2006-07 COMMONWEALTH BANK SERIES

The 'Commonwealth Bank Series' was the name of the One-day International cricket tournament in Australia for the 2006-07 season. It was a tri-nation series between Australia, England and New Zealand.
Australia booked a place in the final after just seven matches in the tournament, and having participated in just five, with five games left to play. The other place in the final came down to the last match of the series as New Zealand and England both had won only 2 games; England won this semi-final of sorts.
England won the final series by two games to nil to lift the trophy, making it their first major one-day tournament win since 1997 and their first Australian tri-series win since 20 years previous, when they also won the Ashes.

Contents

Fixtures

Squads

Group Stage Table

Points System

Group stage matches

External links

Fixtures

Matches played in the series were as follows:

No.	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Stadium	Location
Group Stage Schedule
1	12 January 2007	AUS	ENG	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne
2	14 January 2007	AUS	NZ	Bellerive Oval	Hobart
3	16 January 2007	ENG	NZ	Bellerive Oval	Hobart
4	19 January 2007	AUS	ENG	The 'Gabba	Brisbane
5	21 January 2007	AUS	NZ	Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney
6	23 January 2007	ENG	NZ	Adelaide Oval	Adelaide
7	26 January 2007	AUS	ENG	Adelaide Oval	Adelaide
8	28 January 2007	AUS	NZ	WACA Ground	Perth
9	30 January 2007	ENG	NZ	WACA Ground	Perth
10	2 February 2007	AUS	ENG	Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney
11	4 February 2007	AUS	NZ	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne
12	6 February 2007	ENG	NZ	The 'Gabba	Brisbane
Finals Schedule
Final 1	9 February 2007	AUS	ENG	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne
Final 2	11 February 2007	AUS	ENG	Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney

Squads

Australia Name Style Domestic team Captain and Middle Order Batsman Ricky Ponting RHB, RM Tasmania Vice Captain, Opening Batsman Wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist LHB Western Australia Opening Batsman Matthew Hayden LHB, RM Queensland Middle Order Batsmen Michael Hussey LHB, RM Western Australia Michael Clarke RHB, SLA New South Wales All-rounders Andrew Symonds RHB, RFM / ROB Queensland Shane Watson RHB, RFM New South Wales Cameron White RHB, OB Victoria Spin Bowlers Brad Hogg LHB, SLC West Australia Fast Bowlers Nathan Bracken RHB, LFM New South Wales Stuart Clark RHB, RFM New South Wales Mitchell Johnson LHB, LFM Queensland Brett Lee RHB, RF New South Wales Glenn McGrath RHB, RMF New South Wales Ben Hilfenhaus RHB, RFM Tasmania Shaun Tait RHB, RF South Australia

England[1] Name Style Domestic team Captain and Opening Batsman Michael Vaughan RHB, OB Yorkshire Wicketkeepers Paul Nixon LHB Leicestershire Chris Read RHB Nottinghamshire Opening Batsmen Mal Loye RHB, OS Lancashire Andrew Strauss LHB, LM Middlesex Middle Order Batsmen Ian Bell RHB, RM Warwickshire Ravi Bopara RHB, RMF Essex Paul Collingwood RHB, RMF Durham Ed Joyce LHB, RM Middlesex Kevin Pietersen RHB, OB Hampshire All-rounders Andrew Flintoff RHB, RF Lancashire Spin Bowlers Jamie Dalrymple RHB, OB Middlesex Monty Panesar LHB, SLA Northamptonshire Fast Bowlers James Anderson LHB, RFM Lancashire Stuart Broad LHB, RFM Leicestershire Jon Lewis RHB, RMF Gloucestershire Sajid Mahmood RHB, RFM Lancashire Liam Plunkett RHB, RFM Durham Chris Tremlett RHB, RFM Hampshire

New Zealand Name Style Domestic team Captain and Middle-Order Batsman Stephen Fleming LHB Wellington Wicketkeeper and Opening Batsman Brendon McCullum RHB Canterbury Opening Batsman Nathan Astle RHB, RM Canterbury Lou Vincent RHB, RM Auckland Middle Order Batsmen Peter Fulton RHB, RM Canterbury Hamish Marshall RHB, RM Northern Districts Ross Taylor RHB, OB Central Districts All-rounders Andre Adams RHB, RFM Auckland Craig McMillan RHB, RM Canterbury Jacob Oram LHB, RFM Central Districts Scott Styris RHB, RM Auckland Spin Bowlers Daniel Vettori LHB, SLA Northern Districts Jeetan Patel RHB, OB Wellington Fast Bowlers Shane Bond RHB, RF Canterbury James Franklin LHB, LFM Wellington Mark Gillespie RHB, RFM Wellington Michael Mason RHB, RFM Central Districts

Group Stage Table

Commonwealth Bank Series after 12 matches[2]
Pos	Team	P	W	L	NR	T	BP	Points	NRR	For	Against
1		8	7	1	0	0	3	31	+0.667	1860 / 355.3	1826 / 400
2		8	3	5	0	0	1	13	-0.608	1655 / 399.5	1702 / 358.3
3		8	2	6	0	0	1	9	-0.007	2016 / 400	2003 / 396.5

Points System

Win = 4 points
Tie or No Result = 2 points
Bonus = 1 point
Loss = 0 points
If the team batting first match and restricts its opponents to 80% of its total, it gains a bonus point. If the team batting second wins the match in 40 overs, it gains a bonus point.
A team's run rate will be calculated by reference to the runs scored in an innings divided by the number of overs faced.
In the event of teams finishing on equal points, the right to play in the final will be determined as follows:
- The team with the most number of wins
- If still equal, the team with the most number of wins over the other team(s) who are equal on points and have the same number of wins
- If still equal, the team with the highest number of bonus points
- If still equal, the team with the highest net run rate^[3]

Group stage matches

===Match 1: Australia v England, 12 January

Match 2: Australia v New Zealand, 14 January

Match 3: England v New Zealand, 16 January

Match 4: Australia v England, 19 January

Match 5: Australia v New Zealand, 21 January

Match 6: England v New Zealand, 23 January

Match 7: Australia v England, 26 January

Match 8: Australia v New Zealand, 28 January

Match 9: England v New Zealand, 30 January

Match 10: Australia v England, 2 February

Match 11: Australia v New Zealand, 4 February

Match 12: England v New Zealand, 6 February=

Final series

=First match: Australia vs England, February 9

Second match: Australia vs England, February 11=

References==
1. Harmison retires from one-dayers
2. Points table from Cricinfo, retrieved 6 February 2007
3. Points table from Cricinfo, retrieved 31 January 2007

External links

★ Tournament home at Cricinfo

★ Cricket Australia

★ England and Wales Cricket Board

★ New Zealand Cricket