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ICC World Cup, 2006/07 / Scorecard

ICC World Cup - 35th match, Super Eights

Australia v England

Australia won by 7 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)

ODI no. 2565 | 2006/07 season
Played at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua (neutral venue)
8 April 2007 (50-over match)


England innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
IR Bell	c Hussey b McGrath	77	126	90	9	0	85.55
29.3 oh there we go, Bell departs - McGrath perhaps held it back a touch, Bell trying to drive it over cover but his head fell back and the ball spooned to Hussey at extra cover 164/3
MP Vaughan*	b Tait	5	12	8	1	0	62.50
3.2 gone! Again short from Tait, Vaughan went back and simply played it onto his stumps. 10/1
AJ Strauss	b Tait	7	11	10	0	0	70.00
5.6 gone! A mirror of Vaughan's dismissal; short of a length, Strauss back onto his stumps, he tried to cut it but with a rather ugly cross-bat and it's dragged on 24/2
KP Pietersen	c Clarke b Bracken	104	182	122	6	1	85.24
48.4 and he's gone this time, trying to lift Bracken for six but it's hit flat, and straight to Michael Clarke who needs not move a muscle, taking a very simple catch 240/7
PD Collingwood	c †Gilchrist b Tait	2	3	5	0	0	40.00
30.3 lovely delivery, top class that one: Collingwood looking for the reverse swing and playing away from his body on his back foot. There's just a thin edge - but one without doubt - and Gilchrist clings on 167/4
A Flintoff	st †Gilchrist b Hogg	4	20	19	0	0	21.05
35.3 a little touch of air and the ball tempts him outside his crease. It deviates past his outside edge, turning a touch and Gilchrist completes the move with some sharp glovework and Flintoff's on his way 179/5
RS Bopara	c Hussey b Bracken	21	43	36	2	0	58.33
46.2 what a shot, but he's found Hussey at deep midwicket. It was an extraordinary flick, timing it to Hussey on the boundary who took an easy catch 230/6
PA Nixon†	c Hodge b McGrath	8	14	6	0	1	133.33
49.2 and he tries to replicate the shot before, smacking a full toss but straight down Hodge's throat at long-on who swallows it with ease 246/9
SI Mahmood	c Hodge b Bracken	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
48.6 another full toss, well, what a catch! That's a marvellous catch from Hodge, Mahmood slicing it to him at backward point who tumbled to his right and took a fine catch 240/8
MS Panesar	not out	1	3	2	0	0	50.00

JM Anderson	lbw b McGrath	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
49.5 full, swinging into Anderson who completely misreads the line. McGrath roars his appeal and up goes the finger 247/10
Extras	(b 4, lb 4, w 7, nb 3)	18

Total	(all out; 49.5 overs)	247	(4.95 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-10 (Vaughan, 3.2 ov), 2-24 (Strauss, 5.6 ov), 3-164 (Bell, 29.3 ov), 4-167 (Collingwood, 30.3 ov), 5-179 (Flintoff, 35.3 ov), 6-230 (Bopara, 46.2 ov), 7-240 (Pietersen, 48.4 ov), 8-240 (Mahmood, 48.6 ov), 9-246 (Nixon, 49.2 ov), 10-247 (Anderson, 49.5 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
NW Bracken	10	1	33	3	3.30	(1w)
46.2 to Bopara, what a shot, but he's found Hussey at deep midwicket. It was an extraordinary flick, timing it to Hussey on the boundary who took an easy catch 230/6 48.4 to Pietersen, and he's gone this time, trying to lift Bracken for six but it's hit flat, and straight to Michael Clarke who needs not move a muscle, taking a very simple catch 240/7 48.6 to Mahmood, another full toss, well, what a catch! That's a marvellous catch from Hodge, Mahmood slicing it to him at backward point who tumbled to his right and took a fine catch 240/8
SW Tait	10	0	41	3	4.10	(2nb, 3w)
3.2 to Vaughan, gone! Again short from Tait, Vaughan went back and simply played it onto his stumps. 10/1 5.6 to Strauss, gone! A mirror of Vaughan's dismissal; short of a length, Strauss back onto his stumps, he tried to cut it but with a rather ugly cross-bat and it's dragged on 24/2 30.3 to Collingwood, lovely delivery, top class that one: Collingwood looking for the reverse swing and playing away from his body on his back foot. There's just a thin edge - but one without doubt - and Gilchrist clings on 167/4
GD McGrath	9.5	0	62	3	6.30	(1w)
29.3 to Bell, oh there we go, Bell departs - McGrath perhaps held it back a touch, Bell trying to drive it over cover but his head fell back and the ball spooned to Hussey at extra cover 164/3 49.2 to Nixon, and he tries to replicate the shot before, smacking a full toss but straight down Hodge's throat at long-on who swallows it with ease 246/9 49.5 to Anderson, full, swinging into Anderson who completely misreads the line. McGrath roars his appeal and up goes the finger 247/10
MJ Clarke	4	0	27	0	6.75

GB Hogg	10	0	36	1	3.60	(1w)
35.3 to Flintoff, a little touch of air and the ball tempts him outside his crease. It deviates past his outside edge, turning a touch and Gilchrist completes the move with some sharp glovework and Flintoff's on his way 179/5
A Symonds	6	0	40	0	6.66


Australia innings (target: 248 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
AC Gilchrist†	c Collingwood b Flintoff	27	51	37	5	0	72.97
10.6 goddim! Held that one back a touch, Gilchrist was unsure whether to go forward or back; in the end, a rather nothing shot prodded a simple catch to Paul Collingwood at point 57/1
ML Hayden	b Collingwood	41	91	50	6	0	82.00
19.1 bowled him! Or has he? Good line on off stump and just shaves the off stump. Collingwood roars an appeal - Hayden is so massive at the crease that it's quite hard to see the stumps. But Rudi confirms it with a nod of the head 89/2
RT Ponting*	run out (Collingwood)	86	133	106	11	0	81.13
40.1 from Flintoff, oh, an appeal there, hit the pad first, but then that gets forgotten as there's a run-out - the ball was dabbed down and Collingwood shied down the stumps from close range. Ponting was so out he was walking 201/3
MJ Clarke	not out	55	130	63	2	0	87.30

A Symonds	not out	28	33	28	4	1	100.00

Extras	(b 1, lb 5, w 5)	11

Total	(3 wickets; 47.2 overs)	248	(5.23 runs per over)

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

Fall of wickets 1-57 (Gilchrist, 10.6 ov), 2-89 (Hayden, 19.1 ov), 3-201 (Ponting, 40.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JM Anderson	10	1	49	0	4.90	(3w)

SI Mahmood	9.2	1	60	0	6.42	(1w)

A Flintoff	10	1	35	1	3.50
10.6 to Gilchrist, goddim! Held that one back a touch, Gilchrist was unsure whether to go forward or back; in the end, a rather nothing shot prodded a simple catch to Paul Collingwood at point 57/1
MS Panesar	9	0	48	0	5.33

PD Collingwood	9	0	50	1	5.55	(1w)
19.1 to Hayden, bowled him! Or has he? Good line on off stump and just shaves the off stump. Collingwood roars an appeal - Hayden is so massive at the crease that it's quite hard to see the stumps. But Rudi confirms it with a nod of the head 89/2

Match details

Toss England, who chose to bat
Points Australia 2, England 0

Player of the match SW Tait (Australia)

Umpires BF Bowden (New Zealand) and RE Koertzen (South Africa)
TV umpire Asad Rauf (Pakistan)
Match referee MJ Procter (South Africa)
Reserve umpire NA Malcolm

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