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Sri Lanka v Australia
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ICC World Cup Final

Australia beat Sri Lanka by 53 runs.


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Sri Lanka innings
Batsman     Runs Balls 4s 6s
WU Tharanga c Gilchrist b Bracken 6 8 1 -
ST Jayasuriya   b Clarke 63 67 9 -
KC Sangakkara c Ponting b Hogg 54 52 6 1
DPMD Jayawardene lbw b Watson 19 19 1 -
LPC Silva   b Clarke 21 22 1 1
TM Dilshan   run out 14 13 2 -
RP Arnold c Gilchrist b McGrath 1 2 - -
WPUJC Vaas   not out 11 22 - -
SL Malinga st Gilchrist b Symonds 10 6 - 1
CRD Fernando   not out 1 5 - -
Extras 0b 1lb 14w 0nb 15  
TOTAL: 8 wkts , 36 overs 215  
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (7 Tharanga, 6 mins), 2-123 (116 Sangakkara, 81 mins), 3-145 (22 Jayasuriya, 17 mins), 4-156 (11 D P M D Jayawardene, 23 mins), 5-188 (32 Dilshan, 19 mins), 6-190 (2 L P C Silva, 6 mins), 7-194 (4 Arnold, 0 mins), 8-211 (17 Malinga, 15 mins)
To bat: M Muralitharan
Bowler O M R W
N W Bracken 6 1 34 1
S W Tait 6 0 42 0
G D McGrath 7 0 31 1
S R Watson 7 0 49 1
G B Hogg 3 0 19 1
M J Clarke 5 0 33 2
A Symonds 2 0 6 1

Australia innings
Batsman     Runs Balls 4s 6s
AC Gilchrist c L P C Silva b Fernando 149 104 13 8
ML Hayden c D P M D Jayawardene b Malinga 38 55 3 1
RT Ponting   run out 37 42 1 1
A Symonds   not out 23 21 2 -
SR Watson   b Malinga 3 3 - -
MJ Clarke   not out 8 6 1 -
Extras 0b 4lb 16w 3nb 23  
TOTAL: 4 wkts , 38 overs
(overs completed) 		281  
Fall of wickets: 1-172 (172 Hayden, 100 mins), 2-224 (52 Gilchrist, 29 mins), 3-261 (37 Ponting, 23 mins), 4-266 (5 Watson, 2 mins)
Did not bat: M E K Hussey, G B Hogg, S W Tait, G D McGrath, N W Bracken
Bowler O M R W
W P U J C Vaas 8 0 54 0
S L Malinga 8 1 49 2
C R D Fernando 8 0 74 1
M Muralitharan 7 0 44 0
T M Dilshan 2 0 23 0
S T Jayasuriya 5 0 33 0

Australia won the toss and decided to bat

Umpires: S A Bucknor, Aleem Dar
Sri Lanka:
S T Jayasuriya , W U Tharanga , K C Sangakkara (wkt) , D P M D Jayawardene (capt) , L P C Silva , T M Dilshan , R P Arnold , W P U J C Vaas , C R D Fernando , S L Malinga , M Muralitharan
Australia:
M L Hayden , A C Gilchrist (wkt) , R T Ponting (capt) , M J Clarke , A Symonds , M E K Hussey , S R Watson , G B Hogg , S W Tait , G D McGrath , N W Bracken Revised target - Duckworth-Lewis system



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