23/03Result
3rd Test, Australia tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Mar 24-28 2004
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401 & 375 -
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407 & 248 (93.4 ov)
Player of the Match
23/03Result
3rd Test, Australia tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Mar 24-28 2004
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401 & 375 -
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407 & 248 (93.4 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Match Details
Toss
Australia , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
Australia won the 3-match series 3-0
Match number
Season
Match days
24,25,26,27,28 March 2004 (5-day match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Scorecard Summary
AUSTRALIA 401 (115.1 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- DS Lehmann153 (269)
- RT Ponting92 (138)
- M Muralitharan5/123 (37.1)
- WPUJC Vaas3/93 (26)
SRI LANKA 407 (127.1 OVERS)1ST INNINGS
- MS Atapattu118 (219)
- HP Tillakaratne*74 (201)
- JN Gillespie3/96 (23)
- DS Lehmann3/50 (19)
AUSTRALIA 375 (106.2 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- HMRKB Herath4/92 (24.2)
- M Muralitharan3/93 (29)
SRI LANKA 248 (93.4 OVERS)2ND INNINGS
- ST Jayasuriya51 (83)
- TT Samaraweera53 (126)
- DS Lehmann3/42 (17)
- SK Warne4/92 (33)
93.4
W
Kasprowicz to Herath, OUT,
HMRKB Herath lbw b Kasprowicz 0 (29m 20b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0.00
93.3
0
Kasprowicz to Herath, no run,
93.2
0
Kasprowicz to Herath, no run,
93.1
0
Kasprowicz to Herath, no run,
END OF OVER:93 | (wicket maiden) | SL: 248/9
- M Muralitharan0 (3b)
- HMRKB Herath0 (16b)
- SK Warne33-11-92-4
- DS Lehmann17-2-42-3
92.6
0
Warne to Muralitharan, no run,
92.5
0
Warne to Muralitharan, no run,
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