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Australia in Sri Lanka, 1999/00
Sri Lanka Board XI v Australians
P.Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
3,4,5,6 September 1999 (4-day match)
Result: Australians won by 4 wickets
Toss: Sri Lanka Board XI
Umpires: JWK Boteju and DAS Dissanayake
Close of play:
Day 1: Sri Lanka Board XI 69/2 (Arnold 44*, Tillakaratne 6*, 25.2 ov)
Day 2: Sri Lanka Board XI 228, Australians 175/9 (McGrath 0*, 55.3 ov)
Day 3: Australians 179, Sri Lanka Board XI 271, Australians 39/0
(Blewett 17*, Slater 17*, 18 ov)
Sri Lanka Board XI 1st innings
RP Arnold c & b McGrath 63
RP Hewage st Healy b Warne 17
TM Dilshan c Warne b Miller 0 (2)
*HP Tillakaratne c Healy b McGrath 16
LPC Silva c Healy b McGrath 0 (2)
SI de Saram st Healy b MacGill 67
MMDNRG Perera run out 9
+HAPW Jayawardene c Healy b McGrath 23
IS Gallage lbw b Warne 1
MS Villavarayan not out 10
HMRKB Herath c Ponting b MacGill 3
Extras (b 11, lb 1, nb 7) 19
Total (all out, 79.3 overs, 305 mins) 228
FoW: 1-44 (Hewage), 2-45 (Dilshan), 3-99 (Arnold),
4-100 (Silva), 5-101 (Tillakaratne), 6-133 (Perera),
7-185 (Jayawardene), 8-193 (Gallage), 9-224 (de Saram),
10-228 (Herath).
Bowling O M R W
McGrath 18 5 52 4 (3nb)
Miller 24 6 70 1
Warne 19 4 37 2 (3nb)
Blewett 5 1 15 0 (1nb)
MacGill 13.3 1 42 2
Australians 1st innings
GS Blewett run out 23
ML Hayden c Dilshan b Herath 23
JL Langer c Tillakaratne b Villavarayan 4
*SR Waugh lbw b Perera 43
RT Ponting b Herath 35
+IA Healy c Dilshan b Herath 0
SK Warne run out 18
CR Miller c Hewage b Perera 15
SCG MacGill b Herath 0
GD McGrath lbw b Perera 1
MJ Slater not out 3
Extras (lb 2, nb 12) 14
Total (all out, 57.5 overs, 210 mins) 179
FoW: 1-46 (Hayden), 2-55 (Blewett), 3-55 (Langer),
4-131 (Ponting), 5-140 (Healy), 6-140 (Waugh),
7-175 (Miller), 8-175 (MacGill), 9-175 (Warne),
10-179 (McGrath).
Bowling O M R W
Gallage 8 0 19 0 (2nb)
Villavarayan 8 0 39 1
Herath 23 5 57 4 (2nb)
Perera 13.5 2 50 3 (8nb)
Arnold 5 1 12 0
Sri Lanka Board XI 2nd innings
RP Arnold c Warne b Miller 79
RP Hewage c Langer b Miller 29
TM Dilshan c Slater b Warne 23
*HP Tillakaratne c Warne b Miller 14
LPC Silva c Slater b Warne 70
SI de Saram c Healy b Warne 0
MMDNRG Perera b Miller 23
+HAPW Jayawardene c Blewett b McGrath 10
IS Gallage b Miller 4
MS Villavarayan lbw b Miller 0
HMRKB Herath not out 0
Extras (b 7, lb 7, w 1, nb 4) 19
Total (all out, 80.1 overs, 318 mins) 271
FoW: 1-97 (Hewage), 2-130 (Arnold), 3-159 (Dilshan),
4-159 (Tillakaratne), 5-165 (de Saram), 6-202 (Perera),
7-245 (Jayawardene), 8-271 (Gallage), 9-271 (Villavarayan),
10-271 (Silva).
Bowling O M R W
McGrath 16 4 41 1 (2nb)
Miller 25 9 57 6 (1nb)
Blewett 7 2 22 0
MacGill 13 3 54 0 (1w)
Ponting 3 0 9 0 (1nb)
Warne 16.1 4 74 3
Australians 2nd innings (target: 321 runs) R M B 4 6
GS Blewett c de Saram b Gallage 148 284 278 20 0
MJ Slater c Arnold b Herath 51 5 2
JL Langer c Jayawardene b Tillakaratne 52 280
+IA Healy c Tillakaratne b Gallage 2
*SR Waugh c Jayawardene b Villavarayan 21 5
RT Ponting c Perera b Herath 10
ML Hayden not out 11
SK Warne not out 4
Extras (b 4, lb 9, nb 9) 22
Total (6 wicket, 101 overs, 358 mins) 321
DNB: CR Miller, SCG MacGill, GD McGrath.
FoW: 1-115 (Slater), 2-249 (Blewett), 3-251 (Healy),
4-278 (Waugh), 5-293 (Ponting), 6-314 (Langer).
Bowling O M R W
Gallage 12 4 28 2 (4nb)
Villavarayan 15 4 38 1
Herath 33 7 111 2
Perera 15 2 46 0 (3nb)
Arnold 25 7 81 0 (2nb)
Tillakaratne 1 0 4 1
- 12th Men: SM Katich (Australians)
Day 1
- An initial toss was conducted on the steps of the Australians dressing
room, the Sri Lankan Board XI winning. After an objection was raised
by Australians captain SR Waugh, a second toss was made on the ground
this time won by the Australians. A third toss was then conducted and
won by the Sri Lankan Board XI, thus the toss was a 'best of three'
result.
- Rain delayed the start of play for approximately 2.5 hours.
- Rain again stopped play after 13 minutes for another 2 hours.
- Rain ended play early
Day 2
- MJ Slater was absent from the ground for the entire days play with
illness.
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Team Pages:
Australians.
Ground Page:
P.Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
Sri Lanka Board XI Player Pages:
RP Arnold,
RP Hewage,
TM Dilshan,
HP Tillakaratne,
LPC Silva,
SI de Saram,
MMDNRG Perera,
HAPW Jayawardene,
IS Gallage,
MS Villavarayan,
HMRKB Herath.
Australians Player Pages:
GS Blewett,
ML Hayden,
JL Langer,
SR Waugh,
RT Ponting,
IA Healy,
SK Warne,
CR Miller,
SCG MacGill,
GD McGrath,
MJ Slater.
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