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Cricket World Cup 2007
Cricket World Cup - 2nd Semi-Final
Australia v South Africa

Cricket World Cup 2007, 1st Semi-Final
Australia v South Africa
Beausejour Cricket Ground, Gros Islet, St Lucia
25 April. 2007 (50-over match)

Result:  Australia won by 7 wickets
Toss: South Africa, who chose to bat first
Man of the Match: GD McGrath (Australia)

Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and SA Bucknor
TV Umpires: BF Bowden (New Zealand)
Match referee: JJ Crowe (New Zealand)


 South Africa innings (50 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR 
GC Smith b Bracken 2 5 0 0 40.00
AB de Villiers c Gilchrist b Tait 15 34 3 0 44.11
JH Kallis b McGrath 5 9 1 0 55.55
HH Gibbs c Gilchrist b Tait 39 49 6 0 79.59
AG Prince c Gilchrist b McGrath 0 4 0 0 00.00
MV Boucher c Hayden b McGrath 0 1 0 0 00.00
JM Kemp not out 49 91 4 1 53.84
AJ Hall c Gilchrist b Tait 3 8 0 0 37.50
SM Pollock c & b Hogg 5 13 1 0 38.46
A Nel c Clarke b Tait 8 41 1 0 19.51
CK Langeveldt b Watson 6 10 1 0 60.00
    Extras (lb 4, w 13) 17
    Total (all out; 43.5 overs) 149



Fall of wickets 1-7 (Smith, 2.3 ov), 2-12 (Kallis, 5.3 ov), 3-26 (de Villiers, 8.5 ov), 4-27 (Prince, 9.4 ov), 5-27 (Boucher, 9.5 ov), 6-87 (Gibbs, 22.5 ov), 7-93 (Hall, 26.1 ov), 8-103 (Pollock, 29.4 ov), 9-130 (Nel, 40.1 ov), 10-149 (Langeveldt, 43.5 ov)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 NW Bracken 7 2 15 1 2.14
 GD McGrath 8 1 18 3 2.25 (1w)
 SW Tait 10 0 39 4 3.90 (5w)
 SR Watson 8.5 0 49 1 5.54
 GB Hogg 10 2 24 1 2.40 (3w)

 Australia innings (target: 150 runs from 50 overs) R B 4s 6s SR  
AC Gilchrist b Langeveldt 1 5 0 0 20.00
ML Hayden c Smith b Pollock 41 60 4 0 68.33
RT Ponting b Nel 22 25 5 0 88.00
MJ Clarke not out 60 86 8 0 69.76
A Symonds not out 18 16 3 0 112.50
    Extras (lb 5, w 3, nb 3) 11
    Total (3 wickets; 31.3 overs) 153


Did not bat MEK Hussey, SR Watson, GB Hogg, NW Bracken, SW Tait, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets1-1 (Gilchrist, 1.1 ov), 2-44 (Ponting, 8.6 ov), 3-110 (Hayden, 24.4 ov)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 SM Pollock 5 1 16 1 3.20
 CK Langeveldt 6 0 34 1 5.66 (1nb, 1w)
 JH Kallis 5 1 20 1 4.00 (1nb,1w)
 A Nel 7 1 31 1 4.42 (1w)
 AJ Hall 6.3 0 43 0 6.61 (1nb)
 JM Kemp 2 0 4 0 2.00

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