ICC World Cup - Australia v South Africa

25 March 2007

RESULT: Australia won by 83 runs

Scorecard | Commentary | Partnerships

THE SCORE

South Africa

294

ALL OUT

Australia

6/377

Current Run Rate	6.13
Required Run Rate	42.00
Runs Required	84
Balls Remaining	12

Current Partnership		R		M	B	S/R
	Hall, A	8		34	12	66.67
	Ntini, M	7		21	8	87.50
Current Bowlers		O	M	R	W	E/R
	McGrath, G	9	0	62	1	6.89
	Bracken, N	9	0	40	2	4.44

MATCH DETAILS

Venue: Warner Park
Weather: Fine, Hot	Pitch: Normal	Outfield: Fast
Umpires: Benson, M (ENG), Bucknor, S (WI), Hill, A (NZ), Madugalle, R (SL)
Toss Won By: South Africa		Decision: Bowl

SCORECARD

AUS Innings RSA Innings

Australia		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Gilchrist, A	c. Gibbs, H b. Langeveldt, C	42	67	42	6	1	100.00
Hayden, M	c. Gibbs, H b. Kallis, J	101	108	68	14	4	148.53
Ponting, R	c. de Villiers, AB b. Ntini, M	91	131	91	8	2	100.00
Clarke, M	run out (Pollock, S)	92	102	75	7	4	122.67
Symonds, A	b. Hall, A	18	26	13	2	0	138.46
Hussey, M	c. Kallis, J b. Hall, A	5	5	3	1	0	166.67
Watson, S	not out	14	11	9	2	0	155.56
Hogg, B
Bracken, N
Tait, S
McGrath, G
Extras	(lb 4,w 9,nb 1)	14
Total	(6 wickets; 50 overs)	377

F.O.W.

1/106 (Gilchrist, A), 2/167 (Hayden, M), 3/328 (Ponting, R), 4/347 (Clarke, M), 5/353 (Hussey, M), 6/377 (Symonds, A)

South Africa - Bowling	O	R	W	E/R
Pollock, S	10	83	0	8.30	(2w)
Ntini, M	9	68	1	7.56
Langeveldt, C	10	82	1	8.20	(1nb,2w)
Hall, A	10	60	2	6.00
Smith, G	2	14	0	7.00
Kallis, J	9	66	1	7.33

South Africa		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
de Villiers, AB	run out (Watson, S)	92	94	70	14	2	131.43
Smith, G	c. Gilchrist, A b. Hogg, B	74	126	69	9	2	107.25
Kallis, J	c. Clarke, M b. Hogg, B	48	110	63	5	0	76.19
Gibbs, H	st. Gilchrist, A b. Hogg, B	17	29	19	1	1	89.47
Prince, A	c. Hayden, M b. McGrath, G	1	6	3	0	0	33.33
Boucher, M	b. Tait, S	22	25	26	1	1	84.62
Kemp, J	lbw b. Tait, S	1	9	6	0	0	16.67
Pollock, S	b. Watson, S	7	12	7	1	0	100.00
Hall, A	Not Out	8	34	12	0	0	66.67
Langeveldt, C	b. Bracken, N	0	7	6	0	0	0.00
Ntini, M	b. Bracken, N	7	21	8	1	0	87.50
Extras	(w 11,nb 1)	17
Total	(10 wickets; 48 overs)	294

47.6	Bracken to Ntini, WICKET! Bracken bowls it yorker length, in the corridor. Bracken bowls Ntini for 7 runs off 8 deliveries. End of the over. The bowler has figures of 2 for 40 from his 9 overs. South Africa lose their last wicket, they are 10 for 294.
47.5	Bracken to Hall, 1 run. Bracken delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Hall hits the delivery for a single. Fielded by Watson. The score is 9/294.
47.4	Bracken to Hall, no run. Bracken pitches the ball on a good line and full. Hall plays it straight down the ground close to the pitch. Bracken fields the ball.
47.3	Bracken to Ntini, 1 run. Bracken delivers the ball on a good line and fuller than a good length. Ntini hits the delivery through mid-on most of the way to the boundary for a single. Fielded by Hogg. The score is 9/293.
47.2	Bracken to Hall, 1 run. Bracken bowls it fuller than a good length, in the corridor. Hall hits it through mid-off close to the boundary for one run. Hussey fields it. The score is 9 for 292.
47.1	Bracken to Hall, no run. Bracken delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Gilchrist takes the ball after a play and miss by Hall. The keeper fields the ball.
46.6	McGrath to Hall, 1 run. McGrath pitches the delivery in the corridor, yorker length. Hall strikes it through mid-off most of the way to the boundary for one run. Collected by Clarke. McGrath finishes the 47th over of the innings. The bowler has figures of 1 for 62 from his 9 overs. The scoreboard says 9 for 291.
46.5	McGrath to Ntini, 1 run. McGrath bowls it fuller than a good length, outside off stump. Ntini hits the ball through mid-off close to the boundary for one. Clarke fields it. The score progresses to 9 for 290.
46.4	McGrath to Hall, 1 run. McGrath pitches the delivery outside off stump, yorker length. Hall strikes it for one run. Collected by Bracken. The scoreboard says 9 for 289.
46.3	McGrath to Hall, 2 runs. McGrath pitches the delivery outside off stump, full toss length. Hall plays the delivery square on the offside most of the way to the boundary for a two. Hayden fields it. The score is 9 for 288.
46.2	McGrath to Ntini, 1 run. McGrath pitches the delivery in the corridor, fuller than a good length. Ntini plays the delivery straight close to the boundary for a single. Ball is gathered by Watson. The score is 9 for 286.
46.1	McGrath to Hall, 1 run. McGrath bowls it yorker length, towards leg stump. Hall plays the delivery square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for a single. Hussey fields the ball. The score is 9 for 285.
45.6	Bracken to Ntini, 4 runs! Bracken pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Ntini hits it straight down the ground to the boundary for 4 runs. Ntini scores his first run. 46 overs finished. The bowler has figures of 1 for 37 from his 8 overs. The score is 9 for 284.
45.5	Bracken to Ntini, no run. Bracken delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Ntini strikes it towards the covers inside the circle. Ball is fielded by Symonds.
45.4	Bracken to Ntini, no run. Bracken bowls it fuller than a good length, in the corridor. Ntini strikes the ball towards the covers inside the circle. Symonds fields it.
45.3	Bracken to Ntini, no run. Bracken delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Taken by Gilchrist. The keeper fields the ball.
45.2	Bracken to Langeveldt, OUT! Bracken pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Bracken bowls Langeveldt for a duck off 6 balls. The bowler has figures of 1 for 33. South Africa are 9 for 280 after the loss of their ninth wicket.
45.1	Bracken to Hall, 1 run. Bracken delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Hall hits it in front of square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one run. Hall scores his first run. Hussey collects the ball in the field. The score is 8/280.
44.6	Watson to Langeveldt, no run. Watson bowls it yorker length, in the corridor. Langeveldt plays it towards mid-off inside the circle. Ponting fields it. Watson finishes the 45th over of the innings. The bowler has figures of 1 for 46 from his 8 overs.
44.5	Watson to Langeveldt, no run. Watson bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Langeveldt hits the delivery behind square on the offside inside the circle. Fielded by Clarke.
44.4	Watson to Langeveldt, no run. Watson bowls it short, in the corridor. Langeveldt lets it go through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
44.3	Watson to Langeveldt, no run. Watson pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Gilchrist takes the ball after a play and miss by the batsman. The keeper fields the ball.
44.2	Watson to Langeveldt, no run. Watson bowls it fuller than a good length, outside off stump. Langeveldt strikes it towards the covers close to the wicket. Watson collects the ball.
44.1	Watson to Pollock, WICKET! Watson pitches the ball towards leg stump and on a good length. Pollock is bowled by Watson for 7 runs from 7 balls. Watson has figures of 1/46. Australia snare another wicket, South Africa are 8/279.
43.6	Hogg to Hall, no run. Hogg bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Hall hits it square on the legside inside the circle. Ponting fields the ball. End of the over. The bowler has figures of 3 for 61 from his 10 overs.
43.5	Hogg to Hall, no run. Hogg pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Gilchrist takes the ball after a play and miss by Hall. The keeper fields the ball.
43.4	Hogg to Hall, no run. Hogg bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Hall plays and misses and it is taken by the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
43.3	Hogg to Pollock, 1 run. Hogg delivers the ball on a good line and fuller than a good length. Pollock plays the ball down the ground close to the boundary for one. Fielded by Clarke. The score is 7/279.
43.3	Hogg to Pollock, 1 wide. Hogg bowls it fuller than a good length, towards leg stump. Through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
43.2	Hogg to Pollock, no run. Hogg pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Pollock strikes it towards mid-off not far from the wicket. Hogg fields the ball.
43.1	Hogg to Kallis, WICKET! Hogg bowls it fuller than a good length, in the corridor. Kallis hits it through mid-on close to the boundary in the air. Kallis is caught by Clarke bowled Hogg for 48 off 63 balls. The bowler has figures of 3 for 59. Australia take their seventh wicket, South Africa are 7 for 277.
42.6	Tait to Pollock, 4 runs! Tait delivers the ball towards leg stump and on a good length. Pollock strikes the ball behind square on the legside to the boundary for a four. That finishes the over. Tait has figures of 2/61 from his 10 overs. The score advances to 6/277.
42.6	Tait to Kallis, 1 no ball. 1 run. Tait pitches the delivery towards leg stump, yorker length. Gilchrist fields it. South Africa is 6 for 273.
42.5	Tait to Kallis, no run. Tait pitches the ball on a good line and full. Kallis strikes the ball towards mid-wicket not far from the wicket. Tait gathers the ball.
42.4	Tait to Kallis, no run. Tait delivers the ball outside off and fuller than a good length. Kallis plays the delivery towards mid-off not far from the wicket. Tait fields the ball.
42.3	Tait to Kallis, no run. Tait delivers the ball towards leg stump and on a good length. Kallis plays it behind square on the legside not far from the wicket. Gilchrist fields it.

South Africa		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
de Villiers, AB	Smith, G	1st	160	94	126	126.98	1/160
Gibbs, H	Kallis, J	2nd	36	29	38	94.74	2/220
Prince, A	Kallis, J	3rd	3	6	5	60.00	3/223
Boucher, M	Kallis, J	4th	33	25	39	84.62	4/256
Kemp, J	Kallis, J	5th	8	9	12	66.67	5/264
Smith, G	Kallis, J	6th	27	32	29	93.10	6/267
Kallis, J	Pollock, S	7th	10	9	11	90.91	7/277
Pollock, S	Hall, A	8th	2	3	6	33.33	8/279
Langeveldt, C	Hall, A	9th	1	7	7	14.29	9/280
Ntini, M	Hall, A	10th	14	21	16	87.50	10/294

Australia		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Gilchrist, A	Hayden, M	1st	106	67	89	119.10	1/106
Hayden, M	Ponting, R	2nd	61	41	53	115.09	2/167
Ponting, R	Clarke, M	3rd	161	90	130	123.85	3/328
Clarke, M	Symonds, A	4th	19	12	9	211.11	4/347
Hussey, M	Symonds, A	5th	6	5	4	150.00	5/353
Symonds, A	Watson, S	6th	24	9	16	150.00	6/377