2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs Netherlands

March 18, 2007

Australia beat the Netherlands by 229 runs in Group A in the World Cup at Warner Park, Basseterre, Saint Kitts.

Toss: Australia won, and elected to bat first.

Fall of wickets: 1-73 (Hayden, 11.5 ov), 2-116 (Gilchrist, 19.4 ov), 3-116 (Ponting, 20.1 ov), 4-320 (Hodge, 47.3 ov), 5-325 (Hussey, 48.4 ov)

Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Reekers, 6.3 ov), 2-36 (Kervezee, 6.5 ov), 3-38 (ten Doeschate, 7.5 ov), 4-40 (van Troost, 9.2 ov), 5-46 (Zuiderent, 10.6 ov), 6-87 (de Leede, 18.4 ov), 7-97 (van Bunge, 19.4 ov), 8-106 (Smits, 22.3 ov), 9-129 (Borren, 26.3 ov), 10-129 (Jonkman, 26.5 ov)

Australia: A C Gilchrist (wkt), M L Hayden, R T Ponting (capt), M J Clarke, B J Hodge, M E K Hussey, S R Watson, G B Hogg, N W Bracken,S W Tait, G D McGrath Netherlands: B Zuiderent, D J Reekers, A N Kervezee, R N ten Doeschate, L P van Troost (capt), D L S van Bunge, T B M de Leede, M B S Jonkman, P W Borren, J Smits (wkt), Adeel Raja

Player of the match: B J Hodge (Australia)

Umpires: S A Bucknor and A L Hill (New Zealand) TV umpire: E A R de Silva (Sri Lanka) Match referee: J Srinath (India) Reserve umpire: M R Benson (England)