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 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Atapattu b Herath | 70 | 210 | 228 | 9 | 0 | 33.33 | |||
| st †Kaluwitharana b Arnold | 59 | 144 | 191 | 6 | 0 | 40.97 | |||
| c Ranatunga b Muralidaran | 32 | 82 | 86 | 3 | 0 | 39.02 | |||
| c Arnold b Muralidaran | 13 | 28 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 46.42 | |||
| c †Kaluwitharana b Herath | 14 | 69 | 70 | 0 | 0 | 20.28 | |||
| not out | 105 | 171 | 222 | 11 | 0 | 61.40 | |||
| c Jayawardene b Vaas | 7 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 18.42 | |||
| lbw b Vaas | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Atapattu b Muralidaran | 32 | 78 | 99 | 3 | 0 | 41.02 | |||
| lbw b Vaas | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||||
| 10 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 2.30 | 61 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| 9 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1.55 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Warne b McGrath | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c †Healy b Fleming | 2 | 11 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 18.18 | |||
| lbw b Fleming | 0 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| not out | 19 | 59 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 32.20 | |||
| c †Healy b Fleming | 21 | 52 | 63 | 3 | 0 | 40.38 | |||
| 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 | |||||||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 2.20 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 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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General
- 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 | |
| Season | 1999 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Player Of The Series | |
| Series result | Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 1-0 |
| Match number | Test no. 1461 |
| Match days | day (5-day match) |
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