ICC World Cup - 2nd semi final
Australia won by 7 wickets (with 111 balls remaining)
| South Africa innings (50 overs maximum) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| GC Smith* | b Bracken | 2 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |
| AB de Villiers | c †Gilchrist b Tait | 15 | 39 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 44.11 | |
| JH Kallis | b McGrath | 5 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 55.55 | |
| HH Gibbs | c †Gilchrist b Tait | 39 | 77 | 49 | 6 | 0 | 79.59 | |
| AG Prince | c †Gilchrist b McGrath | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| MV Boucher† | c Hayden b McGrath | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| JM Kemp | not out | 49 | 151 | 91 | 4 | 1 | 53.84 | |
| AJ Hall | c †Gilchrist b Tait | 3 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 37.50 | |
| SM Pollock | c & b Hogg | 5 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 38.46 | |
| A Nel | c Clarke b Tait | 8 | 45 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 19.51 | |
| CK Langeveldt | b Watson | 6 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 60.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 4, w 13) | 17 | ||||||
| Total | (all out; 43.5 overs; 199 mins) | 149 | (3.39 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| NW Bracken | 7 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 2.14 | |||
| GD McGrath | 8 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 2.25 | (1w) | ||
| SW Tait | 10 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 3.90 | (5w) | ||
| SR Watson | 8.5 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 5.54 | |||
| GB Hogg | 10 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 2.40 | (3w) |
| Australia innings (target: 150 runs from 50 overs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| AC Gilchrist† | b Langeveldt | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| ML Hayden | c Smith b Pollock | 41 | 115 | 60 | 4 | 0 | 68.33 | |
| RT Ponting* | b Nel | 22 | 38 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 88.00 | |
| MJ Clarke | not out | 60 | 109 | 86 | 8 | 0 | 69.76 | |
| A Symonds | not out | 18 | 29 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 112.50 | |
| Extras | (lb 5, w 3, nb 3) | 11 | ||||||
| Total | (3 wickets; 31.3 overs; 146 mins) | 153 | (4.85 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat MEK Hussey, SR Watson, GB Hogg, NW Bracken, SW Tait, GD McGrath |
| Fall of wickets1-1 (Gilchrist, 1.1 ov), 2-44 (Ponting, 8.6 ov), 3-110 (Hayden, 24.4 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| SM Pollock | 5 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 3.20 | |||
| CK Langeveldt | 6 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 5.66 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| JH Kallis | 5 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 4.00 | (1nb, 1w) | ||
| A Nel | 7 | 1 | 31 | 1 | 4.42 | (1w) | ||
| AJ Hall | 6.3 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 6.61 | (1nb) | ||
| JM Kemp | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2.00 |
| Match details |
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Toss South Africa, who chose to bat Series Australia advanced |
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Player of the match
GD McGrath (Australia) |
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Umpires
Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and SA Bucknor TV umpire BF Bowden (New Zealand) Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand) Reserve umpire MR Benson (England) |
| Match notes |
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Apr 25, 2007 South Africa leave the field after losing to Australia © AFP |
Apr 25, 2007 Glenn McGrath ripped the top order to set Australia on their way to a comprehensive win © Getty Images |
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