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ICC World Cup - 35th Match, Super Eights
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Australia v England |
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Old Foes from The Ashes
The super eight match played on Sunday was between the age old rivals Australia and England. Their rivalry dates back to the days when cricket as a game was in its formative years. The match was eagerly awaited, as the outcome of the match would clear the standings of both the teams in the world cup. The match was more important for England as it would have given them an entry to the semi finals of the world cup. Australia is on a winning spree in this world cup and was expected to dominate in this match too.
Vaughan got lucky with the coin
The English skipper won the toss and elected to bat first. The decision was a deviation from the general trend in this world cup where teams preferred to bowl first. The slowness of the pitch on the later part of the match triggered the decision. There was grass left on the pitch and it seemed ball would easily come on to the bat. Vaughan decided to give his batsmen a chance to capitalize on the condition, which was suitable for stroke making.
Shaky start
Michael Vaughan continued his poor run at the world cup and failed to give England a good start against the defending champions. Vaughan headed towards the pavilion at 4th over of the match leaving England on an aggregate score of 10 runs. He played on the delivery to his stumps. He scored 5 runs from 8 balls. He was soon followed by Andrew Strauss who was again bowled by Tait at the score of 7 runs from 10 balls. England was stranded at 24 runs for the loss of two wickets in 5.6 overs.
Pietersen resurrects the English innings…
After the initial jolt the middle order bat Kevin Pietersen and the other opener Bell held the fort for England. Together they put up a partnership of 140 runs to take out England from the slump. Pietersen batted like a champion to encounter the World’s best bowling attack. Glenn Mcgrath and the two part timers Clarke and Symonds were taken for some harsh treatment by this pair. As a result, the Aussie captain Ricky Ponting had to hold back the second power play. Together, Bell and Pietersen established an authority over the game and England were cruising at 164 for 3 in 29.3 overs.
Fight back the Aussie way!
But the old warhorse, Glenn McGrath coming back into the attack forced Bell into an edge to Gilchrist for a well made 77. Collingwood fell soon after for 2 off Tait, caught behind by Gilchrist again, followed by Andrew Flintoff’s stumping of Hogg for 4. Suddenly, from a position of strength England slumped to 179 for 5. Three wickets in a span of 6 overs for 15 runs and the Aussies were on top again.
Things slowed down considerably as the new batsman, Bopara tried to stay at the wicket, some smart bowling by the Australians made sure Pietersen couldn’t get enough strike. In an 11 over period from the 36th over, he faced on 21 balls! But he held on gamely to complete a well-deserved century. He hit 6 boundaries and 1 six in his splendid innings. It came to a halt when Clarke caught him on the bowling of Nathan Bracken. He scored 104 runs from 122 balls. The other significant contribution came from Rahul Bopara who made 21 runs from 36 balls.The England tail didn’t wag and the innings closed at 247 all out in 49.5 overs, a brilliant effort from the Australians. Only, 87 runs were conceded by them in the last 20 overs.
Australian pacers proved their dominance…
Australian pace battery again proved why they are touted as the best in the world. All the three pacers Bracken, McGrath, and Tait shared 9 wickets among themselves by picking up 3 scalps each. The other successful bowler was Bradd Hogg, who picked up a wicket from the English innings.
Solid start by the Kangaroos
The Australian opening pair Adam Gilchrist and Mathew Hayden gave a solid start to their innings. They made an opening partnership of 57 runs until Gilchrist was out on 27 runs from 37 balls. With another 32 runs added to the scoreboard Matthew Hayden followed suit after scoring 41 runs from 50 balls. Inspite of these two wickets, the Australian innings was on track with 89 runs at the loss of two wickets from 19.1 overs.
Captain’s knock by Ponting…
The Australian skipper Ricky Ponting aptly took the responsibility of the innings on himself after the departure of Matt Hayden. He was ably supported by Clarke who shared a 112 runs partnership with Ricky Ponting. He was run out for a brilliant 86 off 106 balls in the 41st over. During his 133 minutes stay at the crease he managed to send 11 deliveries for boundary. But, by then victory was almost certain as Australia was firmly placed at 201-3. Andrew Symonds then took over. He and Clarke guided Australia to the victory margin. Symonds remained unbeaten on 28 runs from 28 balls and Clarke was not out on 55 runs from 63 balls.
Hapless English bowlers…
The English bowlers were completely clueless against the spirited Australian batting line up. Except for the former vice captain Andrew Flintoff and Paul Collingwood none of the bowlers could manage any success. Collingwood and Flintoff picked up one wicket each from the Australian innings.
Australia clinches another easy win
Australia sustained their good form in this world cup and again proved their dominance in the world cricket. They scored 248 runs with 2 overs and 4 balls to spare for the loss of just 3 wickets. Thus they won the match by a huge margin of 7 wickets.
Man of the match
Australian pacer Shaun Tait was invested with the title of man of the match. He was rewarded for agile bowling and accurate line and length. He picked up 2 early wickets to damage the English innings and then again removed the reliable Collingwood in the middle overs. He finished with a bowling statistics 10-0-41-3.
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Result Australia won by 7 wickets (with 16 balls remaining) |
| England innings (50 overs maximum) |
R |
B |
4's |
6's |
SR |
IR Bell |
c Hussey b McGrath |
77 |
90 |
9 |
0 |
85.55 |
MP Vaughan |
b Tait |
5 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
62.50 |
AJ Strauss |
b Tait |
7 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
70.00 |
KP Pietersen |
c Clarke b Bracken |
104 |
122 |
6 |
1 |
85.24 |
PD Collingwood |
c Gilchrist b Tait |
2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
40.00 |
A Flintoff |
st Gilchrist b Hogg |
4 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
21.05 |
RS Bopara |
c Hussey b Bracken |
21 |
36 |
2 |
0 |
58.33 |
PA Nixon |
c Hodge b McGrath |
8 |
6 |
0 |
1 |
133.33 |
SI Mahmood |
c Hodge b Bracken |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
MS Panesar |
not out |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
50.00 |
JM Anderson |
lbw b McGrath |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
EXTRAS |
(b 4, lb 4, w 7, nb 3) |
18 |
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TOTAL |
(all out; 49.5 overs) |
247 |
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Fall of wickets 1-10 (Vaughan, 3.2 ov) , 2-24 (Strauss, 5.6 ov) , 3-164 (Bell, 29.3 ov) , 4-167 (Collingwood, 30.3 ov) , 5-179 (Flintoff, 35.3 ov) , 6-230 (Bopara, 46.2 ov) , 7-240 (Pietersen, 48.4 ov) , 8-240 (Mahmood, 48.6 ov) , 9-246 (Nixon, 49.2 ov) , 10-247 (Anderson, 49.5 ov)
| Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Econ |
NW Bracken |
10 |
1 |
33 |
3 |
3.30 (1w) |
SW Tait |
10 |
0 |
41 |
3 |
4.10 (2nb, 3w) |
GD McGrath |
9.5 |
0 |
62 |
3 |
6.30 (1w) |
MJ Clarke |
4 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
6.75 |
GB Hogg |
10 |
0 |
36 |
1 |
3.60 (1w) |
A Symonds |
6 |
0 |
40 |
0 |
6.66 |
Australia innings (target: 248 runs from 50 overs) |
R |
B |
4's |
6's |
SR |
AC Gilchrist |
c Collingwood b Flintoff |
27 |
37 |
5 |
0 |
72.97 |
ML Hayden |
b Collingwood |
41 |
50 |
6 |
0 |
82.00 |
RT Ponting |
run out (Collingwood) |
86 |
106 |
11 |
0 |
81.13 |
MJ Clarke |
not out |
55 |
63 |
2 |
0 |
87.30 |
A Symonds |
not out |
28 |
28 |
4 |
1 |
100.00 |
EXTRAS |
(b 1, lb 5, w 5) |
11 |
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TOTAL |
(3 wickets; 47.2 overs) |
248 |
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Did not bat MEK Hussey ,BJ Hodge ,GB Hogg ,NW Bracken ,SW Tait ,GD McGrath
Fall of wickets 1-57 (Gilchrist, 10.6 ov) , 2-89 (Hayden, 19.1 ov) , 3-201 (Ponting, 40.1 ov)
| Bowling |
O |
M |
R |
W |
Econ |
JM Anderson |
10 |
1 |
49 |
0 |
4.90 (3w) |
SI Mahmood |
9.2 |
1 |
60 |
0 |
6.42 (1w) |
A Flintoff |
10 |
1 |
35 |
1 |
3.50 |
MS Panesar |
9 |
0 |
48 |
0 |
5.33 |
PD Collingwood |
9 |
0 |
50 |
1 |
5.55 (1w) |
Toss England, who chose to bat first
Points Australia 2, England 0
Player of the match SW Tait (Australia)
Umpires BF Bowden (New Zealand) and RE Koertzen (South Africa)
TV umpire Asad Rauf (Pakistan)
Match referee MJ Procter (South Africa)
Reserve umpire N Malcolm
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