Australia beat Sri Lanka by 167 runs in the final

Sydney Cricket Ground, 12 Feb 2006. Australia won the toss and chose to bat.

Sri Lanka20136 ov

Australia won by 167 runs

Sri Lanka won the tournament

Match report

From the scorecard

Australia won the toss and chose to bat. Australia made 368 for 5 in 50 overs, Andrew Symonds 151 from 127 balls and Ricky Ponting 124 from 127 balls. WPUJC Vaas took 4 for 56.

Sri Lanka were bowled out for 201, Russel Arnold 64 not out from 62 balls and Mahela Jayawardene 50 from 48 balls. Nathan Bracken took 4 for 30.

Australia won by 167 runs.

Key performers

151Andrew SymondsAustralia. 127 balls, 13 fours, 3 sixesPlayer of the match

4/30Nathan BrackenAustralia. 6 overs RA64*Russel ArnoldSri Lanka. 62 balls, 6 fours, 1 six

4/56WPUJC VaasSri Lanka. 10 overs

Australia innings

368/5(50 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Adam Gilchrist †c TM Dilshan b WPUJC Vaas	c TM Dilshan b WPUJC Vaas	0	2	0	0	0.00
Simon Katichlbw b WPUJC Vaas	lbw b WPUJC Vaas	1	5	0	0	20.00
Ricky Pontingc WPUJC Vaas b PDRL Perera	c WPUJC Vaas b PDRL Perera	124	127	9	3	97.64
Damien Martync DPMD Jayawardene b WPUJC Vaas	c DPMD Jayawardene b WPUJC Vaas	8	5	2	0	160.00
Andrew Symondslbw b WPUJC Vaas	lbw b WPUJC Vaas	151	127	13	3	118.90
Michael Clarkenot out	not out	54*	28	6	0	192.86
Michael Husseynot out	not out	23*	8	3	1	287.50
Extras(lb 1, w 4, nb 2)	(lb 1, w 4, nb 2)	7
Total50 Ov (RR 7.36)	50 Ov (RR 7.36)	368/5

Did not bat: Brad Hogg, Brett Lee, Stuart Clark, Nathan Bracken, Mick Lewis

Fall of wickets: 0-1 (AC Gilchrist, 0.2 ov), 2-2 (SM Katich, 2.1 ov), 10-3 (DR Martyn, 3 ov), 247-4 (RT Ponting, 40.4 ov), 320-5 (A Symonds, 47.1 ov)

Bowler	O	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
WPUJC Vaas	10	56	4	5.60	33	8	0	0	1
Ruchira Perera	10	72	1	7.20	29	9	1	2	0
Nuwan Kulasekara	5	41	0	8.20	15	4	2	0	0
Muttiah Muralitharan	10	99	0	9.90	11	6	3	0	1
Tillakaratne Dilshan	2	10	0	5.00	4	0	0	0	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	8	52	0	6.50	13	3	0	1	0
Malinga Bandara	5	37	0	7.40	10	3	1	1	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	AC Gilchrist 0(2) & SM Katich 0(0)	0	2
2nd	RT Ponting 0(7) & SM Katich 1(5)	2	11
3rd	DR Martyn 8(5) & RT Ponting 0(0)	8	5
4th	RT Ponting 124(120) & A Symonds 108(106)	237	226
5th	A Symonds 43(21) & MJ Clarke 30(18)	73	39
6th	MEK Hussey 23(8) & MJ Clarke 24(10)	48*	17

Sri Lanka innings

201(36 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
Marvan Atapattuc †AC Gilchrist b SR Clark	c †AC Gilchrist b SR Clark	24	35	2	0	68.57
Sanath Jayasuriyac B Lee b NW Bracken	c B Lee b NW Bracken	0	6	0	0	0.00
Kumar Sangakkara †b NW Bracken	b NW Bracken	13	13	3	0	100.00
Mahela Jayawardeneb GB Hogg	b GB Hogg	50	48	8	0	104.17
Russel Arnoldnot out	not out	64*	62	6	1	103.23
Tillakaratne Dilshanc RT Ponting b A Symonds	c RT Ponting b A Symonds	13	14	2	0	92.86
Chamara Kapugederarun out (MJ Clarke/†AC Gilchrist)	run out (MJ Clarke/†AC Gilchrist)	1	3	0	0	33.33
WPUJC Vaasc MJ Clarke b GB Hogg	c MJ Clarke b GB Hogg	0	6	0	0	0.00
Malinga Bandarac SR Clark b A Symonds	c SR Clark b A Symonds	0	6	0	0	0.00
Muttiah Muralitharanc ML Lewis b NW Bracken	c ML Lewis b NW Bracken	27	24	2	2	112.50
Ruchira Pererac RT Ponting b NW Bracken	c RT Ponting b NW Bracken	0	2	0	0	0.00
Extras(lb 4, w 2, nb 3)	(lb 4, w 2, nb 3)	9
Total36 Ov (RR 5.58)	36 Ov (RR 5.58) · Target 369 from 50 ov	201

Fall of wickets: 4-1 (ST Jayasuriya, 1.4 ov), 26-2 (KC Sangakkara, 5.3 ov), 74-3 (MS Atapattu, 13.5 ov), 116-4 (DPMD Jayawardene, 20.1 ov), 139-5 (TM Dilshan, 24 ov), 145-6 (CK Kapugedera, 25.1 ov), 146-7 (WPUJC Vaas, 26.2 ov), 147-8 (HMCM Bandara, 27.4 ov), 200-9 (M Muralitharan, 35.2 ov), 201-10 (PDRL Perera, 36 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Brett Lee	8	0	42	0	5.25	33	5	1	1	3
Nathan Bracken	6	0	30	4	5.00	22	5	0	1	0
Stuart Clark	5	0	28	1	5.60	15	3	0	0	0
Mick Lewis	5	0	30	0	6.00	13	3	0	0	0
Andrew Symonds	5	1	32	2	6.40	15	5	0	0	0
Brad Hogg	7	0	35	2	5.00	25	2	2	0	0

Partnerships

Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
1st	MS Atapattu 3(4) & ST Jayasuriya 0(6)	4	10
2nd	KC Sangakkara 13(13) & MS Atapattu 7(10)	22	23
3rd	DPMD Jayawardene 33(30) & MS Atapattu 14(21)	48	50
4th	RP Arnold 25(20) & DPMD Jayawardene 17(18)	42	38
5th	TM Dilshan 13(14) & RP Arnold 7(9)	23	23
6th	RP Arnold 5(4) & CK Kapugedera 1(3)	6	7
7th	WPUJC Vaas 0(6) & RP Arnold 1(1)	1	7
8th	HMCM Bandara 0(6) & RP Arnold 1(2)	1	8
9th	RP Arnold 24(24) & M Muralitharan 27(24)	53	46
10th	RP Arnold 1(2) & PDRL Perera 0(2)	1	4

Commentary

End of over 362 runs, 2 wktsSL 201/101W010W

RP Arnold 64(62)NW Bracken 6-0-30-4

35.6W

NW Bracken to PDRL Perera, OUT

PDRL Perera c RT Ponting b NW Bracken 0(2) [4s-0 6s-0] · FoW 201/10 (36 ov)

35.50

NW Bracken to PDRL Perera, no run

35.41

NW Bracken to RP Arnold, 1 run

35.30

NW Bracken to RP Arnold, no run

35.2W

NW Bracken to M Muralitharan, OUT

M Muralitharan c ML Lewis b NW Bracken 27(24) [4s-2 6s-2] · FoW 200/9 (35.2 ov)

35.11

NW Bracken to RP Arnold, 1 run

End of over 357 runsSL 199/8014110

M Muralitharan 27(23)RP Arnold 62(59)GB Hogg 7-0-35-2

34.60

GB Hogg to M Muralitharan, no run

34.51

GB Hogg to RP Arnold, 1 run

34.41

GB Hogg to M Muralitharan, 1 run

34.34

GB Hogg to M Muralitharan, FOUR

34.21

GB Hogg to RP Arnold, 1 run

34.10

GB Hogg to RP Arnold, no run

End of over 348 runsSL 192/8111104

M Muralitharan 22(20)RP Arnold 60(56)NW Bracken 5-0-28-2

33.64

NW Bracken to M Muralitharan, FOUR

33.50

NW Bracken to M Muralitharan, no run

33.41

NW Bracken to RP Arnold, 1 run

33.31

NW Bracken to M Muralitharan, 1 run

33.21

NW Bracken to RP Arnold, 1 run

33.11

NW Bracken to M Muralitharan, 1 run

End of over 338 runsSL 184/8011006

RP Arnold 58(54)M Muralitharan 16(16)B Lee 8-0-42-0

32.66

B Lee to RP Arnold, SIX

32.50

B Lee to RP Arnold, no run

32.40

B Lee to RP Arnold, no run

32.31

B Lee to M Muralitharan, 1 run

32.21

B Lee to RP Arnold, 1 run

32.10

B Lee to RP Arnold, no run

End of over 322 runsSL 176/8000002

M Muralitharan 15(15)RP Arnold 51(49)GB Hogg 6-0-28-2