Twenty20 World Championship 2007

Australia vs England

ICC World 20-20, AUS vs ENG, Group B: Australia beat England by 8 wickets

Australia bounced back from the embarrassment of defeat against Zimbabwe to crush England by eight wickets in a World Twenty20 match at Newlands on Friday.
Needing a win to advance past the group stage Australia produced an emphatic performance, bowling out England for 135 and then racing to victory in 14.5 overs. Left-arm pace bowlers Nathan Bracken and Mitch Johnson took three wickets each as Australia kept a tight clamp on the England batsmen.
Australian opening batsmen Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden, who both fell early to reckless shots in the five-wicket defeat by lowly Zimbabwe, were back in dominant form. The pair shared a stroke-filled opening stand of 78 in 8.1 overs before Gilchrist was caught at long-on off leg-spinner Chris Schofield. Gilchrist made 45 off 27 balls while Hayden went on to make an unbeaten 67 off 43 balls.
The result meant that Australia topped the group, with England also going through to the Super Eights stage on net run rate ahead of Zimbabwe. All three teams won one match.

ICC World Twenty20, AUS vs ENG, Group B: Australia 136-2 (14.5 overs) bt England 135 (20 overs) by eight wickets

Twenty20 World Championship 2007

Australia vs England

Scorecard

England Innings 135 all out (20.0 overs)

Australia Innings 136 for 2 (14.5 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Maddy	c Hussey	b Clark	20	20	3	0
Prior	c Bracken	b Johnson	17	17	1	1
Wright	c Gilchrist	b Johnson	3	6	0	0
Pietersen		b Bracken	21	20	2	0
Collingwood	lbw	b Lee	18	11	2	1
Flintoff	c Clark	b Johnson	31	19	4	1
Shah	c Clarke	b Bracken	14	13	0	1
Mascarenhas	run out		4	6	0	0
Schofield	c Gilchrist	b Clark	1	4	0	0
Broad		b Bracken	1	3	0	0
Kirtley	not out		2	4	0	0
Extras		3nb	3
Total		all out	135	(20.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Lee 4.0 0 31 1 Bracken 4.0 0 16 3 Clark 4.0 0 24 2 Johnson 4.0 0 22 3 Symonds 2.0 0 28 0 Clarke 2.0 0 14 0

Fall of wicket   29 Prior 37 Wright 48 Maddy 73 Collingwood 97 Pietersen 127 Flintoff 128 Shah 132 Schofield 132 Mascarenhas 135 Broad

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			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Gilchrist	c Flintoff	b Schofield	45	28	5	1
Hayden	not out		67	43	11	1
Ponting	c and b	Flintoff	20	16	1	1
Symonds	not out		2	2	0	0
Extras		2lb	2
Total		for 2	136	(14.5 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Broad 3.0 0 23 0 Flintoff 4.0 0 25 1 Collingwood 1.0 0 16 0 Kirtley 1.0 0 17 0 Mascarenhas 2.0 0 22 0 Schofield 3.5 0 31 1

Fall of wicket   78 Gilchrist 120 Ponting

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Umpires: Asad Rauf, I L Howell
Australia: Gilchrist, Hayden, Ponting, Symonds, Hussey, Hodge, Clarke, Lee, Johnson, Bracken, Clark
England: Maddy, Prior, Wright, Pietersen, Collingwood, Flintoff, Shah, Mascarenhas, Schofield, Broad, Kirtley

Twenty20 Schedule, South Africa

World Twenty20 2007

Group A:

11 September: South Africa vs West Indies at Johannesburg
13 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 Town
13 September: Zimbabwe vs England at Cape Town
14 September: Australia vs England at Cape Town

Group C:

12 September: New Zealand vs Kenya at Durban
14 September: Sri Lanka vs Kenya at Johannesburg
15 September: Sri Lanka vs New Zealand at Johannesburg

Group D:

12 September: Pakistan vs Scotland at Durban
13 September: India vs Scotland at Durban
14 September: India vs Pakistan at Durban

Super Eight phase:

16 September: New Zealand vs India at Johannesburg
16 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 Town
22 September: India vs Australia at Durban

Final:

24 September at Johannesburg