Related Link : VB Series 2005/06
Venue : Adelaide Oval, Adelaide (d/n)
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss, elected to bat first
Umpires : Aleem Dar and Daryl Harper
Match Result : Sri Lanka won by 22 runs to lead the Best of three finals 1-0
Man of the Match : Tillakaratne Dilshan
Sri Lanka (50 Overs Maximum)
Marvan Atapattu (C) b Brad Hogg 53 (76) 6 ‘4s’
Sanath Jayasuriya c Hogg b Stuart Clark 25 (22) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Kumar Sangakkara (WK) c&b Andrew Symonds 83 (107) 3 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Mahela Jayawardene c&b Stuart Clark 11 (20)
Russel Arnold c Symonds b Nathan Bracken 24 (34)
Tillakarathe Dilshan not out 26 (20) 2 ‘6s’
Chamara Kapugedera c Symonds b Nathan Bracken 38 (21) 2 ‘4s’ 3 ‘6s’
Chaminda Vaas run out (Hussey) 1 (1)
Muttiah Muralitharan c Symonds b Nathan Bracken 0 (1)
Nuwan Kulasekara not out 0 (0)
Ruchira Perera
Extras: 13 (Wides: 7 No Balls: 2 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 4)
Total: 274/8 (Overs: 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-44 (Jayasuriya, 9.1 ovs), 2-109 (Atapattu, 23.4 ovs), 3-133 (Jayawardene, 30.1 ovs), 4-200 (Arnold, 41.6 ovs), 5-212 (Sangakkara, 44.1 ovs), 6-270 (Kapugedera, 49.2 ovs), 7-272 (Vaas, 49.4 ovs), 8-272 (Muralitharan, 49.5 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Brett Lee 10-1-48-0 (1w 1nb)
Nathan Bracken 10-0-61-3 (1w 1nb)
Stuart Clark 10-1-48-2 (1w)
Andrew Symonds 10-0-66-1 (3w)
Brad Hogg 10-0-47-1 (1w)
Australia (Target : 275 from 50 Overs)
Adam Gilchrist (WK) c Arnold b Nuwan Kulasekara 26 (27) 2 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Simon Katich run out (Dilshan/Sangakkara) 56 (81) 6 ‘4s’
Ricky Ponting (C) run out (Dilshan) 0 (0)
Damien Martyn run out (Dilshan) 1 (7)
Andrew Symonds st Sangakkara b Muralitharan 16 (18) 1 ‘4s’
Michael Clarke run out (Jayasuriya) 80 (83) 4 ‘4s’
Michael Hussey run out (Dilshan/Sangakkara) 16 (21) 1 ‘4s’
James Hopes c Dilshan b Muralitharan 3 (3)
Brad Hogg c Jayasuriya b Malinga Bandara 1 (5)
Brett Lee b Muralitharan 18 (29)
Nathan Bracken not out 13 (16)
Extras: 21 (Wides: 7 No Balls: 0 Byes: 2 Leg Byes: 12)
Total: 252 all out (Overs: 49.1)
Fall of Wickets : 1-51 (Gilchrist, 10.1 ovs), 2-52 (Ponting, 11.1 ovs), 3-64 (Martyn, 14.3 ovs), 4-94 (Symonds, 19.4 ovs), 5-122 (Katich, 24.6 ovs), 6-156 (Hussey, 30.6 ovs), 7-165 (Hopes, 33.2 ovs), 8-166 (Hogg, 34.1 ovs), 9-213 (Lee, 43.6 ovs), 10-252 (Clarke, 49.1 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Chaminda Vaas 10-0-60-0 (1w)
Ruchira Perera 7-0-28-0 (1w)
Nuwan Kulasekara 9-0-47-1 (1w)
Muttiah Muralitharan 10-0-40-3
Malinga Bandara 10-0-51-1
Tillakaratne Dilshan 2-0-7-0
Sanath Jayasuriya 1.1-0-5-0
- Australia Full Substitute : James Hopes (replaced Stuart Clark after 31.0 overs of the Australian innings)
- Sri Lanka Full Substitute : Malinga Bandara (replaced Chamara Kapugedera after 21.0 overs of the Australian innings)