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Australia Defeats Republic South Africa By 83 Runs In WC 2007 League Match

Australia has defeated South Africa by 83 runs in their final league match to top Group 'A' at St. Kitts here.

Chasing a mammoth total of 378 runs, South Africa was bowled out for 294 in 48 overs.

Graeme Smith

Australia carry forward two points from this match in to the Super Eights round.

Earlier, Matthew Hayden blasted the fastest World Cup hundred as Australia posted an imposing 377 for six - the highest ever achieved by the defending champions and the third highest total in any World Cup.

He was adjudged the Man of the Match for his fine performance.

Earlier in the day, put in to bat, Hayden and Adam Gilchrist gave a typically belligerent start to the Aussie innings on a track that was a batsman's paradise.

South African speedster Shaun Pollock ended up with figures of 83 runs from his 10 overs with no wicket.

Gilchrist was the first to go, caught by Herschelle Gibbs off a Charl Langeveldt delivery for 42.

Hayden went on to score the fastest World Cup ton- off 66 deliveries - before he gave a dolly of a catch to Gibbs off a Jacques Kallis delivery. He made 101 from 68 balls and hit 14 boundaries and four sixes.

The Aussies were then 167 for two in the 24th over.

Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke continued to built on the skyscraper, putting on 161 runs in the next 22 overs.

Ponting hit eight fours and two sixes en route to his 91 before he holed out to AB de Villiers in the deep to give Makhaya Ntini his first wicket.

Clarke followed him soon after - run out for 92 with seven boundaries and four sixes. Michael Hussey fell for five and Andrew Symonds was bowled for 18 on the last ball of the innings.

Spirited chase Graeme Smith and AB de Villiers started the chase at a frenetic pace.

They put on 160 runs for the first wicket in 20 overs before De Villiers was run out by Watson for 92. De Villiers's 70-ball knock inlcuded 14 fours and two sixes.

Smith suffered a round of cramps and was retired hurt for 72. Herschelle Gibbs replaced him and tried consolidating the South African innings with Jacques Kallis.

He, however, could only add 17 before being stumped off a Brad Hogg delivery. In the next over, Glenn McGrath had new man Ashwell Prince caught by Matthew Hayden for one.

Mark Boucher made 22 before he was bowled by Shaun Tait. The pacer also dismissed Justin Kemp, lbw for one.

With the pressure mounting, Smith walked back in to the middle but could add just two more runs to his tally before he top edged a Hodge delivery into the palms of Gilchrist.

Kallis made 48 before he was caught by Clarke at the ropes off Hogg. Pollock was bowled by Watson for seven and Bracken picked up the wickets of Langeveldt (0) and Ntini (7).

Tags:- AB de Villiers   Adam Gilchrist   Australia   Charl Langeveldt   Graeme Smith   Herschelle Gibbs   Jacques Kallis   Makhaya Ntini   Matthew Hayden   Michael Clarke   Ricky Ponting   Shaun Pollock   South Africa  

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