Commonwealth Bank Series - Australia v Sri Lanka

29 February 2008

RESULT: Sri Lanka win by 13 runs

Scorecard | Commentary | Partnerships

THE SCORE

Australia

208

ALL OUT

Sri Lanka

221

Current Run Rate	4.32
Required Run Rate	7.64
Runs Required	14
Balls Remaining	11

Current Partnership		R		M	B	S/R
	Lee, B	37		92	59	62.71
	Bracken, N	14		55	26	53.85
Current Bowlers		O	M	R	W	E/R
	Jayasuriya, S	0.1	0	0	1	0.00
	Amerasinghe, I	10	2	44	3	4.40

MATCH DETAILS

Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground
Weather: Fine	Pitch: Normal	Outfield: Normal
Umpires: Harper, D (AUS), Hill, A (NZ), Oxenford, B (AUS), Crowe, J (NZ)
Toss Won By: Sri Lanka		Decision: Bat

SCORECARD

SL Innings AUS Innings

Sri Lanka		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Perera, D	lbw b. Lee, B	5	19	12	0	0	41.67
Jayasuriya, S	c. Hussey, M b. Bracken, N	23	41	32	2	1	71.88
Sangakkara, K	c. Hussey, M b. Johnson, M	11	36	26	2	0	42.31
Jayawardena, M	lbw b. Hogg, B	50	93	65	5	0	76.92
Kapugedara, C	c. Gilchrist, A b. Hopes, J	2	30	24	0	0	8.33
Dilshan, T	run out (Hopes, J)	62	95	70	3	0	88.57
Silva, C	c. Johnson, M b. Bracken, N	35	64	48	4	0	72.92
Kulasekara, N	b. Bracken, N	14	29	22	1	0	63.64
Malinga, L	c. Hopes, J b. Lee, B	0	5	1	0	0	0.00
Amerasinghe, I	not out	5	4	2	1	0	250.00
Muralitharan, M	b. Bracken, N	1	4	2	0	0	50.00
Extras	(lb 1,w 8,nb 4)	13
Total	(10 wickets; 50 overs)	221

F.O.W.

1/12 (Perera, D), 2/32 (Jayasuriya, S), 3/42 (Sangakkara, K), 4/61 (Kapugedara, C), 5/125 (Jayawardena, M), 6/185 (Dilshan, T), 7/206 (Silva, C), 8/208 (Malinga, L), 9/212 (Muralitharan, M), 10/221 (Kulasekara, N)

Australia - Bowling	O	R	W	E/R
Lee, B	10	55	2	5.50	(2nb,1w)
Bracken, N	10	29	4	2.90
Johnson, M	10	54	1	5.40	(2nb,2w)
Hopes, J	8	32	1	4.00
Hogg, B	10	34	1	3.40
Clarke, M	2	16	0	8.00	(2w)

48.1	Jayasuriya to Lee, OUT! Jayasuriya bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Jayasuriya bowls Lee for 37 from 59. The bowler has figures of 1 for 0. The innings finishes at 208.
47.6	Amerasinghe to Lee, 1 run. Amerasinghe delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Lee hits it through mid-on most of the way to the boundary for one run. That ends the over. Amerasinghe has figures of 3/44 from his 10 overs. The score is 9/208.
47.5	Amerasinghe to Bracken, 1 run. Amerasinghe delivers the ball towards leg stump and on the half volley. Bracken plays the ball square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one. Ball is fielded by Malinga. Australia advances to 9/207.
47.4	Amerasinghe to Bracken, no run. Amerasinghe pitches the ball on a good line and on the half volley. Gathered by the bowler in the field.
47.3	Amerasinghe to Lee, 1 run. Amerasinghe delivers the ball outside off and on a good length. Lee plays the ball in front of square on the offside inside the circle for one. Australia advances to 9/206.
47.2	Amerasinghe to Bracken, 1 run. Missed runout by Jayasuriya! Amerasinghe delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Bracken hits it towards mid-off halfway to the boundary for one run. Jayasuriya collects the ball in the field. The score is 9/205.
47.1	Amerasinghe to Lee, 1 run. Amerasinghe delivers the ball on a good line and on the half volley. Lee strikes it towards mid-wicket halfway to the boundary for one run. The score is 9/204.
46.6	Kulasekara to Lee, 1 run. Kulasekara pitches the ball on a good line and on the half volley. Lee plays it in front of square on the offside halfway to the boundary for one run. 47th over completed. Kulasekara has figures of 2/36 from his 10 overs. The score goes to 9/203.
46.5	Kulasekara to Lee, no run. Kulasekara bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. The bowler fields it.
46.4	Kulasekara to Bracken, 1 run. Kulasekara pitches the ball outside off and short of a good length. Bracken plays it for one run. Fielded by Jayasuriya. The score goes to 9/202.
46.3	Kulasekara to Lee, 1 run. Kulasekara pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Lee plays the ball in front of square on the offside close to the boundary for one. Ball is fielded by Malinga. The scoreboard says 9 for 201.
46.2	Kulasekara to Lee, no run. Kulasekara pitches the ball on a good line and full. Fielded by the bowler.
46.1	Kulasekara to Lee, 4 runs! Kulasekara bowls it on the half volley, outside off stump. Lee plays the ball for four runs. Australia progresses to 9 for 200.
45.6	Amerasinghe to Bracken, no run. Amerasinghe pitches the ball outside off and on a good length. Bracken plays it for no run. That is the end of the over. Amerasinghe has figures of 3/39 from his 9 overs.
45.5	Amerasinghe to Lee, 1 run. Amerasinghe delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Lee hits the delivery through mid-on halfway to the boundary for a single. The score is 9/196.
45.4	Amerasinghe to Lee, no run. Amerasinghe bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Play and miss by Lee, taken by the keeper.
45.3	Amerasinghe to Lee, no run. Amerasinghe delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Fielded by the bowler.
45.2	Amerasinghe to Bracken, 1 run. Amerasinghe pitches the delivery in the corridor, on a good length. Bracken strikes it well behind square on the legside most of the way to the boundary for one run. Collected by Malinga. The scoreboard says 9 for 195.
45.1	Amerasinghe to Bracken, no run. Amerasinghe delivers the ball on a good line and full. Bracken strikes the delivery towards mid-off not far from the wicket.
44.6	Muralitharan to Lee, no run. Muralitharan bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Play and miss by Lee, taken by Sangakkara. Muralitharan completes the 45th over of the innings. The bowler has figures of 2 for 42 from his 10 overs.
44.5	Muralitharan to Lee, no run. Muralitharan bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Lee strikes the ball towards the covers inside the circle.
44.4	Muralitharan to Lee, no run. Muralitharan bowls it on a good length, towards leg stump. Lee lets it go through to the keeper.
44.3	Muralitharan to Bracken, 1 run. Muralitharan pitches the delivery towards leg stump, on a good length. Bracken hits the ball behind square on the legside inside the circle for one. The score progresses to 9 for 194.
44.2	Muralitharan to Bracken, no run. Muralitharan bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. The bowler collects the ball.
44.1	Muralitharan to Bracken, no run. Muralitharan bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. Bracken hits it towards mid-off close to the pitch.
43.6	Kulasekara to Lee, no run. Kulasekara bowls it fuller than a good length, in the corridor. The bowler receives the ball in the field. End of the over. The bowler has figures of 2 for 29 from his 9 overs.
43.5	Kulasekara to Bracken, 1 run. Kulasekara delivers the ball on a good line and on a good length. Bracken plays it in front of square on the offside halfway to the boundary for one run. Australia goes to 9/193.
43.4	Kulasekara to Bracken, no run. Kulasekara pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Bracken hits the delivery towards mid-off not far from the wicket.
43.3	Kulasekara to Bracken, no run. Kulasekara bowls it short, in the corridor. Bracken lets it go through to the keeper.
43.2	Kulasekara to Bracken, no run. Kulasekara bowls it on a good length, in the corridor. The bowler fields it.
43.1	Kulasekara to Lee, 1 run. Kulasekara bowls it on a good length, outside off stump. Lee strikes it through mid-off most of the way to the boundary for one run. Australia moves to 9 for 192.
42.6	Malinga to Bracken, no run. Malinga pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Play and miss by Bracken, taken by the keeper. End of the over. The bowler has figures of 1 for 48 from his 9 overs.
42.6	Malinga to Bracken, 1 wide. Malinga pitches the delivery wide down legside, on the half volley. Ball goes through to the keeper.
42.5	Malinga to Bracken, no run. Malinga bowls it short of a good length, in the corridor. Bracken strikes the delivery straight not far from the wicket.
42.4	Malinga to Lee, 1 run. Malinga pitches the delivery outside off stump, on a good length. Lee plays it for one run. Australia moves to 9 for 190.
42.3	Malinga to Lee, no run. Malinga pitches the delivery in the corridor, short of a good length. The keeper takes the ball.

Australia		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Hopes, J	Gilchrist, A	1st	107	69	88	121.59	1/107
Gilchrist, A	Ponting, R	2nd	6	4	6	100.00	2/113
Clarke, M	Ponting, R	3rd	2	12	17	11.76	3/115
Ponting, R	Symonds, A	4th	0	6	6	0.00	4/115
Symonds, A	Hussey, M	5th	0	3	4	0.00	5/115
Haddin, B	Hussey, M	6th	8	15	19	42.11	6/123
Hussey, M	Hogg, B	7th	19	29	37	51.35	7/142
Hogg, B	Lee, B	8th	16	15	32	50.00	8/158
Johnson, M	Lee, B	9th	15	17	26	57.69	9/173
Lee, B	Bracken, N	10th	35	55	54	64.81	10/208

Australia		R	M	B	4	6	S/R
Gilchrist, A	c. Malinga b. Kulasekara	83	73	50	12	2	166.00
Hopes, J	b. Muralitharan, M	28	69	42	3	0	66.67
Ponting, R	lbw b. Kulasekara, N	1	22	11	0	0	9.09
Clarke, M	b. Amerasinghe, I	0	12	11	0	0	0.00
Symonds, A	c.Sangakkara b.Amerasingh	0	9	4	0	0	0.00
Hussey, M	b. Kapugedara, C	5	47	26	0	0	19.23
Haddin, B	lbw b. Malinga, L	7	15	13	0	0	53.85
Hogg, B	lbw b. Muralitharan, M	21	44	34	0	0	61.76
Lee, B	b. Jayasuriya, S	37	92	59	2	1	62.71
Johnson, M	c.Jay'dena b. Amerasinghe	3	17	13	0	0	23.08
Bracken, N	Not Out	14	55	26	1	0	53.85
Extras	(lb 3,w 6)	9
Total	(10 wickets; 48 overs)	208

Sri Lanka - Bowling	O	M	R	W	E/R
Malinga, L	9	1	48	1	5.33	(2w)
Kulasekara, N	10	3	36	2	3.60
Amerasinghe, I	10	2	44	3	4.40	(1w)
Muralitharan, M	10	0	42	2	4.20	(1w)
Kapugedara, C	6	0	24	1	4.00	(2w)
Perera, D	3	0	11	0	3.67
Jayasuriya, S	0.1	0	0	1	0.00

Sri Lanka		Wicket	R	M	B	S/R	Score
Perera, D	Jayasuriya, S	1st	12	19	28	42.86	1/12
Jayasuriya, S	Sangakkara, K	2nd	20	22	29	68.97	2/32
Sangakkara, K	Jayawardena, M	3rd	10	14	19	52.63	3/42
Kapugedara, C	Jayawardena, M	4th	19	30	44	43.18	4/61
Jayawardena, M	Dilshan, T	5th	64	49	74	86.49	5/125
Dilshan, T	Silva, C	6th	60	46	75	80.00	6/185
Silva, C	Kulasekara, N	7th	21	18	21	100.00	7/206
Malinga, L	Kulasekara, N	8th	2	5	4	50.00	8/208
Muralitharan, M	Kulasekara, N	9th	4	4	6	66.67	9/212
Kulasekara, N	Amerasinghe, I	10th	9	2	4	225.00	10/221