Australia Vs Sri Lanka 12Th Match
VB Series Australia, England, Sri Lanka in Australia - 2002 (2002/03) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 21 January 2003
Australia won by 9 wickets (with 93 balls remaining)
Australia won by 9 wickets (with 93 balls remaining). Ricky Ponting top-scored with 106* for Australia.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
- Date
- 21 January 2003
- Toss
- Sri Lanka, chose to bat
- Result
- Australia won by 9 wickets (with 93 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Ricky Ponting
- Captains
- Marvan Atapattu (Sri Lanka), Ricky Ponting (Australia)
- Umpires
- DJ Harper and RB Tiffin
- Match referee
- CH Lloyd
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat.
Sri Lanka batted first and made 214 for 8. Avishka Gunawardene top-scored with 45 off 72 balls, and Aravinda de Silva made 44. Brad Hogg took 3 for 37 for Australia.
Chasing 215, Australia made 215 for 1. Ricky Ponting top-scored with 106 not out off 97 balls, and Matthew Hayden made 80. The innings was built on a 178-run stand for the second wicket between Matthew Hayden and Ricky Ponting, 83% of the total.
Australia won by 9 wickets (with 93 balls remaining).
SRI LANKA: 214 FOR 8
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marvan Atapattu | c Brad Hogg b Andy Bichel | 26 | 42 |
| Avishka Gunawardene | lbw b Brad Hogg | 45 | 72 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | c Shane Watson b Brad Hogg | 43 | 56 |
| Aravinda de Silva | c Shane Watson b Nathan Bracken | 44 | 73 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | st Adam Gilchrist b Brad Hogg | 0 | 2 |
| Russel Arnold | b Brad Williams | 14 | 24 |
| Chaminda Vaas | run out (Brad Hogg) | 1 | 5 |
| Jehan Mubarak | lbw b Brad Williams | 15 | 22 |
| Hashan Tillakaratne | not out | 9 | 5 |
Did not bat: Chamila Gamage, Prabath Nissanka
Extras 17 · Total 214 for 8
| Bowler (Australia) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brad Williams | 10 | 0 | 57 | 2 |
| Nathan Bracken | 9 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| Andy Bichel | 10 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
| Brad Hogg | 10 | 0 | 37 | 3 |
| Shane Watson | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 |
| Andrew Symonds | 7 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-64 (Marvan Atapattu, 14.3 ov), 2-100 (Avishka Gunawardene, 25.1 ov), 3-134 (Kumar Sangakkara, 33.2 ov), 4-135 (Mahela Jayawardene, 33.5 ov), 5-166 (Russel Arnold, 40.6 ov), 6-170 (Chaminda Vaas, 42.1 ov), 7-201 (Aravinda de Silva, 48.4 ov), 8-214 (Jehan Mubarak, 49.6 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Marvan Atapattu (23) and Avishka Gunawardene (36) | 64 | 83 |
| second | Avishka Gunawardene (9) and Kumar Sangakkara (23) | 36 | 64 |
| third | Aravinda de Silva (12) and Kumar Sangakkara (20) | 34 | 49 |
| fourth | Aravinda de Silva (0) and Mahela Jayawardene (0) | 1 | 3 |
| fifth | Aravinda de Silva (11) and Russel Arnold (14) | 31 | 44 |
| sixth | Aravinda de Silva (0) and Chaminda Vaas (1) | 4 | 7 |
| seventh | Aravinda de Silva (16) and Jehan Mubarak (13) | 31 | 38 |
| eighth | Hashan Tillakaratne (9) and Jehan Mubarak (1) | 13 | 7 |
AUSTRALIA: 215 FOR 1
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew Hayden | not out | 80 | 87 |
| Adam Gilchrist | b Chaminda Vaas | 26 | 23 |
| Ricky Ponting | not out | 106 | 97 |
Did not bat: Jimmy Maher, Michael Bevan, Andrew Symonds, Shane Watson, Brad Hogg, Andy Bichel, Brad Williams, Nathan Bracken
Extras 3 · Total 215 for 1
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaminda Vaas | 8 | 0 | 45 | 1 |
| Prabath Nissanka | 7.3 | 0 | 61 | 0 |
| Aravinda de Silva | 9 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| Chamila Gamage | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| Russel Arnold | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-37 (Adam Gilchrist, 6.2 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Matthew Hayden (10) and Adam Gilchrist (22) | 37 | 29 |
| second | Matthew Hayden (70) and Ricky Ponting (106) | 178 | 169 |
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