2007 ICC World Twenty20: Australia vs Bangladesh
{{date|September 16, 2007}}

[[w:Australia national cricket team|Australia]] defeated [[w:Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]] by nine wickets in the Super 8 stage of the [[w:2007 ICC World Twenty20|2007 ICC World Twenty20]] at [[w:Newlands Cricket Ground|Newlands Cricket Ground]], [[w:Cape Town|Cape Town]], [[South Africa]].

Bangladesh were restricted to just 123 [[w:run (cricket)|runs]] from their 20 [[w:over (cricket)|overs]]. Having reached 40 runs in the seventh over, Bangladesh lost opening batsman Nazimuddin, [[w:caught|caught]] by Ricky Ponting for 11. Ponting also caught Tamim Iqbal, who was Bangladesh's top scorer with 32 runs off 40 balls. Brett Lee took the first [[w:Hat trick#Cricket|hat trick]] in Twenty20 internationals, first dismissing Shakib al Hasan, then [[w:bowled|bowling]] Mashrafe Mortaza and trapping Alok Kapali [[w:leg before wicket|lbw]]. Nathan Bracken took two wickets in two balls in the final over, including that of Aftab Ahmed for 31 runs.

Australia cruised to 124 runs from 13.5 overs, with Matthew Hayden hitting 73 runs off 48 balls. Just one wicket fell during the Australian [[w:innings|innings]], when Adam Gilchrist was [[w:run out|run out]] for 43. 

'''Toss:''' Australia won, and chose to field first.

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'''Fall of wickets:''' 1-40 (Nazimuddin, 6.6 ov), 2-65 (Tamim Iqbal, 10.5 ov), 3-82 (Mohammad Ashraful, 13.1 ov), 4-108 (Shakib Al Hasan, 16.3 ov), 5-108 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 16.4 ov), 6-108 (Alok Kapali, 16.5 ov), 7-120 (Aftab Ahmed, 19.3 ov), 8-120 (Farhad Reza, 19.4 ov)

'''Did not bat:''' Syed Rasel

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'''Fall of wickets:''' 1-104 (Gilchrist, 11.3 ov)

'''Did not bat:''' A Symonds, M E K Hussey, B J Hodge, M J Clarke, B Lee, M G Johnson, N W Bracken, S R Clark

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'''Australia:''' [[w:Adam Gilchrist|A C Gilchrist]] (wkt), [[w:Matthew Hayden|M L Hayden]], [[w:Ricky Ponting|R T Ponting]] (capt), [[w:Andrew Symonds|A Symonds]], [[w:Michael Hussey|M E K Hussey]], [[w:Brad Hodge|B J Hodge]], [[w:Michael Clarke (cricketer)|M J Clarke]], [[w:Brett Lee|B Lee]], [[w:Mitchell Johnson (cricketer)|M G Johnson]], [[w:Nathan Bracken|N W Bracken]], [[w:Stuart Clark|S R Clark]]

'''Bangladesh:'''[[w:Tamim Iqbal|Tamim Iqbal]], [[w:Nazimuddin|Nazimuddin]], [[w:Aftab Ahmed|Aftab Ahmed]], [[w:Mohammad Ashraful|Mohammad Ashraful]] (capt), [[w:Shakib Al Hasan|Shakib Al Hasan]], [[w:Alok Kapali|Alok Kapali]], [[w:Farhad Reza|Farhad Reza]], [[w:Mushfiqur Rahim|Mushfiqur Rahim]] (wkt), [[w:Mashrafe Mortaza|Mashrafe Mortaza]], [[w:Syed Rasel|Syed Rasel]], [[w:Abdur Razzak (cricketer)|Abdur Razzak]]

'''Man of the Match:''' [[w:Brett Lee|B Lee]] (Australia)<br>
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'''Umpires:''' [[w:Asad Rauf|Asad Rauf]] (Pakistan) and [[w:Ian Howell|I L Howell]] (South Africa)<br>
'''TV Umpire:''' [[w:Tony Hill (umpire)|A L Hill]] (New Zealand)<br>
'''Match Referee:''' [[w:Ranjan Madugalle|R S Madugalle]] (Sri Lanka)<br>
'''Reserve Umpire:''' M Erasmus (South Africa)

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==Sources==
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*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/6997056.stm|title=Australia v Bangladesh|author=|pub=BBC Sport|date=September 16, 2007}}

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Australia defeated Bangladesh by nine wickets in the Super 8 stage of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa.

Bangladesh were restricted to just 123 runs from their 20 overs. Having reached 40 runs in the seventh over, Bangladesh lost opening batsman Nazimuddin, caught by Ricky Ponting for 11. Ponting also caught Tamim Iqbal, who was Bangladesh's top scorer with 32 runs off 40 balls. Brett Lee took the first hat trick in Twenty20 internationals, first dismissing Shakib al Hasan, then bowling Mashrafe Mortaza and trapping Alok Kapali lbw. Nathan Bracken took two wickets in two balls in the final over, including that of Aftab Ahmed for 31 runs.

Australia cruised to 124 runs from 13.5 overs, with Matthew Hayden hitting 73 runs off 48 balls. Just one wicket fell during the Australian innings, when Adam Gilchrist was run out for 43. 

'Toss:' Australia won, and chose to field first.


'Fall of wickets:' 1-40 (Nazimuddin, 6.6 ov), 2-65 (Tamim Iqbal, 10.5 ov), 3-82 (Mohammad Ashraful, 13.1 ov), 4-108 (Shakib Al Hasan, 16.3 ov), 5-108 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 16.4 ov), 6-108 (Alok Kapali, 16.5 ov), 7-120 (Aftab Ahmed, 19.3 ov), 8-120 (Farhad Reza, 19.4 ov)

'Did not bat:' Syed Rasel


'Fall of wickets:' 1-104 (Gilchrist, 11.3 ov)

'Did not bat:' A Symonds, M E K Hussey, B J Hodge, M J Clarke, B Lee, M G Johnson, N W Bracken, S R Clark

'Australia:' A C Gilchrist (wkt), M L Hayden, R T Ponting (capt), A Symonds, M E K Hussey, B J Hodge, M J Clarke, B Lee, M G Johnson, N W Bracken, S R Clark

'Bangladesh:'Tamim Iqbal, Nazimuddin, Aftab Ahmed, Mohammad Ashraful (capt), Shakib Al Hasan, Alok Kapali, Farhad Reza, Mushfiqur Rahim (wkt), Mashrafe Mortaza, Syed Rasel, Abdur Razzak

'Man of the Match:' B Lee (Australia)

'Umpires:' Asad Rauf (Pakistan) and I L Howell (South Africa)
'TV Umpire:' A L Hill (New Zealand)
'Match Referee:' R S Madugalle (Sri Lanka)
'Reserve Umpire:' M Erasmus (South Africa)
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