player of the match
Australia
Australia INNINGS (50 overs maximum)
Namibia INNINGS (target: 302 runs from 50 overs)
MATCH DETAILS
| Senwes Park, Potchefstroom | |
| Toss | Australia, elected to bat first |
| Series | ICC World Cup |
| Season | 2002/03 |
| Player Of The Match | Glenn McGrath |
| Match number | ODI no. 1970 |
| Match days | day match (50-over match) |
| Umpires | Billy BowdenRussell Tiffin |
| TV Umpire | Neil Mallender |
| Match Referee | Gundappa Viswanath |
| Points | Australia 4, Namibia 0 |
MATCH NOTES
- 4th (reserve) umpire: CJ Pickett (NL)
- 12th Men: JP Maher (Australia) and SF Burger (Namibia)
- MG Bevan's 200th ODI
- Australia 50 up after 7.6 overs, 35 minutes, 6 fours
- 53 Partnership for Hayden and Bevan in 65 balls, 42 minutes, 6 fours, 1 six
- ML Hayden's highest score in World Cups (previous: 45* v India at Centurion, 2002/03)
- ML Hayden 50 up after 54 balls, 78 mins, 5 fours, 1 six
- Australia 100 after 18.6 overs, 81 minutes
- A Symonds and DR Martyn's partnership of 84 runs set a new 5th wicket partnership record for this ground in ODIs (previous: 42 JN Rhodes and L Klusener, South Africa v Australia, 2001/02)
- DS Lehmann and GB Hogg's partnership of 70* runs set a new 7th wicket partnership record for this ground in ODIs (previous: 30 Khaled Mashud and Khaled Mahmud, Bangladesh v South Africa, 2002/03)
- LJ Burger's best bowling in ODIs (previous: 1/45 v Pakistan at Kimberley, 2002/03)
- BO van Rooi's best bowling in ODIs (previous: 0/36 v India at Pietermaritzburg, 2002/03)
- 50 Partnership Symonds & Martyn, 34 minutes, 61 balls, 4 fours, 1 six
- Symonds 50 in 71 minutes, 56 balls, 2 fours, 2 sixes
- 50 Partnership for Lehmann & Hogg in 25 minutes, 39 balls, 6 fours, 1 six
- Australia 150 after 26.5 overs, 115 minutes, 13 fours, 3 sixes
- Australia 200 after 37.2 overs, 150 minutes, 16 fours, 4 sixes
- Australia 250 after 46 overs, 180 minutes, 19 fours, 5 sixes
- Australia 300 after 50 overs, 195 minutes
- DS Lehmann's 28 runs (444646) off the 50th over was the most runs off an over in World Cups (previous: BC Lara 26 runs (46466x), West Indies v Canada at Centurion, 2002/03)
- DS Lehmann's 28 runs (444646) off the 50th over was the most runs off an over by an Australian in ODIs (previous: DS Lehmann /B Lee 27 runs (164646) v South Africa at Perth, 2001/02)
- With the wicket of LJ Burger, GD McGrath became the leading wicket taker for Australia in World Cups (previous: SK Warne 32 wickets)
- GD McGrath's best bowling in World Cups (previous: 5/14 v West Indies at Manchester, 1999)
- GD McGrath's best bowling in ODIs (previous: 5/14 v West Indies at Manchester, 1999)
- GD McGrath's 7/15 is the best bowling by an Australian in World Cups (previous: 6/14 GJ Gilmour v England at Leeds, 1975)
- GD McGrath's 7/15 is the best bowling in World Cups (previous: 7/51 WW Davis, West Indies v Australia at Leeds, 1983)
- GD McGrath's 7/15 is the best bowling by an Australian in ODIs (previous: 6/14 GJ Gilmour v England at Leeds, 1975)
- GD McGrath's 7/15 is the best bowling on this ground (previous: 4/16 L Klusener, South Africa v Kenya, 2002/03)
- AC Gilchrist's 6 catches was the most catches/dismissals in a World Cup innings (previous: RD Jacobs, 5 (5c, 0st), West Indies v New Zealand at Southampton, 1999)
- AC Gilchrist's 6 catches equalled the most catches/dismissals by an Australian in ODIs (AC Gilchrist, 6 (6c, 0st), v South Africa at Cape Town, 1999/00 and AC Gilchrist, 6 (5c, 1st), v England at Sydney, 2002/03)
- Namibia's lowest completed total in ODIs (previous: 84 v Pakistan at Kimberley, 2002/03)
- Lowest completed total against Australia in ODIs (previous: 63 by India at Sydney, 1980/81)
- Lowest completed total against Australia in World Cups (previous: 93 by England at Leeds, 1975)
- Lowest completed total on this ground in ODIs (previous: 122 by Netherlands v Australia, 2002/03)
- Australia's win was their 11th consecutive victory equalling the record for most consecutive victories in ODIs (11 by West Indies 04/06/1984 to 02/02/1985)
- The margin of victory was the largest in World Cups by runs (previous: 202 runs, England (334/4) beat India (132/3) at Lord's, 1975)
- The margin of victory was the largest by Australia in ODIs by runs (previous: 232 runs, Australia (323/2) beat Sri Lanka (91) at Adelaide, 1984/85)
- The margin of victory was the largest in ODIs by runs (previous: 245 runs, Sri Lanka (299/5) beat India (54) at Sharjah, 2000/01)