- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR49.6 bowled'im! Was the offcutter, landed on leg and cut away as he tried to pull that over midwicket, missed and the stumps were pegged back 321/623.6 An outstanding catch by Herath, for a moment it seemed Wade had struck it cleanly to send it over the ropes but it wasn't timed as well as initially thought, Herath was at long-on and Wade had enough on it to get it past him as he was standing a few yards inside the ropes, Herath though kept his eyes on the ball throughout, back-pedalled a few steps, stuck out one hand and snapped it while falling back, he made sure he caught it clean with his feet well inside the ropes, a stunning effort to bring an end to a superb opening stand 136/134.2 Watson goes, it's been a quiet Powerplay so far, that landed on leg stump, was a slower ball, tried to flick it square but ended up playing uppishly and it appeared to come off the top edge as well, Thirimanne ran in from deep square leg and took a safe catch 186/238.4 Christian goes! Reiffel upholds the appeal, bowled on a good length and it nipped back in, Christian walked into the shot, got a faint inside edge and Sangakkara dived to his left to take a good low catch 223/339.1 David Hussey's gone! Tossed up and Hussey was drawn into playing the drive, a soft dismissal in the end, pushes it straight back to the bowler who takes it sharply, timing his jump well 224/446.3 Malinga gets a wicket, finally, a slower one again and Clarke, looking to go over midwicket this time, mistimed the attempted pull and Jayawardene took a well-judged catch running to his right from midwicket 288/5Extras6 (lb 1, w 5)TOTAL321/6 (50 Overs, RR: 6.42)Fall of wickets: 1-136 (Matthew Wade, 23.6 ov), 2-186 (Shane Watson, 34.2 ov), 3-223 (Dan Christian, 38.4 ov), 4-224 (David Hussey, 39.1 ov), 5-288 (Michael Clarke, 46.3 ov), 6-321 (David Warner, 49.6 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB SL Malinga 8 0 74 1 9.25 20 6 3 3 0 KMDN Kulasekara 10 0 60 1 6 29 6 0 1 0 MF Maharoof 9 0 64 1 7.11 23 8 0 0 0 TM Dilshan 9 0 35 0 3.88 25 0 0 0 0 KTGD Prasad 7 0 51 2 7.28 19 4 2 0 0 HMRKB Herath 7 0 36 1 5.14 17 1 0 1 0
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.4 Mahela has to go, couldn't resist fishing for a good length ball outside off that moved away, was trying to glide it to third man, got a thin edge and Wade took an easy catch 39/16.6 bowled'im! Slightly wide of the crease and got it to angle in, nipped back in further as Dilshan tried to drive it through the line, it beat him through the fate and pegged back middle stump, Lee's seen off the openers 52/221.3 Under pressure to step up the scoring, Sangakkra loses his wicket, was on a good length and he stood his ground and tried to clear mid-off, mistimed it completely and Watson at mid-off took a dolly 115/416.1 strikes immediately! Short outside off, Chandimal moves away to cut that uppishly, straight into the hands of Pattinson at point, good bounce for Hussey there 93/326.1 Thirimanne's nicked it, Hussey strikes again, came round the wicket and tossed it up outside off, landed on a good length and Thirimanne went for the drive, it spun away and took a thin outside edge, Wade made no mistake 125/545.5 Tharanga goes! Is that the decisive blow? Pitched on a length and he had to go for it, strikes it well but not enough in it to take it over the ropes, David Hussey at long-on holds his nerve and takes a comfortable catch 285/830.1 David Hussey's having a wonderful time with the ball, Maharoof came down the track again to a flighted ball but couldn't get the elevation he wanted as he tried to clear midwicket, Dan Christian took a comfortable catch 144/641.4 Kula has to go back, Hussey takes four, just chipped at that one loosely, straight to extra cover who is at the edge of the circle 248/747.4 Watson has struck, Herath is dismissed as he goes for his favourite slog shot, a length delivery is struck well by Herath, but Doherty had cleverly been placed well short of the rope, it ends up as a simple catch, only one wicket in hand now, Malinga was off-colour with the ball can he redeem himself with the bat? 301/949.2 Another slower one, Malinga swings it high but not far enough and finds deep square leg where Michael Hussey judges it well, Australia win the first final. Struck that really high did Malinga, didn't get hold but he had no choice but to go for it. Clarke heaves a sigh of relief, his team was given a real scare 306/10Extras17 (b 1, lb 3, nb 2, w 11)TOTAL306 all out (49.2 Overs, RR: 6.2)Fall of wickets: 1-39 (Mahela Jayawardene, 4.4 ov), 2-52 (Tillakaratne Dilshan, 6.6 ov), 3-93 (Dinesh Chandimal, 16.1 ov), 4-115 (Kumar Sangakkara, 21.3 ov), 5-125 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 26.1 ov), 6-144 (Farveez Maharoof, 30.1 ov), 7-248 (Nuwan Kulasekara, 41.4 ov), 8-285 (Upul Tharanga, 45.5 ov), 9-301 (Rangana Herath, 47.4 ov), 10-306 (Lasith Malinga, 49.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB B Lee 9 1 59 3 6.55 25 5 1 4 1 BW Hilfenhaus 4 0 46 0 11.5 8 7 1 1 0 JL Pattinson 5 0 49 0 9.8 9 6 0 1 1 SR Watson 9.2 0 33 3 3.53 32 2 0 0 0 XJ Doherty 10 0 39 0 3.9 27 0 0 2 0 DJ Hussey 8 0 43 4 5.37 25 1 2 1 0 DT Christian 4 0 33 0 8.25 5 3 0 0 0
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- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 68 runs, 0 wicket)
- Australia: 50 runs in 6.4 overs (40 balls), Extras 5
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 40 balls (DA Warner 19, MS Wade 26, Ex 5)
- Rain: Australia - 69/0 in 10.2 overs (DA Warner 34, MS Wade 30)
- Drinks: Australia - 87/0 in 15.0 overs (DA Warner 39, MS Wade 43)
- Australia: 100 runs in 17.4 overs (106 balls), Extras 5
- MS Wade: 50 off 52 balls (3 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 1st Wicket: 100 runs in 106 balls (DA Warner 44, MS Wade 52, Ex 5)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 20.1 - 25.0 (Bowling side - 40 runs, 1 wicket)
- DA Warner: 50 off 61 balls (5 x 4)
- Australia: 150 runs in 25.5 overs (155 balls), Extras 5
- Rain: Australia - 158/1 in 28.0 overs (DA Warner 81, SR Watson 8)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 32.1 - 37.0 (Batting side - 36 runs, 1 wicket)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 61 balls (DA Warner 29, SR Watson 21, Ex 0)
- DA Warner: 100 off 111 balls (8 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Australia: 200 runs in 35.6 overs (216 balls), Extras 5
- Australia: 250 runs in 42.4 overs (256 balls), Extras 5
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 38 balls (DA Warner 18, MJ Clarke 31, Ex 1)
- DA Warner: 150 off 147 balls (13 x 4, 2 x 6)
- Australia: 300 runs in 47.6 overs (288 balls), Extras 6
- Innings Break: Australia - 321/6 in 50.0 overs (MEK Hussey 19)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 69 runs, 2 wickets)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (39 balls), Extras 4
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 93/3 in 16.1 overs (KC Sangakkara 32)
- Sri Lanka: 100 runs in 18.4 overs (112 balls), Extras 6
- Powerplay 2: Overs 20.1 - 25.0 (Bowling side - 17 runs, 1 wicket)
- Sri Lanka: 150 runs in 32.1 overs (194 balls), Extras 11
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 162/6 in 35.0 overs (WU Tharanga 22, KMDN Kulasekara 10)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 35.1 - 40.0 (Batting side - 68 runs, 0 wicket)
- 7th Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls (WU Tharanga 23, KMDN Kulasekara 28, Ex 2)
- Sri Lanka: 200 runs in 37.5 overs (229 balls), Extras 12
- KMDN Kulasekara: 50 off 33 balls (6 x 4, 1 x 6)
- 7th Wicket: 100 runs in 68 balls (WU Tharanga 26, KMDN Kulasekara 71, Ex 5)
- Sri Lanka: 250 runs in 41.6 overs (254 balls), Extras 15
- WU Tharanga: 50 off 59 balls (3 x 4)
- Sri Lanka: 300 runs in 47.1 overs (285 balls), Extras 16
Match Coverage
All Match NewsUnlikely trio give Australia scare
The fight that Upul Tharanga, Nuwan Kulasekara and Dhammika Prasad showed in Brisbane has let Australia know that the finals are not over. Sri Lanka are enjoying their tour and won't want it to end in defeat
'Work to do with Powerplay, death bowling' - Clarke
Australia have finally broken their three-tournament long run of losing the first game of the three-match final series at home, but Michael Clarke wasn't exactly thrilled
Warner corrects his ODI anomaly
He has conquered the Twenty20 format, he has surprised some with his effectiveness in Tests, and now David Warner has finally sorted out the confusion about why he had not played that big ODI innings
Hussey hits, Welegedara misses
ESPNcricinfo presents Plays of the Day for the first final of the CB Series between Australia and Sri Lanka, in Brisbane
Warner sets up 15-run victory
David Warner chose a fine time to awaken from his one-day international slumber. His first ODI century set up a 15-run victory in the first final for Australia, in Brisbane




