2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs South Africa

Saturday, March 24, 2007 

Australia beat South Africa by 83 runs in the final Group A match in the World Cup at the Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis.

As both teams had already progressed through to the Super 8 stage, this game was effectively a Super 8 encounter, with the points won here being carried through.

Australia set the third highest total in World Cup history (377 runs), with Matthew Hayden grabbing the fastest century in World Cup history off just 66 balls, beating John Davison's 67 ball century for Canada against the West Indies in 2003.

Toss: South Africa won, and elected to field first.

Australia innings
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Adam Gilchrist	c Gibbs b Langeveldt	42	42	6	1	100.00
Matthew Hayden	c Gibbs b Kallis	101	68	14	4	148.52
Ricky Ponting	c de Villiers b Ntini	91	91	8	2	100.00
Michael Clarke	run out (Pollock/Langeveldt)	92	75	7	4	122.66
Andrew Symonds	b Hall	18	13	2	0	138.46
Michael Hussey	c Kallis b Hall	5	3	1	0	166.66
Shane Watson	not out	14	9	2	0	155.55
Extras	(lb 4; w 9; nb 1)	14
Total	(6 Wickets; 50 overs)	377		40	11

Fall of wickets: 1-106 (Gilchrist, 14.5 ov), 2-167 (Hayden, 23.3 ov), 3-328 (Ponting, 45.1 ov), 4-347 (Clarke, 46.4 ov), 5-353 (Hussey, 47.2 ov), 6-377 (Symonds, 49.6 ov)

South Africa bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
Shaun Pollock	10	0	83	0	8.30
Makhaya Ntini	9	0	68	1	7.55
Charl Langeveldt	10	0	82	1	8.20
Andrew Hall	10	0	60	2	6.00
Graeme Smith	2	0	14	0	7.00
Jacques Kallis	9	0	66	1	7.33

South Africa innings (Target: 378 runs from 50 overs)
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Graeme Smith	c Gilchrist b Hogg	74	69	9	2	107.24
Abraham de Villiers	run out (Watson)	92	70	14	2	131.42
Jacques Kallis	c Clarke b Hogg	48	63	5	0	76.19
Herschelle Gibbs	st Gilchrist b Hogg	17	19	1	1	89.47
Ashwell Prince	c Hayden b McGrath	1	3	0	0	33.33
Mark Boucher	b Tait	22	26	1	1	84.61
Justin Kemp	lbw b Tait	1	6	0	0	16.66
Shaun Pollock	b Watson	7	7	1	0	100.00
Andrew Hall	not out	8	12	0	0	66.66
Charl Langeveldt	b Bracken	0	6	0	0	0.00
Makhaya Ntini	b Bracken	7	8	1	0	87.50
Extras	(w 11; nb 1; pen 5)	17
Total	(all out; 48 overs)	294		32	6

Fall of wickets: 1-160 (de Villiers, 20.6 ov), 1-184* (Smith, retired not out, 25.1 ov), 2-220 (Gibbs, 31.3 ov), 3-223 (Prince, 32.2 ov), 4-256 (Boucher, 38.5 ov), 5-264 (Kemp, 40.5 ov), 6-267 (Smith, 41.3 ov), 7-277 (Kallis, 43.1 ov), 8-279 (Pollock, 44.1 ov), 9-280 (Langeveldt, 45.2 ov), 10-294 (Ntini, 47.6 ov)

Australia bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
Nathan Bracken	9	0	40	2	4.44
Shaun Tait	10	0	61	2	6.10
Glenn McGrath	9	0	62	1	6.88
Shane Watson	8	1	46	1	5.75
Brad Hogg	10	0	61	3	6.10
Andrew Symonds	2	0	19	0	9.50

Australia: A C Gilchrist (wkt), M L Hayden, R T Ponting (capt), M J Clarke, A Symonds, M E K Hussey, S R Watson, G B Hogg, N W Bracken,S W Tait, G D McGrath
South Africa: G C Smith (capt), A B de Villiers, J H Kallis, H H Gibbs, A G Prince, J M Kemp, M V Boucher (wkt), S M Pollock, A J Hall, C K Langeveldt, M Ntini

Player of the match: M L Hayden (Australia)

Umpires: M R Benson (England) and S A Bucknor (Jamaica)
TV umpire: A L Hill (New Zealand)
Match referee: R S Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
Reserve umpire: E A R de Silva (Sri Lanka)

Sources

• "22nd Match, Group A: Australia v South Africa at Basseterre, Mar 24, 2007" — Cricinfo, March 24, 2007
• "ICC World Cup: Australia v South Africa" — BBC, March 24, 2007