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#2007

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2007 World Cup Semi-Final Farce — Bad Light and DLS Confusion

Australia vs South Africa

25 April 2007

South Africa's World Cup semi-final against Australia was affected by rain and bad light, with DLS calculations and umpiring decisions combining to produce a controversial result.

#world cup#semi final#duckworth lewis
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Bob Woolmer's Mysterious Death During 2007 World Cup

Pakistan (coaching staff)

18 March 2007

Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer was found dead in his hotel room in Kingston, Jamaica, the day after Pakistan's shock elimination from the 2007 World Cup, sparking a murder investigation and wild conspiracy theories.

#bob woolmer#death#world cup
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Yuvraj Singh's Six Sixes Off Stuart Broad — 2007 T20 World Cup

India vs England

2007-09-19

Yuvraj Singh hit Stuart Broad for six consecutive sixes in a single over at the 2007 T20 World Cup — the fastest T20 fifty ever at the time (12 balls), one of only a handful of times six sixes in an over have been hit in international cricket.

#yuvraj-singh#six-sixes#stuart-broad
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Substitute Fielder Rules — From Tactical Exploitation to Strict Control

ICC vs Tactical Loopholes

2005-01-01

Cricket's substitute fielder rules were tightened significantly in 2007 after teams began using 'injury' substitutes as tactical fielding upgrades — replacing batsmen with athletic fielders during the opposition's batting innings — exposing a loophole that fundamentally undermined the principle that 11 players compete against 11 players.

#substitute-fielder#tactical-substitution#icc