Sri Lanka vs Australia (Colombo) (5th March)

ICC World Cup 2011 – 5^th March

20^th Match – Group A     (50-over match)

Played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo,

Match abandoned due to constant downpours, so No Result for this match;

Sri Lanka won the toss and went for batting first;

Scoreboard:

Sri Lanka            146/3    (32.5 over)

Sri Lanka Innings	50 over maximum	R	B	4s	6s	S/R
WU Tharanga	c Smith b Lee	6	18	0	0	33.33
TM Dilshan	c White b Tait	4	4	1	0	100.00
KC Sangakkara*†	not out	73	102	7	0	71.56
DPMD Jayawardene	run out (Smith)	23	25	3	0	92.00
TT Samaraweera	not out	34	48	2	0	70.83
Extras	(lb 1, w 5)	6

Total (3 wickets; 32.5 over) 146 (4.44 runs per over)

Did not bat:

LPC Silva, AD Mathews, HMRKB Herath, SL Malinga, M Muralitharan, BAW Mendis

Fall of wickets:

1-6 (Dilshan, 1.4 over), 2-31 (Tharanga, 6.4 over), 3-75 (Jayawardene, 15.2 over)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ.
B Lee	5	0	27	1	5.40	(2w)
SW Tait	5	0	23	1	4.60
SR Watson	7	0	29	0	4.14
MG Johnson	4	0	15	0	3.75	(2w)
JJ Krejza	7.5	0	34	0	4.34	(1w)
SPD Smith	4	0	17	0	4.25

Australia Team:

SR Watson, BJ Haddin†, RT Ponting*, MJ Clarke, DJ Hussey, CL White, SPD Smith, MG Johnson, JJ Krejza, B Lee, SW Tait

Match Details:

Umpires:        IJ Gould (England) and AL Hill (New Zealand)

TV umpire:        SK Tarapore (India)

Persistent downpours forced the game to be abandoned as Kumara Sangakkara's outfit reached 146 for 3 in 32.5 over. There would a tough scramble of the tournament as both group A teams Australia and Sri Lanka were expected to be rocking in Colombo. Australia's pacers attacked early on the burly batting lineup of co-hosts of World Cup and they lost their third wicket on 75 runs in 16^th over. Skipper Sangakkara took the responsibility and led from the front, but continual heavy showers ruined all the plans of Sri Lankan captain.

As Sri Lanka would be going in tough row, over 250 would be anticipated from their side, Samaraweera stood by his captain Sangakkara and were building good stand over visitors. Jayawardene had added 44 runs with his captain and they looked in immense touch and control. If Sangakkara tried to blow through the line, Jayawardene looked to stroke through the covers; if Sangakkara dabbed to the off, Mahela nudged to the leg, and both ran the singles well. The run-rate wasn't too high but Sri Lanka looked to be in control as the track was increasingly showing signs of aiding turn and bounce.

2 points for match would be shared between two and each got 1 point. Australia would play their fourth game with Kenya on 13^th March whereas Sri Lankans would get a chance of winning against Zimbabwe on 10^th March.