Story World Cup 2007 - Australia

[crowsboy]

HILFENHAUS CLAIMS 2 WICKETS IN 1 OVER

Australias Ben Hilfenhaus has finished a brilliant 10 overs with 2 wickets in his last over. The first one he trapped van Troost LBW with a slower ball the van Troost didn't pick. The next wicket was Smits where it was a faster ball which had alot of outswing and the smits nicked to Gilchrist. Both of them were out for a duck

Netherlands 8/143 off 31 overs
Zuiderent C Hussey B Cullen 52
Szwarczynski B Lee 0
ten Doeschate LBW Johnson 14
van Bunge C and B Johnson 7
Kervezee C Gilchrist B Hilfenhaus 18
de Leede B Cullen 25
Borren NOT OUT 20*
van troost LBW Hiflenhaus 0
Smits C Gilchrist B Hiflenhaus 0
Jonkman NOT OUT 0*

Extras 7

Brett Lee 6-26-1
Mitchell Johnson 6-33-2
Cullen 9-40-1
Hilfenhaus 10-44-3
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[crowsboy]

LEE FINISHES NETHERLANDS OFF

Australias Brett Lee has finished off the lower order with 2 wickets in an over. Netherlands did better in the last 5 overs but were never looking to challenge Australia. Australia's first real challenge will be in there next game aginst South Africa

Netherlands 173 off 36 overs
Zuiderent C Hussey B Cullen 52
Szwarczynski B Lee 0
ten Doeschate LBW Johnson 14
van Bunge C and B Johnson 7
Kervezee C Gilchrist B Hilfenhaus 18
de Leede B Cullen 25
Borren B Lee 40
van troost LBW Hiflenhaus 0
Smits C Gilchrist B Hiflenhaus 0
Jonkman C Gilchrist B Lee 7*
Mohammad Kashif NOT OUT 0*

Extras 10

Brett Lee 8-38-3
Mitchell Johnson 9-46-2
Cullen 9-45-1
Hilfenhaus 10-44-3
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[crowsboy]

Australia 3/290
Netherlands 173
Australia win by 117 runs

 

[crowsboy]

Game 11 - Group C - Canada v England

Canada 203
England 5/206

England won by 5 wickets

Game 12 - Group B - Bermuda v India

India 7/246
Bermuda 122

India won by 124 runs

Game 13 - Group D -West Indies v Zimbabwe

Zimbawe 7/223
Bermuda 3/225

West Indies won by 7 wickets

Game 14 - Group A - Scotland v South Africa

South Africa 306
Scotland 189

South Africa won by 159

Game 15 - Group C - Kenya v New Zealand

Kenya 183
New Zealand 2/184

New Zealand won by 8 wickets

Game 16 - Group B - Bangladesh v Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka 5/278
Bangledesh 5/224

Sri Lanka won by 54 runs

Game 17 - Group D - Pakistan v Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe 226
Pakistan 7/228

Pakistan won by 3 wickets

Game 18 - Group A - Netherlands v Scotland

Netherlands 4/189
Pakistan 156

Netherlands won by 33 runs

Game 19 - Group C - Canada v New Zealand

New Zealaand 8/297
Canada 213

New Zealand won by 84 runs

Game 20 - Group B - India v Sri Lanka

India 7/224
Sri Lanka 4/227

Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets

Game 21 - Group D - Ireland v West Indies

West Indies 257
Ireland 117

West Indies won by 140 runs

 

[aussie1st]

Woohoo go Hilfy, what a star!

 

[surendar]

Great Win by Australia! But India lost against Lankans Kiwis n Windies looking good in this series!

 

[crowsboy]

TABLES

Group A (Played-Won-Lost-Points)
Australia 2-2-0-8
South Africa 2-2-0-8
Netherlands 3-1-2-4
Scotland 3-0-3-0

Group B (Played-Won-Lost-Points)

Sri Lanka 3-3-0-12
India 3-2-1-8
Bangladesh 2-0-2-0
Bermuda 2-0-2-0

Group C (Played-Won-Lost-Points)
England 2-2-0-8
New Zealand 3-2-1-8
Canada 3-1-2-4
Kenya 2-0-2-0

Group D (Played-Won-Lost-Points)
Pakistan 3-3-0-12
West Indies 3-2-1-8
Zimbabwe 3-1-2-4
Irealnd 3-0-3-0

 

[crowsboy]

AUSTRALIA

Hayden
Gilchrist
Ponting
Clarke
Hussey
Voges
Symonds
Lee
Hilfenhaus
Johnson
Cullen

SOUTH AFRICA

Smith
Dippenaar
Gibbs
de Villiers
Boucher
Kemp
Pollock
Peterson
Hall
Ntini
Nel​

 

[Roofrom50]

Hilfenhaus and Johnson are carving up their opponents, good work Crowsboy :happy I have just started to read this story, going well

 

[plympilgrim]

great work crowsboy, hilfy and johnson and brett bowled well, you should still beat those saffers

 

[Left_Hander]

Australia are certain qualifiers now. Good luck against South Africa!

 

[mattfb]

Super win for the Aussies, finally we are getting a challenge now with South Africa

 

[sami007]

well it looks lke this is a dead rubber as both have qualified for the next stage. only thing that matters is who gets to carry the pts to the next round!

 

[aussie1st]

We were alwayts going to qualify with our group now for our big game

 

[crowsboy]

SOUTH AFRICA WIN THE TOSS AND ELECT TO BAT