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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)

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)                            R   M   B  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
Extras                (lb 8, w 6, nb 4)                        18
Total                 (6 wickets, 50 overs, 195 mins)         301

DNB: B Lee, AJ Bichel, GD McGrath.

FoW: 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                      O      M      R      W
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)                R   M   B  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               0   9   1  0 0
Extras                (lb 4, w 6, nb 5)                        15
Total                 (all out, 14 overs, 75 mins)             45

FoW: 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                      O      M      R      W
McGrath                      7      4     15      7 (2w)
Lee                          6      1     26      1 (5nb)
Bichel                       1      1      0      2

  • 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
  • DS Lehmann's 28 runs (444646) off the 50th over was the most runs off an over in World Cups (previous: BC Lara 26 runs (46466x), West Indies v Canada at Centurion, 2002/03)
  • DS Lehmann's 28 runs (444646) off the 50th over was the most runs off an over by an Australian in ODIs (previous: DS Lehmann /B Lee 27 runs (164646) v South Africa at Perth, 2001/02)

  • 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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Team Pages: Australia, Namibia.

Ground Page: North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom

Australia Player Pages: AC Gilchrist, ML Hayden, MG Bevan, A Symonds, RT Ponting, DR Martyn, DS Lehmann, GB Hogg, B Lee, AJ Bichel, GD McGrath.

Namibia Player Pages: AJ Burger, SJ Swanepoel, M Karg, D Keulder, BG Murgatroyd, DB Kotze, LJ Burger, M van Schoor, BL Kotze, BO van Rooi, RJ van Vuuren.

Match Officials' Pages: BF Bowden, RB Tiffin, NA Mallender, GR Viswanath.

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