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Match Date : March 18, 2007
Venue : Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Tony Hill (NZ) and Steve Bucknor (WI)
Match Result : Australia won by 229 runs
Man of the Match : Brad Hodge
Match Report : Two Brads power Aussies to big win over Dutch
Australia (50 Overs Maximum)
Adam Gilchrist (WK) c van Troost b de Leede 57 (64) 11 ‘4s’
Mathew Hayden c Borren b de Leede 29 (34) 4 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Ricky Ponting (C) c&b ten Doeschate 23 (22) 4 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Michael Clarke not out 93 (85) 6 ‘4s’ 3 ‘6s’
Brad Hodge b Borren 123 (89) 8 ‘4s’ 7 ‘6s’
Michael Hussey c sub (Kashif) b ten Doeschate 2 (4)
Shane Watson not out 12 (4) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Brad Hogg
Nathan Bracken
Shaun Tait
Glenn McGrath
Extras : 19 (Wides : 8 No Balls: 2 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 9)
Total : 358/5 (Overs : 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-73 (Hayden, 11.5 ovs), 2-116 (Gilchrist, 19.4 ovs), 3-116 (Ponting, 20.1 ovs), 4-320 (Hodge, 47.3 ovs), 5-325 (Hussey, 48.4 ovs)
Netherlands Bowling
Jonkman 6.1-1-35-0 (1nb)
Reekers 6-1-48-0
de Leede 10-1-40-2 (1wd)
ten Doeschate 10-0-76-2 (4wd)
Adeel Raja 7.5-0-61-0 (1nb)
Borren 10-0-89-1 (1wd)
Netherlands (Target : 359 from 50 Overs)
Bas Zuiderant run out (Clarke/Gilchrist) 9 (29) 1 ‘4s’
Darron Reekers c Clarke b Bracken 25 (19) 5 ‘4s’
Alexei Kervezee lbw b Bracken 0 (2)
RN ten Doeschate lbw b Tait 1 (6)
Luuk van Troost (C) lbw b McGrath 0 (4)
Daan van Bunge lbw b McGrath 33 (33) 4 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Tim de Leede c Hayden b Hogg 14 (22) 2 ‘4s’
Peter Borren c Hussey b Hogg 24 (18) 4 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Jeroen Smits (WK) lbw b Hogg 3 (12)
Adeel Raja not out 8 (14) 1 ‘4s’
Mark Jonkman st Gilchrist b Hogg 0 (2)
Extras : 12 (Wides : 5 No Balls: 0 Byes: 4 Leg Byes: 3)
Total : 129 all out (Overs : 26.5)
Fall of Wickets : 1-36 (Reekers, 6.3 ovs), 2-36 (Kervezee, 6.5 ovs), 3-38 (ten Doeschate, 7.5 ovs), 4-40 (van Troost, 9.2 ovs), 5-46 (Zuiderent, 10.6 ovs), 6-87 (de Leede, 18.4 ovs), 7-97 (van Bunge, 19.4 ovs), 8-106 (Smits, 22.3 ovs), 9-129 (Borren, 26.3 ovs), 10-129 (Jonkman, 26.5 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Bracken 7-1-33-2
Tait 7-0-29-1 (5wd)
McGrath 8-0-33-2
Hogg 4.5-0-27-4