a14994 o1982 wc241	Australia v Sri Lanka
	ICC World Cup 2002/03 (Super Six)
Venue	SuperSport Park, Centurion on 7th March 2003 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 96 runs
Points	Australia 4; Sri Lanka 0
Umpires	BF Bowden, DR Shepherd
TV umpire	BG Jerling
Referee	MJ Procter
Player of the Match	RT Ponting
Articles	Statistical highlights of Australia v Sri Lanka 7th March 2003

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+AC Gilchrist	run out (Vaas)	99	88	122	14	2	112.50
ML Hayden	c Tillakaratne b Muralitharan	22	34	50	3	-	64.71
*RT Ponting	c Sangakkara b Fernando	114	109	130	8	4	104.59
DR Martyn	b Fernando	52	58	76	1	-	89.66
DS Lehmann	c de Silva b Fernando	10	10	21	1	-	100.00
IJ Harvey	not out	5	3	6	1	-	166.67
MG Bevan	not out	1	1	3	-	-	100.00
GB Hogg	did not bat
B Lee	did not bat
AJ Bichel	did not bat
GD McGrath	did not bat
Extras	(4 lb, 7 nb, 5 w)	16
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 205 minutes, 50 overs)	319
Fall of wickets:
1-75 (Hayden, 12.2 ov), 2-181 (Gilchrist, 29.5 ov), 3-293 (Ponting, 45.4 ov), 4-313 (Martyn, 49.1 ov), 5-314 (Lehmann, 49.3 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Vaas	8	0	59	0	1	2	-	7.38
Gunaratne	6	0	46	0	-	-	-	7.67
de Silva	5	0	36	0	-	-	-	7.20
Muralitharan	10	0	47	1	1	1	60.00	4.70
Arnold	2	0	21	0	1	-	-	10.50
Fernando	9	0	47	3	1	-	18.00	5.22
Jayasuriya	10	0	59	0	1	-	-	5.90

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MS Atapattu	c and b Lee	16	24	46	3	-	66.67
*ST Jayasuriya	retired hurt	1	5	7	-	-	20.00
HP Tillakaratne	b McGrath	21	41	51	3	-	51.22
DPMD Jayawardene	c Gilchrist b Lee	0	3	8	-	-	0.00
PA de Silva	c and b Hogg	92	94	138	9	4	97.87
RP Arnold	lbw b Lee	1	6	6	-	-	16.67
+KC Sangakkara	run out (Hogg)	20	38	53	2	-	52.63
WPUJC Vaas	lbw b Hogg	21	45	37	2	-	46.67
M Muralitharan	c Lee b Lehmann	4	5	5	-	-	80.00
CRD Fernando	lbw b McGrath	9	13	40	2	-	69.23
PW Gunaratne	not out	15	15	12	3	-	100.00
Extras	(6 b, 8 lb, 3 nb, 6 w)	23
Total	(all out, 205 minutes, 47.4 overs)	223
Fall of wickets:
1-42 (Atapattu, 9.5 ov), 2-46 (Jayawardene, 11.2 ov), 3-47 (Tillakaratne, 12.3 ov), 4-48 (Arnold, 13.3 ov), 5-100 (Sangakkara, 26.1 ov), 6-144 (Vaas, 36.4 ov), 7-149 (Muralitharan, 37.4 ov), 8-203 (de Silva, 44.1 ov), 9-223 (Fernando, 47.4 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
McGrath	9.4	1	25	2	3	-	29.00	2.59
Lee	10	1	52	3	2	3	20.00	5.20
Harvey	7	0	29	0	-	-	-	4.14
Bichel	7	1	32	0	1	-	-	4.57
Hogg	9	1	45	2	-	-	27.00	5.00
Lehmann	5	0	26	1	-	-	30.00	5.20

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Notes
--> Australia innings: 50 in 51 balls, 35 minutes
--> Australia innings: 100 in 96 balls, 63 minutes
--> Australia innings: 150 in 150 balls, 99 minutes
--> Australia innings: 200 in 205 balls, 135 minutes
--> Australia innings: 250 in 247 balls, 159 minutes
--> Australia innings: 300 in 293 balls, 191 minutes
--> Sri Lanka innings: 50 in 100 balls, 79 minutes
--> Sri Lanka innings: 100 in 163 balls, 119 minutes
--> Sri Lanka innings: 150 in 236 balls, 167 minutes
--> Sri Lanka innings: 200 in 269 balls, 186 minutes
--> AC Gilchrist 50 in 45 balls with 10 fours
--> AC Gilchrist passed his previous highest score of 63 in World Cup matches
--> AC Gilchrist passed 5000 runs in ODI matches when he reached 38
--> RT Ponting 50 in 66 balls, 81 minutes with 3 fours and 1 six
--> RT Ponting 100 in 96 balls, 115 minutes with 6 fours and 6 sixes
--> RT Ponting passed his previous highest score of 102 in World Cup matches
--> DR Martyn 50 in 56 balls, 75 minutes with 1 four
--> PA de Silva 50 in 69 balls, 116 minutes with 6 fours and 1 six
--> PA de Silva passed 1000 runs in World Cup matches when he reached 64
--> PW Gunaratne passed his previous highest score of 13 in ODI matches
--> CRD Fernando achieved his best innings bowling analysis in World Cup matches when he dismissed DS Lehmann in the Australia innings (previous best was 2-4)
--> AC Gilchrist and ML Hayden added 50 in 51 balls, 35 minutes for the Australia 1st wicket
--> AC Gilchrist and RT Ponting added 50 in 41 balls, 30 minutes for the Australia 2nd wicket
--> AC Gilchrist and RT Ponting added 100 in 96 balls, 63 minutes for the Australia 2nd wicket
--> RT Ponting and DR Martyn added 50 in 43 balls, 29 minutes for the Australia 3rd wicket
--> RT Ponting and DR Martyn added 100 in 82 balls, 48 minutes for the Australia 3rd wicket
--> PA de Silva and KC Sangakkara added 50 in 75 balls, 51 minutes for the Sri Lanka 5th wicket
--> PA de Silva and CRD Fernando added 50 in 35 balls, 21 minutes for the Sri Lanka 8th wicket
--> ST Jayasuriya retired hurt in the Sri Lanka innings having scored 1 (team score 6/0) (hit by a rising ball from Lee )

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4th (reserve) umpire: SA Bucknor (WI)
12th Men: JP Maher (Australia) and J Mubarak (Sri Lanka)