Sri Lanka v Australia
Australia won by 4 wickets
VB Series, Match 915 January 2003Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
Sri Lankabatted first
211/950 ov
Australiatarget 212 in 50 overs
214/648.4 ov
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match MG Bevan
Sri Lanka innings
211/950 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS Atapattu | c RT Ponting b GD McGrath | 70 | 101 | 7 | 0 | 69.3 |
| ST Jayasuriya | run out (SR Watson, BA Williams) | 6 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 |
| HP Tillakaratne | run out (MG Bevan, GB Hogg, BA Williams) | 7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 38.9 |
| PA de Silva | c DR Martyn b B Lee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | b GB Hogg | 56 | 90 | 1 | 0 | 62.2 |
| KC Sangakkara | not out | 42* | 42 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 |
| RP Arnold | c JP Maher b GB Hogg | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27.3 |
| WPUJC Vaas | b BA Williams | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| TCB Fernando | run out (GB Hogg, SR Watson) | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 |
| M Muralitharan | run out (RT Ponting) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| CRD Fernando | not out | 0* | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
| Extras | b 4, lb 6, w 11, nb 3 | 24 | ||||
| Total | 9 wickets, 50 overs, run rate 4.22 | 211 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 220
1-13 ST Jayasuriya2-30 HP Tillakaratne3-35 PA de Silva4-147 MS Atapattu5-165 DPMD Jayawardene6-173 RP Arnold7-181 WPUJC Vaas8-199 TCB Fernando9-201 M Muralitharan
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GD McGrath | 10 | 2 | 33 | 1 | 3.30 | 42 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BA Williams | 10 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 3.30 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| B Lee | 10 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 4.40 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| GB Hogg | 10 | 1 | 38 | 2 | 3.80 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| SR Watson | 8 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 4.50 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| DS Lehmann | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 8.50 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Australia innings chasing 212
214/648.4 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Maher | st KC Sangakkara b M Muralitharan | 30 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 69.8 |
| ML Hayden | c CRD Fernando b M Muralitharan | 42 | 54 | 3 | 0 | 77.8 |
| RT Ponting | st KC Sangakkara b PA de Silva | 15 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 |
| DR Martyn | b M Muralitharan | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 |
| DS Lehmann | run out (KC Sangakkara, RP Arnold) | 38 | 49 | 3 | 0 | 77.6 |
| MG Bevan | not out | 45* | 79 | 2 | 0 | 57.0 |
| SR Watson | c HP Tillakaratne b M Muralitharan | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 |
| GB Hogg | not out | 14* | 15 | 1 | 0 | 93.3 |
| Extras | b 5, lb 4, w 11, nb 5 | 25 | ||||
| Total | 6 wickets, 48.4 overs, run rate 4.40 | 214 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 220
1-76 JP Maher2-94 ML Hayden3-98 DR Martyn4-100 RT Ponting5-172 DS Lehmann6-182 SR Watson
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPUJC Vaas | 10 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 3.80 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| TCB Fernando | 6.5 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 4.68 | 25 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| CRD Fernando | 10 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 4.80 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| PA de Silva | 6.5 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 4.54 | 21 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| M Muralitharan | 10 | 1 | 27 | 4 | 2.70 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| ST Jayasuriya | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 5.67 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RP Arnold | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 6.00 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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