Fixture 28 Apr at 03:30 PM  • Bridgetown
Australia vs Sri Lanka  • Final (day)  • ICC World Cup 2007
  • Australia AUS
  • 281 / 4 ( 38 Ovs )
  • Sri Lanka SL
  • 215 / 8 ( 36 Ovs )
  • Australia won by 53 runs (D/L method)
    • Dot Ball
    Target 269
    Recent Balls
    • 0001000200
    35.6
    0
    Symonds to Vaas
    missed, a loud appeal, not out but mercifully it's all over and Gilchrist lets out a roar
    35.5
    0
    Symonds to Vaas
    missed, padded into the leg side
    35.4
    0
    Symonds to Vaas
    missed and off the pad
    35.3
    1
    Symonds to Fernando
    swung into the leg side
    35.2
    0
    Symonds to Fernando
    blocked
    35.1
    0
    Symonds to Fernando
    left alone
    34.6
    0
    Clarke to Vaas
    sorry, no idea as we simply could not see
    34.6
    2
    Clarke to Fernando
    missed sweep down the leg side, Dar signals a wide to the delight of the umpires who feel he has behaved like a complete fool
    34.5
    0
    Clarke to Fernando
    blocked again, almost mocking the umpires
    34.4
    0
    Clarke to Fernando
    forward defensive shot
    34.3
    0
    Clarke to Fernando
    padded into the off side
    34.2
    1
    Clarke to Vaas
    driven to long-on
    34.1
    0
    Clarke to Vaas
    floated up and blocked
    33.6
    W
    Symonds to Malinga
    a big swing and a miss, Gilchrist whips off the bails, Dar calls for the third umpire as he could never have seen that far with any certainty
    33.5
    1
    Symonds to Vaas
    flicked to midwicket
    33.4
    0
    Symonds to Vaas
    driven back to Symonds who hears it coming towards him and fields
    33.3
    1
    Symonds to Malinga
    gently floated up, driven to long-on
    33.2
    1
    Symonds to Vaas
    slogged to midwicket
    33.1
    2
    Symonds to Vaas
    outside edge through backward point. Even the TV cameras are struggling to follow this
    32.6
    2
    Clarke to Malinga
    width outside off and that's worked out off the back foot to gully

    Match Info

    MATCH AUS Vs SL
    DATE 28 Apr, 2007
    TIME 03:30 PM UTC | 11:30 AM LOCAL
    VENUE Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
    TOSS
    UMPIRES Aleem Dar
    REFEREE Steve Bucknor

    Australia (Batting) : 281/4 (38 Ovs)

    Batsmen 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
    MJ Clarke
    not out
    		8 6 1 0 133.33
    MEK Hussey
    GB Hogg
    NW Bracken
    SW Tait
    GD McGrath
    Total 281/4 (38 Ovs)      Extras: 23      ( b 0 , lb 4 , w 16 , nb 3 , p 0)

    Fall of Wickets

    Wkt # Player Runs Ovs
    1 ML Hayden
    c Jayawardene b Malinga
    		 172 22.5
    2 AC Gilchrist
    c Silva b Fernando
    		 224 30.3
    3 RT Ponting
    run out (Jayawardene)
    		 261 35.4
    4 SR Watson
    b Malinga
    		 266 36.2

    Bowling

    Bowler O M R W WD NB ECO
    WPUJC Vaas 8 0 54 0 1 2 6.75
    SL Malinga 8 1 49 2 0 0 6.12
    CRD Fernando 8 0 74 1 4 1 9.25
    M Muralidaran 7 0 44 0 2 0 6.28
    TM Dilshan 2 0 23 0 1 0 11.5
    ST Jayasuriya 5 0 33 0 0 0 6.6

    Sri Lanka (Batting) : 215/8 (36 Ovs)

    Batsmen R B 4s 6s SR
    WU Tharanga
    c †Gilchrist b Bracken
    		 6 8 1 0 75
    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
    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
    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
    M Muralidaran
    Total 215/8 (36 Ovs)      Extras: 15      ( b 0 , lb 1 , w 14 , nb 0 , p 0)

    Fall of Wickets

    Wkt # Player Runs Ovs
    1 WU Tharanga
    c †Gilchrist b Bracken
    		 7 2.1
    2 KC Sangakkara
    c Ponting b Hogg
    		 123 19.5
    3 ST Jayasuriya
    b Clarke
    		 145 22.6
    4 DPMD Jayawardene
    lbw b Watson
    		 156 25.5
    5 TM Dilshan
    run out (Clarke/McGrath)
    		 188 29.6
    6 LPC Silva
    b Clarke
    		 190 30.1
    7 RP Arnold
    c †Gilchrist b McGrath
    		 194 31.5
    8 SL Malinga
    st †Gilchrist b Symonds
    		 211 33.6

    Bowling

    Bowler O M R W WD NB ECO
    NW Bracken 6 1 34 1 1 0 5.66
    SW Tait 6 0 42 0 2 0 7
    GD McGrath 7 0 31 1 1 0 4.42
    SR Watson 7 0 49 1 3 0 7
    GB Hogg 3 0 19 1 0 0 6.33
    MJ Clarke 5 0 33 2 2 0 6.6
    A Symonds 2 0 6 1 0 0 3

    Australia Partnerships

    ML Hayden
    38 (55)     		172 (138)
    22.5 Ovs     		AC Gilchrist
    119 (83)
    RT Ponting
    20 (26)     		52 (47)
    7.4 Ovs     		AC Gilchrist
    30 (21)
    RT Ponting
    17 (16)     		37 (31)
    5.1 Ovs     		A Symonds
    16 (15)
    A Symonds
    2 (1)     		5 (4)
    0.4 Ovs     		SR Watson
    3 (3)
    A Symonds
    5 (5)     		15 (11)
    1.4 Ovs     		MJ Clarke
    8 (6)

    Sri Lanka Partnerships

    ST Jayasuriya
    0 (5)     		7 (13)
    2.1 Ovs     		WU Tharanga
    6 (8)
    ST Jayasuriya
    55 (54)     		116 (106)
    17.4 Ovs     		KC Sangakkara
    54 (52)
    ST Jayasuriya
    8 (8)     		22 (19)
    3.1 Ovs     		DPMD Jayawardene
    14 (11)
    DPMD Jayawardene
    5 (8)     		11 (17)
    2.5 Ovs     		LPC Silva
    4 (9)
    TM Dilshan
    14 (12)     		32 (24)
    4.1 Ovs     		LPC Silva
    17 (12)
    RP Arnold
    0 (0)     		2 (1)
    0.1 Ovs     		LPC Silva
    0 (1)
    WPUJC Vaas
    3 (8)     		4 (10)
    1.4 Ovs     		RP Arnold
    1 (2)
    WPUJC Vaas
    7 (7)     		17 (13)
    2.1 Ovs     		SL Malinga
    10 (6)
    WPUJC Vaas
    1 (6)     		4 (12)
    2 Ovs     		CRD Fernando
    1 (6)

    Australia (Batting) Overs

    # Bowler Runs W B TR TW ORR
    1 Chaminda Vaas
    0 1 0 0 1 0     		2 0 6 2 0 2
    2 Lasith Malinga
    		2 0 12 4 0 2
    3 Chaminda Vaas
    		12 0 18 16 0 5.33
    4 Lasith Malinga
    		0 0 24 16 0 4
    5 Chaminda Vaas
    		10 0 30 26 0 5.2
    6 Lasith Malinga
    		1 0 36 27 0 4.5
    7 Dilhara Fernando
    		5 0 42 32 0 4.57
    8 Lasith Malinga
    		3 0 48 35 0 4.37
    9 Dilhara Fernando
    		8 0 54 43 0 4.77
    10 Chaminda Vaas
    		3 0 60 46 0 4.6
    11 Dilhara Fernando
    		16 0 66 62 0 5.63
    12 Muthiah Muralidaran
    		3 0 72 65 0 5.41
    13 Tillakaratne Dilshan
    		4 0 78 69 0 5.3
    14 Muthiah Muralidaran
    		7 0 84 76 0 5.42
    15 Tillakaratne Dilshan
    		19 0 90 95 0 6.33
    16 Muthiah Muralidaran
    		3 0 96 98 0 6.12
    17 Dilhara Fernando
    		14 0 102 112 0 6.58
    18 Muthiah Muralidaran
    		10 0 108 122 0 6.77
    19 Dilhara Fernando
    		13 0 114 135 0 7.1
    20 Chaminda Vaas
    		2 0 120 137 0 6.85
    21 Lasith Malinga
    		12 0 126 149 0 7.09
    22 Chaminda Vaas
    		14 0 132 163 0 7.4
    23 Lasith Malinga
    		9 1 138 172 1 7.47
    24 Chaminda Vaas
    		4 0 144 176 1 7.33
    25 Sanath Jayasuriya
    		4 0 150 180 1 7.2
    26 Muthiah Muralidaran
    		6 0 156 186 1 7.15
    27 Sanath Jayasuriya
    		8 0 162 194 1 7.18
    28 Muthiah Muralidaran
    		9 0 168 203 1 7.25
    29 Sanath Jayasuriya
    		13 0 174 216 1 7.44
    30 Muthiah Muralidaran
    		6 0 180 222 1 7.4
    31 Dilhara Fernando
    		5 1 186 227 2 7.32
    32 Sanath Jayasuriya
    		4 0 192 231 2 7.21
    33 Dilhara Fernando
    		6 0 198 237 2 7.18
    34 Sanath Jayasuriya
    		6 0 204 243 2 7.14
    35 Lasith Malinga
    		14 0 210 257 2 7.34
    36 Chaminda Vaas
    		7 1 216 264 3 7.33
    37 Lasith Malinga
    		8 1 222 272 4 7.35
    38 Dilhara Fernando
    		9 0 228 281 4 7.39

    Sri Lanka (Batting) Overs

    # Bowler Runs W B TR TW ORR
    1 Nathan Bracken
    4 0 0 0 1 0     		5 0 6 5 0 5
    2 Shaun Tait
    		2 0 12 7 0 3.5
    3 Nathan Bracken
    		5 1 18 12 1 4
    4 Shaun Tait
    		6 0 24 18 1 4.5
    5 Nathan Bracken
    		0 0 30 18 1 3.6
    6 Shaun Tait
    		16 0 36 34 1 5.66
    7 Nathan Bracken
    		2 0 42 36 1 5.14
    8 Glenn McGrath
    		3 0 48 39 1 4.87
    9 Shane Watson
    		2 0 54 41 1 4.55
    10 Glenn McGrath
    		1 0 60 42 1 4.2
    11 Shane Watson
    		9 0 66 51 1 4.63
    12 Glenn McGrath
    		2 0 72 53 1 4.41
    13 Shane Watson
    		13 0 78 66 1 5.07
    14 Glenn McGrath
    		16 0 84 82 1 5.85
    15 Nathan Bracken
    		11 0 90 93 1 6.2
    16 Shaun Tait
    		9 0 96 102 1 6.37
    17 Shane Watson
    		4 0 102 106 1 6.23
    18 Brad Hogg
    		4 0 108 110 1 6.11
    19 Shane Watson
    		7 0 114 117 1 6.15
    20 Brad Hogg
    		7 1 120 124 2 6.2
    21 Shane Watson
    		7 0 126 131 2 6.23
    22 Brad Hogg
    		8 0 132 139 2 6.31
    23 Michael Clarke
    		6 1 138 145 3 6.3
    24 Glenn McGrath
    		3 0 144 148 3 6.16
    25 Shaun Tait
    		2 0 150 150 3 6
    26 Shane Watson
    		7 1 156 157 4 6.03
    27 Michael Clarke
    		10 0 162 167 4 6.18
    28 Nathan Bracken
    		11 0 168 178 4 6.35
    29 Shaun Tait
    		7 0 174 185 4 6.37
    30 Glenn McGrath
    		3 1 180 188 5 6.26
    31 Michael Clarke
    		4 1 186 192 6 6.19
    32 Glenn McGrath
    		3 1 192 195 7 6.09
    33 Michael Clarke
    		11 0 198 206 7 6.24
    34 Andrew Symonds
    		5 1 204 211 8 6.2
    35 Michael Clarke
    		3 0 210 214 8 6.11
    36 Andrew Symonds
    		1 0 216 215 8 5.97
    13
    Sixes
    40
    Fours
    10
    Wickets
    373
    Sixes
    1808
    Fours
    658
    Wickets
    51
    Matches

    Player of the Match

    Adam Gilchrist Adam Gilchrist (AUS) 149 (104)
    Team M W T L PT NRR
    AUS 7 7 0 0 14 2.4
    SL 7 5 0 2 10 1.483
    NZ 7 5 0 2 10 0.253
    SA 7 4 0 3 8 0.313
    ENG 7 3 0 4 6 -0.394
    WI 7 2 0 5 4 -0.566
    BAN 7 1 0 6 2 -1.514
    IRE 7 1 0 6 2 -1.73

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