ODI # 1403
Carlton & United Series, 1998-99, 15th Match
Australia v Sri Lanka
Melbourne Cricket Ground (day/night)
7 February 1999 (50-over match)

Result: Australia won by 43 runs
Points: Australia 2, Sri Lanka 0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: DJ Harper and TA Prue
TV Umpire: WP Sheahan
Match Referee: PL van der Merwe (SA)
Man of the Match: AC Gilchrist

Australia innings (50 overs maximum)                            R   M   B  4 6
+AC Gilchrist         c Tillakaratne     b Vaas               154 191 129 14 4
ME Waugh                                 b Muralitharan        19  63  37  2 0
BP Julian             c Jayawardene      b Muralitharan         0   1   2  0 0
RT Ponting            c Jayawardene      b de Silva            61  84  64  3 0
DS Lehmann            c Ranatunga        b Samaraweera         27  21  27  1 0
DR Martyn             c Kaluwitharana    b Wickramasinghe      18  25  20  1 0
MG Bevan              not out                                  11  24  13  0 0
S Lee                 run out (Vaas)                            5   8   6  0 0
*SK Warne             c Tillakaratne     b Vaas                 3   6   3  0 0
MS Kasprowicz         not out                                   2   1   1  0 0
Extras                (lb 4, w 4, nb 2)                        10
Total                 (8 wickets, 50 overs)                   310

DNB: GD McGrath.

FoW: 1-92 (Waugh, 14.2 ov), 2-92 (Julian, 14.4 ov),
     3-213 (Ponting, 34.2 ov), 4-253 (Lehmann, 41.1 ov),
     5-286 (Gilchrist, 45.3 ov), 6-291 (Martyn, 46.5 ov),
     7-301 (Lee, 48.4 ov), 8-307 (Warne, 49.4 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Vaas                        10      1     68      2 (1w)
Wickramasinghe               9      0     52      1 (1nb)
Muralitharan                 3.4    1     15      2
de Silva                    10      0     55      1 (1nb, 2w)
Tillakaratne                 1.2    0     11      0
Samaraweera                  9      0     60      1 (1w)
Jayawardene                  7      0     45      0

Sri Lanka innings (target: 311 runs from 50 overs)              R   M   B  4 6
DA Gunawardene                           b Lee                 75  97  66  9 2
+RS Kaluwitharana     c Martyn           b Warne               68  92  60  9 1
PA de Silva           c Waugh            b Lee                 11  19  13  1 0
DPMD Jayawardene      run out (Waugh)                          27  52  36  1 0
*A Ranatunga          c Gilchrist        b Lee                  1   6   3  0 0
HP Tillakaratne       c Ponting          b Lee                 42  98  60  2 0
MS Atapattu                              b Lehmann             12  22  19  1 0
WPUJC Vaas                               b McGrath             14  20  15  1 0
TT Samaraweera                           b Lee                  3  11   9  0 0
GP Wickramasinghe     c Gilchrist        b McGrath              4   7   5  0 0
M Muralitharan        not out                                   1   3   1  0 0
Extras                (b 2, lb 2, w 1, nb 4)                    9
Total                 (all out, 47.1 overs)                   267

FoW: 1-145 (Kaluwitharana, 19.5 ov), 2-147 (Gunawardene, 20.4 ov),
     3-164 (de Silva, 24.2 ov), 4-166 (Ranatunga, 24.6 ov),
     5-200 (Jayawardene, 31.4 ov), 6-225 (Atapattu, 37.6 ov),
     7-248 (Vaas, 42.6 ov), 8-255 (Samaraweera, 45.2 ov),
     9-265 (Wickramasinghe, 46.4 ov), 10-267 (Tillakaratne, 47.1 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McGrath                      8      0     46      2 (4nb)
Kasprowicz                   8      0     45      0
Warne                        8      1     51      1
Julian                       5      0     45      0
Lee                          8.1    0     33      5
Bevan                        3      0     15      0 (1w)
Lehmann                      7      0     28      1

• Twelfth Men: AC Dale (Australia) and ASA Perera (Sri Lanka)
• 4th Umpire - S Walpole
• On 18, ME Waugh passed 6000 ODI career runs
• AC Gilchrist 154: highest ODI score by an Australian (prev. DM Jones 145 v England at Brisbane, World Series Cup, 1990/91 and RT Ponting 145 v Zimbabwe at Delhi, Pepsi Triangular Cup, 1997/98)

Tournament Index

Team Pages: Australia, Sri Lanka.

Ground Page: Melbourne Cricket Ground

Australia Player Pages: AC Gilchrist, ME Waugh, BP Julian, RT Ponting, DS Lehmann, DR Martyn, MG Bevan, S Lee, SK Warne, MS Kasprowicz, GD McGrath.

Sri Lanka Player Pages: DA Gunawardene, RS Kaluwitharana, PA de Silva, DPMD Jayawardene, A Ranatunga, HP Tillakaratne, MS Atapattu, WPUJC Vaas, TT Samaraweera, GP Wickramasinghe, M Muralitharan.

Match Officials' Pages: DJ Harper, TA Prue, WP Sheahan, PL van der Merwe.