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274-7
Series badge Won toss. Elected to bowlSRI
229-9
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Overs: 50.0 RR: 5.48 vs spin: 5.15
vs seam: 5.67
Overs: 46.3 RR: 4.92 vs spin: 5.30
vs seam: 4.91
Sun 31/01/99 Australia v Sri Lanka, Carlton and United Series, Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 45 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 274-7 (50.0; RR: 5.48)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
ME Waugh c Atapattu b Wickramasinghe 12 14 1 0 85.71
AC Gilchrist b Vaas 47 45 7 0 104.44
RT Ponting run out 39 57 1 1 68.42
DS Lehmann c Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe 20 37 1 0 54.05
DR Martyn c Mahanama b Muralitharan 48 56 2 0 85.71
MG Bevan not out 72 65 4 0 110.77
S Lee c Atapattu b Wickramasinghe 22 26 0 0 84.62
BP Julian c Kaluwitharana b Vaas 1 2 0 0 50.00
SK Warne not out 1 3 0 0 33.33
AC Dale  
GD McGrath  
Extras (1b, 0lb, 6w, 5nb) 12  
TOTAL 274-7 (50.0 overs; RR: 5.48)

Fall of wickets

62-1 (AC Gilchrist 9.4 ov), 62-2 (ME Waugh 10.1 ov), 100-3 (DS Lehmann 20.1 ov), 138-4 (RT Ponting 28.6 ov), 205-5 (DR Martyn 39.2 ov), 266-6 (S Lee 48.4 ov), 268-7 (BP Julian 49.1 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WPUJC Vaas 10.0 0 51 2 5.10 0 0
PDRL Perera 10.0 0 71 0 7.10 3 3
GP Wickramasinghe 10.0 0 48 3 4.80 0 1
M Muralitharan 10.0 0 46 1 4.60 2 1
ST Jayasuriya 10.0 0 57 0 5.70 1 0

Sri Lanka - 1st Inns 229-9 (46.3; RR: 4.92)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
ST Jayasuriya retired not out (hurt) 50 49 8 1 102.04
RS Kaluwitharana c Lee b Dale 13 12 1 0 108.33
MS Atapattu run out 34 55 1 0 61.82
HP Tillakaratne c Ponting b Warne 30 62 2 0 48.39
WPUJC Vaas c Julian b Warne 20 16 2 0 125.00
A Ranatunga c Gilchrist b Ponting 14 21 0 0 66.67
DPMD Jayawardene c Dale b Warne 36 40 3 0 90.00
RS Mahanama lbw b Julian 4 11 0 0 36.36
GP Wickramasinghe c Warne b McGrath 10 10 1 0 100.00
PDRL Perera b McGrath 3 7 0 0 42.86
M Muralitharan not out 0 0 0 0
Extras (1b, 4lb, 2w, 8nb) 15  
TOTAL 229-9 (46.3 overs; RR: 4.92)

Fall of wickets

22-1 (RS Kaluwitharana 5.1 ov), 126-2 (MS Atapattu 26.1 ov), 153-3 (WPUJC Vaas 30.5 ov), 159-4 (HP Tillakaratne 32.3 ov), 201-5 (A Ranatunga 39.2 ov), 213-6 (RS Mahanama 43.1 ov), 219-7 (DPMD Jayawardene 44.2 ov), 229-8 (GP Wickramasinghe 46.1 ov), 229-9 (PDRL Perera 46.3 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McGrath 8.3 3 19 2 2.38 0 7
AC Dale 6.0 0 51 1 8.50 0 0
S Lee 5.0 0 32 0 6.40 0 0
BP Julian 7.0 0 28 1 4.00 2 1
RT Ponting 10.0 0 41 1 4.10 0 0
SK Warne 10.0 0 53 3 5.30 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v Sri Lanka at Perth, Carlton and United Series

Date

Sunday January 31, 1999

Toss

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field

Time

3:00am UTC

Venue

Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth

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, DS Lehmann, AC Gilchrist, AC Dale

Sri Lanka Team

Playing XI

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