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Cricket World Cup 2007
Cricket World Cup - 18th Match, Group A
Australia v South Africa

Cricket World Cup 2007, 22nd Match, Group A
Australia v South Africa
Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts
24 March. 2007 (50-over match)

Result: Australia won by 83 runs
Toss: South Africa, who chose to field first
Points: Australia 2, South Africa 0

Man of the Match: ML Hayden (Australia)

Umpires: MR Benson (England) and SA Bucknor
TV Umpires: AL Hill (New Zealand)
Match referee: EAR de Silva (Sri Lanka)


 Australia innings (50 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR 
AC Gilchrist c Gibbs b Langeveldt 42 42 6 1 100.00
ML Hayden c Gibbs b Kallis 101 68 14 4 148.52
RT Ponting c de Villiers b Ntini 91 91 8 2 100.00
MJ Clarke run out (Pollock/Langeveldt) 92 75 7 4 122.66
A Symonds b Hall 18 13 2 0 138.46
MEK Hussey c Kallis b Hall 5 3 1 01 166.66
SR Watson not out 14 9 2 0 155.55
    Extras (lb 4, w 9, nb 1) 14
    Total (6 wickets; 50 overs) 377


Did not bat GB Hogg, NW Bracken, SW Tait, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets 1-106 (Gilchrist, 14.5 ov), 2-167 (Hayden, 23.3 ov), 3-328 (Ponting, 45.1 ov), 4-347 (Clarke, 46.4 ov), 5-353 (Hussey, 47.2 ov), 6-377 (Symonds, 49.6 ov)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 SM Pollock 10 0 83 0 8.30 (21w)
 M Ntini 9 0 68 1 7.55
 CK Langeveldt 10 0 82 1 8.20 (1nb, 2w)
 AJ Hall 10 0 60 2 6.00
 GC Smith 2 0 14 0 7.00
 JH Kallis 9 0 66 1 7.33

 South Africa innings (target: 378 runs from 50 overs) R B 4s 6s SR  
GC Smith c Gilchrist b Hogg 74 69 9 2 107.24
run out (Watson) c Wright b Blain 92 70 14 2 131.42
JH Kallis c Clarke b Hogg 48 63 5 0 76.19
HH Gibbs st Gilchrist b Hogg 17 19 1 1 89.47
AG Prince c Hayden b McGrath 1 3 0 0 33.33
MV Boucher b Tait 22 26 1 1 84.61
JM Kemp lbw b Tait 1 6 0 0 16.66
SM Pollock b Watson 7 7 1 0 100.00
AJ Hall not out 8 14 0 0 66.66
CK Langeveldt b Bracken 0 6 0 0 00.00
M Ntini b Bracken 7 8 1 0 87.50
    Extras (w 11, nb 1, pen 5) 17
    Total (all out; 48 overs) 294



Fall of wickets1-160 (de Villiers, 20.6 ov), 1-184* (Smith, retired not out), 2-220 (Gibbs, 31.3 ov), 3-223 (Prince, 32.2 ov), 4-256 (Boucher, 38.5 ov), 5-264 (Kemp, 40.5 ov), 6-267 (Smith, 41.3 ov), 7-277 (Kallis, 43.1 ov), 8-279 (Pollock, 44.1 ov), 9-280 (Langeveldt, 45.2 ov), 10-294 (Ntini, 47.6 ov)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 NW Bracken 9 0 40 2 4.44
 SW Tait 10 0 61 2 6.10 (1nb, 4w)
 GD McGrath 9 0 62 1 6.88
 SR Watson 8 1 46 1 5.75
 GB Hogg 10 0 61 3 6.10 (1w)
 A Symonds 2 0 19 0 9.50

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