Final - Australia vs Sri Lanka at Kensington Oval
2007 World Cup, Final - Australia beat Sri Lanka by 53 runs in the final of 2007 world cup to claim their 4th world cup title at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados. Adam Gilchrist was awarded man of the match for his
28th April 2007, World Cup, Final - Australia vs Sri Lanka at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Scorecard
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⇒ 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 (Australia)
⇒ Player of the Tournament : Glenn McGrath
Australia Batting
⇒ 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’
⇒ Did not bat - 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
