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6145dThe Bulletin by Brydon Coverdale at the MCG

Gilchrist fires but Sri Lanka get consolation win

Adam Gilchrist provided the fireworks but Sri Lanka's seamers had the extinguisher at the MCG, where Australia's blistering start of 0 for 107 in the 15th somehow turned into their first loss in nearly three weeks

6145dBrydon Coverdale at the MCG

Build-up to final not ideal - Ponting

Instead of taking confidence into the deciders Australia enter the finals on the back of a 13-run defeat and with their retiring star Adam Gilchrist feeling "like a bit of a goose".

6145d

Australia v Sri Lanka, 12th ODI, CB Series, Melbourne

Match home for the 12th match of the CB Series, between Australia and Sri Lanka

Australia INNINGS		R	B
AC Gilchrist	caught	83	50
JR Hopes	bowled	28	42
RT Ponting	lbw	1	11
MJ Clarke	bowled	0	11
A Symonds	caught wk	0	4
MEK Hussey	bowled	5	25
BJ Haddin	lbw	7	13
GB Hogg	lbw	21	35
B Lee	bowled	37	59
MG Johnson	caught	3	13
NW Bracken	not out	14	26
EXTRAS	(lb 3, w 6)
TOTAL	208 (all out; 48.1 ovs)

Sri Lanka BOWLING	O	M	R	W	Econ
SL Malinga	9.0	1	48	1	5.33	(2w)
KMDN Kulasekara	10.0	3	36	2	3.60
MKDI Amerasinghe	10.0	2	44	3	4.40	(1w)
M Muralidaran	10.0	0	42	2	4.20	(1w)
CK Kapugedera	6.0	0	24	1	4.00	(2w)
MDK Perera	3.0	0	11	0	3.66
ST Jayasuriya	0.1	0	0	1	0.00

Australia 2nd innings Partnerships

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	107	AC Gilchrist	JR Hopes
2nd	6	RT Ponting	AC Gilchrist
3rd	2	RT Ponting	MJ Clarke
4th	0	RT Ponting	A Symonds
5th	0	A Symonds	MEK Hussey
6th	8	MEK Hussey	BJ Haddin
7th	19	GB Hogg	MEK Hussey
8th	16	GB Hogg	B Lee
9th	15	B Lee	MG Johnson
10th	35	B Lee	NW Bracken

Australian Tri Series (CB Series)

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AUS	8	5	2	26	0.769
IND	8	3	3	17	0.121
SL	8	2	5	10	-0.949