Related Link : VB Series 2005/06
Venue : Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney (d/n)
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss, elected to bat first
Umpires : Mark Benson and Steve Davis
Match Result : Sri Lanka won by 51 runs; SL 4 pts, Aus 1 pt
Man of the Match : Sanath Jayasuriya
Sri Lanka (50 Overs Maximum)
Jehan Mubarak c Haddin b Brett Lee 2 (19)
Sanath Jayasuriya st Haddin b Brad Hogg 114 (96) 10 ‘4s’ 4 ‘6s’
Kumar Sangakkara (WK) c&b Andrew Symonds 78 (95) 7 ‘4s’
Mahela Jayawardene b Nathan Bracken 56 (48) 4 ‘4s’
Marvan Atapattu (C) not out 31 (27) 2 ‘4s’
Tillakarathe Dilshan c&b Michael Clarke 6 (6)
Russel Arnold run out (Ponting) 6 (7) 1 ‘4s’
Chaminda Vaas c Hussey b Nathan Bracken 2 (4)
Nuwan Kulasekara
Ruchira Perera
Muttiah Muralitharan
Extras: 14 (Wides: 2 No Balls: 2 Byes: 2 Leg Byes: 8)
Total: 309/7 (Overs: 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-24 (Mubarak, 6.2 ovs), 2-187 (Jayasuriya, 31.1 ovs), 3-227 (Sangakkara, 38.3 ovs), 4-280 (Jayawardene, 45.3 ovs), 5-289 (Dilshan, 46.6 ovs), 6-297 (Arnold, 48.3 ovs), 7-309 (Vaas, 49.6 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Brett Lee 10-1-50-1 (1nb)
Nathan Bracken 9-1-40-2 (1w)
Brett Dorey 4-0-35-0 (1w)
James Hopes 6-0-65-0 (1nb)
Andrew Symonds 10-0-44-1
Brad Hogg 6-0-31-1
Michael Clarke 5-0-34-1
Australia (Target : 310 from 50 Overs)
Damien Martyn c Kulasekara b Chaminda Vaas 8 (18) 1 ‘4s’
Simon Katich c Mubarak b Ruchira Perera 19 (29) 3 ‘4s’
Ricky Ponting (C) c Muralitharan b Ruchira Perera 13 (24) 2 ‘4s’
Michael Clarke c Muralitharan b Malinga Bandara 67 (70) 5 ‘4s’
Brad Haddin b Muttiah Muralitharan 41 (44) 6 ‘4s’
Mike Hussey run out (Vaas) 0 (1)
Andrew Symonds run out (Dilshan/Sangakkara) 31 (32) 2 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
James Hopes c Vaas b Malinga Bandara 43 (46) 3 ‘4s’
Brett Lee c Dilshan b Malinga Bandara 3 (5)
Brad Hogg not out 22 (30) 1 ‘4s’
Nathan Bracken c Atapattu b Malinga Bandara 0 (2)
Extras: 11 (Wides: 5 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 5)
Total: 318/5 (Overs: 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-16 (Martyn, 4.5 ovs), 2-36 (Ponting, 10.3 ovs), 3-41 (Katich, 12.6 ovs), 4-110 (Haddin, 24.5 ovs), 5-111 (Hussey, 25.2 ovs), 6-184 (Symonds, 35.4 ovs), 7-188 (Clarke, 36.3 ovs), 8-197 (Lee, 38.3 ovs), 9-257 (Hopes, 49.3 ovs), 10-258 (Bracken, 49.6 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Chaminda Vaas 9-2-32-1
Ruchira Perera 9-2-37-2 (2w)
Nuwan Kulasekara 4-0-22-0 (1nb)
Muttiah Muralitharan 10-0-54-1 (1w)
Malinga Bandara 10-0-58-4
Sanath Jayasuriya 8-0-50-0 (2w)
- Australia Full Substitute : Brad Hogg (replaced Brett Dorey at the start of the Australian innings)
- Sri Lanka Full Substitute : Malinga Bandara (replaced Russel Arnold after 19.0 overs of the Sri Lankan innings)