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| Venue | P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo on 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th September 1999 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Sri Lanka Board XI won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australians won by 4 wickets |
| Umpires | JWK Boteju, DAS Dissanayake |
| Close of play day 1 | Sri Lanka Board XI (1) 69/2 (Arnold 44*, Tillakaratne 6*; 25.2 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Australians (1) 175/9 (McGrath 0*; 55.3 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Australians (2) 39/0 (Blewett 17*, Slater 17*; 18 overs) |
| Sri Lanka Board XI first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RP Arnold | c and b McGrath | 63 | 109 | 132 | 10 | - | |
| RP Hewage | st Healy b Warne | 17 | 41 | 62 | 2 | - | |
| TM Dilshan | c Warne b Miller | 0 | 2 | 6 | - | - | |
| *HP Tillakaratne | c Healy b McGrath | 16 | 55 | 72 | 2 | - | |
| LPC Silva | c Healy b McGrath | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| SI de Saram | st Healy b MacGill | 67 | 141 | 161 | 9 | 1 | |
| MMDNRG Perera | run out (Waugh->Healy) | 9 | 32 | 44 | 1 | - | |
| +HAPW Jayawardene | c Healy b McGrath | 23 | 61 | 66 | 3 | - | |
| IS Gallage | lbw b Warne | 1 | 12 | 16 | - | - | |
| MS Villavarayan | not out | 10 | 20 | 35 | 1 | - | |
| HMRKB Herath | c Ponting b MacGill | 3 | 9 | 9 | - | - | |
| Extras | (11 b, 1 lb, 7 nb) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 307 minutes, 79.3 overs) | 228 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-44 (Hewage), 2-45 (Dilshan), 3-99 (Arnold), 4-100 (Silva), 5-101 (Tillakaratne), 6-133 (Perera), 7-185 (Jayawardene), 8-193 (Gallage), 9-224 (de Saram), 10-228 (Herath, 79.3 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McGrath | 18 | 5 | 52 | 4 | - | 3 | |
| Miller | 24 | 6 | 70 | 1 | - | - | |
| Warne | 19 | 4 | 37 | 2 | - | 3 | |
| Blewett | 5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| MacGill | 13.3 | 1 | 42 | 2 | - | - | |
| Australians first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GS Blewett | run out (Perera) | 23 | 58 | 73 | 3 | - | |
| ML Hayden | c Dilshan b Herath | 23 | 38 | 56 | 3 | - | |
| JL Langer | c Tillakaratne b Villavarayan | 4 | 14 | 19 | - | - | |
| *SR Waugh | lbw b Perera | 43 | 85 | 93 | 7 | - | |
| RT Ponting | b Herath | 35 | 80 | 76 | 4 | - | |
| +IA Healy | c Arnold b Herath | 0 | 6 | 11 | - | - | |
| SK Warne | run out (Villavarayan->Jayawardene) | 18 | 28 | 32 | 2 | - | |
| CR Miller | c Hewage b Perera | 15 | 32 | 36 | 1 | 1 | |
| SCG MacGill | b Herath | 0 | 4 | 2 | - | - | |
| GD McGrath | lbw b Perera | 1 | 8 | 7 | - | - | |
| MJ Slater | not out | 3 | 6 | 5 | - | - | |
| Extras | (2 lb, 12 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 209 minutes, 57.5 overs) | 179 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-46 (Hayden), 2-55 (Blewett), 3-55 (Langer), 4-131 (Ponting), 5-140 (Healy), 6-140 (Waugh), 7-175 (Miller), 8-175 (MacGill), 9-175 (Warne), 10-179 (McGrath, 57.5 ov) | |||||||
| Sri Lanka Board XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gallage | 8 | 0 | 19 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Villavarayan | 8 | 0 | 39 | 1 | - | - | |
| Herath | 23 | 5 | 57 | 4 | - | 2 | |
| Perera | 13.5 | 2 | 50 | 3 | - | 8 | |
| Arnold | 5 | 1 | 12 | 0 | - | - | |
| Sri Lanka Board XI second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RP Arnold | c Warne b Miller | 79 | 143 | 172 | 12 | - | |
| RP Hewage | c Langer b Miller | 29 | 78 | 119 | 3 | - | |
| TM Dilshan | c Slater b Warne | 23 | 68 | 89 | 3 | - | |
| *HP Tillakaratne | c Warne b Miller | 14 | 27 | 32 | 3 | - | |
| LPC Silva | c Slater b Warne | 70 | 72 | 117 | 8 | - | |
| SI de Saram | c Healy b Warne | 0 | 10 | 12 | - | - | |
| MMDNRG Perera | b Miller | 23 | 26 | 21 | 4 | - | |
| +HAPW Jayawardene | c Blewett b McGrath | 10 | 32 | 38 | 1 | - | |
| IS Gallage | b Miller | 4 | 28 | 35 | - | - | |
| MS Villavarayan | lbw b Miller | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| HMRKB Herath | not out | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (7 b, 7 lb, 4 nb, 1 w) | 19 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 323 minutes, 80.1 overs) | 271 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-97 (Hewage), 2-130 (Arnold), 3-159 (Dilshan), 4-159 (Tillakaratne), 5-165 (de Saram), 6-202 (Perera), 7-245 (Jayawardene), 8-271 (Gallage), 9-271 (Villavarayan), 10-271 (Silva, 80.1 ov) | |||||||
| Australians bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McGrath | 16 | 4 | 41 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Miller | 25 | 9 | 57 | 6 | - | 1 | |
| Blewett | 7 | 2 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| MacGill | 13 | 3 | 54 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Ponting | 3 | 0 | 9 | 0 | - | 1 | |
| Warne | 16.1 | 4 | 74 | 3 | - | - | |
| Australians second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GS Blewett | c de Saram b Gallage | 148 | 283 | 285 | 21 | - | |
| MJ Slater | c Arnold b Herath | 51 | 97 | 135 | 5 | 2 | |
| JL Langer | c Jayawardene b Tillakaratne | 52 | 173 | 219 | 3 | 2 | |
| +IA Healy | c Tillakaratne b Gallage | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | - | |
| *SR Waugh | c Jayawardene b Villavarayan | 21 | 23 | 30 | 5 | - | |
| RT Ponting | c Perera b Herath | 10 | 17 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| ML Hayden | not out | 11 | 14 | 21 | 2 | - | |
| SK Warne | not out | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| CR Miller | did not bat | ||||||
| SCG MacGill | did not bat | ||||||
| GD McGrath | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 9 lb, 9 nb) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, 359 minutes, 101 overs) | 321 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-115 (Slater), 2-249 (Blewett), 3-251 (Healy), 4-278 (Waugh), 5-293 (Ponting), 6-314 (Langer) | |||||||
| Sri Lanka Board XI bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Gallage | 12 | 4 | 28 | 2 | - | 4 | |
| Villavarayan | 15 | 4 | 38 | 1 | - | - | |
| Herath | 33 | 7 | 111 | 2 | - | - | |
| Perera | 15 | 2 | 46 | 0 | - | 3 | |
| Arnold | 25 | 7 | 81 | 0 | - | 2 | |
| Tillakaratne | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | - | - | |
Notes
--> RP Arnold (1) 50 in 101 balls, 126 minutes
--> RP Arnold (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 35
--> SI de Saram (1) 50 in 108 balls, 126 minutes
--> RP Arnold (2) 50 in 95 balls, 114 minutes
--> LPC Silva (2) 50 in 57 balls, 87 minutes
--> GS Blewett (2) 50 in 142 balls, 129 minutes
--> GS Blewett (2) 100 in 240 balls, 236 minutes
--> GS Blewett (2) passed 10000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 126
--> JL Langer (2) 50 in 168 balls, 216 minutes
--> MJ Slater (2) 50 in 94 balls, 134 minutes
--> SR Waugh made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> JL Langer made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> MJ Slater made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> GD McGrath made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> ML Hayden made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> GS Blewett made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> RT Ponting made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> CR Miller made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
--> SCG MacGill made his debut in Sri Lanka in First-Class matches
12th Men: SM Katich (Australians) and WS Jayantha (Sri Lanka Board XI)
An initial toss was conducted on the steps of the Australians dressing room, the Sri Lankan Board XI winning. After an objection was raised by Australians captain SR Waugh, a second toss was made on the ground this time won by the Australians. A third toss was then conducted and won by the Sri Lankan Board XI, thus the toss was a 'best of three' result.
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