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Australia v Sri Lanka @ Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
2nd March 2012
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: Asad Rauf, RJ Tucker
Third Umpire: SD Fry
Match Referee: BC Broad
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 9 runs
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Mahela Jayawardene | run out (David Hussey > ) | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 | - |
| 2. Tillakaratne Dilshan | c Matthew Wade b James Pattinson | 9 | 16 | 22 | 2 | - |
| +3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Peter Forrest b James Pattinson | 64 | 93 | 113 | 3 | - |
| 4. Dinesh Chandimal | c Clint McKay b James Pattinson | 75 | 84 | 146 | 3 | 2 |
| 5. Lahiru Thirimanne | b James Pattinson | 51 | 59 | 97 | 2 | - |
| 6. Angelo Mathews | c Xavier Doherty b Daniel Christian | 5 | 8 | 10 | - | - |
| 7. Thisara Perera | c Michael Hussey b Daniel Christian | 5 | 7 | 10 | - | - |
| 8. Sachithra Senanayake | lbw b Daniel Christian | 0 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| 9. Nuwan Kulasekara | lbw b Daniel Christian | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Rangana Herath | not out | 14 | 21 | 28 | - | 1 |
| 11. Lasith Malinga | b Daniel Christian | 2 | 4 | 5 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-10 (Mahela Jayawardene), 2-17 (Tillakaratne Dilshan), 3-140 (Kumar Sangakkara), 4-186 (Dinesh Chandimal), 5-195 (Angelo Mathews), 6-206 (Thisara Perera), 7-206 (Sachithra Senanayake), 8-206 (Nuwan Kulasekara), 9-235 (Lahiru Thirimanne), 10-238 (Lasith Malinga). |
| Extras | 2b, 4lb, 2w, 0nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 50 ovs, 226 mins) 238 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| James Pattinson | 10 | 0 | 51 | 4 | (1w,0nb) |
| Ben Hilfenhaus | 7 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Clint McKay | 8 | 0 | 39 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| David Hussey | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Daniel Christian | 9 | 0 | 31 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shane Watson | 7 | 0 | 28 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Xavier Doherty | 8 | 0 | 48 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +1. Matthew Wade | lbw b Nuwan Kulasekara | 9 | 12 | 15 | 1 | - |
| 2. David Warner | c Thisara Perera b Lasith Malinga | 6 | 6 | 11 | 1 | - |
| *3. Shane Watson | b Lasith Malinga | 65 | 83 | 118 | 5 | - |
| 4. Peter Forrest | c Kumar Sangakkara b Lasith Malinga | 2 | 9 | 8 | - | - |
| 5. Michael Hussey | c Kumar Sangakkara b Lahiru Thirimanne | 29 | 56 | 79 | 3 | - |
| 6. David Hussey | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Nuwan Kulasekara | 74 | 74 | 122 | 4 | 1 |
| 7. Daniel Christian | c & b Sachithra Senanayake | 3 | 8 | 16 | - | - |
| 8. James Pattinson | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Rangana Herath | 12 | 23 | 28 | 1 | - |
| 9. Clint McKay | run out (Tillakaratne Dilshan > Kumar Sangakkara) | 6 | 8 | 9 | - | - |
| 10. Xavier Doherty | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Lasith Malinga | 7 | 15 | 32 | - | - |
| 11. Ben Hilfenhaus | not out | 0 | 2 | 7 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-16 (David Warner), 2-18 (Matthew Wade), 3-26 (Peter Forrest), 4-113 (Michael Hussey), 5-140 (Shane Watson), 6-151 (Daniel Christian), 7-178 (James Pattinson), 8-187 (Clint McKay), 9-226 (Xavier Doherty), 10-229 (David Hussey). |
| Extras | 0b, 0lb, 15w, 1nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.1 ovs, 227 mins) 229 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Lasith Malinga | 10 | 0 | 49 | 4 | (3w,0nb) |
| Nuwan Kulasekara | 9.1 | 1 | 38 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Angelo Mathews | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sachithra Senanayake | 10 | 0 | 50 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Thisara Perera | 0.5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lahiru Thirimanne | 4.1 | 0 | 25 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rangana Herath | 10 | 0 | 43 | 1 | (2w,1nb) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Matthew Wade, David Warner, Shane Watson, Peter Forrest, Michael Hussey, David Hussey, Daniel Christian, James Pattinson, Clint McKay, Xavier Doherty, Ben Hilfenhaus