Well a resounding win there for the Australians, taking maximum points by achieving the target well within 40 overs That puts Australia into second spot on the points table, one point above South Africa For South Africa, a match they would like to quickly forget, their third loss in a row and suddenly finding themselves on the bottom of the table However with top and bottom separated by a mere four points, and five matches to go in the preliminary rounds of this competition there is still much to play for, for all three teams Next match in the series is on Saturday in Adelaide, where Australia come up against New Zealand
18.4
4
Klusener to Martyn, FOUR, driven away through the on side for the winning runs
18.3
2
Klusener to Martyn, 2 runs, forward to an overpitched delivery which he drives away nicely through extra cover, good save made in the deep
18.2
0
Klusener to Martyn, no run, back and defending
18.1
W
Klusener to Ponting, OUT, back in defence, gets a thick inside edge, playing the ball into the stumps
RT Ponting b Klusener 33 (54m 37b 3x4 1x6) SR: 89.18
END OF OVER:18 | 4 Runs | AUS: 101/1 (6 runs required from 32 overs, RR: 5.61, RRR: 0.18)
- Mark Waugh55 (62b)
- Ricky Ponting33 (36b)
- Nicky Boje2-0-6-0
17.6
0
Boje to ME Waugh, no run, pushed to the on side
17.5
0
Boje to ME Waugh, no run, played to the on side
17.4
0
Boje to ME Waugh, no run, forward and defending
17.3
0
Boje to ME Waugh, no run, defended to the on side
17.2
1
Boje to Ponting, 1 run, turned away to the on side in front of square
17.1
3
Boje to ME Waugh, 3 runs, driven to the off side to bring up the team century
END OF OVER:17 | 7 Runs | AUS: 97/1 (10 runs required from 33 overs, RR: 5.70, RRR: 0.30)
- Ricky Ponting32 (35b)
- Mark Waugh52 (57b)
- Lance Klusener2-0-22-0
16.6
2
Klusener to Ponting, 2 runs, driven off the pad along the ground through backward square
16.5
1
Klusener to ME Waugh, 1 run, turned to the on side, has to be quick to get the bowler's end, throw is wide
16.4
0
Klusener to ME Waugh, no run, ducks underneath a short delivery
16.3
0
Klusener to ME Waugh, no run, forward, defending
16.2
4
Klusener to ME Waugh, FOUR, back to a short ball, slashing it away through backwrd point to bring up his fifty
16.1
0
Klusener to ME Waugh, no run, back and fending to the on side
