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ICC World Cup 2007 :: Final: Australia Vs Sri Lanka at Bridgetown (April 28)

Venue : Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Steve Bucknor (WI) and Aleem Dar (Pak)
Match Result : Australia won by 53 runs to lift the ICC World Cup 2007
Man of the Match : Adam Gilchrist
Player of the Tournament : Glenn McGrath
Match Report : Unchallenged Aussies complete a HAT-TRICK

Total : 281/4   Overs : 38.0
Australia 38 Overs Maximum R B 4s 6s
Adam Gilchrist (WK) c Silva b Fernando 149 104 13 8
Mathew Hayden c Jayawardene b Malinga 38 55 3 1
Ricky Ponting (C) run out (Jayawardene) 37 42 1 1
Andrew Symonds not out 23 21 2 0
Shane Watson b Malinga 3 3 0 0
Michael Clarke not out 8 6 1 0
Michael Hussey          
Brad Hogg          
Nathan Bracken          
Shaun Tait          
Glenn McGrath          
Wides : 16 No Balls: 3 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 4 Extras: 23
Fall of Wickets 1-172 (Hayden, 22.5 ovs), 2-224 (Gilchrist, 30.3 ovs), 3-261 (Ponting, 35.4 ovs), 4-266 (Watson, 36.2 ovs)
Sri Lanka O M R W Wd Nb
Vaas 8    0 54 0 1 2
Malinga 8    1 49 2 0 0
Fernando 8    0 74 1 4 1
Muralitharan 7    0 44 0 2 0
Dilshan 2    0 23 0 1 0
Jayasuriya 5    0 33 0 0 0

Total : 215/8   Overs : 36.0
Sri Lanka Target : 269 from 36 Ovs (D/L Method) R B 4s 6s
Upul Tharanga c Gilchrist b Bracken 6 8 1 0
Sanath Jayasuriya b Clarke 63 67 9 0
K Sangakkara (WK) c Ponting b Hogg 54 52 6 1
M Jayawardene (C) lbw b Watson 19 19 1 0
Chamara Silva b Clarke 21 22 1 1
Tillakaratne Dilshan run out (Clarke/McGrath) 14 13 2 0
Russel Arnold c Gilchrist b McGrath 1 2 0 0
Chaminda Vaas not out 11 21 0 0
Lasith Malinga st Gilchrist b Symonds 10 6 0 1
Dilhara Fernando not out 1 6 0 0
Muttiah Muralitharan          
Wides : 14 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 1 Extras: 15
Fall of Wickets 1-7 (Tharanga, 2.1 ovs), 2-123 (Sangakkara, 19.5 ovs), 3-145 (Jayasuriya, 22.6 ovs), 4-156 (Jayawardene, 25.5 ovs), 5-188 (Dilshan, 29.6 ovs), 6-190 (Silva, 30.1 ovs), 7-194 (Arnold, 31.5 ovs), 8-211 (Malinga, 33.6 ovs)
Australia O M R W Wd Nb
Bracken 6    1 34 1 1 0
Tait 6    0 42 0 2 0
McGrath 7    0 31 1 1 0
Watson 7    0 49 1 3 0
Hogg 3    0 19 1 0 0
Clarke 5    0 33 2 2 0
Symonds 2    0 6 1 0 0