Gilchrist leads Australia to World Cup treble
Australia put the seal on the most dominant campaign in World Cup history
04/28Result
Final, ICC World Cup at Bridgetown, Apr 28 2007
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![Australia]( "Australia")
281/4 (38/38 ov) -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
215/8 (36/36 ov, target 269)
Player of the Match
04/28Result
Final, ICC World Cup at Bridgetown, Apr 28 2007
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![Australia]( "Australia")
281/4 (38/38 ov) -
![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
215/8 (36/36 ov, target 269)
Player of the Match
Match Day
Gilchrist squashes Sri Lanka
By the time the Australian opener was finished in the 2007 title match, there was little doubt about the place of his knock in the pantheon of innings played in World Cup finals
When Punter went mental
The Australia captain lost his rag when Brad Hogg failed to respond to him in the heat of the 2007 World Cup final
Life as a World Cup Invincible
Shaun Tait looks back at the almost inevitable win Australia's powerhouse side achieved in 2007
World Cup officials banned by ICC
The International Cricket Council has delivered a humiliating punishment on the five match officials whose combined errors caused the World Cup final in Barbados to be completed amid farcical scenes of near-darkness
Gilly goes ballistic
After the 2007 final, there was no doubt what the greatest innings played in such a match was
Squashing glory
How a humble little squash ball played its part in one of the great batting efforts of our times
Partying Australians return with the World Cup
The World Cup has returned to Australia, landing in Sydney on Thursday morning with most of the side that won the trophy in Barbados on Saturday
Closing ceremony cost US$750,000
The closing ceremony of the World Cup cost taxpayers in Barbados more than US$750,000
Brighter than the bright lights
Jenny Thompson on Adam Gilchrist's smashing World Cup final
Hayden has big plans for Australia
Matthew Hayden landed back in Australia on Tuesday and immediately set his sights on building the next stage of the team's success
Moody staying quiet on next move
Tom Moody will delay a decision on his coaching future until after he talks with the Sri Lankan board
Hogg back in Test contention
Adam Gilchrist says Brad Hogg is capable of being Australia's Test spinner next summer
Australian team is perfect for a coach
John Buchanan, who has retired from his coaching role, said it was Australia's destiny to be at the cutting edge of cricket after they had won a third straight World Cup title
Hayden and Gilchrist not finished yet
Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist should delay their retirements for at least two years, according to the captain Ricky Ponting
Bowling coach role an option for McGrath
Glenn McGrath has been offered the chance to make sure Australia's bowling stocks remain healthy after his retirement
Bowing out on top
Glenn McGrath's career was characterised by his consistency and his ability to bring out his best on the most important occasions
Moody predicts bright future for the team
Tom Moody is confident Sri Lanka will be a force to reckon with despite the World Cup defeat
'He just kept going for it, and it came off'
Sri Lanka didn't anticipate a hundred hit by a batsman with a squash ball in his glove would end their World Cup dreams in 2007
How Gilchrist destroyed Sri Lanka
Adam Gilchrist's 149 was the highest in a World Cup final, while his 172-first wicket stand with Hayden is the second-highest in World Cup finals
Goodbye Glenn
The fear has gone from Glenn McGrath's mind and he has been able to play with freedom
"We've dominated this tournament like no team has"
What Australia did in the Caribbean was annihilate the opposition
Grand welcome awaits Sri Lankan team
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has arranged a grand welcome ceremony for the Sri Lankan team on their arrival from the Caribbean after their highly successful World Cup campaign
'Big Daddies' toy with the world
The thing about Australia is that you don't know what hits you and nothing can prepare you for it
Awesome Australia but awful organisation
It was entirely appropriate that a sorry tournament should have a sorry end
Australia v Sri Lanka, World Cup final, Barbados
Match home for Australia v Sri Lanka, World Cup final, April 28, 2007
McGrath bows out as leading man
Glenn McGrath has signed off on his career by winning the World Cup's Player of the Tournament prize with a record 26 wickets
Pure ignorance of the rule-book
Somehow a team of four of the most experienced officials in the game, plus a former Test captain in Jeff Crowe, managed to grab hold of the most luminous event in the world cricket calendar, and fumble so hopelessly that they ended up fusing the entire bu
Speed apologises for light chaos
At the precise moment Malcolm Speed, the ICC chief executive, was saying sorry for the bizarre ending of the World Cup final the ICC hoarding behind him came unstuck from the wall, and almost hit his head
Crowe takes blame for light chaos
The match referee Jeff Crowe took the blame for the farcical finish to the World Cup final
Gilchrist genius takes centre stage
What can you say of a man that makes 149 in a World Cup final?
Grand stage awaits fitting drama
The Kensington Oval has been given an extensive makeover, and has also got back its famous bounce
Bucknor and Dar stand in final
Steve Bucknor and Aleem Dar have been appointed to stand as the on-field umpires for the World Cup final between Australia and Sri Lanka in Barbados
Preview
Success of '96 drives tough Sri Lankans
The fact that Sri Lanka would be playing on a hard and bouncy pitch expected to favour the Australians didn't bother Mahela Jayawardene
'We know how to get the job done'
After the campaign that Australia have had, it would be wrong to suggest that they are anything less than confident
McGrath primed for last hurrah
McGrath is on the brink of, arguably, the most wonderful exit ever achieved by an Australian sportsman
Videos
World Cup
| Super Eights | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 2.4 |
| SL | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1.483 |
| NZ | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0.253 |
| SA | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0.313 |
| ENG | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -0.394 |
| WI | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -0.566 |
| BDESH | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | -1.514 |
| IRE | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | -1.73 |
| Group A | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3.433 |
| SA | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2.403 |
| NL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2.527 |
| SCOT | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3.793 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3.493 |
| BDESH | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1.523 |
| INDIA | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.206 |
| BMUDA | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -4.345 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| NZ | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.138 |
| ENG | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.418 |
| KENYA | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1.194 |
| CAN | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.389 |
| Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| WI | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.764 |
| IRE | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -0.092 |
| PAK | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.089 |
| ZIM | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -0.886 |