October 2007 in Sports - 2 October 2007 (Tuesday)

2 October 2007 (Tuesday)

• College football:
  • Memphis 24, Marshall 21.
    • Playing with heavy hearts following the murder of reserve defensive end Taylor Bradford, the Tigers win in this Conference USA matchup at home.
• Major League Baseball Awards
  • Carlos Peña of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Dmitri Young of the Washington Nationals are awarded the MLB Comeback Player of the Year Award for the American League and National League, respectively.

• Cricket
  • Australian cricket team in India in 2007–08
    • 2nd ODI: Australia 306/6 (50 ov.) beat India 222 (47.3 ov.) by 84 runs at Kochi in second of seven match series.
  • South African cricket team in Pakistan in 2007–08
    • 1st Test-2nd Day: South Africa 450 lead Pakistan 127/5 (40 ov.) by 323 runs