Related Link : VB Series 2005/06
Venue : Adelaide Oval, Adelaide (d/n)
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss, elected to bat first
Umpires : Aleem Dar and Steve Davis
Match Result : Australia won by 5 wickets; Aus 4 pts, SL 0 pt
Man of the Match : Andrew Symonds
Sri Lanka (50 Overs Maximum)
Jehan Mubarak c Lee b Andrew Symonds 34 (47) 3 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Upul Tharanga c Martyn b Glenn McGrath 31 (66) 2 ‘4s’
Kumar Sangakkara (WK) b Brad Hogg 25 (37) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Mahela Jayawardene c Symonds b Nathan Bracken 25 (36)
Marvan Atapattu (C) c Martyn b Nathan Bracken 32 (48) 1 ‘4s’
Tillakarathe Dilshan b Brad Hogg 1 (9)
Russel Arnold not out 27 (28) 2 ‘4s’
Chaminda Vaas c Hogg b Andrew Symonds 15 (20)
Akalanka Ganegama b Andrew Symonds 7 (8) 1 ‘4s’
Nuwan Kulasekara not out 2 (4)
Muttiah Muralitharan
Extras: 19 (Wides: 8 No Balls: 3 Byes: 4 Leg Byes: 4)
Total: 218/8 (Overs: 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-53 (Mubarak, 13.3 ovs), 2-96 (Tharanga, 23.3 ovs), 3-100 (Sangakkara, 24.5 ovs), 4-155 (Atapattu, 37.5 ovs), 5-161 (Jayawardene, 39.1 ovs), 6-167 (Dilshan, 40.2 ovs), 7-196 (Vaas, 46.5 ovs), 8-207 (Ganegama, 48.5 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Brett Lee 10-0-40-0 (2w 1nb)
Glenn McGrath 8-1-26-1 (2nb)
Nathan Bracken 10-1-45-2
Andrew Symonds 9-1-48-3 (5w)
Brad Hogg 10-0-35-2 (1w)
Brad Hodge 3-0-16-0
Australia (Target : 219 from 50 Overs)
Adam Gilchrist (C) c Ganegama b Nuwan Kulasekara 34 (33) 5 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Simon Katich c Sangakkara b Tillakaratne Dilshan 52 (89) 5 ‘4s’
Brad Hodge b Nuwan Kulasekara 5 (16)
Damien Martyn b Muralitharan 46 (72) 1 ‘4s’
Andrew Symonds c Tharanga b Muralitharan 32 (33) 2 ‘4s’
Michael Clarke not out 16 (18) 1 ‘4s’
Michael Hussey not out 25 (30) 2 ‘4s’
Brad Hogg
Brett Lee
Nathan Bracken
Glenn McGrath
Extras: 9 (Wides: 7 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 2)
Total: 219/5 (Overs: 48.3)
Fall of Wickets : 1-47 (Gilchrist, 9.3 ovs), 2-73 (Hodge, 17.1 ovs), 3-115 (Katich, 28.6 ovs), 4-175 (Symonds, 40.1 ovs), 5-177 (Martyn, 40.3 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Chaminda Vaas 8.3-0-41-0
Akalanka Ganegama 6-0-41-0 (2w)
Nuwan Kulasekara 9-0-32-2
Muttiah Muralitharan 10-0-35-2 (1w)
Malinga Bandara 10-0-44-0 (1w)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 5-0-24-1 (1w)
- Australia Full Substitute : Stuart Clark (unused)
- Sri Lanka Full Substitute : Malinga Bandara (replaced Marvan Atapattu after 21.0 overs of the Australian innings)