a18198 o2581 wc303	Australia v Sri Lanka
	ICC World Cup 2006/07 (Final)
Venue	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown on 28th April 2007 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 53 runs (Duckworth/Lewis method)
Umpires	Aleem Dar (Pakistan), SA Bucknor
TV umpire	RE Koertzen (South Africa)
Referee	JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve Umpire	BF Bowden (New Zealand)
Player of the Match	AC Gilchrist
Articles	ICC statement regarding appointment of officials for the ICC World Twenty20 in South Africa
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Picture galleries	Final, ICC World Cup 2006/07, Australia v Sri Lanka, 28 April 2007 - pictures
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	Sanath Jayasuriya hits a boundary
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Ball-by-ball	Innings 1, Innings 2

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
+AC Gilchrist	c Silva b Fernando	149	104	129	13	8	40	143.27
ML Hayden	c Jayawardene b Malinga	38	55	100	3	1	32	69.09
*RT Ponting	run out (Jayawardene)	37	42	53	1	1	17	88.10
A Symonds	not out	23	21	39	2	-	5	109.52
SR Watson	b Malinga	3	3	3	-	-	1	100.00
MJ Clarke	not out	8	6	10	1	-	1	133.33
MEK Hussey	did not bat
GB Hogg	did not bat
NW Bracken	did not bat
SW Tait	did not bat
GD McGrath	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 3 nb, 16 w)	23
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 169 minutes, 38 overs)	281
Fall of wickets:
1-172 (Hayden, 22.5 ov), 2-224 (Gilchrist, 30.3 ov), 3-261 (Ponting, 35.4 ov), 4-266 (Watson, 36.2 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Vaas	8	0	54	0	1	2	25	5	1	-	6.75
Malinga	8	1	49	2	-	-	26	5	2	24.00	6.12
Fernando	8	0	74	1	4	1	13	7	2	48.00	9.25
Muralitharan	7	0	44	0	2	-	13	1	1	-	6.29
Dilshan	2	0	23	0	1	-	4	-	2	-	11.50
Jayasuriya	5	0	33	0	-	-	13	2	2	-	6.60

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	Dots	S-Rate
WU Tharanga	c Gilchrist b Bracken	6	8	11	1	-	5	75.00
ST Jayasuriya	b Clarke	63	67	108	9	-	36	94.03
+KC Sangakkara	c Ponting b Hogg	54	52	82	6	1	25	103.85
*DPMD Jayawardene	lbw b Watson	19	19	32	1	-	5	100.00
LPC Silva	b Clarke	21	22	42	1	1	9	95.45
TM Dilshan	run out (Clarke->McGrath)	14	13	20	2	-	5	107.69
RP Arnold	c Gilchrist b McGrath	1	2	9	-	-	1	50.00
WPUJC Vaas	not out	11	21	20	-	-	12	52.38
SL Malinga	st Gilchrist b Symonds	10	6	6	-	1	2	166.67
CRD Fernando	not out	1	6	6	-	-	5	16.67
M Muralitharan	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 14 w)	15
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 36 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Tharanga, 2.1 ov), 2-123 (Sangakkara, 19.5 ov), 3-145 (Jayasuriya, 22.6 ov), 4-156 (Jayawardene, 25.5 ov), 5-188 (Dilshan, 29.6 ov), 6-190 (Silva, 30.1 ov), 7-194 (Arnold, 31.5 ov), 8-211 (Malinga, 33.6 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	Dots	4s	6s	S-Rate	Econ
Bracken	6	1	34	1	1	-	21	5	-	36.00	5.67
Tait	6	0	42	0	2	-	17	6	-	-	7.00
McGrath	7	0	31	1	1	-	24	2	1	42.00	4.43
Watson	7	0	49	1	3	-	15	5	-	42.00	7.00
Hogg	3	0	19	1	-	-	7	2	-	18.00	6.33
Clarke	5	0	33	2	2	-	14	-	2	15.00	6.60
Symonds	2	0	6	1	-	-	7	-	-	12.00	3.00

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Notes
--> The match was reduced before play started to 38 overs per side
--> Sri Lanka target was 269 runs in 36 overs
--> Australia powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (46/0)
--> Australia powerplay 2 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 20 to 24
--> Sri Lanka powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (42/1)
--> Sri Lanka powerplay 2 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 12 to 16
--> Australia innings: 50 in 10.3 overs
--> Australia innings: 100 in 16.2 overs
--> Australia innings: 150 in 21.1 overs
--> Australia innings: 200 in 27.3 overs
--> Australia innings: 250 in 34.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 50 in 10.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 100 in 15.3 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 150 in 24.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 200 in 32.5 overs
--> AC Gilchrist made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> ML Hayden made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> A Symonds made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> GB Hogg made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> NW Bracken made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> GD McGrath made his last appearance in List A matches
--> GD McGrath made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> GD McGrath made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> ST Jayasuriya made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> RP Arnold made his last appearance in List A matches
--> RP Arnold made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> RP Arnold made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> WPUJC Vaas made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> CRD Fernando made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> AC Gilchrist 50 in 43 balls with 5 fours and 2 sixes
--> AC Gilchrist passed his previous highest score of 99 in World Cup matches
--> AC Gilchrist made his first century in World Cup matches
--> AC Gilchrist 100 in 72 balls with 8 fours and 6 sixes
--> AC Gilchrist passed 1000 runs in World Cup matches when he reached 64
--> AC Gilchrist passed 9000 runs in ODI matches when he reached 111
--> A Symonds passed 500 runs in World Cup matches when he reached 8
--> SR Watson passed 1000 runs in ODI matches when he reached 2
--> ST Jayasuriya 50 in 51 balls with 8 fours
--> ST Jayasuriya passed 12000 runs in ODI matches when he reached 58
--> KC Sangakkara 50 in 50 balls with 5 fours and 1 six
--> KC Sangakkara passed 500 runs in World Cup matches when he reached 28
--> SR Watson reached 100 wickets in List A matches when he dismissed DPMD Jayawardene, his 1st wicket in the Sri Lanka innings
--> AC Gilchrist (35) and ML Hayden (15) added 50 in 64 balls for the Australia 1st wicket
--> AC Gilchrist (74) and ML Hayden (22) added 100 in 99 balls for the Australia 1st wicket
--> AC Gilchrist (105) and ML Hayden (38) added 150 in 128 balls for the Australia 1st wicket
--> AC Gilchrist (29) and RT Ponting (19) added 50 in 44 balls for the Australia 2nd wicket
--> ST Jayasuriya (33) and KC Sangakkara (14) added 50 in 61 balls for the Sri Lanka 2nd wicket
--> ST Jayasuriya (51) and KC Sangakkara (43) added 100 in 90 balls for the Sri Lanka 2nd wicket

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