Australia vs Sri Lanka Full Scorecard, Final, 28 April, 2007
COMPLETED / Final / Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
 
        281/4 (38 ov)
 
        215/8 (36 ov)
Australia won by 53 runs (D/L)
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            Player of the match
                                    Adam Gilchrist,
                                Australia
            
 
        | Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Gilchrist  c C Silva b CRD Fernando | 149 | 104 | 13 | 8 | 143.26 | 
| Matthew Hayden  c M Jayawardene b L Malinga | 38 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 69.09 | 
| Ricky Ponting  runout (M Jayawardene) | 37 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 88.09 | 
| Andrew Symonds Not out | 23 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 109.52 | 
| Shane Watson  b L Malinga | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 
| Michael Clarke Not out | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | 
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            Extras: 23 ( b 0, lb 4, w 16, nb 3, p 0)
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            Did Not Batting : Michael Hussey , Brad Hogg , Nathan Bracken , Shaun Tait , Glenn McGrath
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          Fall of wickets :172 - 1 ( Matthew Hayden , 22.5 ov ) ,224 - 2 ( Adam Gilchrist , 30.3 ov ) ,261 - 3 ( Ricky Ponting , 35.4 ov ) ,266 - 4 ( Shane Watson , 36.2 ov )
| Bowling | O | R | W | ECO | Dots | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaminda Vaas | 8 | 54 | 0 | 6.75 | 25 | 
| Lasith Malinga | 8 | 49 | 2 | 6.12 | 26 | 
| Dilhara Fernando | 8 | 74 | 1 | 9.25 | 13 | 
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 7 | 44 | 0 | 6.28 | 13 | 
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 2 | 23 | 0 | 11.50 | 4 | 
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 5 | 33 | 0 | 6.60 | 13 | 
| Batting | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upul Tharanga  c AC Gilchrist b NW Bracken | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 | 
| Sanath Jayasuriya  b M Clarke | 63 | 67 | 9 | 0 | 94.02 | 
| Kumar Sangakkara  c Ricky Ponting b B Hogg | 54 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 103.84 | 
| Mahela Jayawardene  lbw b S Watson | 19 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | 
| Chamara Silva  b M Clarke | 21 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 95.45 | 
| Tillakaratne Dilshan  runout (GD McGrath / M Clarke) | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 107.69 | 
| Russel Arnold  c AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | 
| Chaminda Vaas Not out | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 52.38 | 
| Lasith Malinga  st AC Gilchrist b A Symonds | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 166.66 | 
| Dilhara Fernando Not out | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | 
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            Extras: 15 ( b 0, lb 1, w 14, nb 0, p 0)
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            Did Not Batting : Muttiah Muralitharan
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          Fall of wickets :7 - 1 ( Upul Tharanga , 2.1 ov ) ,123 - 2 ( Kumar Sangakkara , 19.5 ov ) ,145 - 3 ( Sanath Jayasuriya , 22.6 ov ) ,156 - 4 ( Mahela Jayawardene , 25.5 ov ) ,188 - 5 ( Tillakaratne Dilshan , 29.6 ov ) ,190 - 6 ( Chamara Silva , 30.1 ov ) ,194 - 7 ( Russel Arnold , 31.5 ov ) ,211 - 8 ( Lasith Malinga , 33.6 ov )
| Bowling | O | R | W | ECO | Dots | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan Bracken | 6 | 34 | 1 | 5.66 | 21 | 
| Shaun Tait | 6 | 42 | 0 | 7.00 | 17 | 
| Glenn McGrath | 7 | 31 | 1 | 4.42 | 24 | 
| Shane Watson | 7 | 49 | 1 | 7.00 | 15 | 
| Brad Hogg | 3 | 19 | 1 | 6.33 | 7 | 
| Michael Clarke | 5 | 33 | 2 | 6.60 | 14 | 
| Andrew Symonds | 2 | 6 | 1 | 3.00 | 7 | 
Match Info
- Match: Final
- Series: ICC Cricket World Cup
- Date: Saturday, April 28, 2007
- Time: 09:00 PM
- Venue: Kensington Oval, Bridgetown
- City: Barbados
- Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pakistan), Steve Bucknor (West Indies), Rudi Koertzen (South Africa, TV)
- Referee: Jeff Crowe (New Zealand)
