Cricinfo - 15th Match: Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Feb 7, 1999

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Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 7 February 1999 - day/night (50-over match)

Result Australia won by 43 runs


Australia innings (50 overs maximum)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AC Gilchrist	c Tillakaratne b Vaas	154	191	129	14	4	119.37
	ME Waugh	b Muralitharan	19	63	37	2	0	51.35
	BP Julian	c Jayawardene b Muralitharan	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
	RT Ponting	c Jayawardene b de Silva	61	84	64	3	0	95.31
	DS Lehmann	c Ranatunga b Samaraweera	27	21	27	1	0	100.00
	DR Martyn	c Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe	18	25	20	1	0	90.00
	MG Bevan	not out	11	24	13	0	0	84.61
	S Lee	run out (Vaas)	5	8	6	0	0	83.33
	SK Warne	c Tillakaratne b Vaas	3	6	3	0	0	100.00
	MS Kasprowicz	not out	2	1	1	0	0	200.00
	Extras	(lb 4, w 4, nb 2)	10

	Total	(8 wickets; 50 overs)	310	(6.20 runs per over)

Did not bat GD McGrath


Sri Lanka innings (target: 311 runs from 50 overs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	DA Gunawardene	b Lee	75	97	66	9	2	113.63
	RS Kaluwitharana	c Martyn b Warne	68	92	60	9	1	113.33
	PA de Silva	c Waugh b Lee	11	19	13	1	0	84.61
	DPMD Jayawardene	run out (Waugh)	27	52	36	1	0	75.00
	A Ranatunga	c Gilchrist b Lee	1	6	3	0	0	33.33
	HP Tillakaratne	c Ponting b Lee	42	98	60	2	0	70.00
	MS Atapattu	b Lehmann	12	22	19	1	0	63.15
	WPUJC Vaas	b McGrath	14	20	15	1	0	93.33
	TT Samaraweera	b Lee	3	11	9	0	0	33.33
	GP Wickramasinghe	c Gilchrist b McGrath	4	7	5	0	0	80.00
	M Muralitharan	not out	1	3	1	0	0	100.00
	Extras	(b 2, lb 2, w 1, nb 4)	9

	Total	(all out; 47.1 overs)	267	(5.66 runs per over)

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

Player of the match AC Gilchrist (Australia)

Umpires DJ Harper and TA Prue
TV umpire WP Sheahan
Match referee PL van der Merwe (South Africa)

Match notes

Twelfth Men: AC Dale (Australia) and ASA Perera (Sri Lanka)
4th Umpire - S Walpole
On 18, ME Waugh passed 6000 ODI career runs
AC Gilchrist 154: highest ODI score by an Australian (prev. DM Jones 145 v England at Brisbane, World Series Cup, 1990/91 and RT Ponting 145 v Zimbabwe at Delhi, Pepsi Triangular Cup, 1997/98)

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