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| Venue | Telstra Dome, Melbourne on 9th October 2005 (50-over match) (day/night) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by 156 runs |
| Umpires | Aleem Dar, DB Hair |
| TV umpire | SJA Taufel |
| Referee | RS Madugalle |
| Scorers | DC Kendix, KV O'Neill |
| Reserve Umpire | RE Koertzen |
| Player of the Match | SR Watson |
| Articles | Watson and Lee fire Aussies to another out of this world win |
| Australia innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| +AC Gilchrist | c and b Pollock | 32 | 31 | 39 | 2 | 1 | 103.23 |
| MJ Clarke | lbw b Ntini | 3 | 3 | 9 | - | - | 100.00 |
| *RT Ponting | c Lara b Muralitharan | 68 | 84 | 99 | 8 | 1 | 80.95 |
| DR Martyn | lbw b Vettori | 33 | 44 | 85 | 3 | - | 75.00 |
| A Symonds | c Sangakkara b Muralitharan | 1 | 5 | 8 | - | - | 20.00 |
| MEK Hussey | not out | 75 | 74 | 93 | 5 | 1 | 101.35 |
| SR Watson | not out | 66 | 66 | 88 | 4 | - | 100.00 |
| CL White | did not bat | ||||||
| B Lee | did not bat | ||||||
| NW Bracken | did not bat | ||||||
| GD McGrath | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (7 lb, 7 nb, 1 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, innings closed, 212 minutes, 50 overs) | 293 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-15 (Clarke, 1.4 ov), 2-58 (Gilchrist, 8.5 ov), 3-143 (Ponting, 24.5 ov), 4-146 (Symonds, 26.3 ov), 5-148 (Martyn, 27.5 ov) | |||||||
| ICC World XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Pollock | 9 | 0 | 67 | 1 | - | 6 | 54.00 | 7.44 |
| Ntini | 7 | 0 | 58 | 1 | - | 1 | 42.00 | 8.29 |
| Flintoff | 4.2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.31 |
| Muralitharan | 10 | 1 | 38 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.80 |
| Kallis | 1.4 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.60 |
| Vettori | 10 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 1 | - | 60.00 | 3.40 |
| Gayle | 6 | 0 | 42 | 0 | - | - | - | 7.00 |
| Sehwag | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.50 |
| ICC World XI innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| CH Gayle | b Lee | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| V Sehwag | run out (Watson) | 37 | 40 | 89 | 4 | 1 | 92.50 |
| +KC Sangakkara | c Martyn b McGrath | 13 | 15 | 15 | 2 | - | 86.67 |
| JH Kallis | c Hussey b Lee | 2 | 10 | 12 | - | - | 20.00 |
| BC Lara | c Gilchrist b Lee | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 |
| A Flintoff | b Watson | 21 | 25 | 34 | 4 | - | 84.00 |
| RS Dravid | c Martyn b Lee | 16 | 38 | 50 | 1 | - | 42.11 |
| *SM Pollock | c White b Watson | 8 | 27 | 44 | 1 | - | 29.63 |
| DL Vettori | c Clarke b Watson | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 0.00 |
| Shahid Afridi | c McGrath b Watson | 16 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 200.00 |
| M Ntini | not out | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 0.00 |
| Extras | (6 lb, 4 nb, 14 w) | 24 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 137 minutes, 27.5 overs) | 137 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-0 (Gayle, 0.2 ov), 2-20 (Sangakkara, 3.4 ov), 3-27 (Kallis, 6.3 ov), 4-27 (Lara, 6.4 ov), 5-87 (Flintoff, 13.5 ov), 6-99 (Sehwag, 17.5 ov), 7-119 (Dravid, 24.3 ov), 8-120 (Vettori, 25.3 ov), 9-137 (Pollock, 27.3 ov), 10-137 (Shahid Afridi, 27.5 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Lee | 9 | 2 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13.50 | 3.33 |
| McGrath | 6 | 0 | 26 | 1 | - | - | 36.00 | 4.33 |
| Bracken | 5 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 3 | - | - | 7.20 |
| Watson | 7.5 | 0 | 39 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11.75 | 4.98 |
Notes
--> Australia replacement: JR Hopes (unused)
--> ICC World XI replacement: Shahid Afridi for M Muralitharan (at the start of the ICC World XI innings)
--> Australia innings: 50 in 7.5 overs
--> Australia innings: 100 in 16.5 overs
--> Australia innings: 150 in 28.3 overs
--> Australia innings: 200 in 40.1 overs
--> Australia innings: 250 in 45.4 overs
--> ICC World XI innings: 50 in 10.2 overs
--> ICC World XI innings: 100 in 18.4 overs
--> RT Ponting 50 in 63 balls, 84 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> MEK Hussey 50 in 59 balls, 67 minutes with 3 fours and 1 six
--> SR Watson 50 in 58 balls, 70 minutes with 2 fours
--> SR Watson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in List A matches when he dismissed Shahid Afridi in the ICC World XI innings (previous best was 3-16)
--> SR Watson achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches when he dismissed Shahid Afridi in the ICC World XI innings (previous best was 3-27)
RT Ponting (22) and DR Martyn (23) added 50 in 51 balls for 3rd wicket
MEK Hussey (26) and SR Watson (23) added 50 in 71 balls for 6th wicket
MEK Hussey (53) and SR Watson (45) added 100 in 106 balls for 6th wicket
V Sehwag (25) and A Flintoff (16) added 50 in 35 balls for the 5th wicket
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