Sri Lanka vs Australia, Final at Colombo, Aug 31 1999 - Full Scorecard
Australia  (50 ovs maximum)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Jayawardene b Wickramasinghe | 21 | 16 | - | 4 | 0 | 131.25 | |||
| b Muralidaran | 32 | 52 | - | 4 | 0 | 61.53 | |||
| run out (de Saram/†Kaluwitharana) | 18 | 37 | - | 0 | 0 | 48.64 | |||
| c & b Chandana | 21 | 34 | - | 0 | 0 | 61.76 | |||
| b Muralidaran | 43 | 68 | - | 3 | 0 | 63.23 | |||
| b Chandana | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| not out | 22 | 39 | - | 0 | 0 | 56.41 | |||
| c Silva b Arnold | 21 | 32 | - | 0 | 0 | 65.62 | |||
| b Arnold | 14 | 16 | - | 0 | 1 | 87.50 | |||
| st †Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya | 0 | 4 | - | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| st †Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya | 1 | 3 | - | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| Extras | (lb 3, nb 3, w 3) | 9 | |||||||
| Total | 50 Ov (RR: 4.04) | 202 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-37 (Adam Gilchrist, 5.6 ov), 2-74 (Mark Waugh, 16.6 ov), 3-75 (Ricky Ponting, 17.2 ov), 4-126 (Darren Lehmann, 31.3 ov), 5-126 (Michael Bevan, 31.4 ov), 6-144 (Steve Waugh, 36.1 ov), 7-178 (Shane Warne, 44.2 ov), 8-197 (Jason Gillespie, 48.3 ov), 9-198 (Damien Fleming, 49.2 ov), 10-202 (Glenn McGrath, 49.6 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 4.42 | 26 | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 5.25 | 26 | 1 | 0 | |
44.2 to SK Warne, cross bat shot down the ground, looking for the long on boundary, top running catch by Silva on the boundary rope. 178/7 48.3 to JN Gillespie, stepping across the stumps, Arnold pitches it up, yorker length in fact, Gillespie misses an improvised low pull, into the leg stump. 197/8 | ||||||||
| 8 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 3.00 | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
5.6 to AC Gilchrist, ball is pitched up just outside the off stump, Gilchrist driving and not getting to the pitch of the ball, splices it high into the air and a safe catch taken by the cover fielder. 37/1 | ||||||||
| 10 | 1 | 36 | 2 | 3.60 | 34 | 0 | 1 | |
16.6 to ME Waugh, fantastic delivery, gives it some air, the off spinner grabs the pitch, keeps low and crashes into the off stump, Waugh cutting over the top of it. 74/2 36.1 to SR Waugh, one step down the pitch, going for the off drive, misses, off break turns into the stumps, out you go. 144/6 | ||||||||
| 10 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 3.30 | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
31.3 to DS Lehmann, another poor innings from Lehmann, frustrated by the pace of the pitch, pulled straight down the wicket, down the bowler's throat. 126/4 31.4 to MG Bevan, lazy walk down the crease, plays inside it, leggie collects the off stump, would've been stumped anyway, there'll be no red ink today. 126/5 | ||||||||
| 7 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 4.71 | 17 | 1 | 0 | |
49.2 to DW Fleming, Fleming goes the big heave ho, big miss outside the off stump, to the keeper, TV called, TV dismisses. 198/9 49.6 to GD McGrath, didn't turn, ball keeps low, Kalu with yet another stumping, McGrath looking to put the ball into the Indian Ocean. 202/10 | ||||||||
Sri Lanka  (T: 203 runs from 50 ovs)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Gilchrist b Fleming | 24 | 46 | - | 1 | 0 | 52.17 | |||
| not out | 95 | 117 | - | 12 | 0 | 81.19 | |||
| b Gillespie | 47 | 57 | - | 3 | 0 | 82.45 | |||
| not out | 26 | 23 | - | 4 | 1 | 113.04 | |||
| Extras | (lb 5, nb 6, w 5) | 16 | |||||||
| Total | 39.3 Ov (RR: 5.26) | 208/2 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-64 (Marvan Atapattu, 13.4 ov), 2-174 (Russel Arnold, 33.2 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 6.71 | 25 | 0 | 4 | |
| 9 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 4.11 | 39 | 2 | 1 | |
33.2 to RP Arnold, inside edge from a straight bat dab outside the off stump, into the stumps it goes. 174/2 | ||||||||
| 7 | 1 | 28 | 1 | 4.00 | 28 | 1 | 0 | |
13.4 to MS Atapattu, going for the cover drive, too wide of the body, not enough footwork, tickles it through outside the off stump. 64/1 | ||||||||
| 8 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 5.75 | 27 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4.66 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5.33 | 7 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1.3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 8.66 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | 5 | 0 | 1 | |
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Match Flow
Australia innings: 1x5 ball over (13th over, 7th by Zoysa)
RS Kaluwitharana 50 off 49 balls, 74 mins, 9x4 0x6
Match Details
TossAustralia, elected to bat first
Season1999
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series resultSri Lanka won the 1999 Aiwa Cup
Match numberODI no. 1491
Match daysdaynight (50-over match)
Umpires
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Match Referee