Full scorecard - Commentary - Wickets - 3D animation - Partnerships - Wagon wheels - Player v player - Over comparison - Over graphs - Career averages - Match home - Bulletin - Article index (14) - Photo index (32)

ODI no. 2580

ICC World Cup - 2nd semi final Australia v South Africa

2006/07 season

Played at Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia (neutral venue), on 25 April 2007 (50-over match) Result Australia won by 7 wickets (with 111 balls remaining)

	South Africa innings (50 overs maximum)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		GC Smith	b Bracken	2	10	5	0	0	40.00
		AB de Villiers	c Gilchrist b Tait	15	39	34	3	0	44.11
		JH Kallis	b McGrath	5	12	9	1	0	55.55
		HH Gibbs	c Gilchrist b Tait	39	77	49	6	0	79.59
		AG Prince	c Gilchrist b McGrath	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
		MV Boucher	c Hayden b McGrath	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
		JM Kemp	not out	49	151	91	4	1	53.84
		AJ Hall	c Gilchrist b Tait	3	14	8	0	0	37.50
		SM Pollock	c & b Hogg	5	15	13	1	0	38.46
		A Nel	c Clarke b Tait	8	45	41	1	0	19.51
		CK Langeveldt	b Watson	6	18	10	1	0	60.00
		Extras	(lb 4, w 13)	17
		Total	(all out; 43.5 overs; 199 mins)	149	(3.39 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-7 (Smith, 2.3 ov), 2-12 (Kallis, 5.3 ov), 3-26 (de Villiers, 8.5 ov), 4-27 (Prince, 9.4 ov), 5-27 (Boucher, 9.5 ov), 6-87 (Gibbs, 22.5 ov), 7-93 (Hall, 26.1 ov), 8-103 (Pollock, 29.4 ov), 9-130 (Nel, 40.1 ov), 10-149 (Langeveldt, 43.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	NW Bracken	7	2	15	1	2.14
	GD McGrath	8	1	18	3	2.25	(1w)
	SW Tait	10	0	39	4	3.90	(5w)
	SR Watson	8.5	0	49	1	5.54
	GB Hogg	10	2	24	1	2.40	(3w)

	Australia innings (target: 150 runs from 50 overs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		AC Gilchrist	b Langeveldt	1	4	5	0	0	20.00
		ML Hayden	c Smith b Pollock	41	115	60	4	0	68.33
		RT Ponting	b Nel	22	38	25	5	0	88.00
		MJ Clarke	not out	60	109	86	8	0	69.76
		A Symonds	not out	18	29	16	3	0	112.50
		Extras	(lb 5, w 3, nb 3)	11
		Total	(3 wickets; 31.3 overs; 146 mins)	153	(4.85 runs per over)

Did not bat MEK Hussey, SR Watson, GB Hogg, NW Bracken, SW Tait, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets1-1 (Gilchrist, 1.1 ov), 2-44 (Ponting, 8.6 ov), 3-110 (Hayden, 24.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	SM Pollock	5	1	16	1	3.20
	CK Langeveldt	6	0	34	1	5.66	(1nb, 1w)
	JH Kallis	5	1	20	0	4.00	(1nb, 1w)
	A Nel	7	1	31	1	4.42	(1w)
	AJ Hall	6.3	0	43	0	6.61	(1nb)
	JM Kemp	2	0	4	0	2.00

Toss South Africa, who chose to bat first Series Australia advanced Player of the match GD McGrath (Australia) Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and SA Bucknor TV umpire BF Bowden (New Zealand) Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand) Reserve umpire MR Benson (England)

Match notes

South Africa innings Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 South Africa: 50 runs in 13.4 overs (84 balls), Extras 7 Drinks: South Africa - 55/5 in 15.0 overs (HH Gibbs 24, JM Kemp 2) 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 67 balls (HH Gibbs 28, JM Kemp 16, Ex 6) Power Play 3: Overs 26.1 - 31.0 South Africa: 100 runs in 29.2 overs (182 balls), Extras 11 Australia innings Australia: 50 runs in 9.3 overs (61 balls), Extras 5 Lunch: Australia - 0/0 Drinks: Australia - 69/2 in 15.0 overs (ML Hayden 28, MJ Clarke 8) 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 66 balls (ML Hayden 19, MJ Clarke 27, Ex 6) Australia: 100 runs in 20.5 overs (130 balls), Extras 10 MJ Clarke: 50 off 75 balls (7 x 4) Australia: 150 runs in 31.3 overs (195 balls), Extras 11 Official Attendance - 13,875

Search for an international scorecard from the match/series archive: