Knockout stage
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| 24 April - Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica |
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| 2  Sri Lanka | 289/5 | |
| 3  New Zealand | 208 | |
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| 28 April - Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados |
| | | Sri Lanka | 215/8 |
| |  Australia | 281/4 |
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| 25 April - Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia |
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| 1 Australia | 153/3 |
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| 4  South Africa | 149 | |
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Semi-finals
24 April 2007
09:30
(scorecard) | Sri Lanka
289/5 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand
208 all out (41.4 overs) | Sri Lanka won by 81 runs
Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica, Att:19,231
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen and Simon Taufel
Player of the match: Mahela Jayawardene |
Mahela Jayawardene 115* (109)
James Franklin 2/46 (9 overs) |
| Peter Fulton 46 (77)
Muttiah Muralitharan 4/31 (8 overs) |
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25 April 2007
09:30
(scorecard) | South Africa
149 all out (43.5 overs) | v | Australia
153/3 (31.3 overs) | Australia won by 7 wickets
Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia, Att: 13,875
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Steve Bucknor
Player of the match: Glenn McGrath |
Justin Kemp 49* (91)
Shaun Tait 4/39 (10 overs) |
| Michael Clarke 60* (86)
Shaun Pollock 1/16 (5 overs) |
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Final
28 April 2007
12:15
(scorecard) | Australia
281/4 (38 overs) | v | Sri Lanka
215/8 (36 overs) | Australia won by 53 runs (DL)
Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados, Att: 28,108
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Aleem Dar
Player of the match: Adam Gilchrist |
Adam Gilchrist 149 (104)
Lasith Malinga 2/49 (8 overs) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya 63 (67)
Michael Clarke 2/30 (4 overs) |
- Rain before play reduced the game to 38 overs per side. Sri Lanka's innings interrupted by rain and reduced to 36 overs.
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Final of 2007 Cricket World Cup between Sri Lanka and Australia
This 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.
[19] 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 played an incredible innings of 149 - the highest for any batsman in a World Cup final - to give Australia an imposing total going in at to break.
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A large crowd of over 10,000 fans welcome the Australian team on completing the first World Cup hat-trick - Martin Place, Sydney.
While Sri Lankan batsmen Kumar Sangakkara and Sanath Jayasuriya were adding 116 for the second wicket, the contest was alive, but after the pair got out, Sri Lanka's chances slowly washed away.
[20] 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, Mahela Jayawardene agreed there was no need to return the following day, and instructed his team to resume batting, with Ricky Ponting agreeing to play only spinners. Umpires later apologized for their error, and that the match should have ended then with Australia winning by 37 runs.
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 DL method, as Sri Lanka had batted 2 overs fewer than Australia.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting
Australia won the tournament undefeated, concluding a streak of 29 World Cup games without a loss.
[23] Australian bowler Glenn McGrath was named 'Player of the Series'.
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