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Australia v South Africa
St Lucia
ICC World Cup - Semi Final

Australia beat South Africa by 7 wkts.


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Australia innings
Batsman     Runs Balls 4s 6s
AC Gilchrist   b Langeveldt 1 5 - -
ML Hayden c Smith b Pollock 41 60 4 -
RT Ponting   b Nel 22 25 5 -
MJ Clarke   not out 60 86 8 -
A Symonds   not out 18 16 3 -
Extras 0b 5lb 3w 3nb 11  
TOTAL: 3 wkts , 31.3 overs 153  
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (1 Gilchrist, 4 mins), 2-44 (43 Ponting, 36 mins), 3-110 (66 Hayden, 74 mins)
To bat: M E K Hussey, S R Watson, G B Hogg, S W Tait, G D McGrath, N W Bracken
Bowler O M R W
S M Pollock 5 1 16 1
C K Langeveldt 6 0 34 1
J H Kallis 5 1 20 0
A Nel 7 1 31 1
A J Hall 6.3 0 43 0
J M Kemp 2 0 4 0

South Africa innings
Batsman     Runs Balls 4s 6s
GC Smith   b Bracken 2 5 - -
AB de Villiers c Gilchrist b Tait 15 34 3 -
JH Kallis   b McGrath 5 9 1 -
HH Gibbs c Gilchrist b Tait 39 49 6 -
AG Prince c Gilchrist b McGrath 0 2 - -
MV Boucher c Hayden b McGrath 0 1 - -
JM Kemp   not out 49 92 4 1
AJ Hall c Gilchrist b Tait 3 7 - -
SM Pollock c & b Hogg 5 13 1 -
A Nel c Clarke b Tait 8 41 1 -
CK Langeveldt   b Watson 6 10 1 -
Extras 0b 4lb 13w 0nb 17  
TOTAL: all out , 43.5 overs 149  
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (7 Smith, 9 mins), 2-12 (5 Kallis, 11 mins), 3-26 (14 de Villiers, 17 mins), 4-27 (1 Prince, 3 mins), 5-27 (0 Boucher, - mins), 6-87 (60 Gibbs, 54 mins), 7-93 (6 Hall, 12 mins), 8-103 (10 Pollock, 14 mins), 9-130 (27 Nel, 42 mins), 10-149 (19 Langeveldt, 16 mins)
Bowler O M R W
N W Bracken 7 2 15 1
G D McGrath 8 1 18 3
S W Tait 10 0 39 4
S R Watson 8.5 0 49 1
G B Hogg 10 2 24 1

South Africa won the toss and decided to bat

Umpires: S A Bucknor, Aleem Dar
Australia:
A C Gilchrist (wkt) , M L Hayden , R T Ponting (capt) , M J Clarke , A Symonds , M E K Hussey , S R Watson , G B Hogg , S W Tait , G D McGrath , N W Bracken
South Africa:
G C Smith (capt) , A B de Villiers , J H Kallis , H H Gibbs , A G Prince , M V Boucher (wkt) , J M Kemp , S M Pollock , A J Hall , A Nel , C K Langeveldt


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