Related Link : VB Series 2005/06
Venue : Docklands Stadium, Melbourne (D/N)
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss, elected to field
Umpires : Mark Benson and Simon Taufel
Match Result : Australia won by 116 runs; Points: Aus 6 pts, SL 0 pts
Man of the Match : Andrew Symonds
Australia (50 Overs Maximum)
Adam Gilchrist (WK) lbw b Ruchira Perera 13 (14) 2 ‘4s’
Simon Katich run out (Dilshan) 60 (78) 5 ‘4s’
Ricky Ponting (C) b Ruchira Perera 13 (18) 1 ‘6s’
Damien Martyn b Dilhara Fernando 70 (64) 5 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Andrew Symonds c Dilshan b Jehan Mubarak 66 (61) 5 ‘4s’ 4 ‘6s’
Michael Clarke not out 45 (39) 3 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Mike Hussey not out 34 (29) 3 ‘4s’
James Hopes
Nathan Bracken
Brett Lee
Glenn McGrath
Extras: 17 (Wides: 6 No Balls: 3 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 8)
Total: 318/5 (Overs: 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-25 (Adam Gilchrist, 5.1 ovs), 2-58 (Ricky Ponting, 11.6 ovs), 3-132 (Simon Katich, 23.4 ovs), 4-238 (Damien Martyn, 38.2 ovs), 5-238 (Andrew Symonds, 39.2 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Chaminda Vaas 10-0-73-0 (1nb)
Ruchira Perera 10-0-45-2 (2nb)
Dilhara Fernando 10-0-60-1 (2w)
Muttiah Muralitharan 10-1-67-0 (2w)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 8-0-55-0 (1w)
Jehan Mubarak 2-0-10-1
Sri Lanka (Target : 319 from 50.0 Overs)
Upul Tharanga b Brett Lee 2 (2)
Jehan Mubarak c Ponting b Brett Lee 1 (4)
Michael Vandort run out (Ponting) 48 (117) 3 ‘4s’
Kumar Sangakkara (WK) c Martyn b Nathan Bracken 16 (31) 2 ‘4s’
Tillakarathe Dilshan b Nathan Bracken 29 (37) 3 ‘4s’
Mahela Jayawardene c & b James Hopes 50 (47) 4 ‘4s’
Marvan Atapattu (C) c Katich b Brad Hogg 9 (11)
Russel Arnold not out 28 (36) 1 ‘4s’
Chaminda Vaas not out 7 (15)
Dilhara Fernando
Ruchira Perera
Extras: 12 (Wides: 7 No Balls: 0 Byes: 3 Leg Byes: 2)
Total: 202/7 (Overs: 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-2 (Tharanga, 0.2 ovs), 2-11 (Mubarak, 2.5 ovs), 3-32 (Sangakkara, 10.6 ovs), 4-93 (Dilshan, 27.1 ovs), 5-118 (Vandort, 35.1 ovs) 6-137 (arvan MAtapattu, 38.1 ovs), 7-176 (Mahela Jayawardene, 44.2 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Brett Lee 7-0-29-2 (4w)
Glenn McGrath 9-1-30-0 (1w)
Nathan Bracken 8-2-11-2
James Hopes 9-1-35-1 (1w)
Brad Hogg 10-0-57-1 (2w)
Andrew Symonds 4-0-20-0
Michael Clarke 3-0-16-0
- Australia Full Substitute : Brad Hogg (replaced Damien Martyn after 24 overs of the Sri Lankan innings)
- Sri Lanka Full Substitute : Michael Vandort (replaced Muralitharan after 0.2 overs of the Sri Lankan innings)