Related Link : ICC Twenty20 World Championship 2007
Venue : Sahara Park, Newlands, Cape Town (D/N)
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Asad Rauf (Pak) and Tony Hill (NZ)
Match Result : Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets
Man of the Match : Brendan Taylor
Australia (20 Overs Maximum)
Adam Gilchrist (WK) c Matsikenyeri b Chigumbura 4 (6)
Mathew Hayden c Taylor b Chigumbura 4 (2) 1 ‘4s’
Ricky Ponting (C) c Chigumbura b Brent 8 (15) 1 ‘4s’
Andrew Symonds st Taylor b Masakadza 33 (25) 4 ‘4s’
Michael Hussey run out (Sibanda) 15 (23) 1 ‘4s’
Brad Hodge not out 35 (22) 2 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Brad Haddin c Chigumbura b Utseya 6 (12)
Brett Lee b Brent 12 (7) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Mitchell Johnson run out (Brent/Taylor) 9 (5) 1 ‘4s’
Nathan Bracken c Sibanda b Chigumbura 4 (3)
Stuart Clark
Extras: 8 (Wides : 6 No Balls: 0 Byes: 2 Leg Byes: 0)
Total : 138/9 (Overs : 20.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-7 (Hayden, 0.4 ovs), 2-12 (Gilchrist, 2.2 ovs), 3-19 (Ponting, 3.6 ovs), 4-48 (Hussey, 9.2 ovs), 5-86 (Symonds, 13.4 ovs), 6-102 (Haddin, 16.2 ovs), 7-119 (Lee, 18.1 ovs), 8-134 (Johnson, 19.3 ovs), 9-138 (Bracken, 20 ovs)
Zimbabwe Bowling
Chigumbura 3-0-20-3
Brent 4-0-19-2 (2w)
Mupariwa 3-0-23-0 (3w)
Chibhabha 3-0-17-0 (1w)
Utseya 4-0-28-1
Taibu 2-0-20-0
Masakadza 1-0-9-1
Zimbabwe (Target : 139 from 20 Overs)
Vusimuzi Sibanda c Gilchrist b Bracken 23 (15) 5 ‘4s’
Brendan Taylor (WK) not out 60 (45) 4 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Justice Chibhabha c Gilchrist b Clark 15 (14) 3 ‘4s’
Tatenda Taibu c Gilchrist b Johnson 0 (6)
Stuart Matsikenyeri c Gilchrist b Clark 3 (8)
Hamilton Masakadza lbw b Lee 27 (28) 2 ‘4s’
Elton Chigumbura not out 4 (3)
Keith Dabengwa
Prosper Utseya (C)
Gary Brent
Tawanda Mupariwa
Extras: 7 (Wides : 3 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 4)
Total : 139/5 (Overs : 19.5)
Fall of Wickets : 1-31 (Sibanda, 3.5 ovs), 2-54 (Chibhabha, 6.6 ovs), 3-55 (Taibu, 7.6 ovs), 4-70 (Matsikenyeri, 10.5 ovs), 5-123 (Masakadza, 18.3 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Lee 4-0-31-1 (2w)
Bracken 3.5-0-25-1
Clark 4-0-22-2
Johnson 4-0-26-1 (1w)
Symonds 2-0-11-0
Hodge 2-0-20-0