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Match Date : March 07, 2003
Venue : SuperSport Park, Centurion
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat
Umpires : Billy Bowden and David Shepherd
Match Result : Australia won by 96 runs
Man of the Match : Ricky Ponting
Australia (50 Overs Maximum)
Adam Gilchrist (WK) run out (Vaas) 99 (88) 14 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Matthew Hayden c Tillakaratne b Muttiah Muralitharan 22 (34) 3 ‘4s’
Ricky Ponting (C) c Sangakkara b Dilhara Fernando 114 (109) 8 ‘4s’ 4 ‘6s’
Damien Martyn b Dilhara Fernando 52 (58) 1 ‘4s’
Darren Lehmann c de Silva b Dilhara Fernando 10 (10) 1 ‘4s’
Ian Harvey not out 5 (3) 1 ‘4s’
Michael Bevan not out 1 (1)
Bradley Hogg
Andy Bichel
Brett Lee
Glenn McGrath
Extras : 16 (Wides: 5 No Balls: 7 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 4)
Total : 319/5 (Overs : 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-75 (Matthew Hayden, 12.2 ovs), 2-181 (Adam Gilchrist, 29.5 ovs),3-293 (Ricky Ponting, 45.4 ovs), 4-313 (Damien Martyn, 49.1 ovs), 5-314 (Darren Lehmann, 49.3 ovs)
Sri Lanka Bowling
Chaminda Vaas 8-0-59-0 (1wd 2nb)
Pulasthi Gunaratne 6-0-46-0
Aravinda de Silva 5-0-36-0
Muttiah Muralitharan 10-0-47-1 (1wd 1nb)
Russel Arnold 2-0-21-0 (1wd)
Dilhara Fernando 9-0-47-3 (1wd)
Sanath Jayasuriya 10-0-59-0 (1wd)
Sri Lanka (Target : 320 from 50 Overs)
Marvan Atapattu b Brett Lee 16 (24) 3 ‘4s’
Sanath Jayasuriya (C) retired hurt 1 (5)
Hashan Tillakaratne b Glenn McGrath 21 (41) 3 ‘4s’
Mahela Jayawardene c Gilchrist b Brett Lee 0 (3)
Aravinda de Silva c & b Bradley Hogg 92 (94) 9 ‘4s’ 4 ‘6s’
Russel Arnold lbw Brett Lee 1 (6)
Kumar Sangakkara (WK) run out (Hogg) 20 (38) 2 ‘4s’
Chaminda Vaas lbw b Bradley Hogg 21 (45) 2 ‘4s’
Muttiah Muralitharan c Lee b Darren Lehmann 4 (5)
Dilhara Fernando lbw b Glenn McGrath 9 (13) 2 ‘4s’
Pulasthi Gunaratne not out 15 (15) 3 ‘4s’
Extras : 23 (Wides: 6 No Balls: 3 Byes: 6 Leg Byes: 8)
Total : 223 all out (Overs : 47.4)
Fall of Wickets : 1-42 (Marvan Atapattu, 9.5 ovs), 2-46 (Mahela Jayawardene, 11.2 ovs), 3-47 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 12.3 ovs), 4-48 (Russel Arnold, 13.3 ovs), 5-100 (Kumar Sangakkara, 26.1 ovs), 6-144 (Chaminda Vaas, 36.4 ovs),
7-149 (Muttiah Muralitharan, 37.4 ovs), 8-203 (Aravinda de Silva, 44.1 ovs), 9-223 (Dilhara Fernando, 47.4 ovs)
Australia Bowling
Glenn McGrath 9.4-1-25-2 (3wd)
Brett Lee 10-1-52-3 (2wd 3nb)
Ian Harvey 7-0-29-0
Andrew Bichel 7-1-32-0 (1wd)
Bradley Hogg 9-1-45-2
Darren Lehmann 5-0-26-1