Australia Vs Sri Lanka 1St Odi
Sri Lanka tour of Australia - 2010 (2010/11) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 3 November 2010
Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket (with 34 balls remaining)
Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket (with 34 balls remaining). Angelo Mathews top-scored with 77* for Sri Lanka. Thisara Perera took 5/46.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
- Date
- 3 November 2010
- Toss
- Australia, chose to bat
- Result
- Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket (with 34 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Angelo Mathews
- Captains
- Michael Clarke (Australia), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka)
- Debut
- Xavier Doherty (Australia)
- Umpires
- M Erasmus and PR Reiffel
- Match referee
- BC Broad
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Australia won the toss and chose to bat. It was Xavier Doherty's first ODI.
Australia batted first and made 239 for 8. Michael Hussey top-scored with 71 not out off 91 balls, and Brad Haddin made 49. Thisara Perera took 5 for 46 for Sri Lanka.
Chasing 240, Sri Lanka made 243 for 9. Angelo Mathews top-scored with 77 not out off 84 balls, and Lasith Malinga made 56. Xavier Doherty took 4 for 46 for Australia. The innings was built on a 132-run stand for the ninth wicket between Lasith Malinga and Angelo Mathews, 54% of the total. From 84 for 4 they lost 4 wickets for 23 runs, to 107 for 8.
Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket (with 34 balls remaining).
AUSTRALIA: 239 FOR 8
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Haddin | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Thisara Perera | 49 | 55 |
| Shane Watson | c Chamara Silva b Lasith Malinga | 10 | 20 |
| Michael Clarke | c Kumar Sangakkara b Thisara Perera | 27 | 31 |
| Michael Hussey | not out | 71 | 91 |
| Cameron White | b Thisara Perera | 0 | 1 |
| Shaun Marsh | c Kumar Sangakkara b Suraj Randiv | 31 | 53 |
| Steven Smith | c Kumar Sangakkara b Thisara Perera | 12 | 15 |
| Mitchell Johnson | b Nuwan Kulasekara | 10 | 17 |
| John Hastings | b Thisara Perera | 16 | 15 |
| Xavier Doherty | not out | 3 | 2 |
Did not bat: Peter Siddle
Extras 10 · Total 239 for 8
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lasith Malinga | 10 | 0 | 39 | 1 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 10 | 0 | 60 | 1 |
| Thisara Perera | 8 | 0 | 46 | 5 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | 9 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| Suraj Randiv | 9 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-30 (Shane Watson, 6.2 ov), 2-85 (Michael Clarke, 16.5 ov), 3-88 (Brad Haddin, 18.5 ov), 4-88 (Cameron White, 18.6 ov), 5-155 (Shaun Marsh, 35.2 ov), 6-178 (Steven Smith, 40.2 ov), 7-204 (Mitchell Johnson, 45.2 ov), 8-235 (John Hastings, 49.3 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Brad Haddin (20) and Shane Watson (10) | 30 | 38 |
| second | Brad Haddin (27) and Michael Clarke (27) | 55 | 63 |
| third | Michael Hussey (1) and Brad Haddin (2) | 3 | 12 |
| fourth | Michael Hussey (0) and Cameron White (0) | 0 | 1 |
| fifth | Michael Hussey (33) and Shaun Marsh (31) | 67 | 98 |
| sixth | Michael Hussey (11) and Steven Smith (12) | 23 | 30 |
| seventh | Michael Hussey (14) and Mitchell Johnson (10) | 26 | 30 |
| eighth | Michael Hussey (11) and John Hastings (16) | 31 | 25 |
| ninth | Michael Hussey (1) and Xavier Doherty (3) | 4 | 3 |
SRI LANKA: 243 FOR 9
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | c Michael Hussey b Peter Siddle | 7 | 6 |
| Upul Tharanga | run out (Xavier Doherty) | 3 | 18 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | b Xavier Doherty | 49 | 46 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | lbw b Xavier Doherty | 19 | 27 |
| Chamara Silva | c Shane Watson b Xavier Doherty | 4 | 8 |
| Angelo Mathews | not out | 77 | 84 |
| Thisara Perera | b Mitchell Johnson | 0 | 4 |
| Suraj Randiv | run out (Michael Hussey, Mitchell Starc, Steven Smith) | 10 | 21 |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | lbw b Xavier Doherty | 0 | 2 |
| Lasith Malinga | run out (Steven Smith) | 56 | 48 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | not out | 4 | 2 |
Extras 14 · Total 243 for 9
| Bowler (Australia) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Johnson | 10 | 1 | 68 | 1 |
| Peter Siddle | 8 | 0 | 51 | 1 |
| Shane Watson | 6.2 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| John Hastings | 6 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Xavier Doherty | 10 | 1 | 46 | 4 |
| Steven Smith | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| Michael Clarke | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-10 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 3.3 ov), 2-19 (Upul Tharanga, 5.1 ov), 3-73 (Mahela Jayawardene, 15.2 ov), 4-84 (Chamara Silva, 17.2 ov), 5-84 (Kumar Sangakkara, 17.3 ov), 6-86 (Thisara Perera, 18.3 ov), 7-107 (Suraj Randiv, 24.6 ov), 8-107 (Nuwan Kulasekara, 25.2 ov), 9-239 (Lasith Malinga, 43.4 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Tillakaratne Dilshan (7) and Upul Tharanga (3) | 10 | 21 |
| second | Kumar Sangakkara (9) and Upul Tharanga (0) | 9 | 10 |
| third | Mahela Jayawardene (19) and Kumar Sangakkara (34) | 54 | 61 |
| fourth | Chamara Silva (4) and Kumar Sangakkara (6) | 11 | 12 |
| fifth | Kumar Sangakkara (0) and Angelo Mathews (0) | 0 | 1 |
| sixth | Angelo Mathews (1) and Thisara Perera (0) | 2 | 6 |
| seventh | Suraj Randiv (8) and Angelo Mathews (10) | 21 | 38 |
| eighth | Nuwan Kulasekara (0) and Angelo Mathews (0) | 0 | 2 |
| ninth | Lasith Malinga (56) and Angelo Mathews (66) | 132 | 109 |
| tenth | Muthiah Muralidaran (4) and Angelo Mathews (0) | 4 | 4 |
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