2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs West Indies

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March 27, 2007

Australia face the West Indies today in the first game of the Super 8 phase in the World Cup at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda.

With Australia posting their innings of 322, the teams went for lunch; Meanwhile, the heavens opened and rain prevented any more play. West Indies will therefore begin their innings tomorrow.

Toss: West Indies won, and elected to field first.

Australia innings
Player	Status	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Strike rate
Adam Gilchrist	c Ramdin b Powell	7	9	0	0	77.77
Matthew Hayden	c Samuels b Bravo	158	143	14	4	110.48
Ricky Ponting	run out (Sarwan)	35	36	4	1	97.22
Michael Clarke	lbw b Bravo	41	47	4	0	87.23
Andrew Symonds	c Ramdin b Samuels	13	18	1	0	72.22
Michael Hussey	b Powell	9	18	1	0	50.00
Shane Watson	not out	33	26	3	1	126.92
Brad Hogg	not out	5	6	0	0	83.33
Extras	(b 1; lb 9; w 8; nb 3)	21
Total	(6 Wickets; 50 overs)	322		27	6

Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Gilchrist, 4.1 ov), 2-76 (Ponting, 14.4 ov), 3-174 (Clarke, 30.5 ov), 4-208 (Symonds, 35.6 ov), 5-234 (Hussey, 40.5 ov), 6-297 (Hayden, 47.1 ov)

West Indies bowling
Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Wicket(s)	Econ
Daren Powell	10	2	53	2	5.30
Jerome Taylor	10	0	67	0	6.70
Corey Collymore	10	0	56	0	5.60
Chris Gayle	4	0	29	0	7.25
Dwayne Bravo	7	0	49	2	7.00
Marlon Samuels	9	0	58	1	6.44

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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
West Indies: C H Gayle, S Chanderpaul, R R Sarwan, M N Samuels, B C Lara (capt), D J Bravo, D Ramdin (wkt), D R Smith, J E Taylor, D B Powell, C D Collymore

Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and Asad Rauf (Pakistan)
TV umpire: B F Bowden (New Zealand)
Match referee: B C Broad (England)
Reserve umpire: R E Koertzen (South Africa)