Related Link : VB Series 2005/06
Venue : W.A.C.A Ground, Perth (d/n)
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss, elected to bat first
Umpires : Mark Benson and Peter Parker
Match Result : Australia won by 6 wickets; Aus : 4 pts, SL 0 pts
Man of the Match : Adam Gilchrist
Sri Lanka (50 Overs Maximum)
Jehan Mubarak c Hodge b Stuart Clark 15 (34) 1 ‘4s’
Sanath Jayasuriya c Gilchrist b Brett Lee 0 (7)
Kumar Sangakkara (WK) run out (Symonds) 6 (11)
Mahela Jayawardene c McGrath b Andrew Symonds 69 (93) 4 ‘4s’
Russel Arnold c Clarke b Stuart Clark 56 (87) 1 ‘4s’
Tillakarathe Dilshan run out (Hogg) 35 (33) 3 ‘4s’
Chamara Kapugedera c Hogg b Brett Lee 22 (25) 2 ‘4s’
Chaminda Vaas (C) not out 6 (7)
Nuwan Kulasekara run out (Symonds) 0 (1)
Muttiah Muralitharan not out 3 (2)
Dilhara Fernando
Extras: 21 (Wides: 9 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 12)
Total: 233/8 (Overs: 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-6 (Jayasuriya, 2.5 ovs), 2-16 (Sangakkara, 7.1 ovs), 3-27 (Mubarak, 10.3 ovs), 4-148 (Arnold, 36.3 ovs), 5-170 (Jayawardene, 40.4 ovs), 6-224 (Dilshan, 47.6 ovs), 7-225 (Kapugedera, 48.4 ovs), 8-227 (Kulasekara, 49.1 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Brett Lee 10-0-42-2 (1w)
Glenn McGrath 10-2-35-0 (1w)
Stuart Clark 10-0-40-2 (2w)
Andrew Symonds 10-0-54-1 (1w)
Brad Hogg 10-0-50-0 (1w)
Australia (Target : 234 from 50 Overs)
Adam Gilchrist (C) c & b Muralitharan 116 (105) 11 ‘4s’ 4 ‘6s’
Simon Katich b Chaminda Vaas 82 (110) 7 ‘4s’
Brad Hodge c Sangakkara b Dilhara Fernando 2 (5)
Damien Martyn not out 14 (20) 1 ‘4s’
Andrew Symonds c Jayawardene b Chaminda Vaas 5 (3) 1 ‘4s’
Michael Clarke not out 6 (8)
Michael Hussey
Brad Hogg
Brett Lee
Stuart Clark
Glenn McGrath
Extras: 9 (Wides: 4 No Balls: 5 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 0)
Total: 234/4 (Overs: 41.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-191 (Gilchrist, 32.2 ovs), 2-200 (Hodge, 33.5 ovs), 3-209 (Katich, 36.3 ovs), 4-221 (Symonds, 38.2 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Chaminda Vaas 8-1-40-2
Dilhara Fernando 9-0-52-1 (3w 4nb)
Nuwan Kulasekara 8-1-34-0 (1w)
Akalanka Ganegama 1-0-20-0
Muttiah Muralitharan 10-0-53-1 (1nb)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 3-0-24-0
Sanath Jayasuriya 2-0-11-0
- Australia Full Substitute : Brett Dorey (unused)
- Sri Lanka Full Substitute : Akalanka Ganegama (replaced Russel Arnold after 11.0 overs of the Australian innings)
- ODI Debut for Chamara Kapugedera (Sri Lanka)