- BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras14 (b 1, lb 1, nb 12)TOTAL316/5d (75 Overs, RR: 4.21)Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Joe Burns, 5.4 ov), 2-20 (Marnus Labuschagne, 8.3 ov), 3-25 (Matt Renshaw, 10.2 ov), 4-88 (Will Pucovski, 28.6 ov), 5-98 (Jason Sangha, 31.2 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB N Pradeep 2 0 6 0 3.00 0 0 CAK Rajitha 17 2 71 2 4.17 0 8 PVD Chameera 16 3 57 3 3.56 0 2 RAS Lakmal 13 2 43 0 3.30 0 2 MDK Perera 12 1 54 0 4.50 0 0 DM de Silva 5 1 13 0 2.60 0 0 PADLR Sandakan 10 0 70 0 7.00 0 0
Player of the Match
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras3 (lb 3)TOTAL176/5d (75 Overs, RR: 2.34)Fall of wickets: 1-65 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 27.1 ov), 2-87 (Lahiru Thirimanne, 38.1 ov), 3-103 (Sadeera Samarawickrama, 44.4 ov), 4-137 (Dinesh Chandimal, 59.4 ov), 5-169 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 71.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB CP Tremain 18 2 32 1 1.77 0 0 MG Neser 16 2 41 0 2.56 0 0 SM Boland 16 5 37 2 2.31 0 0 JM Holland 15 1 35 0 2.33 0 0 M Labuschagne 9 0 27 2 3.00 0 0 JJS Sangha 1 0 1 0 1.00 0 0
- BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras7 (b 2, lb 4, w 1)TOTAL224/3d (59 Overs, RR: 3.79)Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Joe Burns, 5.4 ov), 2-44 (Matt Renshaw, 10.2 ov), 3-134 (Marnus Labuschagne, 37.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB CBRLS Kumara 14 2 48 1 3.42 1 0 PVD Chameera 4 0 28 1 7.00 0 0 FDM Karunaratne 3 1 8 0 2.66 0 0 CAK Rajitha 3 0 9 1 3.00 0 0 HDRL Thirimanne 3 0 8 0 2.66 0 0 PADLR Sandakan 14 1 53 0 3.78 0 0 RAS Lakmal 6 3 16 0 2.66 0 0 MDK Perera 8 0 26 0 3.25 0 0 DM de Silva 4 0 22 0 5.50 0 0
- BATSMENRB4s6sSRExtras8 (b 6, lb 1, nb 1)TOTAL131/6 (51 Overs, RR: 2.56)Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Dimuth Karunaratne, 3.5 ov), 2-29 (Niroshan Dickwella, 9.3 ov), 3-35 (Dhananjaya de Silva, 13.3 ov), 4-39 (Kusal Perera, 17.1 ov), 5-72 (Dilruwan Perera, 25.1 ov), 6-82 (Sadeera Samarawickrama, 29.6 ov), 6-121* (Roshen Silva, retired not out )
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB CP Tremain 9 1 32 0 3.55 0 0 MG Neser 5 2 8 2 1.60 0 0 JM Holland 15 2 28 4 1.86 0 0 SM Boland 11 4 28 0 2.54 0 1 M Labuschagne 9 1 26 0 2.88 0 0 JJS Sangha 2 0 2 0 1.00 0 0
Match Details
Players per side
Cricket Australia XI 11 ; Sri Lankans 16 ( 11 batting, 11 fielding)
Toss
Cricket Australia XI , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Season
Hours of play (local time)
14.00 start, Tea 16.00-16.20, Dinner 18.20-19.00, Close 21.00
Match days
17,18,19 January 2019 (3-day match)
Umpires
Match Referee
Close of Play
- Thu, 17 Jan - day 1 - Sri Lankans 1st innings 38/0 (FDM Karunaratne 26*, HDRL Thirimanne 12*, 13 ov)
- Fri, 18 Jan - day 2 - Cricket Australia XI 2nd innings 99/2 (M Labuschagne 33*, KR Patterson 30*, 26.1 ov)
- Sat, 19 Jan - day 3 - Sri Lankans 2nd innings 131/6 (51 ov) - end of match
Match Notes
- ARS Silva retired hurt at 121/6 (23. 48 overs)
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