a14879 o1939	Australia v Sri Lanka
	VB Series 2002/03
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 21st January 2003 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 9 wickets
Points	Australia 6 (Bonus 1); Sri Lanka 0
Umpires	DJ Harper, RB Tiffin
TV umpire	SJA Taufel
Referee	CH Lloyd
Reserve Umpire	RL Parry
Player of the Match	RT Ponting

---

Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*MS Atapattu	c Hogg b Bichel	26	42	61	2	-	61.90
DA Gunawardene	lbw b Hogg	45	72	105	4	-	62.50
+KC Sangakkara	c Watson b Hogg	43	56	73	2	2	76.79
PA de Silva	c Watson b Bracken	44	73	95	-	-	60.27
DPMD Jayawardene	st Gilchrist b Hogg	0	2	4	-	-	0.00
RP Arnold	b Williams	14	24	28	1	-	58.33
WPUJC Vaas	run out (Hogg)	1	5	6	-	-	20.00
J Mubarak	lbw b Williams	15	22	33	1	-	68.18
HP Tillakaratne	not out	9	5	8	1	-	180.00
MKGCP Lakshitha	did not bat
RAP Nissanka	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 1 nb, 11 w)	17
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 210 minutes, 50 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-64 (Atapattu, 14.3 ov), 2-100 (Gunawardene, 25.1 ov), 3-134 (Sangakkara, 33.2 ov), 4-135 (Jayawardene, 33.5 ov), 5-166 (Arnold, 40.6 ov), 6-170 (Vaas, 42.1 ov), 7-201 (de Silva, 48.4 ov), 8-214 (Mubarak, 50 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Williams	10	0	57	2	5	-	30.00	5.70
Bracken	9	0	33	1	2	-	54.00	3.67
Bichel	10	0	33	1	2	-	60.00	3.30
Hogg	10	0	37	3	1	-	20.00	3.70
Watson	4	0	17	0	1	1	-	4.25
Symonds	7	0	32	0	-	-	-	4.57

---

Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+AC Gilchrist	b Vaas	26	23	26	3	-	113.04
ML Hayden	not out	80	87	142	1	4	91.95
*RT Ponting	not out	106	97	115	11	1	109.28
JP Maher	did not bat
MG Bevan	did not bat
A Symonds	did not bat
SR Watson	did not bat
GB Hogg	did not bat
AJ Bichel	did not bat
BA Williams	did not bat
NW Bracken	did not bat
Extras	(3 w)	3
Total	(1 wicket, 142 minutes, 34.3 overs)	215
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Gilchrist, 6.2 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Vaas	8	0	45	1	-	-	48.00	5.62
Nissanka	7.3	0	61	0	2	-	-	8.13
de Silva	9	0	51	0	-	-	-	5.67
Lakshitha	3	0	23	0	-	-	-	7.67
Arnold	5	0	27	0	-	-	-	5.40
Jayawardene	2	0	8	0	1	-	-	4.00

---

Notes
--> Sri Lanka innings: 50 in 61 balls, 43 minutes
--> Sri Lanka innings: 100 in 150 balls, 104 minutes
--> Sri Lanka innings: 150 in 219 balls, 152 minutes
--> Sri Lanka innings: 200 in 291 balls, 200 minutes
--> Australia innings: 50 in 58 balls, 41 minutes
--> Australia innings: 100 in 103 balls, 75 minutes
--> Australia innings: 150 in 151 balls, 104 minutes
--> Australia innings: 200 in 193 balls, 139 minutes
--> MKGCP Lakshitha made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> DA Gunawardene passed 3500 runs in List A matches when he reached 25
--> KC Sangakkara passed 3000 runs in List A matches when he reached 38
--> PA de Silva passed 9000 runs in ODI matches when he reached 27
--> J Mubarak passed his previous highest score of 14 in ODI matches
--> ML Hayden 50 in 66 balls, 108 minutes with 1 four and 1 six
--> RT Ponting 50 in 50 balls with 7 fours and 1 six
--> RT Ponting 100 in 94 balls, 110 minutes with 11 fours and 1 six
--> RT Ponting passed 5500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 27
--> GB Hogg achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 3-55)
--> MS Atapattu and DA Gunawardene added 50 in 61 balls, 43 minutes for the Sri Lanka 1st wicket
--> ML Hayden and RT Ponting added 50 in 48 balls, 33 minutes for the Australia 2nd wicket
--> ML Hayden and RT Ponting added 100 in 103 balls, 71 minutes for the Australia 2nd wicket
--> ML Hayden and RT Ponting added 150 in 152 balls, 103 minutes for the Australia 2nd wicket

---

Hours of play: 2.15pm - 5.45pm, 6.30pm - 10.00pm
Match finished at 8:52pm

 

 

 

 

This page was created by the CricketArchive Oracles