2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs Australia
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Sunday, April 8, 2007
Australia beat England by seven wickets in the Super 8 phase in the World Cup at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda.
Toss: England won, and elected to bat first.
 England innings |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Ian Bell | c Hussey b McGrath | 77 | 90 | 9 | 0 | 85.55 | |
| Michael Vaughan | b Tait | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 62.50 | |
| Andrew Strauss | b Tait | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 70.00 | |
| Kevin Pietersen | c Clarke b Bracken | 104 | 122 | 6 | 1 | 85.24 | |
| Paul Collingwood | c Gilchrist b Tait | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| Andrew Flintoff | st Gilchrist b Hogg | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 21.05 | |
| Ravinder Bopara | c Hussey b Bracken | 21 | 36 | 2 | 0 | 58.33 | |
| Paul Nixon | c Hodge b McGrath | 8 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 133.33 | |
| Sajid Mahmood | c Hodge b Bracken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Monty Panesar | not out | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| James Anderson | lbw b McGrath | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 4; lb 4; w 7; nb 3) | 18 | |||||
| Total | (all out; 49.5 overs) | 247 | 18 | 2 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Vaughan, 3.2 ov), 2-24 (Strauss, 6.0 ov), 3-164 (Bell, 29.3 ov), 4-167 (Collingwood, 30.3 ov), 5-179 (Flintoff, 35.3 ov), 6-230 (Bopara, 46.2 ov), 7-240 (Pietersen, 48.4 ov), 8-240 (Mahmood, 49.0 ov), 9-246 (Nixon, 49.2 ov), 10-247 (Anderson, 49.5 ov)
 Australia bowling |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| Nathan Bracken | 10 | 1 | 33 | 3 | 3.30 | |
| Shaun Tait | 10 | 0 | 41 | 3 | 4.10 | |
| Glenn McGrath | 9.5 | 0 | 62 | 3 | 6.30 | |
| Michael Clarke | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 6.75 | |
| Brad Hogg | 10 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 3.60 | |
| Andrew Symonds | 6 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 6.66 | |
| Australia innings (Target: 248 runs from 50 overs) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Adam Gilchrist | c Collingwood b Flintoff | 27 | 37 | 5 | 0 | 72.97 | |
| Matthew Hayden | b Collingwood | 41 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 82.00 | |
| Ricky Ponting | run out (Collingwood) | 86 | 106 | 11 | 0 | 81.13 | |
| Michael Clarke | not out | 55 | 63 | 2 | 0 | 87.30 | |
| Andrew Symonds | not out | 28 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 100.00 | |
| Extras | (b 1; lb 5; w 5; nb 0) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (3 Wickets; 47.2 overs) | 248 | 26 | 1 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Gilchrist, 11.0 ov), 2-89 (Hayden, 19.1 ov), 3-201 (Ponting, 40.1 ov)
| England bowling |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| James Anderson | 10 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 4.90 | |
| Sajid Mahmood | 9.2 | 1 | 60 | 0 | 6.42 | |
| Andrew Flintoff | 10 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 3.50 | |
| Paul Collingwood | 9 | 0 | 50 | 1 | 5.55 | |
| Monty Panesar | 9 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 5.33 | |
England: I R Bell, M P Vaughan (capt), A J Strauss, K P Pietersen, A Flintoff, P D Collingwood, R S Bopara, P A Nixon (wkt), S I Mahmood, J M Anderson, M S Panesar
Australia: A C Gilchrist (wkt), M L Hayden, R T Ponting (capt), M J Clarke, A Symonds, M E K Hussey, B J Hodge, G B Hogg, N W Bracken, S W Tait, G D McGrath
Player of the match: S W Tait (Australia)
Umpires: B F Bowden (New Zealand) and R E Koertzen (South Africa)
TV umpire: Asad Rauf (Pakistan)
Match referee: M J Procter (South Africa)
Reserve umpire: N Malcolm (West Indies)
Sources
- "35th Match, Super Eights: Australia v England at North Sound, Apr 8, 2007". Cricinfo, April 8, 2007
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