25/04Result
2nd Semi-Final, ICC World Cup at Gros Islet, Apr 25 2007
Australia won by 7 wickets (with 111 balls remaining)
Player of the Match
Glenn McGrathAustralia
25/04Result
2nd Semi-Final, ICC World Cup at Gros Islet, Apr 25 2007
Australia won by 7 wickets (with 111 balls remaining)
Player of the Match
Glenn McGrathAustralia

  • South Africa Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    GC Smith (c)
    2
    5
    10
    0
    0
    40.00
    2.3 Smith again walks down the pitch to meet the ball, shapes to hit over the top and a sniff of swing takes the ball past the bat and into the off stump 7/1
    AB de Villiers
    15
    34
    39
    3
    0
    44.11
    8.5 full, de Villiers drives with no foot movement, and a thick kick carries straight to Gilchrist. A fourth delivery over 90mph, a good mixture of length, and now South Africa are up against it 26/3
    JH Kallis
    5
    9
    12
    1
    0
    55.55
    5.3 Kallis again gives himself room and advances to meet the ball, but McGrath fires in a yorker which clatters into the off stump 12/2
    HH Gibbs
    39
    49
    77
    6
    0
    79.59
    22.5 got him this time! A very, very thin edge - much thinner than the one which wasn't given earlier, also to Tait - looking for the short-pitched delivery. His feet were just rooted in the crease there as he chased the ball away from his body 87/6
    AG Prince
    0
    2
    4
    0
    0
    0.00
    9.4 And that might be it ... about the worst ball McGrath has bowled, wide and angled away from the left-hander, but Prince slashes, gets a thin edge, and Gilchrist does the rest 27/4
    MV Boucher †
    0
    1
    1
    0
    0
    0.00
    9.5 McGrath on a hat-trick ... much better ball, a stock McGrath delivery, Boucher plays a nothing prod and the ball is held low down by Matthew Hayden at first slip 27/5
    JM Kemp
    not out
    49
    91
    151
    4
    1
    53.84
    AJ Hall
    3
    8
    14
    0
    0
    37.50
    26.1 and Tait strikes again! Hall looked to lash that off the back foot through cover, but his feet must have been dipped in the same tub of superglue as Gibbs's as he strikes at the ball away from the body and a thickish edge rips through. Gilchrist makes no mistake 93/7
    SM Pollock
    5
    13
    15
    1
    0
    38.46
    29.4 awkward shot, checking his off-drive and that's chipped back to the bowler whose clasping fingers accept that fly-trap-style 103/8
    A Nel
    8
    41
    45
    1
    0
    19.51
    40.1 short and wide, slashed high to backward point who backpeddled and took an easy catch above his head 130/9
    CK Langeveldt
    6
    10
    18
    1
    0
    60.00
    43.5 up in the block hole and Langeveldt, again giving himself room, is in no position to play it and is cleaned up 149/10
    Extras
    17 (lb 4, w 13)
    TOTAL
    149 all out (43.5 Overs, RR: 3.39)
    Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Graeme Smith, 2.3 ov), 2-12 (Jacques Kallis, 5.3 ov), 3-26 (AB de Villiers, 8.5 ov), 4-27 (Ashwell Prince, 9.4 ov), 5-27 (Mark Boucher, 9.5 ov), 6-87 (Herschelle Gibbs, 22.5 ov), 7-93 (Andrew Hall, 26.1 ov), 8-103 (Shaun Pollock, 29.4 ov), 9-130 (Andre Nel, 40.1 ov), 10-149 (Charl Langeveldt, 43.5 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    NW Bracken721512.14301000
    GD McGrath811832.25382010
    SW Tait1003943.90486050
    SR Watson8.504915.54317100
    GB Hogg1022412.40431030

  • Australia Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    M
    4s
    6s
    SR
    AC Gilchrist †
    1
    5
    4
    0
    0
    20.00
    1.1 oh and he's bowled him! A terrific ball, swinging very late into Gilchrist who was rather trapped on the crease - trying to work it to leg - and it squeezed through the gate, knocking out his middle stump 1/1
    ML Hayden
    41
    60
    115
    4
    0
    68.33
    24.4 Hayden hits that one the up and dead straight, but he gets under it, Smith runs round a few yards from long-on and holds a steepler, but his knee buckles as he took the catch. 110/3
    RT Ponting (c)
    22
    25
    38
    5
    0
    88.00
    8.6 got him! Terrific ball from Nel, yorking Ponting who tried to work it through midwicket, playing across the line - a poor stroke to a very fine ball, and Nel sets off on a Bravo-like aeroplane celebration lap of the wicket 44/2
    MJ Clarke
    not out
    60
    86
    109
    8
    0
    69.76
    A Symonds
    not out
    18
    16
    29
    3
    0
    112.50
    Extras
    11 (lb 5, nb 3, w 3)
    TOTAL
    153/3 (31.3 Overs, RR: 4.85)
    Did not bat: MEK Hussey, SR Watson, GB Hogg, NW Bracken, SW Tait, GD McGrath
    Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Adam Gilchrist, 1.1 ov), 2-44 (Ricky Ponting, 8.6 ov), 3-110 (Matthew Hayden, 24.4 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    SM Pollock511613.20201000
    CK Langeveldt603415.66236011
    JH Kallis512004.00202011
    A Nel713114.42295010
    AJ Hall6.304306.61206001
    JM Kemp20402.0090000

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Australia 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st1ML HaydenAC Gilchrist
2nd43ML HaydenRT Ponting
3rd66ML HaydenMJ Clarke
4th43A SymondsMJ Clarke