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RCB

(14.3/20 ov) 138/3

SRH

RCB chose to bat.

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Live • 4th T20I • Lahore

(7.1/20 ov) 71/1

PAK

Pakistan chose to field.

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Australia vs Sri Lanka, 1st Match at Melbourne, , Jan 13 2006 - Cricket Stats

RESULT

1st Match (D/N), Melbourne (Docklands), January 13, 2006, VB Series

Australia

318/5

Sri Lanka

(50 ov, T:319) 202/7

Australia won by 116 runs

Player Of The Match

Andrew Symonds

, AUS

66 (61)

Partnerships

First innings

Australia

AC GilchristSM Katich

13 (14)

25 (31)

11 (17)

RT PontingSM Katich

13 (19)

33 (42)

15 (23)

DR MartynSM Katich

38 (34)

74 (72)

34 (38)

DR MartynA Symonds

32 (30)

106 (89)

66 (59)

A SymondsMJ Clarke

0 (2)

0 (6)

0 (4)

MEK HusseyMJ Clarke

34 (29)

80* (64)

45 (35)

Sri Lanka

J MubarakWU Tharanga

0 (0)

2 (2)

J MubarakMG Vandort

1 (4)

9 (14)

3 (10)

KC SangakkaraMG Vandort

16 (31)

21 (50)

4 (19)

TM DilshanMG Vandort

29 (37)

61 (97)

32 (60)

DPMD JayawardeneMG Vandort

13 (20)

25 (48)

10 (28)

MS AtapattuDPMD Jayawardene

8 (12)

19 (18)

8 (6)

RP ArnoldDPMD Jayawardene

10 (16)

39 (37)

29 (21)

WPUJC VaasRP Arnold

7 (15)

26* (34)

18 (19)

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Sri Lanka Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
WU Tharanga	bowled	2	2
J Mubarak	caught	1	4
MG Vandort	run out	48	117
KC Sangakkara	caught	16	31
TM Dilshan	bowled	29	37
DPMD Jayawardene	caught	50	47
MS Atapattu	caught	9	11
RP Arnold	not out	27	36
WPUJC Vaas	not out	7	15
Extras	(b 1, lb 4, w 8)
Total	202(7 wkts; 50 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	7	0	29	2	4.14
GD McGrath	9	1	29	0	3.22
NW Bracken	8	2	11	2	1.37
JR Hopes	9	1	35	1	3.88
GB Hogg	10	0	57	1	5.7
A Symonds	4	0	20	0	5
MJ Clarke	3	0	16	0	5.33

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	2	Jehan Mubarak	Upul Tharanga
2nd	9	Jehan Mubarak	Michael Vandort
3rd	21	Kumar Sangakkara	Michael Vandort
4th	61	Tillakaratne Dilshan	Michael Vandort
5th	25	Mahela Jayawardene	Michael Vandort
6th	19	Marvan Atapattu	Mahela Jayawardene
7th	39	Russel Arnold	Mahela Jayawardene
8th	26	Chaminda Vaas	Russel Arnold

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VB Series

TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AUS	8	6	2	27	0.787
SL	8	3	5	14	0.032
SA	8	3	5	12	-0.810

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