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- 43rd Match, Super Eights
Australia v Sri Lanka 2006/07 season Played at (neutral venue), on 16 April 2007 (50-over match) Result Australia won by 7 wickets (with 44 balls remaining) Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR c Hayden b Bracken 6 33 22 0 0 27.27 lbw b Bracken 12 21 12 2 0 100.00 lbw b McGrath 0 6 4 0 0 0.00 st Gilchrist b Hogg 72 133 88 5 1 81.81 c Clarke b Hogg 64 119 107 6 0 59.81 c Hodge b Tait 7 13 12 0 0 58.33 b Tait 3 15 10 0 0 30.00 c Symonds b Bracken 25 40 22 4 0 113.63 c Hayden b Bracken 1 5 5 0 0 20.00 c Hogg b McGrath 17 23 19 0 2 89.47 not out 0 4 0 0 0 - Extras (lb 5, w 11, nb 3) 19 Total (all out; 49.4 overs; 208 mins) 226 Fall of wickets Bowling O M R W Econ 9.4 3 19 4 1.96 (1w) 10 0 68 2 6.80 (1nb, 6w) 9 1 48 2 5.33 (1nb) 10 0 35 2 3.50 3 0 15 0 5.00 (1nb) 8 0 36 0 4.50 Australia innings (target: 227 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR lbw b Arnold 30 65 49 4 0 61.22 c Dilshan b Arnold 41 56 30 5 2 136.66 not out 66 116 80 4 1 82.50 c Dilshan b Bandara 23 38 31 4 0 74.19 not out 63 66 71 5 2 88.73 Extras (w 4, nb 5) 9 Total (3 wickets; 42.4 overs; 173 mins) 232 Did not bat , , , , , Fall of wickets Bowling O M R W Econ 6 1 36 0 6.00 (3nb, 3w) 7 0 52 0 7.42 (1nb) 4 0 20 0 5.00 (1nb) 4 0 20 2 5.00 (1w) 9.4 0 53 1 5.48 6 0 32 0 5.33 6 0 19 0 3.16 Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat first
Points
Player of the match NW Bracken (Australia)
Umpires (Pakistan) and
TV umpire (England)
Match referee (South Africa)
Reserve umpire (Australia)
Match notes Sri Lanka innings
Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 12.4 overs (80 balls), Extras 11
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 59/3 in 15.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 13, LPC Silva 15)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 85 balls (DPMD Jayawardene 19, LPC Silva 27, Ex 4)
Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 26.4 overs (167 balls), Extras 14
Power Play 3: Overs 27.1 - 32.0
DPMD Jayawardene: 50 off 64 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
4th Wicket: 100 runs in 150 balls (DPMD Jayawardene 50, LPC Silva 48, Ex 6)
LPC Silva: 50 off 91 balls (6 x 4)
Drinks: Sri Lanka - 148/3 in 34.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 59, LPC Silva 55)
Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 34.2 overs (214 balls), Extras 16
Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 47.3 overs (294 balls), Extras 17 Australia innings
Australia: 50 runs in 9.2 overs (62 balls), Extras 6
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 62 balls (AC Gilchrist 25, ML Hayden 21, Ex 6)
Lunch: Australia - 0/0
Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
Drinks: Australia - 79/2 in 13.3 overs (RT Ponting 2)
Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
Australia: 100 runs in 18.4 overs (119 balls), Extras 7
Australia: 150 runs in 28.2 overs (178 balls), Extras 8
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 56 balls (RT Ponting 17, A Symonds 34, Ex 1)
Drinks: Australia - 182/3 in 33.0 overs (RT Ponting 42, A Symonds 38)
RT Ponting: 50 off 67 balls (3 x 4)
Australia: 200 runs in 37.1 overs (232 balls), Extras 9
A Symonds: 50 off 56 balls (4 x 4, 2 x 6)
4th Wicket: 100 runs in 113 balls (RT Ponting 35, A Symonds 63, Ex 2)
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Australia have beaten Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the Super 8 phase of the World Cup at Queen's Park, St. George's, Grenada. Both teams had qualified for the semi-final stage of the competition before the match.

Sri Lanka faltered early in their innings, struggling to 27-3. Silva (64) and Jayawardene (72) shared a fourth-wicket partnership of 140 to help Sri Lanka to 167-4. However wickets fell regularly after that, losing their next five wickets for just 17 runs, before Bandara and Maharoof's late stand of 34. Nathan Bracken was the pick of the Australian bowlers, taking 4/19.

Australia were never troubled by the modest target and a bowling attack missing Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas and Lasith Malinga. They reached the target of 227 in 42.4 overs for the loss of just three wickets. Ricky Ponting was Australia's top scorer with 66 off 80 balls while Andrew Symonds scored 63 off 71 balls. Sri Lanka's best bowling performance came from Russel Arnold with 2/20.

'''Toss:''' Sri Lanka won, and elected to bat first.

















'''Fall of wickets:''' 1-26 (Jayasuriya, 4.3 ov), 2-27 (Sangakkara, 5.3 ov), 3-27 (Tharanga, 6.4 ov), 4-167 (Silva, 37.2 ov), 5-174 (Jayawardene, 39.4 ov), 6-178 (Dilshan, 41.0 ov), 7-183 (Arnold, 42.4 ov), 8-184 (Kulasekara, 43.3 ov), 9-218 (Bandara, 49.0 ov), 10-226 (Maharoof, 49.4 ov)




















'''Fall of wickets:''' 1-76 (Hayden, 11.5 ov), 2-79 (Gilchrist, 13.3 ov), 3-126 (Clarke, 23.1 ov)

'''Did not bat:''' B J Hodge, M E K Hussey, G B Hogg, N W Bracken, S W Tait, G D McGrath











'''Australia:''' A C Gilchrist (wkt), M L Hayden, R T Ponting (capt), M J Clarke, B J Hodge, M E K Hussey, A Symonds, G B Hogg, N W Bracken, S W Tait, G D McGrath
'''Sri Lanka:''' W U Tharanga, S T Jayasuriya, K C Sangakkara (wkt),  D P M D Jayawardene (capt), L P C Silva, T M Dilshan, R P Arnold, M F Maharoof, K M D N Kulasekara, C M Bandara, C R D Fernando

'''Player of the match:''' N W Bracken (Australia)

Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and B R Doctrove (West Indies)
TV umpire: M R Benson (England)
Match referee: M J Procter (South Africa)
Reserve umpire: D J Harper (Australia)