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VB Series - 6th match

Australia v Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka won by 79 runs

ODI no. 1931 | 2002/03 season
Played at Sydney Cricket Ground
9 January 2003 - day/night (50-over match)


Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
MS Atapattu	run out (Ponting)	101	178	124	5	0	81.45
41.2 from Symonds, run out (Ponting) 283/3
ST Jayasuriya*	b Watson	122	146	105	12	4	116.19
33.4 bowled 237/1
PA de Silva	b Watson	13	16	15	1	0	86.66
37.6 bowled 267/2
DPMD Jayawardene	not out	37	54	38	2	0	97.36

RP Arnold	st †Gilchrist b Symonds	0	3	1	0	0	0.00
41.4 stumped †Gilchrist 284/4
KC Sangakkara†	c Maher b Bichel	25	26	20	2	0	125.00
47.6 caught Maher 329/5
WPUJC Vaas	not out	5	8	5	0	0	100.00

Extras	(lb 12, w 20, nb 8)	40

Total	(5 wickets; 50 overs; 218 mins)	343	(6.86 runs per over)

Did not bat HP Tillakaratne, CRD Fernando, M Muralitharan, PW Gunaratne

Fall of wickets 1-237 (Jayasuriya, 33.4 ov), 2-267 (de Silva, 37.6 ov), 3-283 (Atapattu, 41.2 ov), 4-284 (Arnold, 41.4 ov), 5-329 (Sangakkara, 47.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	7	0	41	0	5.85	(2nb, 3w)

AJ Bichel	10	0	70	1	7.00	(2nb, 5w)
47.6 to Sangakkara, caught Maher 329/5
SR Watson	10	0	72	2	7.20	(1nb, 1w)
33.4 to Jayasuriya, bowled 237/1 37.6 to de Silva, bowled 267/2
A Symonds	9	0	50	1	5.55	(2w)
41.4 to Arnold, stumped †Gilchrist 284/4
GB Hogg	9	0	75	0	8.33	(3nb)

DR Martyn	5	0	23	0	4.60


Australia innings (target: 344 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
AC Gilchrist†	b Vaas	6	3	3	1	0	200.00
0.3 bowled 6/1
ML Hayden	c Jayawardene b Fernando	35	67	39	3	0	89.74
14.3 caught Jayawardene 78/3
RT Ponting*	c Tillakaratne b Gunaratne	15	22	16	2	0	93.75
5.4 caught Tillakaratne 35/2
DR Martyn	b Jayasuriya	40	94	69	4	0	57.97
28.3 bowled 143/4
MG Bevan	c Tillakaratne b Jayasuriya	41	62	51	3	0	80.39
30.3 caught Tillakaratne 150/5
A Symonds	c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan	4	12	9	0	0	44.44
31.3 caught Tillakaratne 152/6
B Lee	b Jayasuriya	20	33	22	0	0	90.90
38.6 bowled 188/8
JP Maher	c Jayawardene b Jayasuriya	15	27	27	1	0	55.55
38.5 caught Jayawardene 188/7
SR Watson	not out	35	40	35	3	0	100.00

GB Hogg	st †Sangakkara b Muralitharan	4	10	7	0	0	57.14
41.3 stumped †Sangakkara 201/9
AJ Bichel	c †Sangakkara b Gunaratne	28	33	24	2	1	116.66
49.3 caught †Sangakkara 264/10
Extras	(lb 12, w 4, nb 5)	21

Total	(all out; 49.3 overs; 208 mins)	264	(5.33 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-6 (Gilchrist, 0.3 ov), 2-35 (Ponting, 5.4 ov), 3-78 (Hayden, 14.3 ov), 4-143 (Martyn, 28.3 ov), 5-150 (Bevan, 30.3 ov), 6-152 (Symonds, 31.3 ov), 7-188 (Maher, 38.5 ov), 8-188 (Lee, 38.6 ov), 9-201 (Hogg, 41.3 ov), 10-264 (Bichel, 49.3 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	6	0	29	1	4.83	(2w)
0.3 to Gilchrist, bowled 6/1
PW Gunaratne	8.3	0	54	2	6.35	(1w)
5.4 to Ponting, caught Tillakaratne 35/2 49.3 to Bichel, caught †Sangakkara 264/10
CRD Fernando	9	0	46	1	5.11	(5nb, 1w)
14.3 to Hayden, caught Jayawardene 78/3
PA de Silva	6	0	40	0	6.66

M Muralitharan	10	1	44	2	4.40
31.3 to Symonds, caught Tillakaratne 152/6 41.3 to Hogg, stumped †Sangakkara 201/9
ST Jayasuriya	10	1	39	4	3.90
28.3 to Martyn, bowled 143/4 30.3 to Bevan, caught Tillakaratne 150/5 38.5 to Maher, caught Jayawardene 188/7 38.6 to Lee, bowled 188/8

Match details

Toss Australia, who chose to field
Points Sri Lanka 6, Australia 0

Player of the match ST Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)

Umpires SJA Taufel and RB Tiffin (Zimbabwe)
TV umpire DB Hair
Match referee CH Lloyd (West Indies)

Match notes

Hours of Play: 2.15pm - 5.45pm, 6.30pm - 10.00pm
12th Men: DS Lehmann (Aus) and J Mubarak (SL)
Scorers: CL Bennison and MA Slarke
Sri Lanka 50 in 50 mins, off 9.4 overs
Atapattu/Jayasuriya 50 partnership in 50 mins, off 61 balls
Sri Lanka 100 in 81 mins, off 16.4 overs
Atapattu/Jayasuriya 100 partnership in 81 mins, off 104 balls
Jayasuriya 50 in 81 mins, off 49 balls, 6x4, 2x6
Atapattu 50 in 99 mins, off 67 balls, 4x4
Sri Lanka 150 in 106 mins, off 23.4 overs
Atapattu/Jayasuriya 150 partnership in 106 mins, off 146 balls
Sri Lanka 200 in 128 mins, off 29.1 overs
Atapattu/Jayasuriya 200 partnership in 128 mins, off 179 balls
Jayasuriya 100 in 128 mins, off 87 balls, 11x4, 3x6
Sri Lanka 250 in 157 mins, off 36.1 overs
Atapattu 100 in 174 mins, off 121 balls, 5x4
Sri Lanka 300 in 194 mins, off 44.4 overs
Australia 50 in 41 mins, off 8.5 overs
Australia 100 in 87 mins, off 19.2 overs
Martyn/Bevan 50 partnership in 45 mins, off 68 balls
Australia 150 in 129 mins, off 30.2 overs
Australia 200 in 171 mins, off 40.4 overs
Australia 250 in 200 mins, off 47.2 overs
Watson/Bichel 50 partnership 25 mins, off 39 balls
Attendance: 34,670

Tournament Results

Australia v England at Melbourne - Jan 25, 2003
Australia won by 5 runs

Australia v England at Sydney - Jan 23, 2003
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Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne - Jan 21, 2003
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Australia v England at Adelaide - Jan 19, 2003
Australia won by 4 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)

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Watson shows his frustration, Australia v Sri Lanka, VB Series, 2002/03