2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs Canada
{{date|March 18, 2007}}

[[w:England cricket team|England]] beat [[w:Canada cricket team|Canada]] by 51 runs in Group C in the [[w:2007 Cricket World Cup|World Cup]] at [[w:Beausejour Stadium|Beausejour Stadium]], [[w:Gros Islet Quarter|Gros Islet]], [[w:Saint Lucia|Saint Lucia]].

England's [[w:Andrew Flintoff|Andrew Flintoff]] was dropped for this game for breaches of team discipline, which also led to him being stripped of the vice captaincy role.


<b>Toss: </b>Canada won, and elected to field first.

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<b>Fall of wickets:</b> 1-101 (Vaughan, 19.6 ov), 2-153 (Bell, 33.2 ov), 3-160 (Joyce, 35.1 ov), 4-161 (Pietersen, 35.6 ov), 5-242 (Bopara, 46.5 ov), 6-245 (Dalrymple, 47.4 ov)

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<b>Fall of wickets:</b> 1-8 (Barnett, 1.3 ov), 2-22 (Bagai, 5.1 ov), 3-51 (Davison, 10.3 ov), 4-65 (Billcliff, 16.6 ov), 5-161 (Mulla, 34.4 ov), 6-161 (Samad, 35.1 ov), 7-217 (Dhaniram, 47.3 ov)

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{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:James Anderson (cricketer)|James Anderson]]|overs=10|maiden=1|runs=40|wickets=1|econ=4.00}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Liam Plunkett|Liam Plunkett]]|overs=9|maiden=0|runs=46|wickets=2|econ=5.11}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Monty Panesar|Monty Panesar]]|overs=10|maiden=1|runs=35|wickets=1|econ=3.50}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Ravinder Bopara|Ravinder Bopara]]|overs=9|maiden=0|runs=43|wickets=2|econ=4.77}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Paul Collingwood|Paul Collingwood]]|overs=9|maiden=0|runs=41|wickets=0|econ=4.55}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Jamie Dalrymple|Jamie Dalrymple]]|overs=3|maiden=0|runs=21|wickets=0|econ=7.00}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

<b>England:</b> [[w:Ed Joyce|E C Joyce]], [[w:Michael Vaughan|M P Vaughan]] (capt), [[w:Ian Bell (cricketer)|I R Bell]], [[w:Kevin Pietersen|K P Pietersen]], [[w:Paul Collingwood|P D Collingwood]], [[w:Ravinder Bopara|R S Bopara]], [[w:Jamie Dalrymple|J W M Dalrymple]], [[w:Paul Nixon|P A Nixon]] (wkt), [[w:Liam Plunkett|L E Plunkett]], [[w:James Anderson (cricketer)|J M Anderson]], [[w:Monty Panesar|M S Panesar]]<br>
<b>Canada:</b> [[w:Geoff Barnett (cricketer)|G E F Barnett]], [[w:Abdool Samad|A M Samad]], [[w:Ashish Bagai|A Bagai]] (wkt), [[w:John Davison (cricketer)|J M Davison]] (capt), [[w:Ian Billcliff|I S Billcliff]], [[w:Desmond Chumney|D R Chumney]], [[w:Asif Mulla|A A Mulla]], [[w:Sunil Dhaniram|S Dhaniram]], [[w:George Codrington|G R Codrington]], [[w:Umar Bhatti|U Bhatti]], [[w:Anderson Cummins|A C Cummins]]

<b>Player of the match:</b> [[w:Paul Collingwood|P D Collingwood]] (England)

Umpires: B R Doctrove and P D Parker (Australia) <br>
TV umpire: Asad Rauf (Pakistan)<br>
Match referee: J J Crowe (New Zealand)<br>
Reserve umpire: R E Koertzen (South Africa)<br>

== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6464251.stm|title=England v Canada|author=|pub=BBC|date=March 18, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wc2007/engine/current/match/247467.html|title=11th Match, Group C: Canada v England at Gros Islet - Mar 18, 2007|author=|pub=Cricinfo|date=March 18, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/latest_scorecard/default.stm|title=England v Canada - Mar 18, 2007|author=|pub=BBC|date=March 18, 2007}}
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[[Category:2007 Cricket World Cup]]
England beat Canada by 51 runs in Group C in the World Cup at Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia.

England's Andrew Flintoff was dropped for this game for breaches of team discipline, which also led to him being stripped of the vice captaincy role.


Toss: Canada won, and elected to field first.


Fall of wickets: 1-101 (Vaughan, 19.6 ov), 2-153 (Bell, 33.2 ov), 3-160 (Joyce, 35.1 ov), 4-161 (Pietersen, 35.6 ov), 5-242 (Bopara, 46.5 ov), 6-245 (Dalrymple, 47.4 ov)


Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Barnett, 1.3 ov), 2-22 (Bagai, 5.1 ov), 3-51 (Davison, 10.3 ov), 4-65 (Billcliff, 16.6 ov), 5-161 (Mulla, 34.4 ov), 6-161 (Samad, 35.1 ov), 7-217 (Dhaniram, 47.3 ov)


England: E C Joyce, M P Vaughan (capt), I R Bell, K P Pietersen, P D Collingwood, R S Bopara, J W M Dalrymple, P A Nixon (wkt), L E Plunkett, J M Anderson, M S Panesar
Canada: G E F Barnett, A M Samad, A Bagai (wkt), J M Davison (capt), I S Billcliff, D R Chumney, A A Mulla, S Dhaniram, G R Codrington, U Bhatti, A C Cummins

Player of the match: P D Collingwood (England)

Umpires: B R Doctrove and P D Parker (Australia) 
TV umpire: Asad Rauf (Pakistan)
Match referee: J J Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire: R E Koertzen (South Africa)
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