a18752 o2683	Australia v Sri Lanka
	Commonwealth Bank Series 2007/08
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 22nd February 2008 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australia won by 24 runs (Duckworth/Lewis method)
Points	Australia 5 (Bonus 1); Sri Lanka 0
Umpires	RE Koertzen, SJA Taufel
TV umpire	RL Parry
Referee	JJ Crowe
Scorers	JKE Higgs, JA Howard
Reserve Umpire	GC Joshua
Man of the Match	MEK Hussey
Pictures	Adam Glichrist tries to stump Chamara Silva

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+AC Gilchrist	b Vaas	6	11	18	-	-	54.55
ML Hayden	c Silva b Maharoof	23	53	64	3	-	43.40
*RT Ponting	run out (Maharoof->Sangakkara)	11	34	58	-	-	32.35
MJ Clarke	c and b Muralitharan	50	69	118	4	-	72.46
A Symonds	c Sangakkara b Maharoof	4	6	15	-	-	66.67
MEK Hussey	not out	64	98	129	1	-	65.31
JR Hopes	st Sangakkara b Muralitharan	11	16	20	-	-	68.75
GB Hogg	c Dilshan b Malinga	4	4	6	-	-	100.00
MG Johnson	not out	6	9	11	-	-	66.67
NW Bracken	did not bat
SR Clark	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 w)	5
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 223 minutes, 50 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Gilchrist, 4.3 ov), 2-39 (Hayden, 15.1 ov), 3-44 (Ponting, 17.6 ov), 4-54 (Symonds, 21.1 ov), 5-144 (Clarke, 42.1 ov), 6-166 (Hopes, 46.3 ov), 7-173 (Hogg, 47.5 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Vaas	10	1	34	1	-	-	60.00	3.40
Malinga	10	1	44	1	-	-	60.00	4.40
Maharoof	10	1	20	2	1	-	30.00	2.00
Muralitharan	10	0	37	2	-	-	30.00	3.70
Amerasinghe	10	0	47	0	2	-	-	4.70

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MDK Perera	lbw b Clark	1	11	15	-	-	9.09
ST Jayasuriya	c Ponting b Clark	0	1	5	-	-	0.00
+KC Sangakkara	c Symonds b Hopes	22	59	103	-	-	37.29
*DPMD Jayawardene	c Gilchrist b Bracken	27	45	57	3	-	60.00
LPC Silva	not out	16	47	54	-	-	34.04
TM Dilshan	not out	9	14	18	-	-	64.29
MF Maharoof	did not bat
WPUJC Vaas	did not bat
SL Malinga	did not bat
MKDI Amerasinghe	did not bat
M Muralitharan	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 1 w)	2
Total	(4 wickets, 128 minutes, 29.3 overs)	77
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Jayasuriya, 1.1 ov), 2-3 (Perera, 3.1 ov), 3-42 (Jayawardene, 16.2 ov), 4-64 (Sangakkara, 24.5 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Bracken	6	1	13	1	-	-	36.00	2.17
Clark	5	1	8	2	-	-	15.00	1.60
Johnson	7	1	17	0	1	-	-	2.43
Hopes	7	2	23	1	-	-	42.00	3.29
Hogg	4.3	1	15	0	-	-	-	3.33

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Notes
--> When play was halted Sri Lanka needed to have scored 102 runs to win
--> Australia powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (24/1)
--> Australia powerplay 2 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 11 (24/1) to 15
--> Australia powerplay 3 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 16 to 20
--> Sri Lanka powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (19/2)
--> Sri Lanka powerplay 2 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 11 (19/2) to 15
--> Sri Lanka powerplay 3 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 16 to 20
--> Australia innings: 50 in 19.5 overs
--> Australia innings: 100 in 33.4 overs
--> Australia innings: 150 in 43.2 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 50 in 21.4 overs
--> MJ Clarke 50 in 68 balls, 114 minutes with 4 fours
--> MEK Hussey 50 in 82 balls, 94 minutes with 1 four
--> MEK Hussey passed 2000 runs in ODI matches when he reached 60
--> MDK Perera made his debut in Australia in List A matches
--> MDK Perera made his debut in Australia in ODI matches

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Attendance 27854.
Notes
Australia innings
Sri Lanka innings
MJ Clarke (21) and MEK Hussey (28) added 50 in 90 balls for the Australia 5th wicket
12th men: B.J.Haddin (A) & C.K.Kapugedera (S)

 

 

 

 

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