Sri Lanka vs Australia, Final at Colombo, Aug 31 1999 - Full Scorecard
Australia (50 ovs maximum)
| Batting | 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 | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 4.42 | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 5.25 | 26 | 4 | 1 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 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 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 6.71 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 9 | 0 | 37 | 1 | 4.11 | 39 | 3 | 0 | 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 | 4 | 0 | 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 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4.66 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 5.33 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1.3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 8.66 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
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Match Details
| R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | |
| Toss | Australia, elected to bat first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1999 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Player Of The Series | |
| Series result | Sri Lanka won the 1999 Aiwa Cup |
| Match number | ODI no. 1491 |
| Match days | daynight (50-over match) |
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