Saturday, April 28, 2007

2007 World Cup Final Result: Australia vs Sri Lanka


Australia Innings
Adam Gilchrist c Silva b Fernando 149
Matthew Hayden c Jayawardene b Malinga 38
Ricky Ponting run out 37
Andrew Symonds not out 23
Shane Watson b Malinga 3
Michael Clarke not out 8
Extras: (4lb, 3nb, 16w) 23

TOTAL: (for 4 wickets) 281.
Overs: 38.

Fall of wickets: 1-172, 2-224, 3-261, 4-266.

Did not bat: Michael Hussey, Brad Hogg, Nathan Bracken, Shaun Tait, Glenn McGrath.

Bowling: Chaminda Vaas 8-0-54-0 (2nb, 5w), Lasith Malinga 8-1-49-2, Dilhara Fernando 8-0-74-1 (1nb, 4w), Muttiah Muralitharan 7-0-44-0 (2w), Tillekeratne Dilshan 2-0-23-0 (5w), Sanath Jayasuriya 5-0-33-0.

Sri Lanka Innings
Upul Tharanga c Gilchrist b Bracken 6
Sanath Jayasuriya b Clarke 63
Kumar Sangakkara c Ponting b Hogg 54
Mahela Jayawardene lbw b Watson 19
Chamara Silva b Clarke 21
Tillekeratne Dilshan run out 14
Russel Arnold c Gilchrist b McGrath 1
Chaminda Vaas not out 11
Lasith Malinga st Gilchrist b Symonds 10
Dilhara Fernando not out 1

Extras: (1lb, 14w) 15

TOTAL: (for 8 wickets) 215.

Overs: 36.

Fall of wickets: 1-7, 2-123, 3-145, 4-156, 5-188, 6-190, 7-194, 8-211.

Did not bat: Muttiah Muralitharan.

Bowling: Nathan Bracken 6-1-34-1 (2w), Shaun Tait 6-0-42-0 (2w), Glenn McGrath 7-0-31-1 (1w), Shane Watson 7-0-49-1 (4w), Brad Hogg 3-0-19-1, Michael Clarke 5-0-33-2 (5w), Andrew Symonds 2-0-6-1.

Result: Australia won 53 runs.

Toss: Australia.

Umpires: Aleem Dar, Pakistan, and Steve Bucknor, West Indies.

TV umpire: Rudi Koertzen, South Africa. Match referee: Jeff Crowe, New Zealand

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Semi-Final Result: Australia vs. South Africa

Australia vs. South Africa - World Cup (Semi Final 2)

Australia innings


Gilchrist b Langeveldt 1 (5)
Hayden c Smith b Pollock 41 (60)
Ponting b Nel 22 (25)
Clarke not out 60 (86)
Symonds not out 18 (16)

Extras 11 (5lb, 3w, 3nb)

Total 153 (for 3 wkts; 31.3 overs)

FoW: 1-1, 2-44, 3-110

Bowling
Pollock 5-1-16-1
Langeveldt 6-0-34-1 (1nb, 1w)
Kallis 5-1-20-0 (1nb, 1w)
Nel 7-1-31-1 (1w)
Hall 6.3-0-43-0 (1nb)
Kemp 2-0-4-0

South Africa innings
Smith b Bracken 2 (5)
De Villiers c Gilchrist b Tait 15 (34)
Kallis b McGrath 5 (9)
Gibbs c Gilchrist b Tait 39 (49)
Prince c Gilchrist b McGrath 0 (2)
Boucher c Hayden b McGrath 0 (1)
Kemp not out 49 (91)
Hall c Gilchrist b Tait 3 (8)
Pollock c & b Hogg 5 (13)
Nel c Clarke b Tait 8 (41)
Langeveldt b Watson 6 (10)
Extras 17 (4lb, 13w)
Total 149 (for 10 wkts; 43.5 overs)

FoW: 1-7, 2-12, 3-26, 4-27, 5-27, 6-87, 7-93, 8-103, 9-130, 10-149

Bowling
Bracken 7-2-15-1
McGrath 8-1-18-3 (1w)
Tait 10-0-39-4 (5w)
Watson 8.5-0-49-1
Hogg 10-2-24-1 (3w)

Australia winners by 7 wickets

Australia now moves on to the World Cup final, where they'll face Sri Lanka.

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Semi-Final Result: Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand

Sri Lanka vs. New Zealand - World Cup (Semi Final 1)

Sri Lanka innings


Tharanga b Vettori 73 (74)
Jayasuriya b Franklin 1 (6)
Sangakkara c Fleming b Franklin 18 (42)
Jayawardene not out 115 (109)
Silva lbw Bond 21 (33)
Dilshan lbw Oram 30 (27)
Arnold not out 14 (14)
Extras 17 (3lb, 9w, 5nb)

Total 289 (for 5 wkts; 50 overs)

FoW: 1-13, 2-67, 3-111, 4-152, 5-233

Bowling
Franklin 9-1-46-2 (2nb, 2w)
Bond 10-1-59-1 (1nb, 3w)
Oram 10-0-60-1 (2nb, 1w)
Vettori 10-0-51-1 (1w)
Patel 10-0-62-0
Styris 1-0-8-0 (1w)

New Zealand innings
Fulton c Silva b Jayasuriya 46 (77)
Fleming lbw b Malinga 1 (4)
Taylor lbw b Vaas 9 (25)
Styris c Jayawardene b Dilshan 37 (38)
Oram c & b Muralitharan 3 (7)
McCullum c Silva b Muralitharan 0 (1)
McMillan b Jayasuriya 25 (20)
Vettori lbw b Muralitharan 0 (4)
Franklin not out 30 (38)
Bond b Muralitharan 2 (4)
Patel c Fernando b Dilshan 34 (38)
Extras 21 (5b, 2lb, 8w, 6nb)
Total 208 (for 10 wkts; 41.4 overs)

FoW: 1-2, 2-32, 3-105, 4-114, 5-114, 6-115, 7-116, 8-144, 9-149, 10-208

Bowling
Vaas 8-1-25-1 (1nb)
Malinga 7-2-21-1 (5nb, 1w)
Fernando 5-0-45-0 (1w)
Muralitharan 8-0-31-4 (1w)
Jayasuriya 9-0-57-2 (3w)
Dilshan 4.4-0-22-2 (1w)

Sri Lanka winners by 81 runs

Sri Lanka now moves on to the World Cup final, where they'll face either Australia or South Africa.

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Super 8's Result: West Indies vs. England

West Indies vs. England - World Cup (Super Eight Match 24)


West Indies innings
C Gayle c Broad b Flintoff 79
D Smith c Collingwood b flintoff 61
B Lara run out 18
M Samuels c Collingwood b Vaughan 51
R Sarwan c Nixon b Plunkett 3
S Chanderpaul c Plunkett b Collingwood 34
D Bravo c Dalrymple b Vaughan 13
D Ramdin not out 10
J Taylor c Dalrymple b Vaughan 12
D Powell run out 0
C Collymore run out 1
Extras (lb1, nb3, w14) 18

Total 300

Fall of wickets: 1-131 (Gayle), 2-168 (Smith), 3-173 (Lara), 4-181 (Sarwan), 5-258 (Samuels), 6-276 (Chanderpaul), 7-277 (Bravo), 8-296 (Taylor), 9-298 (Powell), 10-300 (Collymore).
Bowling: Anderson 6-0-39-0 (6w), Plunkett 7-0-71-1 (2nb, 5w), Broad 6-1-32-0 (1w), Flintoff 9.5-0-59-2 (1nb), Dalrymple 3-0-19-0 (1w), Collingwood 8-0-40-1 (1w), Vaughan 10-0-39-3.
Overs: 49.5

England innings
A Strauss c Smith b Collymore 7
M Vaughan run out 79
R Bopara run out 26
K Pietersen b Taylor 100
P Collingwood b Bravo 6
A Flintoff c Powell b Sarwan 15
J Dalrymple run out 1
P Nixon b Bravo 38
L Plunkett c Bravo b Taylor 2
S Broad not out 5
J Anderson not out 0
Extras (b6, lb11, w5) 22
Total (for nine wickets) 301
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Strauss), 2-101 (Bopara), 3-154 (Vaughan), 4-162 (Collingwood), 5-185 (Flintoff), 6-189 (Dalrymple), 7-269 (Pietersen), 8-271 (Plunkett), 9-298 (Nixon)
Bowling: Collymore 10-0-61-1 (w2), Powell 10-0-58-0 (w2), Taylor 10-1-65-2, Gayle 5-0-32-0, Bravo 9.5-0-47-2 (w1), Sarwan 5-1-21-1.
Overs: 49.5

England winners by one wicket

Friday, April 20, 2007

Super 8's Result: Australia vs. New Zealand

Australia vs. New Zealand - World Cup (Super Eight Match 23)

Australia's innings


Gilchrist c Gillespie b Franklin 1 (2)
Hayden c & b Styris 103 (100)
Ponting c Taylor b Patel 66 (70)
Clarke b Franklin 49 (46)
Hussey c Styris b Franklin 37 (44)
Symonds c Mason b Patel 11 (16)
Watson not out 65 (32)
Hogg not out 0 (0)
Extras 16 (1lb, 5w, 10nb)
Total 348 (for 6 wkts; 50 overs)

FoW: 1-7, 2-144, 3-216, 4-233, 5-257, 6-334

Bowling
Mason 3-0-27-0 (1nb, 1w)
Franklin 8-0-74-3 (5nb, 1w)
Patel 10-0-48-2 (1nb)
Vettori 10-0-60-0 (2nb)
Styris 10-0-50-1 (2w)
Gillespie 6-0-67-0 (1nb)
McMillan 3-0-21-0

New Zealand innings
Fulton b Hogg 62 (72)
Fleming c Ponting b Tait 12 (9)
Taylor c Hussey b McGrath 3 (6)
Styris c Hayden b McGrath 27 (22)
McMillan lbw b Tait 1 (5)
Franklin b Watson 6 (9)
McCullum c Hussey b Hogg 7 (16)
Vettori c Symonds b Hogg 4 (4)
Gillespie c McGrath b Hogg 2 (8)
Mason c Gilchrist b Tait 0 (5)
Patel not out 0 (1)
Extras 9 (7 w, 2 nb)
Total 133 (all out: 25.5 overs)

FoW: 1-21, 2-29, 3-77, 4-80, 5-89, 6-111, 7-117, 8-127, 9-133, 10-133.

Bowling
Bracken 4-0-27-0 (1w)
Tait 6-0-32-3 (1nb, 4w)
McGrath 4-0-25-2 (1nb)
Hogg 6.5-1-29-4 (1w)
Watson 5-0-20-1 (1w)

Australia winners by 215 runs

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Super 8's Result: West Indies vs. Bangladesh

West Indies vs. Bangladesh - World Cup (Super Eight Match 22)

West Indies innings

Gayle lbw b Rasel 1
Smith b Mortaza 5
Chanderpaul b Ahmed 50
Samuels c Rahim b Hasan 31
Sarwan not out 91
Lara c Omar b Razzak 33
Bravo not out 9

Total 230 (5 wickets; 50 overs)

FoW: 1-8, 2-8, 3-55, 4-136, 5-196

Bowling
Mortaza 10-2-39-1
Rasel 10-2-48-1
Razzak 10-0-44-1
Rafique 10-0-46-0
Hasan 8-0-38-1
Ahmed 2-0-12-1

Bangladesh innings
Omar c Gayle b Powell 16
Iqbal run out (Bravo) 7
Ahmed c Ramdin b Collymore 6
Hasan c Ramdin b Collymore 0
Ashraful c Samuels b Powell 2
Bashar c Bravo b Powell 12
Rahim not out 38
Mortaza b Bravo 37
Rafique lbw b Gayle 0
Razzak c Lara b Bravo 1
Rasel b Gayle 2

Total 131 (all out; 43.5 overs)

FoW: 1-13, 2-21, 3-23, 4-34, 5-35, 6-52, 7-110, 8-111, 9-114, 10-131

Bowling
Collymore 7-1-11-2
Powell 10-0-38-3
Taylor 8-0-25-0
Bravo 10-3-28-2
Gayle 8.5-0-28-2

West Indies winners by 99 runs

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Super 8's Result: Ireland vs. Sri Lanka

Ireland vs. Sri Lanka - World Cup (Super Eight Match 21)

Ireland innings

Bray c Arnold b Maharoof 20
Porterfield c Jayasuriya b Maharoof 17
Botha c Sangakkara b Maharoof 0
Morgan c Sangakkara b Maharoof 0
N O'Brien c Sangakkara b Muralitharan 4
K O'Brien c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan 2
Carroll b Muralitharan 0
Johnston run out (Maharoof) 0
McCallan lbw b Muralitharan 0
Langford-Smith lbw b Vaas 18
Rankin not out 7

FoW: 1-28, 2-28, 3-28, 4-46, 5-48, 6-48, 7-49, 8-49, 9-54, 10-77

Total 77 (all out; 27.4 overs)

Bowling
Vaas 5.4-1-18-1
Kulasekara 7-3-10-0
Maharoof 10-3-25-4
Muralitharan 5-0-19-4

Sri Lanka innings
Tharanga c Porterfield b Rankin 0
Jayasuriya not out 24
Sangakkara c Carroll b Langford-Smith 10
Jayawardene not out 39

FoW: 1-1, 2-25

Total 81 (2 wickets; 10 overs)

Bowling
Rankin 4-0-36-1
Langford-Smith 3-0-29-1
Botha 1-0-4-0
O'Brien 1-0-4-0
Carroll 1-0-8-0

Sri Lanka winners by 8 wickets