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Match Overview

Commentary

A Nehra* 8 (4)	India 234 - 10
McGrath* 8.2 - 0 - 52 - 3	Australia 39.2 (overs)	Lee 7 - 1 - 31 - 2
Current Run Rate: 4.68
Australia Score: 359 - 2 /50 Overs Run Rate: Target: 360 in 50.0 overs Runs Required: - Overs Remaining: - Required Run Rate: - Result: Australia won by 125 runs Man of the Match: RT Ponting

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Graphs

Last Wicket: 234 / 10 - Z Khan 4 (8)

Australia won by 125 runs

       ICC boss Malcolm Grey pays compliments to South Africa for so well
        organising this Cup
       Congratulates Ponting and his team and Ganguly and his team
       Various other congrats to officials and their awards
       Indian players come up for their medals
       USD 800,000 to the losing teams and Ganguly says he is disappointed
        but Australia did well
       Congratulates his team and says they got us here and made us proud
        and also thanks his supporters
       Man of the Match Ricky Ponting
       Says everything went well and batsmen did the job
       Man of the Tournament is Sachin Tendulkar
       Sachin says we did not start well and pressure was on the bowlers
        but have bowled well for the tournament
       Aus team gets the medals
       Holding first says 2000 and on Pontings query, corrects to USD 2
        million, and goes and lifts the World Cup!

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Australia	India
Team Page	Team Page

4th (reserve) umpire: BF Bowden (NZ)
12th Men: IJ Harvey (Australia) and AB Agarkar (India)
Australia 50 in 35 mins off 49 balls, 6x4
50 partnership in 35 mins off 49 balls, Gilchrist 28, Hayden 9, Extras 13)
Gilchrist 50 runs in 61 mins off 40 balls, 7x4, 1x6
Australia 100 in 65 mins off 92 balls, 13x4, 1x6
100 Partnership in 65 mins off 92 balls, 13x4, 1x6, Gilchrist 55, Hayden 31, extras 17
Australia 150 in 110 mins off 157 balls, 16x4, 1x6
50 Partnership in 29 mins off 52 balls, 4x4, Ponting 23, Martyn 25, extras 2
DR Martyn's highest score against India in ODIs (previous: 30 at Sharjah, 1997/98 & at Melbourne, 1999/00)
Australia 200 in 138 mins off 211 balls, 19x4, 1x6
Martyn 50 runs in 53 mins off 46 balls, 6x4
100 Partnership in 59 mins off 109 balls, 7x4, Ponting 39, Martyn 56, extras 5
RT Ponting and DR Martyn's partnership set a new 3rd wicket partnership record for this ground in ODIs (previous: 106 runs, WJ Cronje & JN Rhodes, South Africa v Australia, 1993/94)
Ponting 50 runs in 68 mins off 74 balls, 1x4
Australia 250 in 162 mins off 256 balls, 21x4, 3x6
RT Ponting and DR Martyn's partnership set a new 3rd wicket partnership record for Australia against India in ODIs (previous: 137 runs, DM Jones & AR Border at Adelaide, 1991/92)
150 Partnership in 80 mins off 141 balls, 8x4, 4x6, Ponting 75, Martyn 68, extras 7
DR Martyn's highest score in World Cups (previous: 67* v Netherlands at Potchefstroom, 2002/03)
Ponting 100 runs in 119 mins off 103 balls, 2x4, 5x6
Australia 300 in 187 mins off 292 balls, 22x4, 6x6
Australia's total set a new team total record for this ground in ODIs (previous: 310/8 Australia v Pakistan, 2002/03)
RT Ponting and DR Martyn's partnership set a new partnership record for any wicket at this ground in ODIs (previous: 193 runs, 1st wkt, SC Ganguly & SR Tendulkar, India v South Africa, 2001/02)
200 Partnership in 102 mins off 173 balls, 9x4, 7x6, Ponting 105, Martyn 86, extras 9
RT Ponting's highest score in World Cups (previous: 114 v Sri Lanka at Centurion, 2002/03)

RT Ponting's highest score against India in ODIs (previous: 115 at Melbourne, 1999/00)
Australia's total set a new record for Australia in World Cups (previous: 328/5 v Sri Lanka at The Oval, 1975)
Australia's total set a new record for Australia against India in ODIs (previous: 338/4 at Visakhapatnam, 2000/01)
Australia 350 in 204 mins off 318 balls, 23x4, 10x6
Australia's total set a new record for Australia in ODIs (previous: 349/6 v New Zealand at Christchurch, 1999/00)
Australia's total set a new record for any side against India (previous: 349/9 by New Zealand at Rajkot, 1999/00)
RT Ponting's score was the highest score in a World Cup final (previous: 138*, CH Lloyd, West Indies v England at Lord's, 1975)
RT Ponting's score was the highest score by an Australian against India in ODIs (previous: 133*, ME Waugh at Poona, 2000/01)
RT Ponting became the leading run scorer in World Cup finals with 209 runs (previous: 176 runs, IVA Richards)
RT Ponting's 8 sixes were the most by any batsman in a World Cup innings (previous: 7 sixes, IVA Richards, West Indies v Sri Lanka at Karachi, 1987/88 & SC Ganguly, India v Sri Lanka at Taunton, 1999)
RT Ponting and DR Martyn's partnership set a new partnership record for any wicket by Australia in ODIs (previous: 225 runs, 2nd wkt, AC Gilchrist and RT Ponting, v England at Melbourne, 20002/03)
RT Ponting and DR Martyn's partnership set a new 3rd wicket partnership record for Australia in ODIs (previous: 224*, DM Jones and AR Border, v Sri Lanka at Adelaide, 1984/85)
RT Ponting and DR Martyn's partnership set a new partnership record for any wicket by Australia in World Cups (previous: 207, 3rd wkt, ME Waugh & SR Waugh, v Kenya at Visakhapatnam, 1995/96)
RT Ponting and DR Martyn's partnership set a new partnership record for any wicket in a World Cup final (previous: 149 runs, 4th wkt, RB Kanhai and CH Lloyd, West India v Australia at Lord's, 1975)
The 37 extras conceded by India were the most given away by a team in a World Cup final (previous: 32 extras, England v Pakistan at Melbourne, 1991/92)
India 50 in 38 mins off 52 balls, 6x4, 2x6
50 Partnership in 35 mins off 48 balls, 8x4, 2x6, Sehwag 22, Ganguly 24, extras 4
Sehwag 50 in 72 mins off 50 balls, 7x4, 2x6
India 100 in 77 mins off 106 balls, 7x4, 2x6
Rain stopped play at 15.35 local time, 103/3 off 17 overs
Play resumed at 16.00, no overs were lost
Attendance: 31,779
50 Partnership in 30 minutes off 48 balls, 5x4, 1x6, Sehwag 34, Dravid 13, extras 3
India 150 in 111 mins off 157 balls, 15x4, 4x6
India 200 in 147 mins off 212 balls, 19x4, 4x6