Twenty20 World Championship 2007

Australia vs Zimbabwe

ICC World 20-20, AUS vs ZIM, Group B: Zimbabwe beat Australia by 5 wickets

Zimbabwe scored a credible 5 wicket win over Australia to display the first major upset of the Twenty20 World Cup. Zimbabwean wicketkeeper batsman Brendon Taylor shined both behind and in front of the wickets as he made his first International Twenty20 half century. His fifty came in style and in just 38 balls.
Vusimusi Sibanda who was hammering Australian bowlers all over the ground was dismissed in the 4th over. Sibandas run torrent came to an end as he edged a delivery from Nathan Bracken into the hands of wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist. Sibanda made 24 runs from 16 balls.
Earlier, a depleted Australian side could manage just 138 runs for the loss of 8 wickets against Zimbabwe. Australia were sent into tizzy as they lost their top batsmen to some brilliant bowling and fielding display by Zimbabwe.

ICC World Twenty20, AUS vs ZIM, Group B: Zimbabwe 139-5 (19.5 overs) beat Australia 138-9 (20.0 overs) by 5 wickets

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Twenty20 World Championship 2007

Australia vs Zimbabwe

Scorecard

Australia Innings 138 for 9 (20.0 overs)

Zimbabwe Innings 139 for 5 (19.5 overs)

			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Gilchrist	c Matsikenyeri	b Chigumbura	4	6	0	0
Hayden	c Taibu	b Chigumbura	4	2	1	0
Ponting	c Chigumbura	b Brent	8	15	1	0
Symonds	st Taibu	b Masakadza	33	25	4	0
Hussey	run out		15	23	1	0
Hodge	not out		35	22	2	2
Haddin	c Chigumbura	b Utseya	6	12	0	0
Lee		b Brent	12	7	1	1
Johnson	run out		9	5	1	0
Bracken	c Sibanda	b Chigumbura	4	3	0	0
Extras		6w 2b	8
Total		for 9	138	(20.0 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Chigumbura 3.0 0 20 3 Brent 4.0 0 19 2 Mupariwa 3.0 0 23 0 Chibhabha 3.0 0 17 0 Utseya 4.0 0 28 1 Taibu 2.0 0 20 0 Masakadza 1.0 0 9 1

Fall of wicket   7 Hayden 12 Gilchrist 19 Ponting 48 Hussey 86 Symonds 102 Haddin 119 Lee 134 Johnson 138 Bracken

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			Runs	Balls	4s	6s
Sibanda	c Gilchrist	b Bracken	23	15	5	0
Taylor	not out		60	45	4	2
Chibhabha	c Gilchrist	b Clark	15	14	3	0
Taibu	c Gilchrist	b Johnson	0	6	0	0
Matsikenyeri	c Gilchrist	b Clark	3	8	0	0
Masakadza	lbw	b Lee	27	28	2	0
Chigumbura	not out		4	3	0	0
Extras		3w 4lb	7
Total		for 5	139	(19.5 ovs)

Bowler O M R W Lee 4.0 0 31 1 Bracken 3.5 0 25 1 Clark 4.0 0 22 2 Johnson 4.0 0 26 1 Symonds 2.0 0 11 0 Hodge 2.0 0 20 0

Fall of wicket   31 Sibanda 54 Chibhabha 55 Taibu 70 Matsikenyeri 123 Masakadza

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Umpires: Asad Rauf, A L Hill
Australia: Gilchrist, Hayden, Ponting, Symonds, Hussey, Hodge, Haddin, Lee, Johnson, Bracken, Clark
Zimbabwe: Masakadza, Chibhabha, Taylor, Sibanda, Taibu, Chigumbura, Matsikenyeri, Dabengwa, Utseya, Brent, Mupariwa

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