ICC World Cup - Australia v Bangladesh

31 March 2007

RESULT: Australia won by 10 wickets

Scorecard | Commentary | Partnerships

THE SCORE

Australia

0/106

(13.5 overs)

Bangladesh

6/104

Current Run Rate	7.66
Required Run Rate	0.00
Runs Required	0
Balls Remaining	49

Current Partnership		R		M	B	S/R
	Hayden, M	47		56	39	120.51
	Gilchrist, A	59		56	44	134.09
Current Bowlers		O	M	R	W	E/R
	Hasan, S	0.5	0	14	0	16.80
	Rafique, M	3	0	21	0	7.00

MATCH DETAILS

Venue: Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
Weather: Fine, Overcast	Pitch: Normal	Outfield: Slow, Wet
Umpires: Dar, A (PAK), Bowden, B (NZ), Koertzen, R (RSA), Broad, C (ENG)
Toss Won By: Australia		Decision: Bowl

SCORECARD

BAN Innings AUS Innings

Bangladesh		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Nafees, S	b. McGrath, G	1	34	4	0	0	25.00
Iqbal, T	c. Hogg, B b. Bracken, N	3	30	14	0	0	21.43
Ahmed, A	c. Bracken, N b. McGrath, G	11	16	7	1	0	157.14
Hasan, S	c. Gilchrist, A b. Tait, S	25	54	36	0	1	69.44
Ashraful, M	c. Ponting, R b. McGrath, G	6	12	8	1	0	75.00
Bashar, H	c. Ponting, R b. Bracken, N	24	48	43	0	0	55.81
Mortaza, M	not out	25	22	17	2	1	147.06
Rahim, M	not out	2	3	3	0	0	66.67
Rafique, M
Baisya, T
Razzak, A
Extras	(w 7)	7
Total	(6 wickets; 22 overs)	104

F.O.W.

1/4 (Iqbal, T), 2/8 (Nafees, S), 3/25 (Ahmed, A), 4/37 (Ashraful, M), 5/65 (Hasan, S), 6/97 (Bashar, H)

Australia - Bowling	O	R	W	E/R
Bracken, N	4	20	2	5.00	(1w)
McGrath, G	5	16	3	3.20	(1w)
Tait, S	4	28	1	7.00	(4w)
Watson, S	1.4	4	0	4.00
Hogg, B	5	20	0	4.00
Symonds, A	3	16	0	5.33	(1w)

13.5	Hasan to Hayden, 6 runs! Hasan pitches the ball towards leg stump and on a good length. Hayden plays the ball through mid-on over the boundary for 6 runs. The score advances to 0/106.
13.4	Hasan to Gilchrist, 1 run. Hasan pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Gilchrist strikes it through mid-off halfway to the boundary for one run. Fielded by Baisya. Australia are in a strong position with the bat, they are 0 for 100.
13.3	Hasan to Hayden, 1 run. Hasan pitches the delivery towards leg stump, on a good length. Hayden plays the ball through mid-wicket halfway to the boundary for one. Ball is fielded by Mortaza. The scoreboard says 0 for 99.
13.2	Hasan to Hayden, 6 runs! Hasan pitches the ball towards leg stump and on a good length. Hayden plays the ball through mid-on over the boundary for 6 runs. The score races to 0/98.
13.1	Hasan to Hayden, no run. Hasan delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Taken by the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
12.6	Rafique to Gilchrist, no run. Rafique delivers the ball outside off and fuller than a good length. Gilchrist strikes the delivery towards the covers inside the circle. Nafees fields the ball. 13th over finished. Rafique has figures of 0/21 from his 3 overs.
12.5	Rafique to Gilchrist, 4 runs! Rafique bowls it on a good length, wide outside off stump. Gilchrist plays the ball for four runs. Australia are in a good position with the bat, the score is 0 for 92.
12.4	Rafique to Hayden, 1 run. Rafique bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Hayden plays the delivery through mid-wicket most of the way to the boundary for a single. Hasan fields the ball. The score is 0 for 88.
12.3	Rafique to Hayden, no run. Rafique delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Hayden hits the delivery straight close to the pitch. Fielded by Rafique.
12.2	Rafique to Gilchrist, 1 run. Rafique pitches the ball on a good line and fuller than a good length. Gilchrist hits the ball through mid-on most of the way to the boundary for one. Fielded by Razzak. Australia races to 0/87.
12.1	Rafique to Gilchrist, 6 runs! Rafique pitches the delivery wide outside off stump, fuller than a good length. Gilchrist plays the delivery through mid-off over the boundary for a six. Gilchrist makes his 50 from 40 balls! Australia are in front with the bat, they are 0 for 86.
11.6	Razzak to Hayden, no run. Razzak pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Hayden plays the delivery towards mid-off close to the pitch. Ball is gathered by Razzak. End of the over. The bowler has figures of 0 for 15 from his 3 overs.
11.5	Razzak to Hayden, 4 runs! Razzak pitches the ball towards leg stump and fuller than a good length. Hayden hits the ball through mid-wicket to the boundary for 4 runs. The score is 0/80.
11.4	Razzak to Hayden, no run. Razzak bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Hayden lets it go through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
11.3	Razzak to Hayden, no run. Razzak pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. The keeper takes the ball. The keeper fields the ball.
11.2	Razzak to Gilchrist, 1 run. Razzak delivers the ball towards leg stump and fuller than a good length. Gilchrist hits the ball down the ground most of the way to the boundary for one. Fielded by Rasel. The scoreboard tells us it's 0/76.
11.1	Razzak to Gilchrist, no run. Razzak delivers the ball outside off and fuller than a good length. Gilchrist strikes the ball in front of square on the offside inside the circle. Gathered by Iqbal.
10.6	Rafique to Gilchrist, 1 run. Rafique pitches the delivery towards leg stump, on a good length. Gilchrist plays it behind square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one run. Ball is fielded by Rahim. End of the over. The bowler has figures of 0 for 9 from his 2 overs. Australia moves to 0 for 75.
10.5	Rafique to Hayden, 1 run. Rafique pitches the ball towards leg stump and on a good length. Hayden plays it well behind square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one run. Fielded by Ahmed. The score is 0/74.
10.4	Rafique to Hayden, no run. Rafique delivers the ball on a good line and full. Hayden plays the delivery well behind square on the legside inside the circle. Ashraful fields the ball.
10.3	Rafique to Hayden, no run. Rafique delivers the ball on a good line and fuller than a good length. Hayden strikes the ball through mid-off halfway to the boundary. Fielded by Iqbal.
10.2	Rafique to Gilchrist, 1 run. Rafique delivers the ball on a good line and fuller than a good length. Gilchrist hits the ball down the ground most of the way to the boundary for one. Gathered by Razzak. Australia are in control in the middle, they are 0/73.
10.1	Rafique to Gilchrist, 4 runs! Rafique pitches the delivery outside off stump, fuller than a good length. Gilchrist plays it through mid-off to the boundary for 4 runs. Australia are dominating with the bat, they are 0 for 72.
9.6	Razzak to Hayden, no run. Razzak bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Hayden hits the ball down the ground not far from the wicket. Razzak fields it. Razzak finishes the 10th over of the innings. The bowler has figures of 0 for 10 from his 2 overs.
9.5	Razzak to Hayden, 4 runs! Razzak pitches the delivery towards leg stump, on a good length. Hayden hits it through mid-wicket to the boundary for 4 runs. The score moves to 0 for 68.
9.4	Razzak to Gilchrist, 1 run. Razzak delivers the ball outside off and fuller than a good length. Gilchrist plays the ball square on the offside inside the circle for one. Ball is fielded by Ashraful. Australia advances to 0/64.
9.3	Razzak to Gilchrist, no run. Razzak delivers the ball outside off and fuller than a good length. Gilchrist plays the ball towards the covers inside the circle. Fielded by Rafique.
9.2	Razzak to Gilchrist, 2 runs. Razzak pitches the delivery towards leg stump, on a good length. Gilchrist strikes it behind square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for two runs. Collected by Baisya. The scoreboard says 0 for 63.
9.1	Razzak to Gilchrist, no run. Razzak delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Gilchrist strikes the delivery towards mid-off not far from the wicket. Razzak fields the ball.
8.6	Rafique to Gilchrist, 1 run. Rafique bowls it fuller than a good length, wide outside off stump. Gilchrist hits the delivery in front of square on the offside inside the circle for a single. Fielded by Ashraful. 9 overs completed. The bowler has figures of 0 for 2 from his 1 over. Australia are showing their strength with the bat, they are 0 for 61.
8.5	Rafique to Gilchrist, no run. Rafique pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Gilchrist strikes it straight down the ground halfway to the boundary. Bashar gathers the ball in the field.
8.4	Rafique to Gilchrist, no run. Rafique pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Gilchrist hits it towards mid-on close to the wicket. Rafique fields the ball.
8.3	Rafique to Gilchrist, no run. Rafique bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Gilchrist plays the delivery towards mid-off inside the circle. Fielded by Rasel.
8.2	Rafique to Hayden, 1 run. Rafique pitches the delivery towards leg stump, on a good length. Hayden hits it in front of square on the legside inside the circle for one run. Collected by Hasan. The score moves to 0 for 60.
8.1	Rafique to Hayden, no run. Rafique delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Hayden strikes it square on the offside inside the circle. Ball is fielded by Hasan.
7.6	Razzak to Gilchrist, 2 runs. Razzak delivers the ball outside off and fuller than a good length. Gilchrist hits the delivery through the covers most of the way to the boundary for a two. Ahmed fields the ball. Razzak finishes the 8th over. He has figures of 0/3 from his 1 over. The score moves along to 0/59.