Related Link : Commonwealth Bank Series 2007/08
Venue : Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne (Day/Night)
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first
Umpires : Simon Taufel (Aus) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Match Result : Australia won by 24 runs (D/L Method)
Man of the Match : Michael Hussey
Australia (50 Overs Maximum)
Adam Gilchrist (WK) b Vaas 6 (11)
Matthew Hayden c Silva b Maharoof 23 (53) 3 ‘4s’
Ricky Ponting (C) run out (Maharoof/Sangakkara) 11 (34)
Michael Clarke c and b Muralitharan 50 (69) 4 ‘4s’
Andrew Symonds c Sangakkara b Maharoof 4 (6)
Michael Hussey not out 64 (98) 1 ‘4s’
James Hopes st Sangakkara b Muralitharan 11 (16)
Bradley Hogg c Dilshan b Malinga 4 (4)
Mitchell Johnson not out 6 (9)
Nathan Bracken
Stuart Clark
Extras: 5 (Wides : 3 No Balls: 0 Byes: 2 Leg Byes: 0)
Total : 184/7 (Overs : 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-12 (Gilchrist, 4.3 ovs), 2-39 (Hayden, 15.1 ovs), 3-44 (Ponting, 17.6 ovs), 4-54 (Symonds, 21.1 ovs), 5-144 (Clarke, 42.1 ovs), 6-166 (Hopes, 46.3 ovs), 7-173 (Hogg, 47.5 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Vaas 10-1-34-1
Malinga 10-1-44-1
Maharoof 10-1-20-2 (1w)
Muralitharan 10-0-37-2
Amerasinghe 10-0-47-0 (2w)
Sri Lanka (D/L Target : 102 in 29.3 Overs)
Dilruwan Perera lbw b Clark 1 (11)
Sanath Jayasuriya c Ponting b Clark 0 (1)
Kumar Sangakkara (WK) c Symonds b Hopes 22 (59)
Mahela Jayawardene (C) c Gilchrist b Bracken 27 (45) 3 ‘4s’
Chamara Silva not out 16 (47)
Tillakaratne Dilshan not out 9 (14)
Farveez Maharoof
Chaminda Vaas
Ishara Amerasinghe
Lasith Malinga
Muttiah Muralitharan
Extras: 2 (Wides : 1 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 1)
Total : 77/4 (Overs : 29.3)
Fall of Wickets : 1-0 (Jayasuriya, 1.1 ovs), 2-3 (Perera, 3.1 ovs), 3-42 (Jayawardene, 16.2 ovs), 4-64 (Sangakkara, 24.5 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Bracken 6-1-13-1
Clark 5-1-8-2
Johnson 7-1-17-0 (1w)
Hopes 7-2-23-1
Hogg 4.3-1-15-0