Sri Lanka v Australia
2nd Test · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 26 Dec 2012 – 28 Dec 2012
Australia won by an innings and 201 runs
Sri Lanka 1st innings15643.4 overs
Australia 1st innings460134.4 overs
Sri Lanka 2nd innings103/724.2 overs
Sri Lanka 1st innings 156 (43.4 ov)
Fall of wickets: 13-1 (FDM Karunaratne, 3.4 ov), 19-2 (TM Dilshan, 6.3 ov), 37-3 (DPMD Jayawardene, 12.3 ov), 79-4 (TT Samaraweera, 25.3 ov), 99-5 (AD Mathews, 30.4 ov), 134-6 (HAPW Jayawardene, 38.1 ov), 134-7 (KTGD Prasad, 38.2 ov), 147-8 (KC Sangakkara, 40.3 ov), 156-9 (HMRKB Herath, 43.2 ov), 156-10 (UWMBCA Welegedara, 43.4 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 13 | 22 | FDM Karunaratne 5, TM Dilshan 7 |
| 2 | 6 | 17 | TM Dilshan 4, KC Sangakkara 0 |
| 3 | 18 | 36 | KC Sangakkara 12, DPMD Jayawardene 3 |
| 4 | 42 | 78 | KC Sangakkara 31, TT Samaraweera 10 |
| 5 | 20 | 31 | KC Sangakkara 3, AD Mathews 15 |
| 6 | 35 | 45 | KC Sangakkara 10, HAPW Jayawardene 24 |
| 7 | 0 | 1 | KC Sangakkara 0, KTGD Prasad 0 |
| 8 | 13 | 13 | KC Sangakkara 2, HMRKB Herath 9 |
| 9 | 9 | 17 | HMRKB Herath 5, RMS Eranga 4 |
| 10 | 0 | 2 | RMS Eranga 0, UWMBCA Welegedara 0 |
Australia 1st innings 460 (134.4 ov)
| Batter | | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|
| EJM Cowan | c DPMD Jayawardene b KTGD Prasad | 36 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 43.9 |
| DA Warner | c KTGD Prasad b AD Mathews | 62 | 46 | 6 | 1 | 134.8 |
| PJ Hughes | run out (TM Dilshan/KC Sangakkara) | 10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 55.6 |
| SR Watson | c TT Samaraweera b KTGD Prasad | 83 | 198 | 8 | 1 | 41.9 |
| MJ Clarke | c DPMD Jayawardene b RMS Eranga | 106 | 187 | 14 | 0 | 56.7 |
| MEK Hussey | c HMRKB Herath b TM Dilshan | 34 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 50.0 |
| MS Wade | c RMS Eranga b KTGD Prasad | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| MG Johnson | not out | 92 | 150 | 7 | 0 | 61.3 |
| PM Siddle | c DPMD Jayawardene b RMS Eranga | 13 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 43.3 |
| NM Lyon | c LD Chandimal b AD Mathews | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7.1 |
| JM Bird | b RMS Eranga | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Extras | | 22 | |
| Total | all out, 134.4 overs | 460 | |
Fall of wickets: 95-1 (DA Warner, 17.3 ov), 117-2 (PJ Hughes, 22.6 ov), 117-3 (EJM Cowan, 23.6 ov), 311-4 (MJ Clarke, 87.4 ov), 313-5 (SR Watson, 88.6 ov), 315-6 (MS Wade, 90.4 ov), 376-7 (MEK Hussey, 111.3 ov), 434-8 (PM Siddle, 126.2 ov), 451-9 (NM Lyon, 131.4 ov), 460-10 (JM Bird, 134.4 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 95 | 105 | EJM Cowan 30, DA Warner 62 |
| 2 | 22 | 33 | EJM Cowan 6, PJ Hughes 10 |
| 3 | 0 | 6 | EJM Cowan 0, SR Watson 0 |
| 4 | 194 | 382 | SR Watson 82, MJ Clarke 106 |
| 5 | 2 | 8 | SR Watson 1, MEK Hussey 1 |
| 6 | 2 | 10 | MEK Hussey 1, MS Wade 1 |
| 7 | 61 | 125 | MEK Hussey 32, MG Johnson 28 |
| 8 | 58 | 89 | MG Johnson 39, PM Siddle 13 |
| 9 | 17 | 32 | MG Johnson 16, NM Lyon 1 |
| 10 | 9 | 18 | MG Johnson 9, JM Bird 0 |
Sri Lanka 2nd innings 103/7 (24.2 ov)
Did not bat: HAPW Jayawardene, UWMBCA Welegedara
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (FDM Karunaratne, 0.3 ov), 1-2 (TM Dilshan, 0.4 ov), 3-3 (DPMD Jayawardene, 1.6 ov), 13-4 (TT Samaraweera, 5.3 ov), 74-5 (AD Mathews, 18.5 ov), 102-6 (KTGD Prasad, 23.3 ov), 103-7 (RMS Eranga, 24.2 ov)
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|
| 1 | 1 | 3 | FDM Karunaratne 1, TM Dilshan 0 |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | TM Dilshan 0, KC Sangakkara 0 |
| 3 | 2 | 8 | KC Sangakkara 1, DPMD Jayawardene 0 |
| 4 | 10 | 21 | KC Sangakkara 8, TT Samaraweera 1 |
| 5 | 61 | 80 | KC Sangakkara 18, AD Mathews 35 |
| 6 | 28 | 28 | KTGD Prasad 15, HMRKB Herath 10 |
| 7 | 1 | 5 | HMRKB Herath 1, RMS Eranga 0 |
Match details
- Toss
- Sri Lanka, chose to bat
- Season
- 2012/13
- Umpires
- Aleem Dar, NJ Llong
- Match referee
- BC Broad