Sri Lanka v Australia
Sri Lanka won by 79 runs
VB Series, Match 69 January 2003Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Sri Lankabatted first
343/550 ov
Australiatarget 344 in 50 overs
26449.3 ov
Australia won the toss and chose to fieldPlayer of the match ST Jayasuriya
Sri Lanka innings
343/550 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS Atapattu | run out (RT Ponting) | 101 | 124 | 5 | 0 | 81.5 |
| ST Jayasuriya | b SR Watson | 122 | 105 | 12 | 4 | 116.2 |
| PA de Silva | b SR Watson | 13 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 86.7 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | not out | 37* | 38 | 2 | 0 | 97.4 |
| RP Arnold | st AC Gilchrist b A Symonds | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| KC Sangakkara | c JP Maher b AJ Bichel | 25 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 125.0 |
| WPUJC Vaas | not out | 5* | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | lb 12, w 20, nb 8 | 40 | ||||
| Total | 5 wickets, 50 overs, run rate 6.86 | 343 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350
1-237 ST Jayasuriya2-267 PA de Silva3-283 MS Atapattu4-284 RP Arnold5-329 KC Sangakkara
Australia innings chasing 344
26449.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Gilchrist | b WPUJC Vaas | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 200.0 |
| ML Hayden | c DPMD Jayawardene b CRD Fernando | 35 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 89.7 |
| RT Ponting | c HP Tillakaratne b PW Gunaratne | 15 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 93.8 |
| DR Martyn | b ST Jayasuriya | 40 | 69 | 4 | 0 | 58.0 |
| MG Bevan | c HP Tillakaratne b ST Jayasuriya | 41 | 51 | 3 | 0 | 80.4 |
| A Symonds | c HP Tillakaratne b M Muralitharan | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 44.4 |
| B Lee | b ST Jayasuriya | 20 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 90.9 |
| JP Maher | c DPMD Jayawardene b ST Jayasuriya | 15 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 55.6 |
| SR Watson | not out | 35* | 35 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 |
| GB Hogg | st KC Sangakkara b M Muralitharan | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 57.1 |
| AJ Bichel | c KC Sangakkara b PW Gunaratne | 28 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 116.7 |
| Extras | lb 12, w 4, nb 5 | 21 | ||||
| Total | all out, 49.3 overs, run rate 5.33 | 264 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 350
1-6 AC Gilchrist2-35 RT Ponting3-78 ML Hayden4-143 DR Martyn5-150 MG Bevan6-152 A Symonds7-188 JP Maher8-188 B Lee9-201 GB Hogg10-264 AJ Bichel
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPUJC Vaas | 6 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 4.83 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| PW Gunaratne | 8.3 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 6.35 | 21 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| CRD Fernando | 9 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 5.11 | 27 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| PA de Silva | 6 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 6.67 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| M Muralitharan | 10 | 1 | 44 | 2 | 4.40 | 30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ST Jayasuriya | 10 | 1 | 39 | 4 | 3.90 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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