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2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs Australia

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Saturday, March 31, 2007

Australia beat Bangladesh today by 10 wickets in the Super 8 phase in the World Cup at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda.

This was Bangladesh's first game in the Super 8 stage, which they entered pointless after defeat to fellow group qualifiers Sri Lanka. Australia already led the Super 8 group with 4 points on the board, thanks to their victory over the West Indies and group stage win over South Africa.

The match was reduced to a 22 over game due to delays from the wet outfield.

Glenn McGrath became the leading wicket taker in World Cup history with his 3 wickets here, taking him past Wasim Akram.


Toss: Australia won, and elected to field first.

Bangladesh innings
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Tamim Iqbal c Hogg b Bracken 3 14 0 0 21.42
Shahriar Nafees b McGrath 1 4 0 0 25.00
Aftab Ahmed c Bracken b McGrath 11 7 1 0 157.14
Saqibul Hasan c Gilchrist b Tait 25 36 0 1 69.44
Mohammad Ashraful c Ponting b McGrath 6 8 1 0 75.00
Habibul Bashar c Ponting b Bracken 24 43 0 0 55.81
Mashrafe Mortaza not out 25 17 2 1 147.05
Mushfiqur Rahim not out 2 3 0 0 66.66
Extras (w 7) 7
Total (6 Wickets; 22 overs) 104 4 2

Fall of wickets: 1-4 (Tamim Iqbal, 2.4 ov), 2-8 (Shahriar Nafees, 3.3 ov), 3-25 (Aftab Ahmed, 5.3 ov), 4-37 (Mohammad Ashraful, 7.5 ov), 5-65 (Saqibul Hasan, 16.2 ov), 6-97 (Habibul Bashar, 21.1 ov)

Australia bowling
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ
Nathan Bracken 4 0 20 2 5.00
Glenn McGrath 5 0 16 3 3.20
Shaun Tait 4 0 28 1 7.00
Shane Watson 1.4 0 4 0 2.40
Brad Hogg 5 0 20 0 4.00
Andrew Symonds 2.2 0 16 0 6.85
Australia innings (Target: 105 runs from 22 overs)
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Adam Gilchrist not out 59 44 8 1 134.09
Matthew Hayden not out 47 39 3 3 120.51
Extras 0
Total (0 Wickets; 13.5 overs) 106 11 4
Bangladesh bowling
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ
Mashrafe Mortaza 4 0 20 0 5.00
Tapash Baisya 2.5 0 35 0 12.35
Aftab Ahmed 0.1 0 1 0 6.00
Abdur Razzak 3 0 15 0 5.00
Saqibul Hasan 0.5 0 14 0 16.80
Mohammad Rafique 3 0 21 0 7.00

Australia: N W Bracken, M J Clarke, A C Gilchrist (wkt), M L Hayden, G B Hogg, M E K Hussey, G D McGrath, R T Ponting (capt), A Symonds, S W Tait, S R Watson
Bangladesh: Abdur Razzak, Aftab Ahmed, Habibul Bashar (capt), Mashrafe Mortaza, Mohammad Ashraful, Mohammad Rafique, Mushfiqur Rahim (wkt), Saqibul Hasan, Shahriar Nafees, Tapash Baisya, Tamim Iqbal

Player of the match: G D McGrath (Australia)

Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and B F Bowden (New Zealand)
TV umpire: R E Koertzen (South Africa)
Match referee: B C Broad (England)
Reserve umpire: Asad Rauf (Pakistan)

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