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England: Super 8
How England performed
Michael Vaughan's England, with Duncan Fletcher as head coach, improved on their 2003 pool-stage exit by reaching the Super 8 at the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies. Group C opened with a 6-wicket defeat by New Zealand in Gros Islet, but wins over Canada by 51 runs and Kenya by 7 wickets at the same ground secured progress.
The Super 8 stage brought mixed results. Ireland were beaten by 48 runs in Guyana, before England lost narrowly to Sri Lanka by 2 runs in North Sound, finishing on 233/8 in reply to 235. Australia then won by 7 wickets at the same ground. A 4-wicket win over Bangladesh in Bridgetown was followed by a heavy defeat to South Africa, who dismissed England for 154 and needed only 19.2 overs to win by 9 wickets. England's final match produced their closest result, a 1-wicket victory over West Indies with one ball remaining in pursuit of 301. They finished with five wins and four defeats and went out at the Super 8 stage.
England fixtures
England
209/7 (50 ov) – 210/4 (41 ov)
New Zealand
England lost
New Zealand won by 6 wickets
England
279/6 (50 ov) – 228/7 (50 ov)
Canada
England won
England won by 51 runs
Kenya
177 (43 ov) – 178/3 (33 ov)
England
England won
England won by 7 wickets
England
266/7 (50 ov) – 218 (48.1 ov)
Ireland
England won
England won by 48 runs
Sri Lanka
235 (50 ov) – 233/8 (50 ov)
England
England lost
Sri Lanka won by 2 runs
England
247 (49.5 ov) – 248/3 (47.2 ov)
Australia
England lost
Australia won by 7 wickets
Bangladesh
143 (37.2 ov) – 147/6 (44.5 ov)
England
England won
England won by 4 wickets
England
154 (48 ov) – 157/1 (19.2 ov)
South Africa
England lost
South Africa won by 9 wickets
West Indies
300 (49.5 ov) – 301/9 (49.5 ov)
England
England won
England won by 1 wicket
Full England squad
| No. | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 99 | Michael Vaughan C | Yorkshire Phoenix |
| 9 | James Anderson | Lancashire Lightning |
| 7 | Ian Bell | Warwickshire Bears |
| 42 | Ravi Bopara | Essex Eagles |
| 5 | Paul Collingwood | Durham Dynamos |
| 34 | Jamie Dalrymple | Middlesex Crusaders |
| 11 | Andrew Flintoff | Lancashire Lightning |
| 36 | Ed Joyce | Middlesex Crusaders |
| 18 | Jon Lewis | Gloucestershire Gladiators |
| 19 | Sajid Mahmood | Lancashire Lightning |
| 47 | Paul Nixon | Leicestershire Foxes |
| 46 | Monty Panesar | Northamptonshire Steelbacks |
| 24 | Kevin Pietersen | Hampshire Hawks |
| 17 | Liam Plunkett | Durham Dynamos |
| 14 | Andrew Strauss | Middlesex Crusaders |
| 39 | Stuart Broad | Leicestershire Foxes |
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