• For the 83rd time, a tournament consisting of three or more teams was being played. By an odd coincidence it was also the 83rd ODI on Sri Lankan soil.
• Galle International Stadium at Galle was hosting its first ODI. It thus became Sri Lanka's fourth venue (sixth ground) to host a ODI. ODI cricket has now been played on 118 venues and 132 grounds worldwide. Interestingly Galle would have been One-Day International cricket's 121st ground,but three matches were washed out without a ball being bowled in June 1998 during the Nidahas Trophy.
• Former Sri Lankan leg-spinner Asoka deSilva was making his ODI umpiring debut. He became 15th Sri Lankan to stand in a ODI.
• Sanath Jayasuriya's figures of 5 for 28 are the best by any Sri Lankan against Australia. It obliterates Upul Chandana's 4 for 35 at Colombo RP on 07 Sep 1996.
• Jayasuriya's figures are also the best by a Sri Lankan cap tain against all countries. The previous best by a Sri Lankan captain was 4 for 23 by Ravi Ratnayeke against Bangladesh at Dhaka on 02 Nov 1998.

The details:

5-28	ST Jayasuriya	       v Aus  Galle      	22 Aug 1999
4-23    JR Ratnayeke           v BD   Dhaka      	02 Nov 1988
3-41    A Ranatunga            v Aus  Melbourne  	26 Dec 1989
3-43    PA de Silva            v WI   Perth      	14 Jan 1996

• Jayasuriya's figures are also the sixth best in all ODIs by a captain.The record is still held by WestIndian Viv Richards who took 6 for 41 against India at Delhi on 23 Oct 1989 in Nehru Cup.

The details:

6-41    IVA Richards         WI  v Ind  Delhi           23 Oct 1989
5-15    GS Chappell          Aus v Ind  Sydney      	08 Jan 1981
5-15    Wasim Akram          Pak v Zim  Karachi     	24 Dec 1993
5-16    Wasim Akram          Pak v SA   East London 	15 Feb 1993
5-20    GS Chappell          Aus v Eng  Birmingham      04 Jun 1977
5-28	ST Jayasuriya	     SL  v Aus  Galle           22 Aug 1999
5-33    Asif Karim           Ken v BD   Nairobi Gym 	10 Oct 1997
5-41    IVA Richards         WI  v NZ   Dunedin         18 Mar 1987
5-43    Kapil Dev            Ind v Aus  Nottingham      13 Jun 1983

• Jayasuriya has now taken 160 wickets from 183 matches at the end of this match, thus becoming the leading wicket-taker for Sri Lanka. He surpassed Muttiah Muralitharan's tally of 157 wickets from 115 matches.
• When he dismissed Ricky Ponting,Romesh Kaluwitharana completed 50 stumpings in his ODI career. He became first wicketkeeper to do so.
• Wicketkeeper Kaluwitharana made three stumpings during the match. It was only the fifth such instance in ODIs.

The details:

3    Salim Yousuf             Pak v  NZ   Lahore       02 Nov 1990
3    IA Healy                 Aus v  SL   East London  02 Apr 1994
3    IA Healy                 Aus v  SL   Faisalabad   18 Oct 1994
3    Moin Khan                Pak v  WI   Sharjah      13 Oct 1995
3    RS Kaluwitharana         SL  v  Aus  Galle        22 Aug 1999

• Shane Warne, when dismissed Nuwan Zoysa, became the leading wickettaker for Australia in One-Day Internationals. It was his 204th wicket in ODIs and he surpassed Craig McDermott tally of 203 wickets.
• Indika de Seram was making his ODI debut.He became 100th player to make an ODI appearance for Sri Lanka.
• Jason Gillespie, making a comeback into Australian side after missing 58 matches, won Man of the Match award for the first time in his career. He became 62nd Australian (on 227th occasion) to win a MoM award.
• Steve Waugh was leading Australia for the 50th time in a DI. He became third Australian after Allan Border (178) and Mark Taylor (67)and 19th in the world to do so.
• By winning this match Australia has now played 8 successive matches without facing defeat.

Contributed by: Rajneesh Gupta (rgcricket@hotmail.com)