Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Australia have beaten New Zealand by 34 runs in the first semifinal of the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy at Punjab Cricket Association Stadium in Mohali. By beating New Zealand, Australia secured their place in the final which will be taking place on November 5 in Mumbai.
New Zealand cricket captain Stephen Fleming won the toss and decided to field first. Australia set up a target of 241 in 50 overs for New Zealand. New Zealand could not reach the target and were all out on 206 in 46 overs. Australia won the match by 34 runs. They will play in the final with the winner of the second semifinal which will take place tomorrow in Jaipur between South Africa and West Indies.
The man of the match award was given to Glenn McGrath for his good bowling by taking 3 wicket for just 22 runs in 10 overs.
| Australia innings | Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | |
| Adam Gilchrist | c Oram b Mills | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27.27 | |
| Shane Watson | c Fulton b Mills | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Ricky Ponting | c Vettori b Mills | 58 | 80 | 9 | 0 | 72.50 | |
| Damien Martyn | lbw b Vettori | 26 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 48.14 | |
| Michael Hussey | c Marshall b Franklin | 35 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 67.30 | |
| Andrew Symonds | b Bond | 58 | 58 | 2 | 1 | 100.00 | |
| Michael Clarke | c Vettori b Mills | 14 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 63.63 | |
| Brett Lee | b Bond | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| Mitchell Johnson | run out(Bond) | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Nathan Bracken | not out | 15 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 187.50 | |
| Glenn McGrath | not out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | |
| Extras | lb 6; w 14; nb 3 | 23 | |||||
| Total | (9 wickets; 50 overs) | 240 |
| New Zealand Bowling | Bowler | Overs | Maden | Runs | Wickets | ||
| Kyle Mills | 10 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 3.80 | ||
| Shane Bond | 10 | 0 | 55 | 2 | 5.50 | ||
| James Franklin | 8 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 6.00 | ||
| Jacob Oram | 10 | 1 | 43 | 0 | 4.30 | ||
| Daniel Vettori | 10 | 0 | 41 | 1 | 4.10 | ||
| Nathan Astle | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4.50 |
| New Zealand innings | Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | |
| Lou Vincent | c Ponting b McGrath | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 | |
| c Ponting b Bracken | 15 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 53.57 | ||
| Nathan Astle | b Lee | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Hamish Marshall | c Gilchrist b McGrath | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 38.46 | |
| Peter Fulton | b McGrath | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 15.38 | |
| Jacob Oram | st Gilchrist b Symonds | 43 | 59 | 5 | 0 | 72.88 | |
| Brendon McCullum | c Damien Martyn b Bracken | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| Daniel Vettori | b Johnson | 79 | 103 | 7 | 0 | 76.69 | |
| James Franklin | c Gilchrist b (Watson) | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 72.72 | |
| Kyle Mills | c Gilchrist b Lee | 21 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 123.52 | |
| Shane Bond | not out | 9 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 81.81 | |
| Extras | lb 7; w 13; nb 2 | 22 | |||||
| Total | (all out; 46 overs) | 206 |
| Australia Bowling | Bowler | Overs | Maden | Runs | Wickets | ||
| Brett Lee | 8 | 0 | 31 | 2 | 3.87 | ||
| Glenn McGrath | 10 | 2 | 22 | 3 | 2.20 | ||
| Nathan Bracken | 7 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 5.14 | ||
| Mitchell Johnson | 7 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 5.42 | ||
| Shane Watson | 7 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 3.85 | ||
| Andrew Symonds | 7 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 6.42 |