Australia v Namibia — Scorecard

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Australia

301/6

Namibia

45/10

Australia won by 256 runs

ICC World Cup · Match 31 · 27 February 2003 · North West Cricket Stadium, Potchefstroom, Potchefstroom

Innings 1

Australia

301/6

50.0 overs

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AC Gilchrist	b BO van Rooi	13	22	2	0	59.1
ML Hayden	b LJ Burger	88	73	9	3	120.5
MG Bevan	c & b LJ Burger	17	42	1	0	40.5
A Symonds	run out (SJ Swanepoel, M van Schoor)	59	63	2	2	93.7
RT Ponting	c DB Kotze b LJ Burger	2	9	0	0	22.2
DR Martyn	b BL Kotze	35	50	2	0	70.0
DS Lehmann	not out	50	31	5	3	161.3
GB Hogg	not out	19	14	3	0	135.7
Extras (b 0, lb 8, w 6, nb 4, p 0)		18
Total		301/6 (50.0 ov)

Fall of wickets: 26-1 (AC Gilchrist, 6.0) · 104-2 (MG Bevan, 20.0) · 140-3 (ML Hayden, 23.5) · 146-4 (RT Ponting, 25.5) · 230-5 (A Symonds, 42.2) · 231-6 (DR Martyn, 42.5)

Partnerships

1stAC Gilchrist & ML Hayden26 (36) · RR 4.33
2ndMG Bevan & ML Hayden78 (84) · RR 5.57
3rdA Symonds & ML Hayden36 (23) · RR 9.39
4thA Symonds & RT Ponting6 (12) · RR 3.00
5thA Symonds & DR Martyn84 (99) · RR 5.09
6thDS Lehmann & DR Martyn1 (3) · RR 2.00
7thDS Lehmann & GB HoggNB70 (43) · RR 9.77

Boundary Breakdown

ML Hayden88 · 61% bdy
A Symonds59 · 34% bdy
DS Lehmann50 · 76% bdy
DR Martyn35 · 23% bdy
GB Hogg19 · 63% bdy
MG Bevan17 · 24% bdy
AC Gilchrist13 · 62% bdy
RT Ponting2 · 0% bdy

6s 4s Running

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ van Vuuren	10.0	0	92	0	9.20
BO van Rooi	6.0	0	24	1	4.00
BL Kotze	10.0	0	62	1	6.20
LJ Burger	10.0	1	39	3	3.90
DB Kotze	10.0	0	54	0	5.40
AJ Burger	4.0	0	22	0	5.50

Innings 2

Namibia

45/10

14.0 overs

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AJ Burger	c RT Ponting b GD McGrath	4	4	1	0	100.0
SJ Swanepoel	c RT Ponting b B Lee	2	8	0	0	25.0
M Karg	c AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath	4	14	0	0	28.6
D Keulder	c AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath	3	20	0	0	15.0
GB Murgatroyd	lbw b GD McGrath	0	3	0	0	0.0
DB Kotze	c AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath	10	14	1	0	71.4
LJ Burger	c AC Gilchrist b GD McGrath	1	11	0	0	9.1
M van Schoor	c AC Gilchrist b AJ Bichel	6	10	1	0	60.0
BL Kotze	b GD McGrath	0	3	0	0	0.0
BO van Rooi	not out	0	1	0	0	0.0
RJ van Vuuren	c AC Gilchrist b AJ Bichel	0	1	0	0	0.0
Extras (b 0, lb 4, w 6, nb 5, p 0)		15
Total		45/10 (14.0 ov)

Fall of wickets: 5-1 (AJ Burger, 0.4) · 14-2 (SJ Swanepoel, 3.2) · 16-3 (M Karg, 5.0) · 17-4 (GB Murgatroyd, 6.3) · 28-5 (D Keulder, 8.4) · 34-6 (LJ Burger, 10.5) · 45-7 (DB Kotze, 12.2) · 45-8 (BL Kotze, 12.5) · 45-9 (M van Schoor, 13.5) · 45-10 (RJ van Vuuren, 14.0)

Partnerships

1stAJ Burger & SJ Swanepoel5 (4) · RR 7.50
2ndM Karg & SJ Swanepoel9 (16) · RR 3.38
3rdM Karg & D Keulder2 (10) · RR 1.20
4thGB Murgatroyd & D Keulder1 (9) · RR 0.67
5thDB Kotze & D Keulder11 (13) · RR 5.08
6thDB Kotze & LJ Burger6 (13) · RR 2.77
7thDB Kotze & M van Schoor11 (9) · RR 7.33
8thBL Kotze & M van Schoor0 (3) · RR 0.00
9thBO van Rooi & M van Schoor0 (6) · RR 0.00
10thBO van Rooi & RJ van Vuuren0 (1) · RR 0.00

Boundary Breakdown

DB Kotze10 · 40% bdy
M van Schoor6 · 67% bdy
AJ Burger4 · 100% bdy
M Karg4 · 0% bdy
D Keulder3 · 0% bdy
SJ Swanepoel2 · 0% bdy
LJ Burger1 · 0% bdy

6s 4s Running

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	7.0	4	15	7	2.14
B Lee	6.0	1	26	1	4.33
AJ Bichel	1.0	1	0	2	0.00

Key moments

Algorithmically chosen from the scorecard — partnerships, wicket clusters, turning overs.

Standout stand

Match-defining partnership

DS Lehmann & GB Hogg put on 70 runs from 43 balls at 9.77 run rate for the 7th wicket.

Australia innings

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Sharpest wicket cluster

3 wickets in 7 balls — RJ van Vuuren fell at 45/10 (14.0 ov).

Namibia innings

Turning over

Over 43: BL Kotze took 2 wickets 4 runs.

Australia innings

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Ball-by-ball replay

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Worm Chart

Runs progression per over. Wickets shown as dots on each line.

Manhattan

Runs scored each over. ▼ markers above bars mark wickets that over.

Momentum

Smoothed per-over swing. Above the line = scoring above their own average; dips mark wickets / quiet overs.

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Phase Splits

Powerplay (1–10) · Middle (11–40) · Death (41–50)

Australia

301/6 (50.0)

Powerplay

Ov 1–10

54/1· RR 5.40

BatML Hayden24 (27)BowlBO van Rooi1/21 (5.0)

Middle

Ov 11–40

160/3· RR 5.33

BatML Hayden64 (45)BowlLJ Burger3/40 (10.0)

Death

Ov 41–50

87/2· RR 8.70

BatDS Lehmann50 (31)BowlBL Kotze1/14 (3.0)

Namibia

45/10 (14.0)

Powerplay

Ov 1–10

33/5· RR 3.30

BatDB Kotze6 (6)BowlGD McGrath4/14 (5.0)

Middle

Ov 11–40

12/5· RR 3.00

BatM van Schoor6 (9)BowlGD McGrath3/1 (2.0)

Death

Ov 41–50

0/0· RR 0.00

Commentary401 balls

End of over 14
····WW
Namibia 45/10
14.6
AJ Bichel to RJ van Vuuren, OUT! Caught by AC Gilchrist.
14.5
AJ Bichel to M van Schoor, OUT! Caught by AC Gilchrist.
14.4
AJ Bichel to M van Schoor, no run.
14.3
AJ Bichel to M van Schoor, no run.
14.2
AJ Bichel to M van Schoor, no run.
14.1
AJ Bichel to M van Schoor, no run.
End of over 13
·W··W·
Namibia 45/8
13.6
GD McGrath to BO van Rooi, no run.
13.5
GD McGrath to BL Kotze, OUT! Bowled.
13.4
GD McGrath to BL Kotze, no run.
13.3
GD McGrath to BL Kotze, no run.
13.2
GD McGrath to DB Kotze, OUT! Caught by AC Gilchrist.
13.1
GD McGrath to DB Kotze, no run.
End of over 12
nb··324nb·
Namibia 45/6
12.8
B Lee to M van Schoor, no run.
12.7
B Lee to M van Schoor, NO BALL.
12.6
B Lee to M van Schoor, FOUR!
12.5
B Lee to M van Schoor, 2 runs.
12.4
B Lee to DB Kotze, 3 runs.
12.3
B Lee to DB Kotze, no run.
12.2
B Lee to DB Kotze, no run.
12.1
B Lee to DB Kotze, NO BALL.
End of over 11
1···W·
Namibia 34/6
11.6
GD McGrath to M van Schoor, no run.
11.5
GD McGrath to LJ Burger, OUT! Caught by AC Gilchrist.
11.4
GD McGrath to LJ Burger, no run.
11.3
GD McGrath to LJ Burger, no run.
11.2
GD McGrath to LJ Burger, no run.
11.1
GD McGrath to DB Kotze, 1 run.