Australia v Sri Lanka
Final · Kensington Oval, Barbados · 28 Apr 2007
Australia won by 53 runs (D/L) Rain affected
Australia innings281/438 overs
Sri Lanka innings215/836 overs · target 269 in 36 overs
The worm
AustraliaSri Lanka
Cumulative runs after each over. Dots mark overs in which wickets fell.
Runs per over
Australiawicket
Sri Lankawicket
Australia innings 281/4 (38 ov)
| Batter | 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 | 23 | |||||
| Total | 4 wickets, 38 overs | 281 | ||||
Did not bat: MEK Hussey, NW Bracken, SW Tait, GD McGrath, GB Hogg
Fall of wickets: 172-1 (ML Hayden, 22.5 ov), 224-2 (AC Gilchrist, 30.3 ov), 261-3 (RT Ponting, 35.4 ov), 266-4 (SR Watson, 36.2 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPUJC Vaas | 8 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 6.75 | 25 | 5 | 2 |
| SL Malinga | 8 | 1 | 49 | 2 | 6.13 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| CRD Fernando | 8 | 0 | 74 | 1 | 9.25 | 12 | 4 | 1 |
| M Muralitharan | 7 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 6.29 | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| TM Dilshan | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 11.50 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| ST Jayasuriya | 5 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 6.60 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 172 | 137 | AC Gilchrist 119, ML Hayden 38 |
| 2 | 52 | 46 | AC Gilchrist 30, RT Ponting 20 |
| 3 | 37 | 31 | RT Ponting 17, A Symonds 16 |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | A Symonds 2, SR Watson 3 |
| Unbroken | 15 | 10 | A Symonds 5, MJ Clarke 8 |
Sri Lanka innings 215/8 (36 ov)
| Batter | 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 | 15 | |||||
| Total | 8 wickets, 36 overs | 215 | ||||
Did not bat: M Muralitharan
Fall of wickets: 7-1 (WU Tharanga, 2.1 ov), 123-2 (KC Sangakkara, 19.5 ov), 145-3 (ST Jayasuriya, 22.6 ov), 156-4 (DPMD Jayawardene, 25.5 ov), 188-5 (TM Dilshan, 29.6 ov), 190-6 (LPC Silva, 30.1 ov), 194-7 (RP Arnold, 31.5 ov), 211-8 (SL Malinga, 33.6 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NW Bracken | 6 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 5.67 | 21 | 3 | 0 |
| SW Tait | 6 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 7.00 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| GD McGrath | 7 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 4.43 | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| SR Watson | 7 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 7.00 | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| GB Hogg | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 6.33 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| MJ Clarke | 5 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 6.60 | 13 | 4 | 0 |
| A Symonds | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 13 | WU Tharanga 6, ST Jayasuriya 0 |
| 2 | 116 | 106 | ST Jayasuriya 55, KC Sangakkara 54 |
| 3 | 22 | 19 | ST Jayasuriya 8, DPMD Jayawardene 14 |
| 4 | 11 | 17 | DPMD Jayawardene 5, LPC Silva 4 |
| 5 | 32 | 25 | LPC Silva 17, TM Dilshan 14 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | LPC Silva 0, RP Arnold 0 |
| 7 | 4 | 10 | RP Arnold 1, WPUJC Vaas 3 |
| 8 | 17 | 13 | WPUJC Vaas 7, SL Malinga 10 |
| Unbroken | 4 | 12 | WPUJC Vaas 1, CRD Fernando 1 |
Match details
- Toss
- Australia, chose to bat
- Player of the match
- AC Gilchrist
- Ground
- Kensington Oval, Barbados
- Season
- 2006/07
- Umpires
- Aleem Dar, SA Bucknor
- Match referee
- JJ Crowe
- Rain
- Result by DLS method; Chase reduced to 36 overs (target 269) from 50
- Source
- Cricsheet match 247507