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ODI No. 1991

2003 Cricket World Cup
2002-03 season
Australia vs Sri Lanka - 1st Semi-final
Tuesday March 18, 2003 (50-over match)

Australia reached into final

Venue : St George's Park, Port Elizabeth
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Australia won by 48 runs (D/L method)


Australia innings
(50 overs maximum)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Adam Gilchrist c Sangakkara b de Silva
22 
20 
2 
1
110.00 
»
 Matthew Hayden c Tillakaratne b Vaas
20 
38 
2 
0
52.63 
»
 Ricky Ponting c ST Jayasuriya b Vaas
2 
8 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Darren Lehmann b ST Jayasuriya
36 
66 
2 
0
54.55 
»
 Andrew Symonds Not Out
91 
118 
7 
1
77.12 
»
 Michael Bevan c Sangakkara b ST Jayasuriya
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Brad Hogg st Sangakkara b de Silva
8 
19 
0 
0
42.11 
»
 Ian Harvey c Sangakkara b Vaas
7 
10 
0 
0
70.00 
»
 Andy Bichel Not Out
19 
21 
0 
1
90.48 
Extras LB 3, W 3, N 1
7
Total : (7 wickets in 50.0 overs)
212
 RR : 4.24

did not bat: Brett Lee, Glenn McGrath

Fall of wickets : 1-34 (Gilchrist, 5.2 ov), 2-37 (Ponting, 6.5 ov), 3-51 (Hayden, 12.2 ov), 4-144 (Lehmann, 34.6 ov), 5-144 (Bevan, 36.1 ov), 6-158 (Hogg, 40.3 ov), 7-175 (Harvey, 43.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Chaminda Vaas
10
1 
34 
3
3.40
1
1
»
 Pulasthi Gunaratne
8
0 
60 
0
7.50
0
1
»
 Aravinda de Silva
10
0 
36 
2
3.60
0
1
»
 Muttiah Muralitharan
10
0 
29 
0
2.90
0
0
»
 Sanath Jayasuriya
10
0 
42 
2
4.20
0
0
»
 Russel Arnold
2
0 
8 
0
4.00
0
0

Sri Lanka innings
(Target: 172 runs in 38.1 overs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Marvan Atapattu b Lee
14 
17 
3 
0
82.35 
»
 Sanath Jayasuriya c Symonds b McGrath
17 
24 
0 
1
70.83 
»
 Hashan Tillakaratne c Gilchrist b Lee
3 
15 
0 
0
20.00 
»
 Avishka Gunawardene c Ponting b Lee
1 
4 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Aravinda de Silva run out
11 
16 
2 
0
68.75 
»
 Kumar Sangakkara Not Out
39 
70 
3 
0
55.71 
»
 Mahela Jayawardene c Gilchrist b Hogg
5 
8 
1 
0
62.50 
»
 Russel Arnold c Lee b Hogg
3 
27 
0 
0
11.11 
»
 Chaminda Vaas Not Out
21 
50 
1 
1
42.00 
Extras B 4, LB 1, W 2, N 2
9
Total : (7 wickets in 38.1 overs)
123
 RR : 3.22

did not bat: Muttiah Muralitharan, Pulasthi Gunaratne

Fall of wickets : 1-21 (Atapattu, 3.6 ov), 2-37 (Jayasuriya, 8.5 ov), 3-37 (Tillakaratne, 9.3 ov), 4-43 (Gunawardene, 11.2 ov), 5-51 (de Silva, 13.1 ov), 6-60 (DPMD Jayawardene, 16.1 ov), 7-76 (Arnold, 24.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Glenn McGrath
7
1 
20 
1
2.86
0
0
»
 Brett Lee
8
0 
35 
3
4.38
2
2
»
 Andrew Symonds
10
4 
18 
0
1.80
0
0
»
 Brad Hogg
10
1 
30 
2
3.00
0
0
»
 Ian Harvey
2
 .1
0 
11 
0
5.08
0
0
»
 Darren Lehmann
1
0 
4 
0
4.00
0
0

Match details
Man of the Match: A Symonds (Australia)
Umpires : RE Koertzen (South Africa) and DR Shepherd (England)
Third Umpire: BF Bowden (New Zealand)
Referee : CH Lloyd (West Indies)
Reserve Umpire: Aleem Dar (Pakistan)

Teams:
Australia Adam Gilchrist (wk), Ricky Ponting (Capt.), Matthew Hayden, Darren Lehmann, Andrew Symonds, Brad Hogg, Michael Bevan, Andy Bichel, Ian Harvey, Brett Lee, Glenn McGrath
Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu, Sanath Jayasuriya (Capt.), Hashan Tillakaratne, Avishka Gunawardene, Aravinda de Silva, Kumar Sangakkara (wk), Russel Arnold, Mahela Jayawardene, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Pulasthi Gunaratne
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