ICC World Cup - Australia v Scotland

15 March 2007

RESULT: Australia won by 203 runs

Scorecard | Commentary | Partnerships

THE SCORE

Scotland

9/131

(40.1 overs)

Australia

6/334

Current Run Rate	3.26
Required Run Rate	20.75
Runs Required	204
Balls Remaining	59

Current Partnership		R		M	B	S/R
	Smith, C	51		95	76	67.11
	Hoffmann, P	0		6	0
Current Bowlers		O	M	R	W	E/R
	Hogg, B	7.1	1	16	1	2.23
	Bracken, N	6	1	12	0	2.00

MATCH DETAILS

Venue: Warner Park
Weather: Overcast	Pitch: Slow	Outfield: Slow
Umpires: Bucknor, S (WI), de Silva, A (SL), Hill, A.L (NZ), Srinath, J (IND)
Toss Won By: Scotland		Decision: Bowl

SCORECARD

AUS Innings SCO Innings

Australia		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Gilchrist, A	lbw b. Brown, D	46	75	55	7	0	83.64
Hayden, M	lbw b. Haq, M	60	115	73	6	1	82.19
Ponting, R	b. Wright, C	113	113	93	9	5	121.51
Clarke, M	b. Haq, M	15	29	20	1	0	75.00
Hodge, B	c. Hoffmann, P b. Rogers, G	29	36	28	3	0	103.57
Hussey, M	st. Smith, C b. Hoffmann, P	4	17	6	0	0	66.67
Watson, S	not out	18	25	11	3	0	163.64
Hogg, B	not out	40	17	15	3	3	266.67
Bracken, N
Tait, S
McGrath, G
Extras	(b 1,lb 2,w 5,nb 1)	9
Total	(6 wickets; 50 overs)	334

F.O.W.

1/91 (Gilchrist, A), 2/139 (Hayden, M), 3/193 (Clarke, M), 4/256 (Hodge, B), 5/274 (Ponting, R), 6/276 (Hussey, M)

Scotland - Bowling	O	R	W	E/R
Hoffmann, P	10	57	1	5.70	(2w)
Blain, J	4	29	0	7.25	(1nb,1w)
Wright, C	10	58	1	5.80
Brown, D	9	86	1	9.56	(2w)
Rogers, G	10	52	1	5.20
Haq, M	7	49	2	7.00

40.1	Hogg to Smith, OUT! Hogg pitches the delivery in the corridor, fuller than a good length. Hogg bowls Smith for 51 from 76 deliveries. The bowler has figures of 1 for 16. Australia snare their ninth wicket, Scotland are 9 for 131.
39.6	Bracken to Smith, WICKET! Bracken pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Rogers is run out by Hayden for 6 runs off 19. That is the end of the over. Bracken has figures of 0/12 from his 6 overs. Australia take another wicket, Scotland are 8/131.
39.5	Bracken to Rogers, 1 run. Bracken pitches the ball on a good line and fuller than a good length. Rogers strikes the delivery towards the covers inside the circle for a single. Fielded by Ponting. The score moves along to 7/131.
39.4	Bracken to Rogers, no run. Bracken bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Rogers strikes it in front of square on the offside inside the circle. Hayden collects the ball.
39.3	Bracken to Rogers, no run. Bracken pitches the ball on a good line and fuller than a good length. Through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
39.2	Bracken to Smith, 1 run. Bracken pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Smith plays it in front of square on the offside inside the circle for one run. Ball is fielded by Ponting. Scotland moves to 7 for 130.
39.1	Bracken to Smith, no run. Bracken pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Smith hits the delivery for no run. Fielded by Hogg.
38.6	Hogg to Rogers, no run. Hogg bowls it short of a good length, outside off stump. Through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball. Hogg has completed his over. The bowler has figures of 0 for 16 from his 7 overs.
38.5	Hogg to Rogers, no run. Hogg delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Rogers plays it for no run. Hayden collects the ball in the field.
38.4	Hogg to Smith, 1 run. Hogg bowls it on a good length, towards leg stump. Smith strikes the ball well behind square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one. Smith scores his 50 from 72 deliveries! Ball is fielded by Bracken. The scoreboard displays 7 for 129.
38.3	Hogg to Rogers, 1 run. Hogg pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Rogers strikes it for one run. Watson fields the ball. Scotland goes to 7/128.
38.2	Hogg to Rogers, no run. Hogg bowls it fuller than a good length, in the corridor. Gilchrist takes the ball after a play and miss by Rogers. The keeper fields the ball.
38.1	Hogg to Rogers, no run. Hogg delivers the ball outside off and short of a good length. Rogers hits the delivery straight close to the pitch. Fielded by Hogg.
37.6	Hodge to Smith, no run. Hodge pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Smith hits the ball down the ground not far from the wicket. Hodge gathers the ball. That finishes the over. Hodge has figures of 1/17 from his 6 overs.
37.5	Hodge to Smith, no run. Hodge pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Smith hits the delivery straight close to the pitch. Ball is fielded by Hodge.
37.4	Hodge to Smith, no run. Hodge delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Smith plays the ball down the ground close to the pitch. Ball is fielded by Hodge.
37.3	Hodge to Smith, no run. Hodge pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Smith strikes it towards the covers inside the circle. Fielded by Hussey.
37.2	Hodge to Rogers, 1 run. Hodge pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Rogers plays it towards the covers inside the circle for one run. Fielded by Hussey. The scoreboard shows 7/127.
37.1	Hodge to Rogers, no run. Hodge delivers the ball on a good line and fuller than a good length. Rogers strikes the delivery straight close to the wicket. Fielded by Hodge.
36.6	Tait to Smith, no run. Tait delivers the ball on a good line and fuller than a good length. Smith hits the ball towards mid-off halfway to the boundary. Gathered by Watson. 37th over finished. Tait has figures of 2/45 from his 8 overs.
36.5	Tait to Rogers, 1 run. Tait bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Rogers plays it fine on the legside inside the circle for one run. Gilchrist fields it. The scoreboard displays 7 for 126.
36.4	Tait to Smith, 1 run. Tait delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Smith strikes the delivery well behind square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for a single. Bracken fields the ball. The score is 7/125.
36.3	Tait to Smith, 4 runs! Tait pitches the delivery outside off stump, short of a good length. Smith plays the delivery behind square on the offside to the boundary for 4 runs. The score is 7 for 124.
36.2	Tait to Rogers, 1 leg bye. Tait bowls it fuller than a good length, towards leg stump. Hussey fields it.
36.1	Tait to Smith, 1 run. Tait bowls it on a good length, towards leg stump. Smith hits it towards mid-on inside the circle for one run. Ponting collects the ball. The scoreboard displays 7 for 119.
35.6	Hodge to Rogers, no run. Hodge bowls it fuller than a good length, in the corridor. Rogers strikes it straight down the ground inside the circle. Hodge collects the ball. 36 overs finished. The bowler has figures of 1 for 16 from his 5 overs.
35.5	Hodge to Smith, 1 run. Hodge bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Smith plays the ball well behind square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one. Collected by McGrath in the field. The score progresses to 7 for 118.
35.4	Hodge to Smith, 2 runs. Hodge pitches the delivery in the corridor, short of a good length. Smith hits the delivery through mid-wicket close to the boundary for a two. Ball is fielded by Johnson. The scoreboard says 7 for 117.
35.3	Hodge to Smith, no run. Hodge bowls it fuller than a good length, outside off stump. Gilchrist takes the ball after a play and miss by Smith. The keeper fields the ball.
35.2	Hodge to Rogers, 1 run. Hodge bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Rogers strikes it in front of square on the offside inside the circle for one run. Ponting fields the ball. The score is 7 for 115.
35.1	Hodge to Rogers, no run. Hodge bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Gilchrist takes the ball after a play and miss by Rogers. The keeper fields the ball.
34.6	Tait to Rogers, 1 run. Tait delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Rogers hits the delivery towards the covers halfway to the boundary for a single. Rogers gets off the mark. Hogg fields the ball. Tait finishes the 35th over. He has figures of 2/38 from his 7 overs. The score moves along to 7/114.
34.5	Tait to Rogers, no run. Tait pitches the delivery outside off stump, fuller than a good length. Rogers plays the ball behind square on the offside inside the circle. Fielded by Hodge.
34.5	Tait to Rogers, 3 wides. Tait pitches the ball wide down legside and on a good length. Bracken gathers the ball.
34.4	Tait to Smith, 1 leg bye. Tait delivers the ball towards leg stump and on a good length. Hodge collects the ball in the field.
34.3	Tait to Smith, no run. Tait delivers the ball outside off and very full. Smith plays the delivery behind square on the offside inside the circle. Hodge fields the ball.

Scotland		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Haq, M	Watts, F	1st	21	25	35	60.00	1/21
Poonia, N	Watts, F	2nd	6	8	11	54.55	2/27
Watts, F	Watson, R	3rd	5	10	11	45.45	3/32
Watson, R	Hamilton, G	4th	5	15	24	20.83	4/37
Hamilton, G	Brown, D	5th	5	11	12	41.67	5/42
Brown, D	Smith, C	6th	47	45	74	63.51	6/89
Wright, C	Smith, C	7th	15	20	31	48.39	7/104
Rogers, G	Smith, C	8th	27	30	43	62.79	8/131
Smith, C	Hoffmann, P	9th	0	0	1	0.00	9/131
Smith, C	Hoffmann, P	10th	0	0	0

Scotland		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Watts, F	b. McGrath, G	9	43	25	0	0	36.00
Haq, M	run out (McGrath, G)	16	25	22	2	0	72.73
Poonia, N	b. Tait, S	1	8	4	0	0	25.00
Watson, R	c. Bracken, N b. McGrath, G	6	25	20	0	0	30.00
Hamilton, G	c. Gilchrist, A b. McGrath, G	3	26	18	0	0	16.67
Brown, D	c. Watson, S b. Hodge, B	19	56	37	3	0	51.35
Smith, C	b. Hogg, B	51	95	76	7	0	67.11
Wright, C	lbw b. Tait, S	4	20	21	0	0	19.05
Rogers, G	run out (Hayden, M)	6	30	19	0	0	31.58
Hoffmann, P	Not Out	0	6	0	0	0	0.00
Blain, J
Extras	(lb 9,w 6,nb 1)	16
Total	(9 wickets; 40 overs)	131

Australia		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Gilchrist, A	Hayden, M	1st	91	75	103	88.35	1/91
Hayden, M	Ponting, R	2nd	48	40	59	81.36	2/139
Clarke, M	Ponting, R	3rd	54	29	46	117.39	3/193
Hodge, B	Ponting, R	4th	63	36	52	121.15	4/256
Ponting, R	Hussey, M	5th	18	8	13	138.46	5/274
Hussey, M	Watson, S	6th	2	9	5	40.00	6/276