Related Link : Commonwealth Bank Series 2007/08
Venue : Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney (Day/Night)
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Simon Taufel (Aus) and Tony Hill (NZ)
Match Result : Australia won by 128 runs
Man of the Match : Nathan Bracken
Australia (50 Overs Maximum)
Adam Gilchrist (WK) lbw b Kapugedera 61 (81) 3 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Matthew Hayden c Jayawardene b Amerasinghe 42 (50) 5 ‘4s’
Ricky Ponting (C) c Jayawardene b Vaas 9 (22) 1 ‘4s’
Michael Clarke not out 77 (86) 2 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Andrew Symonds c Kapugedera b Vaas 12 (17)
Michael Hussey c Dilshan b Amerasinghe 10 (13) 1 ‘4s’
James Hopes c Dilshan b Malinga 34 (29) 2 ‘4s’
Brett Lee not out 0 (2)
Bradley Hogg
Mitchell Johnson
Nathan Bracken
Extras: 8 (Wides : 6 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 2)
Total : 253/6 (Overs : 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-65 (Hayden, 12.5 ovs), 2-88 (Ponting, 19.5 ovs), 3-139 (Gilchrist, 31.4 ovs), 4-160 (Symonds, 36.4 ovs), 5-190 (Hussey, 41.4 ovs), 6-253 (Hopes, 49.4 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Vaas 10-1-34-2
Malinga 10-0-55-1 (1w)
Amerasinghe 10-0-66-2 (1w)
Muralitharan 10-0-42-0
Kapugedera 10-0-54-1
Sri Lanka (Target : 254 from 50 Overs)
Upul Tharanga c Gilchrist b Bracken 10 (18) 1 ‘4s’
Sanath Jayasuriya b Lee 7 (13) 1 ‘4s’
Kumar Sangakkara (WK) lbw b Bracken 42 (41) 7 ‘4s’
Mahela Jayawardene (C) c Gilchrist b Johnson 6 (16)
Chamara Silva c Gilchrist b Hogg 7 (32)
Tillakaratne Dilshan c Lee b Bracken 14 (10) 1 ‘6s’
Chamara Kapugedera c Hayden b Bracken 0 (2)
Chaminda Vaas run out (Ponting) 18 (30) 3 ‘4s’
Lasith Malinga run out (Symonds) 2 (10)
Muttiah Muralitharan c Symonds b Bracken 11 (14) 1 ‘6s’
Ishara Amerasinghe not out 0 (4)
Extras: 8 (Wides : 4 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 3)
Total : 125 all out (Overs : 31.3)
Fall of Wickets : 1-18 (Jayasuriya, 4.6 ovs), 2-18 (Tharanga, 5.1 ovs), 3-57 (Jayawardene, 11.3 ovs), 4-74 (Sangakkara, 19.3 ovs), 5-81 (Silva, 20.6 ovs), 6-84 (Kapugedera, 21.3 ovs), 7-93 (Dilshan, 23.5 ovs), 8-105 (Malinga, 27.3 ovs), 9-114 (Vaas, 29.1 ovs), 10-125 (Muralitharan, 31.3 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Lee 7-1-34-1 (1w 1nb)
Bracken 8.3-0-47-5 (1w)
Johnson 5-3-9-1 (1w)
Hopes 5-0-15-0
Hogg 6-1-17-1 (1w)