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Sri Lanka v Australia @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
24, 25, 26, 27, 28 March 2004 (five-day match)
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: SA Bucknor, DL Orchard
Third Umpire: PT Manuel
Match Referee: BC Broad
Match Result: Australia won by 121 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Justin Langer | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Chaminda Vaas | 19 | 29 | 47 | 3 | - |
| 2. Matthew Hayden | c sub b Thilan Samaraweera | 25 | 46 | 81 | 3 | - |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Chaminda Vaas | 92 | 138 | 191 | 11 | 1 |
| 4. Damien Martyn | c Kumar Sangakkara b Chaminda Vaas | 14 | 44 | 44 | 2 | - |
| 5. Darren Lehmann | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Muttiah Muralitharan | 153 | 269 | 358 | 14 | 2 |
| 6. Simon Katich | c & b Muttiah Muralitharan | 14 | 36 | 46 | 2 | - |
| +7. Adam Gilchrist | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Muttiah Muralitharan | 22 | 45 | 57 | 2 | - |
| 8. Shane Warne | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 32 | 71 | 105 | 2 | - |
| 9. Jason Gillespie | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Muttiah Muralitharan | 0 | 10 | 9 | - | - |
| 10. Michael Kasprowicz | b Sanath Jayasuriya | 4 | 4 | 11 | 1 | - |
| 11. Brad Williams | not out | 0 | 3 | 13 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-43 (Justin Langer), 2-60 (Matthew Hayden), 3-96 (Damien Martyn), 4-217 (Ricky Ponting), 5-244 (Simon Katich), 6-299 (Adam Gilchrist), 7-376 (Shane Warne), 8-380 (Jason Gillespie), 9-387 (Michael Kasprowicz), 401 (Darren Lehmann). |
| Extras | 13b, 9lb, 0w, 4nb, 0pen) 26 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 115.1 ovs, 486 mins) 401 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 26 | 3 | 93 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 3.3 | 1 | 23 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Thilan Samaraweera | 14.3 | 1 | 38 | 1 | (0w,2nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 37.1 | 6 | 123 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rangana Herath | 23 | 5 | 75 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 11 | 1 | 27 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marvan Atapattu | b Michael Kasprowicz | 118 | 219 | 283 | 19 | - |
| 2. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Jason Gillespie b Darren Lehmann | 71 | 78 | 115 | 9 | 1 |
| +3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Adam Gilchrist b Darren Lehmann | 22 | 39 | 51 | 3 | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | c Adam Gilchrist b Jason Gillespie | 29 | 72 | 87 | 4 | - |
| 5. Tillakaratne Dilshan | b Jason Gillespie | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| *6. Hashan Tillakaratne | not out | 74 | 201 | 271 | 10 | - |
| 7. Thilan Samaraweera | c Adam Gilchrist b Jason Gillespie | 41 | 84 | 131 | 8 | - |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | b Shane Warne | 24 | 31 | 62 | 5 | - |
| 9. Nuwan Zoysa | st Adam Gilchrist b Darren Lehmann | 3 | 3 | 7 | - | - |
| 10. Rangana Herath | c Damien Martyn b Shane Warne | 3 | 26 | 24 | - | - |
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan | c Shane Warne b Michael Kasprowicz | 8 | 11 | 15 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-134 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-175 (Kumar Sangakkara), 3-240 (Mahela Jayawardene), 4-240 (Tillakaratne Dilshan), 5-256 (Marvan Atapattu), 6-327 (Thilan Samaraweera), 7-378 (Chaminda Vaas), 8-381 (Nuwan Zoysa), 9-390 (Rangana Herath), 407 (Muttiah Muralitharan). |
| Extras | 4b, 7lb, 1w, 2nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 127.1 ovs, 533 mins) 407 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Jason Gillespie | 23 | 3 | 96 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Kasprowicz | 22.1 | 5 | 58 | 2 | (1w,1nb) |
| Brad Williams | 19 | 5 | 48 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Shane Warne | 36 | 7 | 115 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Darren Lehmann | 19 | 2 | 50 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon Katich | 8 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
3rd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Justin Langer | b Chaminda Vaas | 166 | 295 | 405 | 13 | 2 |
| 2. Matthew Hayden | lbw b Chaminda Vaas | 28 | 31 | 54 | 5 | - |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | c Thilan Samaraweera b Rangana Herath | 20 | 36 | 48 | 2 | - |
| 4. Jason Gillespie | c Mahela Jayawardene b Muttiah Muralitharan | 1 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| 5. Damien Martyn | lbw b Rangana Herath | 5 | 6 | 11 | - | - |
| 6. Darren Lehmann | c Kumar Sangakkara b Muttiah Muralitharan | 1 | 3 | 6 | - | - |
| 7. Simon Katich | lbw b Muttiah Muralitharan | 86 | 214 | 305 | 7 | 1 |
| +8. Adam Gilchrist | not out | 31 | 41 | 61 | - | 2 |
| 9. Shane Warne | c Thilan Samaraweera b Rangana Herath | 0 | 3 | 7 | - | - |
| 10. Michael Kasprowicz | run out (Sanath Jayasuriya > > ) | 3 | 6 | 14 | - | - |
| 11. Brad Williams | c & b Rangana Herath | 2 | 4 | 10 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-40 (Matthew Hayden), 2-79 (Ricky Ponting), 3-80 (Jason Gillespie), 4-89 (Damien Martyn), 5-98 (Darren Lehmann), 6-316 (Justin Langer), 7-341 (Simon Katich), 8-346 (Shane Warne), 9-368 (Michael Kasprowicz), 375 (Brad Williams). |
| Extras | 11b, 11lb, 4w, 6nb, 0pen) 32 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 106.2 ovs, 467 mins) 375 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 21 | 3 | 61 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Nuwan Zoysa | 12 | 0 | 54 | 0 | (3w,1nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 29 | 5 | 93 | 3 | (0w,2nb) |
| Rangana Herath | 24.2 | 1 | 92 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Thilan Samaraweera | 15 | 4 | 40 | 0 | (1w,3nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 4 | 0 | 13 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tillakaratne Dilshan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
4th Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Marvan Atapattu | b Michael Kasprowicz | 14 | 48 | 65 | 1 | - |
| 2. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Simon Katich b Darren Lehmann | 51 | 83 | 131 | 7 | - |
| 3. Thilan Samaraweera | st Adam Gilchrist b Darren Lehmann | 53 | 126 | 170 | 7 | - |
| 4. Mahela Jayawardene | c Adam Gilchrist b Darren Lehmann | 37 | 99 | 130 | 4 | 1 |
| +5. Kumar Sangakkara | b Shane Warne | 27 | 27 | 35 | 4 | - |
| 6. Tillakaratne Dilshan | c Damien Martyn b Shane Warne | 31 | 44 | 56 | 5 | - |
| *7. Hashan Tillakaratne | lbw b Jason Gillespie | 17 | 61 | 81 | 3 | - |
| 8. Chaminda Vaas | lbw b Shane Warne | 9 | 38 | 75 | 1 | - |
| 9. Nuwan Zoysa | b Shane Warne | 1 | 15 | 17 | - | - |
| 10. Rangana Herath | lbw b Michael Kasprowicz | 0 | 20 | 29 | - | - |
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan | not out | 0 | 3 | 8 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-45 (Marvan Atapattu), 2-92 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-156 (Thilan Samaraweera), 4-181 (Mahela Jayawardene), 5-191 (Kumar Sangakkara), 6-232 (Tillakaratne Dilshan), 7-245 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 8-247 (Nuwan Zoysa), 9-248 (Chaminda Vaas), 248 (Rangana Herath). |
| Extras | 4b, 1lb, 1w, 2nb, 0pen) 8 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 93.4 ovs, 403 mins) 248 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Jason Gillespie | 18 | 6 | 38 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Michael Kasprowicz | 16.4 | 5 | 37 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 33 | 11 | 92 | 4 | (0w,2nb) |
| Brad Williams | 5 | 0 | 19 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Darren Lehmann | 17 | 2 | 42 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon Katich | 4 | 1 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Marvan Atapattu, Sanath Jayasuriya, Thilan Samaraweera, Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Hashan Tillakaratne, Chaminda Vaas, Nuwan Zoysa, Rangana Herath, Muttiah Muralitharan