Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Russel Arnold	c & b McGrath	63	109	132	10	0	57.79
Pradeep Hewage	st †Healy b Warne	17	41	62	2	0	41.46
Tillakaratne Dilshan	c Warne b Miller	0	2	6	0	0	0.00
Hashan Tillakaratne (c)	c †Healy b McGrath	16	55	72	2	0	29.09
Chamara Silva	c †Healy b McGrath	0	2	2	0	0	0.00
Indika de Saram	st †Healy b MacGill	67	141	161	9	1	47.51
Nimesh Perera - snr	run out (Waugh/†Healy)	9	32	44	1	0	28.12
Prasanna Jayawardene †	c †Healy b McGrath	23	61	66	3	0	37.70
Indika Gallage	lbw b Warne	1	12	16	0	0	8.33
Mario Villavarayan	not out	10	20	35	1	0	50.00
Rangana Herath	c Ponting b MacGill	3	9	9	0	0	33.33
Extras	(b 11, lb 1, nb 7)	19
Total	79.3 Ov (RR: 2.86, 307 Mins)	228
Fall of wickets: 1-44 (Pradeep Hewage), 2-45 (Tillakaratne Dilshan), 3-99 (Russel Arnold), 4-100 (Chamara Silva), 5-101 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 6-133 (Nimesh Perera - snr), 7-185 (Prasanna Jayawardene), 8-193 (Indika Gallage), 9-224 (Indika de Saram), 10-228 (Rangana Herath, 79.3 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Glenn McGrath	18	5	52	4	2.88	-	-	-	3
Colin Miller	24	6	70	1	2.91	-	-	-	0
Shane Warne	19	4	37	2	1.94	-	-	-	3
Greg Blewett	5	1	15	0	3.00	-	-	-	1
Stuart MacGill	13.3	1	42	2	3.11	-	-	-	0

Australians 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Greg Blewett	run out (Perera)	23	58	73	3	0	39.65
Matthew Hayden	c Dilshan b Herath	23	38	56	3	0	60.52
Justin Langer	c Tillakaratne b Villavarayan	4	14	19	0	0	28.57
Steve Waugh (c)	lbw b Perera	43	85	93	7	0	50.58
Ricky Ponting	b Herath	35	80	76	4	0	43.75
Ian Healy †	c Dilshan b Herath	0	6	11	0	0	0.00
Shane Warne	run out (Villavarayan/†Jayawardene)	18	28	32	2	0	64.28
Colin Miller	c Hewage b Perera	15	32	36	1	1	46.87
Stuart MacGill	b Herath	0	4	2	0	0	0.00
Glenn McGrath	lbw b Perera	1	8	7	0	0	12.50
Michael Slater	not out	3	6	5	0	0	50.00
Extras	(lb 2, nb 12)	14
Total	57.5 Ov (RR: 3.09, 209 Mins)	179
Fall of wickets: 1-46 (Matthew Hayden), 2-55 (Greg Blewett), 3-55 (Justin Langer), 4-131 (Ricky Ponting), 5-140 (Ian Healy), 6-140 (Steve Waugh), 7-175 (Colin Miller), 8-175 (Stuart MacGill), 9-175 (Shane Warne), 10-179 (Glenn McGrath, 57.5 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Indika Gallage	8	0	19	0	2.37	-	-	-	2
Mario Villavarayan	8	0	39	1	4.87	-	-	-	0
Rangana Herath	23	5	57	4	2.47	-	-	-	2
Nimesh Perera - snr	13.5	2	50	3	3.61	-	-	-	8
Russel Arnold	5	1	12	0	2.40	-	-	-	0

Sri Lanka Board XI 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Russel Arnold	c Warne b Miller	79	143	172	12	0	55.24
Pradeep Hewage	c Langer b Miller	29	78	119	3	0	37.17
Tillakaratne Dilshan	c Slater b Warne	23	68	89	3	0	33.82
Hashan Tillakaratne (c)	c Warne b Miller	14	27	32	3	0	51.85
Chamara Silva	c Slater b Warne	70	72	117	8	0	97.22
Indika de Saram	c †Healy b Warne	0	10	12	0	0	0.00
Nimesh Perera - snr	b Miller	23	26	21	4	0	88.46
Prasanna Jayawardene †	c Blewett b McGrath	10	32	38	1	0	31.25
Indika Gallage	b Miller	4	28	35	0	0	14.28
Mario Villavarayan	lbw b Miller	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Rangana Herath	not out	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Extras	(b 7, lb 7, nb 4, w 1)	19
Total	80.1 Ov (RR: 3.38, 323 Mins)	271
Fall of wickets: 1-97 (Pradeep Hewage), 2-130 (Russel Arnold), 3-159 (Tillakaratne Dilshan), 4-159 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 5-165 (Indika de Saram), 6-202 (Nimesh Perera - snr), 7-245 (Prasanna Jayawardene), 8-271 (Indika Gallage), 9-271 (Mario Villavarayan), 10-271 (Chamara Silva, 80.1 ov)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	16	4	41	1	2.56	-	-	-	0	2
Colin Miller	25	9	57	6	2.28	-	-	-	0	1
Greg Blewett	7	2	22	0	3.14	-	-	-	0	0
Stuart MacGill	13	3	54	0	4.15	-	-	-	1	0
Ricky Ponting	3	0	9	0	3.00	-	-	-	0	1
Shane Warne	16.1	4	74	3	4.57	-	-	-	0	0

Australians 2nd Innings (T: 321 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Greg Blewett	c de Saram b Gallage	148	283	285	21	0	52.29
Michael Slater	c Arnold b Herath	51	97	135	5	2	52.57
Justin Langer	c †Jayawardene b Tillakaratne	52	173	219	3	2	30.05
Ian Healy †	c Tillakaratne b Gallage	2	4	3	0	0	50.00
Steve Waugh (c)	c †Jayawardene b Villavarayan	21	23	30	5	0	91.30
Ricky Ponting	c Perera b Herath	10	17	16	1	0	58.82
Matthew Hayden	not out	11	14	21	2	0	78.57
Shane Warne	not out	4	4	3	1	0	100.00
Extras	(b 4, lb 9, nb 9)	22
Total	101 Ov (RR: 3.17, 359 Mins)	321/6
Did not bat: Colin Miller, Stuart MacGill, Glenn McGrath
Fall of wickets: 1-115 (Michael Slater), 2-249 (Greg Blewett), 3-251 (Ian Healy), 4-278 (Steve Waugh), 5-293 (Ricky Ponting), 6-314 (Justin Langer)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Indika Gallage	12	4	28	2	2.33	-	-	-	4
Mario Villavarayan	15	4	38	1	2.53	-	-	-	0
Rangana Herath	33	7	111	2	3.36	-	-	-	0
Nimesh Perera - snr	15	2	46	0	3.06	-	-	-	3
Russel Arnold	25	7	81	0	3.24	-	-	-	2
Hashan Tillakaratne	1	0	4	1	4.00	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Fri, 03 Sep - day 1 - SL Board XI 1st innings 69/2 (Russel Arnold 44*, Hashan Tillakaratne 6*, 25.2 ov)

Sat, 04 Sep - day 2 - Australia 1st innings 175/9 (Glenn McGrath 0*, 55.3 ov)

Sun, 05 Sep - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 39/0 (Greg Blewett 17*, Michael Slater 17*, 18 ov)

Mon, 06 Sep - day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 321/6 (101 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

An initial toss was conducted on the steps of the Australians dressing room, the Sri Lankan Board XI winning. After an objection was raised by Australians captain SR Waugh, a second toss was made on the ground this time won by the Australians. A third toss was then conducted and won by the Sri Lankan Board XI, thus the toss was a 'best of three' result.
RP Arnold (1) 50 101b 126m
SI De Saram (1) 50 108b 126m
RP Arnold/HP Tillakaratne 50p 99b-39m
SI De Saram/HAPW Jayawardene 50p 119b-65m
1st day play started at 12:38.
1st day rain stopped play at 1:11 resumed 3:25
1st day rain stopped play at 4:56

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Day 3

Day 4

Match Details

P Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
Toss	Sri Lanka Board XI, elected to bat first
Series	Australia tour of Sri Lanka
Season	1999
Match days	day (4-day match)
Umpires	Karunaratne Boteju Somasiri Dissanayake

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Australians Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
IS Gallage	12	4	28	2	2.33 (4 nb)
MS Villavarayan	15	4	38	1	2.53
HMRKB Herath	33	7	111	2	3.36
MMDNRG Perera	15	2	46	0	3.06 (3 nb)
RP Arnold	25	7	81	0	3.24 (2 nb)
HP Tillakaratne	1	0	4	1	4

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