| Match : | ICC Cricket World Cup, 40th Match, Group A |
| Ground : | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
| Toss : | Aus won toss, elected to Bat |
| Match Refree : | BC Broad |
| Umpires : | M Erasmus,AL Hill,TH Wijewardene |
| Match Status : | Pak won by 4 wkts |
Batting – Australia| Batting | | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR(%) |
| S Watson | B gul | 9 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 56.25 |
| B J Haddin | C akmal B riaz | 42 | 80 | 3 | 1 | 52.5 |
| R T Ponting | C akmal B hafeez | 19 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 57.58 |
| M Clarke | B razzaq | 34 | 48 | 2 | 0 | 70.83 |
| C L White | Run Out ul-haq | 8 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 44.44 |
| M E Hussey | C ul-haq B rehman | 12 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 54.55 |
| Steven Smith | B afridi | 25 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 78.12 |
| M G Johnson | C akmal B razzaq | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Krejza | B gul | 7 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 36.84 |
| B Lee | C ul-haq B gul | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 62.5 |
| Shaun Tait | Not Out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras:(b 0, lb 5, w 10, nb 0) | 15 | | | | | |
| Total:( 10 wkts, 46.4 overs) | 176 | Run Rate: 3.77 | ||||
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Bowling – Pakistan| Bowling | O | M | R | Wkt | N B | W | Econ. |
| Umar Gul | 7.4 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3.91 |
| Abdur Rehman | 10 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.4 |
| Shahid Afridi | 9 | 0 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.78 |
| Wahab Riaz | 6 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6.5 |
| M Hafeez | 10 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 |
| Abdur Razzaq | 4 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Batting – Pakistan.
| Batting | | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR(%) |
| K Akmal | LBW lee | 23 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 85.19 |
| M Hafeez | C&B lee | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 62.5 |
| Asad Shafiq | C watson B johnson | 46 | 81 | 5 | 0 | 56.79 |
| Younis Khan | C haddin B lee | 31 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 73.81 |
| M ul-Haq | C haddin B lee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Umar Akmal | Not Out | 44 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 74.58 |
| Shahid Afridi | C lee B krejza | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Abdur Razzaq | Not Out | 20 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 83.33 |
| Abdur Rehman | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Umar Gul | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wahab Riaz | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Extras:(b 2, lb 1, w 4, nb 0) | 7 | | | | | |
| Total:( 6 wkts, 41 overs) | 178 | Run Rate: 4.44 | ||||
| Fall of Wickets : | 12/1(M Hafeez), 45/2(K Akmal), 98/3(Younis Khan), 98/4(M ul-Haq), 139/5(Asad Shafiq), 142/6(Shahid Afridi) |
Bowling – Australia| Bowling | O | M | R | Wkt | N B | W | Econ. |
| B Lee | 8 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 |
| Shaun Tait | 8 | 1 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.62 |
| M G Johnson | 9 | 1 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4.44 |
| S Watson | 6 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.33 |
| Jason Krejza | 10 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 |
