tapash Baisya ( bn, তাপস বৈশ্য) (born 25 December 1982) is a former Bangladeshi international cricketer. Tapash Baisya took 36 Test wickets, although they came at a bowling average of nearly 60. Nevertheless, he has taken th ...

for the worst economy rate ever in an ODI innings (with a qualification of at least five overs bowled); the record was surpassed in February 2012.

5th match: India v West Indies

won the toss and decided to bat first. The decision soon backfired when

Dwayne Smith Dwayne Romel Smith (born 12 April 1983) is a former Barbadian international cricketer who has represented the West Indies in all three formats of the game. An all-rounder, he is known as an aggressive and powerful right-handed batsman, bowls m ...

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

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fell, India were struggling at 69/5. Dwayne Bravo picked up the first four Indian wickets to fall.

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and

then put on an 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,

and

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picked two wickets each, while

picked up three wickets towards the end.

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.

6th match: Australia v India

Final: Australia v West Indies

Australia defeated West Indies by 127 runs to lift the DLF Cup.

won the toss and decided to bat first.

was the first wicket to fall for Australia. He scored 18. Skipper

soon followed making 6, before

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and

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scored 52 each.

hit a 24-ball 30 to take Australia to 240 in 50 overs.

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

to the very first ball.

Runako Morton Runako Shakur Morton (22 July 1978 – 4 March 2012) was a Nevisian cricketer who played for West Indies in all formats of the game. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-handed offbreak bowler. Domestic career A lively, often unpredicta ...

made a 31-ball duck, the slowest ever duck in One Day Internationals.Morton's Morton makes the record books ... for the wrong reason
from Cricinfo, retrieved 24 September 2006 West Indies lost wickets at regular intervals and were 56 for six at one stage.

Ramnaresh Sarwan Ramnaresh Ronnie Sarwan (born 23 June 1980) is a cricketer of Indo-Guyanese origin who played as a batsman. He is a former member and former captain of the West Indies cricket team, in all formats. Sarwan went on to average over 40 in both the ...

and

scored 30's while rest of the batsmen barring

got one-digit scores.

was declared Man of the Match for his four wickets.

References

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