2009 ICC Champions Trophy final

The final of the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy cricket tournament was played on 5 October 2009 between New Zealand and Australia at the SuperSport Park, Centurion.[1] Australia qualified into the final by defeating England in the first semi final while New Zealand defeated Pakistan in the second semi final. Australia won the final by 6 wickets, their second consecutive Champions Trophy final.[1] Shane Watson earned the man of the match award while Ricky Ponting was named the man of the series for scoring 288 runs throughout the tournament.

2009 ICC Champions Trophy Final
SuperSport Park in Centurion hosted the Final
Event2009 ICC Champions Trophy
 New Zealand  Australia
200/9 206/4
50 45.2
Australia won by 6 wickets
Date5 October 2009
VenueSuperSport Park, Centurion
Player of the matchShane Watson (Aus)
UmpiresAleem Dar (Pak) and Ian Gould (Eng)
Attendance22,456
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Road to the Final

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Australia

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Australia dominated throughout the tournament. In the group stage, they defeated West Indies and Pakistan while the match with India ended in a no result due to rain. They played the first semi-final against England in Centurion. England batted first and set target of 258 which Australia achieved in 41.2 overs. Shane Watson and Ricky Ponting scored 136 and 111 runs—both not out—sharing 252 runs from 242 balls, Australia highest partnership in One Day Internationals (ODIs). Watson was given man of the match award.[2]

New Zealand

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After losing the first match to South Africa, New Zealand made a comeback by defeating Sri Lanka and England in the group stage. They played the second semi-final against Pakistan in Johannesburg. Pakistan batted first and set target of 234 which New Zealand achieved in 47.5 overs with Grant Elliott being the highest run-scorer. Daniel Vettori earned the man of the match award for his all-round performance; he took 3 wickets for 43 runs in 10 overs and scored 41 runs.[3]

Match details

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Match officials

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Summary

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The final of the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy was played between Australia and New Zealand at the SuperSport Park on 5 October 2009. Batting first after winning the toss, New Zealand posted a total of 200 runs for 9 wickets in 50 overs.[4] Australia, in the reply, were initially restrict to 41 runs for 3 wickets in 18 overs, and the Kyle Mills and Shane Bond appeared with bowling figures like: 6–2–8–1 and 5–2–9–1 respectively. Shane Watson and Cameron White were playing in a "Test match-mode", but got momentum later with White scoring 61 runs off 102 balls and Watson 105 not out from 129 balls. With back-to-back sixes, Watson completed his century and achieved the target. Australia reach the target in 45.4 overs losing 4 wickets.[4] This was the second consecutive occasion for Watson earning man of the match award in the final of ICC Champions Trophy. It was Australia's fifth consecutive win after becoming finalists in multi-team tournaments since 1999.[1]

5 October
14:30
Scorecard
New Zealand  
200/9 (50 overs)
v
  Australia
206/4 (45.2 overs)
Martin Guptill 40 (64)
Nathan Hauritz 3/37 (10 overs)
Shane Watson 105* (129)
Kyle Mills 3/27 (10 overs)
Australia won by 6 wickets
SuperSport Park, Centurion
Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Ian Gould (Eng)
Player of the match: Shane Watson (Aus)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

Scorecard

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Source:[5]

  New Zealand batting
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Brendon McCullum *† c †Paine b Siddle 0 14 0 0 0.00
Aaron Redmond st †Paine b Hauritz 26 45 3 0 57.77
Martin Guptill c & b Hauritz 40 64 3 0 62.50
Ross Taylor c Hussey b Johnson 6 13 0 0 46.15
Grant Elliott lbw b Lee 9 9 0 0 100.00
Neil Broom run out (Hussey/Watson) 37 62 5 0 59.67
James Franklin b Lee 33 43 4 0 76.74
Kyle Mills run out (Ponting) 12 15 1 0 80.00
Ian Butler lbw b Hauritz 6 7 1 0 85.71
Jeetan Patel not out 16 19 1 0 84.21
Shane Bond not out 3 9 0 0 33.33
Extras (b 1, lb 2, w 9) 12
Total (9 wickets; 50 overs) 200 18 0

Fall of wickets: 1/5 (McCullum, 3.2 ov), 2/66 (Redmond, 18.3 ov), 3/77 (Guptill, 22.2 ov), 4/81 (Taylor, 23.1 ov), 5/94 (Elliott, 26.4 ov), 6/159 (Broom, 40.5 ov), 7/166 (Franklin, 41.6 ov), 8/174 (Butler, 43.4 ov), 9/187 (Mills, 46.4 ov)

  Australia bowling
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ Wides NBs
Brett Lee 10 1 45 2 4.50 5 0
Peter Siddle 10 1 30 1 3.00 0 0
Mitchell Johnson 10 1 35 1 3.50 1 0
Shane Watson 10 0 50 0 5.00 2 0
Nathan Hauritz 10 0 37 3 3.70 1 0
  Australia batting
Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate
Shane Watson not out 105 129 10 4 81.39
Tim Paine c Taylor b Bond 1 6 0 0 16.66
Ricky Ponting * lbw b Mills 1 4 0 0 25.00
Cameron White b Mills 62 102 7 1 60.78
Michael Hussey c Patel b Mills 11 9 1 0 122.22
James Hopes not out 22 22 4 0 100.00
Callum Ferguson
Mitchell Johnson
Brett Lee
Nathan Hauritz
Peter Siddle
Extras (lb 3, w 1) 4
Total (4 wickets; 45.2 overs) 206 22 5

Fall of wickets: 1/2 (Paine, 1.2 ov), 2/6 (Ponting, 2.2 ov), 3/134 (White, 34.5 ov), 4/156 (Hussey, 38.3 ov)

  New Zealand bowling
Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ Wides NBs
Kyle Mills 10 2 27 3 2.70 0 0
Shane Bond 10 2 34 1 3.40 1 0
Ian Butler 9 0 50 0 5.55 0 0
James Franklin 9 0 42 0 4.66 0 0
Jeetan Patel 6.2 0 44 0 6.94 0 0
Grant Elliott 1 0 6 0 6.00 0 0

Key

  • * – Captain
  • † – Wicket-keeper
  • c Fielder – Indicates that the batsman was dismissed by a catch by the named fielder
  • b Bowler – Indicates which bowler gains credit for the dismissal

References

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  1. ^ a b c Monga, Sidharth (5 October 2009). "Wisden – ICC Champions Trophy, 2006–07". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  2. ^ Millar, Andrew (1 October 2009). "Ponting and Watson lead the rout". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  3. ^ Monga, Sidharth (3 October 2009). "Nerveless Vettori and Elliott lead New Zealand to final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  4. ^ a b "ICC Champions Trophy, 2009/10 – Final:ICC Champions Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  5. ^ "2009 ICC Champions Trophy Final". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
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