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Friday, February 22, 2008

9th Match: Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Feb 22, 2008

ODI no. 2683
Commonwealth Bank Series - 9th match
Australia v Sri Lanka
2007/08 season

Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 22 February 2008 - day/night (50-over match)

Result Australia won by 24 runs (D/L method)

Australia innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4s 6s SR
wicketkeeper AC Gilchrist b Vaas 6 18 11 0 0 54.54

ML Hayden c Silva b Maharoof 23 64 53 3 0 43.39
captain RT Ponting run out (Maharoof/wicketkeeperSangakkara) 11 58 34 0 0 32.35

MJ Clarke c & b Muralitharan 50 118 69 4 0 72.46

A Symonds c wicketkeeperSangakkara b Maharoof 4 15 6 0 0 66.66

MEK Hussey not out 64 129 98 1 0 65.30

JR Hopes st wicketkeeperSangakkara b Muralitharan 11 20 16 0 0 68.75

GB Hogg c Dilshan b Malinga 4 6 4 0 0 100.00

MG Johnson not out 6 11 9 0 0 66.66

Extras (b 2, w 3) 5











Total (7 wickets; 50 overs) 184 (3.68 runs per over)

Did not bat NW Bracken, SR Clark

Fall of wickets1-12 (Gilchrist, 4.3 ov), 2-39 (Hayden, 15.1 ov), 3-44 (Ponting, 17.6 ov), 4-54 (Symonds, 21.1 ov), 5-144 (Clarke, 42.1 ov), 6-166 (Hopes, 46.3 ov), 7-173 (Hogg, 47.5 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ

WPUJC Vaas 10 1 34 1 3.40

SL Malinga 10 1 44 1 4.40

MF Maharoof 10 1 20 2 2.00 (1w)

M Muralitharan 10 0 37 2 3.70

MKDI Amerasinghe 10 0 47 0 4.70 (2w)

Sri Lanka innings (target: 102 runs from 29.3 overs) R M B 4s 6s SR

MDK Perera lbw b Clark 1 15 11 0 0 9.09

ST Jayasuriya c Ponting b Clark 0 5 1 0 0 0.00
wicketkeeper KC Sangakkara c Symonds b Hopes 22 103 59 0 0 37.28
captain DPMD Jayawardene c wicketkeeperGilchrist b Bracken 27 57 45 3 0 60.00

LPC Silva not out 16 54 47 0 0 34.04

TM Dilshan not out 9 18 14 0 0 64.28

Extras (lb 1, w 1) 2











Total (4 wickets; 29.3 overs) 77 (2.61 runs per over)

Did not bat MF Maharoof, WPUJC Vaas, SL Malinga, MKDI Amerasinghe, M Muralitharan

Fall of wickets1-0 (Jayasuriya, 1.1 ov), 2-3 (Perera, 3.1 ov), 3-42 (Jayawardene, 16.2 ov), 4-64 (Sangakkara, 24.5 ov)

Bowling O M R W Econ

NW Bracken 6 1 13 1 2.16

SR Clark 5 1 8 2 1.60

MG Johnson 7 1 17 0 2.42 (1w)

JR Hopes 7 2 23 1 3.28

GB Hogg 4.3 1 15 0 3.33

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to field first
Points Australia 5, Sri Lanka 0

Player of the match MEK Hussey (Australia)

Umpires RE Koertzen (South Africa) and SJA Taufel
TV umpire RL Parry
Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand)
Reserve umpire GC Joshua

Match notes

  • Australia innings
  • Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
  • Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
  • Australia: 50 runs in 19.5 overs (120 balls), Extras 1
  • Drinks: Australia - 95/4 in 33.0 overs (MJ Clarke 22, MEK Hussey 27)
  • Australia: 100 runs in 33.4 overs (204 balls), Extras 2
  • 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 91 balls (MJ Clarke 21, MEK Hussey 28, Ex 1)
  • MJ Clarke: 50 off 68 balls (4 x 4)
  • MEK Hussey: 50 off 82 balls (1 x 4)
  • Australia: 150 runs in 43.2 overs (263 balls), Extras 3
  • Innings Break: Australia - 184/7 in 50.0 overs (MEK Hussey 64, MG Johnson 6)
  • Sri Lanka innings
  • Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
  • Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
  • Drinks: Sri Lanka - 41/2 in 16.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 13, DPMD Jayawardene 27)
  • Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 21.4 overs (131 balls), Extras 2
  • Rain: Sri Lanka - 77/4 in 29.3 overs (LPC Silva 16, TM Dilshan 9)
  • Match Scorers: Venkat Raghav and Binoy George

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