ICC World Cup - Australia v Sri Lanka

28 April 2007

RESULT: Australia won by 53 runs (D/L Method)

Scorecard | Commentary | Partnerships

THE SCORE

Sri Lanka

8/215

(36.0 overs)

Australia

4/281

Current Run Rate	5.97
Required Run Rate	0.00
Runs Required	54
Balls Remaining	0

Current Partnership		R		M	B	S/R
	Fernando, D	1		5	6	16.67
	Vaas, C	11		24	21	52.38
Current Bowlers		O	M	R	W	E/R
	Clarke, M	5	0	33	2	6.60
	Symonds, A	2	0	6	1	3.00

MATCH DETAILS

Venue: Kensington Oval
Weather: Overcast	Pitch: Bouncy	Outfield: Fast
Umpires: Dar, A (PAK), Bucknor, S (WI), Koertzen, R (RSA), Crowe, J (NZ)
Toss Won By: Australia		Decision: Bat

SCORECARD

AUS Innings SL Innings

Australia		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Gilchrist, A	c. Silva, C b. Fernando, D	149	130	104	13	8	143.27
Hayden, M	c. Jayawardene, M b. Malinga, L	38	104	55	3	1	69.09
Ponting, R	run out (Jayawardene, M)	37	51	42	1	1	88.10
Symonds, A	not out	23	38	21	2	0	109.52
Watson, S	b. Malinga, L	3	4	3	0	0	100.00
Clarke, M	not out	8	9	6	1	0	133.33
Hussey, M
Hogg, B
Bracken, N
Tait, S
McGrath, G
Extras	(lb 4,w 16,nb 3)	23
Total	(4 wickets; 38 overs)	281

F.O.W.

1/172 (Hayden, M), 2/224 (Gilchrist, A), 3/261 (Ponting, R), 4/266 (Watson, S)

Sri Lanka - Bowling	O	M	R	W	E/R
Vaas, C	8	0	54	0	6.75	(2nb,1w)
Malinga, L	8	1	49	2	6.13
Fernando, D	8	0	74	1	9.25	(1nb,4w)
Muralitharan, M	7	0	44	0	6.29	(2w)
Dilshan, T	2	0	23	0	11.50	(1w)
Jayasuriya, S	5	0	33	0	6.60

35.6	Symonds to Vaas, no run. Symonds pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Vaas plays the delivery straight close to the wicket. Symonds completes the over. He has figures of 1/6 from his 2 overs.
35.5	Symonds to Vaas, no run. Symonds pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Vaas plays it square on the legside inside the circle.
35.4	Symonds to Vaas, no run. Symonds delivers the ball on a good line and fuller than a good length. Vaas plays the ball down the ground close to the pitch. Ball is fielded by Symonds.
35.3	Symonds to Fernando, 1 run. Symonds pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Fernando strikes it fine on the legside halfway to the boundary for one run. Fernando scores his first run. Hogg fields the ball. Sri Lanka goes to 8/215.
35.2	Symonds to Fernando, no run. Symonds pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
35.1	Symonds to Fernando, no run. Symonds pitches the ball wide outside off and on a good length. Taken by Gilchrist. The keeper fields the ball.
34.6	Clarke to Vaas, no run. Clarke bowls it full toss length, in the corridor. Vaas strikes the ball towards mid-wicket inside the circle. End of the over. The bowler has figures of 2 for 33 from his 5 overs.
34.6	Clarke to Fernando, 2 wides. Clarke delivers the ball towards leg stump and on a good length. Fernando hits it for no run.
34.5	Clarke to Fernando, no run. Clarke pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Fernando hits it towards mid-on not far from the wicket. Collected by Clarke.
34.4	Clarke to Fernando, no run. Clarke bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Fernando hits the delivery straight close to the pitch. Clarke receives the ball in the field.
34.3	Clarke to Fernando, no run. Clarke bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Fernando strikes the ball in front of square on the offside inside the circle.
34.2	Clarke to Vaas, 1 run. Clarke bowls it fuller than a good length, in the corridor. Vaas hits the ball through mid-on most of the way to the boundary for one. The score is 8 for 212.
34.1	Clarke to Vaas, no run. Clarke pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Vaas hits the ball towards the covers inside the circle.
33.6	Symonds to Malinga, OUT! Symonds bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Malinga is stumped by Gilchrist off Symonds for 10 off 6. Symonds finishes his 1st over. The bowler has figures of 1 for 5. Australia take their eighth wicket, Sri Lanka are 8 for 211.
33.5	Symonds to Vaas, 1 run. Symonds pitches the delivery towards leg stump, on a good length. Vaas strikes the ball towards mid-wicket halfway to the boundary for one. Clarke fields the ball. The score progresses to 7 for 211.
33.4	Symonds to Vaas, no run. Symonds pitches the delivery in the corridor, fuller than a good length. Vaas strikes it towards mid-wicket inside the circle. Fielded by Symonds.
33.3	Symonds to Malinga, 1 run. Symonds pitches the delivery outside off stump, fuller than a good length. Malinga strikes it through mid-off most of the way to the boundary for one run. The scoreboard says 7 for 210.
33.2	Symonds to Vaas, 1 run. Symonds pitches the ball on a good line and fuller than a good length. Vaas strikes the delivery towards mid-wicket halfway to the boundary for a single. The scoreboard shows 7/209.
33.1	Symonds to Vaas, 2 runs. Symonds pitches the delivery wide outside off stump, fuller than a good length. Vaas plays the ball for 2 runs. Fielded by Hogg. The scoreboard says 7 for 208.
32.6	Clarke to Malinga, 2 runs. Clarke delivers the ball wide outside off and on a good length. Malinga hits the ball for 2 runs. Fielded by Bracken. Clarke completes the over. He has figures of 2/30 from his 4 overs. The scoreboard tells us it's 7/206.
32.5	Clarke to Malinga, 6 runs! Clarke bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Malinga plays the delivery through mid-on over the boundary for a six. The score is 7 for 204.
32.4	Clarke to Vaas, 1 run. Clarke delivers the ball on a good line and fuller than a good length. Vaas hits it straight down the ground most of the way to the boundary for one run. Tait collects the ball in the field. The score is 7/198.
32.3	Clarke to Malinga, 1 run. Clarke pitches the delivery outside off stump, yorker length. Malinga hits the delivery through mid-off most of the way to the boundary for a single. Malinga gets off the mark. Sri Lanka is 7 for 197.
32.2	Clarke to Malinga, no run. Clarke bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Play and miss. Straight through to Gilchrist. The keeper fields the ball.
32.1	Clarke to Vaas, 1 run. Clarke bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Vaas plays the ball for one. Collected by McGrath in the field. The score is 7 for 196.
31.6	McGrath to Vaas, 1 run. McGrath bowls it fuller than a good length, towards leg stump. Vaas strikes it behind square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one run. 32 overs finished. The bowler has figures of 1 for 31 from his 7 overs. The score is 7 for 195.
31.5	McGrath to Arnold, WICKET! McGrath bowls it full toss length, in the corridor. Arnold strikes it well behind square on the legside inside the circle in the air. McGrath takes the wicket of Arnold caught behind for 1 runs from 2. The bowler has figures of 1 for 30. Sri Lanka are 7 for 194 after Australia take their seventh wicket.
31.4	McGrath to Vaas, 1 run. McGrath pitches the delivery towards leg stump, short of a good length. Vaas plays it well behind square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one run. Collected by Tait. Sri Lanka moves to 6 for 194.
31.3	McGrath to Vaas, no run. McGrath bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Vaas plays the ball towards mid-wicket inside the circle.
31.2	McGrath to Vaas, no run. McGrath pitches the ball on a good line and fuller than a good length. Vaas hits the ball towards mid-wicket inside the circle.
31.1	McGrath to Arnold, 1 run. McGrath bowls it short of a good length, in the corridor. Arnold plays the ball behind square on the offside inside the circle for one. Arnold is off the mark. The score is 6 for 193.
30.6	Clarke to Vaas, no run. Clarke delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Vaas hits the delivery towards mid-wicket inside the circle. Fielded by Clarke. That is the end of the over. Clarke has figures of 2/19 from his 3 overs.
30.5	Clarke to Vaas, no run. Clarke delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Taken by Gilchrist. The keeper fields the ball.
30.4	Clarke to Vaas, no run. Clarke pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Vaas lets it go through to Gilchrist. The keeper fields the ball.
30.3	Clarke to Vaas, no run. Clarke delivers the ball outside off and fuller than a good length. Vaas plays it towards the covers inside the circle.
30.2	Clarke to Vaas, 2 runs. Clarke bowls it fuller than a good length, wide outside off stump. Vaas strikes it for two runs. Vaas scores his first run. McGrath collects the ball. Sri Lanka moves to 6 for 192.

Sri Lanka		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Tharanga, U	Jayasuriya, S	1st	7	12	13	53.85	1/7
Sangakkara, K	Jayasuriya, S	2nd	116	84	106	109.43	2/123
Jayasuriya, S	Jayawardene, M	3rd	22	15	19	115.79	3/145
Jayawardene, M	Silva, C	4th	11	23	17	64.71	4/156
Dilshan, T	Silva, C	5th	32	16	25	128.00	5/188
Silva, C	Arnold, R	6th	2	3	1	200.00	6/190
Arnold, R	Vaas, C	7th	4	6	10	40.00	7/194
Malinga, L	Vaas, C	8th	17	11	13	130.77	8/211
Fernando, D	Vaas, C	9th	17	11	13	130.8

Sri Lanka		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Tharanga, U	c. Gilchrist b. Bracken	6	12	8	1	0	75.00
Jayasuriya, S	b. Clarke	63	111	67	9	0	94.03
Sangakkara, K	c. Ponting b. Hogg	54	84	52	6	1	103.85
Jayawardene, M	lbw b. Watson	19	38	19	1	0	100.00
Silva, C	b. Clarke	21	42	22	1	1	95.45
Dilshan, T	run out (Clarke)	14	16	13	2	0	107.69
Arnold, R	c. Gilchrist b. McGrath	1	9	2	0	0	50.00
Vaas, C	Not Out	11	24	21	0	0	52.38
Malinga, L	st. Gilchrist b. Symonds	10	11	6	0	1	166.67
Fernando, D	Not Out	1	5	6	0	0	16.67
Muralitharan, M
Extras	(lb 1,w 14)	15
Total	(8 wickets; 36 overs)	215

Australia - Bowling	O	M	R	W	E/R
Bracken, N	6	1	34	1	5.67	(3w)
Tait, S	6	0	42	0	7.00	(2w)
McGrath, G	7	0	31	1	4.43	(1w)
Watson, S	7	0	49	1	7.00	(4w)
Hogg, B	3	0	19	1	6.33
Clarke, M	5	0	33	2	6.60	(4w)
Symonds, A	2	0	6	1	3.00

Australia		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Hayden, M	Gilchrist, A	1st	172	104	138	124.64	1/172
Gilchrist, A	Ponting, R	2nd	52	26	47	110.64	2/224
Ponting, R	Symonds, A	3rd	37	25	31	119.35	3/261
Watson, S	Symonds, A	4th	5	4	4	125.00	4/266