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281-4
Series badge SRI
215-8
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Overs: 38.0 RR: 7.39 vs spin: 7.14
vs seam: 7.38
Overs: 36.0 RR: 5.97 vs spin: 5.80
vs seam: 6.00
Sat 28/04/07 Australia v Sri Lanka, ICC World Cup, Final, Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 53 runs (D/L method)
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Australia - 1st Inns 281-4 (38.0; RR: 7.39)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AC Gilchrist c Silva b Fernando 149 104 13 8 143.27
ML Hayden c Jayawardene b Malinga 38 55 3 1 69.09
RT Ponting run out 37 42 1 1 88.10
A Symonds not out 23 21 2 0 109.52
SR Watson b Malinga 3 3 0 0 100.00
MJ Clarke not out 8 6 1 0 133.33
MEK Hussey  
GB Hogg  
NW Bracken  
SW Tait  
GD McGrath  
Extras (0b, 4lb, 16w, 3nb) 23  
TOTAL 281-4 (38.0 overs; RR: 7.39)

Fall of wickets

172-1 (ML Hayden 22.5 ov), 224-2 (AC Gilchrist 30.3 ov), 261-3 (RT Ponting 35.4 ov), 266-4 (SR Watson 36.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WPUJC Vaas 8.0 0 54 0 6.75 1 2
SL Malinga 8.0 1 49 2 6.13 0 0
CRD Fernando 8.0 0 74 1 9.25 4 1
M Muralitharan 7.0 0 44 0 6.29 2 0
TM Dilshan 2.0 0 23 0 11.50 1 0
ST Jayasuriya 5.0 0 33 0 6.60 0 0

Sri Lanka - 1st Inns 215-8 (36.0; RR: 5.97)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
WU Tharanga c Gilchrist b Bracken 6 8 1 0 75.00
ST Jayasuriya b Clarke 63 67 9 0 94.03
KC Sangakkara c Ponting b Hogg 54 52 6 1 103.85
DPMD Jayawardene lbw b Watson 19 19 1 0 100.00
LPC Silva b Clarke 21 22 1 1 95.45
TM Dilshan run out 14 13 2 0 107.69
RP Arnold c Gilchrist b McGrath 1 2 0 0 50.00
WPUJC Vaas not out 11 21 0 0 52.38
SL Malinga st Gilchrist b Symonds 10 6 0 1 166.67
CRD Fernando not out 1 6 0 0 16.67
M Muralitharan  
Extras (0b, 1lb, 14w, 0nb) 15  
TOTAL 215-8 (36.0 overs; RR: 5.97)

Fall of wickets

7-1 (WU Tharanga 2.1 ov), 123-2 (KC Sangakkara 19.5 ov), 145-3 (ST Jayasuriya 22.6 ov), 156-4 (DPMD Jayawardene 25.5 ov), 188-5 (TM Dilshan 29.6 ov), 190-6 (LPC Silva 30.1 ov), 194-7 (RP Arnold 31.5 ov), 211-8 (SL Malinga 33.6 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
NW Bracken 6.0 1 34 1 5.67 1 0
SW Tait 6.0 0 42 0 7.00 2 0
GD McGrath 7.0 0 31 1 4.43 1 0
SR Watson 7.0 0 49 1 7.00 3 0
GB Hogg 3.0 0 19 1 6.33 0 0
MJ Clarke 5.0 0 33 2 6.60 2 0
A Symonds 2.0 0 6 1 3.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v Sri Lanka at Bridgetown, ICC World Cup, Final

Date

Saturday April 28, 2007

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

3:30pm UTC

Venue

Kensington Oval, Bridgetown

Umpires

SA Bucknor, Aleem Dar

Australia Team

Playing XI

AC Gilchrist, ML Hayden, RT Ponting, A Symonds, SR Watson, MJ Clarke, MEK Hussey, GB Hogg, NW Bracken, SW Tait, GD McGrath

Sri Lanka Team

Playing XI

WU Tharanga, ST Jayasuriya, KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene, LPC Silva, TM Dilshan, RP Arnold, WPUJC Vaas, SL Malinga, CRD Fernando, M Muralitharan