Sri Lanka vs Australia, 3rd Test at Colombo, Sep 30 1999 - Full Scorecard

RESULT

3rd Test, Colombo (SSC), September 30 - October 04, 1999, Australia tour of Sri Lanka

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Australia

342

Sri Lanka

61/4

Match drawn

Player Of The Match

Ricky Ponting

, AUS

105*

Player Of The Series

Ricky Ponting

, AUS

253 runs

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Australia 1st Innings

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

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Australia 1st Innings 

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Greg Blewett	c Atapattu b Herath	70	210	228	9	0	33.33
Michael Slater	st †Kaluwitharana b Arnold	59	144	191	6	0	40.97
Justin Langer	c Ranatunga b Muralidaran	32	82	86	3	0	39.02
Mark Waugh	c Arnold b Muralidaran	13	28	41	1	0	46.42
Steve Waugh (c)	c †Kaluwitharana b Herath	14	69	70	0	0	20.28
Ricky Ponting	not out	105	171	222	11	0	61.40
Ian Healy †	c Jayawardene b Vaas	7	38	38	0	0	18.42
Shane Warne	lbw b Vaas	0	4	9	0	0	0.00
Damien Fleming	c Atapattu b Muralidaran	32	78	99	3	0	41.02
Colin Miller	lbw b Vaas	0	4	9	0	0	0.00
Glenn McGrath	c Atapattu b Vaas	0	2	3	0	0	0.00
Extras	(nb 10)	10
Total	136.4 Ov (RR: 2.50)	342
Fall of wickets: 1-126 (Michael Slater, 52.4 ov), 2-147 (Greg Blewett, 64.4 ov), 3-182 (Mark Waugh, 75.1 ov), 4-183 (Justin Langer, 77.1 ov), 5-221 (Steve Waugh, 96.3 ov), 6-253 (Ian Healy, 106.4 ov), 7-255 (Shane Warne, 108.2 ov), 8-335 (Damien Fleming, 133.6 ov), 9-342 (Colin Miller, 136.2 ov), 10-342 (Glenn McGrath, 136.4 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	23.4	5	54	4	2.28	114	5	0	0	1
106.4 to IA Healy, pushing forward awkwardly, thick edge spits straight to the point, and so ends another poor effort from Healy. 253/6 108.2 to SK Warne, seaming down the line of the off stump, appeal, he's a goner. 255/7 136.2 to CR Miller, driving nowhere near it takes the pad on the stumps and gone lbw. 342/9 136.4 to GD McGrath, rising ball tries to swing to leg side takes the leading edge to point. 342/10
Nuwan Zoysa	10	4	23	0	2.30	61	5	0	0	0
Rangana Herath	35	10	98	2	2.80	169	11	0	0	0
64.4 to GS Blewett, jumps down and lofts straight to the cover fielder. 147/2 96.3 to SR Waugh, orthodox turn nicks the outside edge, Waugh on the front foot trying to defend, Willey gives him, Waugh's not very pleased. 221/5
Muthiah Muralidaran	52	5	150	3	2.88	225	12	0	0	9
75.1 to ME Waugh, comes down ball bobs off pad bat nowhere near it to short leg and the batsman is given out. 182/3 77.1 to JL Langer, turns away takes the edge to first slip. 183/4 133.6 to DW Fleming, comes down and chips a driven straight to the deep mid on. 335/8
Sanath Jayasuriya	9	2	14	0	1.55	38	1	0	0	0
Russel Arnold	7	4	3	1	0.42	39	0	0	0	0
52.4 to MJ Slater, jumps down the wicket misses the ball and is stumped by a knot. 126/1

Sri Lanka 1st Innings 

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya (c)	c Warne b McGrath	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Marvan Atapattu	c †Healy b Fleming	2	11	14	0	0	18.18
Russel Arnold	lbw b Fleming	0	9	23	0	0	0.00
Aravinda de Silva	not out	19	59	77	1	0	32.20
Mahela Jayawardene	c †Healy b Fleming	21	52	63	3	0	40.38
Arjuna Ranatunga	not out	1	3	4	0	0	33.33
Extras	(b 8, lb 1, nb 4, w 5)	18
Total	21.5 Ov (RR: 2.79)	61/4
Did not bat: Romesh Kaluwitharana †,  Chaminda Vaas,  Rangana Herath,  Nuwan Zoysa,  Muthiah Muralidaran
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 0.1 ov), 2-7 (Marvan Atapattu, 3.1 ov), 3-10 (Russel Arnold, 5.1 ov), 4-60 (Mahela Jayawardene, 21.2 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	10	3	25	1	2.50	52	1	0	1	4
0.1 to ST Jayasuriya, takes a thin edge pushing forward to first slip. 0/1
Damien Fleming	5.5	0	14	3	2.40	27	1	0	0	0
3.1 to MS Atapattu, swing just a little away taking the outside edge to the keeper. 7/2 5.1 to RP Arnold, taken on the pad swinging back in. 10/3 21.2 to DPMD Jayawardene, pushes forward takes a solid nick through to the keeper. 60/4
Shane Warne	5	1	11	0	2.20	26	2	0	0	0
Colin Miller	1	0	2	0	2.00	4	0	0	0	0

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Close of Play

Thu, 30 Sep - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 203/4 (Steve Waugh 10*, Ricky Ponting 11*, 88.2 ov)

Fri, 01 Oct - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 318/7 (Ricky Ponting 90*, Damien Fleming 23*, 126.2 ov)

Sat, 02 Oct - day 3 - Australia 1st innings 342

Sun, 03 Oct - day 4 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 61/4 (Aravinda de Silva 19*, Arjuna Ranatunga 1*, 21.5 ov)

Mon, 04 Oct - day 5 - no play

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• RT Ponting 50 off 85 balls, 4x4 0x6 Date-stamped : 04 Sep1999 - 11:22

Match Details

Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of Sri Lanka
Season	1999
Player Of The Match	Ricky Ponting
Player Of The Series	Ricky Ponting
Series result	Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 1-0
Match number	Test no. 1461
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	K.T.Francis Peter Willey
TV Umpire	Asoka de Silva
Match Referee	Cammie Smith