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The first match of the 2007 tournament between South Africa and the West Indies saw history being written when Chris Gayle became the first Twenty20 International centurion. Unfortuntely for Gayle and his side they went on to lose the match by eight wickets as Herschelle Gibbs and Justin Kemp matched Gayle’s fireworks. Having scored over 200 in the defeat to South Africa, the West Indies were expected to comfortably dispatch Bangladesh in their second group match but they were in for a surprise. Many people said before the tournament started that the ICC World Twenty20 2007 could provide the lower-ranked sides the chance to shine. And having beaten both India and South Africa at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 in the West Indies, Bangladesh pulled off another shock in Johannesburg. Gayle failed to put a run on the board and only a half century by Devon Smith helped West Indies reach 164 as Shakib Al Hasan claimed four wickets. A spirited Bangladesh then galloped to the target thanks to two brilliant half centuries from Aftab Ahmed and captain Mohammad Ashraful to win the match by six wickets and send the West Indies packing. Though many of the West Indies players had taken part in the Stanford Twenty20 they had never hosted a T20 International match in the Caribbean before this competition. That has now been rectified and with more experience under their belts and Gayle still likely to be a prominent threat at the top of the order they will expect to progress from the group stage in 2009. |
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Chris Gayle Captain
Age 29 years |
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Denesh Ramdin Vice-captain
Age 24 years |
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Lionel Baker Age 24 years Playing role Bowler Batting Left-hand bat Bowling Right-arm medium-fast |
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Sulieman Benn Age 27 years Playing role All-rounder Batting Left-hand bat Bowling Slow left-arm orthodox |
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David Bernard
Age 27 years |
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Dwayne Bravo Age 25 years Playing role All-rounder Batting Right-hand bat Bowling Right-arm medium-fast |
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Shivnarine Chanderpaul Age 34 years Playing role Batsman Batting Left-hand bat Bowling Legbreak |
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Fidel Edwards
Age 27 years |
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Andre Fletcher Age 21 years Playing role Wicketkeeper Batting Right-hand bat Bowling Right-arm medium-fast |
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Xavier Marshall Age 23 years Playing role Batsman Batting Right-hand bat Bowling Right-arm offbreak |
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Kieron Pollard Age 21 years Playing role All-rounder Batting Right-hand bat Bowling Right-arm medium-fast |
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Darren Sammy Age 25 years Playing role All-rounder Batting Right-hand bat Bowling Right-arm fast-medium |
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Ramnaresh Sarwan Age 28 years Playing role Batsman Batting Right-hand bat Bowling Legbreak |
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Lendl Simmons Age 24 years Batting Right-hand bat Bowling Right-arm medium-fast |
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Jerome Taylor Age 24 years Batting Right-hand bat Bowling Right-arm fast |
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