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VB Series, 2005/06 / Scorecard

VB Series - 3rd final

Australia v Sri Lanka

Australia won by 9 wickets (with 27 balls remaining)

ODI no. 2330 | 2005/06 season
Played at Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
14 February 2006 - day/night (50-over match)


Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MS Atapattu*	c Symonds b Bracken	7	16	1	0	43.75
7.5 Two down! fuller length ball outside off stump, angled across, Atapattu moves forward and drives but ends up slicing it in the air to cover, Symonds jumos and plucks it out of thin air at cover in one hand, great catch! 28/2
ST Jayasuriya	c Symonds b Bracken	6	12	1	0	50.00
3.1 full length ball on the off stump and shaping away from the left-hander, Jayasuriya tries to flick it away to square leg, ball takes the leading edge and goes high in the air to short cover, Symonds gets underneath and takes the skier 7/1
KC Sangakkara†	lbw b Clarke	59	85	5	0	69.41
28.2 Clarke strikes! full and flat on the middle and off stump, Sangakkara tries to work it away to onside, misses and ball strikes the pads, caught plumb in front 128/3
DPMD Jayawardene	c Katich b Clark	86	91	8	0	94.50
40.6 full length delivery outside off stump, Jayawardene makes room exposing the stumps and reaches for the ball, square drives flat and straight to Katich at backward point 204/4
RP Arnold	c Ponting b Bracken	76	71	4	0	107.04
48.5 good length ball around the off stump, Arnold swings at it and mistimes in the air to mid-wicket, Ponting runs backward and just stretches outward on his back and brings off a stunner 259/7
TM Dilshan	c Hussey b Clark	3	4	0	0	75.00
42.2 full length ball outside off stump, Dilshan moves across the stumps and tries to scoop over short fine leg fielder but straight to Hussey at short fine leg, flat catch taken 213/5
CK Kapugedera	c Symonds b Lewis	9	6	0	1	150.00
45.2 slower ball outside off stump, Kapugedera lofts it on the front-foot to deep cover, Symonds runs in and dives in front to take it inches above the ground to bring off a spectacular catch 238/6
WPUJC Vaas	run out (Lee/Lewis)	11	12	0	0	91.66
49.6 Lewis to Fernando, full length ball, driven to long-off and they take off for the second run, Lee fires in the throw to Lewis who whips off the bails, Vaas half-way down 266/9
M Muralitharan	run out (†Gilchrist)	3	3	0	0	100.00
49.5 from Lewis, Muralitharan uses his feet and swings, misses and looks for a single but Vaas sends him back, Gilchrist quick to take off the gloves and hits direct at the strikers end, Murali nowhere in the picture 265/8
CRD Fernando	not out	1	1	0	0	100.00

Extras	(lb 2, w 2, nb 1)	5

Total	(9 wickets; 50 overs)	266	(5.32 runs per over)

Did not bat PDRL Perera

Fall of wickets 1-7 (Jayasuriya, 3.1 ov), 2-28 (Atapattu, 7.5 ov), 3-128 (Sangakkara, 28.2 ov), 4-204 (Jayawardene, 40.6 ov), 5-213 (Dilshan, 42.2 ov), 6-238 (Kapugedera, 45.2 ov), 7-259 (Arnold, 48.5 ov), 8-265 (Muralitharan, 49.5 ov), 9-266 (Vaas, 49.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	10	0	58	0	5.80	(1w)

NW Bracken	10	1	44	3	4.40
3.1 to Jayasuriya, full length ball on the off stump and shaping away from the left-hander, Jayasuriya tries to flick it away to square leg, ball takes the leading edge and goes high in the air to short cover, Symonds gets underneath and takes the skier 7/1 7.5 to Atapattu, Two down! fuller length ball outside off stump, angled across, Atapattu moves forward and drives but ends up slicing it in the air to cover, Symonds jumos and plucks it out of thin air at cover in one hand, great catch! 28/2 48.5 to Arnold, good length ball around the off stump, Arnold swings at it and mistimes in the air to mid-wicket, Ponting runs backward and just stretches outward on his back and brings off a stunner 259/7
ML Lewis	10	1	52	1	5.20	(1nb)
45.2 to Kapugedera, slower ball outside off stump, Kapugedera lofts it on the front-foot to deep cover, Symonds runs in and dives in front to take it inches above the ground to bring off a spectacular catch 238/6
SR Clark	10	0	45	2	4.50
40.6 to Jayawardene, full length delivery outside off stump, Jayawardene makes room exposing the stumps and reaches for the ball, square drives flat and straight to Katich at backward point 204/4 42.2 to Dilshan, full length ball outside off stump, Dilshan moves across the stumps and tries to scoop over short fine leg fielder but straight to Hussey at short fine leg, flat catch taken 213/5
A Symonds	5	0	39	0	7.80

MJ Clarke	5	0	26	1	5.20	(1w)
28.2 to Sangakkara, Clarke strikes! full and flat on the middle and off stump, Sangakkara tries to work it away to onside, misses and ball strikes the pads, caught plumb in front 128/3


Australia innings (target: 267 runs from 50 overs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AC Gilchrist†	b Muralitharan	122	91	13	4	134.06
32.2 flighted ball outside off stump, doosra, Gilchrist comes down the track and tries to smash through off side but gets beaten, ball goes right between bat and pad and crashes into the stumps 196/1
SM Katich	not out	107	142	9	0	75.35

RT Ponting*	not out	28	41	1	0	68.29

Extras	(lb 5, w 4, nb 1)	10

Total	(1 wicket; 45.3 overs)	267	(5.86 runs per over)

Did not bat DR Martyn, A Symonds, MJ Clarke, MEK Hussey, B Lee, ML Lewis, SR Clark, NW Bracken

Fall of wickets 1-196 (Gilchrist, 32.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	10	0	45	0	4.50

PDRL Perera	8	1	50	0	6.25	(1w)

CRD Fernando	6	0	45	0	7.50	(1nb, 1w)

TM Dilshan	3.3	0	21	0	6.00

M Muralitharan	10	1	50	1	5.00	(2w)
32.2 to Gilchrist, flighted ball outside off stump, doosra, Gilchrist comes down the track and tries to smash through off side but gets beaten, ball goes right between bat and pad and crashes into the stumps 196/1
HMCM Bandara	6	0	36	0	6.00

DPMD Jayawardene	2	0	15	0	7.50

Match details

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat
Series Australia won the best-of-3-finals 2-1

Sri Lanka replacement HMCM Bandara for CK Kapugedera (Australia innings, 24.1 ov)
Player of the match AC Gilchrist (Australia)
Player of the series A Symonds (Australia)

Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and DJ Harper
TV umpire PD Parker
Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand)

Match notes