Australia v Sri Lanka
Australia won by 48 runs (DLS)
ICC Men's Cricket World Cup, Semi Final18 March 2003St George's Park, Gqeberha
Australiabatted first
212/750 ov
Sri Lankatarget 172 in 38 overs
123/738.1 ov
Australia won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match A Symonds
Australia innings
212/750 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Gilchrist | c KC Sangakkara b PA de Silva | 22 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 110.0 |
| ML Hayden | c HP Tillakaratne b WPUJC Vaas | 20 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 52.6 |
| RT Ponting | c ST Jayasuriya b WPUJC Vaas | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| DS Lehmann | b ST Jayasuriya | 36 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 54.5 |
| A Symonds | not out | 91* | 118 | 7 | 1 | 77.1 |
| MG Bevan | c KC Sangakkara b ST Jayasuriya | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| GB Hogg | st KC Sangakkara b PA de Silva | 8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 42.1 |
| IJ Harvey | c KC Sangakkara b WPUJC Vaas | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 70.0 |
| AJ Bichel | not out | 19* | 21 | 0 | 1 | 90.5 |
| Extras | lb 3, w 3, nb 1 | 7 | ||||
| Total | 7 wickets, 50 overs, run rate 4.24 | 212 | ||||
Did not batB Lee, GD McGrath
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 220
1-34 AC Gilchrist2-37 RT Ponting3-51 ML Hayden4-144 DS Lehmann5-144 MG Bevan6-158 GB Hogg7-175 IJ Harvey
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPUJC Vaas | 10 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 3.40 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| PW Gunaratne | 8 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 7.50 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| PA de Silva | 10 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 3.60 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| M Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 2.90 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ST Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 4.20 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RP Arnold | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4.00 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka innings chasing 172
123/738.1 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS Atapattu | b B Lee | 14 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 82.4 |
| ST Jayasuriya | c A Symonds b GD McGrath | 17 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 70.8 |
| HP Tillakaratne | c AC Gilchrist b B Lee | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| DA Gunawardene | c RT Ponting b B Lee | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| PA de Silva | run out (AJ Bichel) | 11 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 68.8 |
| KC Sangakkara | not out | 39* | 70 | 3 | 0 | 55.7 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c AC Gilchrist b GB Hogg | 5 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 62.5 |
| RP Arnold | c B Lee b GB Hogg | 3 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 |
| WPUJC Vaas | not out | 21* | 50 | 1 | 1 | 42.0 |
| Extras | b 4, lb 1, w 2, nb 2 | 9 | ||||
| Total | 7 wickets, 38.1 overs, run rate 3.22 | 123 | ||||
Did not batM Muralitharan, PW Gunaratne
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 220
1-21 MS Atapattu2-37 ST Jayasuriya3-37 HP Tillakaratne4-43 DA Gunawardene5-51 PA de Silva6-60 DPMD Jayawardene7-76 RP Arnold
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GD McGrath | 7 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 2.86 | 32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B Lee | 8 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 4.38 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| AJ Bichel | 10 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1.80 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GB Hogg | 10 | 1 | 30 | 2 | 3.00 | 43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| IJ Harvey | 2.1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5.08 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DS Lehmann | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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