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ICC World Cup, 2006/07 / Scorecard

ICC World Cup - 22nd match, Group A

Australia v South Africa

Australia won by 83 runs

ODI no. 2552 | 2006/07 season
Played at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts (neutral venue)
24 March 2007 (50-over match)


Australia innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
AC Gilchrist†	c Gibbs b Langeveldt	42	65	42	6	1	100.00
14.5 Soft dismissal. South Africa heave a sigh of relief. A slower one on the off stump line and Gilchrist is done in by the change in pace. He shapes to cut but the ball stops on him and he sends a dolly to Gibbs at backward point. What a frenetic start it has been. It was all on a fast-forward motion. No pause or stop button in sight. Until this happenned. 106/1
ML Hayden	c Gibbs b Kallis	101	107	68	14	4	148.52
23.3 Over. Extra bounce from Kallis and Hayden goes for the cut. On the back foot and punching away but can't keep it down. Can't get it above Gibbs at point, who snaffles a straightforward chance and jumps up in glee. A tame end to a violent innings. But what a knock! Mat the Bat at his devastating best 167/2
RT Ponting*	c de Villiers b Ntini	91	136	91	8	2	100.00
45.1 Punter is gone. Caught at long on. Goes down on a bent knee and disposes a fullish delivery down the ground. de Villiers didn't have to move an inch and takes it. Ponting exits and enter another big-hitter Andrew Symonds. Roy is in. No breathing space for SA. 328/3
MJ Clarke	run out (Pollock/Langeveldt)	92	103	75	7	4	122.66
46.4 Langeveldt to Symonds, Clarke is tragically run out, short of his century. He got to a three-figure mark , last in 2004-05 against Pakistan. The wait is not over yet. Symonds drives a full-pitched delivery to midwicket and stays rooted to the crease. Clarke runs down to the middle of the pitch and turns back. Too late. But what a fabulous knock it has been. Entertaining. 347/4
A Symonds	b Hall	18	25	13	2	0	138.46
49.6 What a way to finish. Inswinging yorker that crashes into Symonds's off stump. It was a wonderful over to finish, conceding just four runs in the last over 377/6
MEK Hussey	c Kallis b Hall	5	5	3	1	0	166.66
47.2 Holed out. Half-volley on off stump and Hussey tries to loft it over extra cover. Kallis makes good ground and takes a good catch while moving back. Hussey can't manage to clear the short boundary and South Africa limiting the damage here. 353/5
SR Watson	not out	14	12	9	2	0	155.55

Extras	(lb 4, w 9, nb 1)	14

Total	(6 wickets; 50 overs)	377	(7.54 runs per over)

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

Fall of wickets 1-106 (Gilchrist, 14.5 ov), 2-167 (Hayden, 23.3 ov), 3-328 (Ponting, 45.1 ov), 4-347 (Clarke, 46.4 ov), 5-353 (Hussey, 47.2 ov), 6-377 (Symonds, 49.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
SM Pollock	10	0	83	0	8.30	(2w)

M Ntini	9	0	68	1	7.55
45.1 to Ponting, Punter is gone. Caught at long on. Goes down on a bent knee and disposes a fullish delivery down the ground. de Villiers didn't have to move an inch and takes it. Ponting exits and enter another big-hitter Andrew Symonds. Roy is in. No breathing space for SA. 328/3
CK Langeveldt	10	0	82	1	8.20	(1nb, 2w)
14.5 to Gilchrist, Soft dismissal. South Africa heave a sigh of relief. A slower one on the off stump line and Gilchrist is done in by the change in pace. He shapes to cut but the ball stops on him and he sends a dolly to Gibbs at backward point. What a frenetic start it has been. It was all on a fast-forward motion. No pause or stop button in sight. Until this happenned. 106/1
AJ Hall	10	0	60	2	6.00
47.2 to Hussey, Holed out. Half-volley on off stump and Hussey tries to loft it over extra cover. Kallis makes good ground and takes a good catch while moving back. Hussey can't manage to clear the short boundary and South Africa limiting the damage here. 353/5 49.6 to Symonds, What a way to finish. Inswinging yorker that crashes into Symonds's off stump. It was a wonderful over to finish, conceding just four runs in the last over 377/6
GC Smith	2	0	14	0	7.00

JH Kallis	9	0	66	1	7.33
23.3 to Hayden, Over. Extra bounce from Kallis and Hayden goes for the cut. On the back foot and punching away but can't keep it down. Can't get it above Gibbs at point, who snaffles a straightforward chance and jumps up in glee. A tame end to a violent innings. But what a knock! Mat the Bat at his devastating best 167/2


South Africa innings (target: 378 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
GC Smith*	c †Gilchrist b Hogg	74	128	69	9	2	107.24
41.3 It's all over for Smith. He had to go for it. The run-rate was rocketing. Floated on the middle stump line and he went for a slog-sweep. Top-edges a dolly to Gilly. He had batted in a fiesty manner at the start of the innings but the cramps did him in. 267/6
AB de Villiers	run out (Watson)	92	194	70	14	2	131.42
20.6 from Symonds, Watson gets the crucial breakthrough with a direct hit from long leg. It was the only way de Villiers was getting out. Huge wicket. Flicked to left of Watson and they think there is a two in it. de Villiers turns, rushes back but is beaten by the fast, flat and the direct hit. Australia's fielding comes to their rescue. All the players mob Watson. 160/1
JH Kallis	c Clarke b Hogg	48	114	63	5	0	76.19
43.1 Kallis falls. Hogg claims another wicket. Charges down the track, Hogg drags back the length and he sends it straight down the throat of long-on. Kallis will be accused of slow-batting. He came in, the run rate slowed down, the required rate shot up like a thermometer, the pressure increased and the noose tightened. 277/7
HH Gibbs	st †Gilchrist b Hogg	17	30	19	1	1	89.47
31.3 done in by the googly. Loopy delivery that pitched on the middle stump line, on a length, and Gibbs shapes to drive to the on side and is beaten by the wrong'un. Gilchrist whips the bails off in a flash and Gibbs's back foot was still in the air. Wonderful delivery from Hogg. 220/2
AG Prince	c Hayden b McGrath	1	6	3	0	0	33.33
32.2 Another one goes. Prince pulls straight to deep square-leg. Banged in short, climbes head-high and Prince pulls it to Hayden. Australia are tightening the screws here. 223/3
MV Boucher†	b Tait	22	26	26	1	1	84.61
38.5 That's the sucker punch. He's been short of a length throughout this over and now he pulls out the lethal weapon. Close to 140 kph, full, fast swinging yorker. Boucher had already lined up for the swipe across the line and the inside edge rattles off stump. That was the crucial wicket. Tait has got it. 256/4
JM Kemp	lbw b Tait	1	9	6	0	0	16.66
40.5 full, furious, and it curves in late, around the middle and leg stump line. Kemp is caught at the crease, the bat comes down in an angle and the ball thuds into the pad. Would have taken out leg. Another big-hitter is gone. 264/5
SM Pollock	b Watson	7	15	7	1	0	100.00
44.1 Watto cleans up Pollock. Full, straight, on the leg stump line, Pollock has one almighty swing, bat meets air, ball meets leg stump. SA are fading away. 279/8
AJ Hall	not out	8	23	12	0	0	66.66

CK Langeveldt	b Bracken	0	8	6	0	0	0.00
45.2 Bracken joins in the party. The slower one does the trick. Full in length, lands on the middle stump line, and breaks away towards the off stump. Langeveldt tries to run it down to third man, misses and the off stump is pegged back. Australia are just a wicket away from a big win. 280/9
M Ntini	b Bracken	7	11	8	1	0	87.50
47.6 Australia win by 83 runs. Yorker on the off stump line, Ntini tries to get his bat down but the ball beats the bat and the furniture is disturbed. HRG chimes in with a timely stat. Ponting becomes the most successful captain in ODI history. This is win no 108, besting Border's record. 294/10
Extras	(w 11, nb 1, pen 5)	17

Total	(all out; 48 overs)	294	(6.12 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-160 (de Villiers, 20.6 ov), 1-184* (Smith, retired not out), 2-220 (Gibbs, 31.3 ov), 3-223 (Prince, 32.2 ov), 4-256 (Boucher, 38.5 ov), 5-264 (Kemp, 40.5 ov), 6-267 (Smith, 41.3 ov), 7-277 (Kallis, 43.1 ov), 8-279 (Pollock, 44.1 ov), 9-280 (Langeveldt, 45.2 ov), 10-294 (Ntini, 47.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
NW Bracken	9	0	40	2	4.44
45.2 to Langeveldt, Bracken joins in the party. The slower one does the trick. Full in length, lands on the middle stump line, and breaks away towards the off stump. Langeveldt tries to run it down to third man, misses and the off stump is pegged back. Australia are just a wicket away from a big win. 280/9 47.6 to Ntini, Australia win by 83 runs. Yorker on the off stump line, Ntini tries to get his bat down but the ball beats the bat and the furniture is disturbed. HRG chimes in with a timely stat. Ponting becomes the most successful captain in ODI history. This is win no 108, besting Border's record. 294/10
SW Tait	10	0	61	2	6.10	(1nb, 4w)
38.5 to Boucher, That's the sucker punch. He's been short of a length throughout this over and now he pulls out the lethal weapon. Close to 140 kph, full, fast swinging yorker. Boucher had already lined up for the swipe across the line and the inside edge rattles off stump. That was the crucial wicket. Tait has got it. 256/4 40.5 to Kemp, full, furious, and it curves in late, around the middle and leg stump line. Kemp is caught at the crease, the bat comes down in an angle and the ball thuds into the pad. Would have taken out leg. Another big-hitter is gone. 264/5
GD McGrath	9	0	62	1	6.88
32.2 to Prince, Another one goes. Prince pulls straight to deep square-leg. Banged in short, climbes head-high and Prince pulls it to Hayden. Australia are tightening the screws here. 223/3
SR Watson	8	1	46	1	5.75	(2w)
44.1 to Pollock, Watto cleans up Pollock. Full, straight, on the leg stump line, Pollock has one almighty swing, bat meets air, ball meets leg stump. SA are fading away. 279/8
GB Hogg	10	0	61	3	6.10	(1w)
31.3 to Gibbs, done in by the googly. Loopy delivery that pitched on the middle stump line, on a length, and Gibbs shapes to drive to the on side and is beaten by the wrong'un. Gilchrist whips the bails off in a flash and Gibbs's back foot was still in the air. Wonderful delivery from Hogg. 220/2 41.3 to Smith, It's all over for Smith. He had to go for it. The run-rate was rocketing. Floated on the middle stump line and he went for a slog-sweep. Top-edges a dolly to Gilly. He had batted in a fiesty manner at the start of the innings but the cramps did him in. 267/6 43.1 to Kallis, Kallis falls. Hogg claims another wicket. Charges down the track, Hogg drags back the length and he sends it straight down the throat of long-on. Kallis will be accused of slow-batting. He came in, the run rate slowed down, the required rate shot up like a thermometer, the pressure increased and the noose tightened. 277/7
A Symonds	2	0	19	0	9.50

Match details

Toss South Africa, who chose to field
Points Australia 2, South Africa 0

Player of the match ML Hayden (Australia)

Umpires MR Benson (England) and SA Bucknor
TV umpire AL Hill (New Zealand)
Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire EAR de Silva (Sri Lanka)

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