Sri Lanka vs Australia Cricket Series 2007
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Sri Lanka vs Australia Cricket Series 2007
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Sri Lanka vs Australia Cricket Series 2007
First Test at Brisbane
AUS vs SL, 1st Test: Australia beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 40 runs
Nov 12, 2007
Australia has thrashed Sri Lanka by an innings and 40 runs on the fifth day of the first Test at the Gabba.
Paceman Brett Lee took three of the five wickets to fall on the final day which was interrupted twice by rain. Resuming on 5-218 this morning after being asked to follow on, the tourists went to lunch at 9-290 and were soon bowled out for 300 after the break.
Man-of-the-match Lee took 4-86 in the second innings for match figures of 8-112. Leading the attack for the first time since Glenn McGrath's retirement, Lee took the second wicket of the day when the paceman hit the off stump of Farveez Maharoof (18) at 7-259. Maharoof had been unsettled by three short balls earlier in the over and failed to get forward to a leg-cutter.
After a second rain delay, Lee had Chamara Silva caught at third man for 43. Lee took his eighth wicket of the match in his next over, bowling Dilhara Fernando for four as lunch was taken.
Stuart Clark had grabbed his 50th wicket in his 10th Test by removing wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene lbw for one in the sixth over of the day. Clark (2-75) wrapped up the result for Australia, their 13th consecutive Test win, by bowling Muttiah Muralitharan for four 10 minutes after lunch with Chaminda Vaas remaining 11 not out.
Australian leg-spinner Stuart MacGill yesterday reached the 200-wicket milestone in his 41st Test, the equal fourth-fastest in cricket history. Queensland left-arm quick Mitchell Johnson took 2-49 and 2-47 in an encouraging debut.
The two-Test series concludes with the second match in Hobart starting on Friday.
First Test, Brisbane, (day five): Australia 551-4d beat Sri Lanka 211 & 300 by an innings and 40 runs
AUS vs SL, 1st Test: Vandort leads Lankan fightback against Australia
Nov 11, 2007
Michael Vandort (82) and skipper Mahela Jayawardane (49) led Sri Lanka's fightback against Australia but the visitors still trailed by 122 runs before bad light forced an early end to the fourth day of the first cricket Test in Brisbane on Sunday.
On a day punctuated by spells of rain, the Lankans, who were forced to follow on after being bundled out for 211 in reply to Australia's first innings total of 551/4 declared, scored 218 of five. Vandort's 170-ball knock, which was his first fifty against Austraia and third overall, included 10 hits to the fence before he became Stuart MacGill's 200th Test victim.
Jayawardane also played a patient innings hitting five fours before departing just one run short of his fifty. The skipper was caught behind by Adam Gilchrist off Mitchell Johnson. Chamara Silva (5) and Prasanna Jayawardene (0) were on crease when play ended for the day.
First Test, Brisbane, day four (stumps): Australia 551-4d v Sri Lanka 211 & 218-5
Sri Lanka vs Australia Cricket Series 2007
First Test at Brisbane
Scores
Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field
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551 for 4 (151.0 overs)
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211 all out (81.5 overs)
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300 all out (99.2 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Jaques | st P Jayawardene | b Muralitharan | 100 |
203 | 14 | 0 |
| Hayden | c Muralitharan | b Vaas | 43 |
63 | 5 | 0 |
| Ponting | st P Jayawardene | b Muralitharan | 56 |
85 | 7 | 0 |
| Hussey | c Atapattu | b D Fernando | 133 |
249 | 13 | 2 |
| Clarke | not out | 145 |
249 | 14 | 1 | |
| Symonds | not out | 53 |
61 | 7 | 0 | |
| Extras | 4nb 1w 4b 12lb | 21 | ||||
| Total | for 4 | 551 | (151.0 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Atapattu | c Jaques | b Johnson | 51 |
183 | 5 | 0 |
| Jayasuriya | c Gilchrist | b Lee | 7 |
7 | 1 | 0 |
| Vandort | c Gilchrist | b Lee | 0 |
12 | 0 | 0 |
| M Jayawardene | c Gilchrist | b Clark | 14 |
35 | 2 | 0 |
| Samaraweera | c Gilchrist | b Johnson | 13 |
28 | 2 | 0 |
| Silva | c Clarke | b Clark | 40 |
45 | 6 | 0 |
| P Jayawardene | lbw | b Lee | 37 |
104 | 5 | 0 |
| Maharoof | b Symonds | 21 |
54 | 3 | 0 | |
| Vaas | b MacGill | 8 |
15 | 2 | 0 | |
| D Fernando | c Johnson | b Lee | 7 |
10 | 0 | 0 |
| Muralitharan | not out | 6 |
4 | 1 | 0 | |
| Extras | 6nb 1lb | 7 | ||||
| Total | all out | 211 | (81.5 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Atapattu | c Gilchrist | b Symonds | 16 |
42 | 1 | 1 |
| Jayasuriya | c Ponting | b Lee | 39 |
49 | 6 | 1 |
| Vandort | b MacGill | 82 |
170 | 11 | 0 | |
| M Jayawardene | c Gilchrist | b Johnson | 49 |
119 | 5 | 0 |
| Samaraweera | c Hussey | b Johnson | 20 |
65 | 2 | 0 |
| Silva | c Hussey | b Lee | 43 |
63 | 5 | 0 |
| P Jayawardene | lbw | b Clark | 1 |
21 | 0 | 0 |
| Maharoof | b Lee | 18 |
29 | 4 | 0 | |
| Vaas | not out | 11 |
26 | 2 | 0 | |
| D Fernando | b Lee | 4 |
6 | 1 | 0 | |
| Muralitharan | b Clark | 4 |
8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 6nb 4b 3lb | 13 | ||||
| Total | all out | 300 | (99.2 ovs) | |||
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Umpires: A L Hill, R E Koertzen
Australia: Hayden, Jaques, Ponting, Clarke, Symonds, Hussey, Gilchrist, Lee, Johnson, Clark, MacGill
Sri Lanka: Jayasuriya, Atapattu, Vandort, M Jayawardene, Silva, Samaraweera, P Jayawardene, Vaas, D Fernando, Maharoof, Muralitharan