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Test no. 1691

Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series - 3rd Test
Sri Lanka v Australia

2003/04 season

Played at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, on 24,25,26,27,28 March 2004 (5-day match)

Result Australia won by 121 runs


Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	JL Langer	c Dilshan b Vaas	19	47	29	3	0	65.51
	ML Hayden	c sub (UDU Chandana) b Samaraweera	25	81	46	3	0	54.34
	RT Ponting	c Muralitharan b Vaas	92	191	138	11	1	66.66
	DR Martyn	c Sangakkara b Vaas	14	44	44	2	0	31.81
	DS Lehmann	c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan	153	358	269	14	2	56.87
	SM Katich	c & b Muralitharan	14	46	36	2	0	38.88
	AC Gilchrist	c Jayasuriya b Muralitharan	22	57	45	2	0	48.88
	SK Warne	lbw b Muralitharan	32	105	71	2	0	45.07
	JN Gillespie	c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan	0	9	10	0	0	0.00
	MS Kasprowicz	b Jayasuriya	4	11	4	1	0	100.00
	BA Williams	not out	0	13	3	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 13, lb 9, nb 4)	26

	Total	(all out; 115.1 overs; 486 mins)	401	(3.48 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-43 (Langer, 8.5 ov), 2-60 (Hayden, 15.3 ov), 3-96 (Martyn, 28.4 ov), 4-217 (Ponting, 55.6 ov), 5-244 (Katich, 68.1 ov), 6-299 (Gilchrist, 83.1 ov), 7-376 (Warne, 107.1 ov), 8-380 (Gillespie, 109.5 ov), 9-387 (Kasprowicz, 112.5 ov), 10-401 (Lehmann, 115.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	26	3	93	3	3.57	(1nb)
DNT Zoysa	3.3	1	23	0	6.57
TT Samaraweera	14.3	1	38	1	2.62	(2nb)
M Muralitharan	37.1	6	123	5	3.30
HMRKB Herath	23	5	75	0	3.26	(1nb)
ST Jayasuriya	11	1	27	1	2.45


Sri Lanka 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MS Atapattu	b Kasprowicz	118	283	219	19	0	53.88
	ST Jayasuriya	c Gillespie b Lehmann	71	115	78	9	1	91.02
	KC Sangakkara	c Gilchrist b Lehmann	22	51	39	3	0	56.41
	DPMD Jayawardene	c Gilchrist b Gillespie	29	87	72	4	0	40.27
	TM Dilshan	b Gillespie	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	HP Tillakaratne	not out	74	271	201	10	0	36.81
	TT Samaraweera	c Gilchrist b Gillespie	41	131	84	8	0	48.80
	WPUJC Vaas	b Warne	24	62	31	5	0	77.41
	DNT Zoysa	st Gilchrist b Lehmann	3	7	3	0	0	100.00
	HMRKB Herath	c Martyn b Warne	3	24	26	0	0	11.53
	M Muralitharan	c Warne b Kasprowicz	8	15	11	1	0	72.72
	Extras	(b 4, lb 7, w 1, nb 2)	14

	Total	(all out; 127.1 overs; 533 mins)	407	(3.20 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-134 (Jayasuriya, 27.2 ov), 2-175 (Sangakkara, 41.2 ov), 3-240 (Jayawardene, 64.3 ov), 4-240 (Dilshan, 64.4 ov), 5-256 (Atapattu, 69.6 ov), 6-327 (Samaraweera, 98.6 ov), 7-378 (Vaas, 112.1 ov), 8-381 (Zoysa, 113.1 ov), 9-390 (Herath, 120.2 ov), 10-407 (Muralitharan, 127.1 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JN Gillespie	23	3	96	3	4.17
MS Kasprowicz	22.1	5	58	2	2.61	(1nb, 1w)
BA Williams	19	5	48	0	2.52	(1nb)
SK Warne	36	7	115	2	3.19
DS Lehmann	19	2	50	3	2.63
SM Katich	8	0	29	0	3.62


Australia 2nd innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	JL Langer	b Vaas	166	405	295	13	2	56.27
	ML Hayden	lbw b Vaas	28	54	31	5	0	90.32
	RT Ponting	c Samaraweera b Herath	20	48	36	2	0	55.55
	JN Gillespie	c Jayawardene b Muralitharan	1	5	5	0	0	20.00
	DR Martyn	lbw b Herath	5	11	6	0	0	83.33
	DS Lehmann	c Sangakkara b Muralitharan	1	6	3	0	0	33.33
	SM Katich	lbw b Muralitharan	86	305	214	7	1	40.18
	AC Gilchrist	not out	31	61	41	0	2	75.60
	SK Warne	c Samaraweera b Herath	0	7	3	0	0	0.00
	MS Kasprowicz	run out (Jayasuriya)	3	14	6	0	0	50.00
	BA Williams	c & b Herath	2	10	4	0	0	50.00
	Extras	(b 11, lb 11, w 4, nb 6)	32

	Total	(all out; 106.2 overs; 467 mins)	375	(3.52 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-40 (Hayden, 12.1 ov), 2-79 (Ponting, 22.3 ov), 3-80 (Gillespie, 23.2 ov), 4-89 (Martyn, 26.2 ov), 5-98 (Lehmann, 27.2 ov), 6-316 (Langer, 92.3 ov), 7-341 (Katich, 99.5 ov), 8-346 (Warne, 100.5 ov), 9-368 (Kasprowicz, 104.2 ov), 10-375 (Williams, 106.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	21	3	61	2	2.90
DNT Zoysa	12	0	54	0	4.50	(1nb, 3w)
M Muralitharan	29	5	93	3	3.20	(2nb)
HMRKB Herath	24.2	1	92	4	3.78
TT Samaraweera	15	4	40	0	2.66	(3nb, 1w)
ST Jayasuriya	4	0	13	0	3.25
TM Dilshan	1	1	0	0	0.00


Sri Lanka 2nd innings (target: 370 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MS Atapattu	b Kasprowicz	14	65	48	1	0	29.16
	ST Jayasuriya	c Katich b Lehmann	51	131	83	7	0	61.44
	TT Samaraweera	st Gilchrist b Lehmann	53	170	126	7	0	42.06
	DPMD Jayawardene	c Gilchrist b Lehmann	37	130	99	4	1	37.37
	KC Sangakkara	b Warne	27	35	27	4	0	100.00
	TM Dilshan	c Martyn b Warne	31	56	44	5	0	70.45
	HP Tillakaratne	lbw b Gillespie	17	81	61	3	0	27.86
	WPUJC Vaas	lbw b Warne	9	75	38	1	0	23.68
	DNT Zoysa	b Warne	1	17	15	0	0	6.66
	HMRKB Herath	lbw b Kasprowicz	0	29	20	0	0	0.00
	M Muralitharan	not out	0	8	3	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 4, lb 1, w 1, nb 2)	8

	Total	(all out; 93.4 overs; 403 mins)	248	(2.64 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-45 (Atapattu, 15.6 ov), 2-92 (Jayasuriya, 29.1 ov), 3-156 (Samaraweera, 55.4 ov), 4-181 (Jayawardene, 61.5 ov), 5-191 (Sangakkara, 64.3 ov), 6-232 (Dilshan, 76.1 ov), 7-245 (Tillakaratne, 84.3 ov), 8-247 (Zoysa, 88.1 ov), 9-248 (Vaas, 92.3 ov), 10-248 (Herath, 93.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
JN Gillespie	18	6	38	1	2.11	(1w)
MS Kasprowicz	16.4	5	37	2	2.22
SK Warne	33	11	92	4	2.78	(2nb)
BA Williams	5	0	19	0	3.80
DS Lehmann	17	2	42	3	2.47
SM Katich	4	1	15	0	3.75

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
Series Australia won the 3-match series 3-0

Player of the match DS Lehmann (Australia)
Player of the series SK Warne (Australia)

Umpires SA Bucknor (West Indies) and DL Orchard (South Africa)
TV umpire PT Manuel
Match referee BC Broad (England)

Close of play
24 Mar day 1 - Australia 1st innings 314/6 (DS Lehmann 104*, SK Warne 7*, 90 ov)
25 Mar day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 239/2 (MS Atapattu 109*, DPMD Jayawardene 29*, 64 ov)
26 Mar day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 80/3 (JL Langer 29*, 23.2 ov)
27 Mar day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 18/0 (MS Atapattu 5*, ST Jayasuriya 13*, 5 ov)
28 Mar day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 248 (93.4 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Hours of play: 10.30am - 12.30pm, 1.10pm - 3.10pm, 3.30pm - 5.30pm
12th Men: A Symonds (Australia) and UDU Chandana (Sri Lanka)

Day 1
Lunch: Australia 96/2 (Ponting 34*, Martyn 14, 27 overs, 123 minutes)
Australia 100 from 136 minutes after 32.2 overs (Ponting 38*, Lehmann 0*)
Ponting's 50 in 120 minutes 80 balls (6x4)
Australia 150 from 183 minutes after 43.4 overs (Ponting 63*, Lehmann 22*)
Australia 200 from 232 minutes after 53.4 overs (Ponting 84*, Lehmann 51*)
Lehmann's 50 in 103 minutes from 75 balls (6x4, 1x6)
Tea: Australia 217/4 (Lehmnnn 52*, 56 overs, 243 minutes)
Australia 250 from 301 minutes after 71 overs (Lehmann 70*, Gilchrist 2*)
Australia 300 from 360 minutes after 86.5 overs (Lehmann 100*, Warne 0*)
Lehmann's 100 in 231 minutes from 174 balls (11x4, 1x6)

Day 2
Australia 350 from 424 minutes after 100.3 overs (Lehmann 117*, Warne 22*)
Lehmann's 150 in 350 minutes from 263 balls, (14x4, 2x6)
Australia's 400 in 480 minutes from 114.2 overs
Lunch: Australia 401 all out
Sri Lanka's 50 in 29 minutes from 7.3 overs (Atapattu 17*, Jayasuriya 29*)
Jayasuriya's 50 in 83 minutes from 59 balls, (7x4)
Sri Lanka's 100 in 93 minutes from 21.3 overs (Atapattu 46*, Jayasuriya 51*)
Atapattu's 50 in 101 minutes from 76 balls, (11x4)
Tea: Sri Lanka 138/1 (Atapattu 61*, Sangakkara 0*, 30 overs)
Sri Lanka's 150 in 137 minutes from 33 overs (Atapattu 63*, Sangakkara 10*)
Sri Lanka's 200 in 205 minutes from 50.4 overs (Atapattu 91*, Jayawardene 8*)
Atapattu's 100 in 217 minutes from 175 balls, (16x4)

Day 3
Sri Lanka's 250 in 278 minutes from 68.3 overs (Atapattu 114*, Tillakaratne 6*)
Sri Lanka's 300 in 362 minutes from 84.4 overs (Tillakaratne 28*, Samaraweera 24*)
Lunch: Sri Lanka 308/5 (Tillakaratne 31*, Samaraweera 28*, 90 overs)
Sri Lanka's 350 in 442 minutes from 104.5 overs (Tillakaratne 42*, Vaas 15*)
Tillakaratne's 50 in 197 minutes from 137 balls, (6x4)
Sri Lanka's 400 in 514 minutes from 121.4 overs (Tillakaratne 69*, Muralitharan 7*)
Australia's 50 from 74 minutes after 16 overs (Langer 18*, Ponting 5*)

Day 4
Australia's 100 in 131 minutes from 28.2 overs (Langer 43, Katich 0*)
Langer's 50 in 137 minutes 92 balls, (4x6, 6x1)
Australia's 150 in 188 minutes 42.4 overs (Langer 77*, Katich 12*)
Langer's 100 in 225 minutes 156 balls, (4x9, 6x1)
Australia's 200 in 275 minutes 64.3 overs (Langer 113*, Katich 23*)
Australia's 250 in 325 minutes 75.1 overs (Langer 138*, Katich 41*)
Tea: Australia 263/5 (Langer 140*, Katich 49*, 81 overs)
Katich's 50 in 221 minetus 153 balls (4x4)* Australia 300 in 88.4 overs
Australia 350 in 101.3 overs

Day 5
Sri Lanka's 50 in 72 minutes from 18 overs (Jayasuriya 36*, Samaraweera 0*)
Jayasuriya's 50 in 125 minutes from 82 balls, (7x4)
Sri Lanka's 100 in 147 minutes from 33.4 overs (Samaraweera 30*, Jayawardene 0*)
Sri Lanka's 150 in 220 minutes from 44 overs (Samaraweera 49*, Jayawardene 29*)
Samaraweera's 50 in 158 minutes from 117 balls, (4x4)
Sri Lanka's 200 in 273 minutes from 68.3 overs (Dilshan 7*, Tillekaratne 0*)
Australia took the new ball after 81 overs (244/6)

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