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ODI no. 2313

VB Series - 1st match
Australia v Sri Lanka

2005/06 season

Played at Docklands Stadium, Melbourne, on 13 January 2006 - day/night (50-over match)

Result Australia won by 116 runs


Australia innings (50 overs maximum)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AC Gilchrist	lbw b Perera	13	23	14	2	0	92.85
	SM Katich	run out (Dilshan)	60	112	78	5	0	76.92
	RT Ponting	b Perera	13	35	18	0	1	72.22
	DR Martyn	b Fernando	70	111	64	5	2	109.37
	A Symonds	c Dilshan b Mubarak	66	64	61	5	4	108.19
	MJ Clarke	not out	45	49	38	3	1	118.42
	MEK Hussey	not out	34	43	30	3	0	113.33
	Extras	(lb 8, w 6, nb 3)	17

	Total	(5 wickets; 50 overs; 221 mins)	318	(6.36 runs per over)

Did not bat JR Hopes, B Lee, NW Bracken, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets1-25 (Gilchrist, 5.1 ov), 2-58 (Ponting, 11.6 ov), 3-132 (Katich, 23.4 ov), 4-238 (Martyn, 38.2 ov), 5-238 (Symonds, 39.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	10	0	73	0	7.30	(1nb)
PDRL Perera	10	0	45	2	4.50	(2nb)
CRD Fernando	10	0	60	1	6.00	(2w)
M Muralitharan	10	1	67	0	6.70	(2w)
TM Dilshan	8	0	55	0	6.87	(1w)
J Mubarak	2	0	10	1	5.00


Sri Lanka innings (target: 319 runs from 50 overs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	WU Tharanga	b Lee	2	1	2	0	0	100.00
	J Mubarak	c Ponting b Lee	1	15	4	0	0	25.00
	MG Vandort	run out (Ponting/Symonds)	48	147	117	3	0	41.02
	KC Sangakkara	c Martyn b Bracken	16	35	31	2	0	51.61
	TM Dilshan	b Bracken	29	66	37	3	0	78.37
	DPMD Jayawardene	c & b Hopes	50	60	47	4	0	106.38
	MS Atapattu	c Katich b Hogg	9	8	11	0	0	81.81
	RP Arnold	not out	27	40	36	1	0	75.00
	WPUJC Vaas	not out	7	19	15	0	0	46.66
	Extras	(b 1, lb 4, w 8)	13

	Total	(7 wickets; 50 overs; 199 mins)	202	(4.04 runs per over)

Did not bat PDRL Perera, CRD Fernando

Fall of wickets1-2 (Tharanga, 0.2 ov), 2-11 (Mubarak, 2.4 ov), 3-32 (Sangakkara, 10.6 ov), 4-93 (Dilshan, 27.1 ov), 5-118 (Vandort, 35.1 ov), 6-137 (Atapattu, 38.1 ov), 7-176 (Jayawardene, 44.2 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
B Lee	7	0	29	2	4.14	(4w)
GD McGrath	9	1	29	0	3.22	(1w)
NW Bracken	8	2	11	2	1.37
JR Hopes	9	1	35	1	3.88	(1w)
GB Hogg	10	0	57	1	5.70	(2w)
A Symonds	4	0	20	0	5.00
MJ Clarke	3	0	16	0	5.33

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to field first
Points Australia 5, Sri Lanka 0

ODI debut MG Vandort (Sri Lanka)
Australia replacement GB Hogg for DR Martyn (Sri Lanka innings, 24.0 ov)
Sri Lanka replacement MG Vandort for M Muralitharan (Sri Lanka innings, 0.2 ov)
Player of the match A Symonds (Australia)

Umpires MR Benson (England) and SJA Taufel
TV umpire RL Parry
Match referee JJ Crowe (New Zealand)

Match notes

4th Umpire - JD Ward
Australia innings
Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
Australia: 50 runs in 10.5 overs (65 balls), Extras 5
Drinks: Australia - 64/2 in 15.0 overs (SM Katich 30, DR Martyn 1)
Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
Australia: 100 runs in 18.1 overs (112 balls), Extras 8
SM Katich: 50 off 69 balls (4 x 4)
Australia: 150 runs in 27.4 overs (169 balls), Extras 9
DR Martyn: 50 off 51 balls (4 x 4, 1 x 6)
Drinks: Australia - 179/3 in 32.0 overs (DR Martyn 50, A Symonds 33)
Australia: 200 runs in 34.3 overs (213 balls), Extras 12
A Symonds: 50 off 48 balls (3 x 4, 3 x 6)
Australia: 250 runs in 41.6 overs (260 balls), Extras 16
Australia: 300 runs in 48.6 overs (302 balls), Extras 16
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