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Australia v Sri Lanka
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ICC World Cup - Super Eight

Australia beat Sri Lanka by 7 wkts.


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Australia innings
Batsman     Runs Balls 4s 6s
AC Gilchrist lbw b Arnold 30 49 4 -
ML Hayden c Dilshan b Arnold 41 30 5 2
RT Ponting   not out 66 80 4 1
MJ Clarke c Dilshan b Bandara 23 31 4 -
A Symonds   not out 63 71 5 2
Extras 0b 0lb 4w 5nb 9  
TOTAL: 3 wkts , 42.4 overs 232  
Fall of wickets: 1-76 (76 Hayden, 58 mins), 2-79 (3 Gilchrist, 6 mins), 3-126 (47 Clarke, 38 mins)
To bat: M E K Hussey, B J Hodge, G B Hogg, N W Bracken, S W Tait, G D McGrath
Bowler O M R W
C R D Fernando 6 1 36 0
M F Maharoof 7 0 52 0
K M D N Kulasekara 4 0 20 0
R P Arnold 4 0 20 2
C M Bandara 9.4 0 53 1
S T Jayasuriya 6 0 32 0
T M Dilshan 6 0 19 0

Sri Lanka innings
Batsman     Runs Balls 4s 6s
WU Tharanga c Hayden b Bracken 6 22 - -
ST Jayasuriya lbw b Bracken 12 12 2 -
KC Sangakkara lbw b McGrath 0 4 - -
DPMD Jayawardene st Gilchrist b Hogg 72 88 5 1
LPC Silva c Clarke b Hogg 64 107 6 -
TM Dilshan c Hodge b Tait 7 12 - -
RP Arnold   b Tait 3 10 - -
MF Maharoof c Symonds b Bracken 25 22 4 -
KMDN Kulasekara c Hayden b Bracken 1 5 - -
CM Bandara c Hogg b McGrath 17 19 - 2
CRD Fernando   not out 0 - - -
Extras 0b 5lb 11w 3nb 19  
TOTAL: all out , 49.4 overs 226  
Fall of wickets: 1-26 (26 Jayasuriya, 20 mins), 2-27 (1 Sangakkara, 5 mins), 3-27 (0 Tharanga, 7 mins), 4-167 (140 L P C Silva, 119 mins), 5-174 (7 D P M D Jayawardene, 6 mins), 6-178 (4 Dilshan, 6 mins), 7-183 (5 Arnold, 6 mins), 8-184 (1 Kulasekara, 3 mins), 9-218 (34 Bandara, 21 mins), 10-226 (8 Maharoof, 6 mins)
Bowler O M R W
N W Bracken 9.4 3 19 4
S W Tait 10 0 68 2
G D McGrath 9 1 48 2
G B Hogg 10 0 35 2
A Symonds 3 0 15 0
M J Clarke 8 0 36 0

Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat

Umpires: Aleem Dar, B R Doctrove
Australia:
A C Gilchrist (wkt) , M L Hayden , R T Ponting (capt) , M J Clarke , A Symonds , M E K Hussey , B J Hodge , G B Hogg , N W Bracken , S W Tait , G D McGrath
Sri Lanka:
W U Tharanga , S T Jayasuriya , D P M D Jayawardene (capt) , K C Sangakkara (wkt) , L P C Silva , T M Dilshan , R P Arnold , M F Maharoof , K M D N Kulasekara , C M Bandara , C R D Fernando


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