Commonwealth Bank Series, 2011-12

Warner became the eighth Australian to score consecutive one-day international centuries (Ponting did it twice). Yet by the end his innings almost felt like a liability as Sri Lanka ruthlessly forced a third final. Clarke produced a gem of a hundred, at 81 balls easily the fastest of his seven in the format, but picked up a hamstring twinge which ruled him out of the decider. Two days after his Brisbane heroics, though, Warner surprisingly ate up 140 balls and, after Jayawardene and Dilshan brought up Sri Lanka's 100 in the 16th over, they never lost control.

Dilshan became only the second player (after Neil Johnson, for Zimbabwe v Pakistan at Sheikhupura in 1998-99) to open both bowling and batting, deliver ten overs and score a century, his 12th in one-day internationals. Jayawardene's quick thinking was not limited to his batting and field placings. When the topic of his angry confrontation with the umpires - over a very belated no-ball call at the height of Clarke's innings - and the resulting fine of 10% of his match fee was raised in a post-match interview, he quipped he would pay the ICC only when Sri Lanka's board paid him and the rest of his team-mates what they were owed for much of the past year.

Man of the Match: T. M. Dilshan.
Attendance: 15,309.