Australia vsNamibia (32nd Match)
World Cup, 2002/03, 32nd Match
Australia v
Namibia, Pool A
North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom
27
February 2003 (50-over match)
Result: Australia won by 256
runs
Points: Australia 4, Namibia 0
Toss: Australia
Umpires: BF
Bowden (NZ) and RB Tiffin (Zim)
TV Umpire: NA
Mallender (Eng)
Match Referee: GR Viswanath
(Ind)
Man of the Match: GD McGrath
Australia innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4 6
+AC Gilchrist b van Rooi 13 23 22 2 0
ML Hayden b LJ Burger 88 103 73 9 3
MG Bevan c & b LJ Burger 17 61 42 1 0
A Symonds run out (Swanepoel/van Schoor) 59 78 63 2 2
*RT Ponting c DB Kotze b LJ Burger 2 7 9 0 0
DR Martyn b BL Kotze 35 55 50 2 0
DS Lehmann not out 50 30 31 5 3
GB Hogg not out 19 27 14 3 0
Extras (lb 8, w 6, nb 4) 18
Total (6 wickets, 50 overs, 195 mins) 301
DNB: B Lee, AJ Bichel, GD McGrath.
FoW: 1-26 (Gilchrist, 5.6 ov), 2-104 (Bevan, 19.6 ov),
3-140 (Hayden, 23.5 ov), 4-146 (Ponting, 25.5 ov),
5-230 (Symonds, 42.2 ov), 6-231 (Martyn, 42.5 ov).
Bowling O M R W
van Vuuren 10 0 92 0 (2nb, 1w)
van Rooi 6 0 24 1 (4w)
BL Kotze 10 0 62 1 (2nb, 1w)
LJ Burger 10 1 39 3
DB Kotze 10 0 54 0
AJ Burger 4 0 22 0
Namibia innings (target: 302 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4 6
AJ Burger c Ponting b McGrath 4 2 4 1 0
SJ Swanepoel c Ponting b Lee 2 15 8 0 0
M Karg c Gilchrist b McGrath 4 21 14 0 0
D Keulder c Gilchrist b McGrath 3 26 20 0 0
BG Murgatroyd lbw b McGrath 0 8 3 0 0
*DB Kotze c Gilchrist b McGrath 10 31 14 1 0
LJ Burger c Gilchrist b McGrath 1 11 11 0 0
+M van Schoor c Gilchrist b Bichel 6 18 10 1 0
BL Kotze b McGrath 0 2 3 0 0
BO van Rooi not out 0 9 1 0 0
RJ van Vuuren c Gilchrist b Bichel 0 9 1 0 0
Extras (lb 4, w 6, nb 5) 15
Total (all out, 14 overs, 75 mins) 45
FoW: 1-5 (AJ Burger, 0.4 ov), 2-14 (Swanepoel, 3.2 ov),
3-16 (Karg, 4.6 ov), 4-17 (Murgatroyd, 6.3 ov),
5-28 (Keulder, 8.4 ov), 6-34 (LJ Burger, 10.5 ov),
7-45 (DB Kotze, 12.2 ov), 8-45 (BL Kotze, 12.5 ov),
9-45 (van Schoor, 13.5 ov), 10-45 (van Vuuren, 13.6 ov).
Bowling O M R W
McGrath 7 4 15 7 (2w)
Lee 6 1 26 1 (5nb)
Bichel 1 1 0 2
* - Team Captain
+ - Team Wicket Keeper
- 4th (reserve) umpire: CJ Pickett (NL)
- GD McGrath's best bowling in World Cups (previous: 5/14 v West Indies at Manchester, 1999)
- GD McGrath's best bowling in ODIs (previous: 5/14 v West Indies at Manchester, 1999)
- GD McGrath's 7/15 is the best bowling by an Australian in World Cups (previous: 6/14 GJ Gilmour v England at Leeds, 1975)
- GD McGrath's 7/15 is the best bowling in World Cups (previous: 7/51 WW Davis, West Indies v Australia at Leeds, 1983)
- GD McGrath's 7/15 is the best bowling by an Australian in ODIs (previous: 6/14 GJ Gilmour v England at Leeds, 1975)
- GD McGrath's 7/15 is the best bowling on this ground (previous: 4/16 L Klusener, South Africa v Kenya, 2002/03)
- AC Gilchrist's 6 catches was the most catches/dismissals in a World Cup innings (previous: RD Jacobs, 5 (5c, 0st), West Indies v New Zealand at Southampton, 1999)
- AC Gilchrist's 6 catches equalled the most catches/dismissals by an Australian in ODIs (AC Gilchrist, 6 (6c, 0st), v South Africa at Cape Town, 1999/00 and AC Gilchrist, 6 (5c, 1st), v England at Sydney, 2002/03)
- Australia's win was their 11th consecutive victory equalling the record for most consecutive victories in ODIs (11 by West Indies 04/06/1984 to 02/02/1985)
- The margin of victory was the largest in World Cups by runs (previous: 202 runs, England (334/4) beat India (132/3) at Lord's, 1975)
- The margin of victory was the largest by Australia in ODIs by runs (previous: 232 runs, Australia (323/2) beat Sri Lanka (91) at Adelaide, 1984/85)
- The margin of victory was the largest in ODIs by runs (previous: 245 runs, Sri Lanka (299/5) beat India (54) at Sharjah, 2000/01)
2003
Lokesh
