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270
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190
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Overs: 50.0 RR: 5.40 vs spin: 4.77
vs seam: 6.25
Overs: 41.4 RR: 4.56 vs spin: 5.89
vs seam: 4.10
Sun 24/01/99 Australia v Sri Lanka, Carlton and United Series, Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 80 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 270 (50.0; RR: 5.40)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
AC Gilchrist c Muralitharan b Wickramasinghe 41 36 4 1 113.89
ME Waugh c Chandana b Muralitharan 57 68 5 0 83.82
BP Julian b Chandana 21 15 2 1 140.00
GS Blewett c Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya 40 71 1 0 56.34
DS Lehmann c Muralitharan b Chandana 40 49 2 0 81.63
DR Martyn not out 33 28 2 0 117.86
SG Law run out 8 11 0 0 72.73
S Lee b Vaas 20 16 2 0 125.00
SK Warne c Tillakaratne b Vaas 0 2 0 0 0.00
AC Dale b Jayasuriya 0 2 0 0 0.00
GD McGrath c Mahanama b Vaas 2 5 0 0 40.00
Extras (0b, 2lb, 3w, 3nb) 8  
TOTAL 270 all out (50.0 overs; RR: 5.40)

Fall of wickets

86-1 (AC Gilchrist 13.3 ov), 116-2 (BP Julian 17.4 ov), 135-3 (ME Waugh 23.2 ov), 203-4 (GS Blewett 38.6 ov), 208-5 (DS Lehmann 40.2 ov), 223-6 (SG Law 42.5 ov), 258-7 (S Lee 47.3 ov), 259-8 (SK Warne 47.5 ov), 261-9 (AC Dale 48.3 ov), 270-10 (GD McGrath 50.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WPUJC Vaas 10.0 0 63 3 6.30 1 2
GP Wickramasinghe 7.0 0 45 1 6.43 1 0
M Muralitharan 10.0 0 51 1 5.10 1 0
ST Jayasuriya 10.0 0 48 2 4.80 0 0
UDU Chandana 10.0 0 44 2 4.40 0 1
DPMD Jayawardene 3.0 0 17 0 5.67 0 0

Sri Lanka - 1st Inns 190 (41.4; RR: 4.56)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
ST Jayasuriya c Julian b McGrath 12 20 1 0 60.00
RS Kaluwitharana c Gilchrist b McGrath 9 12 1 0 75.00
MS Atapattu c Warne b McGrath 0 2 0 0 0.00
HP Tillakaratne c Warne b McGrath 10 35 1 0 28.57
DPMD Jayawardene c Lee b Dale 9 15 1 0 60.00
A Ranatunga c Julian b McGrath 0 2 0 0 0.00
RS Mahanama b Blewett 55 82 3 0 67.07
UDU Chandana lbw b Lee 38 59 3 0 64.41
WPUJC Vaas c Gilchrist b Lee 0 1 0 0 0.00
GP Wickramasinghe not out 21 28 2 0 75.00
M Muralitharan b Blewett 11 10 1 0 110.00
Extras (0b, 3lb, 4w, 18nb) 25  
TOTAL 190 all out (41.4 overs; RR: 4.56)

Fall of wickets

26-1 (RS Kaluwitharana 4.1 ov), 27-2 (MS Atapattu 4.2 ov), 30-3 (ST Jayasuriya 6.2 ov), 40-4 (DPMD Jayawardene 9.5 ov), 40-5 (A Ranatunga 10.2 ov), 53-6 (HP Tillakaratne 14.6 ov), 143-7 (UDU Chandana 30.4 ov), 143-8 (WPUJC Vaas 30.5 ov), 177-9 (RS Mahanama 39.4 ov), 190-10 (M Muralitharan 41.4 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McGrath 10.0 0 40 5 4.00 0 6
AC Dale 10.0 2 31 1 3.10 0 1
BP Julian 5.0 0 37 0 7.40 1 6
SK Warne 9.0 0 53 0 5.89 3 2
S Lee 6.0 0 20 2 3.33 0 1
GS Blewett 1.4 0 6 2 6.00 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v Sri Lanka at Adelaide, Carlton and United Series

Date

Sunday January 24, 1999

Toss

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field

Time

4:00am UTC

Venue

Adelaide Oval, Adelaide

Umpires

SJA Taufel, SJ Davis

Australia Team

Playing XI

ME Waugh, SK Warne, DR Martyn, BP Julian, GD McGrath, GS Blewett, SG Law, 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, UDU Chandana, WPUJC Vaas, DPMD Jayawardene