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Test No. 2008

Australia Tour of Sri Lanka 2011
2011-12 season
Sri Lanka vs Australia - 3rd Test
16-20 September, 2011 (5-day match)

Australia won the 3-match series 1-0

Venue : R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first
Result : Match drawn


Australia 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Shane Watson c Dilshan b Eranga
8 
18 
1 
0
44.44 
»
 Phillip Hughes b Lakmal
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Shaun Marsh b Herath
81 
207 
7 
0
39.13 
»
 Ricky Ponting c Jayawardene b Lakmal
48 
91 
6 
0
52.75 
»
 Michael Clarke c Jayawardene b Eranga
6 
24 
1 
0
25.00 
»
 Michael Hussey b Eranga
118 
178 
12 
2
66.29 
»
 Brad Haddin c Jayawardene b Eranga
35 
57 
6 
0
61.40 
»
 Mitchell Johnson c Herath b Welegedara
8 
29 
1 
0
27.59 
»
 Peter Siddle c Paranavitana b Welegedara
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Trent Copeland c Jayawardene b Welegedara
1 
8 
0 
0
12.50 
»
 Nathan Lyon Not Out
3 
15 
0 
0
20.00 
Extras LB 4, W 1, N 3
8
Total : (all out in 104.3 overs)
316
 RR : 3.02

Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Hughes, 1.2 ov), 2-22 (Watson, 8.1 ov), 3-101 (Ponting, 35.5 ov), 4-120 (Clarke, 44.2 ov), 5-190 (Marsh, 67.3 ov), 6-265 (Haddin, 86.5 ov), 7-293 (Johnson, 96.2 ov), 8-293 (Siddle, 96.3 ov), 9-298 (Copeland, 98.3 ov), 10-316 (MEK Hussey, 104.3 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Chanaka Welegedara
21
6 
75 
3
3.57
0
0
»
 Suranga Lakmal
21
3 
60 
2
2.86
3
0
»
 Shaminda Eranga
23
 .3
6 
65 
4
2.77
0
1
»
 Rangana Herath
27
5 
78 
1
2.89
0
0
»
 Tillakaratne Dilshan
12
0 
34 
0
2.83
0
0

Sri Lanka 1st innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Tharanga Paranavitana c Ponting b Johnson
46 
101 
5 
0
45.54 
»
 Lahiru Thirimanne b Siddle
28 
80 
2 
0
35.00 
»
 Kumar Sangakkara c Haddin b Siddle
79 
176 
10 
0
44.89 
»
 Mahela Jayawardene c Haddin b Watson
51 
120 
9 
0
42.50 
»
 Tillakaratne Dilshan c Haddin b Copeland
83 
131 
14 
0
63.36 
»
 Angelo Mathews Not Out
105 
269 
10 
0
39.03 
»
 Prasanna Jayawardene c Clarke b Copeland
47 
86 
3 
2
54.65 
»
 Shaminda Eranga b Siddle
12 
39 
2 
0
30.77 
»
 Rangana Herath lbw b Siddle
3 
17 
0 
0
17.65 
»
 Chanaka Welegedara run out
1 
8 
0 
0
12.50 
»
 Suranga Lakmal b Johnson
13 
18 
3 
0
72.22 
Extras B 1, LB 2, N 2
5
Total : (all out in 174.0 overs)
473
 RR : 2.72

Fall of wickets : 1-56 (Thirimanne, 25.4 ov), 2-97 (Paranavitana, 35.6 ov), 3-198 (DPMD Jayawardene, 76.4 ov), 4-210 (Sangakkara, 81.4 ov), 5-331 (Dilshan, 117.3 ov), 6-412 (HAPW Jayawardene, 145.1 ov), 7-436 (Eranga, 157.6 ov), 8-444 (Herath, 163.4 ov), 9-450 (Welegedara, 166.2 ov), 10-473 (Lakmal, 173.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Trent Copeland
40
10 
93 
2
2.33
0
0
»
 Peter Siddle
35
8 
91 
4
2.60
2
0
»
 Mitchell Johnson
35
6 
122 
2
3.49
0
0
»
 Shane Watson
26
8 
54 
1
2.08
0
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
34
5 
91 
0
2.68
0
0
»
 Michael Hussey
2
1 
5 
0
2.50
0
0
»
 Ricky Ponting
2
0 
14 
0
7.00
0
0

Australia 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Shane Watson lbw b Herath
21 
33 
4 
0
63.64 
»
 Phillip Hughes c Thirimanne b Herath
126 
220 
16 
1
57.27 
»
 Shaun Marsh c Thirimanne b Herath
18 
56 
1 
0
32.14 
»
 Ricky Ponting c Jayawardene b Herath
28 
80 
3 
0
35.00 
»
 Michael Clarke c Paranavitana b Herath
112 
178 
14 
3
62.92 
»
 Michael Hussey c Welegedara b Dilshan
93 
138 
11 
1
67.39 
»
 Brad Haddin c Lakmal b Herath
30 
62 
4 
0
48.39 
»
 Mitchell Johnson c Eranga b Welegedara
4 
6 
1 
0
66.67 
»
 Peter Siddle lbw b Herath
26 
34 
4 
0
76.47 
»
 Trent Copeland c Paranavitana b Eranga
3 
23 
0 
0
13.04 
»
 Nathan Lyon Not Out
1 
7 
0 
0
14.29 
Extras B 5, LB 11, W 6, N 4
26
Total : (all out in 138.5 overs)
488
 RR : 3.52

Fall of wickets : 1-62 (Watson, 11.5 ov), 2-122 (Marsh, 31.6 ov), 3-188 (Ponting, 55.5 ov), 4-220 (Hughes, 73.6 ov), 5-396 (Clarke, 111.6 ov), 6-448 (Hussey, 123.5 ov), 7-452 (Johnson, 124.6 ov), 8-471 (Haddin, 131.4 ov), 9-486 (Siddle, 135.6 ov), 10-488 (Copeland, 138.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Shaminda Eranga
18
 .5
2 
62 
1
3.29
1
1
»
 Suranga Lakmal
22
2 
86 
0
3.91
3
1
»
 Chanaka Welegedara
24
3 
88 
1
3.67
0
0
»
 Rangana Herath
52
11 
157 
7
3.02
0
0
»
 Tillakaratne Dilshan
19
0 
62 
1
3.26
0
0
»
 Lahiru Thirimanne
1
0 
7 
0
7.00
0
0
»
 Tharanga Paranavitana
2
0 
10 
0
5.00
0
0

Sri Lanka 2nd innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Tharanga Paranavitana Not Out
2 
6 
0 
0
33.33 
»
 Lahiru Thirimanne Not Out
4 
6 
1 
0
66.67 
Extras W 1
1
Total : (0 wickets in 2.0 overs)
7
 RR : 3.50

did not bat: Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Prasanna Jayawardene, Angelo Mathews, Shaminda Eranga, Rangana Herath, Suranga Lakmal, Chanaka Welegedara


Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Trent Copeland
1
0 
3 
0
3.00
0
1
»
 Nathan Lyon
1
0 
4 
0
4.00
0
0

Match details
Debuts: RMS Eranga (Sri Lanka)
Man of the Match: MEK Hussey (Australia)
Man of the Series : MEK Hussey (Australia)
Umpires : AL Hill (New Zealand) and Aleem Dar (Pakistan)
Third Umpire: RA Ketteleborough (England)
Referee : BC Broad (England)
Reserve Umpire: EAR de Silva (Sri Lanka)
Close of Play
Day 1 : Australia 1st innings - 235/5 (MEK Hussey 63*, BJ Haddin 21*, 81.2 ov)
Day 2 : Sri Lanka 1st innings - 166/2 (KC Sangakkara 61*, DPMD Jayawardene 31*, 65 ov)
Day 3 : Sri Lanka 1st innings - 428/6 (AD Mathews 85*, RMS Eranga 5*, 155 ov)
Day 4 : Australia 2nd innings - 209/3 (PJ Hughes 122*, MJ Clarke 8*, 68 ov)
Day 5 : Sri Lanka 2nd innings - 7/0 (NT Paranavitana 2*, HDRL Thirimanne 4*, 2 ov) - end of match

Teams:
Sri Lanka Tharanga Paranavitana, Tillakaratne Dilshan (Capt.), Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Lahiru Thirimanne, Prasanna Jayawardene (wk), Angelo Mathews, Shaminda Eranga, Rangana Herath, Suranga Lakmal, Chanaka Welegedara
Australia Brad Haddin (wk), Shane Watson, Ricky Ponting, Phillip Hughes, Michael Clarke (Capt.), Michael Hussey, Shaun Marsh, Peter Siddle, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Johnson, Trent Copeland
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