Sri Lanka v Australia 1st Test
Australia tour of Sri Lanka - 1999 (1999) · Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy · 9 September 1999 · Australia won the toss and chose to bat
Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets · Man of the Match: Aravinda de Silva
Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets. Ricky Ponting top-scored with 96 for Australia. Man of the Match: Aravinda de Silva.
Australia, 184 (10 wkts)
| Michael Slater | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 2 |
| Greg Blewett | lbw b Nuwan Zoysa | 0 | 4 |
| Justin Langer | caught (Aravinda de Silva) b Chaminda Vaas | 7 | 21 |
| Mark Waugh | caught (Chaminda Vaas) b Chaminda Vaas | 6 | 21 |
| Steve Waugh | caught (Aravinda de Silva) b Nuwan Zoysa | 19 | 35 |
| Ricky Ponting | caught (Muthiah Muralidaran) b Muthiah Muralidaran | 96 | 160 |
| Ian Healy | stumping (Romesh Kaluwitharana) b Muthiah Muralidaran | 11 | 14 |
| Shane Warne | caught (Marvan Atapattu) b Nuwan Zoysa | 0 | 9 |
| Jason Gillespie | lbw b Muthiah Muralidaran | 41 | 124 |
| Colin Miller | caught (Marvan Atapattu) b Muthiah Muralidaran | 0 | 2 |
| Glenn McGrath | not out | 4 | 15 |
Chaminda Vaas 16.00-2-43-3Nuwan Zoysa 13.00-2-38-3Muthiah Muralidaran 25.10-4-63-4Sanath Jayasuriya 5.00-0-5-0Upul Chandana 8.00-1-39-0
Sri Lanka, 220 (10 wkts)
| Sanath Jayasuriya | lbw b Glenn McGrath | 18 | 18 |
| Marvan Atapattu | caught (Justin Langer) b Colin Miller | 25 | 58 |
| Russel Arnold | lbw b Colin Miller | 19 | 49 |
| Aravinda de Silva | caught (Ricky Ponting) b Shane Warne | 78 | 146 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | caught (Ricky Ponting) b Shane Warne | 46 | 70 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | caught (Ian Healy) b Shane Warne | 4 | 4 |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana | bowled b Colin Miller | 9 | 18 |
| Upul Chandana | caught (Matthew Hayden) b Shane Warne | 12 | 28 |
| Chaminda Vaas | not out | 2 | 6 |
| Nuwan Zoysa | caught (Colin Miller) b Shane Warne | 7 | 3 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | caught (Glenn McGrath) b Colin Miller | 0 | 3 |
Glenn McGrath 18.00-5-66-1Jason Gillespie 12.00-2-43-0Colin Miller 20.30-6-62-4Shane Warne 16.00-4-52-5
Australia, 124 (8 wkts)
| Greg Blewett | caught (Marvan Atapattu) b Muthiah Muralidaran | 14 | 85 |
| Michael Slater | lbw b Muthiah Muralidaran | 27 | 50 |
| Justin Langer | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 5 | 19 |
| Mark Waugh | bowled b Chaminda Vaas | 0 | 5 |
| Ricky Ponting | caught (Sanath Jayasuriya) b Upul Chandana | 51 | 118 |
| Ian Healy | bowled b Muthiah Muralidaran | 3 | 18 |
| Shane Warne | run out (Sanath Jayasuriya) | 6 | 10 |
| Colin Miller | bowled b Chaminda Vaas | 8 | 32 |
| Glenn McGrath | not out | 10 | 29 |
| Steve Waugh | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Gillespie | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Chaminda Vaas 15.00-7-15-3Nuwan Zoysa 10.00-3-28-0Aravinda de Silva 3.00-0-5-0Muthiah Muralidaran 26.00-5-65-3Sanath Jayasuriya 4.00-1-7-0Upul Chandana 2.20-0-9-1
Sri Lanka, 82 (4 wkts)
| Nuwan Zoysa | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | caught (Matthew Hayden) b Colin Miller | 18 | 23 |
| Marvan Atapattu | caught (Greg Blewett) b Glenn McGrath | 0 | 5 |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana | bowled b Colin Miller | 5 | 17 |
| Aravinda de Silva | not out | 31 | 70 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | caught (Michael Slater) b Colin Miller | 9 | 20 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | not out | 19 | 29 |
| Russel Arnold | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Upul Chandana | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Chaminda Vaas | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Glenn McGrath 7.00-2-19-1Colin Miller 13.00-2-48-3Shane Warne 6.50-3-18-0
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