Player of the Match
Player of the Match
  • BATSMEN
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    9.6 OUT! Second breakthrough for Sri Lanka, and no, this one isn't the outswinger to the left handers. Kulasekara pitches it on leg and gets it to straighten, which is what does Wade in. the batsman had expected that to go with the angle and played a delicate cut shot, but the ball struck him in front and the review could not save him. 37/2
    10
    18
    22
    1
    0
    55.55
    6.4 Dilshan is being mobbed by his team-mates, lovely delivery, angled in on a good length from round the stumps, pitches off, and straightens sharply to beat Warner's push and hit the stump 31/1
    not out
    138
    154
    187
    13
    1
    89.61
    26.4 would you believe it? Perera has conjured a wicket out of nowhere. Fullish ball, seemed to hang in the pitch for a moment and Bailey was too quick on the shot. He ends up lobbing that straight back to the bowler, who takes a decent catch, bending low on his follow through. 97/3
    43.6 Perera has conjured another wicket - a run out this time. Hussey hit that straight into the pitch and took off for a run that simply wasn't there, because the ball had only made it as far as the bowler. Hussey turned to return to his crease, but Perera was on target with the throw and Hussey was miles out. Decent knock there from Hussey. The end of a very good partnership. 195/4
    46.6 another slower ball, an full. Maxwell trying to smash that over the top, but he's undone by the lack of pace again, and this time the top edge sails high enough for a fielder to settle under it at extra cover. 218/5
    not out
    9
    9
    13
    0
    0
    100.00
    Extras
    7 (lb 2, w 5)
    TOTAL
    247/5 (50 Overs, RR: 4.94)
    Fall of wickets: 1-31 (David Warner, 6.4 ov), 2-37 (Matthew Wade, 9.6 ov), 3-97 (George Bailey, 26.4 ov), 4-195 (David Hussey, 43.6 ov), 5-218 (Glenn Maxwell, 46.6 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    TM Dilshan732213.14303000
    KMDN Kulasekara1015715.70263100
    AD Mathews704406.28175000
    SL Malinga1014914.90294010
    HMRKB Herath1023403.40352000
    NLTC Perera603916.50184010
  • BATSMEN
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    12.1 that was somewhat out of the blue. Seems to have stuck in the pitch more than Mahela expected. He was aiming a shot through mid off, but gets an inside edge and it lobs to mid on, who takes a simple catch. Doherty delivers the breakthrough Australia needed. 57/1
    17.3 Henriques strikes! Dislhan edges an innocuous delivery behind, and leaves Sri Lanka in trouble. He hasn't looked himself at all in this innings and has taken 48 balls for 19. Pressure on the young middle order now, and Australia will feel they are on top now, the way the pitch is playing. 71/3
    14.3 poor option from Thirimanne, and Sri Lanka are throwing away a decent start. He came down the pitch and tried to loft that over midwicket, only he hit it too straight and David Hussey at long on ran around to swallow it. It was the result of some good pressure, but he will feel that that shot wasn't called for, so early in his innings 62/2
    20.4 timber! Chandimal had no idea about that one. Pitched on off stump and straightened, and the batsman was nowhere near it. Went on to hit middle and off. The situation is quickly getting dire for the visitors. 77/4
    44.1 Gone! And that could be it for Sri Lanka! Slower ball bouncer from Johnson and Mathews can't time that one. Lobs off the splice to midwicket, who completes an easy take. 187/7
    31.1 gone! Johnson gets one to bounce a little more than they have and Perera gets a big top edge as he tries to work that into the leg side. David Warner at mid wicket waits for an eternity for it to come down, and takes the catch comfortably. Another big blow and Sri Lanka are sliding quickly here. 108/5
    43.5 bowled him! Australia really needed that, Sri Lanka didn't. Mendis was on the charge, but Henriques went full and fast and hit the base of middle and leg. Moises is pumped. 187/6
    45.1 and Perera goes! A fullish ball angled into the stumps and Perera plays all around that one, Crashes into middle stump again. 195/8
    not out
    14
    11
    22
    2
    0
    127.27
    46.5 swipes across the line and gets a big top edge, which sails to Henriques at deep square leg, who runs in to take it comfortably 200/9
    48.3 slower again, and gone. Malinga pokes at that one and it lobs off the bat and into the hands of short third man, who takes a good low catch. 215/10
    Extras
    19 (lb 12, nb 1, w 6)
    TOTAL
    215 all out (48.3 Overs, RR: 4.43)
    Fall of wickets: 1-57 (Mahela Jayawardene, 12.1 ov), 2-62 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 14.3 ov), 3-71 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 17.3 ov), 4-77 (Dinesh Chandimal, 20.4 ov), 5-108 (Kusal Perera, 31.1 ov), 6-187 (Jeevan Mendis, 43.5 ov), 7-187 (Angelo Mathews, 44.1 ov), 8-195 (Thisara Perera, 45.1 ov), 9-200 (Rangana Herath, 46.5 ov), 10-215 (Lasith Malinga, 48.3 ov)
    BowlingOMRWEcon0s4s6sWDNB
    CJ McKay9.305125.36317020
    MA Starc904805.33326031
    MG Johnson1004524.50345010
    XJ Doherty812132.62320100
    MC Henriques1013233.20362000
    GJ Maxwell20603.0070000

Match Details

Toss

Sri Lanka , elected to field first

Player Of The Match

Player Of The Series

Series result

5-match series drawn 2-2

Match number

Season

Hours of play (local time)

14.20 start, First Session 14.20-17.50, Interval 17.50-18.35, Second Session 18.35-22.05

Match days

23 January 2013 - day/night match (50-over match)

TV Umpires

Reserve Umpire

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Match Notes

  • Outgoing captain Jayawardene confident of series win

    Mahela Jayawardene has lauded the efforts of his seam bowlers in the ongoing ODI series, and is confident Sri Lanka can achieve a successive bilateral series win in Australia, having also won there in 2010

  • Hughes hundred ensures Australia draw series

    On debut, Phillip Hughes scored a century to give Australia a 1-0 lead in this series. In the final game, he made another hundred to save Australia from series defeat and salvage a 2-2 result

  • Clarke sprains ankle at training

    Australia's captain Michael Clarke is an unlikely starter for Wednesday's fifth ODI against Sri Lanka in Hobart after suffering a sprained ankle in a training mishap

Sri Lanka 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st57DPMD JayawardeneTM Dilshan
2nd5TM DilshanHDRL Thirimanne
3rd9TM DilshanLD Chandimal
4th6AD MathewsLD Chandimal
5th31AD MathewsMDKJ Perera
6th79BMAJ MendisAD Mathews
7th0AD MathewsNLTC Perera
8th8KMDN KulasekaraNLTC Perera
9th5HMRKB HerathKMDN Kulasekara
10th15SL MalingaKMDN Kulasekara