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Match Date : April 25, 2007
Venue : Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet
Toss : South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Aleem Dar (Pak) and Steve Bucknor (WI)
Match Result : Australia won by 7 wickets to enter the Finals
Man of the Match : Glenn McGrath
Match Report : Australia have SA on their knees to reach the Final
South Africa (50 Overs Maximum)
Graeme Smith (C) b Bracken 2 (5)
AB de Villiers c Gilchrist b Tait 15 (34) 3 ‘4s’
Jacques Kallis b McGrath 5 (9) 1 ‘4s’
Herschelle Gibbs c Gilchrist b Tait 39 (49) 6 ‘4s’
Ashwell Prince c Gilchrist b McGrath 0 (2)
Mark Boucher (WK) c Hayden b McGrath 0 (1)
Justin Kemp not out 49 (91) 4 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Andrew Hall c Gilchrist b Tait 3 (8)
Shaun Pollock c&b Hogg 5 (13) 1 ‘4s’
Andre Nel c Clarke b Tait 8 (41) 1 ‘4s’
Charl Langeveldt b Watson 6 (10) 1 ‘4s’
Extras : 17 (Wides : 13 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 4)
Total : 149 all out (Overs : 43.5)
Fall of Wickets : 1-7 (Smith, 2.3 ovs), 2-12 (Kallis, 5.3 ovs), 3-26 (de Villiers, 8.5 ovs), 4-27 (Prince, 9.4 ovs), 5-27 (Boucher, 9.5 ovs), 6-87 (Gibbs, 22.5 ovs), 7-93 (Hall, 26.1 ovs), 8-103 (Pollock, 29.4 ovs), 9-130 (Nel, 40.1 ovs), 10-149 (Langeveldt, 43.5 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Bracken 7-2-15-1
McGrath 8-1-18-3 (1wd)
Tait 10-0-39-4 (5wd)
Watson 8.5-0-49-1
Hogg 10-2-24-1 (3wd)
Australia (Target : 150 from 50 Overs)
Adam Gilchrist (WK) b Langeveldt 1 (5)
Mathew Hayden c Smith b Pollock 41 (60) 4 ‘4s’
Ricky Ponting (C) b Nel 22 (25) 5 ‘4s’
Michael Clarke not out 60 (86) 8 ‘4s’
Andrew Symonds not out 18 (16) 3 ‘4s’
Michael Hussey
Shane Watson
Brad Hogg
Nathan Bracken
Shaun Tait
Glenn McGrath
Extras : 11 (Wides : 3 No Balls: 3 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 5)
Total : 153/3 (Overs : 31.3)
Fall of Wickets : 1-1 (Gilchrist, 1.1 ovs), 2-44 (Ponting, 8.6 ovs), 3-110 (Hayden, 24.4 ovs)
South Africa Bowling
Pollock 5-1-16-1
Langeveldt 6-0-34-1 (1wd 1nb)
Kallis 5-1-20-0 (1wd 1nb)
Nel 7-1-31-1 (1wd)
Hall 6.3-0-43-0 (1nb)
Kemp 2-0-4-0