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VB Series - 2nd final

Australia v Sri Lanka

Australia won by 167 runs

ODI no. 2328 | 2005/06 season
Played at Sydney Cricket Ground
12 February 2006 - day/night (50-over match)


Australia innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
AC Gilchrist†	c Dilshan b Vaas	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
0.2 OUT; short and shaping away outside off stump, Gilchrist cuts it hard but fails to keep it down and ball straight in to Dilshan at backward point, good sharp catch towards his right 0/1
SM Katich	lbw b Vaas	1	10	5	0	0	20.00
2.1 Two down! good length ball on the off stump, nipping in this time, Katich gets trapped in front of the wicket, excellent bowling 2/2
RT Ponting*	c Vaas b Perera	124	178	127	9	3	97.63
40.4 Ponting gone! slower ball outside off stump, Ponting moves forward and lofts it high in the air to long-off, good catch by Vaas under pressure 247/4
DR Martyn	c Jayawardene b Vaas	8	4	5	2	0	160.00
2.6 Three down! short of length on the off stump, angling away, Martyn pushes on the back-foot and ball takes the edge, Jayawardene at wide first slip takes a good catch towards his right 10/3
A Symonds	lbw b Vaas	151	194	127	13	3	118.89
47.1 yorker length ball on the stumps, Symonds tries to paddle it away to fine leg and misses, ball strikes his pads plumb in front, great innigns comes to an end 320/5
MJ Clarke	not out	54	46	28	6	0	192.85

MEK Hussey	not out	23	15	8	3	1	287.50

Extras	(lb 1, w 4, nb 2)	7

Total	(5 wickets; 50 overs; 227 mins)	368	(7.36 runs per over)

Did not bat GB Hogg, B Lee, SR Clark, NW Bracken

Fall of wickets1-0 (Gilchrist, 0.2 ov), 2-2 (Katich, 2.1 ov), 3-10 (Martyn, 2.6 ov), 4-247 (Ponting, 40.4 ov), 5-320 (Symonds, 47.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	10	0	56	4	5.60	(1nb)
0.2 to Gilchrist, OUT; short and shaping away outside off stump, Gilchrist cuts it hard but fails to keep it down and ball straight in to Dilshan at backward point, good sharp catch towards his right 0/1 2.1 to Katich, Two down! good length ball on the off stump, nipping in this time, Katich gets trapped in front of the wicket, excellent bowling 2/2 2.6 to Martyn, Three down! short of length on the off stump, angling away, Martyn pushes on the back-foot and ball takes the edge, Jayawardene at wide first slip takes a good catch towards his right 10/3 47.1 to Symonds, yorker length ball on the stumps, Symonds tries to paddle it away to fine leg and misses, ball strikes his pads plumb in front, great innigns comes to an end 320/5
PDRL Perera	10	1	72	1	7.20	(2w)
40.4 to Ponting, Ponting gone! slower ball outside off stump, Ponting moves forward and lofts it high in the air to long-off, good catch by Vaas under pressure 247/4
KMDN Kulasekara	5	0	41	0	8.20

M Muralitharan	10	0	99	0	9.90	(1nb)

TM Dilshan	2	0	10	0	5.00

ST Jayasuriya	8	0	52	0	6.50	(1w)

CM Bandara	5	0	37	0	7.40	(1w)


Sri Lanka innings (target: 369 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
MS Atapattu*	c †Gilchrist b Clark	24	63	35	2	0	68.57
13.5 good length ball outside off stump, not much of swing, Atapattu charges down the track and tries to loft it over offside, gets the big edge and Gilchrist takes an easy catch 74/3
ST Jayasuriya	c Lee b Bracken	0	7	6	0	0	0.00
1.4 Gone! good length ball on the leg stump, Jaysuriya flicks in the air and straight to Lee at short fine leg 4/1
KC Sangakkara†	b Bracken	13	18	13	3	0	100.00
5.3 good length ball on the off stump, swinging away a bit, Sangakkara charges down the track and tries to loft, completely misses and ball crashes into the off stump 26/2
DPMD Jayawardene	b Hogg	50	67	48	8	0	104.16
20.1 short of length outside off stump, turning in, Jayawardene goes for the cut and getes an inside edge onto the stumps 116/4
RP Arnold	not out	64	102	62	6	1	103.22

TM Dilshan	c Ponting b Symonds	13	12	14	2	0	92.85
23.6 flighted ball outside off stump, Dilshan charges down the track and hits it straight to Ponting at cover 139/5
CK Kapugedera	run out (Clarke/†Gilchrist)	1	5	3	0	0	33.33
25.1 from Symonds, Run out! flighted ball outside off stump, driven and rolls to mid-on, Clarke runs across from mid-wicket and dives to stop the ball, mix-up and Clarke throws at the strikers end, Kapugedera nowhere in the picture and is half way down 145/6
WPUJC Vaas	c Clarke b Hogg	0	3	6	0	0	0.00
26.2 flighted ball around the off stump, batsman defends on the front-foot and gets the outside edge, Clarke takes a good catch at slip 146/7
CM Bandara	c Clark b Symonds	0	5	6	0	0	0.00
27.4 flighed ball, Bandar charges down and lofts it striaght to Clark at long-off 147/8
M Muralitharan	c Lewis b Bracken	27	38	24	2	2	112.50
35.2 slower ball on the off stump, Muralitharan once again goes for the slog sweep, gets the top edge and ball goes high in the air behind square, Lewis runs from short fine leg and takes a good catch 200/9
PDRL Perera	c Ponting b Bracken	0	3	2	0	0	0.00
35.6 good length ball just outside off stump, Perera swings at it and gets the topm edge, ball loops to cover and Ponting takes a simple catch 201/10
Extras	(lb 4, w 2, nb 3)	9

Total	(all out; 36 overs; 166 mins)	201	(5.58 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-4 (Jayasuriya, 1.4 ov), 2-26 (Sangakkara, 5.3 ov), 3-74 (Atapattu, 13.5 ov), 4-116 (Jayawardene, 20.1 ov), 5-139 (Dilshan, 23.6 ov), 6-145 (Kapugedera, 25.1 ov), 7-146 (Vaas, 26.2 ov), 8-147 (Bandara, 27.4 ov), 9-200 (Muralitharan, 35.2 ov), 10-201 (Perera, 35.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	8	0	42	0	5.25	(3nb, 1w)

NW Bracken	6	0	30	4	5.00	(1w)
1.4 to Jayasuriya, Gone! good length ball on the leg stump, Jaysuriya flicks in the air and straight to Lee at short fine leg 4/1 5.3 to Sangakkara, good length ball on the off stump, swinging away a bit, Sangakkara charges down the track and tries to loft, completely misses and ball crashes into the off stump 26/2 35.2 to Muralitharan, slower ball on the off stump, Muralitharan once again goes for the slog sweep, gets the top edge and ball goes high in the air behind square, Lewis runs from short fine leg and takes a good catch 200/9 35.6 to Perera, good length ball just outside off stump, Perera swings at it and gets the topm edge, ball loops to cover and Ponting takes a simple catch 201/10
SR Clark	5	0	28	1	5.60
13.5 to Atapattu, good length ball outside off stump, not much of swing, Atapattu charges down the track and tries to loft it over offside, gets the big edge and Gilchrist takes an easy catch 74/3
ML Lewis	5	0	30	0	6.00

A Symonds	5	1	32	2	6.40
23.6 to Dilshan, flighted ball outside off stump, Dilshan charges down the track and hits it straight to Ponting at cover 139/5 27.4 to Bandara, flighed ball, Bandar charges down and lofts it striaght to Clark at long-off 147/8
GB Hogg	7	0	35	2	5.00
20.1 to Jayawardene, short of length outside off stump, turning in, Jayawardene goes for the cut and getes an inside edge onto the stumps 116/4 26.2 to Vaas, flighted ball around the off stump, batsman defends on the front-foot and gets the outside edge, Clarke takes a good catch at slip 146/7

Match details

Toss Australia, who chose to bat
Series Best-of-3-finals level 1-1

Australia replacement ML Lewis for DR Martyn (Sri Lanka innings, 8.0 ov)
Sri Lanka replacement CM Bandara for KMDN Kulasekara (Australia innings, 24.0 ov)
Player of the match A Symonds (Australia)

Umpires MR Benson (England) and PD Parker
TV umpire DJ Harper
Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand)

Match notes