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Australia v Sri Lanka @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
7 February 1999
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: DJ Harper, TA Prue
Third Umpire: WP Sheahan
Match Referee: PL van der Merwe
Match Result: Australia won by 43 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +1. Adam Gilchrist | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Chaminda Vaas | 154 | 129 | 191 | 14 | 4 |
| 2. Mark Waugh | b Muttiah Muralitharan | 19 | 37 | 63 | 2 | - |
| 3. Brendon Julian | c Mahela Jayawardene b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 4. Ricky Ponting | c Mahela Jayawardene b Aravinda de Silva | 61 | 64 | 84 | 3 | - |
| 5. Darren Lehmann | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Thilan Samaraweera | 27 | 27 | 21 | 1 | - |
| 6. Damien Martyn | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 18 | 20 | 25 | 1 | - |
| 7. Michael Bevan | not out | 11 | 13 | 24 | - | - |
| 8. Shane Lee | run out (Chaminda Vaas > ) | 5 | 6 | 8 | - | - |
| *9. Shane Warne | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Chaminda Vaas | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | - |
| 10. Michael Kasprowicz | not out | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 11. Glenn McGrath |
| FOW | 1-92 (Mark Waugh), 2-92 (Brendon Julian), 3-213 (Ricky Ponting), 4-253 (Darren Lehmann), 5-286 (Adam Gilchrist), 6-291 (Damien Martyn), 7-301 (Shane Lee), 8-307 (Shane Warne). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 4w, 2nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 310 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 1 | 68 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 9 | 0 | 52 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 3.4 | 1 | 15 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 10 | 0 | 55 | 1 | (2w,1nb) |
| Hashan Tillakaratne | 1.2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Thilan Samaraweera | 9 | 0 | 60 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 7 | 0 | 45 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Avishka Gunawardene | b Shane Lee | 75 | 66 | 97 | 9 | 2 |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Damien Martyn b Shane Warne | 68 | 60 | 92 | 9 | 1 |
| 3. Aravinda de Silva | c Mark Waugh b Shane Lee | 11 | 13 | 19 | 1 | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | run out (Mark Waugh > ) | 27 | 36 | 52 | 1 | - |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Adam Gilchrist b Shane Lee | 1 | 3 | 6 | - | - |
| 6. Hashan Tillakaratne | c Ricky Ponting b Shane Lee | 42 | 60 | 98 | 2 | - |
| 7. Marvan Atapattu | b Darren Lehmann | 12 | 19 | 22 | 1 | - |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | b Glenn McGrath | 14 | 15 | 20 | 1 | - |
| 9. Thilan Samaraweera | b Shane Lee | 3 | 9 | 11 | - | - |
| 10. Pramodya Wickramasinghe | c Adam Gilchrist b Glenn McGrath | 4 | 5 | 7 | - | - |
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan | not out | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-145 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 2-147 (Avishka Gunawardene), 3-164 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-166 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-200 (Mahela Jayawardene), 6-225 (Marvan Atapattu), 7-248 (Chaminda Vaas), 8-255 (Thilan Samaraweera), 9-265 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe), 267 (Hashan Tillakaratne). |
| Extras | 2b, 2lb, 1w, 4nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 47.1 ovs) 267 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Glenn McGrath | 8 | 0 | 46 | 2 | (0w,4nb) |
| Michael Kasprowicz | 8 | 0 | 45 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 8 | 1 | 51 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brendon Julian | 5 | 0 | 45 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shane Lee | 8.1 | 0 | 33 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Bevan | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Darren Lehmann | 7 | 0 | 28 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Adam Gilchrist, Mark Waugh, Brendon Julian, Ricky Ponting, Darren Lehmann, Damien Martyn, Michael Bevan, Shane Lee, Shane Warne, Michael Kasprowicz, Glenn McGrath