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RESULT

12th Match (D/N), Melbourne, February 29, 2008, Commonwealth Bank Series

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Sri Lanka

221

Australia

(48.1/50 ov, T:222) 208

Sri Lanka won by 13 runs

Player Of The Match

Adam Gilchrist

, AUS

83 (50)

Sri Lanka stun Australia in consolation win

Feb 29, 2008

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Adam Gilchrist provided the fireworks but Sri Lanka's seamers had the extinguisher at the MCG, where Australia's blistering start of 0 for 107 in the 15th somehow turned into their first loss in nearly three weeks

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Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
AC Gilchrist	caught	83	50
JR Hopes	bowled	28	42
RT Ponting	lbw	1	11
MJ Clarke	bowled	0	11
A Symonds	caught	0	4
MEK Hussey	bowled	5	25
BJ Haddin	lbw	7	13
GB Hogg	lbw	21	35
B Lee	bowled	37	59
MG Johnson	caught	3	13
NW Bracken	not out	14	26
Extras	(lb 3, w 6)
Total	208(10 wkts; 48.1 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
SL Malinga	9	1	48	1	5.33
KMDN Kulasekara	10	3	36	2	3.6
MKDI Amerasinghe	10	2	44	3	4.4
M Muralidaran	10	0	42	2	4.2
CK Kapugedera	6	0	24	1	4
MDK Perera	3	0	11	0	3.66
ST Jayasuriya	0.1	0	0	1	0

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	107	Adam Gilchrist	James Hopes
2nd	6	Ricky Ponting	Adam Gilchrist
3rd	2	Ricky Ponting	Michael Clarke
4th	0	Ricky Ponting	Andrew Symonds
5th	0	Andrew Symonds	Michael Hussey
6th	8	Michael Hussey	Brad Haddin
7th	19	Brad Hogg	Michael Hussey
8th	16	Brad Hogg	Brett Lee
9th	15	Brett Lee	Mitchell Johnson
10th	35	Brett Lee	Nathan Bracken

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Commonwealth Bank Series

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AUS	8	5	2	26	0.769
IND	8	3	3	17	0.121
SL	8	2	5	10	-0.949

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