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Match Date : April 20, 2007
Venue : National Cricket Stadium, St George’s, Grenada
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Aleem Dar (Pak) and Asad Rauf (Pak)
Match Result : Australia won by 215 runs
Man of the Match : Matthew Hayden
Match Report : Kiwis beaten black and blue by the Champs
Australia (50 Overs Maximum)
Adam Gilchrist (WK) c McMillan b Franklin 1 (2)
Mathew Hayden c&b Styris 103 (100) 10 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Ricky Ponting (C) c Taylor b Jeetan Patel 66 (70) 7 ‘4s’
Michael Clarke b Franklin 49 (46) 7 ‘4s’
Michael Hussey c Styris b Franklin 37 (44) 2 ‘4s’
Andrew Symonds c Mason b Jeetan Patel 11 (16) 1 ‘4s’
Shane Watson not out 65 (32) 4 ‘4s’ 4 ‘6s’
Brad Hogg not out 0 (0)
Nathan Bracken
Shaun Tait
Glenn McGrath
Extras : 16 (Wides : 5 No Balls: 10 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 1)
Total : 348/6 (Overs : 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-7 (Gilchrist, 1.1 ovs), 2-144 (Ponting, 22.6 ovs), 3-216 (Hayden, 32.4 ovs), 4-233 (Clarke, 35.3 ovs), 5-257 (Symonds, 40.1 ovs), 6-334 (Hussey, 49.3 ovs)
New Zealand Bowling
Mason 3-0-27-0 (1wd 1nb)
Franklin 8-0-74-3 (1wd 5nb)
Jeetan Patel 10-0-48-2 (1nb)
Vettori 10-0-60-0 (2nb)
Styris 10-0-50-1 (2wd)
Gillespie 6-0-67-0 (1nb)
McMillan 3-0-21-0
New Zealand (Target : 349 from 50 Overs)
Peter Fulton b Hogg 62 (72) 5 ‘4s’
Stephen Fleming (C) c Ponting b Tait 12 (9) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Ross Taylor c Hussey b McGrath 3 (6)
Scott Styris c Hayden b McGrath 27 (22) 5 ‘4s’
Craig McMillan lbw b Tait 1 (5)
James Franklin b Watson 6 (9)
Brendon McCullum (WK) c Hussey b Hogg 7 (16)
Daniel Vettori c Symonds b Hogg 4 (4) 1 ‘4s’
Mark Gillespie c McGrath b Hogg 2 (8)
Michael Mason c Gilchrist b Tait 0 (5)
Jeetan Patel not out 0 (1)
Extras : 9 (Wides : 7 No Balls: 2 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 0)
Total : 133 all out (Overs : 25.5)
Fall of Wickets : 1-21 (Fleming, 3.3 ovs), 2-29 (Taylor, 5.1 ovs), 3-77 (Styris, 11.1 ovs), 4-80 (McMillan, 12.3 ovs), 5-89 (Franklin, 14.3 ovs), 6-111 (McCullum, 19.3 ovs), 7-117 (Vettori, 21.1 ovs), 8-127 (Gillespie, 23.5 ovs), 9-133 (Mason, 24.5 ovs), 10-133 (Fulton, 25.5 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Bracken 4-0-27-0 (1wd)
Tait 6-0-32-3 (4wd 1nb)
McGrath 4-0-25-2 (1nb)
Hogg 6.5-1-29-4 (1wd)
Watson 5-0-20-1 (1wd)