| Sri Lanka first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| RS Mahanama | c Warne b McDermott | 15 | 52 | 80 | 1 | - | |
| UC Hathurusingha | c Law b McGrath | 14 | 32 | 41 | 2 | - | |
| AP Gurusinha | b McGrath | 46 | 140 | 157 | 4 | - | |
| PA de Silva | c and b Warne | 10 | 27 | 40 | 1 | - | |
| *A Ranatunga | c Healy b McGrath | 32 | 54 | 79 | 2 | 1 | |
| HP Tillakaratne | lbw b McDermott | 6 | 51 | 68 | - | - | |
| +RS Kaluwitharana | c Taylor b Warne | 50 | 74 | 90 | 7 | - | |
| HDPK Dharmasena | b McDermott | 30 | 72 | 92 | 4 | - | |
| WPUJC Vaas | c Healy b Warne | 4 | 7 | 12 | - | - | |
| GP Wickramasinghe | c Julian b McGrath | 28 | 32 | 38 | 5 | - | |
| M Muralitharan | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 9 lb, 3 nb) | 16 |
| Total | (all out, 365 minutes, 89.4 overs) | 251 |
| Fall of wickets: |
| 1-25 (Hathurusingha), 2-38 (Mahanama), 3-54 (de Silva), 4-129 (Gurusinha), 5-132 (Ranatunga), 6-172 (Tillakaratne), 7-193 (Kaluwitharana), 8-205 (Vaas), 9-251 (Wickramasinghe), 10-251 (Dharmasena) |
| Sri Lanka second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| RS Mahanama | b McGrath | 48 | 97 | 128 | 6 | - | |
| UC Hathurusingha | c Healy b McGrath | 11 | 24 | 35 | 1 | - | |
| AP Gurusinha | c Healy b McDermott | 7 | 17 | 30 | - | - | |
| PA de Silva | c Ponting b Warne | 20 | 35 | 36 | 4 | - | |
| *A Ranatunga | b McGrath | 46 | 64 | 114 | 6 | 1 | |
| HP Tillakaratne | c Ponting b Warne | 119 | 206 | 267 | 12 | - | |
| +RS Kaluwitharana | c Ponting b Julian | 40 | 42 | 45 | 6 | - | |
| HDPK Dharmasena | lbw b McDermott | 18 | 63 | 87 | 3 | - | |
| WPUJC Vaas | c Healy b Warne | 4 | 19 | 20 | 1 | - | |
| GP Wickramasinghe | c Warne b McDermott | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |
| M Muralitharan | not out | 3 | 4 | 10 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 lb, 10 nb) | 14 |
| Total | (all out, 397 minutes, 93.4 overs) | 330 |
| Fall of wickets: |
| 1-35 (Hathurusingha), 2-56 (Gurusinha), 3-87 (de Silva), 4-105 (Mahanama), 5-193 (Ranatunga), 6-258 (Kaluwitharana), 7-310 (Dharmasena), 8-318 (Vaas), 9-319 (Wickramasinghe), 10-330 (Tillakaratne) |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> Australia first innings: 200 in 45.3 overs
--> Australia first innings: 300 in 471 balls
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UC Hathurusingha (1) passed 5500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 14
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HDPK Dharmasena (1) passed 1500 runs in first-class matches when he reached 29
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GP Wickramasinghe (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in Test matches
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MJ Slater (1) 100 in 126 balls with 6 fours
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MJ Slater (1) 150 in 196 balls with 13 fours and 4 sixes
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MJ Slater (1) passed his previous highest score of 176 in first-class matches
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MJ Slater (1) passed his previous highest score of 176 in Test matches
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MJ Slater (1) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 198
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RT Ponting made his debut in Test matches
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SG Law made his debut in Test matches
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HP Tillakaratne (2) passed his previous highest score of 116 in Test matches
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HP Tillakaratne (2) passed 2000 runs in Test matches when he reached 73
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SK Warne reached 200 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed
WPUJC Vaas, his 2nd wicket in the Sri Lanka second innings
12th Men: MS Kasprowicz (Aus) and KR Pushpakumara (SL)
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