Cricinfo - 1st Match: Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle, Aug 22, 1999

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Played at Galle International Stadium on 22 August 1999 (50-over match)

Result Australia won by 50 runs (D/L method)


Australia innings (43 overs maximum)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	AC Gilchrist	run out (Jayawardene/Kaluwitharana)	27	51	31	1	1	87.09
	ME Waugh	c Chandana b Perera	28	45	33	3	0	84.84
	RT Ponting	st Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya	38	108	73	3	0	52.05
	DS Lehmann	run out (Vaas/Kaluwitharana)	26	55	40	2	0	65.00
	TM Moody	st Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya	6	10	13	0	0	46.15
	SR Waugh	b Jayasuriya	6	5	7	1	0	85.71
	MG Bevan	not out	42	60	44	3	0	95.45
	A Symonds	run out (de Saram)	8	9	6	1	0	133.33
	SK Warne	c Chandana b Jayasuriya	3	8	8	0	0	37.50
	JN Gillespie	st Kaluwitharana b Jayasuriya	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	DW Fleming	not out	4	10	6	0	0	66.66
	Extras	(lb 4, w 8, nb 5)	17

	Total	(9 wickets; 43 overs)	205	(4.76 runs per over)


Sri Lanka innings (target: 211 runs from 43 overs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	ST Jayasuriya	c Moody b Fleming	1	10	6	0	0	16.66
	DA Gunawardene	c Gilchrist b Gillespie	8	23	19	1	0	42.10
	MS Atapattu	b Gillespie	5	30	11	0	0	45.45
	DPMD Jayawardene	c SR Waugh b Gillespie	7	7	7	1	0	100.00
	SI de Saram	b Moody	24	47	31	3	0	77.41
	RS Kaluwitharana	c Gilchrist b Fleming	33	56	46	4	0	71.73
	UDU Chandana	run out (Lehmann)	30	61	48	1	0	62.50
	ASA Perera	c Bevan b Warne	26	45	39	2	1	66.66
	WPUJC Vaas	not out	5	16	9	0	0	55.55
	DNT Zoysa	c Lehmann b Warne	4	4	3	0	0	133.33
	M Muralitharan	c Ponting b Lehmann	2	8	8	0	0	25.00
	Extras	(b 4, lb 6, w 5)	15

	Total	(all out; 37.4 overs)	160	(4.24 runs per over)

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

ODI debut SI de Saram (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match JN Gillespie (Australia)

Umpires EAR de Silva and PT Manuel
TV umpire DN Pathirana
Match referee CW Smith (West Indies)

Match notes

Rain stopped play from 11:54am to 1:20pm at the fall of Lehmann's wicket. Match reduced to 43 overs per side and the lunch break shortened to 20 minutes.

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