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| Australia continued their ominous form to beat New Zealand by 215 runs in the final Super 8 match for both teams.
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| JAMAICA
, 21-April-2007
1:55:55 AM |
| World Cup Super 8, Grenada: Australia 348-6 beat New Zealand 133 all out by 215 runs
Matthew Hayden's 103 made him the third batsman to hit three centuries in a single World Cup as the Aussies won the toss and hit 348-6 in Grenada.
Hayden also went up to 580 runs for the tournament, just 93 runs behind Sachin Tendulkar's 2003 World Cup record.
Brad Hogg's 4-29 saw the Kiwis bowled out for 133 in the 26th over, with Peter Fulton last man out for 62.
There was no obvious need for either team to win the match.
It was already clear before the contest began that Australia would play South Africa in the St Lucia semi-final, with New Zealand facing Sri Lanka in Jamaica.
But Australia had a score to settle after being humbled 3-0 in a one-day series in New Zealand in February.
And they also wanted to keep their unbeaten run in World Cups, stretching back to the middle stages of the 1999 tournament.
Their life was made considerably easier by the absence of New Zealand speedster Shane Bond, who was ruled out of the match with a stomach virus.
Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat first in the final contest of the tournament in Grenada.
The seventh ball of the innings ballooned off Adam Gilchrist's bat to third man, but progress was smooth thereafter.
Hayden and Ponting (66) put on 137 off 131 balls, forcing the second powerplay to be delayed until the 24th over - when the Aussie skipper was caught at mid-wicket off Jeetan Patel.
Michael Clarke plundered three off-side boundaries off a Mark Gillespie over before Hayden cut loose in similar fashion off Daniel Vettori.
Finally, Hayden was caught and bowled by Scott Styris, Clarke (49) was bowled by a James Franklin delivery and Patel grabbed a second wicket from the first ball of the 41st over when he had Andrew Symonds caught at long-off.
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