a14818	Australia A v Sri Lankans
	Sri Lanka in Australia 2002/03
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 1st January 2003 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia A won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sri Lankans won by 5 wickets
Umpires	SJ Davis, JH Smeaton
TV umpire	RL Parry

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Australia A innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GS Blewett	c Gunaratne b CRD Fernando	37	73	94	5	-	50.68
*JP Maher	lbw b TCB Fernando	2	8	17	-	-	25.00
BJ Hodge	b TCB Fernando	6	20	25	-	-	30.00
MJ Clarke	c Jayasuriya b Gunaratne	18	24	45	3	-	75.00
A Symonds	run out (Gunawardene->Jayasuriya)	19	40	47	1	-	47.50
MEK Hussey	c de Silva b Gunaratne	7	12	21	-	-	58.33
+RJ Campbell	b Jayasuriya	61	70	95	4	-	87.14
IJ Harvey	lbw b Jayasuriya	13	20	24	1	-	65.00
NM Hauritz	not out	23	36	51	-	-	63.89
AA Noffke	not out	1	2	1	-	-	50.00
NW Bracken	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 5 nb, 13 w)	23
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 214 minutes, 50 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Maher, 3.1 ov), 2-36 (Hodge, 9.3 ov), 3-72 (Clarke, 19.3 ov), 4-73 (Blewett, 20.3 ov), 5-86 (Hussey, 25.3 ov), 6-111 (Symonds, 31.1 ov), 7-137 (Harvey, 37.3 ov), 8-209 (Campbell, 49.4 ov)

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Nissanka	8	0	27	0	2	1	-	3.38
TCB Fernando	9	0	37	2	4	-	27.00	4.11
CRD Fernando	10	1	44	1	3	4	60.00	4.40
Gunaratne	10	0	43	2	3	-	30.00	4.30
de Silva	3	0	10	0	-	-	-	3.33
Jayasuriya	10	0	44	2	1	-	30.00	4.40

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Sri Lankans innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MS Atapattu	not out	101	139	209	5	-	72.66
DA Gunawardene	c Harvey b Noffke	8	24	39	-	-	33.33
+HP Tillakaratne	c Campbell b Blewett	30	56	70	2	-	53.57
PA de Silva	c Bracken b Hauritz	4	10	10	-	-	40.00
DPMD Jayawardene	c Maher b Hauritz	6	11	14	1	-	54.55
*ST Jayasuriya	run out (Clarke->Campbell)	4	13	14	-	-	30.77
RP Arnold	not out	47	41	57	4	-	114.63
CRD Fernando	did not bat
RAP Nissanka	did not bat
TCB Fernando	did not bat
PW Gunaratne	did not bat
Extras	(2 nb, 9 w)	11
Total	(5 wickets, 209 minutes, 48.4 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-37 (Gunawardene, 8.6 ov), 2-105 (Tillakaratne, 26.3 ov), 3-115 (de Silva, 29.2 ov), 4-128 (Jayawardene, 33.2 ov), 5-133 (Jayasuriya, 35.4 ov)

Australia A bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Noffke	10	2	31	1	-	2	60.00	3.10
Bracken	9	0	45	0	1	-	-	5.00
Harvey	9.4	0	45	0	1	-	-	4.66
Symonds	5	0	37	0	2	-	-	7.40
Hauritz	10	0	34	2	1	-	30.00	3.40
Blewett	5	0	19	1	1	-	30.00	3.80

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Notes
--> Australia A innings: 50 in 77 balls, 58 minutes
--> Australia A innings: 100 in 175 balls, 128 minutes
--> Australia A innings: 150 in 247 balls, 176 minutes
--> Australia A innings: 200 in 294 balls, 206 minutes
--> Sri Lankans innings: 50 in 87 balls, 62 minutes
--> Sri Lankans innings: 100 in 148 balls, 102 minutes
--> Sri Lankans innings: 150 in 240 balls, 169 minutes
--> Sri Lankans innings: 200 in 286 balls, 203 minutes
--> GS Blewett passed 5000 runs in List A matches when he reached 35
--> RJ Campbell 50 in 62 balls, 86 minutes
--> NM Hauritz passed his previous highest score of 18 in List A matches
--> MS Atapattu 50 in 66 balls, 87 minutes
--> MS Atapattu 100 in 136 balls, 206 minutes
--> TCB Fernando made his debut in Australia in List A matches
--> GS Blewett reached 100 wickets in List A matches when he dismissed HP Tillakaratne, his 1st wicket in the Sri Lankans innings
--> RJ Campbell and NM Hauritz added 50 in 58 balls, 36 minutes for the Australia A 8th wicket
--> MS Atapattu and HP Tillakaratne added 50 in 75 balls, 53 minutes for the Sri Lankans 2nd wicket
--> MS Atapattu and RP Arnold added 50 in 53 balls, 37 minutes for the Sri Lankans 6th wicket

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