f44571 t1461	Sri Lanka v Australia
	Australia in Sri Lanka 1999 (3rd Test)
Venue	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo on 30th September, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th October 1999 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	KT Francis, P Willey
TV umpire	EAR de Silva
Referee	CW Smith
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 203/4 (SR Waugh 10*, Ponting 11*; 88.2 overs)
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 318/7 (Ponting 90*, Fleming 23*; 126.2 overs)
Close of play day 3	Australia (1) 342 all out
Close of play day 4	Sri Lanka (1) 61/4 (de Silva 19*, Ranatunga 1*; 21.5 overs)
Player of the Match	RT Ponting

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Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GS Blewett	c Atapattu b Herath	70	210	228	9	-
MJ Slater	st Kaluwitharana b Arnold	59	144	191	6	-
JL Langer	c Ranatunga b Muralitharan	32	82	86	3	-
ME Waugh	c Arnold b Muralitharan	13	28	41	1	-
*SR Waugh	c Kaluwitharana b Herath	14	69	70	-	-
RT Ponting	not out	105	171	222	11	-
+IA Healy	c Jayawardene b Vaas	7	38	38	-	-
SK Warne	lbw b Vaas	0	4	9	-	-
DW Fleming	c Atapattu b Muralitharan	32	78	99	3	-
CR Miller	lbw b Vaas	0	4	9	-	-
GD McGrath	c Atapattu b Vaas	0	2	3	-	-
Extras	(10 nb)	10
Total	(all out, 506 minutes, 136.4 overs)	342
Fall of wickets:
1-126 (Slater, 52.4 ov), 2-147 (Blewett, 64.4 ov), 3-182 (ME Waugh, 75.1 ov), 4-183 (Langer, 77.1 ov), 5-221 (SR Waugh, 96.3 ov), 6-253 (Healy, 106.4 ov), 7-255 (Warne, 108.2 ov), 8-335 (Fleming, 133.6 ov), 9-342 (Miller, 136.2 ov), 10-342 (McGrath, 136.4 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vaas	23.4	5	54	4	-	1
Zoysa	10	4	23	0	-	-
Herath	35	10	98	2	-	-
Muralitharan	52	5	150	3	-	9
Jayasuriya	9	2	14	0	-	-
Arnold	7	4	3	1	-	-

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Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*ST Jayasuriya	c Warne b McGrath	0	1	1	-	-
MS Atapattu	c Healy b Fleming	2	11	14	-	-
RP Arnold	lbw b Fleming	0	9	23	-	-
PA de Silva	not out	19	59	77	1	-
DPMD Jayawardene	c Healy b Fleming	21	52	63	3	-
A Ranatunga	not out	1	3	4	-	-
+RS Kaluwitharana	did not bat
WPUJC Vaas	did not bat
HMRKB Herath	did not bat
DNT Zoysa	did not bat
M Muralitharan	did not bat
Extras	(8 b, 1 lb, 4 nb, 5 w)	18
Total	(4 wickets, 92 minutes, 21.5 overs)	61
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Jayasuriya, 0.1 ov), 2-7 (Atapattu, 3.1 ov), 3-10 (Arnold, 5.1 ov), 4-60 (Jayawardene, 21.2 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGrath	10	3	25	1	1	4
Fleming	5.5	0	14	3	-	-
Warne	5	1	11	0	-	-
Miller	1	0	2	0	-	-

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Notes
--> There was no play on the final day.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Australia (1) 20/0 (Blewett 12*, Slater 8*; 15 overs)
--> Day 1 Tea: Australia (1) 133/1 (Blewett 68*, Langer 4*; 59 overs)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Australia (1) 253/5 (Ponting 48*, Healy 7*; 106 overs)
--> Day 2 Tea: Australia (1) 318/7 (Ponting 90*, Fleming 23*; 126.2 overs)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Australia (1) 342 all out
--> Day 3 Tea: Australia (1) 342 all out
--> Day 4 Lunch: Sri Lanka (1) 42/3 (de Silva 17*, Jayawardene 10*; 14 overs)
--> Day 4 Tea: Sri Lanka (1) 61/4 (de Silva 19*, Ranatunga 1*; 21.5 overs)
--> Day 5 Lunch: Sri Lanka (1) 61/4 (de Silva 19*, Ranatunga 1*; 21.5 overs)
--> Day 5 Tea: Sri Lanka (1) 61/4 (de Silva 19*, Ranatunga 1*; 21.5 overs)
--> GS Blewett (1) 50 in 132 balls with 7 fours
--> MJ Slater (1) 50 in 110 balls with 5 fours
--> RT Ponting (1) 50 in 85 balls with 4 fours
--> RT Ponting (1) 100 in 168 balls with 11 fours

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