- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR4.3 Gilchrist advances down the track to meet one which pitched on middle and went on to hit leg as his vain would-be aerial swish towards midwicket got nowhere near the ball 12/115.1 slower ball deceives Hayden, pushed across him and the batsman was looking to work the ball to leg from outside off, instead popping up to cover where Silva takes a good catch, leaving the ground to take it over his head 39/217.6 great fielding there, a mix-up between the batsmen as Ponting pushes forward and wants the single. Maharoof dives out to his right to stop the ball and as it dribbles away from him he recovers and flings hard to Sangakkara who does the honours 44/342.1 low full toss and Clarke's eyes light up as he drives hard at Murali whose upturned hands pushed it up and then he collects at the second time 144/521.1 a huge call from Sangakkara as he believes Symonds inside-edged just a feather through to him and indeed he has, his feet trapped in the crease as he fended away from his body to the ball which came outside off on a good length 54/446.3 on off, pushed a quicker ball past him, Hopes was bamboozled going for the sweep and then wandered out of his crease, possibly looking for the bye, meanwhile Sangakkara almost apologetically, though he gives no inch, took the bails off 166/647.5 outside off, and that's the catch of the day, cut hard to point and it was travelling low, Dilshan snaps it up sharply around his ankles on the kneel 173/7Extras5 (b 2, w 3)TOTAL184/7 (50 Overs, RR: 3.68)Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Adam Gilchrist, 4.3 ov), 2-39 (Matthew Hayden, 15.1 ov), 3-44 (Ricky Ponting, 17.6 ov), 4-54 (Andrew Symonds, 21.1 ov), 5-144 (Michael Clarke, 42.1 ov), 6-166 (James Hopes, 46.3 ov), 7-173 (Brad Hogg, 47.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB WPUJC Vaas 10 1 34 1 3.40 40 3 0 0 0 SL Malinga 10 1 44 1 4.40 35 3 0 0 0 MF Maharoof 10 1 20 2 2.00 46 0 0 1 0 M Muralidaran 10 0 37 2 3.70 28 0 0 0 0 MKDI Amerasinghe 10 0 47 0 4.70 28 2 0 2 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR3.1 and he gets another, pitching on the stumps and trapping Perera, not getting far forward as he goes for a flick, in front of about leg stump ... Rudy Koertzen slowly raises the finger to cue cheers from the partisan crowd ... height is a factor on that one ... lets just wait for a replay ... yes, he was hit pretty high but there doesn't seem to be any bat on it ... the ball was traveling down leg stump and was high ... a tough call against Perera 3/21.1 edged and taken! Thats a great start for Clark, getting Jayasuriya flashing at a full one and the thick edge is snapped up by Ponting at second slip 0/124.5 Sangakkara's gone this time with an attempted pull shot which skews high and actually over to the covers where Symonds takes a relatively straightforward catch over his shoulder 64/416.2 pushed across him at a tightish line and a nagging, awkward spit up to Jayawardene who tries to cut but it climbs on him too quickly and he flashes a top edge through to Gilchrist who takes it and throws the ball in the air in celebration 42/3Extras2 (lb 1, w 1)TOTAL77/4 (29.3 Overs, RR: 2.61)Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 1.1 ov), 2-3 (Dilruwan Perera, 3.1 ov), 3-42 (Mahela Jayawardene, 16.2 ov), 4-64 (Kumar Sangakkara, 24.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB NW Bracken 6 1 13 1 2.16 26 0 0 0 0 SR Clark 5 1 8 2 1.60 24 0 0 0 0 MG Johnson 7 1 17 0 2.42 32 1 0 1 0 JR Hopes 7 2 23 1 3.28 28 2 0 0 0 GB Hogg 4.3 1 15 0 3.33 15 0 0 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.15 start, First Session 14.15-17.45 Interval 17.45-18.30, Second Session 18.30-22.00
Match days
22 February 2008 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Points
Australia 5, Sri Lanka 0
Match Notes
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- Australia: 50 runs in 19.5 overs (120 balls), Extras 1
- Drinks: Australia - 95/4 in 33.0 overs (MJ Clarke 22, MEK Hussey 27)
- Australia: 100 runs in 33.4 overs (204 balls), Extras 2
- 5th Wicket: 50 runs in 91 balls (MJ Clarke 21, MEK Hussey 28, Ex 1)
- MJ Clarke: 50 off 68 balls (4 x 4)
- MEK Hussey: 50 off 82 balls (1 x 4)
- Australia: 150 runs in 43.2 overs (263 balls), Extras 3
- Innings Break: Australia - 184/7 in 50.0 overs (MEK Hussey 64, MG Johnson 6)
- Power Play 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0
- Power Play 3: Overs 15.1 - 20.0
- Drinks: Sri Lanka - 41/2 in 16.0 overs (KC Sangakkara 13, DPMD Jayawardene 27)
- Sri Lanka: 50 runs in 21.4 overs (131 balls), Extras 2
- Rain: Sri Lanka - 77/4 in 29.3 overs (LPC Silva 16, TM Dilshan 9)
- Match Scorers: Venkat Raghav and Binoy George
Match Coverage
All Match NewsAustralia v Sri Lanka, CB Series, 9th ODI, Melbourne
Match home for the ninth game of the CB Series, between Australia and Sri Lanka at the MCG
Rain helps Australia to 24-run win
The slow MCG pitch was causing just as many problems for Sri Lanka as Australia and at the halfway mark of a small chase the visitors had staggered to 4 for 65
Ponting's rut grows deeper with run out
"The pitch was really slow, very hard to get your timing and to penetrate the field," Michael Hussey, named Man of the Match for an unbeaten 64, said