Australia beat Canada by seven wickets
Published:Wednesday | March 16, 2011 | 1:36 PM
Shane Watson scored a magnificent 94 to guide Australia to a comprehensive seven-wicket victory over Canada in their Cricket World Cup match at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore, India today.
As a result of the victory, Australia have moved to the top of Group-A.
The victory extended Australia's extraordinary World Cup unbeaten run to 34 matches while the North American side end its campaign with just a single win from six matches.
Openers Watson and Haddin 88 off 84 scored 183 for the opening wicket to complete Australia's domination of the match after Brett Lee, four for 46, helped them to bundle out Canada for a paltry 211 in 45.4 overs.
The defending champions overhauled the target inside 35 overs and will face Pakistan, the last team to beat them at a World Cup back in 1999, in their last group match on Saturday.
Earlier, Hiral Patel top scored for Canada with 54 from 45 deliveries, while Ashish Bagai supported with 39 and Zubin Surkari 34.