Match Centre
Scorecard Summary
AUSTRALIA 255/8 (50 OVERS)
- Adam Gilchrist45 (48)
- Simon Katich58 (78)
- Daniel Vettori4/33 (10)
- Muthiah Muralidaran2/41 (10)
ICC WORLD XI 162 (41.3 OVERS)
- Andrew Flintoff38 (52)
- Kumar Sangakkara64 (94)
- Glenn McGrath2/13 (7)
- Shane Watson3/43 (10)
Australia win by 93 runs 255 was never a good looking total against this packed World XI team but the bowlers did their job exceptionally well, everyone chipped it with wickets and in the end it was a fantastic victory for the Australians McGrath and Lee did the damage early , Bracken and Watson followed up well and one after the other the World XI batsmen were dismissed cheaply. Watson picked up three wickets, Lee and McGrath got two each, Symonds and Bracken chipped in with one each now for the presentaion Pollock - I though 255 was gettable, few soft dismissals turned it the other way, We got to put it together, haven't got too many days, I am looking forward to the next one. Ponting - `we played quite different today, we got out and played good cricket, full credit to the boys - wicket looked good and we wanted to put in a big total, 255 was always going to be a hard target, the boys bowled beautifully other than the few dropped catches i am happy with the way we played For the latest bulletin on today's play, features and other stories please visit www.cricinfo.com Do write in with any feedback at http://www.cricinfo.com/commentary.html Watson (Man of the Match) - Everything seems to be going on pretty well, and i am happy with how things worked out ' Australia have started off well, this series is still wide open with two more matches left to be played. That's all we have for you today - we hope you have enjoyed the coverage - thanks for being with us Until next time this is Sajan Nair signing off
DL Vettori c Ponting b Lee 15 (34m 28b 0x4 0x6) SR: 53.57
END OF OVER:41 | 11 Runs | World: 162/9 (94 runs required from 54 balls, RR: 3.95, RRR: 10.44)
- Shoaib Akhtar10 (5b)
- Daniel Vettori15 (25b)
- Andrew Symonds9-0-38-1
Lee is back
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