ICC Champions Trophy, Final

Australia v New Zealand,

ICC Champions Trophy, Final, Centurion

The youngsters won it for us - Ponting

October 5, 2009

Ricky Ponting led Australia to their second successive Champions Trophy

Ricky Ponting
has attributed Australia's Champions Trophy success to the efforts of
youngsters in his team, especially their performance in an occasionally
tense final.

"We have gone through some ups and downs in the
last 18 months. A number of great players have left and we brought in a
lot of young, fresh players. It was great to see some of them stand up
and deliver," Ponting said after Australia's six-wicket win over New
Zealand that gave them their second Champions Trophy title.

Australia's bowling performance in the final was led by Nathan Hauritz,
who grabbed 3 for 37, including the well-set Martin Guptill for 40.
Later, in their chase of 201, Australia were in trouble at 6 for 2 but Shane Watson
and Cameron White added 128 to put them in control. "Two young guys at
the crease at 6 for 2, it doesn't get any tougher and they did a great
job," Ponting said.

Australia came in to the tournament as favourites along with South
Africa, fresh from the success of a 6-1 ODI humiliation of England.
They beat West Indies in a tough contest in Johannesburg, were dominant
against India in a washed-out game and edged Pakistan in a two-wicket
win in Centurion. They were comprehensive winners in the semi-final
against England, Ponting and Shane Watson hammering centuries in a
nine-wicket win.

"In the ODI series in England after the Ashes, we
did well there to put ourselves in a position where we can give this
tournament a little bit of a shake," Ponting said. "We've played some
great cricket over the last couple of weeks here."

The Champions Trophy also brought personal success
for Ponting, as he emerged the highest run-getter with 288 at 72 in
four games. He was honoured with a golden bat for that feat, and
followed it up with the Man-of-the-Series award, ahead of Watson, who
finished the tournament with back-to-back centuries.

"We needed discipline today, and we knew that if I was around till the
40th over, we had a chance," Watson, who was Man of the Match, said
after his innings of 105. "It was set up with Ricky's help in the
semi-finals to get me through, and he missed out today, but it was time
for another to step up.

"The wicket today was a little slower than the
other night but Kyle Mills and Shane Bond bowled beautifully straight
up until me and White had a good partnership."

SCORECARD

ICC Champions Trophy - final

Australia v New Zealand

Australia won by 6 wickets (with 28 balls remaining)

• ODI no. 2907 | 2009/10 season
• 
  Played at
  SuperSport Park, Centurion (neutral venue)
• 
  5 October 2009 - day/night (50-over match)

	New Zealand innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	BB McCullum*†	c †Paine b Siddle	0	16	14	0	0	0.00
	3.2 edged and taken! Siddle takes out McCullum with bounce, bangs it in and gets McCullum flashing outside off stump, there's a thin nick and Paine gobbles it up 5/1
	AJ Redmond	st †Paine b Hauritz	26	84	45	3	0	57.77
	18.3 stumped, Redmond's not had a good day, came down the track and Hauritz spotted him, hurled it wide and Redmond had a wild swing at it, couldn't reach it and Paine clipped off the bails to find him short 66/2
	MJ Guptill	c & b Hauritz	40	84	64	3	0	62.50
	22.2 caught and bowled, straightforward delivery that, bowled full and flat outside off, Guptill pushed at it firmly and scooped an easy catch back to the bowler 77/3
	LRPL Taylor	c Hussey b Johnson	6	19	13	0	0	46.15
	23.1 gone! Bowled it on a good length outside off, gets to the pitch to drive it past point but ends up slicing it just wide of him, Hussey flings himself to his right and takes it over his head, excellent effort 81/4
	GD Elliott	lbw b Lee	9	22	9	0	0	100.00
	26.4 trapped in front, the inswinging yorker gets him a wicket, Elliott was too late trying to defend it into the off side, it struck him hard on the pads right in front of middle, the umpire had no hesitation, went back to play at it and was caught plumb in front, too quick 94/5
	NT Broom	run out (Hussey/Watson)	37	79	62	5	0	59.67
	40.5 from Watson, run out off an atrocious delivery, high full toss outside off, played it down to point, Franklin wanted a single but Broom hesitated, he was running back to his end and then turned back, was too late to respond to Franklin's call and Hussey at point returned a safe throw down to Watson who took off the bails to find Broom miles short 159/6
	JEC Franklin	b Lee	33	68	43	4	0	76.74
	41.6 the yorker, straight on off stump at 146 kmph, Franklin made room to dig that out into the off side bu the bat came down too late and the stump went on a walk 166/7
	KD Mills	run out (Ponting)	12	29	15	1	0	80.00
	46.4 Johnson to Patel, run-out, that's gone, dropped down in front of Ponting who runs, collects and throws down the stumps in one motion at the striker's end to send Mills back to the pavilion 187/9
	IG Butler	lbw b Hauritz	6	7	7	1	0	85.71
	43.4 he's given him! Tossed it up outside off and it turned in, Butler came forward and tried to play it across the line towards square leg, missed and was rapped on the pads. It would have gone on, but we need a replay to check whether or not he was struck outside the line, looked out on first sight 174/8
	JS Patel	not out	16	31	19	1	0	84.21
	SE Bond	not out	3	15	9	0	0	33.33
	Extras	(b 1, lb 2, w 9)	12
	Total	(9 wickets; 50 overs)	200	(4.00 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-5 (McCullum, 3.2 ov), 2-66 (Redmond, 18.3 ov), 3-77 (Guptill, 22.2 ov), 4-81 (Taylor, 23.1 ov), 5-94 (Elliott, 26.4 ov), 6-159 (Broom, 40.5 ov), 7-166 (Franklin, 41.6 ov), 8-174 (Butler, 43.4 ov), 9-187 (Mills, 46.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	B Lee	10	1	45	2	4.50	(5w)
	26.4 to Elliott, trapped in front, the inswinging yorker gets him a wicket, Elliott was too late trying to defend it into the off side, it struck him hard on the pads right in front of middle, the umpire had no hesitation, went back to play at it and was caught plumb in front, too quick 94/5 41.6 to Franklin, the yorker, straight on off stump at 146 kmph, Franklin made room to dig that out into the off side bu the bat came down too late and the stump went on a walk 166/7
	PM Siddle	10	1	30	1	3.00
	3.2 to McCullum, edged and taken! Siddle takes out McCullum with bounce, bangs it in and gets McCullum flashing outside off stump, there's a thin nick and Paine gobbles it up 5/1
	MG Johnson	10	1	35	1	3.50	(1w)
	23.1 to Taylor, gone! Bowled it on a good length outside off, gets to the pitch to drive it past point but ends up slicing it just wide of him, Hussey flings himself to his right and takes it over his head, excellent effort 81/4
	SR Watson	10	0	50	0	5.00	(2w)
	NM Hauritz	10	0	37	3	3.70	(1w)
	18.3 to Redmond, stumped, Redmond's not had a good day, came down the track and Hauritz spotted him, hurled it wide and Redmond had a wild swing at it, couldn't reach it and Paine clipped off the bails to find him short 66/2 22.2 to Guptill, caught and bowled, straightforward delivery that, bowled full and flat outside off, Guptill pushed at it firmly and scooped an easy catch back to the bowler 77/3 43.4 to Butler, he's given him! Tossed it up outside off and it turned in, Butler came forward and tried to play it across the line towards square leg, missed and was rapped on the pads. It would have gone on, but we need a replay to check whether or not he was struck outside the line, looked out on first sight 174/8

	Australia innings (target: 201 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	SR Watson	not out	105	203	129	10	4	81.39
	TD Paine†	c Taylor b Bond	1	5	6	0	0	16.66
	1.2 Bond strikes straightaway! Lovely catch by Taylor to back him up, he swings it away from the right-hander and pitches it up on the correct spot and lures him to go for the drive, Taylor snaps the outside edge diving low to his right 2/1
	RT Ponting*	lbw b Mills	1	5	4	0	0	25.00
	2.2 now Mills joins the party, Ponting's all at sea with this one, the ball lands on the off stump line and nips back in, Ponting shuffles across only slightly but he's too late in covering the line, trapped right in front of middle, no issues with height, Mills knows it, he turns back for confirmation and Ponting has to go 6/2
	CL White	b Mills	62	140	102	7	1	60.78
	34.5 bowled'im! Slowish, bowled at 128.3 kmph, on a good length just outside off, White opted to leave it but really late, got an inside edge just as he was shouldering arms and the off stump was knocked back 134/3
	MEK Hussey	c Patel b Mills	11	18	9	1	0	122.22
	38.3 Mills gets Hussey! Bowled it on a driving length outside off, Hussey is not totally committed to that shot, just scoops that drive straight to Patel at point 156/4
	JR Hopes	not out	22	32	22	4	0	100.00
	Extras	(lb 3, w 1)	4
	Total	(4 wickets; 45.2 overs; 203 mins)	206	(4.54 runs per over)

Did not bat CJ Ferguson, MG Johnson, B Lee, NM Hauritz, PM Siddle

Fall of wickets1-2 (Paine, 1.2 ov), 2-6 (Ponting, 2.2 ov), 3-134 (White, 34.5 ov), 4-156 (Hussey, 38.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	KD Mills	10	2	27	3	2.70
	2.2 to Ponting, now Mills joins the party, Ponting's all at sea with this one, the ball lands on the off stump line and nips back in, Ponting shuffles across only slightly but he's too late in covering the line, trapped right in front of middle, no issues with height, Mills knows it, he turns back for confirmation and Ponting has to go 6/2 34.5 to White, bowled'im! Slowish, bowled at 128.3 kmph, on a good length just outside off, White opted to leave it but really late, got an inside edge just as he was shouldering arms and the off stump was knocked back 134/3 38.3 to Hussey, Mills gets Hussey! Bowled it on a driving length outside off, Hussey is not totally committed to that shot, just scoops that drive straight to Patel at point 156/4
	SE Bond	10	2	34	1	3.40	(1w)
	1.2 to Paine, Bond strikes straightaway! Lovely catch by Taylor to back him up, he swings it away from the right-hander and pitches it up on the correct spot and lures him to go for the drive, Taylor snaps the outside edge diving low to his right 2/1
	IG Butler	9	0	50	0	5.55
	JEC Franklin	9	0	42	0	4.66
	JS Patel	6.2	0	44	0	6.94
	GD Elliott	1	0	6	0	6.00