a17216 o2330	Australia v Sri Lanka
	VB Series 2005/06 (3rd Final)
Venue	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane on 14th February 2006 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 9 wickets
Umpires	Aleem Dar, DJ Harper
TV umpire	PD Parker
Referee	JJ Crowe
Scorers	BL FitzGerald, JI Harris
Reserve Umpire	BNJ Oxenford
Player of the Match	AC Gilchrist

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*MS Atapattu	c Symonds b Bracken	7	16	37	1	-	43.75
ST Jayasuriya	c Symonds b Bracken	6	12	17	1	-	50.00
+KC Sangakkara	lbw b Clarke	59	85	114	5	-	69.41
DPMD Jayawardene	c Katich b Clark	86	91	151	8	-	94.51
RP Arnold	c Ponting b Bracken	76	71	94	4	-	107.04
TM Dilshan	c Hussey b Clark	3	4	7	-	-	75.00
CK Kapugedera	c Symonds b Lewis	9	6	14	-	1	150.00
WPUJC Vaas	run out (Lee->Lewis)	11	12	21	-	-	91.67
M Muralitharan	run out (Gilchrist)	3	3	4	-	-	100.00
CRD Fernando	not out	1	1	1	-	-	100.00
PDRL Perera	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	5
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	266
Fall of wickets:
1-7 (Jayasuriya, 3.1 ov), 2-28 (Atapattu, 7.5 ov), 3-128 (Sangakkara, 28.2 ov), 4-204 (Jayawardene, 40.6 ov), 5-213 (Dilshan, 42.2 ov), 6-238 (Kapugedera, 45.2 ov), 7-259 (Arnold, 48.5 ov), 8-265 (Muralitharan, 49.5 ov), 9-266 (Vaas, 50 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Lee	10	0	58	0	1	-	-	5.80
Bracken	10	1	44	3	-	-	20.00	4.40
Lewis	10	1	52	1	-	1	60.00	5.20
Clark	10	0	45	2	-	-	30.00	4.50
Symonds	5	0	39	0	-	-	-	7.80
Clarke	5	0	26	1	1	-	30.00	5.20

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
+AC Gilchrist	b Muralitharan	122	91	137	13	4	134.07
SM Katich	not out	107	142	198	9	-	75.35
*RT Ponting	not out	28	41	60	1	-	68.29
DR Martyn	did not bat
A Symonds	did not bat
MJ Clarke	did not bat
MEK Hussey	did not bat
B Lee	did not bat
ML Lewis	did not bat
SR Clark	did not bat
NW Bracken	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 1 nb, 4 w)	10
Total	(1 wicket, 45.3 overs)	267
Fall of wickets:
1-196 (Gilchrist, 32.2 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Vaas	10	0	45	0	-	-	-	4.50
Perera	8	1	50	0	1	-	-	6.25
Fernando	6	0	45	0	1	1	-	7.50
Dilshan	3.3	0	21	0	-	-	-	6.00
Muralitharan	10	1	50	1	2	-	60.00	5.00
Bandara	6	0	36	0	-	-	-	6.00
Jayawardene	2	0	15	0	-	-	-	7.50

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Notes
--> Australia replacement: GB Hogg (unused)
--> Sri Lanka replacement: HMCM Bandara for CK Kapugedera (after 24.1 overs of the Australia innings)
--> Sri Lanka powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10
--> Sri Lanka powerplay 2 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 11 to 15
--> Sri Lanka powerplay 3 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 16 to 20
--> Australia powerplay 1: overs 1 to 10
--> Australia powerplay 2 (chosen by the fielding side): overs 16 to 20
--> Sri Lanka innings: 50 in 14.1 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 100 in 23.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 150 in 31.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 200 in 39.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 250 in 47.5 overs
--> Australia innings: 50 in 11.4 overs
--> Australia innings: 100 in 17.5 overs
--> Australia innings: 150 in 24.4 overs
--> Australia innings: 200 in 32.6 overs
--> Australia innings: 250 in 43.1 overs
--> KC Sangakkara 50 in 70 balls, 93 minutes with 5 fours
--> KC Sangakkara passed 4500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 18
--> DPMD Jayawardene 50 in 54 balls, 87 minutes with 6 fours
--> RP Arnold 50 in 47 balls, 67 minutes with 3 fours
--> AC Gilchrist 50 in 38 balls, 78 minutes with 7 fours and 1 six
--> AC Gilchrist 100 in 67 balls, 109 minutes with 13 fours and 3 sixes
--> SM Katich 50 in 83 balls, 111 minutes with 5 fours
--> SM Katich passed his previous highest score of 82 in ODI matches
--> SM Katich made his first century in ODI matches
--> SM Katich 100 in 136 balls, 190 minutes with 8 fours
--> SM Katich passed 5500 runs in List A matches when he reached 27
--> NW Bracken reached 50 wickets in ODI matches when he dismissed ST Jayasuriya, his 1st wicket in the Sri Lanka innings

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Sri Lanka innings
3rd Wicket: 50 runs in 75 balls (KC Sangakkara 25, DPMD Jayawardene 25, Ex 0)
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 55 balls (DPMD Jayawardene 23, RP Arnold 28, Ex 1)
Australia innings
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 70 balls (AC Gilchrist 24, SM Katich 26, Ex 0)
1st Wicket: 100 runs in 108 balls (AC Gilchrist 61, SM Katich 41, Ex 2)
1st Wicket: 150 runs in 152 balls (AC Gilchrist 102, SM Katich 53, Ex 5)
2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 68 balls (SM Katich 32, RT Ponting 23, Ex 4)
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