The final of the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was played on 28 April 2007 at the Kensington Oval, Barbados. Australia defeated Sri Lanka by 53 runs (under the Duckworth–Lewis method) to win their 4th World Cup and 3rd in succession.
 Kensington Oval during the Final of 2007 Cricket World Cup between Sri Lanka and Australia | |||||||||
| Event | 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup | ||||||||
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| Australia won by 53 runs (D/L method) | |||||||||
| Date | 28 April 2007 | ||||||||
| Venue | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown | ||||||||
| Player of the match | Adam Gilchrist (Aus) | ||||||||
| Umpires | Steve Bucknor (WI) and Aleem Dar (Pak) | ||||||||
| Attendance | 28,108 | ||||||||
← 2003 2011 → | |||||||||
Road to the final
editAustralia reached the final by defeating South Africa by 7 wickets, while Sri Lanka reached the final by defeating New Zealand by 81 runs in the semi-finals.
Match details
editMatch officials
edit- On-field umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Aleem Dar (Pak)
- Third umpire: Rudi Koertzen (SA)
- Reserve umpire: Billy Bowden (NZ)
- Match referee: Jeff Crowe (NZ)
Summary
editThis was the first World Cup final to be a repeat – the sides previously met in the 1996 World Cup Final, which Sri Lanka won. Australia has won every World Cup match against Sri Lanka apart from that loss.[1] The match was Sri Lanka's second World Cup final appearance and Australia's sixth, their fourth in a row.
Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat. However, the start of play was delayed due to rain, and the match was reduced to 38 overs per side. Adam Gilchrist's score of 149 – the highest in a World Cup final – helped give Australia an imposing total of 281.[2]
Sri Lankan batsmen Kumar Sangakkara and Sanath Jayasuriya added 116 for the second wicket, before falling with the score at 123 and 145 respectively.[2] Despite the regular loss of wickets, Sri Lanka managed to maintain a run rate of over 6 an over. Further rain forced the reduction of Sri Lanka's innings to just 36 overs, with the target revised to 269. At the culmination of the 33rd over, with Sri Lanka still trailing the adjusted Duckworth-Lewis target by 37 runs, the umpires suspended the game due to bad light.
While Australia's players began to celebrate their victory (since the minimum 20 overs had been reached), the umpires incorrectly announced that because the match was suspended due to light and not rain, the final three overs would have to be bowled the following day. With Sri Lanka needing 61 runs from 18 deliveries, Jayawardene agreed there was no need to return the following day, and instructed his team to resume batting, with Ponting agreeing to bowl only spinners. The last three overs were played in almost complete darkness, during which Sri Lanka added nine runs, giving Australia a 53-run victory via the Duckworth–Lewis method.[3] The umpires later apologised for their error, and stated that the match should have ended then with Australia winning by 37 runs.[4]
Australia won the tournament undefeated, and established a streak of 29 World Cup games without a loss.[5] Australian bowler Glenn McGrath was named Player of the Series.[6]
28 April
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- The match was reduced to 38 overs per side due to rain.
- Sri Lanka were set a revised target of 269 runs from 36 overs.
- With this victory, Australia became the first team to win three consecutive World Cup titles.
Scorecard
edit1st innings
| Australia batting[7] | |||||||
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| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Adam Gilchrist | c Silva b Fernando | 149 | 104 | 13 | 8 | 143.26 | |
| Matthew Hayden | c Jayawardene b Malinga | 38 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 69.09 | |
| Ricky Ponting | run out (Jayawardene) | 37 | 42 | 1 | 1 | 88.09 | |
| Andrew Symonds | not out | 23 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 109.52 | |
| Shane Watson | b Malinga | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Michael Clarke | not out | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 133.33 | |
| Mike Hussey | |||||||
| Brad Hogg | |||||||
| Nathan Bracken | |||||||
| Shaun Tait | |||||||
| Glenn McGrath | |||||||
| Extras | (lb 4, w 16, nb 3) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (4 wickets; 38 overs) | 281 | |||||
Fall of wickets: 1/172 (Hayden, 22.5 ov), 2/224 (Gilchrist, 30.3 ov), 3/261 (Ponting, 35.4 ov), 4/266 (Watson, 36.2 ov)
| Sri Lanka bowling[7] | |||||||
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| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| Chaminda Vaas | 8 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 6.75 | 1 | 2 |
| Lasith Malinga | 8 | 1 | 49 | 2 | 6.12 | 0 | 0 |
| Dilhara Fernando | 8 | 0 | 74 | 1 | 9.25 | 4 | 1 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 7 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 6.28 | 2 | 0 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 11.50 | 1 | 0 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 5 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 6.60 | 0 | 0 |
2nd innings
| Sri Lanka batting[7] | |||||||
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| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Upul Tharanga | c Gilchrist b Bracken | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 75.00 | |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | b Clarke | 63 | 67 | 9 | 0 | 94.02 | |
| Kumar Sangakkara | c Ponting b Hogg | 54 | 52 | 6 | 1 | 103.84 | |
| Mahela Jayawardene | lbw b Watson | 19 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Chamara Silva | b Clarke | 21 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 95.45 | |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | run out (Clarke/McGrath) | 14 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 107.69 | |
| Russel Arnold | c Gilchrist b McGrath | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Chaminda Vaas | not out | 11 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 52.38 | |
| Lasith Malinga | st Gilchrist b Symonds | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 166.66 | |
| Dilhara Fernando | not out | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | |||||||
| Extras | (lb 1, w 14) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (8 wickets; 36 overs) | 215 | |||||
Fall of wickets: 1/7 (Tharanga, 2.1 ov), 2/123 (Sangakkara, 19.5 ov), 3/145 (Jayasuriya, 22.6 ov), 4/156 (Jayawardene, 25.5 ov), 5/188 (Dilshan, 29.6 ov), 6/190 (Silva, 30.1 ov), 7/194 (Arnold, 31.5 ov), 8/211 (Malinga, 33.6 ov)
| Australia bowling[7] | |||||||
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| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| Nathan Bracken | 6 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 5.66 | 1 | 0 |
| Shaun Tait | 6 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 7.00 | 2 | 0 |
| Glenn McGrath | 7 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 4.42 | 1 | 0 |
| Shane Watson | 7 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 7.00 | 3 | 0 |
| Brad Hogg | 3 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 6.33 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Clarke | 5 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 6.60 | 2 | 0 |
| Andrew Symonds | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ "Australia v Sri Lanka: World Cup Series Summary". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 April 2007.
- ^ a b "Gilchrist leads Australia to World Cup treble". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 May 2007.
- ^ "World Cup final scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 30 April 2007. Retrieved 30 April 2007.
- ^ "Crowe takes blame for light chaos". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 April 2007.
- ^ S Rajesh; HR Gopalakrishna. "Australia v Sri Lanka, World Cup final, Barbados". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 April 2007.
- ^ "ICC World Cup – Final". ESPNcricinfo. 28 April 2007. Archived from the original on 30 April 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2007.
- ^ a b c d "Final, Bridgetown, April 28, 2007, ICC World Cup". Retrieved 11 August 2022.
