- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR29.5 turned to deep mid wicket, run hard for second, Vass pick up and throw it from the boundary, hit direct at the bowling end, Third umpire called 181/212.2 inside edge onto pads, pops up in the air, Tillakaratne grabs a very good catch at short cover 75/145.4 short delivery quicker one, misses a pull shot, top edge ball baloons high up in the air, Sangakkara takes a good catch behind the stumps 293/349.1 tries to work the ball away, misses the line, ball shattered the stumps 313/449.3 powerfully hit going for a big one, but finds de Silva at mid wicket, remarkable catch 314/5Extras16 (lb 4, nb 7, w 5)TOTAL319/5 (50 Overs, RR: 6.38)Fall of wickets: 1-75 (Matthew Hayden, 12.2 ov), 2-181 (Adam Gilchrist, 29.5 ov), 3-293 (Ricky Ponting, 45.4 ov), 4-313 (Damien Martyn, 49.1 ov), 5-314 (Darren Lehmann, 49.3 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB WPUJC Vaas 8 0 59 0 7.37 26 6 2 1 2 PW Gunaratne 6 0 46 0 7.66 15 7 0 0 0 PA de Silva 5 0 36 0 7.2 9 3 1 0 0 M Muralidaran 10 0 47 1 4.7 32 3 1 1 1 RP Arnold 2 0 21 0 10.5 5 2 1 1 0 CRD Fernando 9 0 47 3 5.22 21 4 0 1 0 ST Jayasuriya 10 0 59 0 5.9 26 3 1 1 0
07/03Result
1st Super, ICC World Cup at Centurion, Mar 7 2003
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
223 (47.4/50 ov)
Player of the Match
07/03Result
1st Super, ICC World Cup at Centurion, Mar 7 2003
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
223 (47.4/50 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR9.5 tries to drive it on the off side, misstimed it and went in the air back to bowler, Lee catch it well diving forward 42/112.3 pitches on off, swings in, tries to defend it, caught in the crease, beaten between bat and pads, ball hit the off stumps 47/311.2 short and fast ball, swings away, tries to defend it, big edge in the hand of Gilchrist 46/244.1 pitched up, tries to drive it on the off side, ball spins and get the inside part of the bat and went in the air in the hand of Hogg 203/813.3 pitches up, caught him in the crease, hit in front off middle stumps, on pads, ball swings in the air. hudge appeal for lbw, Shepered finger goes up, well bowled by Lee, pitches two short one and than last one right in the toe 48/426.1 pushed to cover for a quick single, direct hit by Hog, third umpire called 100/536.4 quick wrong one, plays off the backfoot, hits on pad, plumb infront 144/637.4 down on one knee hits high in the air to long on, Lee unders it and takes a good catch 149/747.4 again fuller length, hits on boot, this time right infront of wicket, umpire say out 223/9Extras23 (b 6, lb 8, nb 3, w 6)TOTAL223 all out (47.4 Overs, RR: 4.67)Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Marvan Atapattu, 9.5 ov), 2-46 (Mahela Jayawardene, 11.2 ov), 3-47 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 12.3 ov), 4-48 (Russel Arnold, 13.3 ov), 5-100 (Kumar Sangakkara, 26.1 ov), 6-144 (Chaminda Vaas, 36.4 ov), 7-149 (Muthiah Muralidaran, 37.4 ov), 8-203 (Aravinda de Silva, 44.1 ov), 9-223 (Dilhara Fernando, 47.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB GD McGrath 9.4 1 25 2 2.58 45 3 0 3 0 B Lee 10 1 52 3 5.2 44 5 2 2 3 IJ Harvey 7 0 29 0 4.14 25 4 0 0 0 AJ Bichel 7 1 32 0 4.57 26 3 1 1 0 GB Hogg 9 1 45 2 5 35 6 1 0 0 DS Lehmann 5 0 26 1 5.2 14 3 0 0 0
Match Details
Series
Toss
Australia , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
7 March 2003 (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Australia 4, Sri Lanka 0
Match Notes
- 12th Men: JP Maher (Australia) and J Mubarak (Sri Lanka)
- Australia 50 runs, 51 balls, 35 minutes 8x4
- 50 Partnership (Gilchrist/Hayden) 51 balls, 35 minutes, 8x4
- When Gilchrist reached 38* he completed 5000 runs in ODIs
- Australia 100 runs, 96 balls, 63 minutes, 15x4, 1x6
- AC Gilchrist's highest score in World Cups (previous: 63 v Bangladesh at Chester-le-Street, 1999)
- 50 Partnership (Gilchrist/Ponting) 41 balls, 30 minutes, 4x4, 2x6
- Australia 150 runs, 150 balls, 99 minutes, 17x4, 2x6
- 100 partnership (Gilchrist/Ponting) 96 balls, 63 minutes, 7 x4, 3x6
- Ponting 50 runs, 66 balls, 81 minutes, 3x4, 1x6
- Australia 200 runs, 205 balls, 135 minutes, 21x4, 4x6
- 50 Partnership (Ponting/Martyn) 43 balls, 29 minutes, 2x4, 2x6
- Australia 250 runs, 247 balls, 159 minutes, 23x4, 5x6
- Ponting 100 runs, 96 balls, 115 minutes, 6x6, 4x6
- RT Ponting's highest score in World Cups (previous: 102 v West Indies at Jaipur, 1995/96)
- 100 Partnership (Ponting/Martyn) 82 balls, 48 minutes, 6x4, 3x6
- Australia 300 runs, 293 balls, 191 minutes, 26x4, 6x6
- DR Martyn's highest score against Sri Lanka in ODIs (previous: 48 at Perth, 1998/99)
- Martyn 50 runs, 56 balls, 75 minutes, 1x4
- CRD Fernando's best bowling against Australia in ODIs (previous: 1/46 at Sydney, 2002/03)
- CRD Fernando's best bowling in World Cups (previous: 2/4 v Canada at Paarl, 2002/03)
- ST Jayasuriya retired hurt at 6/0 (1*, 5 balls, hit by a rising ball from Lee)
- With the wicket of HP Tillakaratne, GD McGrath became the leading wicket-taker for Australia against Sri Lanka in ODIs (previous: 29 wkts, jointly held with SK Warne)
- When PA de Silva reached 34* he became the leading run scorer for Sri Lanka in World Cups (previous: 969 runs, A Ranatunga)
- Sri Lanka 50 runs, 100 balls, 79 minutes, 6x4
- 50 Partnership (de Silva/Sangakkara) 75 balls, 51 minutes, 5x4, 1x6
- Sri Lanka 100 runs, 163 balls, 119 minutes, 11x4, 1x6
- Sri Lanka 150 runs, 236 balls, 167 minutes, 15x4, 1x6
- PA de Silva 50 runs, 69 balls, 116 minutes, 6x4, 1x6
- PA de Silva and CRD Fernando's partnership set a new 8th wicket partnership record for Sri Lanka against Australia in ODIs (previous: 44 ST Jayasuriya and RJ Ratnayake at Adelaide, 1989/90)
- Sri Lanka 200 runs, 269 balls, 186 minutes, 20 x 4, 3x 6
- 50 Partnership (de Silva/Fernando) 35 balls, 21 minutes, 5x4, 3x6
- Australia extend their record winning streak in ODIs to 13 consecutive victories
Match Coverage
All Match NewsPonting and Lee star in emphatic Australia win
A century from skipper Ricky Ponting and devastating spell of express pacebowling from speedster Brett Lee handed Australia an emphatic 96 run victoryin their opening Super Six clash against Sri Lanka at Centurion on Friday
World Cup
| Super Sixes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 5 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 1.854 |
| IND | 5 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 0.886 |
| KENYA | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0.354 |
| SL | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11.5 | -0.844 |
| NZ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | -0.896 |
| ZIM | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3.5 | -1.254 |
| Pool A | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| AUS | 6 | 6 | 0 | 24 | 2.045 |
| IND | 6 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 1.108 |
| ZIM | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 0.504 |
| ENG | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0.821 |
| PAK | 6 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 0.227 |
| NED | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1.454 |
| NAM | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | -2.955 |
| Pool B | |||||
| Team | M | W | L | PT | NRR |
| SL | 6 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 1.204 |
| KENYA | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | -0.691 |
| NZ | 6 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 0.99 |
| WI | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 1.103 |
| SA | 6 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 1.73 |
| CAN | 6 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1.989 |
| BAN | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | -2.046 |