2007 ICC World Twenty20: Australia vs Sri Lanka
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Thursday, September 20, 2007
Australia have defeated Sri Lanka by ten wickets in the Super 8 stage of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa.
The result qualifies Australia for the semi-finals, while Sri Lanka are eliminated from the tournament.
Australia's bowlers dismissed Sri Lanka for just 101 runs. Three wickets fell in the first three overs while Stuart Clark took 4-20. Jehan Mubarak and Kumar Sangakkara were Sri Lanka's top scorers with 28 and 22 runs respectively, while Chaminda Vaas scored 21. However it was not enough to post a competitive total for Sri Lanka, who were bowled out in the final over having scored at a rate of just over five runs an over.
Adam Gilchrist scored 31 not out and Matthew Hayden scored 58 not out as Australia cruised to victory without losing a wicket. They reached the target in just over ten overs to ensure progression to the semi-finals.
Toss: Australia won, and chose to field first.
 Sri Lanka innings |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| W U Tharanga | c Lee b Bracken | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| S T Jayasuriya | lbw b Lee | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| K C Sangakkara | c Clarke b Clark | 22 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 95.65 | |
| D P M D Jayawardene | c Clark b Lee | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| L P C Silva | c Lee b Clark | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 54.54 | |
| T M Dilshan | c Gilchrist b Clark | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| J Mubarak | c Symonds b Watson | 28 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 107.69 | |
| M F Maharoof | c Clarke b Clark | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| W P U J C Vaas | c Lee b Symonds | 21 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| S L Malinga | not out | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 120.00 | |
| C R D Fernando | c & b Bracken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 1; w 1; nb 2) | 4 | |||||
| Total | (all out; 19.3 overs) | 101 | 8 | 1 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Jayasuriya, 0.3 ov), 2-9 (Tharanga, 1.6 ov), 3-11 (Jayawardene, 2.4 ov), 4-21 (Silva, 5.3 ov), 5-30 (Dilshan, 7.3 ov), 6-43 (Sangakkara, 9.3 ov), 7-43 (Maharoof, 9.5 ov), 8-83 (Mubarak, 16.2 ov), 9-99 (Vaas, 18.5 ov), 10-101 (Fernando, 19.3 ov)
 Australia bowling |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| B Lee | 4 | 0 | 27 | 2 | 6.75 | |
| N W Bracken | 3.3 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 4.00 | |
| M G Johnson | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4.50 | |
| S R Clark | 4 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 5.00 | |
| S R Watson | 3.2 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 5.70 | |
| A Symonds | 0.4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.00 | |
| Australia innings (Target: 102 runs from 20 overs) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| A C Gilchrist | not out | 31 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 124.00 | |
| M L Hayden | not out | 58 | 38 | 7 | 2 | 152.63 | |
| Extras | (b 4; lb 2; w 6; nb 1) | 13 | |||||
| Total | (0 wickets; 10.2 overs) | 102 | 11 | 2 | |||
Did not bat: B J Hodge, A Symonds, M E K Hussey, M J Clarke, S R Watson, B Lee, M G Johnson, N W Bracken, S R Clark
| Sri Lanka bowling |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | |
| W P U J C Vaas | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 10.50 | |
| C R D Fernando | 3 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 4.00 | |
| M F Maharoof | 2 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 17.00 | |
| T M Dilshan | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 | |
| S L Malinga | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8.00 | |
| J Mubarak | 0.2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 24.00 | |
Australia: A C Gilchrist (capt, wkt), M L Hayden, B J Hodge, A Symonds, M E K Hussey, M J Clarke, S R Watson, B Lee, M G Johnson, N W Bracken, S R Clark
Sri Lanka: W U Tharanga, S T Jayasuriya, K C Sangakkara (wkt), D P M D Jayawardene (capt), L P C Silva, T M Dilshan, J Mubarak, M F Maharoof, W P U J C Vaas, C R D Fernando, S L Malinga
Man of the Match: S R Clark (Australia)
Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and I L Howell (South Africa)
TV Umpire: A L Hill (New Zealand)
Match Referee: M J Procter (South Africa)
Reserve Umpire: M Erasmus (South Africa)
Sources
- "ICC World Twenty20 22nd Match, Group F: Australia v Sri Lanka at Cape Town". Cricinfo, September 20 2007
- "Australia power into semi-finals". BBC Sport, September 20 2007
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