3rd Final: Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, Feb 14, 2006

ODI no. 2330

VB Series - 3rd Final Australia v Sri Lanka

2005/06 season

Played at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, on 14 February 2006 - day/night (50-over match) Result Australia won by 9 wickets (with 27 balls remaining)

	Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
		MS Atapattu	c Symonds b Bracken	7	16	1	0	43.75
		ST Jayasuriya	c Symonds b Bracken	6	12	1	0	50.00
		KC Sangakkara	lbw b Clarke	59	85	5	0	69.41
		DPMD Jayawardene	c Katich b Clark	86	91	8	0	94.50
		RP Arnold	c Ponting b Bracken	76	71	4	0	107.04
		TM Dilshan	c Hussey b Clark	3	4	0	0	75.00
		CK Kapugedera	c Symonds b Lewis	9	6	0	1	150.00
		WPUJC Vaas	run out (Lee/Lewis)	11	12	0	0	91.66
		M Muralitharan	run out (Gilchrist)	3	3	0	0	100.00
		CRD Fernando	not out	1	1	0	0	100.00
		Extras	(lb 2, w 2, nb 1)	5
		Total	(9 wickets; 50 overs)	266	(5.32 runs per over)

Did not bat PDRL Perera

Fall of wickets1-7 (Jayasuriya, 3.1 ov), 2-28 (Atapattu, 7.5 ov), 3-128 (Sangakkara, 28.2 ov), 4-204 (Jayawardene, 40.6 ov), 5-213 (Dilshan, 42.2 ov), 6-238 (Kapugedera, 45.2 ov), 7-259 (Arnold, 48.5 ov), 8-265 (Muralitharan, 49.5 ov), 9-266 (Vaas, 49.6 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	B Lee	10	0	58	0	5.80	(1w)
	NW Bracken	10	1	44	3	4.40
	ML Lewis	10	1	52	1	5.20	(1nb)
	SR Clark	10	0	45	2	4.50
	A Symonds	5	0	39	0	7.80
	MJ Clarke	5	0	26	1	5.20	(1w)

	Australia innings (target: 267 runs from 50 overs)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
		AC Gilchrist	b Muralitharan	122	91	13	4	134.06
		SM Katich	not out	107	142	9	0	75.35
		RT Ponting	not out	28	41	1	0	68.29
		Extras	(lb 5, w 4, nb 1)	10
		Total	(1 wicket; 45.3 overs)	267	(5.86 runs per over)

Did not bat DR Martyn, A Symonds, MJ Clarke, MEK Hussey, B Lee, ML Lewis, SR Clark, NW Bracken

Fall of wickets1-196 (Gilchrist, 32.2 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	WPUJC Vaas	10	0	45	0	4.50
	PDRL Perera	8	1	50	0	6.25	(1w)
	CRD Fernando	6	0	45	0	7.50	(1nb, 1w)
	TM Dilshan	3.3	0	21	0	6.00
	M Muralitharan	10	1	50	1	5.00	(2w)
	CM Bandara	6	0	36	0	6.00
	DPMD Jayawardene	2	0	15	0	7.50

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat first Series Australia won the best-of-3-finals 2-1 Sri Lanka replacement CM Bandara for CK Kapugedera (Australia innings, 24.1 ov) Player of the match AC Gilchrist (Australia) Player of the series A Symonds (Australia) Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and DJ Harper TV umpire PD Parker Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand)

Match notes

• 4th umpire: BNJ Oxenford
• Sri Lanka innings
• Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
• Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 14.1 overs (86 balls), Extras 1
• Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
• Drinks: Sri Lanka - 64/2 in 16.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 31, DPMD Jayawardene 19)
• 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 75 balls (KC Sangakkara 25, DPMD Jayawardene 25, Ex 0)
• KC Sangakkara: 50 off 70 balls (5 x 4)
• Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 23.5 overs (144 balls), Extras 1
• DPMD Jayawardene: 50 off 54 balls (6 x 4)
• Drinks: Sri Lanka - 133/3 in 30.0 overs (DPMD Jayawardene 56, RP Arnold 3)
• Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 31.5 overs (192 balls), Extras 2
• 4th Wicket: 50 runs in 55 balls (DPMD Jayawardene 23, RP Arnold 28, Ex 1)
• Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 39.5 overs (241 balls), Extras 3
• RP Arnold: 50 off 48 balls (3 x 4)
• Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 47.5 overs (290 balls), Extras 5
• Australia innings
• Australia: 50 runs in 11.4 overs (70 balls), Extras 0
• 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (AC Gilchrist 24, SM Katich 26, Ex 0)
• Power Play 2: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
• Drinks: Australia - 86/0 in 17.0 overs (AC Gilchrist 49, SM Katich 36)
• AC Gilchrist: 50 off 38 balls (7 x 4, 1 x 6)
• Australia: 100 runs in 17.5 overs (108 balls), Extras 2
• 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 108 balls (AC Gilchrist 61, SM Katich 41, Ex 2)
• Australia: 150 runs in 24.4 overs (150 balls), Extras 5
• AC Gilchrist: 100 off 67 balls (13 x 4, 3 x 6)
• 1st Wicket: 150 runs in 152 balls (AC Gilchrist 102, SM Katich 53, Ex 5)
• SM Katich: 50 off 83 balls (5 x 4)
• Australia: 200 runs in 32.6 overs (200 balls), Extras 5
• Australia: 250 runs in 43.1 overs (263 balls), Extras 9
• 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 68 balls (SM Katich 32, RT Ponting 23, Ex 4)
• SM Katich: 100 off 136 balls (8 x 4)