2007 Cricket World Cup
Beausejour Stadium was one of the venues of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, the most important tournament in international cricket.It hosted 7 matches which consisted of 6 league matches all consisting of the Group C clashes.New Zealand went the round unbeaten twice scoring a total beyond 300 runs.The second semi-final between the defending champions Australia and South Africa was played here with an official attendance of 13,875.
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