Australia v South Africa
Australia won by 7 wickets
ICC Men's Cricket World Cup, Semi Final25 April 2007Beausejour Stadium, St Lucia
South Africabatted first
14943.5 ov
Australiatarget 150 in 50 overs
153/331.3 ov
South Africa won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match GD McGrath
South Africa innings
14943.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GC Smith | b NW Bracken | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 |
| AB de Villiers | c AC Gilchrist b SW Tait | 15 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 44.1 |
| JH Kallis | b GD McGrath | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 55.6 |
| HH Gibbs | c AC Gilchrist b SW Tait | 39 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 79.6 |
| AG Prince | c AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| MV Boucher | c ML Hayden b GD McGrath | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| JM Kemp | not out | 49* | 91 | 4 | 1 | 53.8 |
| AJ Hall | c AC Gilchrist b SW Tait | 3 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 |
| SM Pollock | c & b GB Hogg | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 38.5 |
| A Nel | c MJ Clarke b SW Tait | 8 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 19.5 |
| CK Langeveldt | b SR Watson | 6 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 60.0 |
| Extras | lb 4, w 13 | 17 | ||||
| Total | all out, 43.5 overs, run rate 3.40 | 149 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 160
1-7 GC Smith2-12 JH Kallis3-26 AB de Villiers4-27 AG Prince5-27 MV Boucher6-87 HH Gibbs7-93 AJ Hall8-103 SM Pollock9-130 A Nel10-149 CK Langeveldt
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NW Bracken | 7 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 2.14 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GD McGrath | 8 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 2.25 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SW Tait | 10 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 3.90 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| SR Watson | 8.5 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 5.55 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| GB Hogg | 10 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 2.40 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Australia innings chasing 150
153/331.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Gilchrist | b CK Langeveldt | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| ML Hayden | c GC Smith b SM Pollock | 41 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 68.3 |
| RT Ponting | b A Nel | 22 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 88.0 |
| MJ Clarke | not out | 60* | 86 | 8 | 0 | 69.8 |
| A Symonds | not out | 18* | 16 | 3 | 0 | 112.5 |
| Extras | lb 5, w 3, nb 3 | 11 | ||||
| Total | 3 wickets, 31.3 overs, run rate 4.86 | 153 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 160
1-1 AC Gilchrist2-44 RT Ponting3-110 ML Hayden
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SM Pollock | 5 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 3.20 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CK Langeveldt | 6 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 5.67 | 23 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| JH Kallis | 5 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 4.00 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| A Nel | 7 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 4.43 | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| AJ Hall | 6.3 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 6.62 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| JM Kemp | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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