- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras16 (lb 4, nb 7, w 5)TOTAL319/5 (50 Overs, RR: 6.38)Fall of wickets: 1-75 (ML Hayden, 12.2 ov), 2-181 (AC Gilchrist, 29.5 ov), 3-293 (RT Ponting, 45.4 ov), 4-313 (DR Martyn, 49.1 ov), 5-314 (DS Lehmann, 49.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB WPUJC Vaas 8 0 59 0 7.37 26 6 2 1 2 PW Gunaratne 6 0 46 0 7.66 15 7 0 0 0 PA de Silva 5 0 36 0 7.20 9 3 1 0 0 M Muralitharan 10 0 47 1 4.70 32 3 1 1 1 RP Arnold 2 0 21 0 10.50 5 2 1 1 0 CRD Fernando 9 0 47 3 5.22 21 4 0 1 0 ST Jayasuriya 10 0 59 0 5.90 26 3 1 1 0
07/03Result
1st Super, ICC World Cup at Centurion, Mar 7 2003
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223 (47.4/50 ov)
Player of the Match
07/03Result
1st Super, ICC World Cup at Centurion, Mar 7 2003
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223 (47.4/50 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras23 (b 6, lb 8, nb 3, w 6)TOTAL223 all out (47.4 Overs, RR: 4.67)Fall of wickets: 1-42 (MS Atapattu, 9.5 ov), 2-46 (DPMD Jayawardene, 11.2 ov), 3-47 (HP Tillakaratne, 12.3 ov), 4-48 (RP Arnold, 13.3 ov), 5-100 (KC Sangakkara, 26.1 ov), 6-144 (WPUJC Vaas, 36.4 ov), 7-149 (M Muralitharan, 37.4 ov), 8-203 (PA de Silva, 44.1 ov), 9-223 (CRD Fernando, 47.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB GD McGrath 9.4 1 25 2 2.58 45 3 0 3 0 B Lee 10 1 52 3 5.20 44 5 2 2 3 IJ Harvey 7 0 29 0 4.14 25 4 0 0 0 AJ Bichel 7 1 32 0 4.57 26 3 1 1 0 GB Hogg 9 1 45 2 5.00 35 6 1 0 0 DS Lehmann 5 0 26 1 5.20 14 3 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Australia , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
7 March 2003 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Australia 4, Sri Lanka 0
Match Notes
- 12th Men: JP Maher (Australia) and J Mubarak (Sri Lanka)
- Australia 50 runs, 51 balls, 35 minutes 8x4
- 50 Partnership (Gilchrist/Hayden) 51 balls, 35 minutes, 8x4
- When Gilchrist reached 38* he completed 5000 runs in ODIs
- Australia 100 runs, 96 balls, 63 minutes, 15x4, 1x6
- AC Gilchrist's highest score in World Cups (previous: 63 v Bangladesh at Chester-le-Street, 1999)
- 50 Partnership (Gilchrist/Ponting) 41 balls, 30 minutes, 4x4, 2x6
- Australia 150 runs, 150 balls, 99 minutes, 17x4, 2x6
- 100 partnership (Gilchrist/Ponting) 96 balls, 63 minutes, 7 x4, 3x6
- Ponting 50 runs, 66 balls, 81 minutes, 3x4, 1x6
- Australia 200 runs, 205 balls, 135 minutes, 21x4, 4x6
- 50 Partnership (Ponting/Martyn) 43 balls, 29 minutes, 2x4, 2x6
- Australia 250 runs, 247 balls, 159 minutes, 23x4, 5x6
- Ponting 100 runs, 96 balls, 115 minutes, 6x6, 4x6
- RT Ponting's highest score in World Cups (previous: 102 v West Indies at Jaipur, 1995/96)
- 100 Partnership (Ponting/Martyn) 82 balls, 48 minutes, 6x4, 3x6
- Australia 300 runs, 293 balls, 191 minutes, 26x4, 6x6
- DR Martyn's highest score against Sri Lanka in ODIs (previous: 48 at Perth, 1998/99)
- Martyn 50 runs, 56 balls, 75 minutes, 1x4
- CRD Fernando's best bowling against Australia in ODIs (previous: 1/46 at Sydney, 2002/03)
- CRD Fernando's best bowling in World Cups (previous: 2/4 v Canada at Paarl, 2002/03)
- ST Jayasuriya retired hurt at 6/0 (1*, 5 balls, hit by a rising ball from Lee)
- With the wicket of HP Tillakaratne, GD McGrath became the leading wicket-taker for Australia against Sri Lanka in ODIs (previous: 29 wkts, jointly held with SK Warne)
- When PA de Silva reached 34* he became the leading run scorer for Sri Lanka in World Cups (previous: 969 runs, A Ranatunga)
- Sri Lanka 50 runs, 100 balls, 79 minutes, 6x4
- 50 Partnership (de Silva/Sangakkara) 75 balls, 51 minutes, 5x4, 1x6
- Sri Lanka 100 runs, 163 balls, 119 minutes, 11x4, 1x6
- Sri Lanka 150 runs, 236 balls, 167 minutes, 15x4, 1x6
- PA de Silva 50 runs, 69 balls, 116 minutes, 6x4, 1x6
- PA de Silva and CRD Fernando's partnership set a new 8th wicket partnership record for Sri Lanka against Australia in ODIs (previous: 44 ST Jayasuriya and RJ Ratnayake at Adelaide, 1989/90)
- Sri Lanka 200 runs, 269 balls, 186 minutes, 20 x 4, 3x 6
- 50 Partnership (de Silva/Fernando) 35 balls, 21 minutes, 5x4, 3x6
- Australia extend their record winning streak in ODIs to 13 consecutive victories
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All Match NewsPonting and Lee star in emphatic Australia win
A century from skipper Ricky Ponting and devastating spell of express pace bowling from speedster Brett Lee handed Australia an emphatic 96 run victory in their opening Super Six clash against Sri Lanka at Centurion on Friday