- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras7 (lb 3, nb 1, w 3)TOTAL212/7 (50 Overs, RR: 4.24)Fall of wickets: 1-34 (AC Gilchrist, 5.2 ov), 2-37 (RT Ponting, 6.5 ov), 3-51 (ML Hayden, 12.2 ov), 4-144 (DS Lehmann, 34.6 ov), 5-144 (MG Bevan, 36.1 ov), 6-158 (GB Hogg, 40.3 ov), 7-175 (IJ Harvey, 43.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB WPUJC Vaas 10 1 34 3 3.40 42 2 0 1 1 PW Gunaratne 8 0 60 0 7.50 23 7 2 1 0 PA de Silva 10 0 36 2 3.60 36 1 1 1 0 M Muralitharan 10 0 29 0 2.90 33 0 0 0 0 ST Jayasuriya 10 0 42 2 4.20 27 2 0 0 0 RP Arnold 2 0 8 0 4.00 7 1 0 0 0
18/03Result
1st SF, ICC World Cup at Port Elizabeth, Mar 18 2003
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123/7 (38.1 ov, target 172)
Player of the Match
18/03Result
1st SF, ICC World Cup at Port Elizabeth, Mar 18 2003
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123/7 (38.1 ov, target 172)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras9 (b 4, lb 1, nb 2, w 2)TOTAL123/7 (38.1 Overs, RR: 3.22)Fall of wickets: 1-21 (MS Atapattu, 3.6 ov), 2-37 (ST Jayasuriya, 8.5 ov), 3-37 (HP Tillakaratne, 9.3 ov), 4-43 (DA Gunawardene, 11.2 ov), 5-51 (PA de Silva, 13.1 ov), 6-60 (DPMD Jayawardene, 16.1 ov), 7-76 (RP Arnold, 24.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB GD McGrath 7 1 20 1 2.85 32 3 0 0 0 B Lee 8 0 35 3 4.37 33 2 1 2 2 AJ Bichel 10 4 18 0 1.80 46 1 0 0 0 GB Hogg 10 1 30 2 3.00 44 4 0 0 0 IJ Harvey 2.1 0 11 0 5.07 8 0 1 0 0 DS Lehmann 1 0 4 0 4.00 2 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Australia , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
Australia advanced
Match number
Season
Match days
18 March 2003 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Match Notes
- 12th Men: JP Maher (Australia) and J Mubarak (Sri Lanka)
- When A Symonds reached 3* he completed 1000 runs in ODIs
- Australia 50 in 50 mins, 11.2 overs, 4x4, 1x6
- Australia 100 in 102 mins, 24.2 overs, 9x4, 1x6
- 50 p'ship Lehmann/Symonds in 48 mins from 75 balls, 5x4
- When DS Lehmann reached 27* he completed 2500 runs in ODIs
- Symonds 50 in 72 mins, 69 balls, 5x4
- Australia 150 in 153 mins, 37.5 overs, 12x4, 1x6
- Sri Lanka 50 in 64 mins, 2.6 overs, 5x4, 1x6
- Sri Lanka 100 in 139 mins, 31.1 overs, 10x4, 1x6
- Attendance 14 458
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