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Match Date : April 28, 2007
Venue : Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Steve Bucknor (WI) and Aleem Dar (Pak)
Match Result : Australia won by 53 runs to lift the ICC World Cup 2007
Man of the Match : Adam Gilchrist
Player of the Tournament : Glenn McGrath
Match Report : Unchallenged Aussies complete a HAT-TRICK
Australia (38 Overs Maximum)
Adam Gilchrist (WK) c Silva b Fernando 149 (104) 13 ‘4s’ 8 ‘6s’
Mathew Hayden c Jayawardene b Malinga 38 (55) 3 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Ricky Ponting (C) run out (Jayawardene) 37 (42) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Andrew Symonds not out 23 (21) 2 ‘4s’
Shane Watson b Malinga 3 (3)
Michael Clarke not out 8 (6) 1 ‘4s’
Michael Hussey
Brad Hogg
Nathan Bracken
Shaun Tait
Glenn McGrath
Extras : 23 (Wides : 16 No Balls: 3 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 4)
Total : 281/4 (Overs : 38.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-172 (Hayden, 22.5 ovs), 2-224 (Gilchrist, 30.3 ovs), 3-261 (Ponting, 35.4 ovs), 4-266 (Watson, 36.2 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Vaas 8-0-54-0 (1wd 2nb)
Malinga 8-1-49-2
Fernando 8-0-74-1 (4wd 1nb)
Muralitharan 7-0-44-0 (2wd)
Dilshan 2-0-23-0 (1wd)
Jayasuriya 5-0-33-0
Sri Lanka (D/L Target : 269 from 36 Overs)
Upul Tharanga c Gilchrist b Bracken 6 (8) 1 ‘4s’
Sanath Jayasuriya b Clarke 63 (67) 9 ‘4s’
Kumar Sangakkara (WK) c Ponting b Hogg 54 (52) 6 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Mahela Jayawardene (C) lbw b Watson 19 (19) 1 ‘4s’
Chamara Silva b Clarke 21 (22) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Tillakaratne Dilshan run out (Clarke/McGrath) 14 (13) 2 ‘4s’
Russel Arnold c Gilchrist b McGrath 1 (2)
Chaminda Vaas not out 11 (21)
Lasith Malinga st Gilchrist b Symonds 10 (6) 1 ‘6s’
Dilhara Fernando not out 1 (6)
Muttiah Muralitharan
Extras : 15 (Wides : 14 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 1)
Total : 215/8 (Overs : 36.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-7 (Tharanga, 2.1 ovs), 2-123 (Sangakkara, 19.5 ovs), 3-145 (Jayasuriya, 22.6 ovs), 4-156 (Jayawardene, 25.5 ovs), 5-188 (Dilshan, 29.6 ovs), 6-190 (Silva, 30.1 ovs), 7-194 (Arnold, 31.5 ovs), 8-211 (Malinga, 33.6 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Bracken 6-1-34-1 (1wd)
Tait 6-0-42-0 (2wd)
McGrath 7-0-31-1 (1wd)
Watson 7-0-49-1 (3wd)
Hogg 3-0-19-1
Clarke 5-0-33-2 (2wd)
Symonds 2-0-6-1