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Test # 1691
Australia in Sri Lanka, 2003/04, 3rd Test
Sri Lanka v Australia
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
24,25,26,27,28 March 2004 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 121 runs
Series: Australia wins the 3-Test series 3-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and DL Orchard (SA)
TV Umpire: PT Manuel
Match Referee: BC Broad (Eng)
Man of the Match: DS Lehmann
Man of the Series: SK Warne

Close of play:

  • Day 1: Australia 314/6 (Lehmann 104*, Warne 7*, 90 overs)
  • Day 2: Australia 401, Sri Lanka 239/2 (Atapattu 109*, Jayawardene 29*, 64 overs)
  • Day 3: Sri Lanka 407, Australia 80/3 (Langer 29*, 23.2 overs)
  • Day 4: Australia 375, Sri Lanka 18/0 (Atapattu 5*, Jayasuriya 13*, 5 overs)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    JL Langer             c Dilshan          b Vaas                19  47  29  3 0
    ML Hayden             c sub (UDU Chandana) b Samaraweera       25  81  46  3 0
    *RT Ponting           c Muralitharan     b Vaas                92 191 138 11 1
    DR Martyn             c Sangakkara       b Vaas                14  44  44  2 0
    DS Lehmann            c Jayasuriya       b Muralitharan       153 358 269 14 2
    SM Katich                            c & b Muralitharan        14  46  36  2 0
    +AC Gilchrist         c Jayasuriya       b Muralitharan        22  57  45  2 0
    SK Warne              lbw                b Muralitharan        32 105  71  2 0
    JN Gillespie          c Tillakaratne     b Muralitharan         0   9  10  0 0
    MS Kasprowicz                            b Jayasuriya           4  11   4  1 0
    BA Williams           not out                                   0  13   3  0 0
    Extras                (b 13, lb 9, nb 4)                       26
    Total                 (all out, 115.1 overs, 486 mins)        401
    
    FoW: 1-43 (Langer, 8.5 ov), 2-60 (Hayden, 15.3 ov),
         3-96 (Martyn, 28.4 ov), 4-217 (Ponting, 55.6 ov),
         5-244 (Katich, 68.1 ov), 6-299 (Gilchrist, 83.1 ov),
         7-376 (Warne, 107.1 ov), 8-380 (Gillespie, 109.5 ov),
         9-387 (Kasprowicz, 112.5 ov), 10-401 (Lehmann, 115.1 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Vaas                        26      3     93      3 (1nb)
    Zoysa                        3.3    1     23      0
    Samaraweera                 14.3    1     38      1 (2nb)
    Muralitharan                37.1    6    123      5
    Herath                      23      5     75      0 (1nb)
    Jayasuriya                  11      1     27      1
    
    Sri Lanka 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    MS Atapattu                              b Kasprowicz         118 283 219 19 0
    ST Jayasuriya         c Gillespie        b Lehmann             71 115  78  9 1
    +KC Sangakkara        c Gilchrist        b Lehmann             22  51  39  3 0
    DPMD Jayawardene      c Gilchrist        b Gillespie           29  87  72  4 0
    TM Dilshan                               b Gillespie            0   2   1  0 0
    *HP Tillakaratne      not out                                  74 271 201 10 0
    TT Samaraweera        c Gilchrist        b Gillespie           41 131  84  8 0
    WPUJC Vaas                               b Warne               24  62  31  5 0
    DNT Zoysa             st Gilchrist       b Lehmann              3   7   3  0 0
    HMRKB Herath          c Martyn           b Warne                3  24  26  0 0
    M Muralitharan        c Warne            b Kasprowicz           8  15  11  1 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 7, w 1, nb 2)                   14
    Total                 (all out, 127.1 overs, 533 mins)        407
    
    FoW: 1-134 (Jayasuriya, 27.2 ov), 2-175 (Sangakkara, 41.2 ov),
         3-240 (Jayawardene, 64.3 ov), 4-240 (Dilshan, 64.4 ov),
         5-256 (Atapattu, 69.6 ov), 6-327 (Samaraweera, 98.6 ov),
         7-378 (Vaas, 112.1 ov), 8-381 (Zoysa, 113.1 ov),
         9-390 (Herath, 120.2 ov), 10-407 (Muralitharan, 127.1 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Gillespie                   23      3     96      3
    Kasprowicz                  22.1    5     58      2 (1nb, 1w)
    Williams                    19      5     48      0 (1nb)
    Warne                       36      7    115      2
    Lehmann                     19      2     50      3
    Katich                       8      0     29      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    JL Langer                                b Vaas               166 405 295 13 2
    ML Hayden             lbw                b Vaas                28  54  31  5 0
    *RT Ponting           c Samaraweera      b Herath              20  48  36  2 0
    JN Gillespie          c Jayawardene      b Muralitharan         1   5   5  0 0
    DR Martyn             lbw                b Herath               5  11   6  0 0
    DS Lehmann            c Sangakkara       b Muralitharan         1   6   3  0 0
    SM Katich             lbw                b Muralitharan        86 305 214  7 1
    +AC Gilchrist         not out                                  31  61  41  0 2
    SK Warne              c Samaraweera      b Herath               0   7   3  0 0
    MS Kasprowicz         run out (Jayasuriya)                      3  14   6  0 0
    BA Williams                          c & b Herath               2  10   4  0 0
    Extras                (b 11, lb 11, w 4, nb 6)                 32
    Total                 (all out, 106.2 overs, 467 mins)        375
    
    FoW: 1-40 (Hayden, 12.1 ov), 2-79 (Ponting, 22.3 ov),
         3-80 (Gillespie, 23.2 ov), 4-89 (Martyn, 26.2 ov),
         5-98 (Lehmann, 27.2 ov), 6-316 (Langer, 92.3 ov),
         7-341 (Katich, 99.5 ov), 8-346 (Warne, 100.5 ov),
         9-368 (Kasprowicz, 104.2 ov), 10-375 (Williams, 106.2 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Vaas                        21      3     61      2
    Zoysa                       12      0     54      0 (1nb, 3w)
    Muralitharan                29      5     93      3 (2nb)
    Herath                      24.2    1     92      4
    Samaraweera                 15      4     40      0 (3nb, 1w)
    Jayasuriya                   4      0     13      0
    Dilshan                      1      1      0      0
    
    Sri Lanka 2nd innings (target: 370 runs)                        R   M   B  4 6
    MS Atapattu                              b Kasprowicz          14  65  48  1 0
    ST Jayasuriya         c Katich           b Lehmann             51 131  83  7 0
    TT Samaraweera        st Gilchrist       b Lehmann             53 170 126  7 0
    DPMD Jayawardene      c Gilchrist        b Lehmann             37 130  99  4 1
    +KC Sangakkara                           b Warne               27  35  27  4 0
    TM Dilshan            c Martyn           b Warne               31  56  44  5 0
    *HP Tillakaratne      lbw                b Gillespie           17  81  61  3 0
    WPUJC Vaas            lbw                b Warne                9  75  38  1 0
    DNT Zoysa                                b Warne                1  17  15  0 0
    HMRKB Herath          lbw                b Kasprowicz           0  29  20  0 0
    M Muralitharan        not out                                   0   8   3  0 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 1, w 1, nb 2)                    8
    Total                 (all out, 93.4 overs, 403 mins)         248
    
    FoW: 1-45 (Atapattu, 15.6 ov), 2-92 (Jayasuriya, 29.1 ov),
         3-156 (Samaraweera, 55.4 ov), 4-181 (Jayawardene, 61.5 ov),
         5-191 (Sangakkara, 64.3 ov), 6-232 (Dilshan, 76.1 ov),
         7-245 (Tillakaratne, 84.3 ov), 8-247 (Zoysa, 88.1 ov),
         9-248 (Vaas, 92.3 ov), 10-248 (Herath, 93.4 ov).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Gillespie                   18      6     38      1 (1w)
    Kasprowicz                  16.4    5     37      2
    Warne                       33     11     92      4 (2nb)
    Williams                     5      0     19      0
    Lehmann                     17      2     42      3
    Katich                       4      1     15      0
    

    • Hours of play: 10.30am - 12.30pm, 1.10pm - 3.10pm, 3.30pm - 5.30pm
    • 12th Men: A Symonds (Australia) and UDU Chandana (Sri Lanka)

      Day 1

    • Lunch: Australia 96/2 (Ponting 34*, Martyn 14, 27 overs, 123 minutes)
    • Australia 100 from 136 minutes after 32.2 overs (Ponting 38*, Lehmann 0*)
    • Ponting's 50 in 120 minutes 80 balls (6x4)
    • Australia 150 from 183 minutes after 43.4 overs (Ponting 63*, Lehmann 22*)
    • Australia 200 from 232 minutes after 53.4 overs (Ponting 84*, Lehmann 51*)
    • Lehmann's 50 in 103 minutes from 75 balls (6x4, 1x6)
    • Tea: Australia 217/4 (Lehmnnn 52*, 56 overs, 243 minutes)
    • Australia 250 from 301 minutes after 71 overs (Lehmann 70*, Gilchrist 2*)
    • Australia 300 from 360 minutes after 86.5 overs (Lehmann 100*, Warne 0*)
    • Lehmann's 100 in 231 minutes from 174 balls (11x4, 1x6)

      Day 2

    • Australia 350 from 424 minutes after 100.3 overs (Lehmann 117*, Warne 22*)
    • Lehmann's 150 in 350 minutes from 263 balls, (14x4, 2x6)
    • Australia's 400 in 480 minutes from 114.2 overs
    • Lunch: Australia 401 all out
    • Sri Lanka's 50 in 29 minutes from 7.3 overs (Atapattu 17*, Jayasuriya 29*)
    • Jayasuriya's 50 in 83 minutes from 59 balls, (7x4)
    • Sri Lanka's 100 in 93 minutes from 21.3 overs (Atapattu 46*, Jayasuriya 51*)
    • Atapattu's 50 in 101 minutes from 76 balls, (11x4)
    • Tea: Sri Lanka 138/1 (Atapattu 61*, Sangakkara 0*, 30 overs)
    • Sri Lanka's 150 in 137 minutes from 33 overs (Atapattu 63*, Sangakkara 10*)
    • Sri Lanka's 200 in 205 minutes from 50.4 overs (Atapattu 91*, Jayawardene 8*)
    • Atapattu's 100 in 217 minutes from 175 balls, (16x4)

      Day 3

    • Sri Lanka's 250 in 278 minutes from 68.3 overs (Atapattu 114*, Tillakaratne 6*)
    • Sri Lanka's 300 in 362 minutes from 84.4 overs (Tillakaratne 28*, Samaraweera 24*)
    • Lunch: Sri Lanka 308/5 (Tillakaratne 31*, Samaraweera 28*, 90 overs)
    • Sri Lanka's 350 in 442 minutes from 104.5 overs (Tillakaratne 42*, Vaas 15*)
    • Tillakaratne's 50 in 197 minutes from 137 balls, (6x4)
    • Sri Lanka's 400 in 514 minutes from 121.4 overs (Tillakaratne 69*, Muralitharan 7*)
    • Australia's 50 from 74 minutes after 16 overs (Langer 18*, Ponting 5*)

      Day 4

    • Australia's 100 in 131 minutes from 28.2 overs (Langer 43, Katich 0*)
    • Langer's 50 in 137 minutes 92 balls, (4x6, 6x1)
    • Australia's 150 in 188 minutes 42.4 overs (Langer 77*, Katich 12*)
    • Langer's 100 in 225 minutes 156 balls, (4x9, 6x1)
    • Australia's 200 in 275 minutes 64.3 overs (Langer 113*, Katich 23*)
    • Australia's 250 in 325 minutes 75.1 overs (Langer 138*, Katich 41*)
    • Tea: Australia 263/5 (Langer 140*, Katich 49*, 81 overs)
    • Katich's 50 in 221 minetus 153 balls (4x4)* Australia 300 in 88.4 overs
    • Australia 350 in 101.3 overs

      Day 5

    • Sri Lanka's 50 in 72 minutes from 18 overs (Jayasuriya 36*, Samaraweera 0*)
    • Jayasuriya's 50 in 125 minutes from 82 balls, (7x4)
    • Sri Lanka's 100 in 147 minutes from 33.4 overs (Samaraweera 30*, Jayawardene 0*)
    • Sri Lanka's 150 in 220 minutes from 44 overs (Samaraweera 49*, Jayawardene 29*)
    • Samaraweera's 50 in 158 minutes from 117 balls, (4x4)
    • Sri Lanka's 200 in 273 minutes from 68.3 overs (Dilshan 7*, Tillekaratne 0*)
    • Australia took the new ball after 81 overs (244/6)




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    Team Pages: Sri Lanka, Australia.

    Ground Page: Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

    Australia Player Pages: JL Langer, ML Hayden, RT Ponting, DR Martyn, DS Lehmann, SM Katich, AC Gilchrist, SK Warne, JN Gillespie, MS Kasprowicz, BA Williams.

    Sri Lanka Player Pages: MS Atapattu, ST Jayasuriya, KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene, TM Dilshan, HP Tillakaratne, TT Samaraweera, WPUJC Vaas, DNT Zoysa, HMRKB Herath, M Muralitharan.

    Match Officials' Pages: SA Bucknor, DL Orchard, PT Manuel, BC Broad.

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