Related Link : VB Series 2005/06
Venue : Sydney Cricket Ground, Syndey (d/n)
Toss : Australia won the toss, elected to bat first
Umpires : Mark Benson and Peter Parker
Match Result : Australia won by 167 runs to level the Best of Three finals 1-1
Man of the Match : Andrew Symonds
Australia (50 Overs Maximum)
Adam Gilchrist c Dilshan b Chaminda Vaas 0 (2)
Simon Katich lbw b Chaminda Vaas 1 (5)
Ricky Ponting (C) c Vaas b Ruchira Perera 124 (127) 9 ‘4s’ 3 ‘6s’
Damien Martyn c Jayawardene b Chaminda Vaas 8 (5) 2 ‘4s’
Andrew Symonds lbw b Chaminda Vaas 151 (127) 13 ‘4s’ 3 ‘6s’
Michael Clarke not out 54 (28) 6 ‘4s’
Michael Hussey not out 23 (8) 3 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Brad Hogg
Brett Lee
Stuart Clark
Nathan Bracken
Extras: 7 (Wides: 4 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 2)
Total: 368/5 (Overs: 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-0 (Gilchrist, 0.2 ovs), 2-2 (Katich, 2.1 ovs), 3-10 (Martyn, 2.6 ovs), 4-247 (Ponting, 40.4 ovs), 5-320 (Symonds, 47.1 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Chaminda Vaas 10-0-56-4 (1nb)
Ruchira Perera 10-1-72-1 (2w)
Nuwan Kulasekara 5-0-41-0
Muttiah Muralitharan 10-0-99-0 (1nb)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 2-0-10-0
Sanath Jayasuriya 8-0-51-0 (1w)
Malinga Bandara 5-0-37-0 (1w)
Sri Lanka (Target : 369 from 50 Overs)
Marvan Atapattu (C) c Gilchrist b Stuart Clark 24 (35) 2 ‘4s’
Sanath Jayasuriya c Lee b Nathan Bracken 0 (6)
Kumar Sangakkara (WK) b Nathan Bracken 13 (13) 3 ‘4s’
Mahela Jayawardene b Brad Hogg 50 (48) 8 ‘4s’
Russel Arnold not out 64 (62) 6 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Tillakarathe Dilshan c Ponting b Andrew Symonds 13 (14) 2 ‘4s’
Chamara Kapugedera run out (Clarke/Gilchrist) 1 (3)
Chaminda Vaas c Clarke b Brad Hogg 0 (6)
Malinga Bandara c Clark b Andrew Symonds 0 (6)
Muttiah Muralitharan c Lewis b Nathan Bracken 27 (24) 2 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Ruchira Perera c Ponting b Nathan Bracken 0 (2)
Extras: 9 (Wides: 2 No Balls: 3 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 4)
Total: 201 all out (Overs: 36.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-4 (Jayasuriya, 1.4 ovs), 2-26 (Sangakkara, 5.3 ovs), 3-74 (Atapattu, 13.5 ovs), 4-116 (Jayawardene, 20.1 ovs), 5-139 (Dilshan, 23.6 ovs), 6-145 (Kapugedera, 25.1 ovs), 7-146 (Vaas, 26.2 ovs), 8-147 (Bandara, 27.4 ovs), 9-200 (Muralitharan, 35.2 ovs), 10-201 (Perera, 35.6 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Brett Lee 8-0-42-0 (1w 3nb)
Nathan Bracken 6-0-30-4 (1w)
Stuart Clark 5-0-28-1
Michael Lewis 5-0-30-0
Andrew Symonds 5-1-32-2
Brad Hogg 7-0-35-2
- Australia Full Substitute : Michael Lewis (replaced Damien Martyn after 8.0 overs of the Sri Lankan Innings)
- Sri Lanka Full Substitute : Malinga Bandara (replaced Nuwan Kulasekara after 24.0 overs of the Australian Innings)