Australia v Sri Lanka
Australia won by 5 wickets
VB Series, Match 726 January 2006Adelaide Oval
Sri Lankabatted first
218/850 ov
Australiatarget 219 in 50 overs
219/548.3 ov
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match A Symonds
Sri Lanka innings
218/850 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J Mubarak | c B Lee b A Symonds | 34 | 47 | 3 | 2 | 72.3 |
| WU Tharanga | c DR Martyn b GD McGrath | 31 | 66 | 2 | 0 | 47.0 |
| KC Sangakkara | b GB Hogg | 25 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 67.6 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c A Symonds b NW Bracken | 25 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 69.4 |
| MS Atapattu | c DR Martyn b NW Bracken | 32 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 66.7 |
| TM Dilshan | b GB Hogg | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 |
| RP Arnold | not out | 27* | 28 | 2 | 0 | 96.4 |
| WPUJC Vaas | c GB Hogg b A Symonds | 15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 75.0 |
| WCA Ganegama | b A Symonds | 7 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 87.5 |
| KMDN Kulasekara | not out | 2* | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Extras | b 4, lb 4, w 8, nb 3 | 19 | ||||
| Total | 8 wickets, 50 overs, run rate 4.36 | 218 | ||||
Did not batM Muralitharan, HMCM Bandara
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 220
1-53 J Mubarak2-96 WU Tharanga3-100 KC Sangakkara4-155 MS Atapattu5-161 DPMD Jayawardene6-167 TM Dilshan7-196 WPUJC Vaas8-207 WCA Ganegama
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B Lee | 10 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 4.00 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| GD McGrath | 8 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 3.25 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| NW Bracken | 10 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 4.50 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| A Symonds | 9 | 1 | 48 | 3 | 5.33 | 29 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| GB Hogg | 10 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 3.50 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| BJ Hodge | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5.33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Australia innings chasing 219
219/548.3 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Gilchrist | c WCA Ganegama b KMDN Kulasekara | 34 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 103.0 |
| SM Katich | c KC Sangakkara b TM Dilshan | 52 | 89 | 5 | 0 | 58.4 |
| BJ Hodge | b KMDN Kulasekara | 5 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 31.3 |
| DR Martyn | b M Muralitharan | 46 | 72 | 1 | 0 | 63.9 |
| A Symonds | c WU Tharanga b M Muralitharan | 32 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 97.0 |
| MJ Clarke | not out | 16* | 18 | 1 | 0 | 88.9 |
| MEK Hussey | not out | 25* | 30 | 2 | 0 | 83.3 |
| Extras | lb 2, w 7 | 9 | ||||
| Total | 5 wickets, 48.3 overs, run rate 4.52 | 219 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 220
1-47 AC Gilchrist2-73 BJ Hodge3-115 SM Katich4-175 A Symonds5-177 DR Martyn
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPUJC Vaas | 8.3 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 4.82 | 29 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| WCA Ganegama | 6 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 6.83 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| KMDN Kulasekara | 9 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 3.56 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 35 | 2 | 3.50 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| HMCM Bandara | 10 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 4.40 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| TM Dilshan | 5 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 4.80 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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