- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR19.4 Gilchrist is back into the hutch! Full in length, on the middle and leg stump line, driven uppishly straight to mid-on who makes no mistake. He holds on to it and only then throws the ball up in the air, unlike the earlier let off to Ponting. 116/211.5 Hayden falls going for the broke. Slow offcutter outside off stump, Hayden has one wild swing, and edges it to Borren at point. 73/120.1 Wow what a fantastic catch by ten Doeschate! Ponting smashes a low full toss, low to the right of the bowler, who swoops down in a hurry to take the catch. Fab effort. 116/347.3 Hodge falls. What a knock it has been. A real blitz. The end came as he tried to go for another big one. A fullish delivery, on the off and middle stump line and Hodge shapes to swing it away, misses it completely and is cleaned up. 320/448.4 Hussey goes. He smashes a fullish delivery to long-on but couldn't clear the man at the deep. He had to go for it, just one more over left. 325/5Extras19 (lb 9, nb 2, w 8)TOTAL358/5 (50 Overs, RR: 7.16)Fall of wickets: 1-73 (Matthew Hayden, 11.5 ov), 2-116 (Adam Gilchrist, 19.4 ov), 3-116 (Ricky Ponting, 20.1 ov), 4-320 (Brad Hodge, 47.3 ov), 5-325 (Michael Hussey, 48.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB MBS Jonkman 6.1 1 35 0 5.67 23 5 1 0 1 DJ Reekers 6 1 48 0 8 17 6 2 0 0 TBM de Leede 10 1 40 2 4 40 4 1 1 0 RN ten Doeschate 10 0 76 2 7.6 28 9 1 4 0 Adeel Raja 7.5 0 61 0 7.78 15 6 2 0 1 PW Borren 10 0 89 1 8.9 19 4 6 1 0
18/03Result
10th Match, Group A, ICC World Cup at Basseterre, Mar 18 2007
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![Netherlands]( "Netherlands")
129 (26.5/50 ov)
Player of the Match
18/03Result
10th Match, Group A, ICC World Cup at Basseterre, Mar 18 2007
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![Netherlands]( "Netherlands")
129 (26.5/50 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR10.6 Australia are all over Netherlands. A run out now adds to the Dutch woes. short of length, on the off stump line, he nudges to point and sets off for a fatal run. He is sent back but can't make it back in time to beat the throw from Clarke. 46/56.3 Bracken strikes with a slower one! Slow off cutter, on middle and leg stump line, Reekers shaped to play it to the on side, get a leading edge to cover 36/16.5 Bend it like Bracken. Kervezee trapped for a second-ball duck. Lands on the leg stump line and moved towards off, Kervezee tried to work it across the line and was rapped on the pad. 36/27.5 ten Doeschate is gone. lbw. Lands on a length , cuts in, Doeschate hops across the line, tries to work it to on side and is rapped and trapped in front. 38/39.2 McGrath gets another World Cup victim. Inches closer to Akram's record. wicket no 49. Full and straight on the middle stump line, straightens and van Troost, who is walking all over the crease, is caught in front. 40/419.4 World Cup victim no 50. full in length, lands just outside off stump and shapes back in. van Bunge, who was looking in pretty good nick out there, shufled back and stabbed at it. The ball squeezed through and struck him in front of the off stump 97/718.4 Googly gets him another victim. Australia's chinaman is delighted. Lands on the off stump line, sucking de Leede into a forward prod and the outside edge is swallowed up by Hayden at slip. 87/626.3 Another slog-sweep but finds Hussey at deep midwicket. Again tossed up, on the off stump line and he slapped it fast and straight to Hussey 129/922.3 plumb. Fastish spin, on the off and middle and Smits was hurried. He couldn't react quickly enough and is a dead duck. 106/826.5 It's all over. Googly does the trick. Rips across a wrong'un, on the middle and off stump line, and he didn't pick it. Jonkman tried to work it to on side, fails to maintain balance and drags his feet out of the crease. Gilchrist whips off the bails in a flash to terminate Netherlands' innings. 129/10Extras12 (b 4, lb 3, w 5)TOTAL129 all out (26.5 Overs, RR: 4.8)Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Darron Reekers, 6.3 ov), 2-36 (Alexei Kervezee, 6.5 ov), 3-38 (Ryan ten Doeschate, 7.5 ov), 4-40 (Luuk van Troost, 9.2 ov), 5-46 (Bas Zuiderent, 10.6 ov), 6-87 (Tim de Leede, 18.4 ov), 7-97 (Daan van Bunge, 19.4 ov), 8-106 (Jeroen Smits, 22.3 ov), 9-129 (Peter Borren, 26.3 ov), 10-129 (Mark Jonkman, 26.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB NW Bracken 7 1 33 2 4.71 29 5 1 0 0 SW Tait 7 0 29 1 4.14 29 3 0 5 0 GD McGrath 8 0 33 2 4.12 31 5 0 0 0 GB Hogg 4.5 0 27 4 5.58 20 4 1 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Australia , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
09.30 start, First Session 09.30-13.00. Interval 13.00-13.45, Second Session 13.45-17.15
Match days
18 March 2007 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Australia 2, Netherlands 0
Match Notes
- Australia: 50 runs in 9.1 overs (56 balls), Extras 4
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 56 balls (AC Gilchrist 34, ML Hayden 14, Ex 4)
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- AC Gilchrist: 50 off 53 balls (10 x 4)
- Australia: 100 runs in 17.2 overs (106 balls), Extras 6
- Drinks: Australia - 116/1 in 19.0 overs (AC Gilchrist 57, RT Ponting 23)
- Australia: 150 runs in 27.3 overs (171 balls), Extras 14
- 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 67 balls (MJ Clarke 20, BJ Hodge 23, Ex 7)
- Drinks: Australia - 197/3 in 36.0 overs (MJ Clarke 30, BJ Hodge 44)
- Australia: 200 runs in 36.2 overs (224 balls), Extras 14
- 4th Wicket: 100 runs in 114 balls (MJ Clarke 47, BJ Hodge 46, Ex 7)
- BJ Hodge: 50 off 61 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
- MJ Clarke: 50 off 60 balls (5 x 4)
- Australia: 250 runs in 42.3 overs (262 balls), Extras 15
- 4th Wicket: 150 runs in 145 balls (MJ Clarke 66, BJ Hodge 76, Ex 8)
- BJ Hodge: 100 off 82 balls (6 x 4, 5 x 6)
- Australia: 300 runs in 45.6 overs (283 balls), Extras 15
- 4th Wicket: 200 runs in 168 balls (MJ Clarke 71, BJ Hodge 123, Ex 10)
- Australia: 350 runs in 49.4 overs (306 balls), Extras 19
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Netherlands: 50 runs in 11.3 overs (73 balls), Extras 5
- Drinks: Netherlands - 70/5 in 15.0 overs (DLS van Bunge 27, TBM de Leede 2)
- Netherlands: 100 runs in 20.6 overs (131 balls), Extras 10
- Attendance - 4,104
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Match home for Australia v Netherlands, Group A, St Kitts
World Cup
| Super Eights | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 2.4 |
| SL | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1.483 |
| NZ | 7 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 0.253 |
| SA | 7 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 0.313 |
| ENG | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -0.394 |
| WI | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -0.566 |
| BAN | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | -1.514 |
| IRE | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | -1.73 |
| Group A | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3.433 |
| SA | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2.403 |
| NED | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -2.527 |
| SCOT | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -3.793 |
| Group B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SL | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3.493 |
| BAN | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1.523 |
| IND | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1.206 |
| BER | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -4.345 |
| Group C | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| NZ | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2.138 |
| ENG | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0.418 |
| KENYA | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1.194 |
| CAN | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1.389 |
| Group D | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| WI | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0.764 |
| IRE | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -0.092 |
| PAK | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0.089 |
| ZIM | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -0.886 |