Commonwealth Bank Series - Australia v Sri Lanka

22 February 2008

RESULT: Australia won by 24 runs (D/L Method)

Scorecard | Commentary | Partnerships

THE SCORE

Sri Lanka

4/77

(29.3 overs)

Australia

7/184

Current Run Rate	2.61
Required Run Rate	5.27
Runs Required	108
Balls Remaining	123

Current Partnership		R		M	B	S/R
	Dilshan, T	9		23	14	64.29
	Silva, C	16		55	47	34.04
Current Bowlers		O	M	R	W	E/R
	Hogg, B	4.3	1	15	0	3.33
	Johnson, M	7	1	17	0	2.43

MATCH DETAILS

Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground
Weather: Cold, Wet	Pitch: Normal	Outfield: Normal, Wet
Umpires: Koertzen, R (RSA), Taufel, S (AUS), Parry, R (AUS), Crowe, J (NZ)
Toss Won By: Sri Lanka		Decision: Bowl

SCORECARD

AUS Innings SL Innings

Australia		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Gilchrist, A	b. Vaas, C	6	31	11	0	0	54.55
Hayden, M	c. Silva, C b. Maharoof, F	23	77	53	3	0	43.40
Ponting, R	run out (Maharoof, F)	11	59	34	0	0	32.35
Clarke, M	c&b. Muralitharan, M	50	120	69	4	0	72.46
Hussey, M	not out	64	132	98	1	0	65.31
Symonds, A	c. Sangakkara, K b. Maharoof, F	4	14	6	0	0	66.67
Hopes, J	st. Sangakkara, K b. Muralitharan, M	11	21	16	0	0	68.75
Hogg, B	c. Dilshan, T b. Malinga, L	4	6	4	0	0	100.00
Johnson, M	not out	6	11	9	0	0	66.67
Bracken, N
Clark, S
Extras	(b 2,w 3)	5
Total	(7 wickets; 50 overs)	184

F.O.W.

1/12 (Gilchrist, A), 2/39 (Hayden, M), 3/44 (Ponting, R), 4/54 (Symonds, A), 5/144 (Clarke, M), 6/166 (Hopes, J), 7/173 (Hogg, B)

Sri Lanka - Bowling	O	R	W	E/R
Vaas, C	10	34	1	3.40
Malinga, L	10	44	1	4.40
Maharoof, F	10	20	2	2.00	(1w)
Muralitharan, M	10	37	2	3.70
Amerasinghe, I	10	47	0	4.70	(2w)

29.3	Hogg to Silva, 1 run. Hogg pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Silva strikes the ball through mid-off most of the way to the boundary for one. The score is 4/77. The players have come off the field because of rain. That is the end of time.
29.2	Hogg to Dilshan, 1 run. Hogg bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Dilshan plays the delivery in front of square on the legside inside the circle for a single. The score is 4 for 76.
29.1	Hogg to Dilshan, no run. Hogg pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Dilshan plays it straight down the ground not far from the wicket.
28.6	Johnson to Dilshan, 1 run. Johnson pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Dilshan plays the delivery square on the offside most of the way to the boundary for a single. 29 overs completed. The bowler has figures of 0 for 17 from his 7 overs. The score is 4 for 75.
28.5	Johnson to Dilshan, no run. Johnson delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Gilchrist takes the ball.
28.4	Johnson to Silva, 1 run. Johnson pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Silva plays the delivery towards mid-wicket close to the pitch for a single. The bowler fields it. Sri Lanka is 4 for 74.
28.3	Johnson to Silva, no run. Johnson pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Silva hits it in front of square on the offside inside the circle.
28.2	Johnson to Dilshan, 1 run. Johnson delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Dilshan strikes it for one run. The score is 4/73.
28.1	Johnson to Dilshan, no run. Johnson bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. The bowler receives the ball in the field.
27.6	Hogg to Silva, no run. Hogg delivers the ball towards leg stump and on a good length. Silva hits the ball fine on the legside inside the circle. 28th over finished. Hogg has figures of 0/13 from his 4 overs.
27.5	Hogg to Silva, no run. Hogg delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Silva plays it in front of square on the offside inside the circle.
27.4	Hogg to Silva, no run. Hogg pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Silva hits the ball behind square on the offside inside the circle.
27.3	Hogg to Silva, no run. Hogg delivers the ball on a good line and short of a good length. Silva plays the delivery in front of square on the legside close to the pitch.
27.2	Hogg to Silva, no run. Hogg bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Silva hits the ball towards mid-off not far from the wicket.
27.1	Hogg to Silva, no run. Hogg bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Play and miss by Silva, taken by the keeper.
26.6	Hopes to Dilshan, 2 runs. Hopes delivers the ball on a good line and short of a good length. Dilshan plays the delivery for a two. Bracken fields the ball. That finishes the over. Hopes has figures of 1/23 from his 7 overs. The score is 4/72.
26.5	Hopes to Dilshan, no run. Hopes pitches the ball wide outside off and on a good length. Through to the keeper.
26.4	Hopes to Dilshan, no run. Hopes delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Gathered by the bowler.
26.3	Hopes to Silva, 1 run. Hopes bowls it short of a good length, in the corridor. Silva strikes it through mid-wicket most of the way to the boundary for one run. Sri Lanka moves to 4 for 70.
26.2	Hopes to Silva, no run. Hopes delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Silva plays the delivery for no run.
26.1	Hopes to Silva, no run. Hopes pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Silva plays the delivery in front of square on the offside inside the circle.
25.6	Hogg to Dilshan, no run. Hogg bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Gilchrist takes the ball after a play and miss by Dilshan. Hogg has completed his over. The bowler has figures of 0 for 13 from his 3 overs.
25.5	Hogg to Dilshan, no run. Missed stumping! Hogg pitches the delivery in the corridor, on the half volley. Play and miss by Dilshan, taken by Gilchrist.
25.4	Hogg to Silva, 1 run. Hogg pitches the delivery in the corridor, short of a good length. Silva hits the ball in front of square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one. The score progresses to 4 for 69.
25.3	Hogg to Silva, no run. Dropped catch by Hayden! Hogg pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Ball is gathered by Hayden.
25.2	Hogg to Dilshan, 1 run. Hogg pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Dilshan strikes the delivery square on the offside inside the circle for a single. The scoreboard shows 4/68.
25.1	Hogg to Dilshan, 2 runs. Hogg pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Dilshan plays the delivery for a two. Johnson fields it. Sri Lanka is 4 for 67.
24.6	Hopes to Dilshan, 1 run. Hopes delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Dilshan strikes it square on the legside inside the circle for one run. Dilshan scores his first run. That is the end of the over. Hopes has figures of 1/20 from his 6 overs. The scoreboard tells us it's 4/65.
24.5	Hopes to Sangakkara, OUT! Hopes bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Sangakkara strikes the delivery in front of square on the offside halfway to the boundary in the air. Sangakkara is caught by Symonds from the bowling of Hopes for 22 runs off 59 deliveries. The bowler has figures of 1 for 19. Sri Lanka lose their fourth wicket, they are 4 for 64.
24.4	Hopes to Silva, 1 run. Hopes bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Silva strikes it for one run. Clarke collects the ball. Sri Lanka moves to 3 for 64.
24.3	Hopes to Sangakkara, 1 run. Hopes pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Sangakkara plays the ball for one. Fielded by Bracken. The scoreboard says 3 for 63.
24.2	Hopes to Silva, 1 run. Hopes bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Silva hits it square on the legside inside the circle for one run. Sri Lanka moves to 3 for 62.
24.1	Hopes to Sangakkara, no run. 1 overthrow! Hopes pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Sangakkara hits the ball square on the offside inside the circle. Fielded by Clarke. Dear me, the ball goes through for 1 1 overthrow. The scoreboard shows 3/61.
23.6	Hogg to Sangakkara, 1 run. Hogg pitches the ball towards leg stump and on the half volley. Sangakkara hits the ball for one. Bracken gathers the ball. That ends the over. Hogg has figures of 0/9 from his 2 overs. Sri Lanka advances to 3/60.
23.5	Hogg to Silva, 1 run. Hogg bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Silva hits it behind square on the offside inside the circle for one run. The scoreboard displays 3 for 59.
23.4	Hogg to Silva, no run. Hogg delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Silva plays it fine on the legside inside the circle. Symonds fields it.

Sri Lanka		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Jayasuriya, S	Perera, D	1st	0	5	7	0.00	1/0
Perera, D	Sangakkara, K	2nd	3	9	12	25.00	2/3
Jayawardena, M	Sangakkara, K	3rd	39	58	79	49.37	3/42
Sangakkara, K	Silva, C	4th	22	35	51	43.14	4/64
Dilshan, T	Silva, C	5th	22	35	51	43.1

Sri Lanka		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Perera, D	lbw b. Clark, S	1	14	11	0	0	9.09
Jayasuriya, S	c. Ponting b. Clark	0	5	1	0	0	0.00
Sangakkara, K	c. Symonds, A b. Hopes	22	102	59	0	0	37.29
Jayawardena, M	c. Gichrist, A b Bracken	27	58	45	3	0	60.00
Dilshan, T	Not Out	9	23	14	0	0	64.29
Silva, C	Not Out	16	55	47	0	0	34.04
Maharoof, F
Vaas, C
Malinga, L
Amerasinghe, I
Muralitharan, M
Extras	(lb 1,w 1)	2
Total	(4 wickets; 29 overs)	77

Australia - Bowling	O	M	R	W	E/R
Bracken, N	6	1	13	1	2.17
Clark, S	5	1	8	2	1.60
Johnson, M	7	1	17	0	2.43	(1w)
Hopes, J	7	2	23	1	3.29
Hogg, B	4.3	1	15	0	3.33

Australia		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Gilchrist, A	Hayden, M	1st	12	31	27	44.44	1/12
Hayden, M	Ponting, R	2nd	27	46	64	42.19	2/39
Ponting, R	Clarke, M	3rd	5	13	17	29.41	3/44
Symonds, A	Clarke, M	4th	10	14	19	52.63	4/54
Clarke, M	Hussey, M	5th	90	93	126	71.43	5/144
Hopes, J	Hussey, M	6th	22	21	26	84.62	6/166
Hogg, B	Hussey, M	7th	7	6	8	87.50	7/173