Australia vs Sri Lanka, 5th Match at Perth, Dec 22 2002 - Cricket Photos

RESULT

5th Match (D/N), W.A.C.A, December 22, 2002, VB Series

305/5

(43/50 ov, T:306) 163

Australia won by 142 runs

Player Of The Match

, AUS

119 (119) & 1/13

Australia's Darren Lehmann acknowledges the crowd in Perth after scoring a century against Sri Lanka in the fifth match of the VB Series, 22 Dec 2002

Darren Lehmann acknowledges the crowd•Dec 22, 2002•Reuters

Match Coverage

Australia v Sri Lanka

Australia v Sri Lanka

Australia overpower lacklustre Sri Lankans

Ricky Pontings' all-conquering Australians overpowered a beleaguered Sri Lankan outfit, winning a predictably one-sided contest by a massive 142 runs at the WACA on Sunday night

Australia overpower lacklustre Sri Lankans

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Sri Lanka Innings

Player Name		R	B
MS Atapattu	caught	15	26
ST Jayasuriya	caught	3	17
J Mubarak	caught	4	19
DPMD Jayawardene	caught	21	28
RP Arnold	caught	15	16
KC Sangakkara	caught	40	70
RS Kaluwitharana	caught	35	56
WPUJC Vaas	caught	7	17
RAP Nissanka	not out	5	6
CRD Fernando	bowled	0	1
PW Gunaratne	caught	2	5
Extras	(b 4, lb 3, nb 3, w 6)
Total	163(10 wkts; 43 ovs)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	13	Marvan Atapattu	Sanath Jayasuriya
2nd	9	Marvan Atapattu	Jehan Mubarak
3rd	1	Mahela Jayawardene	Jehan Mubarak
4th	35	Russel Arnold	Mahela Jayawardene
5th	2	Russel Arnold	Kumar Sangakkara
6th	78	Romesh Kaluwitharana	Kumar Sangakkara
7th	13	Chaminda Vaas	Kumar Sangakkara
8th	7	Chaminda Vaas	Prabath Nissanka
9th	0	Prabath Nissanka	Dilhara Fernando
10th	3	Prabath Nissanka	Pulasthi Gunaratne

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VB Series

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AUS	8	7	1	38	0.733
ENG	8	3	5	20	-0.023
SL	8	2	6	14	-0.709