Commonwealth Bank Series - Australia v Sri Lanka

15 February 2008

RESULT: Australia have won by 63 runs.

Scorecard | Commentary | Partnerships

THE SCORE

Sri Lanka

173

ALL OUT

Australia

236

Current Run Rate	3.80
Required Run Rate	14.22
Runs Required	64
Balls Remaining	27

Current Partnership		R		M	B	S/R
	Sangakkara, K	80		183	114	70.18
	Muralitharan, M	0		3	0
Current Bowlers		O	M	R	W	E/R
	Lee, B	8.3	0	49	1	5.76
	Johnson, M	10	2	29	3	2.90

MATCH DETAILS

Venue: WACA Ground
Weather: Fine	Pitch: Quick, Bouncy	Outfield: Normal
Umpires: Harper, D (AUS), Koertzen, R (RSA), Parker, P (AUS), Crowe, J (NZ)
Toss Won By: Australia		Decision: Bat

SCORECARD

AUS Innings SL Innings

Australia		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Gilchrist, A	c. Kapugedara, C b. Malinga, L	118	196	132	9	3	89.39
Hayden, M	c. Maharoof, F b. Malinga, L	4	19	11	0	0	36.36
Ponting, R	c. Jayawardena, M b. Vaas, C	25	38	25	4	0	100.00
Clarke, M	st. Sangakkara, K b. Muralitharan, M	43	103	69	4	0	62.32
Symonds, A	c. Sangakkara, K b. Maharoof, F	4	6	8	0	0	50.00
Hussey, M	c. Jayawardena, M b. Kulasekara, N	25	57	28	0	1	89.29
Hopes, J	c. Jayasuriya, S b. Kulasekara, N	2	10	5	0	0	40.00
Hogg, B	b. Malinga, L	5	11	10	0	0	50.00
Lee, B	b. Malinga, L	2	15	6	0	0	33.33
Johnson, M	run out (Dilshan, T)	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
Bracken, N	not out	1	5	4	0	0	25.00
Extras	(b 1,lb 1,w 4,nb 1)	7
Total	(10 wickets; 49 overs)	236

F.O.W.

1/16 (Hayden, M), 2/66 (Ponting, R), 3/171 (Clarke, M), 4/177 (Symonds, A), 5/206 (Gilchrist, A), 6/217 (Hopes, J), 7/232 (Hogg, B), 8/232 (Hussey, M), 9/233 (Johnson, M), 10/236 (Lee, B)

Sri Lanka - Bowling	O	R	W	E/R
Vaas, C	10	35	1	3.50
Malinga, L	9.4	47	4	5.22	(3w)
Maharoof, F	10	53	1	5.30	(1nb,1w)
Kulasekara, N	10	52	2	5.20
Muralitharan, M	10	47	1	4.70

45.3	Lee to Sangakkara, OUT! Lee pitches the ball on a good line and on the half volley. Sangakkara is bowled by Lee for 80 from 114 balls. Lee has figures of 1/49. Australia take the last wicket, Sri Lanka are all out for 173. That is the end of the innings. That is the end of time. That is the end of time.
45.2	Lee to Sangakkara, no run. Lee bowls it on the half volley, in the corridor. Sangakkara plays it towards the covers halfway to the boundary. Ponting fields it.
45.1	Lee to Sangakkara, no run. Lee pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Sangakkara hits the delivery behind square on the legside inside the circle. Fielded by Hayden.
44.6	Johnson to Malinga, OUT! Johnson pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Johnson bowls Malinga for 5 off 18 balls. Johnson ends the 45th over of the innings. The bowler has figures of 3 for 29 from his 10 overs. Sri Lanka are 9 for 173 after the loss of their ninth wicket.
44.5	Johnson to Malinga, no run. Johnson pitches the delivery in the corridor, yorker length. Malinga hits the ball in front of square on the offside inside the circle. Hayden fields the ball.
44.4	Johnson to Malinga, no run. Johnson pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Malinga plays and misses and it is taken by the keeper.
44.3	Johnson to Malinga, no run. Johnson pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Gilchrist takes the ball after a play and miss by the batsman.
44.2	Johnson to Sangakkara, 1 run. Johnson pitches the delivery outside off stump, on the half volley. Sangakkara plays the delivery in front of square on the legside halfway to the boundary for a single. The score is 8 for 173.
44.1	Johnson to Sangakkara, no run. Johnson delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Fielded by the bowler.
43.6	Hogg to Malinga, no run. Hogg pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Through to the keeper. End of the over. The bowler has figures of 2 for 41 from his 10 overs.
43.5	Hogg to Malinga, 4 runs! Hogg pitches the delivery wide outside off stump, on the half volley. Malinga plays the delivery through mid-wicket to the boundary for 4 runs. The scoreboard says 8 for 172.
43.4	Hogg to Malinga, no run. Hogg bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Through to Gilchrist.
43.3	Hogg to Malinga, no run. Hogg pitches the delivery outside off stump, yorker length. Ball is fielded by the bowler.
43.2	Hogg to Malinga, no run. Hogg pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. The keeper takes the ball.
43.1	Hogg to Sangakkara, 1 run. Hogg pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Sangakkara hits it for one run. Collected by Bracken. The score moves to 8 for 168.
42.6	Johnson to Malinga, no run. Johnson pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Malinga lets it go through to Gilchrist. That is the end of the over. Johnson has figures of 2/28 from his 9 overs.
42.5	Johnson to Malinga, no run. Johnson delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Taken by Gilchrist.
42.4	Johnson to Malinga, no run. Johnson pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Taken by the keeper.
42.3	Johnson to Malinga, no run. Johnson pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Play and miss by Malinga, taken by the keeper.
42.2	Johnson to Sangakkara, 1 run. Johnson pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Sangakkara strikes the delivery towards the covers inside the circle for a single. Fielded by Hayden. The scoreboard shows 8/167.
42.1	Johnson to Sangakkara, 2 runs. Johnson delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Sangakkara hits the ball square on the legside halfway to the boundary for 2 runs. Sri Lanka advances to 8/166.
41.6	Hogg to Malinga, no run. Hogg pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Play and miss by Malinga, taken by the keeper. Hogg finishes the 42nd over. He has figures of 2/36 from his 9 overs.
41.5	Hogg to Malinga, no run. Hogg delivers the ball wide outside off and on a good length. Taken by the keeper.
41.4	Hogg to Sangakkara, 1 run. Hogg pitches the ball on a good line and full. Sangakkara plays the delivery in front of square on the offside halfway to the boundary for a single. Gathered by Ponting in the field. Sri Lanka moves along to 8/164.
41.3	Hogg to Malinga, 1 run. Hogg pitches the ball towards leg stump and on the half volley. Malinga plays it behind square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one run. Malinga scores his first run. Bracken fields the ball. The scoreboard shows 8/163.
41.3	Hogg to Malinga, 1 wide. Hogg pitches the ball towards leg stump and short. Malinga plays and misses and it is taken by Gilchrist.
41.2	Hogg to Malinga, no run. Hogg bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Malinga strikes it towards the covers inside the circle. Symonds collects the ball.
41.1	Hogg to Sangakkara, 1 run. Hogg pitches the ball on a good line and short. Sangakkara plays the ball for one. Fielded by Bracken. The score advances to 8/161.
40.6	Bracken to Malinga, no run. Bracken pitches the delivery in the corridor, yorker length. Malinga plays it towards the covers inside the circle. Ball is fielded by Ponting. End of the over. The bowler has figures of 3 for 21 from his 8 overs.
40.5	Bracken to Kulasekara, OUT! Bracken pitches the delivery in the corridor, short of a good length. Kulasekara plays the ball in front of square on the legside inside the circle in the air. Kulasekara is caught Symonds from the bowling of Bracken for a duck off 7 balls. The bowler has figures of 3 for 21. Sri Lanka are 8 for 160 after the loss of their eighth wicket.
40.4	Bracken to Kulasekara, no run. Bracken pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Play and miss by Kulasekara, taken by the keeper.
40.3	Bracken to Kulasekara, no run. Bracken pitches the ball on a good line and on a good length. Fielded by the bowler.
40.2	Bracken to Sangakkara, 1 run. Bracken pitches the delivery outside off stump, short of a good length. Sangakkara plays the delivery towards the covers inside the circle for a single. Hussey fields it. The score is 7 for 160.
40.1	Bracken to Sangakkara, no run. Bracken delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Through to Gilchrist.
39.6	Hogg to Kulasekara, no run. Hogg pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Kulasekara plays it in front of square on the offside inside the circle. Collected by Ponting. 40 overs finished. The bowler has figures of 2 for 32 from his 8 overs.
39.5	Hogg to Kulasekara, no run. Hogg pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Kulasekara strikes the delivery towards mid-off close to the pitch. Ball is fielded by Symonds.

Sri Lanka		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Dilshan, T	b. Johnson, M	11	24	13	2	0	84.62
Jayasuriya, S	c. Hopes, J b. Bracken,	12	15	10	2	0	120.00
Sangakkara, K	b. Lee, B	80	183	114	4	0	70.18
Jayawardena, M	c. Ponting b. Johnson, M	21	28	25	4	0	84.00
Silva, C	c. Symonds b. Bracken, N	0	12	10	0	0	0.00
Kapugedara, C	c. Hussey, M b. Hopes, J	26	71	60	2	0	43.33
Maharoof, F	c. Haddin, B b. Hogg, B	7	25	16	1	0	43.75
Vaas, C	c. Gilchrist b. Hogg, B	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Kulasekara, N	c. Symonds b. Bracken, N	0	6	7	0	0	0.00
Malinga, L	b. Johnson, M	5	16	18	1	0	27.78
Muralitharan, M	Not Out	0	3	0	0	0	0.00
Extras	(lb 7,w 3,nb 1)	11
Total	(10 wickets; 45 overs)	173

Australia - Bowling	O	M	R	W	E/R
Lee, B	8.3	0	49	1	5.76	(1nb)
Bracken, N	8	2	21	3	2.63	(1w)
Johnson, M	10	2	29	3	2.90	(1w)
Hopes, J	9	1	26	1	2.89
Hogg, B	10	1	41	2	4.10	(1w)

Australia		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Hayden, M	Gilchrist, A	1st	16	19	24	66.67	1/16
Ponting, R	Gilchrist, A	2nd	50	38	49	102.04	2/66
Clarke, M	Gilchrist, A	3rd	105	103	145	72.41	3/171
Symonds, A	Gilchrist, A	4th	6	6	9	66.67	4/177
Gilchrist, A	Hussey, M	5th	29	30	34	85.29	5/206
Hopes, J	Hussey, M	6th	11	10	11	100.00	6/217
Hogg, B	Hussey, M	7th	15	11	15	100.00	7/232
Hussey, M	Lee, B	8th	0	6	3	0.00	8/232
Johnson, M	Lee, B	9th	1	2	3	33.33	9/233
Lee, B	Bracken, N	10th	3	7	6	50.00	10/236

Sri Lanka		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Jayasuriya, S	Dilshan, T	1st	29	15	20	145.00	1/29
Dilshan, T	Sangakkara, K	2nd	6	9	7	85.71	2/35
Jayawardena, M	Sangakkara, K	3rd	36	28	39	92.31	3/71
Silva, C	Sangakkara, K	4th	5	12	19	26.32	4/76
Kapugedara, C	Sangakkara, K	5th	53	71	113	46.90	5/129
Maharoof, F	Sangakkara, K	6th	30	25	38	78.95	6/159
Vaas, C	Sangakkara, K	7th	0	1	1	0.00	7/159
Kulasekara, N	Sangakkara, K	8th	1	6	9	11.11	8/160
Malinga, L	Sangakkara, K	9th	13	16	25	52.00	9/173
Sangakkara, K	Muralitharan, M	10th	0	15	3	0.00	10/173