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Australia in Sri Lanka, 1999/00 
Sri Lanka Board XI v Australians 
P.Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo 
3,4,5,6 September 1999 (4-day match) 
Result: Australians won by 4 wickets 
Toss: Sri Lanka Board XI 
Umpires: JWK Boteju and DAS Dissanayake
 
Close of play:
  Day 1: Sri Lanka Board XI 69/2 (Arnold 44*, Tillakaratne 6*, 25.2 ov)
 Day 2: Sri Lanka Board XI 228, Australians 175/9 (McGrath 0*, 55.3 ov)
 Day 3: Australians 179, Sri Lanka Board XI 271, Australians 39/0
        (Blewett 17*, Slater 17*, 18 ov)
Sri Lanka Board XI 1st innings
RP Arnold                            c & b McGrath            63
RP Hewage             st Healy           b Warne              17
TM Dilshan            c Warne            b Miller              0 (2)
*HP Tillakaratne      c Healy            b McGrath            16
LPC Silva             c Healy            b McGrath             0 (2)
SI de Saram           st Healy           b MacGill            67
MMDNRG Perera         run out                                  9
+HAPW Jayawardene     c Healy            b McGrath            23
IS Gallage            lbw                b Warne               1
MS Villavarayan       not out                                 10
HMRKB Herath          c Ponting          b MacGill             3
Extras                (b 11, lb 1, nb 7)                      19
Total                 (all out, 79.3 overs, 305 mins)        228
FoW: 1-44 (Hewage), 2-45 (Dilshan), 3-99 (Arnold),
     4-100 (Silva), 5-101 (Tillakaratne), 6-133 (Perera),
     7-185 (Jayawardene), 8-193 (Gallage), 9-224 (de Saram),
     10-228 (Herath).
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McGrath                     18      5     52      4 (3nb)
Miller                      24      6     70      1
Warne                       19      4     37      2 (3nb)
Blewett                      5      1     15      0 (1nb)
MacGill                     13.3    1     42      2
Australians 1st innings
GS Blewett            run out                                  23
ML Hayden             c Dilshan          b Herath              23
JL Langer             c Tillakaratne     b Villavarayan         4
*SR Waugh             lbw                b Perera              43
RT Ponting                               b Herath              35
+IA Healy             c Dilshan          b Herath               0
SK Warne              run out                                  18
CR Miller             c Hewage           b Perera              15
SCG MacGill                              b Herath               0
GD McGrath            lbw                b Perera               1
MJ Slater             not out                                   3
Extras                (lb 2, nb 12)                            14
Total                 (all out, 57.5 overs, 210 mins)         179
FoW: 1-46 (Hayden), 2-55 (Blewett), 3-55 (Langer),
     4-131 (Ponting), 5-140 (Healy), 6-140 (Waugh),
     7-175 (Miller), 8-175 (MacGill), 9-175 (Warne),
     10-179 (McGrath).
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gallage                      8      0     19      0 (2nb)
Villavarayan                 8      0     39      1
Herath                      23      5     57      4 (2nb)
Perera                      13.5    2     50      3 (8nb)
Arnold                       5      1     12      0
Sri Lanka Board XI 2nd innings
RP Arnold             c Warne            b Miller             79
RP Hewage             c Langer           b Miller             29
TM Dilshan            c Slater           b Warne              23
*HP Tillakaratne      c Warne            b Miller             14
LPC Silva             c Slater           b Warne              70
SI de Saram           c Healy            b Warne               0
MMDNRG Perera                            b Miller             23
+HAPW Jayawardene     c Blewett          b McGrath            10
IS Gallage                               b Miller              4
MS Villavarayan       lbw                b Miller              0
HMRKB Herath          not out                                  0
Extras                (b 7, lb 7, w 1, nb 4)                  19
Total                 (all out, 80.1 overs, 318 mins)        271
FoW: 1-97 (Hewage), 2-130 (Arnold), 3-159 (Dilshan),
     4-159 (Tillakaratne), 5-165 (de Saram), 6-202 (Perera),
     7-245 (Jayawardene), 8-271 (Gallage), 9-271 (Villavarayan),
     10-271 (Silva).
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McGrath                     16      4     41      1 (2nb)
Miller                      25      9     57      6 (1nb)
Blewett                      7      2     22      0
MacGill                     13      3     54      0 (1w)
Ponting                      3      0      9      0 (1nb)
Warne                       16.1    4     74      3
Australians 2nd innings (target: 321 runs)                      R   M   B  4 6
GS Blewett            c de Saram         b Gallage            148 284 278 20 0
MJ Slater             c Arnold           b Herath              51          5 2
JL Langer             c Jayawardene      b Tillakaratne        52 280
+IA Healy             c Tillakaratne     b Gallage              2
*SR Waugh             c Jayawardene      b Villavarayan        21          5
RT Ponting            c Perera           b Herath              10
ML Hayden             not out                                  11
SK Warne              not out                                   4
Extras                (b 4, lb 9, nb 9)                        22
Total                 (6 wicket, 101 overs, 358 mins)         321
DNB: CR Miller, SCG MacGill, GD McGrath.
FoW: 1-115 (Slater), 2-249 (Blewett), 3-251 (Healy),
     4-278 (Waugh), 5-293 (Ponting), 6-314 (Langer).
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Gallage                     12      4     28      2 (4nb)
Villavarayan                15      4     38      1
Herath                      33      7    111      2
Perera                      15      2     46      0 (3nb)
Arnold                      25      7     81      0 (2nb)
Tillakaratne                 1      0      4      1
 
-  12th Men: SM Katich (Australians)
 Day 1
  -  An initial toss was conducted on the steps of the Australians dressing
    room, the Sri Lankan Board XI winning. After an objection was raised
    by Australians captain SR Waugh, a second toss was made on the ground
    this time won by the Australians. A third toss was then conducted and
    won by the Sri Lankan Board XI, thus the toss was a 'best of three'
    result.
 -  Rain delayed the start of play for approximately 2.5 hours.
 -  Rain again stopped play after 13 minutes for another 2 hours.
 -  Rain ended play early
 Day 2
  -  MJ Slater was absent from the ground for the entire days play with
    illness.
   
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Team Pages:
Australians.
 
Ground Page:
P.Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
 
Sri Lanka Board XI Player Pages:
RP Arnold,
RP Hewage,
TM Dilshan,
HP Tillakaratne,
LPC Silva,
SI de Saram,
MMDNRG Perera,
HAPW Jayawardene,
IS Gallage,
MS Villavarayan,
HMRKB Herath.
 
Australians Player Pages:
GS Blewett,
ML Hayden,
JL Langer,
SR Waugh,
RT Ponting,
IA Healy,
SK Warne,
CR Miller,
SCG MacGill,
GD McGrath,
MJ Slater.
 
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