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Match Date : April 16, 2007
Venue : Grenada National Stadium, St George’s
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Aleem Dar (Pak) and Billy Doctrove (WI)
Match Result : Australia won by 7 wickets
Man of the Match : Nathan Bracken
Match Report : Sri Lanka tactically surrender to Aussies!
Sri Lanka (50 Overs Maximum)
Upul Tharanga c Hayden b Bracken 6 (22)
Sanath Jayasuriya lbw b Bracken 12 (12) 2 ‘4s’
Kumar Sangakkara (WK) lbw b McGrath 0 (4)
Mahela Jayawardene (C) st Gilchrist b Hogg 72 (88) 5 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Chamara Silva c Clarke b Hogg 64 (107) 6 ‘4s’
Tillakaratne Dilshan c Hodge b Tait 7 (12)
Russel Arnold b Tait 3 (10)
Farveez Maharoof c Symonds b Bracken 25 (22) 4 ‘4s’
Nuwan Kulasekara c Hayden b Bracken 1 (5)
Malinga Bandara c Hogg b McGrath 17 (19) 2 ‘4s’
Dilhara Fernando not out 0 (0)
Extras : 19 (Wides : 11 No Balls: 3 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 5)
Total : 226 all out (Overs : 49.4)
Fall of Wickets : 1-26 (Jayasuriya, 4.3 ovs), 2-27 (Sangakkara, 5.3 ovs), 3-27 (Tharanga, 6.4 ovs), 4-167 (Silva, 37.2 ovs), 5-174 (Jayawardene, 39.4 ovs), 6-178 (Dilshan, 40.6 ovs), 7-183 (Arnold, 42.4 ovs), 8-184 (Kulasekara, 43.3 ovs), 9-218 (Bandara, 48.6 ovs), 10-226 (Maharoof, 49.4 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Bracken 9.4-3-19-4 (1wd)
Tait 10-0-68-2 (6wd 1nb)
McGrath 9-1-48-2 (1nb)
Hogg 10-0-35-2
Symonds 3-0-15-0 (1nb)
Clarke 8-0-36-0
Australia (Target : 227 from 50 Overs)
Adam Gilchrist (WK) lbw b Arnold 30 (49) 4 ‘4s’
Mathew Hayden c Dilshan b Arnold 41 (30) 5 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Ricky Ponting (C) not out 66 (80) 4 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Michael Clarke c Dilshan b Bandara 23 (31) 4 ‘4s’
Andrew Symonds not out 63 (71) 5 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Michael Hussey
Brad Hodge
Brad Hogg
Nathan Bracken
Shaun Tait
Glenn McGrath
Extras : 9 (Wides : 4 No Balls: 5 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 0)
Total : 232/3 (Overs : 42.4)
Fall of Wickets : 1-76 (Hayden, 11.5 ovs), 2-79 (Gilchrist, 13.3 ovs), 3-126 (Clarke, 23.1 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Fernando 6-1-36-0 (3wd 3nb)
Maharoof 7-0-52-0 (1nb)
Kulasekara 4-0-20-0 (1nb)
Arnold 4-0-20-2 (1wd)
Bandara 9.4-0-53-1
Jayasuriya 6-0-32-0
Dilshan 6-0-19-0