Required to make 266 to win, Australia made 269/6 in 48 overs to score an exciting victory. The Australian run chase got off to a flying start with Matthew Hayden carrying on with his resounding form. He got into the act straightaway smashing boundaries off Srinath. He cracked a straight six off Srinath as the partnership between him and Gilchrist bulged to 70 runs off 10 overs. In the 11th over Srinath struck two heavy blows. First he removed Hayden who had made 36 runs (42 balls, 5 fours, 1 six) and then in the same over he had Ricky Ponting (4) caught behind by Vijay Dahiya.