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Australia v Sri Lanka @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
22 February 2008
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: RE Koertzen, SJA Taufel
Third Umpire: Bob Parry
Match Referee: Jeff Crowe
Match Result: Australia won by 24 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +1. Adam Gilchrist | b Chaminda Vaas | 6 | 11 | - | - | - |
| 2. Matthew Hayden | c Chamara Silva b Farveez Maharoof | 23 | 53 | - | 3 | - |
| *3. Ricky Ponting | run out (Farveez Maharoof > Kumar Sangakkara) | 11 | 34 | - | - | - |
| 4. Michael Clarke | c & b Muttiah Muralitharan | 50 | 69 | - | 4 | - |
| 5. Andrew Symonds | c Kumar Sangakkara b Farveez Maharoof | 4 | 6 | - | - | - |
| 6. Michael Hussey | not out | 64 | 98 | - | 1 | - |
| 7. James Hopes | st Kumar Sangakkara b Muttiah Muralitharan | 11 | 16 | - | - | - |
| 8. Brad Hogg | c Tillakaratne Dilshan b Lasith Malinga | 4 | 4 | - | - | - |
| 9. Mitchell Johnson | not out | 6 | 9 | - | - | - |
| 10. Stuart Clark | ||||||
| 11. Nathan Bracken |
| FOW | 1-12 (Adam Gilchrist), 2-39 (Matthew Hayden), 3-44 (Ricky Ponting), 4-54 (Andrew Symonds), 5-144 (Michael Clarke), 6-166 (James Hopes), 7-173 (Brad Hogg). |
| Extras | 2b, 0lb, 3w, 0nb, 0pen) 5 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs) 184 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 1 | 34 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Lasith Malinga | 10 | 1 | 44 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Farveez Maharoof | 10 | 1 | 20 | 2 | (1w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 37 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ishara Amerasinghe | 10 | 0 | 47 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Dilruwan Perera | lbw b Stuart Clark | 1 | 11 | - | - | - |
| 2. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Ricky Ponting b Stuart Clark | 0 | 1 | - | - | - |
| +3. Kumar Sangakkara | c Andrew Symonds b James Hopes | 22 | 59 | - | - | - |
| *4. Mahela Jayawardene | c Adam Gilchrist b Nathan Bracken | 27 | 45 | - | 3 | - |
| 5. Chamara Silva | not out | 16 | 47 | - | - | - |
| 6. Tillakaratne Dilshan | not out | 9 | 14 | - | - | - |
| 7. Muttiah Muralitharan | ||||||
| 8. Farveez Maharoof | ||||||
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | ||||||
| 10. Lasith Malinga | ||||||
| 11. Ishara Amerasinghe |
| FOW | 1-0 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-3 (Dilruwan Perera), 3-42 (Mahela Jayawardene), 4-64 (Kumar Sangakkara). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 2 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 29.3 ovs) 77 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Nathan Bracken | 6 | 1 | 13 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stuart Clark | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mitchell Johnson | 7 | 1 | 17 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| James Hopes | 7 | 2 | 23 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Brad Hogg | 4.3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Adam Gilchrist, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Michael Clarke, Andrew Symonds, Michael Hussey, James Hopes, Brad Hogg, Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Clark, Nathan Bracken