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Friday, January 8, 1999

3rd Match: Australia 'A' v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, 8 Jan 1999

Sri Lanka in Australia, 1998-99
Australia 'A' v Sri Lanka
Melbourne Cricket Ground
8 January 1999 (50-over match)

Result: Australia 'A' won by 5 wickets

Toss: Sri Lanka
Umpires: SJ Davis and PD Parker
TV Umpire: RL Parry

Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)                            R   B   4  6
DA Gunawardene c Martyn b Lee 19 40 2 0
+RS Kaluwitharana c Symonds b Nicholson 22 28 3 0
MS Atapattu c Campbell b Lee 10 10 2 0
*PA de Silva retired hurt 45 72 1 0
RS Mahanama lbw b Lee 9 32 0 0
HP Tillakaratne c Blewett b Harvey 35 66 2 0
ASA Perera run out (Symonds) 7 13 0 0
UDU Chandana c & b Lee 9 9 0 0
WPUJC Vaas not out 4 14 0 0
M Muralitharan run out (Symonds) 3 6 0 0
DNT Zoysa c Di Venuto b Harvey 3 0 0
Extras (b 1, lb 6, w 6, nb 1) 14
Total (all out, 49 overs, 216 mins) 180

FoW: 1-42 (Kaluwitharana, 10.1 ov), 2-55 (Gunawardene, 12.4 ov),
3-56 (Atapattu, 12.6 ov), 4-85 (Mahanama, 22.6 ov),
5-154 (Perera, 41.4 ov), 6-166 (Tillakaratne, 44.3 ov),
7-168 (Chandana, 45.2 ov), 8-175 (Muralitharan, 46.4 ov),
9-180 (Zoysa, 48.6 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Nicholson 6 0 35 1 (1nb, 2w)
Denton 10 1 28 0
Lee 9 0 27 4 (1w)
Harvey 10 0 27 2 (2w)
Young 10 0 38 0
Symonds 4 0 18 0 (1w)

Australia 'A' innings (target: 181 runs from 50 overs) R B 4 6
*GS Blewett c & b Chandana 43 85 3 0
+RJ Campbell c Kaluwitharana b Vaas 5 15 0 0
MJ Di Venuto b Vaas 8 14 1 0
DR Martyn c Kaluwitharana b Perera 32 49 2 0
BJ Hodge c Chandana b Zoysa 39 65 0 0
A Symonds not out 46 68 1 0
S Lee not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (lb 2, w 4, nb 2) 8
Total (5 wickets, 49 overs) 181

DNB: IJ Harvey, BE Young, MJ Nicholson, GJ Denton.

FoW: 1-10 (Campbell, 4.3 ov), 2-29 (Di Venuto, 10.2 ov),
3-91 (Blewett, 26.3 ov), 4-93 (Martyn, 27.3 ov),
5-180 (Hodge, 48.3 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Vaas 10 2 24 2 (2nb)
Zoysa 10 0 40 1
Muralitharan 10 0 33 0
Perera 6 0 34 1 (1w)
Chandana 10 0 36 1 (1w)
Tillakaratne 3 0 12 0

PA de Silva retired hurt at 138/4 (injured thigh)

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