ICC World Cup - Australia v South Africa

25 April 2007

RESULT: Australia won by 7 wickets

Scorecard | Commentary | Partnerships

THE SCORE

Australia

3/153

(31.3 overs)

South Africa

149

Current Run Rate	4.86
Required Run Rate	0.00
Runs Required	0
Balls Remaining	111

Current Partnership		R		M	B	S/R
	Symonds, A	18		29	16	112.50
	Clarke, M	60		102	86	69.77
Current Bowlers		O	M	R	W	E/R
	Hall, A	6.3	0	43	0	6.62
	Langeveldt, C	6	0	34	1	5.67

MATCH DETAILS

Venue: Beausejour Stadium
Weather: Fine	Pitch: Normal	Outfield: Normal
Umpires: Dar, A (PAK), Bucknor, S (WI), Crowe, J (NZ), Benson, M (ENG)
Toss Won By: South Africa		Decision: Bat

SCORECARD

RSA Innings AUS Innings

South Africa		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Smith, G	b. Bracken, N	2	12	5	0	0	40.00
de Villiers, AB	c. Gilchrist, A b. Tait, S	15	42	34	3	0	44.12
Kallis, J	b. McGrath, G	5	12	9	1	0	55.56
Gibbs, H	c. Gilchrist, A b. Tait, S	39	77	49	6	0	79.59
Prince, A	c. Gilchrist, A b. McGrath, G	0	5	2	0	0	0.00
Boucher, M	c. Hayden, M b. McGrath, G	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Kemp, J	not out	49	147	91	4	1	53.85
Hall, A	c. Gilchrist, A b. Tait, S	3	14	8	0	0	37.50
Pollock, S	c&b. Hogg, B	5	15	13	1	0	38.46
Nel, A	c. Clarke, M b. Tait, S	8	40	41	1	0	19.51
Langeveldt, C	b. Watson, S	6	20	10	1	0	60.00
Extras	(lb 4,w 13)	17
Total	(10 wickets; 43 overs)	149

F.O.W.

1/7 (Smith, G), 2/12 (Kallis, J), 3/26 (de Villiers, AB), 4/27 (Prince, A), 5/27 (Boucher, M), 6/87 (Gibbs, H), 7/93 (Hall, A), 8/103 (Pollock, S), 9/130 (Nel, A), 10/149 (Langeveldt, C)

Australia - Bowling	O	M	R	W	E/R
Bracken, N	7	2	15	1	2.14
McGrath, G	8	1	18	3	2.25	(1w)
Tait, S	10	0	39	4	3.90	(5w)
Watson, S	8.5	0	49	1	6.13
Hogg, B	10	2	24	1	2.40	(3w)

31.3	Hall to Symonds, 4 runs! Hall delivers the ball on a good line and very full. Symonds strikes the ball in front of square on the legside to the boundary for a four. The score advances to 3/153.
31.3	Hall to Clarke, 1 no ball. 1 run. Hall pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Fielded by Langeveldt. The score moves along to 3/149.
31.2	Hall to Clarke, 4 runs! Hall pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Clarke plays the delivery straight to the boundary for 4 runs. The scoreboard says 3 for 147.
31.1	Hall to Symonds, 1 run. Hall pitches the ball towards leg stump and fuller than a good length. Symonds hits the delivery in front of square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for a single. Australia moves along to 3/143.
30.6	Langeveldt to Clarke, no run. Langeveldt bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Clarke hits it in front of square on the offside inside the circle. Kemp fields the ball. End of the over. The bowler has figures of 1 for 34 from his 6 overs.
30.5	Langeveldt to Clarke, no run. Langeveldt delivers the ball outside off and fuller than a good length. Boucher takes the ball. The keeper fields the ball.
30.4	Langeveldt to Clarke, no run. Langeveldt bowls it fuller than a good length, in the corridor. Clarke plays the ball towards mid-wicket inside the circle. Pollock fields it.
30.3	Langeveldt to Clarke, no run. Langeveldt pitches the ball on a good line and fuller than a good length. Clarke plays the ball towards mid-off close to the pitch. Langeveldt fields the ball.
30.2	Langeveldt to Clarke, no run. Langeveldt pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Clarke strikes it towards mid-off halfway to the boundary.
30.1	Langeveldt to Clarke, 2 runs. Langeveldt delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Clarke strikes the delivery for a two. Hall fields the ball. The score is 3/142.
29.6	Hall to Clarke, 1 run. Hall pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Clarke hits the delivery straight most of the way to the boundary for a single. Ball is fielded by Langeveldt. 30th over finished. Hall has figures of 0/32 from his 6 overs. The scoreboard shows 3/140.
29.5	Hall to Clarke, no run. Hall delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Clarke strikes it towards the covers inside the circle. Ball is fielded by de Villiers.
29.4	Hall to Symonds, 1 run. Hall bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Symonds hits it for one run. The score is 3 for 139.
29.3	Hall to Symonds, 2 runs. Hall delivers the ball towards leg stump and fuller than a good length. Symonds strikes it well behind square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for two runs. Ball is fielded by Kemp. The scoreboard tells us it's 3/138.
29.2	Hall to Symonds, no run. Hall pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Symonds plays the ball in front of square on the legside inside the circle. Ball is fielded by Kallis.
29.1	Hall to Symonds, no run. Hall bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Symonds plays the ball down the ground close to the wicket. Collected by Hall in the field.
28.6	Nel to Clarke, no run. Nel bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Clarke plays the ball towards mid-on inside the circle. Collected by de Villiers in the field. End of the over. The bowler has figures of 1 for 31 from his 7 overs.
28.5	Nel to Clarke, 4 runs! Nel pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Clarke strikes the ball through mid-on to the boundary for 4 runs. Clarke scores his 50 from 75! The score is 3/136.
28.4	Nel to Clarke, no run. Nel pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Clarke plays it towards the covers close to the pitch. Fielded by Nel.
28.3	Nel to Clarke, no run. Nel delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Clarke plays the delivery square on the offside inside the circle. Fielded by Gibbs.
28.2	Nel to Clarke, no run. Nel pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Clarke strikes the delivery towards mid-on halfway to the boundary. Fielded by Pollock.
28.1	Nel to Clarke, no run. Nel pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Clarke strikes the ball down the ground not far from the wicket. Nel fields the ball.
27.6	Hall to Symonds, 4 runs! Hall pitches the ball outside off and fuller than a good length. Symonds plays it in front of square on the offside to the boundary for 4 runs. That is the end of the over. Hall has figures of 0/28 from his 5 overs. The scoreboard shows 3/132.
27.5	Hall to Symonds, no run. Hall pitches the ball outside off and fuller than a good length. Symonds hits the delivery straight not far from the wicket. Ball is fielded by Hall.
27.4	Hall to Symonds, no run. Dropped catch by Hall! Hall bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Symonds plays it straight down the ground not far from the wicket. Hall fields it.
27.3	Hall to Symonds, no run. Hall pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Symonds strikes it in front of square on the legside halfway to the boundary. Collected by Kallis.
27.2	Hall to Symonds, no run. Hall pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Symonds plays it towards the covers halfway to the boundary. Collected by de Villiers.
27.1	Hall to Clarke, 1 run. Hall pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball. The score is 3 for 128.
26.6	Nel to Clarke, 1 run. Nel pitches the ball wide outside off and short of a good length. Clarke plays the ball for one. Nel completes the over. He has figures of 1/27 from his 6 overs. The score advances to 3/127.
26.5	Nel to Clarke, no run. Nel delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Taken by Boucher. The keeper fields the ball.
26.4	Nel to Clarke, no run. Nel pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Ball travels through to Boucher. The keeper fields the ball.
26.3	Nel to Clarke, 4 runs! Nel pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Clarke strikes the delivery straight at his feet for 4 runs. The score is 3 for 126.
26.2	Nel to Symonds, 1 run. Nel pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Symonds strikes it square on the offside most of the way to the boundary for one run. The scoreboard says 3 for 122.
26.1	Nel to Symonds, 4 runs! Nel bowls it short of a good length, outside off stump. Symonds plays the ball through mid-wicket to the boundary for four runs. The score is 3 for 121.
25.6	Hall to Clarke, 4 runs! Hall pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Clarke strikes it through mid-on to the boundary for 4 runs. Hall finishes his 4th over. The bowler has figures of 0 for 23. The scoreboard says 3 for 117.
25.5	Hall to Symonds, 1 run. Hall bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Symonds plays it square on the legside halfway to the boundary for one run. Symonds scores his first run. The score moves to 3 for 113.

Australia		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Gilchrist, A	Hayden, M	1st	1	7	7	14.29	1/1
Ponting, R	Hayden, M	2nd	43	37	48	89.58	2/44
Hayden, M	Clarke, M	3rd	66	73	95	69.47	3/110
Symonds, A	Clarke, M	4th	43	29	42	102.4

Australia		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Gilchrist, A	b. Langeveldt	1	7	5	0	0	20.00
Hayden, M	c. Smith b. Pollock	41	117	60	4	0	68.33
Ponting, R	b. Nel	22	37	25	5	0	88.00
Clarke, M	Not Out	60	102	86	8	0	69.77
Symonds, A	Not Out	18	29	16	3	0	112.50
Hussey, M
Watson, S
Hogg, B
Bracken, N
Tait, S
McGrath, G
Extras	(lb 5,w 3,nb 3)	11
Total	(3 wickets; 31 overs)	153

South Africa - Bowling	O	M	R	W	E/R
Pollock, S	5	1	16	1	3.20
Langeveldt, C	6	0	34	1	5.67	(1nb,1w)
Kallis, J	5	1	20	0	4.00	(1nb,1w)
Nel, A	7	1	31	1	4.43	(1w)
Hall, A	6.3	0	43	0	6.62	(1nb)
Kemp, J	2	0	4	0	2.00

South Africa		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Smith, G	de Villiers, AB	1st	7	12	15	46.67	1/7
Kallis, J	de Villiers, AB	2nd	5	12	18	27.78	2/12
de Villiers, AB	Gibbs, H	3rd	14	18	20	70.00	3/26
Prince, A	Gibbs, H	4th	1	5	5	20.00	4/27
Boucher, M	Gibbs, H	5th	0	1	1	0.00	5/27
Gibbs, H	Kemp, J	6th	60	53	78	76.92	6/87
Hall, A	Kemp, J	7th	6	14	20	30.00	7/93
Pollock, S	Kemp, J	8th	10	15	21	47.62	8/103
Nel, A	Kemp, J	9th	27	40	63	42.86	9/130
Langeveldt, C	Kemp, J	10th	19	20	22	86.36	10/149