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On this day 13 yrs ago: Australia lifted its fourth ICC ODI World Cup title

Ricky-Ponting led Australia defeated Sri Lanka in the rain-affected finals by 53 runs on the basis of Duckworth-Lewis method

ICC ODI World Cup 2007
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The 2007 World Cup-win was Australia's third in a row as they had previously won the tournament in 1999 and 2003. Photo: @cricketcomau

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It was on April 28, 2007, when Australia went on to lift its fourth 50-over World Cup title.
Ricky-Ponting led Australia defeated Sri Lanka in the rain-affected finals by 53 runs on the basis of Duckworth-Lewis to lift the World Cup title at Kensington Oval in Barbados.
In the match, Australia won the toss and elected to bat first. Openers Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist put on 172 runs for the first wicket.
Their partnership saw Gilchrist going berzerk and he went on to play an unbeaten knock of 149 runs from just 104 balls to take Australia's total to 281/4 in 38

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