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AUS flag AUSWon toss. Elected to bat
310-8
Series badge SRI
267
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Overs: 50.0 RR: 6.20 vs spin: 5.88
vs seam: 6.35
Overs: 47.1 RR: 5.66 vs spin: 5.22
vs seam: 5.79
Sat 06/02/99 Australia v Sri Lanka, Carlton and United Series, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 43 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 310-8 (50.0; RR: 6.20)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AC Gilchrist c Tillakaratne b Vaas 154 129 14 4 119.38
ME Waugh b Muralitharan 19 37 2 0 51.35
BP Julian c Jayawardene b Muralitharan 0 2 0 0 0.00
RT Ponting c Jayawardene b Silva 61 64 3 0 95.31
DS Lehmann c Ranatunga b Samaraweera 27 27 1 0 100.00
DR Martyn c Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe 18 20 1 0 90.00
MG Bevan not out 11 13 0 0 84.62
S Lee run out 5 6 0 0 83.33
SK Warne c Tillakaratne b Vaas 3 3 0 0 100.00
MS Kasprowicz not out 2 1 0 0 200.00
GD McGrath  
Extras (0b, 4lb, 4w, 2nb) 10  
TOTAL 310-8 (50.0 overs; RR: 6.20)

Fall of wickets

92-1 (ME Waugh 14.2 ov), 92-2 (BP Julian 14.4 ov), 213-3 (RT Ponting 34.2 ov), 253-4 (DS Lehmann 41.1 ov), 286-5 (AC Gilchrist 45.3 ov), 291-6 (DR Martyn 46.5 ov), 301-7 (S Lee 48.4 ov), 307-8 (SK Warne 49.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WPUJC Vaas 10.0 1 68 2 6.80 1 0
GP Wickramasinghe 9.0 0 52 1 5.78 0 1
M Muralitharan 3.4 1 15 2 5.00 0 0
PA de Silva 10.0 0 55 1 5.50 2 1
HP Tillakaratne 1.2 0 11 0 11.00 0 0
TT Samaraweera 9.0 0 60 1 6.67 1 0
DPMD Jayawardene 7.0 0 45 0 6.43 0 0

Sri Lanka - 1st Inns 267 (47.1; RR: 5.66)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
DA Gunawardene b Lee 75 66 9 2 113.64
RS Kaluwitharana c Martyn b Warne 68 60 9 1 113.33
PA de Silva c Waugh b Lee 11 13 1 0 84.62
DPMD Jayawardene run out 27 36 1 0 75.00
A Ranatunga c Gilchrist b Lee 1 3 0 0 33.33
HP Tillakaratne c Ponting b Lee 42 60 2 0 70.00
MS Atapattu b Lehmann 12 19 1 0 63.16
WPUJC Vaas b McGrath 14 15 1 0 93.33
TT Samaraweera b Lee 3 9 0 0 33.33
GP Wickramasinghe c Gilchrist b McGrath 4 5 0 0 80.00
M Muralitharan not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
Extras (2b, 2lb, 1w, 4nb) 9  
TOTAL 267 all out (47.1 overs; RR: 5.66)

Fall of wickets

145-1 (RS Kaluwitharana 19.5 ov), 147-2 (DA Gunawardene 20.4 ov), 164-3 (PA de Silva 24.2 ov), 166-4 (A Ranatunga 24.6 ov), 200-5 (DPMD Jayawardene 31.4 ov), 225-6 (MS Atapattu 37.6 ov), 248-7 (WPUJC Vaas 42.6 ov), 255-8 (TT Samaraweera 45.2 ov), 265-9 (GP Wickramasinghe 46.4 ov), 267-10 (HP Tillakaratne 47.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McGrath 8.0 0 46 2 5.75 0 4
MS Kasprowicz 8.0 0 45 0 5.63 0 0
SK Warne 8.0 1 51 1 6.38 0 0
BP Julian 5.0 0 45 0 9.00 0 0
S Lee 8.1 0 33 5 4.13 0 0
MG Bevan 3.0 0 15 0 5.00 1 0
DS Lehmann 7.0 0 28 1 4.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Carlton and United Series

Date

Saturday February 6, 1999

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

11:00pm UTC

Venue

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne

Umpires

DJ Harper, TA Prue

Australia Team

Playing XI

ME Waugh, SK Warne, DR Martyn, BP Julian, GD McGrath, MG Bevan, RT Ponting, S Lee, MS Kasprowicz, DS Lehmann, AC Gilchrist

Sri Lanka Team

Playing XI

A Ranatunga, PA de Silva, HP Tillakaratne, MS Atapattu, GP Wickramasinghe, RS Kaluwitharana, M Muralitharan, WPUJC Vaas, DPMD Jayawardene, DA Gunawardene, TT Samaraweera