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World Cup 2006/07 / Scorecard

ICC World Cup - 2nd match, Group A

Australia v Scotland

Australia won by 203 runs

ODI no. 2532 | 2006/07 season
Played at Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts (neutral venue)
14 March 2007 (50-over match)


Australia innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
AC Gilchrist†	lbw b Brown	46	71	55	7	0	83.63
16.6 Dougie nails Gilchrist. Scotland fielders mob the bowler. Plumb in front. Full and straight on the middle stump line, Gilchrist tries to swing it across the line on a bent knee. No wood on leather and the ball thuds into the pad. Dead duck. 91/1
ML Hayden	lbw b Haq	60	114	73	6	1	82.19
26.5 Gotcha! Round the wicket again and the ball pitches on middle and turns away. Hayden tries to drive through the on side but can't account for the spin after the ball grips the surface. Loud appeal and 'slow death' Steve Bucknor raises the finger 139/2
RT Ponting*	b Wright	113	144	93	9	5	121.50
45.2 He is gone! He attempts another slap-slog, across the line, makes no contact and his offstump is pegged back. 274/5
MJ Clarke	b Haq	15	29	20	1	0	75.00
34.3 Gotcha! Haq cleans up Clarke. Flat and fast as the offspinner pushed that one through, slightly short as well and Clarke goes for a pull but is beaten by the pace. The middle stump is pegged back. 193/3
BJ Hodge	c Hoffmann b Rogers	29	62	28	3	0	103.57
43.1 turns in from outside off, Hussey goes back, eases it to cover region 256/4
MEK Hussey	st †Smith b Hoffmann	4	19	6	0	0	66.66
46.1 Colin Smith .... you beauty. Smart work behind the stumps. Full in length and angling away, Hussey makes no contact with his intended drive and his back foot is in the air. Smith gathers and quickly whips off the bails even as Hussey tries to get his foot down. Too close to call. Referred upstairs and after numerous viewings it has been given out. correctly at that. 276/6
SR Watson	not out	18	23	11	3	0	163.63

GB Hogg	not out	40	15	15	3	3	266.66

Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 5, nb 1)	9

Total	(6 wickets; 50 overs)	334	(6.68 runs per over)

Did not bat NW Bracken, SW Tait, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets1-91 (Gilchrist, 16.6 ov), 2-139 (Hayden, 26.5 ov), 3-193 (Clarke, 34.3 ov), 4-256 (Hodge, 43.1 ov), 5-274 (Ponting, 45.2 ov), 6-276 (Hussey, 46.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
PJC Hoffmann	10	0	57	1	5.70	(2w)
46.1 to Hussey, Colin Smith .... you beauty. Smart work behind the stumps. Full in length and angling away, Hussey makes no contact with his intended drive and his back foot is in the air. Smith gathers and quickly whips off the bails even as Hussey tries to get his foot down. Too close to call. Referred upstairs and after numerous viewings it has been given out. correctly at that. 276/6
JAR Blain	4	0	29	0	7.25	(1nb, 1w)

CM Wright	10	0	58	1	5.80
45.2 to Ponting, He is gone! He attempts another slap-slog, across the line, makes no contact and his offstump is pegged back. 274/5
DR Brown	9	0	86	1	9.55	(2w)
16.6 to Gilchrist, Dougie nails Gilchrist. Scotland fielders mob the bowler. Plumb in front. Full and straight on the middle stump line, Gilchrist tries to swing it across the line on a bent knee. No wood on leather and the ball thuds into the pad. Dead duck. 91/1
GA Rogers	10	0	52	1	5.20
43.1 to Hodge, turns in from outside off, Hussey goes back, eases it to cover region 256/4
RM Haq	7	0	49	2	7.00
26.5 to Hayden, Gotcha! Round the wicket again and the ball pitches on middle and turns away. Hayden tries to drive through the on side but can't account for the spin after the ball grips the surface. Loud appeal and 'slow death' Steve Bucknor raises the finger 139/2 34.3 to Clarke, Gotcha! Haq cleans up Clarke. Flat and fast as the offspinner pushed that one through, slightly short as well and Clarke goes for a pull but is beaten by the pace. The middle stump is pegged back. 193/3


Scotland innings (target: 335 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
DF Watts	b McGrath	9	40	25	0	0	36.00
9.3 Played on! McGrath gets yet another ODI victim. Lands on a length, just outside off, comes in a touch and Watts plays with soft hands. Too soft and it rolls back to the off stump. 32/3
RM Haq	run out (McGrath/Tait)	16	23	22	2	0	72.72
5.5 from Tait, Clarke misses a run-out but McGrath does it! Punched to cover and they set off for a run. Clarke fires in a throw at the non-striker's end, the batsman had given up but the ball misses the sticks. They run for overthrows. They turn greedy, they want two of them but Haq can' t beat McGrath's throw. He was looking pretty good in the middle but he has to get back to the hutch now. 21/1
NS Poonia	b Tait	1	4	4	0	0	25.00
7.4 Ripper! Full ball this time and swinging in from outside off. Poonia tries to get his bat down in time but can only end up playing all over it. Ball beats him for pace and clatters into the middle and leg stumps. Too fast and too furious. 27/2
RR Watson	c Bracken b McGrath	6	21	20	0	0	30.00
13.3 Surprise bouncer. Not a surprising result. Right at the throat and Watson is unable to get away from it. Ends up fending a dolly to Bracken at short fine leg 37/4
GM Hamilton	c †Gilchrist b McGrath	3	23	18	0	0	16.66
15.3 Wicket no 48, in the World Cup games, for Pigeon! Typical Mcgrath delivery. A teaser on the off stump line and Hamilton is sucked into a fatal prod. 42/5
DR Brown	c Watson b Hodge	19	55	37	3	0	51.35
27.4 Joy for Hodge. Maiden ODI wicket. Tossed up and Dougie Brown couldn't resist a hit. Sends it down the throat of Watson at long on. 89/6
CJO Smith†	b Hogg	51	93	76	7	0	67.10
40.1 Sharp turn there! Cleans up Smith. Lands outside off stump and spins back sharply. He shapes to cut but is surprised by the turn and its all over. Good outing for Smith. This is the 48th instance of a batsman registering 50+ score on World Cup debut. Since Blain is injured and won't bat, Australia have sealed up a facile win. 131/9
CM Wright*	lbw b Tait	4	12	21	0	0	19.04
32.5 Gone. That's much better. Full and straight and screaming quick. Wright shuffles across the crease and is a sitting duck in front of the wicket. Struck on the pads and Asoka de Silva has no hesitation in giving the decision. Plumb as it gets. Tait strikes 104/7
GA Rogers	run out (Hayden/†Gilchrist)	6	29	19	0	0	31.57
39.6 Bracken to Smith, A run out! offcutter on the off stump line, pushed towards Hayden who rushes in from point and rolls it along the ground to Gilchrist - lost some time there but still fast enough to catch the batsman short. 131/8
PJC Hoffmann	not out	0	1	0	0	0	-

JAR Blain	absent hurt	-

Extras	(lb 9, w 6, nb 1)	16

Total	(all out; 40.1 overs)	131	(3.26 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-21 (Haq, 5.5 ov), 2-27 (Poonia, 7.4 ov), 3-32 (Watts, 9.3 ov), 4-37 (Watson, 13.3 ov), 5-42 (Hamilton, 15.3 ov), 6-89 (Brown, 27.4 ov), 7-104 (Wright, 32.5 ov), 8-131 (Rogers, 39.6 ov), 9-131 (Smith, 40.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
NW Bracken	6	1	12	0	2.00

SW Tait	8	0	45	2	5.62	(3w)
7.4 to Poonia, Ripper! Full ball this time and swinging in from outside off. Poonia tries to get his bat down in time but can only end up playing all over it. Ball beats him for pace and clatters into the middle and leg stumps. Too fast and too furious. 27/2 32.5 to Wright, Gone. That's much better. Full and straight and screaming quick. Wright shuffles across the crease and is a sitting duck in front of the wicket. Struck on the pads and Asoka de Silva has no hesitation in giving the decision. Plumb as it gets. Tait strikes 104/7
GD McGrath	6	1	14	3	2.33	(1nb)
9.3 to Watts, Played on! McGrath gets yet another ODI victim. Lands on a length, just outside off, comes in a touch and Watts plays with soft hands. Too soft and it rolls back to the off stump. 32/3 13.3 to Watson, Surprise bouncer. Not a surprising result. Right at the throat and Watson is unable to get away from it. Ends up fending a dolly to Bracken at short fine leg 37/4 15.3 to Hamilton, Wicket no 48, in the World Cup games, for Pigeon! Typical Mcgrath delivery. A teaser on the off stump line and Hamilton is sucked into a fatal prod. 42/5
SR Watson	7	1	18	0	2.57	(1w)

GB Hogg	7.1	1	16	1	2.23
40.1 to Smith, Sharp turn there! Cleans up Smith. Lands outside off stump and spins back sharply. He shapes to cut but is surprised by the turn and its all over. Good outing for Smith. This is the 48th instance of a batsman registering 50+ score on World Cup debut. Since Blain is injured and won't bat, Australia have sealed up a facile win. 131/9
BJ Hodge	6	0	17	1	2.83
27.4 to Brown, Joy for Hodge. Maiden ODI wicket. Tossed up and Dougie Brown couldn't resist a hit. Sends it down the throat of Watson at long on. 89/6

Match details

Toss Scotland, who chose to field
Points Australia 2, Scotland 0

Player of the match RT Ponting (Australia)

Umpires SA Bucknor and EAR de Silva (Sri Lanka)
TV umpire AL Hill (New Zealand)
Match referee J Srinath (India)
Reserve umpire MR Benson (England)

Match notes