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| Venue | SuperSport Park, Centurion on 7th March 2003 (50-over match) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Australia won by 96 runs | 
| Points | Australia 4; Sri Lanka 0 | 
| Umpires | BF Bowden, DR Shepherd | 
| TV umpire | BG Jerling | 
| Referee | MJ Procter | 
| Player of the Match | RT Ponting | 
| Articles | Statistical highlights of Australia v Sri Lanka 7th March 2003 | 
| Australia innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| +AC Gilchrist | run out (Vaas) | 99 | 88 | 122 | 14 | 2 | 112.50 | 
| ML Hayden | c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan | 22 | 34 | 50 | 3 | - | 64.71 | 
| *RT Ponting | c Sangakkara b Fernando | 114 | 109 | 130 | 8 | 4 | 104.59 | 
| DR Martyn | b Fernando | 52 | 58 | 76 | 1 | - | 89.66 | 
| DS Lehmann | c de Silva b Fernando | 10 | 10 | 21 | 1 | - | 100.00 | 
| IJ Harvey | not out | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | 166.67 | 
| MG Bevan | not out | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 100.00 | 
| GB Hogg | did not bat | ||||||
| B Lee | did not bat | ||||||
| AJ Bichel | did not bat | ||||||
| GD McGrath | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 lb, 7 nb, 5 w) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, innings closed, 205 minutes, 50 overs) | 319 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-75 (Hayden, 12.2 ov), 2-181 (Gilchrist, 29.5 ov), 3-293 (Ponting, 45.4 ov), 4-313 (Martyn, 49.1 ov), 5-314 (Lehmann, 49.3 ov) | |||||||
| Sri Lanka bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| Vaas | 8 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | 7.38 | 
| Gunaratne | 6 | 0 | 46 | 0 | - | - | - | 7.67 | 
| de Silva | 5 | 0 | 36 | 0 | - | - | - | 7.20 | 
| Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 60.00 | 4.70 | 
| Arnold | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 10.50 | 
| Fernando | 9 | 0 | 47 | 3 | 1 | - | 18.00 | 5.22 | 
| Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 5.90 | 
| Sri Lanka innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| MS Atapattu | c and b Lee | 16 | 24 | 46 | 3 | - | 66.67 | 
| *ST Jayasuriya | retired hurt | 1 | 5 | 7 | - | - | 20.00 | 
| HP Tillakaratne | b McGrath | 21 | 41 | 51 | 3 | - | 51.22 | 
| DPMD Jayawardene | c Gilchrist b Lee | 0 | 3 | 8 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| PA de Silva | c and b Hogg | 92 | 94 | 138 | 9 | 4 | 97.87 | 
| RP Arnold | lbw b Lee | 1 | 6 | 6 | - | - | 16.67 | 
| +KC Sangakkara | run out (Hogg) | 20 | 38 | 53 | 2 | - | 52.63 | 
| WPUJC Vaas | lbw b Hogg | 21 | 45 | 37 | 2 | - | 46.67 | 
| M Muralitharan | c Lee b Lehmann | 4 | 5 | 5 | - | - | 80.00 | 
| CRD Fernando | lbw b McGrath | 9 | 13 | 40 | 2 | - | 69.23 | 
| PW Gunaratne | not out | 15 | 15 | 12 | 3 | - | 100.00 | 
| Extras | (6 b, 8 lb, 3 nb, 6 w) | 23 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 205 minutes, 47.4 overs) | 223 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-42 (Atapattu, 9.5 ov), 2-46 (Jayawardene, 11.2 ov), 3-47 (Tillakaratne, 12.3 ov), 4-48 (Arnold, 13.3 ov), 5-100 (Sangakkara, 26.1 ov), 6-144 (Vaas, 36.4 ov), 7-149 (Muralitharan, 37.4 ov), 8-203 (de Silva, 44.1 ov), 9-223 (Fernando, 47.4 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| McGrath | 9.4 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 3 | - | 29.00 | 2.59 | 
| Lee | 10 | 1 | 52 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20.00 | 5.20 | 
| Harvey | 7 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.14 | 
| Bichel | 7 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 4.57 | 
| Hogg | 9 | 1 | 45 | 2 | - | - | 27.00 | 5.00 | 
| Lehmann | 5 | 0 | 26 | 1 | - | - | 30.00 | 5.20 | 
Notes
--> Australia innings: 50 in 51 balls, 35 minutes
--> Australia innings: 100 in 96 balls, 63 minutes
--> Australia innings: 150 in 150 balls, 99 minutes
--> Australia innings: 200 in 205 balls, 135 minutes
--> Australia innings: 250 in 247 balls, 159 minutes
--> Australia innings: 300 in 293 balls, 191 minutes
--> Sri Lanka innings: 50 in 100 balls, 79 minutes
--> Sri Lanka innings: 100 in 163 balls, 119 minutes
--> Sri Lanka innings: 150 in 236 balls, 167 minutes
--> Sri Lanka innings: 200 in 269 balls, 186 minutes
--> AC Gilchrist 50 in 45 balls with 10 fours
--> AC Gilchrist passed his previous highest score of 63 in World Cup matches
--> AC Gilchrist passed 5000 runs in ODI matches when he reached 38
--> RT Ponting 50 in 66 balls, 81 minutes with 3 fours and 1 six
--> RT Ponting 100 in 96 balls, 115 minutes with 6 fours and 6 sixes
--> RT Ponting passed his previous highest score of 102 in World Cup matches
--> DR Martyn 50 in 56 balls, 75 minutes with 1 four
--> PA de Silva 50 in 69 balls, 116 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> PA de Silva passed 1000 runs in World Cup matches when he reached 64
--> PW Gunaratne passed his previous highest score of 13 in ODI matches
--> CRD Fernando achieved his best innings bowling analysis in World Cup matches when he dismissed DS Lehmann in the Australia innings (previous best was 2-4)
--> AC Gilchrist and ML Hayden added 50 in 51 balls, 35 minutes for the Australia 1st wicket
--> AC Gilchrist and RT Ponting added 50 in 41 balls, 30 minutes for the Australia 2nd wicket
--> AC Gilchrist and RT Ponting added 100 in 96 balls, 63 minutes for the Australia 2nd wicket
--> RT Ponting and DR Martyn added 50 in 43 balls, 29 minutes for the Australia 3rd wicket
--> RT Ponting and DR Martyn added 100 in 82 balls, 48 minutes for the Australia 3rd wicket
--> PA de Silva and KC Sangakkara added 50 in 75 balls, 51 minutes for the Sri Lanka 5th wicket
--> PA de Silva and CRD Fernando added 50 in 35 balls, 21 minutes for the Sri Lanka 8th wicket
--> ST Jayasuriya retired hurt in the Sri Lanka innings having scored 1 (team score 6/0) (hit by a rising ball from Lee )
4th (reserve) umpire: SA Bucknor (WI)
12th Men: JP Maher (Australia) and J Mubarak (Sri Lanka)
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