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ODI No. 2580

2007 Cricket World Cup
2006-07 season
Australia vs South Africa - 2nd Semi-final
Wednesday April 25, 2007 (50-over match)

Australia reaached into final

Venue : Beausejour Cricket Ground, St. Lucia
Toss : South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Australia won by 7 wickets (with 18.3 overs remaining)


South Africa innings
(50 overs maximum)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Graeme Smith b Bracken
2 
5 
0 
0
40.00 
»
 AB de Villiers c Gilchrist b Tait
15 
34 
3 
0
44.12 
»
 Jacques Kallis b McGrath
5 
9 
1 
0
55.56 
»
 Herschelle Gibbs c Gilchrist b Tait
39 
49 
6 
0
79.59 
»
 Ashwell Prince c Gilchrist b McGrath
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Mark Boucher c Hayden b McGrath
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Justin Kemp Not Out
49 
91 
4 
1
53.85 
»
 Andrew Hall c Gilchrist b Tait
3 
8 
0 
0
37.50 
»
 Shaun Pollock c & b Hogg
5 
13 
1 
0
38.46 
»
 Andre Nel c Clarke b Tait
8 
41 
1 
0
19.51 
»
 Charl Langeveldt b Watson
6 
10 
1 
0
60.00 
Extras LB 4, W 13
17
Total : (all out in 43.5 overs)
149
 RR : 3.40

Fall of wickets : 1-7 (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)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Nathan Bracken
7
2 
15 
1
2.14
0
0
»
 Glenn McGrath
8
1 
18 
3
2.25
0
1
»
 Shaun Tait
10
0 
39 
4
3.90
0
5
»
 Shane Watson
8
 .5
0 
49 
1
5.55
0
0
»
 Brad Hogg
10
2 
24 
1
2.40
0
3

Australia innings
(Target: 150 runs in 50 overs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Adam Gilchrist b Langeveldt
1 
5 
0 
0
20.00 
»
 Matthew Hayden c Smith b Pollock
41 
60 
4 
0
68.33 
»
 Ricky Ponting b Nel
22 
25 
5 
0
88.00 
»
 Michael Clarke Not Out
60 
86 
8 
0
69.77 
»
 Andrew Symonds Not Out
18 
16 
3 
0
112.50 
Extras LB 5, W 3, N 3
11
Total : (3 wickets in 31.3 overs)
153
 RR : 4.86

did not bat: Michael Hussey, Shane Watson, Brad Hogg, Glenn McGrath, Nathan Bracken, Shaun Tait

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

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Shaun Pollock
5
1 
16 
1
3.20
0
0
»
 Charl Langeveldt
6
0 
34 
1
5.67
1
1
»
 Jacques Kallis
5
1 
20 
0
4.00
1
1
»
 Andre Nel
7
1 
31 
1
4.43
0
1
»
 Andrew Hall
6
 .3
0 
43 
0
6.62
1
0
»
 Justin Kemp
2
0 
4 
0
2.00
0
0

Match details
Man of the Match: GD McGrath (Australia)
Umpires : Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and SA Bucknor (West Indies)
Third Umpire: BF Bowden (New Zealand)
Referee : JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve Umpire: MR Benson (England)

Teams:
Australia Adam Gilchrist (wk), Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting (Capt.), Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Michael Hussey, Shane Watson, Brad Hogg, Glenn McGrath, Nathan Bracken, Shaun Tait
South Africa Graeme Smith (Capt.), AB de Villiers, Jacques Kallis, Justin Kemp, Herschelle Gibbs, Ashwell Prince, Mark Boucher (wk), Andrew Hall, Shaun Pollock, Andre Nel, Charl Langeveldt
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