Twenty20 World Championship 2007
Australia vs Sri Lanka
ICC World 20-20, AUS vs SL, Super 8: Australia beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets
Sep 20, 2007
World Champions Australia strolled past Sri Lanka to score a 10-wicket victory in their World Twenty20 Super 8s match in Cape Town to book a semi-final place in the event, today.
Having restricted Sri Lankan to 101 all out in 19.3 overs, the Aussies knocked the required target in just 10.2 overs and without losing a wicket. Openers Adam Gilchrist (31) and Matthew Hayden (58) finished off the things in a hurry as the match was finished off with close to 10 overs to spare.
ICC World Twenty20, AUS vs SL, Super 8: Australia 102-0 (10.2 overs) beat Sri Lanka 101 by 10 wickets
Twenty20 World Championship 2007
Australia vs Sri Lanka
Scorecard
Australia beat Sri Lanka by 10 wickets
Australia won the toss and decided to field
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101 all out (19.3 overs)
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102 for 0 (10.2 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Tharanga | c Lee | b Bracken | 4 |
8 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayasuriya | lbw | b Lee | 0 |
2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sangakkara | c Clarke | b Clark | 22 |
23 | 3 | 0 |
| M Jayawardene | c Clark | b Lee | 1 |
2 | 0 | 0 |
| Silva | c Lee | b Clark | 6 |
11 | 1 | 0 |
| Dilshan | c Gilchrist | b Clark | 3 |
5 | 0 | 0 |
| Mubarak | c Symonds | b Watson | 28 |
26 | 3 | 0 |
| Maharoof | c Clarke | b Clark | 0 |
2 | 0 | 0 |
| Vaas | c Lee | b Symonds | 21 |
28 | 1 | 0 |
| Malinga | not out | 12 |
10 | 0 | 1 | |
| D Fernando | c and b | Bracken | 0 |
2 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | 2nb 1w 1lb | 4 | ||||
| Total | all out | 101 | (19.3 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Gilchrist | not out | 31 |
25 | 4 | 0 | |
| Hayden | not out | 58 |
38 | 7 | 2 | |
| Extras | 1nb 6w 4b 2lb | 13 | ||||
| Total | for 0 | 102 | (10.2 ovs) | |||
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Umpires: Asad Rauf, I L Howell
Australia: Gilchrist, Hayden, Hodge, Symonds, Hussey, Clarke, Watson, Lee, Johnson, Bracken, Clark
Sri Lanka: Tharanga, Jayasuriya, Sangakkara, M Jayawardene, Silva, Dilshan, Mubarak, Maharoof, Vaas, D Fernando, Malinga
Twenty20 Schedule, South Africa
World Twenty20 2007
Group A:
11 September: South Africa vs West Indies at Johannesburg13 September: West Indies vs Bangladesh at Johannesburg
15 September: South Africa vs Bangladesh at Cape Town
Group B:
12 September: Australia vs Zimbabwe at Cape Town13 September: Zimbabwe vs England at Cape Town
14 September: Australia vs England at Cape Town
Group C:
12 September: New Zealand vs Kenya at Durban14 September: Sri Lanka vs Kenya at Johannesburg
15 September: Sri Lanka vs New Zealand at Johannesburg
Group D:
12 September: Pakistan vs Scotland at Durban13 September: India vs Scotland at Durban
14 September: India vs Pakistan at Durban
Super Eight phase:
16 September: New Zealand vs India at Johannesburg16 September: Australia vs Bangladesh at Cape Town
16 September: South Africa vs England at Cape Town
17 September: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka at Johannesburg
18 September: New Zealand vs England at Durban
18 September: Australia vs Pakistan at Johannesburg
18 September: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka at Johannesburg
19 September: South Africa vs New Zealand at Durban
19 September: England vs India at Durban
20 September: Australia vs Sri Lanka at Cape Town
20 September: Bangladesh vs Pakistan at Cape Town
20 September: South Africa vs India at Durban
Semi-finals:
22 September: New Zealand vs Pakistan at Cape Town22 September: India vs Australia at Durban
Final:
24 September at JohannesburgThe first Twenty20 World Cup, 2007
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