Related Link : Commonwealth Bank Series 2007/08
Venue : Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth (Day/Night)
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Daryl Harper (Aus) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Match Result : Australia won by 63 runs
Man of the Match : Adam Gilchrist
Australia (50 Overs Maximum)
Adam Gilchrist (WK) c Kapugedera b Malinga 118 (132) 9 ‘4s’ 3 ‘6s’
Matthew Hayden c Maharoof b Malinga 4 (11)
Ricky Ponting (C) c Jayawardene b Vaas 25 (25) 4 ‘4s’
Michael Clarke st Sangakkara b Muralitharan 43 (69) 4 ‘4s’
Andrew Symonds c Sangakkara b Maharoof 4 (8)
Michael Hussey c Jayawardene b Kulasekara 25 (28) 1 ‘6s’
James Hopes c Jayasuriya b Kulasekara 2 (5)
Bradley Hogg b Malinga 5 (10)
Brett Lee b Malinga 2 (6)
Mitchell Johnson run out (Dilshan) 0 (1)
Nathan Bracken not out 1 (4)
Extras: 7 (Wides : 4 No Balls: 1 Byes: 1 Leg Byes: 1)
Total : 236 all out (Overs : 49.4)
Fall of Wickets : 1-16 (Hayden, 3.6 ovs), 2-66 (Ponting, 12.1 ovs), 3-171 (Clarke, 36.2 ovs), 4-177 (Symonds, 37.4 ovs), 5-206 (Gilchrist, 43.2 ovs), 6-217 (Hopes, 45.1 ovs), 7-232 (Hogg, 47.4 ovs), 8-232 (Hussey, 48.1 ovs), 9-233 (Johnson, 48.4 ovs), 10-236 (Lee, 49.4 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Vaas 10-0-35-1
Malinga 9.4-1-47-4 (3w)
Maharoof 10-0-53-1 (1w 1nb)
Kulasekara 10-0-52-2
Muralitharan 10-0-47-1
Sri Lanka (Target : 237 from 50 Overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan b Johnson 11 (13) 2 ‘4s’
Sanath Jayasuriya c Hopes b Bracken 12 (10) 2 ‘4s’
Kumar Sangakkara (WK) b Lee 80 (114) 4 ‘4s’
Mahela Jayawardene (C) c Ponting b Johnson 21 (25) 4 ‘4s’
Chamara Silva c Symonds b Bracken 0 (10)
Chamara Kapugedera c Hussey b Hopes 26 (60) 2 ‘4s’
Farveez Maharoof c sub (Haddin) b Hogg 7 (16) 1 ‘4s’
Chaminda Vaas c Gilchrist b Hogg 0 (1)
Nuwan Kulasekara c Symonds b Bracken 0 (7)
Lasith Malinga b Johnson 5 (18) 1 ‘4s’
Muttiah Muralitharan not out 0 (0)
Extras: 11 (Wides : 3 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 7)
Total : 173 all out (Overs : 45.3)
Fall of Wickets : 1-29 (Jayasuriya, 3.1 ovs), 2-35 (Dilshan, 4.2 ovs), 3-71 (Jayawardene, 10.5 ovs), 4-76 (Silva, 13.6 ovs), 5-129 (Kapugedera, 32.5 ovs), 6-159 (Maharoof, 39.1 ovs), 7-159 (Vaas, 39.2 ovs), 8-160 (Kulasekara, 40.5 ovs), 9-173 (Malinga, 44.6 ovs), 10-173 (Sangakkara, 45.3 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Lee 8.3-0-49-1 (1nb)
Bracken 8-2-21-3 (1w)
Johnson 10-2-29-3 (1w)
Hopes 9-1-26-1
Hogg 10-1-41-2 (1w)