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260-2
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259-9
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Overs: 46.1 RR: 5.63 vs spin: 5.27
vs seam: 5.95
Overs: 50.0 RR: 5.18 vs spin: 4.67
vs seam: 5.29
Wed 13/01/99 Australia v Sri Lanka, Carlton and United Series, Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 8 wickets
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Sri Lanka - 1st Inns 259-9 (50.0; RR: 5.18)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
ST Jayasuriya c Gilchrist b Julian 65 62 9 0 104.84
RS Kaluwitharana b Warne 32 38 5 0 84.21
MS Atapattu c Waugh b Warne 18 23 1 0 78.26
HP Tillakaratne run out 73 95 3 0 76.84
A Ranatunga run out 26 39 1 0 66.67
DPMD Jayawardene c Gilchrist b Julian 11 21 0 0 52.38
UDU Chandana b Fleming 2 6 0 0 33.33
RS Mahanama c Gilchrist b McGrath 5 7 0 0 71.43
WPUJC Vaas not out 13 14 1 0 92.86
M Muralitharan run out 0 0 0 0
GP Wickramasinghe  
Extras (2b, 2lb, 5w, 5nb) 14  
TOTAL 259-9 (50.0 overs; RR: 5.18)

Fall of wickets

95-1 (ST Jayasuriya 14.6 ov), 106-2 (RS Kaluwitharana 17.1 ov), 130-3 (MS Atapattu 23.2 ov), 183-4 (A Ranatunga 35.3 ov), 214-5 (DPMD Jayawardene 42.3 ov), 217-6 (UDU Chandana 43.5 ov), 226-7 (RS Mahanama 46.1 ov), 258-8 (HP Tillakaratne 49.5 ov), 259-9 (M Muralitharan 50.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McGrath 10.0 0 39 1 3.90 1 2
DW Fleming 10.0 0 61 1 6.10 1 1
GS Blewett 2.0 0 23 0 11.50 0 0
BP Julian 8.0 0 42 2 5.25 2 1
SK Warne 10.0 1 44 2 4.40 0 1
MG Bevan 5.0 0 26 0 5.20 1 0
DR Martyn 5.0 0 20 0 4.00 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 260-2 (46.1; RR: 5.63)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AC Gilchrist c Atapattu b Vaas 131 118 10 2 111.02
ME Waugh c b Muralitharan 63 76 3 0 82.89
RT Ponting not out 43 59 2 1 72.88
DR Martyn not out 16 24 2 0 66.67
GS Blewett  
MG Bevan  
BP Julian  
SK Warne  
DW Fleming  
BE Young  
GD McGrath  
Extras (0b, 3lb, 4w, 0nb) 7  
TOTAL 260-2 (46.1 overs; RR: 5.63)

Fall of wickets

151-1 (ME Waugh 25.6 ov), 225-2 (AC Gilchrist 39.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WPUJC Vaas 6.0 1 43 1 7.17 1 0
GP Wickramasinghe 7.0 1 36 0 5.14 1 0
M Muralitharan 10.0 0 49 1 4.90 0 0
DPMD Jayawardene 7.0 0 40 0 5.71 0 0
UDU Chandana 9.0 0 61 0 6.78 1 0
ST Jayasuriya 7.1 0 28 0 4.00 1 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v Sri Lanka at Sydney, Carlton and United Series

Date

Wednesday January 13, 1999

Toss

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

Time

3:30am UTC

Venue

Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

Umpires

SJA Taufel, TA Prue

Australia Team

Playing XI

ME Waugh, SK Warne, DR Martyn, BP Julian, GD McGrath, MG Bevan, DW Fleming, GS Blewett, RT Ponting, AC Gilchrist, BE Young

Sri Lanka Team

Playing XI

A Ranatunga, RS Mahanama, HP Tillakaratne, MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya, GP Wickramasinghe, RS Kaluwitharana, M Muralitharan, UDU Chandana, WPUJC Vaas, DPMD Jayawardene