Australia v Namibia:: Score Card of ICC World cup 2002 preliminary round

ODI # 1970
ICC World Cup, 2002/03, 31st Match
Australia v Namibia, Pool A
North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom
27 February 2003 (50-over match)

AUSTRALIA

NAMIBIA

Result	Australia won by 256 runs
Points	Australia 4, Namibia 0
Toss	Australia
Umpires	BF Bowden (NZ) and RB Tiffin (Zim)
TV Umpire	NA Mallender (Eng)
Match Referee	GR Viswanath (Ind)
Man of the Match	GD McGrath

AUSTRALIA Innings (50 overs maximum)
Batsmen	Bowled	Run	Min	Ball	4	6
+AC Gilchrist	b van Rooi	13	23	22	2	0
ML Hayden	b LJ Burger	88	103	73	9	3
MG Bevan	c & b LJ Burger	17	61	42	1	0
A Symonds	run out (Swanepoel/van Schoor)	59	78	63	2	2
*RT Ponting	c DB Kotze b LJ Burger	2	7	9	0	0
DR Martyn	b BL Kotze	35	55	50	2	0
DS Lehmann	not out	50	30	31	5	3
GB Hogg	not out	19	27	14	3	0
B Lee
AJ Bichel
GD McGrath
Extras	(lb 8, w 6, nb 4)	18
Total	(6 wickets, 50 overs, 195 mins)	301
Fall of Wicket	1-26 (Gilchrist, 5.6 ov), 2-104 (Bevan, 19.6 ov), 3-140 (Hayden, 23.5 ov), 4-146 (Ponting, 25.5 ov), 5-230 (Symonds, 42.2 ov), 6-231 (Martyn, 42.5 ov).

Bowling	Over	Maiden	Run	Wicket
van Vuuren	10	0	92	0 (2nb, 1w)
van Rooi	6	0	24	1 (4w)
BL Kotze	10	0	62	1 (2nb, 1w)
LJ Burger	10	1	39	3
DB Kotze	10	0	54	0
AJ Burger	4	0	22	0

NAMIBIA Innings(target: 302 runs from 50 overs)
Batsmen	Bowled	Run	Min	Ball	4	6
AJ Burger	c Ponting b McGrath	4	2	4	1	0
SJ Swanepoel	c Ponting b Lee	2	15	8	0	0
M Karg	c Gilchrist b McGrath	4	21	14	0	0
D Keulder	c Gilchrist b McGrath	3	26	20	0	0
BG Murgatroyd	lbw b McGrath	0	8	3	0	0
*DB Kotze	c Gilchrist b McGrath	10	31	14	1	0
LJ Burger	c Gilchrist b McGrath	1	11	11	0	0
+M van Schoor	c Gilchrist b Bichel	6	18	10	1	0
BL Kotze	b McGrath	0	2	3	0	0
BO van Rooi	not out	0	9	1	0	0
RJ van Vuuren	c Gilchrist b Bichel	9	9	1	0	0
Extras	(lb 4, w 6, nb 5)	15
Total	(all out, 14 overs, 75 mins)	45
Fall of Wicket	1-5 (AJ Burger, 0.4 ov), 2-14 (Swanepoel, 3.2 ov), 3-16 (Karg, 4.6 ov), 4-17 (Murgatroyd, 6.3 ov), 5-28 (Keulder, 8.4 ov), 6-34 (LJ Burger, 10.5 ov), 7-45 (DB Kotze, 12.2 ov), 8-45 (BL Kotze, 12.5 ov), 9-45 (van Schoor, 13.5 ov), 10-45 (van Vuuren, 13.6 ov).

Bowling	Over	Maiden	Run	Wicket
McGrath	7	4	15	7 (2w)
Lee	6	1	26	1 (5nb)
Bichel	1	1	0	2

MATCH REPORT

4th (reserve) umpire: CJ Pickett (NL)
12th Men: JP Maher (Australia) and SF Burger (Namibia)
MG Bevan's 200th ODI
Australia 50 up after 7.6 overs, 35 minutes, 6 fours
53 Partnership for Hayden and Bevan in 65 balls, 42 minutes, 6 fours, 1 six
ML Hayden's highest score in World Cups (previous: 45* v India at Centurion, 2002/03)
ML Hayden 50 up after 54 balls, 78 mins, 5 fours, 1 six
Australia 100 after 18.6 overs, 81 minutes
A Symonds and DR Martyn's partnership of 84 runs set a new 5th wicket partnership record for this ground in ODIs (previous: 42 JN Rhodes and L Klusener, South Africa v Australia, 2001/02)
DS Lehmann and GB Hogg's partnership of 70* runs set a new 7th wicket partnership record for this ground in ODIs (previous: 30 Khaled Mashud and Khaled Mahmud, Bangladesh v South Africa, 2002/03)
LJ Burger's best bowling in ODIs (previous: 1/45 v Pakistan at Kimberley, 2002/03)
BO van Rooi's best bowling in ODIs (previous: 0/36 v India at Pietermaritzburg, 2002/03)
50 Partnership Symonds & Martyn, 34 minutes, 61 balls, 4 fours, 1 six
Symonds 50 in 71 minutes, 56 balls, 2 fours, 2 sixes
50 Partnership for Lehmann & Hogg in 25 minutes, 39 balls, 6 fours, 1 six
Australia 150 after 26.5 overs, 115 minutes, 13 fours, 3 sixes
Australia 200 after 37.2 overs, 150 minutes, 16 fours, 4 sixes
Australia 250 after 46 overs, 180 minutes, 19 fours, 5 sixes
Australia 300 after 50 overs, 195 minutes
With the wicket of LJ Burger, GD McGrath became the leading wicket taker for Australia in World Cups (previous: SK Warne 32 wickets)
GD McGrath's best bowling in World Cups (previous: 5/14 v West Indies at Manchester, 1999)
GD McGrath's best bowling in ODIs (previous: 5/14 v West Indies at Manchester, 1999)
GD McGrath's 7/15 is the best bowling by an Australian in World Cups (previous: 6/14 GJ Gilmour v England at Leeds, 1975)
GD McGrath's 7/15 is the best bowling in World Cups (previous: 7/51 WW Davis, West Indies v Australia at Leeds, 1983)
GD McGrath's 7/15 is the best bowling by an Australian in ODIs (previous: 6/14 GJ Gilmour v England at Leeds, 1975)
GD McGrath's 7/15 is the best bowling on this ground (previous: 4/16 L Klusener, South Africa v Kenya, 2002/03)
AC Gilchrist's 6 catches was the most catches/dismissals in a World Cup innings (previous: RD Jacobs, 5 (5c, 0st), West Indies v New Zealand at Southampton, 1999)
AC Gilchrist's 6 catches equalled the most catches/dismissals by an Australian in ODIs (AC Gilchrist, 6 (6c, 0st), v South Africa at Cape Town, 1999/00 and AC Gilchrist, 6 (5c, 1st), v England at Sydney, 2002/03)
Namibia's lowest completed total in ODIs (previous: 84 v Pakistan at Kimberley, 2002/03)
Lowest completed total against Australia in ODIs (previous: 63 by India at Sydney, 1980/81)
Lowest completed total against Australia in World Cups (previous: 93 by England at Leeds, 1975)
Lowest completed total on this ground in ODIs (previous: 122 by Netherlands v Australia, 2002/03)
Australia's win was their 11th consecutive victory equalling the record for most consecutive victories in ODIs (11 by West Indies 04/06/1984 to 02/02/1985)
The margin of victory was the largest in World Cups by runs (previous: 202 runs, England (334/4) beat India (132/3) at Lord's, 1975)
The margin of victory was the largest by Australia in ODIs by runs (previous: 232 runs, Australia (323/2) beat Sri Lanka (91) at Adelaide, 1984/85)
The margin of victory was the largest in ODIs by runs (previous: 245 runs, Sri Lanka (299/5) beat India (54) at Sharjah, 2000/01)

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