Pedzisa mutsara unotevera:
2007 mutambo uyu wakagamuchirwa neWest Indies; iyo Cricket World Cup yakava mutambo wekutanga wakadai kuitirwa pamakondinendi ese matanhatu ane vanhu - Europe (1975, 1979, 1983, 1999); Asia (1987, 1996); Australasia (1992); Africa (2003); North neSouth America (2007). Ireland yakaita mutambo wayo wekutanga muWorld Cup yakasangana neZimbabwe ndokukunda Pakistan kuti iende kunhanho yechipiri, kwavakazoenderera mberi nekukunda Bangladesh kuti vakwidziridzirwe patafura huru yeODI. Pashure pokukundwa kwavo neIreland, murairidzi wePakistan Bob Woolmer akawanwa akafa mukamuri rake rehotera; mishumo inopesana inobva kumanyuko akasiana-siana inotaura kuti iye kana akaurawa kana kuti akafa nezvikonzero zvomusikirwo. Australia yakakunda Sri Lanka mufainari nemaruniti 53 (D/L), mumamiriro ekunze akasviba, ichiwedzera nhevedzano yavo isina kukundwa muNdebe yeNyika kusvika kumitambo makumi maviri nemapfumbamwe uye kuhwina mikombe yeNyika nhatu dzakateedzana.