Twenty20 World Championship 2007
Australia vs England
ICC World 20-20, AUS vs ENG, Group B: Australia beat England by 8 wickets
Sep 14, 2007
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 won the toss and decided to bat
135 all out (20.0 overs)
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136 for 2 (14.5 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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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) |
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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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) |
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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 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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