3rd Match: Australia v Sri Lanka at Sydney, Feb 8, 2008

ODI no. 2673

Commonwealth Bank Series - 3rd match Australia v Sri Lanka

2007/08 season

Played at Sydney Cricket Ground on 8 February 2008 - day/night (50-over match) Result Australia won by 128 runs

	Australia innings (50 overs maximum)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		AC Gilchrist	lbw b Kapugedera	61	136	81	3	1	75.30
		ML Hayden	c Jayawardene b Amerasinghe	42	57	50	5	0	84.00
		RT Ponting	c Jayawardene b Vaas	9	34	22	1	0	40.90
		MJ Clarke	not out	77	126	86	2	1	89.53
		A Symonds	c Kapugedera b Vaas	12	19	17	0	0	70.58
		MEK Hussey	c Dilshan b Amerasinghe	10	23	13	1	0	76.92
		JR Hopes	c Dilshan b Malinga	34	36	29	2	0	117.24
		B Lee	not out	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
		Extras	(lb 2, w 6)	8
		Total	(6 wickets; 50 overs)	253	(5.06 runs per over)

Did not bat NW Bracken, GB Hogg, MG Johnson

Fall of wickets1-65 (Hayden, 12.5 ov), 2-88 (Ponting, 19.5 ov), 3-139 (Gilchrist, 31.4 ov), 4-160 (Symonds, 36.4 ov), 5-190 (Hussey, 41.4 ov), 6-253 (Hopes, 49.4 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	WPUJC Vaas	10	1	34	2	3.40
	SL Malinga	10	0	55	1	5.50	(1w)
	MKDI Amerasinghe	10	0	66	2	6.60	(1w)
	M Muralitharan	10	0	42	0	4.20
	CK Kapugedera	10	0	54	1	5.40

	Sri Lanka innings (target: 254 runs from 50 overs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
		WU Tharanga	c Gilchrist b Bracken	10	23	18	1	0	55.55
		ST Jayasuriya	b Lee	7	21	13	1	0	53.84
		KC Sangakkara	lbw b Bracken	42	65	41	7	0	102.43
		DPMD Jayawardene	c Gilchrist b Johnson	6	29	16	0	0	37.50
		LPC Silva	c Gilchrist b Hogg	7	39	32	0	0	21.87
		TM Dilshan	c Lee b Bracken	14	17	10	0	1	140.00
		CK Kapugedera	c Hayden b Bracken	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
		WPUJC Vaas	run out (Ponting)	18	34	30	3	0	60.00
		SL Malinga	run out (Symonds)	2	17	10	0	0	20.00
		M Muralitharan	c Symonds b Bracken	11	17	14	0	1	78.57
		MKDI Amerasinghe	not out	0	10	4	0	0	0.00
		Extras	(lb 3, w 4, nb 1)	8
		Total	(all out; 31.3 overs)	125	(3.96 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-18 (Jayasuriya, 4.6 ov), 2-18 (Tharanga, 5.1 ov), 3-57 (Jayawardene, 11.3 ov), 4-74 (Sangakkara, 19.3 ov), 5-81 (Silva, 20.6 ov), 6-84 (Kapugedera, 21.3 ov), 7-93 (Dilshan, 23.5 ov), 8-105 (Malinga, 27.3 ov), 9-114 (Vaas, 29.1 ov), 10-125 (Muralitharan, 31.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	B Lee	7	1	34	1	4.85	(1nb, 1w)
	NW Bracken	8.3	0	47	5	5.52	(1w)
	MG Johnson	5	3	9	1	1.80	(1w)
	JR Hopes	5	0	15	0	3.00
	GB Hogg	6	1	17	1	2.83	(1w)

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first Points Australia 5, Sri Lanka 0 Player of the match NW Bracken (Australia) Umpires AL Hill (New Zealand) and SJA Taufel TV umpire PD Parker Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand) Reserve umpire GA Abood

Match notes

• Australia innings
• Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
• Australia: 50 runs in 10.5 overs (65 balls), Extras 0
• 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 65 balls (AC Gilchrist 12, ML Hayden 41, Ex 0)
• Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
• Drinks: Australia - 72/1 in 16.0 overs (AC Gilchrist 29, RT Ponting 1)
• Australia: 100 runs in 22.5 overs (137 balls), Extras 0
• AC Gilchrist: 50 off 67 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
• 3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 66 balls (AC Gilchrist 24, MJ Clarke 27, Ex 0)
• Drinks: Australia - 139/3 in 31.4 overs (MJ Clarke 27)
• Australia: 150 runs in 33.5 overs (203 balls), Extras 0
• MJ Clarke: 50 off 63 balls (2 x 4, 1 x 6)
• Australia: 200 runs in 43.3 overs (262 balls), Extras 1
• 6th Wicket: 50 runs in 39 balls (MJ Clarke 17, JR Hopes 27, Ex 6)
• Australia: 250 runs in 49.1 overs (297 balls), Extras 8
• Innings Break: Australia - 253/6 in 50.0 overs (MJ Clarke 77, B Lee 0)

• Sri Lanka innings
• Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 9.2 overs (58 balls), Extras 2
• Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
• Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
• Drinks: Sri Lanka - 67/3 in 16.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 39, LPC Silva 2)
• Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 25.3 overs (157 balls), Extras 6
• Match Scorers: M Venkat Raghav and Binoy George