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Match Date : March 24, 2007
Venue : Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Mark Benson (Eng) and Steve Bucknor (WI)
Match Result : Australia won by 83 runs
Man of the Match : Matthew Hayden
Match Report : Haydos’ fastest ton blasts Kangaroos to a 83-run win over Proteas
Australia (50 Overs Maximum)
Adam Gilchrist (WK) c Gibbs b Langeveldt 42 (42) 6 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Mathew Hayden c Gibbs b Kallis 101 (68) 14 ‘4s’ 4 ‘6s’
Ricky Ponting (C) c de Villiers b Ntini 91 (91) 8 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Michael Clarke run out (Pollock/Langeveldt) 92 (75) 7 ‘4s’ 4 ‘6s’
Andrew Symonds b Hall 18 (13) 2 ‘4s’
Michael Hussey c Kallis b Hall 5 (3) 1 ‘4s’
Shane Watson not out 14 (9) 2 ‘4s’
Brad Hogg
Nathan Bracken
Shaun Tait
Glenn McGrath
Extras : 14 (Wides : 9 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 4)
Total : 377/6 (Overs : 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-106 (Gilchrist, 14.5 ovs), 2-167 (Hayden, 23.3 ovs), 3-328 (Ponting, 45.1 ovs), 4-347 (Clarke, 46.4 ovs), 5-353 (Hussey, 47.2 ovs), 6-377 (Symonds, 49.6 ovs)
South Africa Bowling
Pollock 10-0-83-0 (2wd)
Ntini 9-0-68-1
Langeveldt 10-0-82-1 (2wd 1nb)
Hall 10-0-60-2
Smith 2-0-14-0
Kallis 9-0-66-1
South Africa (Target : 388 from 50 Overs)
Graeme Smith (C) c Gilchrist b Hogg 74 (69) 9 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
AB de Villiers run out (Watson) 92 (70) 14 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Jacques Kallis c Clarke b Hogg 48 (63) 5 ‘4s’
Herschelle Gibbs st Gilchrist b Hogg 17 (19) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Ashwell Prince c Hayden b McGrath 1 (3)
Mark Boucher (WK) b Tait 22 (26) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Justin Kemp lbw b Tait 1 (6)
Shaun Pollock b Watson 7 (7) 1 ‘4s’
Andrew Hall not out 8 (12)
Charl Langeveldt b Bracken 0 (6)
Makhaya Ntini b Bracken 7 (8) 1 ‘4s’
Extras : 17 (Wides : 11 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 0 Pen : 5)
Total : 294 all out (Overs : 48.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-160 (de Villiers, 20.6 ovs), 2-220 (Gibbs, 31.3 ovs), 3-223 (Prince, 32.2 ovs), 4-256 (Boucher, 38.5 ovs), 5-264 (Kemp, 40.5 ovs), 6-267 (Smith, 41.3 ovs), 7-277 (Kallis, 43.1 ovs), 8-279 (Pollock, 44.1 ovs), 9-280 (Langeveldt, 45.2 ovs), 10-294 (Ntini, 47.6 ovs)
Australia Bolwing
Bracken 9-0-40-2
Tait 10-0-61-2 (4wd 1nb)
McGrath 9-0-62-1
Watson 8-1-46-1 (2wd)
Hogg 10-0-61-3 (1wd)
Symonds 2-0-19-0