2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs New Zealand

Friday, April 20, 2007 

Australia has defeated New Zealand by 215 runs in the penultimate game of the Super 8 phase in the 2007 Cricket World Cup at Queen's Park, St. George's, Grenada.

Toss: Australia, who elected to bat first.

Australia innings
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Adam Gilchrist	c Gillespie b Franklin	1	2	0	0	50.00
Matthew Hayden	c & b Styris	103	100	10	2	103.00
Ricky Ponting	c Taylor b Patel	66	70	7	0	94.28
Michael Clarke	b Franklin	49	46	7	0	106.52
Michael Hussey	c Styris b Franklin	37	44	2	0	84.09
Andrew Symonds	c Mason b Patel	11	16	1	0	68.75
Shane Watson	not out	65	32	4	4	203.12
Brad Hogg	not out	0	0	0	0
Extras	(lb 1; w 5; nb 10)	16
Total	(6 wickets; 50.0 overs)	348		31	6

Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Gilchrist, 1.1 ov), 2-144 (Ponting, 22.6 ov), 3-216 (Hayden, 32.4 ov), 4-233 (Clarke, 35.3 ov), 5-257 (Symonds, 40.1 ov), 6-334 (Hussey, 49.3 ov)

Did not bat: Nathan Bracken, Shaun Tait, Glenn McGrath

New Zealand bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
Michael Mason	3	0	27	0	9.00
James Franklin	8	0	74	3	9.25
Jeetan Patel	10	0	48	2	4.80
Daniel Vettori	10	0	60	0	6.00
Scott Styris	10	0	50	1	5.00
Mark Gillespie	6	0	67	0	11.16
Craig McMillan	3	0	21	0	7.00

New Zealand innings (Target: 349 runs from 50 overs)
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Peter Fulton	b Hogg	62	72	5	0	86.11
Stephen Fleming	c Ponting b Tait	12	9	1	1	133.33
Ross Taylor	c Hussey b McGrath	3	6	0	0	50.00
Scott Styris	c Hayden b McGrath	27	22	5	0	122.72
Craig McMillan	lbw b Tait	1	5	0	0	20.00
James Franklin	b Watson	6	9	0	0	66.66
Brendon McCullum	c Hussey b Hogg	7	16	0	0	43.75
Daniel Vettori	c Symonds b Hogg	4	4	1	0	100.00
Mark Gillespie	c McGrath b Hogg	2	8	0	0	25.00
Michael Mason	c Gilchrist b Tait	0	5	0	0	0.00
Jeetan Patel	not out	0	1	0	0
Extras	(w 7; nb 2)	9
Total	(all out; 25.5 overs)	133		12	1

Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Fleming, 3.3 ov), 2-29 (Taylor, 5.1 ov), 3-77 (Styris, 11.1 ov), 4-80 (McMillan, 12.3 ov), 5-89 (Franklin, 14.3 ov), 6-111 (McCullum, 19.3 ov), 7-117 (Vettori, 21.1 ov), 8-127 (Gillespie, 23.5 ov), 9-133 (Mason, 24.5 ov)

Australia bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
Nathan Bracken	4	0	27	0	6.75
Shaun Tait	6	0	32	3	5.33
Glenn McGrath	4	0	25	2	6.25
Brad Hogg	6.5	1	29	4	4.24
Shane Watson	5	0	20	1	4.00

Australia: A C Gilchrist (wkt), M L Hayden, R T Ponting (capt), M J Clarke, A Symonds, M E K Hussey, S R Watson, G B Hogg, N W Bracken, S W Tait, G D McGrath
New Zealand: P G Fulton, S P Fleming (capt), R L Taylor, S B Styris, C D McMillan, B B McCullum (wkt), D L Vettori, J E C Franklin, M R Gillespie, J S Patel, M J Mason

Player of the match: M L Hayden

Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Asad Rauf (Pakistan)
TV umpire: B R Doctrove (West Indies)
Match referee: M J Procter (South Africa)
Reserve umpire: D J Harper (Australia)

Sources

• "47th Match, Super Eights: Australia v New Zealand at St George's, Apr 20, 2007" — Cricinfo, April 20, 2007