31/08Result
Final (D/N), Aiwa Cup at Colombo, Aug 31 1999
Sri Lanka won by 8 wkts (63b rem)
Player of the Match
Romesh KaluwitharanaSri Lanka
31/08Result
Final (D/N), Aiwa Cup at Colombo, Aug 31 1999
Sri Lanka won by 8 wkts (63b rem)
Player of the Match
Romesh KaluwitharanaSri Lanka

  • Australia Innings

    BATSMEN
    R
    B
    4s
    6s
    SR
    AC Gilchrist †
    21
    16
    4
    0
    131.25
    6 ball is pitched up just outside the off stump, Gilchrist driving and not getting to the pitch of the ball, splices it high into the air and a safe catch taken by the cover fielder 37/1
    ME Waugh
    32
    52
    4
    0
    61.53
    17 fantastic delivery, gives it some air, the off spinner grabs the pitch, keeps low and crashes into the off stump, Waugh cutting over the top of it 74/2
    RT Ponting
    18
    37
    0
    0
    48.64
    17.2 cut down behind point, very risky second, flat direct throw from the deep backward point, looks like de Saram, Moving Picture umpire needed to judge, it's shown that the bat is on the line as Kalu breaks the stumps 75/3
    DS Lehmann
    21
    34
    0
    0
    61.76
    31.3 another poor innings from Lehmann, frustrated by the pace of the pitch, pulled straight down the wicket, down the bowler's throat 126/4
    SR Waugh (c)
    43
    68
    3
    0
    63.23
    36.1 one step down the pitch, going for the off drive, misses, off break turns into the stumps, out you go 144/6
    MG Bevan
    0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    31.4 lazy walk down the crease, plays inside it, leggie collects the off stump, would've been stumped anyway, there'll be no red ink today 126/5
    A Symonds
    not out
    22
    39
    0
    0
    56.41
    SK Warne
    21
    32
    0
    0
    65.62
    44.2 cross bat shot down the ground, looking for the long on boundary, top running catch by Silva on the boundary rope 178/7
    JN Gillespie
    14
    16
    0
    1
    87.5
    48.3 stepping across the stumps, Arnold pitches it up, yorker length in fact, Gillespie misses an improvised low pull, into the leg stump 197/8
    DW Fleming
    0
    4
    0
    0
    0
    49.2 Fleming goes the big heave ho, big miss outside the off stump, to the keeper, TV called, TV dismisses 198/9
    GD McGrath
    1
    3
    0
    0
    33.33
    50 didn't turn, ball keeps low, Kalu with yet another stumping, McGrath looking to put the ball into the Indian Ocean 202/10
    Extras
    9 (lb 3, nb 3, w 3)
    TOTAL
    202 all out (50 Overs, RR: 4.04)
    Fall of wickets: 1-37 (Adam Gilchrist, 5.6 ov), 2-74 (Mark Waugh, 16.6 ov), 3-75 (Ricky Ponting, 17.2 ov), 4-126 (Darren Lehmann, 31.3 ov), 5-126 (Michael Bevan, 31.4 ov), 6-144 (Steve Waugh, 36.1 ov), 7-178 (Shane Warne, 44.2 ov), 8-197 (Jason Gillespie, 48.3 ov), 9-198 (Damien Fleming, 49.2 ov), 10-202 (Glenn McGrath, 49.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEconWDNB
    DNT Zoysa703104.4212
    RP Arnold804225.2510
    GP Wickramasinghe80241300
    M Muralidaran1013623.601
    UDU Chandana1003323.300
    ST Jayasuriya703324.7110

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