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234 & 95-4 Series badge Won toss. Elected to batAUS
188 & 140-8 AUS flag
Overs: 26.5 RR: 3.54 vs spin: 2.63
vs seam: 2.71
 Overs: 60.2 RR: 2.32 vs spin: 2.43
vs seam: 1.72
Thu 09/09/99 Sri Lanka v Australia, 1st Test, Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
SRI LANKA WIN Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
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Australia - 1st Inns 188 (67.1; RR: 2.80)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
MJ Slater lbw b Vaas 0 2 0 0 0.00
GS Blewett lbw b Zoysa 0 4 0 0 0.00
JL Langer c Silva b Vaas 7 21 1 0 33.33
ME Waugh c & b Vaas 6 21 1 0 28.57
SR Waugh c Silva b Zoysa 19 35 3 0 54.29
RT Ponting c & b Muralitharan 96 160 10 1 60.00
IA Healy st Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan 11 14 1 0 78.57
SK Warne c Atapattu b Zoysa 0 9 0 0 0.00
JN Gillespie lbw b Muralitharan 41 124 5 0 33.06
CR Miller c Atapattu b Muralitharan 0 2 0 0 0.00
GD McGrath not out 4 15 1 0 26.67
Extras (0b, 0lb, 0w, 4nb) 4  
TOTAL 188 all out (67.1 overs; RR: 2.80)

Fall of wickets

0-1 (MJ Slater 0.2 ov), 4-2 (GS Blewett 1.4 ov), 9-3 (JL Langer 6.3 ov), 16-4 (ME Waugh 8.2 ov), 40-5 (SR Waugh 18.5 ov), 59-6 (IA Healy 23.1 ov), 60-7 (SK Warne 24.5 ov), 167-8 (JN Gillespie 59.6 ov), 171-9 (CR Miller 61.2 ov), 188-10 (RT Ponting 67.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WPUJC Vaas 16.0 2 43 3 2.69 0 3
DNT Zoysa 13.0 2 38 3 2.92 0 1
M Muralitharan 25.1 4 63 4 2.52 0 0
ST Jayasuriya 5.0 0 5 0 1.00 0 0
UDU Chandana 8.0 1 39 0 4.88 0 0

Sri Lanka - 1st Inns 234 (66.3; RR: 3.52)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
ST Jayasuriya lbw b McGrath 18 18 2 0 100.00
MS Atapattu c Langer b Miller 25 58 2 0 43.10
RP Arnold lbw b Miller 19 49 2 0 38.78
PA de Silva c Ponting b Warne 78 146 13 0 53.42
DPMD Jayawardene c Ponting b Warne 46 70 7 0 65.71
A Ranatunga c Healy b Warne 4 4 1 0 100.00
RS Kaluwitharana b Miller 9 18 2 0 50.00
UDU Chandana c b Warne 12 28 3 0 42.86
WPUJC Vaas not out 2 6 0 0 33.33
DNT Zoysa c Miller b Warne 7 3 1 0 233.33
M Muralitharan c McGrath b Miller 0 3 0 0 0.00
Extras (4b, 7lb, 0w, 3nb) 14  
TOTAL 234 all out (66.3 overs; RR: 3.52)

Fall of wickets

22-1 (ST Jayasuriya 6.1 ov), 69-2 (RP Arnold 20.2 ov), 70-3 (MS Atapattu 20.6 ov), 177-4 (DPMD Jayawardene 47.3 ov), 181-5 (A Ranatunga 49.1 ov), 197-6 (RS Kaluwitharana 55.1 ov), 223-7 (UDU Chandana 63.4 ov), 226-8 (PA de Silva 65.2 ov), 234-9 (DNT Zoysa 65.6 ov), 234-10 (M Muralitharan 66.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McGrath 18.0 5 66 1 3.67 0 3
JN Gillespie 12.0 2 43 0 3.58 0 0
CR Miller 20.3 6 62 4 3.10 0 1
SK Warne 16.0 4 52 5 3.25 0 0

Australia - 2nd Inns 140-8 (60.2; RR: 2.32)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GS Blewett c Atapattu b Muralitharan 14 85 2 0 16.47
MJ Slater lbw b Muralitharan 27 50 3 0 54.00
JL Langer lbw b Vaas 5 19 1 0 26.32
ME Waugh b Vaas 0 5 0 0 0.00
RT Ponting c Jayasuriya b Chandana 51 118 4 1 43.22
IA Healy b Muralitharan 3 18 0 0 16.67
SK Warne run out 6 10 1 0 60.00
CR Miller b Vaas 8 32 0 1 25.00
GD McGrath not out 10 29 1 0 34.48
SR Waugh  
JN Gillespie  
Extras (6b, 5lb, 1w, 4nb) 16  
TOTAL 140-8 (60.2 overs; RR: 2.32)

Fall of wickets

37-1 (MJ Slater 15.2 ov), 49-2 (JL Langer 22.3 ov), 49-3 (ME Waugh 24.2 ov), 49-4 (GS Blewett 27.6 ov), 58-5 (IA Healy 33.3 ov), 75-6 (SK Warne 37.1 ov), 99-7 (CR Miller 46.5 ov), 140-8 (RT Ponting 60.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WPUJC Vaas 15.0 7 15 3 1.00 0 0
DNT Zoysa 10.0 3 28 0 2.80 1 0
PA de Silva 3.0 0 5 0 1.67 0 0
M Muralitharan 26.0 5 65 3 2.50 0 4
ST Jayasuriya 4.0 1 7 0 1.75 0 0
UDU Chandana 2.2 0 9 1 4.50 0 0

Sri Lanka - 2nd Inns 95-4 (26.5; RR: 3.54)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
ST Jayasuriya c b Miller 18 23 3 0 78.26
MS Atapattu c Blewett b McGrath 0 5 0 0 0.00
RS Kaluwitharana b Miller 5 17 1 0 29.41
PA de Silva not out 31 70 5 0 44.29
DPMD Jayawardene c Slater b Miller 9 20 1 0 45.00
A Ranatunga not out 19 29 1 1 65.52
RP Arnold  
UDU Chandana  
WPUJC Vaas  
DNT Zoysa  
M Muralitharan  
Extras (8b, 2lb, 0w, 3nb) 13  
TOTAL 95-4 (26.5 overs; RR: 3.54)

Fall of wickets

12-1 (MS Atapattu 2.1 ov), 24-2 (ST Jayasuriya 5.2 ov), 39-3 (RS Kaluwitharana 9.3 ov), 60-4 (DPMD Jayawardene 15.2 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McGrath 7.0 2 19 1 2.71 0 2
CR Miller 13.0 2 48 3 3.69 0 0
SK Warne 6.5 3 18 0 3.00 0 1

Match Info

Match

Sri Lanka v Australia at Kandy, 1st Test

Date

Thursday September 9, 1999

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

5:00am UTC

Venue

Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy

Umpires

S Venkataraghavan, PT Manuel

Sri Lanka Team

Playing XI

A Ranatunga, PA de Silva, MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya, RS Kaluwitharana, M Muralitharan, UDU Chandana, WPUJC Vaas, DNT Zoysa, RP Arnold, DPMD Jayawardene

Australia Team

Playing XI

SR Waugh, IA Healy, ME Waugh, SK Warne, JL Langer, MJ Slater, GD McGrath, GS Blewett, RT Ponting, JN Gillespie, CR Miller