ICC World Cup - Australia v Sri Lanka

16 April 2007

RESULT: Australia won by 7 wickets

Scorecard | Commentary | Partnerships

THE SCORE

Australia

3/232

(42.4 overs)

Sri Lanka

226

Current Run Rate	5.44
Required Run Rate	0.00
Runs Required	0
Balls Remaining	44

Current Partnership		R		M	B	S/R
	Ponting, R	66		120	80	82.50
	Symonds, A	63		69	71	88.73
Current Bowlers		O	M	R	W	E/R
	Bandara, M	9.4	0	53	1	5.48
	Dilshan, T	6	0	19	0	3.17

MATCH DETAILS

Venue: National Cricket Stadium
Weather: Fine	Pitch: Normal	Outfield: Normal
Umpires: Dar, A (PAK), Doctrove, B (WI), Benson, M (ENG), Procter, M (RSA)
Toss Won By: Sri Lanka		Decision: Bat

SCORECARD

SL Innings AUS Innings

Sri Lanka		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Tharanga, U	c. Hayden, M b. Bracken, N	6	35	22	0	0	27.27
Jayasuriya, S	lbw b. Bracken, N	12	21	12	2	0	100.00
Sangakkara, K	lbw b. McGrath, G	0	7	4	0	0	0.00
Jayawardene, M	st. Gilchrist, A b. Hogg, B	72	134	88	5	1	81.82
Silva, C	c. Clarke, M b. Hogg, B	64	121	107	6	0	59.81
Dilshan, T	c. Hodge, B b. Tait, S	7	13	12	0	0	58.33
Arnold, R	b. Tait, S	3	14	10	0	0	30.00
Maharoof, F	c. Symonds, A b. Bracken, N	25	38	22	4	0	113.64
Kulasekara, N	c. Hayden, M b. Bracken, N	1	3	5	0	0	20.00
Bandara, M	c. Hogg, B b. McGrath, G	17	21	19	0	2	89.47
Fernando, D
Extras	(lb 5,w 11,nb 3)	19
Total	(10 wickets; 49 overs)	226

F.O.W.

1/26 (Jayasuriya, S), 2/27 (Sangakkara, K), 3/27 (Tharanga, U), 4/167 (Silva, C), 5/174 (Jayawardene, M), 6/178 (Dilshan, T), 7/183 (Arnold, R), 8/184 (Kulasekara, N), 9/218 (Bandara, M), 10/226 (Maharoof, F)

Australia - Bowling	O	M	R	W	E/R
Bracken, N	9.4	3	19	4	2.11	(1w)
Tait, S	10	0	68	2	6.80	(1nb,6w)
McGrath, G	9	1	48	2	5.33	(1nb)
Hogg, B	10	0	35	2	3.50
Symonds, A	3	0	15	0	5.00	(1nb)
Clarke, M	8	0	36	0	4.50

42.4	Bandara to Ponting, 6 runs! Bandara bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Ponting strikes it through mid-wicket over the boundary for six runs. Australia moves to 3 for 232.
42.3	Bandara to Ponting, no run. Bandara bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Ponting strikes the ball in front of square on the offside inside the circle.
42.2	Bandara to Ponting, no run. Bandara bowls it short of a good length, wide outside off stump. Ponting plays it in front of square on the offside inside the circle.
42.1	Bandara to Ponting, no run. Bandara pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Ball goes through to the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
41.6	Dilshan to Symonds, no run. Dilshan bowls it short of a good length, in the corridor. Symonds strikes the delivery through mid-on halfway to the boundary. End of the over. The bowler has figures of 0 for 19 from his 6 overs.
41.5	Dilshan to Symonds, no run. Dilshan pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Symonds hits the ball down the ground close to the pitch. Dilshan fields the ball.
41.4	Dilshan to Symonds, 4 runs! Dilshan pitches the delivery in the corridor, short of a good length. Symonds plays the ball square on the legside to the boundary for 4 runs. The score is 3 for 226.
41.3	Dilshan to Symonds, no run. Dilshan pitches the delivery in the corridor, short of a good length. Symonds strikes it square on the legside inside the circle.
41.2	Dilshan to Ponting, 1 run. Dilshan bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Ponting plays the delivery in front of square on the offside halfway to the boundary for a single. Arnold fields the ball. The score is 3 for 222.
41.1	Dilshan to Symonds, 1 run. Dilshan pitches the delivery in the corridor, fuller than a good length. Symonds plays the delivery through mid-on most of the way to the boundary for a single. The scoreboard says 3 for 221.
40.6	Bandara to Symonds, 1 run. Bandara pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Symonds strikes the delivery in front of square on the offside inside the circle for a single. Bandara has completed his over. The bowler has figures of 1 for 47 from his 9 overs. The score is 3 for 220.
40.5	Bandara to Ponting, 1 run. Bandara delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Ponting plays the delivery towards mid-wicket halfway to the boundary for a single. The scoreboard tells us it's 3/219.
40.4	Bandara to Ponting, no run. Bandara pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Ponting plays the delivery well behind square on the legside inside the circle. Jayawardene fields it.
40.3	Bandara to Symonds, 1 run. Bandara pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Symonds plays it through the covers halfway to the boundary for one run. The scoreboard shows 3/218.
40.2	Bandara to Symonds, no run. Bandara delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Taken by the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
40.1	Bandara to Symonds, no run. Bandara delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Taken by the keeper. The keeper fields the ball.
39.6	Dilshan to Ponting, no run. Dilshan delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Ponting plays the ball in front of square on the offside inside the circle. Ball is fielded by Arnold. That is the end of the over. Dilshan has figures of 0/13 from his 5 overs.
39.5	Dilshan to Ponting, no run. Dilshan pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Ponting plays the ball square on the legside inside the circle.
39.4	Dilshan to Symonds, 1 run. Dilshan pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Symonds plays the delivery through mid-on most of the way to the boundary for a single. Australia moves along to 3/217.
39.3	Dilshan to Symonds, 2 runs. Dilshan delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Symonds plays the delivery for a two. The score is 3/216.
39.2	Dilshan to Symonds, no run. Dilshan delivers the ball outside off and short of a good length. Symonds strikes the delivery straight not far from the wicket. Dilshan fields the ball.
39.1	Dilshan to Symonds, no run. Dilshan delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Ball goes through to Sangakkara. The keeper fields the ball.
38.6	Maharoof to Symonds, 1 run. Maharoof pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Symonds strikes the ball towards the covers halfway to the boundary for one. Maharoof completes the over. He has figures of 0/52 from his 7 overs. The scoreboard shows 3/214.
38.5	Maharoof to Symonds, 2 runs. Maharoof bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Symonds strikes the delivery in front of square on the offside most of the way to the boundary for a two. The score is 3 for 213.
38.4	Maharoof to Symonds, 4 runs! Maharoof pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Symonds plays it through the covers to the boundary for 4 runs. Symonds gets his 50 off 56! The scoreboard shows 3/211.
38.3	Maharoof to Ponting, 1 run. Maharoof pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Ponting plays the delivery in front of square on the legside inside the circle for a single. Jayawardene fields it. The score is 3 for 207.
38.2	Maharoof to Ponting, 4 runs! Maharoof pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Ponting hits it straight down the ground to the boundary for 4 runs. The score is 3 for 206.
38.1	Maharoof to Ponting, 2 runs. Maharoof bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Ponting plays the ball square on the offside most of the way to the boundary for 2 runs. Collected by Fernando in the field. The score is 3 for 202.
37.6	Dilshan to Symonds, no run. Dilshan pitches the delivery in the corridor, short of a good length. Symonds hits it square on the legside inside the circle. Collected by Silva. Dilshan has finished his over. The bowler has figures of 0 for 10 from his 4 overs.
37.5	Dilshan to Symonds, no run. Dilshan bowls it short of a good length, outside off stump. Symonds hits it straight down the ground close to the pitch. Dilshan fields it.
37.4	Dilshan to Symonds, no run. Dilshan bowls it short of a good length, outside off stump. Symonds hits it straight down the ground close to the pitch. Dilshan fields the ball.
37.3	Dilshan to Symonds, no run. Dilshan bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Symonds strikes the ball towards mid-on close to the pitch. Dilshan fields it.
37.2	Dilshan to Symonds, no run. Dilshan pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Symonds strikes the delivery towards mid-wicket inside the circle. Ball is gathered by Jayawardene.
37.1	Dilshan to Ponting, 1 run. Dilshan bowls it short of a good length, outside off stump. Ponting plays the ball through the covers most of the way to the boundary for one. Australia progresses to 3 for 200.
36.6	Maharoof to Ponting, 1 run. Maharoof pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Ponting hits the delivery towards the covers inside the circle for a single. Ponting makes his 50 from 67 balls! 37th over finished. Maharoof has figures of 0/38 from his 6 overs. The score moves along to 3/199.
36.6	Maharoof to Symonds, 1 no ball. 1 run. Maharoof pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Symonds plays it for one run. Ball is fielded by Fernando. The score is 3 for 198.

Australia		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Gilchrist, A	lbw b. Arnold	30	67	49	4	0	61.22
Hayden, M	c. Dilshan b. Arnold	41	58	30	5	2	136.67
Ponting, R	Not Out	66	120	80	4	1	82.50
Clarke, M	c. Dilshan b. Bandara	23	42	31	4	0	74.19
Symonds, A	Not Out	63	69	71	5	2	88.73
Hussey, M
Hodge, B
Hogg, B
Bracken, N
Tait, S
McGrath, G
Extras	(w 4,nb 5)	9
Total	(3 wickets; 42 overs)	232

Sri Lanka - Bowling	O	M	R	W	E/R
Fernando, D	6	1	36	0	6.00	(3nb,3w)
Maharoof, F	7	0	52	0	7.43	(1nb)
Kulasekara, N	4	0	20	0	5.00	(1nb)
Arnold, R	4	0	20	2	5.00	(1w)
Bandara, M	9.4	0	53	1	5.48
Jayasuriya, S	6	0	32	0	5.33
Dilshan, T	6	0	19	0	3.17

Sri Lanka		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Jayasuriya, S	Tharanga, U	1st	26	21	28	92.86	1/26
Sangakkara, K	Tharanga, U	2nd	1	7	6	16.67	2/27
Tharanga, U	Jayawardene, M	3rd	0	7	7	0.00	3/27
Silva, C	Jayawardene, M	4th	140	121	185	75.68	4/167
Jayawardene, M	Dilshan, T	5th	7	6	14	50.00	5/174
Dilshan, T	Arnold, R	6th	4	7	8	50.00	6/178
Arnold, R	Maharoof, F	7th	5	7	10	50.00	7/183
Kulasekara, N	Maharoof, F	8th	1	3	5	20.00	8/184
Bandara, M	Maharoof, F	9th	34	21	34	100.00	9/218
Maharoof, F	Fernando, D	10th	8	7	4	200.00	10/226

Australia		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Hayden, M	Gilchrist, A	1st	76	58	74	102.70	1/76
Gilchrist, A	Ponting, R	2nd	3	9	10	30.00	2/79
Clarke, M	Ponting, R	3rd	47	42	59	79.66	3/126
Ponting, R	Symonds, A	4th	106	69	118	89.8