Road to the final ICC Champions Trophy
By Tony Cozier
Stabroek News
November 5, 2006

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WEST INDIES

Qualifying round

Beat Zimbabwe by nine wickets. Zimbabwe 85 all out, 30.1 overs (Chris Gayle 3.1-1-3-3). West Indies 90 for one, 14.2 overs (Gayle 41). Beat Bangladesh by 10 wickets. Bangladesh 141 all out, 46.3 overs (Aftab Ahmed 59; Dwayne Bravo 10-1-14-3). Lost to Sri Lanka by nine wickets. West Indies 80 all out, 30.4 overs (Pervez Mahroof 9-2-14-6). Sri Lanka 83 for one, 13.2 overs (Sanath Jayasuriya 45 not out).

Group stage

Beat Australia by 10 runs. West Indies 234 for six, 50 overs (Runako Morton 90 not out, Brian Lara 71). Australia 224 for nine, 50 overs (Adam Gilchrist 92, Michael Clarke 47; Jerome Taylor 10-0-49-4, including hat-trick).

Beat India by three wickets. India 223 for nine, 50 overs (Mahendra Dhoni 51, Rahul Dravid 49; Ian Bradshaw 10-0-30-3). West Indies 224 for seven, 49.4 overs (Ramnresh Sarwan 53, Shivnarine Chanderpaul 51, Runako Morton 45).

Lost to England by three wickets. West Indies 272 for four, 50 overs (Dwayne Bravo 112 not out, Chris Gayle (101). England 276 for seven, 48.3 overs (Kevin Pietersen 90 not out, Andrew Strauss 50, Ian Bell 50; Chris Gayle 10-1-31-3). Semi-final Beat South Africa by six wickets. South Africa 258 for eight, 50 overs (Herschelle Gibbs 77, AB deVilliers (46). West Indies 262 for six, 44 overs (Chris Gayle 133 not out, Shivnarine Chanderpaul 57 retired hurt).

AUSTRALIA Group stage

Lost to West Indies by 10 runs. West Indies 234 for six, 50 overs (Runako Morton 90 not out, Brian Lara (71). Australia 224 for nine, 50 overs (Adam Gilchrist 92, Michael Clarke 47; Jerome Taylor 10-0-49-4, including hat-trick). Beat England by six wickets. England 169 all out, 45 overs (Andrew Strauss 56, Ian Bell 43; Shane Watson 7-0-16-3; Mitchell Johnson 10-0-40-3). Australia 170 for four, 36.5 overs (Damien Martyn 78).

Beat India by six wickets. India 249 for eight, 50 overs (Virender Sewag 65, Rahul Dravid 52). Australia 252 for four, 45.4 overs (Damien Martyn 73 not out, Ricky Ponting 58, Shane Watson 50).

Semi-final. Beat New Zealand by 34 runs. Australia 240 for nine, 50 overs (Ricky Ponting 58, Andrew Symonds 58; Kyle Mills 10-1-38-4). New Zealand 206 all out, 46 overs (Daniel Vettori 79, Jacob Oram 43; Glenn McGrath 10-2-22-3).