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Test No. 2005

Australia Tour of Sri Lanka 2011
2011-12 season
Sri Lanka vs Australia - 1st Test
31 August - 03 September, 2011 (5-day match)

Australia led the 3-match series 1-0

Venue : Galle International Stadium
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Australia won by 125 runs


Australia 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Shane Watson c Jayawardene b Herath
22 
19 
5 
0
115.79 
»
 Phillip Hughes c Paranavitana b Lakmal
12 
31 
2 
0
38.71 
»
 Ricky Ponting c Mathews b Herath
44 
83 
6 
0
53.01 
»
 Michael Clarke lbw b Herath
23 
45 
2 
0
51.11 
»
 Michael Hussey lbw b Dilshan
95 
177 
7 
3
53.67 
»
 Usman Khawaja b Welegedara
21 
58 
0 
0
36.21 
»
 Brad Haddin c Paranavitana b Randiv
24 
46 
3 
1
52.17 
»
 Mitchell Johnson c Jayawardene b Lakmal
14 
33 
1 
0
42.42 
»
 Ryan Harris lbw b Lakmal
1 
5 
0 
0
20.00 
»
 Trent Copeland c Paranavitana b Randiv
12 
16 
3 
0
75.00 
»
 Nathan Lyon Not Out
0 
7 
0 
0
0.00 
Extras B 3, LB 2
5
Total : (all out in 86.4 overs)
273
 RR : 3.15

Fall of wickets : 1-28 (Watson, 6.1 ov), 2-36 (Hughes, 9.4 ov), 3-91 (Clarke, 24.5 ov), 4-112 (Ponting, 36.2 ov), 5-157 (Khawaja, 53.2 ov), 6-205 (Haddin, 67.3 ov), 7-234 (Johnson, 76.4 ov), 8-236 (Harris, 78.1 ov), 9-251 (Copeland, 81.6 ov), 10-273 (Hussey, 86.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Chanaka Welegedara
15
5 
61 
1
4.07
0
0
»
 Suranga Lakmal
17
2 
55 
3
3.24
0
0
»
 Rangana Herath
24
3 
54 
3
2.25
0
0
»
 Suraj Randiv
21
2 
76 
2
3.62
0
0
»
 Tillakaratne Dilshan
9
 .4
1 
22 
1
2.28
0
0

Sri Lanka 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Tharanga Paranavitana lbw b Watson
29 
115 
3 
0
25.22 
»
 Tillakaratne Dilshan c Ponting b Copeland
4 
2 
1 
0
200.00 
»
 Kumar Sangakkara c Clarke b Lyon
10 
40 
1 
0
25.00 
»
 Mahela Jayawardene run out
11 
29 
2 
0
37.93 
»
 Thilan Samaraweera lbw b Watson
26 
63 
2 
0
41.27 
»
 Prasanna Jayawardene lbw b Watson
0 
4 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Angelo Mathews b Lyon
5 
19 
0 
0
26.32 
»
 Suraj Randiv c Ponting b Lyon
9 
19 
1 
0
47.37 
»
 Rangana Herath c Johnson b Lyon
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Suranga Lakmal Not Out
2 
5 
0 
0
40.00 
»
 Chanaka Welegedara c & b Lyon
1 
4 
0 
0
25.00 
Extras LB 4, W 1, N 3
8
Total : (all out in 50.0 overs)
105
 RR : 2.10

Fall of wickets : 1-4 (Dilshan, 1.2 ov), 2-24 (Sangakkara, 15.1 ov), 3-44 (DPMD Jayawardene, 23.1 ov), 4-87 (Samaraweera, 40.1 ov), 5-87 (HAPW Jayawardene, 40.5 ov), 6-88 (Paranavitana, 42.4 ov), 7-100 (Mathews, 47.1 ov), 8-100 (Herath, 47.3 ov), 9-103 (Randiv, 49.1 ov), 10-105 (Welegedara, 49.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Ryan Harris
8
5 
6 
0
0.75
0
1
»
 Trent Copeland
12
3 
24 
1
2.00
0
0
»
 Mitchell Johnson
9
1 
26 
0
2.89
2
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
15
3 
34 
5
2.27
0
0
»
 Shane Watson
6
1 
11 
3
1.83
0
0

Australia 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Shane Watson c Samaraweera b Welegedara
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Phillip Hughes lbw b Dilshan
28 
51 
3 
1
54.90 
»
 Ricky Ponting c Herath b Lakmal
4 
9 
1 
0
44.44 
»
 Michael Clarke c Jayawardene b Herath
60 
80 
7 
1
75.00 
»
 Michael Hussey c Paranavitana b Herath
15 
37 
1 
0
40.54 
»
 Usman Khawaja lbw b Welegedara
26 
68 
2 
1
38.24 
»
 Brad Haddin c Jayawardene b Herath
0 
5 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Mitchell Johnson c Jayawardene b Herath
8 
19 
0 
0
42.11 
»
 Ryan Harris c & b Herath
23 
45 
3 
0
51.11 
»
 Trent Copeland Not Out
23 
30 
4 
0
76.67 
»
 Nathan Lyon c Samaraweera b Dilshan
13 
13 
2 
0
100.00 
Extras B 4, LB 4, N 2
10
Total : (all out in 59.2 overs)
210
 RR : 3.54

Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Watson, 0.1 ov), 2-5 (Ponting, 3.2 ov), 3-61 (Hughes, 15.2 ov), 4-110 (Clarke, 29.2 ov), 5-110 (Hussey, 29.3 ov), 6-112 (Haddin, 31.2 ov), 7-130 (Johnson, 37.3 ov), 8-170 (Khawaja, 50.1 ov), 9-178 (Harris, 53.3 ov), 10-210 (Lyon, 59.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Chanaka Welegedara
6
3 
13 
2
2.17
0
0
»
 Suranga Lakmal
8
3 
23 
1
2.88
2
0
»
 Rangana Herath
23
3 
79 
5
3.43
0
0
»
 Suraj Randiv
14
3 
61 
0
4.36
0
0
»
 Tillakaratne Dilshan
8
 .2
1 
26 
2
3.12
0
0

Sri Lanka 2nd innings
(Target: 379 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Tharanga Paranavitana lbw b Harris
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Tillakaratne Dilshan b Harris
12 
18 
3 
0
66.67 
»
 Kumar Sangakkara c MEK Hussey b Watson
17 
73 
1 
0
23.29 
»
 Mahela Jayawardene b Harris
105 
231 
15 
1
45.45 
»
 Thilan Samaraweera c Haddin b Johnson
0 
14 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Prasanna Jayawardene b Harris
0 
10 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Angelo Mathews b Watson
95 
191 
13 
0
49.74 
»
 Suraj Randiv c Clarke b Johnson
0 
6 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Rangana Herath c Copeland b Harris
12 
14 
2 
0
85.71 
»
 Suranga Lakmal c Johnson b Lyon
5 
9 
1 
0
55.56 
»
 Chanaka Welegedara Not Out
4 
8 
0 
0
50.00 
Extras B 1, LB 1, W 1
3
Total : (all out in 95.5 overs)
253
 RR : 2.64

Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Paranavitana, 0.1 ov), 2-15 (Dilshan, 6.2 ov), 3-52 (Sangakkara, 24.5 ov), 4-63 (Samaraweera, 29.6 ov), 5-68 (HAPW Jayawardene, 34.3 ov), 6-210 (DPMD Jayawardene, 86.1 ov), 7-221 (Randiv, 89.1 ov), 8-242 (Herath, 92.3 ov), 9-249 (Mathews, 94.1 ov), 10-253 (Lakmal, 95.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Ryan Harris
20
5 
62 
5
3.10
0
1
»
 Trent Copeland
16
6 
20 
0
1.25
0
0
»
 Mitchell Johnson
19
6 
56 
2
2.95
0
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
19
 .5
2 
73 
1
3.68
0
0
»
 Michael Clarke
6
0 
16 
0
2.67
0
0
»
 Shane Watson
13
6 
19 
2
1.46
0
0
»
 Ricky Ponting
2
0 
5 
0
2.50
0
0

Match details
Debuts: TA Copeland, NM Lyon (Australia)
Man of the Match: MEK Hussey (Australia)
Umpires : Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and RA Kettleborough (England)
Third Umpire: AL Hill (New Zealand)
Referee : BC Broad (England)
Reserve Umpire: REJ Martinesz (Sri Lanka)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Australia 1st innings - 273 (NM Lyon 0*, 86.4 ov)
Day 2 : Australia 2nd innings - 115/6 (UT Khawaja 2*, MG Johnson 3*, 33.5 ov)
Day 3 : Sri Lanka 2nd innings - 120/5 (DPMD Jayawardene 57*, AD Mathews 32*, 52 ov)
Day 4 : Sri Lanka 2nd innings - 253 (UWMBCA Welegedara 3*, 95.5 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Sri Lanka Tillakaratne Dilshan (Capt.), Tharanga Paranavitana, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Prasanna Jayawardene (wk), Thilan Samaraweera, Angelo Mathews, Suranga Lakmal, Rangana Herath, Suraj Randiv, Chanaka Welegedara
Australia Shane Watson, Phillip Hughes, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke (Capt.), Michael Hussey, Usman Khawaja, Brad Haddin (wk), Ryan Harris, Mitchell Johnson, Trent Copeland, Nathan Lyon
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