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Cricket World Cup - Final
Australia v Sri Lanka

Cricket World Cup 2007, Final
Australia v Sri Lanka
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
28 April. 2007 (50-over match)

Result:  Australia won by 53 runs (D/L method)
Toss: Australia, who chose to bat first
Man of the Match: AC Gilchrist (Australia)
Man of the Series: GD McGrath (Australia)

Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and SA Bucknor
TV Umpires: RE Koertzen (South Africa)
Match referee: JJ Crowe (New Zealand)


 Australia innings (38 overs maximum) R B 4s 6s SR 
AC Gilchrist c Silva b Fernando 149 104 13 8 143.26
ML Hayden c Jayawardene b Malinga 38 55 3 1 69.09
RT Ponting run out (Jayawardene) 37 42 1 1 88.09
A Symonds not out 23 21 2 0 109.52
SR Watson b Malinga 3 3 0 0 100.00
MJ Clarke not out 8 6 1 0 133.33
    Extras (lb 4, w 16, nb 3) 23
    Total (4 wickets; 38 overs) 281


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

Fall of wickets 1-172 (Hayden, 22.5 ov), 2-224 (Gilchrist, 30.3 ov), 3-261 (Ponting, 35.4 ov), 4-266 (Watson, 36.2 ov)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 WPUJC Vaas 8 0 54 0 6.75 (2nb, 1w)
 SL Malinga 8 1 49 2 6.12
 CRD Fernando 8 0 74 1 9.25 (1nb,4w)
 M Muralitharan 8.5 0 44 0 6.28 (2w)
  TM Dilshan 2 0 23 0 11.50 (1w)
 ST Jayasuriya 5 0 33 0 6.60 (1w)

 Sri Lanka innings (target: 269 runs from 36 overs) R B 4s 6s SR  
WU Tharanga c Gilchrist b Bracken 6 8 1 0 75.00
ST Jayasuriya b Clarke 63 67 9 0 94.02
KC Sangakkara c Ponting b Hogg 54 52 6 1 103.84
DPMD Jayawardene lbw b Watson 19 19 1 0 100.00
LPC Silva b Clarke 21 22 1 1 95.45
TM Dilshan run out (Clarke/McGrath) 14 13 2 0 107.69
RP Arnold c Gilchrist b McGrath 1 2 0 0 50.00
WPUJC Vaas not out 11 21 0 0 52.38
SL Malinga st Gilchrist b Symonds 10 6 0 1 166.66
CRD Fernando not out 1 6 0 0 16.66
    Extras (lb 1, w 14) 15
    Total (8 wickets; 36 overs) 215


Did not bat M Muralitharan

Fall of wickets1-7 (Tharanga, 2.1 ov), 2-123 (Sangakkara, 19.5 ov), 3-145 (Jayasuriya, 22.6 ov), 4-156 (Jayawardene, 25.5 ov), 5-188 (Dilshan, 29.6 ov), 6-190 (Silva, 30.1 ov), 7-194 (Arnold, 31.5 ov), 8-211 (Malinga, 33.6 ov)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 NW Bracken 6 1 34 1 5.66 (1w)
 SW Tait 6 0 42 0 7.00 (2w)
 GD McGrath 7 0 31 1 4.42 (1w)
 SR Watson 7 1 49 1 7.00 (3w)
 GB Hogg 3 0 19 1 6.33
 MJ Clarke 5 0 23 2 6.60 (2w)
 A Symonds 2 0 6 1 3.00

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