Aus v SL: road to 2007 World Cup final

Australia

Group stage:
March 14, St Kitts: bt Scotland by 203 runs
Century from skipper Ricky Ponting sets up crushing win.

March 10, St Kitts: bt Holland by 229 runs
Brad Hodge cracks 123 in another Aussie stroll.

March 24, St Kitts: bt South Africa by 83 runs
Aussies ease past rivals with record 66-ball ton from Matthew Hayden.

Super Eight:
March 27-28, Antigua: bt West Indies by 103 runs
Hayden smashes a superb 158 to set up win in rain-affected match.

March 31, Antigua: bt Bangladesh by 10 wickets
Hayden and Adam Gilchrist ease holders through in rain-reduced encounter.

April 8, Antigua: bt England by seven wickets
England provide a scare but Ponting and Michael Clarke half-centuries allay fears.

April 13, Barbados: bt Ireland by nine wickets
Glenn McGrath’s three for 17 sees Ireland skittled for just 91.

April 16, Grenada: bt Sri Lanka by seven wickets
Ponting and Andrew Symonds put on 106 to win final rehearsal.

April 20, Grenada: bt New Zealand by 215 runs
Another Hayden century sets up now routine emphatic win
Semi-final:
April 25, St Lucia: bt South Africa by seven wickets
Brilliant bowling from McGrath and Shaun Tait sees the Proteas muster just 149.

Sri Lanka

Group stage:
March 15, Trinidad: bt Bermuda by 243 runs
Skipper Mahela Jayawardene top scores with 85 as Sri Lanka run up overwhelming 321.

March 21, Trinidad: bt Bangladesh by 198 runs
Sanath Jayasuriya’s century sets up easy win in rain-affected contest.

March 23, Trinidad: bt India by 69 runs
India sent spinning as Sri Lanka’s 254 proves more than adequate.

Super Eight:
March 28, Guyana: lost to South Africa by one wicket
South Africa scrape home despite dramatic four-wicket burst in as many balls from Lasith Malinga.

April 1, Guyana: bt West Indies by 113 runs
Jayasuriya hits another hundred as Sri Lanka comfortably get back to winning ways.

April 4, Antigua: bt England by two runs
Dilhara Fernando holds nerve in last-over nail-biter.

April 12, Grenada: bt New Zealand by six wickets
Classy Kumar Sangakkara half-century sees off Kiwis.

April 16, Grenada: lost to Australia by seven wickets
Sri Lanka’s 226 proves inadequate but Malinga and Muttiah Muralitharan are rested.

April 18, Grenada: bt Ireland by eight wickets
Murali and Farveez Maharoof take eight wickets between them to bowl out Irish for 77.

Semi-final:
April 24, Jamaica: bt New Zealand by 81 runs
Jayawardene’s well-constructed ton puts game beyond Black Caps.

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