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Played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, on 26 August 1999 - day/night (50-over match)

Result Australia won by 27 runs


Australia innings (50 overs maximum)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
	AC Gilchrist	c Muralitharan b Jayawardene	38	50	1	1	76.00
	ME Waugh	c de Saram b Chandana	84	94	5	0	89.36
	RT Ponting	c de Saram b Muralitharan	14	28	0	0	50.00
	DS Lehmann	b Chandana	5	4	1	0	125.00
	SR Waugh	c Kaluwitharana b Chandana	12	20	1	0	60.00
	MG Bevan	b Muralitharan	23	33	0	1	69.69
	DR Martyn	b Muralitharan	17	27	0	0	62.96
	A Symonds	c Muralitharan b Arnold	14	15	2	0	93.33
	SK Warne	run out (Arnold)	15	24	1	0	62.50
	AC Dale	not out	4	6	0	0	66.66
	GD McGrath	not out	2	3	0	0	66.66
	Extras	(b 2, lb 3, w 4, nb 4)	13

	Total	(9 wickets; 50 overs)	241	(4.82 runs per over)


Sri Lanka innings (target: 242 runs from 50 overs)			R	B	4s	6s	SR
	ST Jayasuriya	c Ponting b McGrath	10	16	1	0	62.50
	MS Atapattu	run out (Martyn)	14	31	0	0	45.16
	RP Arnold	run out (Ponting)	41	62	0	0	66.12
	DPMD Jayawardene	c Gilchrist b McGrath	0	1	0	0	0.00
	SI de Saram	b Dale	1	5	0	0	20.00
	LPC Silva	st Gilchrist b Warne	55	85	5	0	64.70
	RS Kaluwitharana	run out (SR Waugh/Gilchrist)	10	19	0	0	52.63
	WPUJC Vaas	b Martyn	23	29	1	0	79.31
	UDU Chandana	c Symonds b SR Waugh	35	31	2	0	112.90
	ASA Perera	st Gilchrist b Warne	6	8	0	0	75.00
	M Muralitharan	not out	0	0	0	0	-
	Extras	(lb 5, w 11, nb 3)	19

	Total	(all out; 47.1 overs)	214	(4.53 runs per over)

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
Points Australia 2, Sri Lanka 0

ODI debut LPC Silva (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match ME Waugh (Australia)

Umpires KT Francis and LV Jayasundara
TV umpire PT Manuel
Match referee CW Smith (West Indies)

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