ICC World Cup - Australia v New Zealand

20 April 2007

RESULT: Australia won by 215 runs

Scorecard | Commentary | Partnerships

THE SCORE

New Zealand

133

ALL OUT

Australia

6/348

Current Run Rate	5.15
Required Run Rate	8.94
Runs Required	216
Balls Remaining	145

Current Partnership		R		M	B	S/R
	Fulton, P	62		121	72	86.11
	Patel, J	0		4	1	0.00
Current Bowlers		O	M	R	W	E/R
	Hogg, B	6.5	1	29	4	4.24
	Tait, S	6	0	32	3	5.33

MATCH DETAILS

Venue: National Cricket Stadium
Weather: Fine	Pitch: Slow, Low	Outfield: Normal
Umpires: Dar, A (PAK), Rauf, A (PAK), Procter, M (RSA), Harper, D (AUS)
Toss Won By: Australia		Decision: Bat

SCORECARD

AUS Innings NZ Innings

Australia		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Hayden, M	c&b. Styris, S	103	149	100	10	2	103.00
Gilchrist, A	c. Gillespie, M b. Franklin, J	1	7	2	0	0	50.00
Ponting, R	c. Taylor, R b. Patel, J	66	98	70	7	0	94.29
Clarke, M	b. Franklin, J	49	56	46	7	0	106.52
Hussey, M	c. Styris, S b. Franklin, J	37	75	44	2	0	84.09
Symonds, A	c. Mason, M b. Patel, J	11	22	16	1	0	68.75
Watson, S	not out	65	44	32	4	4	203.13
Hogg, B
Bracken, N
Tait, S
McGrath, G
Extras	(lb 1,w 5,nb 10)	16
Total	(6 wickets; 50 overs)	348

F.O.W.

1/7 (Gilchrist, A), 2/144 (Ponting, R), 3/216 (Hayden, M), 4/233 (Clarke, M), 5/257 (Symonds, A), 6/334 (Hussey, M)

New Zealand - Bowling	O	R	W	E/R
Mason, M	3	27	0	9.00	(1nb,1w)
Franklin, J	8	74	3	9.25	(5nb,1w)
Patel, J	10	48	2	4.80	(1nb)
Vettori, D	10	60	0	6.00	(2nb)
Styris, S	10	50	1	5.00	(2w)
Gillespie, M	6	67	0	11.17	(1nb)
McMillan, C	3	21	0	7.00

25.5	Hogg to Fulton, OUT! Hogg pitches the delivery towards leg stump, fuller than a good length. Hogg bowls Fulton for 62 runs from 72 deliveries. The bowler has figures of 4 for 29. New Zealand are 10 for 133 after Australia take their last wicket.
25.4	Hogg to Fulton, no run. Hogg pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Fulton hits the ball behind square on the legside inside the circle. Ball is fielded by Hayden.
25.3	Hogg to Fulton, no run. Hogg pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Fulton hits the delivery square on the legside inside the circle.
25.2	Hogg to Fulton, no run. Hogg pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Fulton strikes the delivery straight close to the pitch.
25.1	Hogg to Fulton, no run. Hogg pitches the delivery outside off stump, fuller than a good length. Fulton plays the delivery for no run.
24.6	Tait to Patel, no run. Tait delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Patel strikes it towards mid-off halfway to the boundary. That is the end of the over. Tait has figures of 3/32 from his 6 overs.
24.5	Tait to Mason, WICKET! Tait pitches the ball wide outside off and on a good length. Mason hits it in the air. Mason is caught behind by Gilchrist bowled Tait for a duck off 5 balls. Tait has figures of 3/32. Australia take another wicket, New Zealand are 9/133.
24.4	Tait to Mason, no run. Tait pitches the delivery in the corridor, fuller than a good length. Mason plays the delivery towards mid-on inside the circle.
24.3	Tait to Mason, no run. Tait pitches the ball on a good line and fuller than a good length. Mason strikes the ball towards the covers halfway to the boundary.
24.3	Tait to Mason, 1 wide. Tait bowls it short of a good length, towards leg stump. Through to Gilchrist. The keeper fields the ball.
24.2	Tait to Mason, no run. Tait pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Mason plays it towards mid-off close to the pitch. Ball is fielded by Tait.
24.1	Tait to Mason, no run. Tait delivers the ball on a good line and fuller than a good length. Mason strikes the ball towards the covers close to the pitch. Gathered by Tait.
23.6	Hogg to Fulton, 4 runs! Hogg pitches the delivery towards leg stump, on a good length. Fulton strikes the delivery square on the legside to the boundary for 4 runs. Hogg has completed his over. The bowler has figures of 3 for 29 from his 6 overs. The score is 8 for 132.
23.6	Hogg to Fulton, 1 wide. Hogg delivers the ball towards leg stump and on a good length. Taken by Gilchrist. The keeper fields the ball.
23.5	Hogg to Gillespie, OUT! Hogg delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Gillespie hits the delivery straight halfway to the boundary in the air. Gillespie is caught by McGrath from the bowling of Hogg for 2 runs off 8. Hogg has figures of 3/24. New Zealand lose another wicket, they are 8/127.
23.4	Hogg to Fulton, 1 run. Hogg pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Fulton plays it well behind square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one run. Hussey fields the ball. The scoreboard shows 7/127.
23.3	Hogg to Fulton, no run. Hogg delivers the ball towards leg stump and fuller than a good length. Fulton plays the delivery in front of square on the legside inside the circle. Hayden fields the ball.
23.2	Hogg to Gillespie, 1 run. Hogg bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Gillespie strikes it fine on the legside halfway to the boundary for one run. Tait collects the ball. The score is 7 for 126.
23.1	Hogg to Fulton, 1 run. Hogg bowls it on a good length, towards leg stump. Fulton plays it square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one run. The score moves to 7 for 125.
22.6	Watson to Fulton, 1 run. Watson delivers the ball towards leg stump and on a good length. Fulton plays the delivery towards mid-on halfway to the boundary for a single. Hogg fields the ball. That finishes the over. Watson has figures of 1/20 from his 5 overs. The score is 7/124.
22.5	Watson to Gillespie, 1 run. Watson pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Gillespie strikes it for one run. Gillespie scores his first run. New Zealand goes to 7/123.
22.4	Watson to Fulton, 1 run. Watson delivers the ball wide outside off and fuller than a good length. Fulton hits the delivery in front of square on the offside most of the way to the boundary for a single. The score is 7/122.
22.3	Watson to Fulton, 4 runs! Watson bowls it on a good length, towards leg stump. Fulton plays it in front of square on the legside to the boundary for four runs. The score moves to 7 for 121.
22.2	Watson to Fulton, no run. Watson bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Fulton hits it towards mid-off close to the pitch. Watson fields it.
22.1	Watson to Fulton, no run. Watson pitches the delivery towards leg stump, on a good length. Fulton plays it towards mid-wicket inside the circle.
21.6	Hogg to Gillespie, no run. Hogg bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Gillespie hits the ball behind square on the offside not far from the wicket. Hayden fields it. Hogg finishes the 22nd over of the innings. The bowler has figures of 2 for 21 from his 5 overs.
21.5	Hogg to Gillespie, no run. Hogg pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Gillespie plays it in front of square on the offside inside the circle.
21.4	Hogg to Gillespie, no run. Hogg delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Gillespie strikes the ball towards mid-wicket close to the pitch. Gathered by Ponting.
21.3	Hogg to Gillespie, no run. Hogg pitches the delivery outside off stump, fuller than a good length. Gillespie strikes the delivery towards mid-off inside the circle.
21.2	Hogg to Gillespie, no run. Hogg pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Gillespie plays the ball for no run. Gilchrist fields the ball.
21.1	Hogg to Vettori, OUT! Hogg delivers the ball towards leg stump and on a good length. Vettori plays the delivery well behind square on the legside inside the circle in the air. Hogg takes the wicket of Vettori caught Symonds for 4 from 4 balls. Hogg has figures of 2/21. New Zealand are 7/117 after Australia take another wicket.
20.6	Watson to Fulton, no run. Watson bowls it fuller than a good length, outside off stump. Fulton plays the delivery in front of square on the offside halfway to the boundary. Watson finishes the 21st over of the innings. The bowler has figures of 1 for 13 from his 4 overs.
20.5	Watson to Fulton, no run. Watson bowls it short, in the corridor. Through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
20.4	Watson to Fulton, no run. Watson bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Fulton strikes the ball in front of square on the offside inside the circle. Ball is fielded by Symonds.
20.3	Watson to Fulton, no run. Watson delivers the ball wide outside off and fuller than a good length. Fulton plays it square on the offside inside the circle. Symonds collects the ball in the field.
20.2	Watson to Fulton, 2 runs. Watson pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Fulton plays the ball behind square on the offside most of the way to the boundary for 2 runs. Fulton scores his 50 from 54 deliveries! The score advances to 6/117.

New Zealand		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Fulton, P	b. Hogg	62	121	72	5	0	86.11
Fleming, S	c. Ponting b. Tait	12	15	9	1	1	133.33
Taylor, R	c. Hussey b. McGrath	3	10	6	0	0	50.00
Styris, S	c. Hayden b. McGrath	27	30	22	5	0	122.73
McMillan, C	lbw b. Tait	1	8	5	0	0	20.00
Franklin, J	b. Watson	6	9	9	0	0	66.67
McCullum, B	c. Hussey b. Hogg	7	16	16	0	0	43.75
Vettori, D	c. Symonds b. Hogg	4	8	4	1	0	100.00
Gillespie, M	c. McGrath b. Hogg	2	11	8	0	0	25.00
Mason, M	c. Gilchrist b. Tait	0	7	5	0	0	0.00
Patel, J	Not Out	0	4	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(w 7,nb 2)	9
Total	(10 wickets; 25 overs)	133

Australia - Bowling	O	M	R	W	E/R
Bracken, N	4	0	27	0	6.75	(1w)
Tait, S	6	0	32	3	5.33	(1nb,4w)
McGrath, G	4	0	25	2	6.25	(1nb)
Hogg, B	6.5	1	29	4	4.24	(1w)
Watson, S	5	0	20	1	4.00	(1w)

New Zealand		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Fleming, S	Fulton, P	1st	21	15	21	100.00	1/21
Taylor, R	Fulton, P	2nd	8	10	10	80.00	2/29
Styris, S	Fulton, P	3rd	48	30	38	126.32	3/77
McMillan, C	Fulton, P	4th	3	8	8	37.50	4/80
Franklin, J	Fulton, P	5th	9	9	12	75.00	5/89
McCullum, B	Fulton, P	6th	22	16	30	73.33	6/111
Vettori, D	Fulton, P	7th	6	8	10	60.00	7/117
Gillespie, M	Fulton, P	8th	10	11	16	62.50	8/127
Mason, M	Fulton, P	9th	6	7	6	100.00	9/133
Fulton, P	Patel, J	10th	0	7	6	0.00	10/133