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Australia vs Sri Lanka, 3rd Final at Adelaide, Mar 08 2012 - Match Highlights

RESULT

3rd Final (D/N), Adelaide, March 08, 2012, Commonwealth Bank Series

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Australia

231

Sri Lanka

(48.5/50 ov, T:232) 215

Australia won by 16 runs

Player Of The Match

Clint McKay

, AUS

28 (32) & 5/28

Player Of The Series

Tillakaratne Dilshan

, SL

513 runs • 2 wkts

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Sri Lanka Innings

Player Name		R	B
DPMD Jayawardene	bowled	15	27
TM Dilshan	caught	8	8
KC Sangakkara	caught	19	9
LD Chandimal	lbw	5	7
HDRL Thirimanne	caught	30	57
WU Tharanga	caught	71	122
CK Kapugedera	caught	7	18
KMDN Kulasekara	caught	15	10
MF Maharoof	not out	18	24
HMRKB Herath	bowled	0	2
SL Malinga	bowled	6	9
Extras	(lb 9, w 12)
Total	215(10 wkts; 48.5 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	8	0	59	3	7.37
XJ Doherty	8	0	49	0	6.12
CJ McKay	9.5	1	28	5	2.84
SR Watson	7	1	13	2	1.85
NM Lyon	8	0	36	0	4.5
DT Christian	8	1	21	0	2.62

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	23	Mahela Jayawardene	Tillakaratne Dilshan
2nd	24	Mahela Jayawardene	Kumar Sangakkara
3rd	5	Mahela Jayawardene	Dinesh Chandimal
4th	1	Mahela Jayawardene	Lahiru Thirimanne
5th	60	Upul Tharanga	Lahiru Thirimanne
6th	29	Upul Tharanga	Chamara Kapugedera
7th	30	Upul Tharanga	Nuwan Kulasekara
8th	32	Upul Tharanga	Farveez Maharoof
9th	1	Rangana Herath	Farveez Maharoof
10th	10	Farveez Maharoof	Lasith Malinga

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Commonwealth Bank Series

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
SL	8	4	3	19	0.164
AUS	8	4	4	19	0.454
IND	8	3	4	15	-0.593

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