Australia v Sri Lanka
Australia won by 167 runs
VB Series, Final12 February 2006Sydney Cricket Ground
Australiabatted first
368/550 ov
Sri Lankatarget 369 in 50 overs
20136 ov
Australia won the toss and chose to batPlayer of the match A Symonds
Australia innings
368/550 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Gilchrist | c TM Dilshan b WPUJC Vaas | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| SM Katich | lbw b WPUJC Vaas | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| RT Ponting | c WPUJC Vaas b PDRL Perera | 124 | 127 | 9 | 3 | 97.6 |
| DR Martyn | c DPMD Jayawardene b WPUJC Vaas | 8 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 160.0 |
| A Symonds | lbw b WPUJC Vaas | 151 | 127 | 13 | 3 | 118.9 |
| MJ Clarke | not out | 54* | 28 | 6 | 0 | 192.9 |
| MEK Hussey | not out | 23* | 8 | 3 | 1 | 287.5 |
| Extras | lb 1, w 4, nb 2 | 7 | ||||
| Total | 5 wickets, 50 overs, run rate 7.36 | 368 | ||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 370
1-0 AC Gilchrist2-2 SM Katich3-10 DR Martyn4-247 RT Ponting5-320 A Symonds
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | 4s | 6s | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPUJC Vaas | 10 | 0 | 56 | 4 | 5.60 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| PDRL Perera | 10 | 0 | 72 | 1 | 7.20 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| KMDN Kulasekara | 5 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 8.20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| M Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 99 | 0 | 9.90 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| TM Dilshan | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5.00 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ST Jayasuriya | 8 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 6.50 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| HMCM Bandara | 5 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 7.40 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Sri Lanka innings chasing 369
20136 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS Atapattu | c AC Gilchrist b SR Clark | 24 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 68.6 |
| ST Jayasuriya | c B Lee b NW Bracken | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| KC Sangakkara | b NW Bracken | 13 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 100.0 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | b GB Hogg | 50 | 48 | 8 | 0 | 104.2 |
| RP Arnold | not out | 64* | 62 | 6 | 1 | 103.2 |
| TM Dilshan | c RT Ponting b A Symonds | 13 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 92.9 |
| CK Kapugedera | run out (MJ Clarke, AC Gilchrist) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.3 |
| WPUJC Vaas | c MJ Clarke b GB Hogg | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| HMCM Bandara | c SR Clark b A Symonds | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| M Muralitharan | c ML Lewis b NW Bracken | 27 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 112.5 |
| PDRL Perera | c RT Ponting b NW Bracken | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | lb 4, w 2, nb 3 | 9 | ||||
| Total | all out, 36 overs, run rate 5.58 | 201 | ||||
Did not batKMDN Kulasekara
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 370
1-4 ST Jayasuriya2-26 KC Sangakkara3-74 MS Atapattu4-116 DPMD Jayawardene5-139 TM Dilshan6-145 CK Kapugedera7-146 WPUJC Vaas8-147 HMCM Bandara9-200 M Muralitharan10-201 PDRL Perera
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