Sri Lanka v Australia
Australia won by 9 wickets
VB Series, Match 1221 January 2003Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Sri Lankabatted first
214/850 ov
Australiatarget 215 in 50 overs
215/134.3 ov
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match RT Ponting
Sri Lanka innings
214/850 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS Atapattu | c GB Hogg b AJ Bichel | 26 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 61.9 |
| DA Gunawardene | lbw b GB Hogg | 45 | 72 | 4 | 0 | 62.5 |
| KC Sangakkara | c SR Watson b GB Hogg | 43 | 56 | 2 | 2 | 76.8 |
| PA de Silva | c SR Watson b NW Bracken | 44 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 60.3 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | st AC Gilchrist b GB Hogg | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| RP Arnold | b BA Williams | 14 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 58.3 |
| WPUJC Vaas | run out (GB Hogg) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| J Mubarak | lbw b BA Williams | 15 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 68.2 |
| HP Tillakaratne | not out | 9* | 5 | 1 | 0 | 180.0 |
| Extras | lb 5, w 11, nb 1 | 17 | ||||
| Total | 8 wickets, 50 overs, run rate 4.28 | 214 | ||||
Did not batMKGCP Lakshitha, RAP Nissanka
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 220
1-64 MS Atapattu2-100 DA Gunawardene3-134 KC Sangakkara4-135 DPMD Jayawardene5-166 RP Arnold6-170 WPUJC Vaas7-201 PA de Silva8-214 J Mubarak
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA Williams | 10 | 0 | 57 | 2 | 5.70 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| NW Bracken | 9 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 3.67 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| AJ Bichel | 10 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 3.30 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| GB Hogg | 10 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 3.70 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| SR Watson | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4.25 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| A Symonds | 7 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 4.57 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings chasing 215
215/134.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Gilchrist | b WPUJC Vaas | 26 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 113.0 |
| ML Hayden | not out | 80* | 87 | 1 | 4 | 92.0 |
| RT Ponting | not out | 106* | 97 | 11 | 1 | 109.3 |
| Extras | w 3 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 1 wicket, 34.3 overs, run rate 6.23 | 215 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 220
1-37 AC Gilchrist
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPUJC Vaas | 8 | 0 | 45 | 1 | 5.63 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RAP Nissanka | 7.3 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 8.13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| PA de Silva | 9 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 5.67 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| MKGCP Lakshitha | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 7.67 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RP Arnold | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 5.40 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4.00 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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