a18798 o2687	Australia v Sri Lanka
	Commonwealth Bank Series 2007/08
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 29th February 2008 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sri Lanka won by 13 runs
Points	Australia 0; Sri Lanka 4
Umpires	DJ Harper, AL Hill (New Zealand)
TV umpire	BNJ Oxenford
Referee	JJ Crowe
Scorers	JKE Higgs, JA Howard
Reserve Umpire	AP Ward
Player of the Match	AC Gilchrist
Articles	Sri Lanka fined for slow over-rate in Melbourne

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MDK Perera	lbw b Lee	5	12	20	-	-	41.67
ST Jayasuriya	c Hussey b Bracken	23	32	42	2	1	71.88
+KC Sangakkara	c Hussey b Johnson	11	26	35	2	-	42.31
*DPMD Jayawardene	lbw b Hogg	50	66	95	5	-	75.76
CK Kapugedera	c Gilchrist b Hopes	2	23	33	-	-	8.70
TM Dilshan	run out (Hopes)	62	70	96	3	-	88.57
LPC Silva	c Johnson b Bracken	35	48	66	4	-	72.92
KMDN Kulasekara	b Bracken	14	22	29	1	-	63.64
SL Malinga	c Hopes b Lee	0	1	3	-	-	0.00
M Muralitharan	b Bracken	1	2	4	-	-	50.00
MKDI Amerasinghe	not out	5	2	2	1	-	250.00
Extras	(1 lb, 4 nb, 8 w)	13
Total	(all out, 217 minutes, 50 overs)	221
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Perera, 4.4 ov), 2-32 (Jayasuriya, 9.2 ov), 3-42 (Sangakkara, 12.3 ov), 4-61 (Kapugedera, 19.5 ov), 5-125 (Jayawardene, 31.6 ov), 6-185 (Dilshan, 44.2 ov), 7-206 (Silva, 47.4 ov), 8-208 (Malinga, 48.2 ov), 9-212 (Muralitharan, 49.2 ov), 10-221 (Kulasekara, 50 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lee	10	1	55	2	1	2	30.00	5.50
Bracken	10	3	29	4	-	-	15.00	2.90
Johnson	10	1	54	1	2	2	60.00	5.40
Hopes	8	0	32	1	-	-	48.00	4.00
Hogg	10	1	33	1	-	-	60.00	3.30
Clarke	2	0	17	0	5	-	-	8.50

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+AC Gilchrist	c Malinga b Kulasekara	83	50	78	11	2	166.00
JR Hopes	b Muralitharan	28	42	70	3	-	66.67
*RT Ponting	lbw b Kulasekara	1	11	25	-	-	9.09
MJ Clarke	b Amerasinghe	0	11	11	-	-	0.00
A Symonds	c Sangakkara b Amerasinghe	0	4	9	-	-	0.00
MEK Hussey	b Kapugedera	5	25	48	-	-	20.00
BJ Haddin	lbw b Malinga	7	13	14	-	-	53.85
GB Hogg	lbw b Muralitharan	21	35	49	-	-	60.00
B Lee	b Jayasuriya	37	59	60	2	1	62.71
MG Johnson	c Jayawardene b Amerasinghe	3	13	17	-	-	23.08
NW Bracken	not out	14	26	42	1	-	53.85
Extras	(3 lb, 6 w)	9
Total	(all out, 226 minutes, 48.1 overs)	208
Fall of wickets:
1-107 (Hopes, 14.4 ov), 2-113 (Gilchrist, 15.4 ov), 3-115 (Clarke, 18.3 ov), 4-115 (Ponting, 19.3 ov), 5-115 (Symonds, 20.1 ov), 6-123 (Haddin, 23.2 ov), 7-142 (Hussey, 29.3 ov), 8-158 (Hogg, 34.5 ov), 9-173 (Johnson, 39.1 ov), 10-208 (Lee, 48.1 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Malinga	9	1	48	1	2	-	54.00	5.33
Kulasekara	10	3	36	2	-	-	30.00	3.60
Amerasinghe	10	2	44	3	1	-	20.00	4.40
Muralitharan	10	0	42	2	1	-	30.00	4.20
Kapugedera	6	0	24	1	2	-	36.00	4.00
Perera	3	0	11	0	-	-	-	3.67
Jayasuriya	0.1	0	0	1	-	-	1.00	0.00

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Notes
--> Sri Lanka powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (32/2)
--> Sri Lanka powerplay 2 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 11 (32/2) to 15
--> Sri Lanka powerplay 3 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 16 to 20
--> Australia powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10 (69/0)
--> Australia powerplay 2 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 11 (69/0) to 15
--> Australia powerplay 3 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 17 to 21
--> Sri Lanka innings: 50 in 16.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 100 in 27.1 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 150 in 36.6 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 200 in 47.2 overs
--> Australia innings: 50 in 7.6 overs
--> Australia innings: 100 in 12.6 overs
--> Australia innings: 150 in 31 overs
--> Australia innings: 200 in 46.1 overs
--> KC Sangakkara passed 9000 runs in List A matches when he reached 10
--> DPMD Jayawardene 50 in 65 balls, 93 minutes with 5 fours
--> TM Dilshan 50 in 61 balls, 78 minutes with 2 fours
--> KMDN Kulasekara passed his previous highest score of 11 in ODI matches
--> AC Gilchrist 50 in 35 balls, 48 minutes with 8 fours and 1 six
--> MKDI Amerasinghe achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches in the Australia innings (previous best was 3-49)
--> DPMD Jayawardene (24) and TM Dilshan (20) added 50 in 53 balls for the Sri Lanka 5th wicket
--> TM Dilshan (32) and LPC Silva (17) added 50 in 67 balls for the Sri Lanka 6th wicket
--> AC Gilchrist (34) and JR Hopes (15) added 50 in 48 balls for the Australia 1st wicket
--> AC Gilchrist (76) and JR Hopes (24) added 100 in 78 balls for the Australia 1st wicket

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12th men: SR Clark (A) & WU Tharanga (S)
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