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.
Event | 2009 ICC Champions Trophy | ||||||
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Australia won by 6 wickets | |||||||
Date | 5 October 2009 | ||||||
Venue | SuperSport Park, Centurion | ||||||
Player of the match | Shane Watson (Aus) | ||||||
Umpires | Aleem Dar (Pak) and Ian Gould (Eng) | ||||||
Attendance | 22,456 | ||||||
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Road to the Final
editAustralia
editAustralia 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
editAfter 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
editMatch officials
edit- On-field umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Ian Gould (Eng)
- TV umpire: Asad Rauf (Pak)
- Reserve umpire: Billy Bowden (NZ)
- Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (SL)
Summary
editThe 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]
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
Scorecard
editSource:[5]
New Zealand batting | |||||||
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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 | |||||||
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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 | |||||||
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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 | |||||||
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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
edit- ^ a b c Monga, Sidharth (5 October 2009). "Wisden – ICC Champions Trophy, 2006–07". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ Millar, Andrew (1 October 2009). "Ponting and Watson lead the rout". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ Monga, Sidharth (3 October 2009). "Nerveless Vettori and Elliott lead New Zealand to final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ a b "ICC Champions Trophy, 2009/10 – Final:ICC Champions Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ^ "2009 ICC Champions Trophy Final". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2009.