Australia v Sri Lanka
Super Sixes · SuperSport Park, Centurion · 7 Mar 2003
Australia won by 96 runs
Australia innings319/550 overs
Sri Lanka innings223/947.4 overs · target 320
The worm
AustraliaSri Lanka
Cumulative runs after each over. Dots mark overs in which wickets fell.
Runs per over
Australiawicket
Sri Lankawicket
Australia innings 319/5 (50 ov)
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Gilchrist | run out (WPUJC Vaas) | 99 | 88 | 14 | 2 | 112.5 |
| ML Hayden | c HP Tillakaratne b M Muralitharan | 22 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 64.7 |
| RT Ponting | c KC Sangakkara b CRD Fernando | 114 | 109 | 8 | 4 | 104.6 |
| DR Martyn | b CRD Fernando | 52 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 89.7 |
| DS Lehmann | c PA de Silva b CRD Fernando | 10 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| IJ Harvey | not out | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 166.7 |
| MG Bevan | not out | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | 16 | |||||
| Total | 5 wickets, 50 overs | 319 | ||||
Did not bat: AJ Bichel, B Lee, GD McGrath, GB Hogg
Fall of wickets: 75-1 (ML Hayden, 12.2 ov), 181-2 (AC Gilchrist, 29.5 ov), 293-3 (RT Ponting, 45.4 ov), 313-4 (DR Martyn, 49.1 ov), 314-5 (DS Lehmann, 49.3 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WPUJC Vaas | 8 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 7.38 | 26 | 1 | 6 |
| PW Gunaratne | 6 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 7.67 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| PA de Silva | 5 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 7.20 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| M Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 4.70 | 32 | 1 | 1 |
| RP Arnold | 2 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 10.50 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| CRD Fernando | 9 | 0 | 47 | 3 | 5.22 | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| ST Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 5.90 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 75 | 74 | AC Gilchrist 45, ML Hayden 22 |
| 2 | 106 | 105 | AC Gilchrist 54, RT Ponting 47 |
| 3 | 112 | 95 | RT Ponting 67, DR Martyn 42 |
| 4 | 20 | 21 | DR Martyn 10, DS Lehmann 10 |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | DS Lehmann 0, IJ Harvey 1 |
| Unbroken | 5 | 3 | IJ Harvey 4, MG Bevan 1 |
Sri Lanka innings 223/9 (47.4 ov)
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MS Atapattu | c & b B Lee | 16 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 66.7 |
| ST Jayasuriya | retired hurt | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 |
| HP Tillakaratne | b GD McGrath | 21 | 41 | 3 | 0 | 51.2 |
| DPMD Jayawardene | c AC Gilchrist b B Lee | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| PA de Silva | c & b GB Hogg | 92 | 94 | 9 | 4 | 97.9 |
| RP Arnold | lbw b B Lee | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| KC Sangakkara | run out (GB Hogg) | 20 | 38 | 2 | 0 | 52.6 |
| WPUJC Vaas | lbw b GB Hogg | 21 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 46.7 |
| M Muralitharan | c B Lee b DS Lehmann | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 80.0 |
| CRD Fernando | lbw b GD McGrath | 9 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 69.2 |
| PW Gunaratne | not out | 15 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | 23 | |||||
| Total | 9 wickets, 47.4 overs | 223 | ||||
Fall of wickets: 42-1 (MS Atapattu, 9.5 ov), 46-2 (DPMD Jayawardene, 11.2 ov), 47-3 (HP Tillakaratne, 12.3 ov), 48-4 (RP Arnold, 13.3 ov), 100-5 (KC Sangakkara, 26.1 ov), 144-6 (WPUJC Vaas, 36.4 ov), 149-7 (M Muralitharan, 37.4 ov), 203-8 (PA de Silva, 44.1 ov), 223-9 (CRD Fernando, 47.4 ov)
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Dots | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GD McGrath | 9.4 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 2.59 | 45 | 3 | 0 |
| B Lee | 10 | 1 | 52 | 3 | 5.20 | 42 | 2 | 3 |
| IJ Harvey | 7 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 4.14 | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| AJ Bichel | 7 | 1 | 32 | 0 | 4.57 | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| GB Hogg | 9 | 1 | 45 | 2 | 5.00 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| DS Lehmann | 5 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 5.20 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Partnerships
| Wicket | Runs | Balls | Batters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 42 | 59 | MS Atapattu 16, ST Jayasuriya 1 |
| 2 | 4 | 9 | HP Tillakaratne 4, DPMD Jayawardene 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 7 | HP Tillakaratne 0, PA de Silva 0 |
| 4 | 1 | 6 | PA de Silva 0, RP Arnold 1 |
| 5 | 52 | 76 | PA de Silva 26, KC Sangakkara 20 |
| 6 | 44 | 63 | PA de Silva 17, WPUJC Vaas 21 |
| 7 | 5 | 6 | PA de Silva 1, M Muralitharan 4 |
| 8 | 54 | 39 | PA de Silva 48, CRD Fernando 4 |
| 9 | 20 | 21 | CRD Fernando 5, PW Gunaratne 15 |
Match details
- Toss
- Australia, chose to bat
- Player of the match
- RT Ponting
- Ground
- SuperSport Park, South Africa
- Season
- 2002/03
- Umpires
- BF Bowden, DR Shepherd
- Match referee
- MJ Procter
- Source
- Cricsheet match 65275