Australia v Sri Lanka
Australia won by 53 runs (DLS)
ICC Men's Cricket World Cup, Final28 April 2007Kensington Oval, Barbados
Australiabatted first
281/438 ov
Sri Lankatarget 269 in 36 overs
215/836 ov
Australia won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match AC Gilchrist
Australia innings
281/438 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Gilchrist | c LPC Silva b CRD Fernando | 149 | 104 | 13 | 8 | 143.3 |
| ML Hayden | c DPMD Jayawardene b SL Malinga | 38 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 69.1 |
| RT Ponting | run out (DPMD Jayawardene) | 37 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 88.1 |
| A Symonds | not out | 23* | 21 | 2 | 0 | 109.5 |
| SR Watson | b SL Malinga | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| MJ Clarke | not out | 8* | 6 | 1 | 0 | 133.3 |
| Extras | lb 4, w 16, nb 3 | 23 | ||||
| Total | 4 wickets, 38 overs, run rate 7.39 | 281 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 290
1-172 ML Hayden2-224 AC Gilchrist3-261 RT Ponting4-266 SR Watson
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPUJC Vaas | 8 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 6.75 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| SL Malinga | 8 | 1 | 49 | 2 | 6.13 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| CRD Fernando | 8 | 0 | 74 | 1 | 9.25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| M Muralitharan | 7 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 6.29 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| TM Dilshan | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 11.50 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| ST Jayasuriya | 5 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 6.60 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka innings chasing 269
215/836 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WU Tharanga | c AC Gilchrist b NW Bracken | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 |
| ST Jayasuriya | b MJ Clarke | 63 | 67 | 9 | 0 | 94.0 |
| KC Sangakkara | c RT Ponting b GB Hogg | 54 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 103.8 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | lbw b SR Watson | 19 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| LPC Silva | b MJ Clarke | 21 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 95.5 |
| TM Dilshan | run out (MJ Clarke, GD McGrath) | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 107.7 |
| RP Arnold | c AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| WPUJC Vaas | not out | 11* | 21 | 0 | 0 | 52.4 |
| SL Malinga | st AC Gilchrist b A Symonds | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 166.7 |
| CRD Fernando | not out | 1* | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Extras | lb 1, w 14 | 15 | ||||
| Total | 8 wickets, 36 overs, run rate 5.97 | 215 | ||||
Did not batM Muralitharan
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 290
1-7 WU Tharanga2-123 KC Sangakkara3-145 ST Jayasuriya4-156 DPMD Jayawardene5-188 TM Dilshan6-190 LPC Silva7-194 RP Arnold8-211 SL Malinga
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NW Bracken | 6 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 5.67 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| SW Tait | 6 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 7.00 | 17 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| GD McGrath | 7 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 4.43 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| SR Watson | 7 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 7.00 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| GB Hogg | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 6.33 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Clarke | 5 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 6.60 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| A Symonds | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ball by ball and partnerships. Every delivery of this match is in the database, with batter, bowler, runs, extras and wickets. The first over is free on any key; the rest opens with Match Week for the last 7 days, or Archive for every match since 2001. See the plans.