The Duke of Edinburgh opens 'Gorilla Kingdom' at London Zoo, 29 March 2007

The Duke of Edinburgh opens 'Gorilla Kingdom' at London Zoo, 29 March 2007

The Duke of Edinburgh has opened an important new project at London Zoo which will help with the conservation and study of gorillas. The Duke of Edinburgh meets staff responsible for the day-to-day care of the gorillas at London Zoo © Buckingham Palace Press Office His Royal Highness toured the new 'Gorilla Kingdom' complex which features grassland and shelters for a small colony of gorillas. The aim is that the colony, which currently consists of one male gorilla, Bobby, who was rescued from a circus in Italy, and two female gorillas, Effie and Zaire, will breed and grow in numbers. His Royal Highness looks out over 'Gorilla Kingdom', a new complex of grassland and shelters in which the public can view the gorillas from platforms and behind glass © Buckingham Palace Press Office 'Gorilla Kingdom' will enable visitors, in particular school groups, to view the gorillas from platforms and from behind glass, getting closer than ever before. The Duke met staff at London Zoo, including the keepers who have been helping the new arrivals to settle in. Effie, a 14-year-old female, was sent from Leipzig Zoo at the beginning of March and is still getting used to her new surroundings. One of Gorilla Kindgom's new inhabitants relaxes in her new home © Buckingham Palace Press Office Daniel Simmonds, who helps look after the primates in the zoo, spoke about how he has been making her feel at home: 'I say things in German like 'Effie you're so cute' and 'Was ist das?'. It's small pep talk. They're not cats and dogs, they're very intelligent animals. It may seem silly but it's very important.' The Duke of Edinburgh meets staff involved in the 'Gorilla Kingdom' project as well as those who have donated money © Buckingham Palace Press Office After His Royal Highness had toured the complex, Sir Patrick Bateson, President of the Zoological Society of London, which runs the zoo, thanked The Duke of Edinburgh for his involvement and said of 'Gorilla Kingdom': 'We think it will return London to one of the great zoos of the world' The Duke, a former President of the society himself, then gave a brief speech praising the pioneering work of the zoo. Mayor Ken Livingstone echoed his words and spoke of the importance of conservation given the threats posed by global warming. 'Gorilla Kingdom' is open to the general public from 30 March 2007.

2007 Cricket World Cup: Sri Lanka vs West Indies

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April 1, 2007

Sri Lanka beat the West Indies by 113 runs in the Super 8 phase of the World Cup at the Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana.

This was a crucial game for the West Indies as they had already suffered defeat in both their previous Super 8 games, against Australia and New Zealand. Sri Lanka too had lost out to South Africa in their previous Super 8 encounter.

Toss: West Indies won, and elected to field first.

Sri Lanka innings
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Upul Tharanga	b Powell	8	24	1	0	33.33
Sanath Jayasuriya	b Powell	115	101	10	4	113.86
Kumar Sangakkara	c Ramdin b Bradshaw	7	10	1	0	70.00
Mahela Jayawardene	b Bravo	82	113	2	1	72.56
Chamara Silva	c Lara b Sarwan	23	31	0	0	74.19
Tillakaratne Dilshan	not out	39	22	2	2	177.27
Russel Arnold	not out	4	4	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 7; w 13; nb 5)	25
Total	(5 Wickets; 50 overs)	303		16	7

Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Tharanga, 5.5 ov), 2-35 (Sangakkara, 8.4 ov), 3-218 (Jayasuriya, 38.4 ov), 4-251 (Jayawardene, 44.1 ov), 5-268 (Silva, 46.4 ov)

West Indies bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wicket(s)	Econ
Jerome Taylor	8	1	32	0	4.00
Daren Powell	10	1	38	2	3.80
Ian Bradshaw	10	0	67	1	6.70
Dwayne Smith	3	0	23	0	7.66
Chris Gayle	9	0	60	0	6.66
Dwayne Bravo	7	0	59	1	8.42
Ramnaresh Sarwan	3	0	17	1	5.66

West Indies innings (Target: 304 runs from 50 overs)
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Chris Gayle	c Fernando b Malinga	10	21	1	0	47.61
Dwayne Bravo	b Vaas	21	24	3	0	87.50
Shivnarine Chanderpaul	b Malinga	76	110	1	5	69.09
Brian Lara	st Sangakkara b Vaas	2	4	0	0	50.00
Ramnaresh Sarwan	st Sangakkara b Jayasuriya	44	68	1	1	64.70
Marlon Samuels	lbw b Muralitharan	3	5	0	0	60.00
Dwayne Smith	run out (Malinga/Sangakkara)	0	2	0	0	0.00
Denesh Ramdin	c Vaas b Jayasuriya	2	5	0	0	40.00
Ian Bradshaw	not out	6	17	0	0	35.29
Jerome Taylor	lbw b Muralitharan	13	9	2	0	144.44
Daren Powell	b Jayasuriya	2	4	0	0	50.00
Extras	(lb 1; w 8; nb 2)	11
Total	(all out; 44.3 overs)	190		8	6

Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Gayle, 5.2 ov), 2-40 (Bravo, 8.3 ov), 3-42 (Lara, 10.1 ov), 4-134 (Sarwan, 34.2 ov), 5-147 (Samuels, 35.6 ov), 6-148 (Smith, 36.4 ov), 7-158 (Ramdin, 38.1 ov), 8-173 (Chanderpaul, 41.2 ov), 9-187 (Taylor, 43.4 ov), 10-190 (Powell, 44.3 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wicket(s)	Econ
Chaminda Vaas	8	1	19	2	2.37
Lasith Malinga	5	0	34	2	6.80
Dilhara Fernando	7	3	19	0	2.71
Tillakaratne Dilshan	4	0	11	0	2.75
Russel Arnold	3	0	9	0	3.00
Muttiah Muralitharan	9	0	59	2	6.55
Sanath Jayasuriya	8.3	0	38	3	4.47

Sri Lanka: W U Tharanga, S T Jayasuriya, K C Sangakkara (wkt), D P M D Jayawardene (capt), L P C Silva, T M Dilshan, R P Arnold, C R D Fernando, W P U J C Vaas, S L Malinga, M Muralitharan

West Indies: C H Gayle, S Chanderpaul, R R Sarwan, M N Samuels, B C Lara (capt), D J Bravo, D Ramdin (wkt), D R Smith, D B Powell, J E Taylor, I D R Bradshaw

Player of the match: S T Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)

Umpires: M R Benson (England) and D J Harper (Australia)
TV umpire: S J A Taufel (Australia)
Match referee: J J Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire: S A Bucknor (West Indies)

2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs Australia

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March 31, 2007

Australia beat Bangladesh today by 10 wickets in the Super 8 phase in the World Cup at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda.

This was Bangladesh's first game in the Super 8 stage, which they entered pointless after defeat to fellow group qualifiers Sri Lanka. Australia already led the Super 8 group with 4 points on the board, thanks to their victory over the West Indies and group stage win over South Africa.

The match was reduced to a 22 over game due to delays from the wet outfield.

Glenn McGrath became the leading wicket taker in World Cup history with his 3 wickets here, taking him past Wasim Akram.

Toss: Australia won, and elected to field first.

Bangladesh innings
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Tamim Iqbal	c Hogg b Bracken	3	14	0	0	21.42
Shahriar Nafees	b McGrath	1	4	0	0	25.00
Aftab Ahmed	c Bracken b McGrath	11	7	1	0	157.14
Saqibul Hasan	c Gilchrist b Tait	25	36	0	1	69.44
Mohammad Ashraful	c Ponting b McGrath	6	8	1	0	75.00
Habibul Bashar	c Ponting b Bracken	24	43	0	0	55.81
Mashrafe Mortaza	not out	25	17	2	1	147.05
Mushfiqur Rahim	not out	2	3	0	0	66.66
Extras	(w 7)	7
Total	(6 Wickets; 22 overs)	104		4	2

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Tamim Iqbal, 2.4 ov), 2-8 (Shahriar Nafees, 3.3 ov), 3-25 (Aftab Ahmed, 5.3 ov), 4-37 (Mohammad Ashraful, 7.5 ov), 5-65 (Saqibul Hasan, 16.2 ov), 6-97 (Habibul Bashar, 21.1 ov)

Australia bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wicket(s)	Econ
Nathan Bracken	4	0	20	2	5.00
Glenn McGrath	5	0	16	3	3.20
Shaun Tait	4	0	28	1	7.00
Shane Watson	1.4	0	4	0	2.40
Brad Hogg	5	0	20	0	4.00
Andrew Symonds	2.2	0	16	0	6.85

Australia innings (Target: 105 runs from 22 overs)
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Adam Gilchrist	not out	59	44	8	1	134.09
Matthew Hayden	not out	47	39	3	3	120.51
Extras		0
Total	(0 Wickets; 13.5 overs)	106		11	4

Bangladesh bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wicket(s)	Econ
Mashrafe Mortaza	4	0	20	0	5.00
Tapash Baisya	2.5	0	35	0	12.35
Aftab Ahmed	0.1	0	1	0	6.00
Abdur Razzak	3	0	15	0	5.00
Saqibul Hasan	0.5	0	14	0	16.80
Mohammad Rafique	3	0	21	0	7.00

Australia: N W Bracken, M J Clarke, A C Gilchrist (wkt), M L Hayden, G B Hogg, M E K Hussey, G D McGrath, R T Ponting (capt), A Symonds, S W Tait, S R Watson
Bangladesh: Abdur Razzak, Aftab Ahmed, Habibul Bashar (capt), Mashrafe Mortaza, Mohammad Ashraful, Mohammad Rafique, Mushfiqur Rahim (wkt), Saqibul Hasan, Shahriar Nafees, Tapash Baisya, Tamim Iqbal

Player of the match: G D McGrath (Australia)

Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and B F Bowden (New Zealand)
TV umpire: R E Koertzen (South Africa)
Match referee: B C Broad (England)
Reserve umpire: Asad Rauf (Pakistan)

2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs Ireland

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March 30, 2007

England beat Ireland by 48 runs in the Super 8 phase of the World Cup at the Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana.

This is both teams first game in this phase, and both begin the stage without any points, having both lost to their fellow group qualifiers - New Zealand and West Indies, respectively.

Toss: England won, and elected to bat first.

England innings
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Ed Joyce	b Rankin	1	5	0	0	20.00
Michael Vaughan	c N O'Brien b B Rankin	6	13	1	0	46.15
Ian Bell	c NJ O'Brien b KJ O'Brien	31	74	2	0	41.89
Kevin Pietersen	c Porterfield b McCallan	48	47	5	0	102.12
Paul Collingwood	run out (White/Johnston)	90	82	8	3	109.75
Andrew Flintoff	b Johnston	43	62	4	0	69.35
Paul Nixon	c Morgan b Botha	19	15	1	1	126.66
Ravinder Bopara	not out	10	5	1	0	200.00
Sajid Mahmood	not out	0	0	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 2; w 13; nb 3)	18
Total	(7 Wickets; 50 overs)	266		22	4

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Joyce, 1.1 ov), 2-23 (Vaughan, 5.2 ov), 3-89 (Bell, 21.2 ov), 4-113 (Pietersen, 26.3 ov), 5-194 (Flintoff, 43.3 ov), 6-245 (Nixon, 48.2 ov), 7-258 (Collingwood, 49.3 ov)

Ireland bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wicket(s)	Econ
Dave Langford-Smith	7	0	38	0	5.42
Boyd Rankin	7	1	28	2	4.00
Trent Johnston	10	0	70	1	7.00
Andre Botha	10	1	56	1	5.60
Kevin O'Brien	4	0	26	1	6.50
Kyle McCallan	10	0	38	1	3.80
Andrew White	2	0	8	0	4.00

Ireland innings (Target: 267 runs from 50 overs)
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
William Porterfield	c Bell b Flintoff	31	68	1	0	45.58
Jeremy Bray	c Bopara b Anderson	0	1	0	0	0.00
Eoin Morgan	run out (Mahmood)	2	7	0	0	28.57
Niall O'Brien	st Nixon b Vaughan	63	88	4	0	71.59
Andre Botha	c Flintoff b Panesar	18	39	1	0	46.15
Kevin O'Brien	lbw b Panesar	12	19	1	0	63.15
Trent Johnston	b Flintoff	27	21	1	2	128.57
Andrew White	c Nixon b Collingwood	38	35	4	0	108.57
Kyle McCallan	b Flintoff	5	6	0	0	83.33
Dave Langford-Smith	lbw b Flintoff	1	2	0	0	50.00
Boyd Rankin	not out	4	8	0	0	50.00
Extras	(lb 3; w 9; nb 5)	17
Total	(all out; 48.1 overs)	218

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Bray, 0.5 ov), 2-11 (Morgan, 3.4 ov), 3-72 (Porterfield, 18.5 ov), 4-116 (Botha, 29.5 ov), 5-139 (KJ O'Brien, 35.6 ov), 6-139 (NJ O'Brien, 36.2 ov), 7-197 (Johnston, 44.5 ov), 8-209 (White, 45.5 ov), 9-210 (Langford-Smith, 46.1 ov), 10-218 (McCallan, 48.1 ov)

England bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wicket(s)	Econ
James Anderson	7	1	35	1	5.00
Sajid Mahmood	8	2	34	0	4.25
Andrew Flintoff	8.1	1	43	4	5.26
Paul Collingwood	6	0	38	1	6.33
Monty Panesar	10	1	31	2	3.10
Michael Vaughan	9	0	34	1	3.77

England: E C Joyce, M P Vaughan (capt), I R Bell, K P Pietersen, A Flintoff, P D Collingwood, R S Bopara, P A Nixon (wkt), S I Mahmood, J M Anderson, M S Panesar
Ireland: W T S Porterfield, J P Bray, E J G Morgan, N J O'Brien (wkt), A C Botha, K J O'Brien, D T Johnston (capt), W K McCallan, A R White, D Langford-Smith, W B Rankin

Player of the match: P D Collingwood (England)

Umpires: B R Doctrove (West Indies) and S J A Taufel (Australia)
TV umpire: D J Harper (Australia)
Match referee: R S Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire: S A Bucknor (West Indies)