6th Match: Australia v Sri Lanka at Sydney, 9 Jan 2003

ODI # 1931
VB Series, 2002/03, 6th Match
Australia v Sri Lanka
Sydney Cricket Ground (day/night)
9 January 2003 (50-over match)

Result: Sri Lanka won by 79 runs
Points: Sri Lanka 6, Australia 0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: SJA Taufel and RB Tiffin (Zim)
TV Umpire: DB Hair
Match Referee: CH Lloyd (WI)
Man of the Match: ST Jayasuriya

Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)                            R   M   B  4 6
MS Atapattu           run out (Ponting)                       101 178 124  5 0
*ST Jayasuriya                           b Watson             122 146 105 12 4
PA de Silva                              b Watson              13  16  15  1 0
DPMD Jayawardene      not out                                  37  54  38  2 0
RP Arnold             st Gilchrist       b Symonds              0   3   1  0 0
+KC Sangakkara        c Maher            b Bichel              25  26  20  2 0
WPUJC Vaas            not out                                   5   8   5  0 0
Extras                (lb 12, w 20, nb 8)                      40
Total                 (5 wickets, 50 overs, 218 mins)         343

DNB: HP Tillakaratne, CRD Fernando, M Muralitharan, PW Gunaratne.

FoW: 1-237 (Jayasuriya, 33.4 ov), 2-267 (de Silva, 37.6 ov),
    3-283 (Atapattu, 41.2 ov), 4-284 (Arnold, 41.4 ov),
    5-329 (Sangakkara, 47.6 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Lee                          7      0     41      0 (2nb, 3w)
Bichel                      10      0     70      1 (2nb, 5w)
Watson                      10      0     72      2 (1nb, 1w)
Symonds                      9      0     50      1 (2w)
Hogg                         9      0     75      0 (3nb)
Martyn                       5      0     23      0

Australia innings (target: 344 runs from 50 overs)              R   M   B  4 6
+AC Gilchrist                            b Vaas                 6   3   3  1 0
ML Hayden             c Jayawardene      b Fernando            35  67  39  3 0
*RT Ponting           c Tillakaratne     b Gunaratne           15  22  16  2 0
DR Martyn                                b Jayasuriya          40  94  69  4 0
MG Bevan              c Tillakaratne     b Jayasuriya          41  62  51  3 0
A Symonds             c Tillakaratne     b Muralitharan         4  12   9  0 0
B Lee                                    b Jayasuriya          20  33  22  0 0
JP Maher              c Jayawardene      b Jayasuriya          15  27  27  1 0
SR Watson             not out                                  35  40  35  3 0
GB Hogg               st Sangakkara      b Muralitharan         4  10   7  0 0
AJ Bichel             c Sangakkara       b Gunaratne           28  33  24  2 1
Extras                (lb 12, w 4, nb 5)                       21
Total                 (all out, 49.3 overs, 208 mins)         264

FoW: 1-6 (Gilchrist, 0.3 ov), 2-35 (Ponting, 5.4 ov),
    3-78 (Hayden, 14.3 ov), 4-143 (Martyn, 28.3 ov),
    5-150 (Bevan, 30.3 ov), 6-152 (Symonds, 31.3 ov),
    7-188 (Maher, 38.5 ov), 8-188 (Lee, 38.6 ov),
    9-201 (Hogg, 41.3 ov), 10-264 (Bichel, 49.3 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Vaas                         6      0     29      1 (2w)
Gunaratne                    8.3    0     54      2 (1w)
Fernando                     9      0     46      1 (5nb, 1w)
de Silva                     6      0     40      0
Muralitharan                10      1     44      2
Jayasuriya                  10      1     39      4

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• Hours of Play: 2.15pm - 5.45pm, 6.30pm - 10.00pm
• 12th Men: DS Lehmann (Aus) and J Mubarak (SL)
• Scorers: CL Bennison and MA Slarke
• Sri Lanka 50 in 50 mins, off 9.4 overs
• Atapattu/Jayasuriya 50 partnership in 50 mins, off 61 balls
• Sri Lanka 100 in 81 mins, off 16.4 overs
• Atapattu/Jayasuriya 100 partnership in 81 mins, off 104 balls
• Jayasuriya 50 in 81 mins, off 49 balls, 6x4, 2x6
• Atapattu 50 in 99 mins, off 67 balls, 4x4
• Sri Lanka 150 in 106 mins, off 23.4 overs
• Atapattu/Jayasuriya 150 partnership in 106 mins, off 146 balls
• Sri Lanka 200 in 128 mins, off 29.1 overs
• Atapattu/Jayasuriya 200 partnership in 128 mins, off 179 balls
• Jayasuriya 100 in 128 mins, off 87 balls, 11x4, 3x6
• Sri Lanka 250 in 157 mins, off 36.1 overs
• Atapattu 100 in 174 mins, off 121 balls, 5x4
• Sri Lanka 300 in 194 mins, off 44.4 overs
• Australia 50 in 41 mins, off 8.5 overs
• Australia 100 in 87 mins, off 19.2 overs
• Martyn/Bevan 50 partnership in 45 mins, off 68 balls
• Australia 150 in 129 mins, off 30.2 overs
• Australia 200 in 171 mins, off 40.4 overs
• Australia 250 in 200 mins, off 47.2 overs
• Watson/Bichel 50 partnership 25 mins, off 39 balls
• Attendance: 34,670