2007 Twenty20 World Championship: England vs Australia
{{date|September 14, 2007}}

[[w:Australia national cricket team|Australia]] have beaten [[w:England cricket team|England]] by eight wickets in Group B of the [[w:2007 Twenty20 World Championship|2007 Twenty20 World Championship]] at [[w:Newlands Cricket Ground|Newlands Cricket Ground]], [[w:Cape Town|Cape Town]], [[South Africa]].

England posted a total of 135 [[w:run (cricket)|runs]] after being restricted by some good Australian bowling. Reduced to 48-3 in the eighth [[w:over (cricket)|over]], Kevin Pietersen made 21 runs before being [[w:bowled|bowled]] by Nathan Bracken. Paul Collingwood fell [[w:leg before wicket|lbw]] to Brett Lee for 18 while Andrew Flintoff was [[w:caught|caught]] by Stuart Clark on 31, leaving England on 127-6. England collapsed to 135 [[w:all out|all out]] at the end of their 20 overs, after losing their last four wickets for just nine runs.

Australia comfortably won the match in the fifteenth over. Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden shared an opening [[w:partnership (cricket)|partnership]] of 78 runs before Gilchrist was caught by Andrew Flintoff. Ricky Ponting was caught and bowled by Flintoff for 20 runs, but Hayden scored 67 not out as Australia cruised to an eight wicket victory.

Both England and Australia will advance to the Super 8 stage of the tournament. All three teams in the group have two points with one win and one defeat each, but Australia and England progress as Zimbabwe have an inferior [[w:Net run rate|net run rate]].

'''Toss:''' England won, and chose to bat first.

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'''Fall of wickets:''' 1-29 (Prior, 4.5 ov), 2-37 (Wright, 6.4 ov), 3-48 (Maddy, 7.3 ov), 4-73 (Collingwood, 10.3 ov), 5-97 (Pietersen, 13.1 ov), 6-127 (Flintoff, 16.6 ov), 7-128 (Shah, 17.4 ov), 8-132 (Schofield, 18.5 ov), 9-132 (Mascarenhas, 18.6 ov), 10-135 (Broad, 19.6 ov)

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{{Cricket match box end}}

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'''Fall of wickets:''' 1-78 (Gilchrist, 8.2 ov), 2-120 (Ponting, 13.3 ov)

'''Did not bat:''' 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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{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[w:Chris Schofield|C P Schofield]]|overs=3.5|maiden=0|runs=31|wickets=1|econ=8.08}}
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'''England:''' [[w:Darren Maddy|D L Maddy]], [[w:Matthew Prior (cricketer)|M J Prior]] (wkt), [[w:Luke Wright (cricketer)|L J Wright]], [[w:Kevin Pietersen|K P Pietersen]], [[w:Paul Collingwood|P D Collingwood]] (capt), [[w:Andrew Flintoff|A Flintoff]], [[w:Owais Shah|O A Shah]], [[w:Dimitri Mascarenhas|A D Mascarenhas]],  [[w:Chris Schofield|C P Schofield]], [[w:Stuart Broad|S C J Broad]], [[w:James Kirtley|R J Kirtley]]

'''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]]

'''Man of the Match:''' [[w:Nathan Bracken|N W Bracken]] (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==
*{{source|url=http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/twenty20wc/engine/current/match/287861.html|title=ICC World Twenty20 9th Match, Group B: Australia v England at Cape Town|author=|pub=Cricinfo|date=September 14, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/6994093.stm|title=England v Australia|author=|pub=BBC Sport|date=September 14, 2007}}

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Australia have beaten England by eight wickets in Group B of the 2007 Twenty20 World Championship at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, South Africa.

England posted a total of 135 runs after being restricted by some good Australian bowling. Reduced to 48-3 in the eighth over, Kevin Pietersen made 21 runs before being bowled by Nathan Bracken. Paul Collingwood fell lbw to Brett Lee for 18 while Andrew Flintoff was caught by Stuart Clark on 31, leaving England on 127-6. England collapsed to 135 all out at the end of their 20 overs, after losing their last four wickets for just nine runs.

Australia comfortably won the match in the fifteenth over. Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden shared an opening partnership of 78 runs before Gilchrist was caught by Andrew Flintoff. Ricky Ponting was caught and bowled by Flintoff for 20 runs, but Hayden scored 67 not out as Australia cruised to an eight wicket victory.

Both England and Australia will advance to the Super 8 stage of the tournament. All three teams in the group have two points with one win and one defeat each, but Australia and England progress as Zimbabwe have an inferior net run rate.

'Toss:' England won, and chose to bat first.

'Fall of wickets:' 1-29 (Prior, 4.5 ov), 2-37 (Wright, 6.4 ov), 3-48 (Maddy, 7.3 ov), 4-73 (Collingwood, 10.3 ov), 5-97 (Pietersen, 13.1 ov), 6-127 (Flintoff, 16.6 ov), 7-128 (Shah, 17.4 ov), 8-132 (Schofield, 18.5 ov), 9-132 (Mascarenhas, 18.6 ov), 10-135 (Broad, 19.6 ov)

'Fall of wickets:' 1-78 (Gilchrist, 8.2 ov), 2-120 (Ponting, 13.3 ov)

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


'England:' D L Maddy, M J Prior (wkt), L J Wright, K P Pietersen, P D Collingwood (capt), A Flintoff, O A Shah, A D Mascarenhas,  C P Schofield, S C J Broad, R J Kirtley

'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

'Man of the Match:' N W Bracken (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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