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| Venue | St George's Park, Port Elizabeth on 18th March 2003 (50-over match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by 48 runs (Duckworth/Lewis method) |
| Umpires | RE Koertzen, DR Shepherd |
| TV umpire | BF Bowden |
| Referee | CH Lloyd |
| Player of the Match | A Symonds |
| Articles | Statistical highlights of Australia v Sri Lanka 18th March 2003 |
| Australia innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| +AC Gilchrist | c Sangakkara b de Silva | 22 | 20 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 110.00 |
| ML Hayden | c Tillakaratne b Vaas | 20 | 38 | 53 | 2 | - | 52.63 |
| *RT Ponting | c Jayasuriya b Vaas | 2 | 8 | 6 | - | - | 25.00 |
| DS Lehmann | b Jayasuriya | 36 | 66 | 101 | 2 | - | 54.55 |
| A Symonds | not out | 91 | 118 | 145 | 7 | 1 | 77.12 |
| MG Bevan | c Sangakkara b Jayasuriya | 0 | 1 | 8 | - | - | 0.00 |
| GB Hogg | st Sangakkara b de Silva | 8 | 19 | 19 | - | - | 42.11 |
| IJ Harvey | c Sangakkara b Vaas | 7 | 10 | 13 | - | - | 70.00 |
| AJ Bichel | not out | 19 | 21 | 21 | - | 1 | 90.48 |
| B Lee | did not bat | ||||||
| GD McGrath | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (3 lb, 1 nb, 3 w) | 7 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, innings closed, 199 minutes, 50 overs) | 212 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-34 (Gilchrist, 5.2 ov), 2-37 (Ponting, 6.5 ov), 3-51 (Hayden, 12.2 ov), 4-144 (Lehmann, 34.6 ov), 5-144 (Bevan, 36.1 ov), 6-158 (Hogg, 40.3 ov), 7-175 (Harvey, 43.5 ov) | |||||||
| Sri Lanka bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| Vaas | 10 | 1 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20.00 | 3.40 |
| Gunaratne | 8 | 0 | 60 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 7.50 |
| de Silva | 10 | 0 | 36 | 2 | 1 | - | 30.00 | 3.60 |
| Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 29 | 0 | - | - | - | 2.90 |
| Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 42 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 4.20 |
| Arnold | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.00 |
| Sri Lanka innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| MS Atapattu | b Lee | 14 | 17 | 18 | 3 | - | 82.35 |
| *ST Jayasuriya | c Symonds b McGrath | 17 | 24 | 40 | - | 1 | 70.83 |
| HP Tillakaratne | c Gilchrist b Lee | 3 | 15 | 27 | - | - | 20.00 |
| DA Gunawardene | c Ponting b Lee | 1 | 4 | 14 | - | - | 25.00 |
| PA de Silva | run out (Bichel) | 11 | 16 | 20 | 2 | - | 68.75 |
| +KC Sangakkara | not out | 39 | 70 | 111 | 3 | - | 55.71 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c Gilchrist b Hogg | 5 | 8 | 14 | 1 | - | 62.50 |
| RP Arnold | c Lee b Hogg | 3 | 27 | 29 | - | - | 11.11 |
| WPUJC Vaas | not out | 21 | 50 | 56 | 1 | 1 | 42.00 |
| M Muralitharan | did not bat | ||||||
| PW Gunaratne | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 2 w) | 9 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, 167 minutes, 38.1 overs) | 123 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-21 (Atapattu, 3.6 ov), 2-37 (Jayasuriya, 8.5 ov), 3-37 (Tillakaratne, 9.3 ov), 4-43 (Gunawardene, 11.2 ov), 5-51 (de Silva, 13.1 ov), 6-60 (Jayawardene, 16.1 ov), 7-76 (Arnold, 24.2 ov) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ |
| McGrath | 7 | 1 | 20 | 1 | - | - | 42.00 | 2.86 |
| Lee | 8 | 0 | 35 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16.00 | 4.38 |
| Bichel | 10 | 4 | 18 | 0 | - | - | - | 1.80 |
| Hogg | 10 | 1 | 30 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 3.00 |
| Harvey | 2.1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.08 |
| Lehmann | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.00 |
Notes
--> When play was halted Sri Lanka needed to have scored 172 runs to win
--> Australia innings: 50 in 11.2 overs, 50 minutes
--> Australia innings: 100 in 24.2 overs, 102 minutes
--> Australia innings: 150 in 37.5 overs, 153 minutes
--> Sri Lanka innings: 50 in 2.6 overs, 64 minutes
--> Sri Lanka innings: 100 in 31.1 overs, 139 minutes
--> IJ Harvey made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> MS Atapattu made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> HP Tillakaratne made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> DA Gunawardene made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> PA de Silva made his last appearance in List A matches
--> PA de Silva made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> PA de Silva made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> PW Gunaratne made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> PW Gunaratne made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> DS Lehmann passed 2500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 27
--> A Symonds 50 in 69 balls, 72 minutes with 5 fours
--> A Symonds passed 1000 runs in ODI matches when he reached 3
--> KC Sangakkara passed his previous highest score of 35 in World Cup matches
--> B Lee reached 150 wickets in List A matches when he dismissed HP Tillakaratne, his 2nd wicket in the Sri Lanka innings
--> DS Lehmann and A Symonds added 50 in 75 balls, 48 minutes for the Australia 4th wicket
4th (reserve) umpire: Aleem Dar (Pak)
12th Men: JP Maher (Australia) and J Mubarak (Sri Lanka)
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