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VB Series 2005/06 - Second Final

Australia vs Sri Lanka
@ the Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney (d/n)
Sunday February 12, 2006

Australia won by 167 runs

Toss: Australia	Umpires: Peter Parker (Aus) and Mark Benson (Eng)
TV Umpire: Daryl Harper (Aus) Match Referee: Jeff Crowe (NZ)
Man of the Match: Andrew Symonds (Aus)
Series: Best of three finals series level at 1-all

Australia

Batsman			Runs	Balls	4's	6's	Fall Wkt
+Adam Gilchrist	c Dilshan	b Vaas	0	2	0	0	1-0 (00.2)
Simon Katich	lbw	b Vaas	1	5	0	0	2-2 (02.1)
*Ricky Ponting	c Vaas	b Perera	124	127	9	3	4-247 (40.4)
Damien Martyn	c Jayawardene	b Vaas	8	5	2	0	3-10 (02.6)
Andrew Symonds	lbw	b Vaas	151	127	13	3	5-320 (47.1)
Michael Clarke	not out		54	28	6	0	-
Mike Hussey	not out		23	8	3	1	-
Extras	(lb 1, nb 2, wd 4)		7	run rate: 7.36
Total	(50 overs)	5 wickets for	368
Did Not Bat:	Brad Hogg, Brett Lee, Stuart Clark, Nathan Bracken

Sri Lanka Bowling
	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Extras
Chaminda Vaas	10	0	56	4	nb1
Ruchira Perera	10	0	72	1	wd 2
Nuwan Kulasekara	5	0	41	0	-
Muttiah Muralitharan	10	0	99	0	nb 1
Tillakaratne Dilshan	2	0	10	0	-
Sanath Jayasuriya	8	0	52	0	wd 1
Malinga Bandara	5	0	37	0	wd 1

Sri Lanka

Batsman			Runs	Balls	4's	6's	Fall Wkt
*Marvan Atapattu	c Gilchrist	b Clark	24	35	2	0	3-74 (13.5)
Sanath Jayasuriya	c Lee	b Bracken	0	6	0	0	1-4 (01.4)
+Kumar Sangakkara		b Bracken	13	13	3	0	2-26 (05.3)
Mahela Jayawardene		b Hogg	50	48	8	0	4-116 (20.1)
Russel Arnold	not out		64	62	6	1	-
Tillakaratne Dilshan	c Ponting	b Symonds	13	14	2	0	5-139 (23.6)
Chamara Kapugedera	run out	(Clarke)	1	3	0	0	6-145 (25.1)
Chaminda Vaas	c Clarke	b Hogg	0	6	0	0	7-146 (26.2)
Malinga Bandara	c Clark	b Symonds	0	6	0	0	8-147 (27.4)
Muttiah Muralitharan	c Lewis	b Bracken	27	24	2	2	9-200 (35.2)
Ruchira Perera	c Ponting	b Bracken	0	2	0	0	-
Extras	(lb 4, nb 3, wd 2)		9	run rate: 5.58
Total	(36 overs)	all out for	201	(target: 369)

Australia Bowling
	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Extras
Brett Lee	8	0	42	0	nb 3, wd 1
Nathan Bracken	6	0	30	4	wd 1
Stuart Clark	5	0	28	1	-
Michael Lewis	5	0	30	0	-
Andrew Symonds	5	1	32	2	-
Brad Hogg	7	0	35	2	-

Match Notes

Super Substitutes:
Michael Lewis (Aus)
and Malinga Bandara (SL)

Official Attendance: 37,751.

* = Team Captains
+ = Wicket Keepers

Hours of Play: (local time)
2:15pm - 5:45pm
6:30pm - 10:00pm

Super Subs: Australia subbed Michael Lewis in for Damien Martyn after 8 overs of the Sri Lankan innings.
Sri Lanka subbed Malinga Bandara in for Nuwan Kulasekara after 24 overs of the Australian innings.

Australia:

Australia 50 off 10.3 overs
Ricky Ponting 50 runs from 52 balls, 4x4, 2x6
Australia 100 off 17.4 overs
Andrew Symonds 50 runs from 61 balls, 4x4
Australia 150 off 26.4 overs
Drinks Break 2: Australia 3-178 (Ponting 90*, Symonds 73*, 31 overs
Ricky Ponting 100 runs from 108 balls, 6x4, 3x6
Australia 200 off 34.4 overs
Andrew Symonds 100 runs from 101 balls, 9x4, 1x6
Record Partnership for any Australian ODI wicket
- Ponting/Symonds 237 runs (off 37.4 overs, Symonds 108*)
Australia 250 off 41 overs
Australia 300 off 45.3 overs
Andrew Symonds 150 runs from 125 balls, 13x4, 3x6
Highest ODI Individual total at Sydney - Andrew Symonds 151
Australia 350 off 49 overs
Michael Clarke 50 runs from 27 balls, 5x4
Record Team total for ODI at Sydney - (previous Australia 5-359 v India 2003/04)
Record Australian ODI total - (previous 2-359 v India @ Johannesburg 2002/03)

Sri Lanka:

Sri Lanka 50 off 10.1 overs
Drinks Break 1: Sri Lanka 3-77 (Jayawardene 34*, Arnold 2*, 15 overs)
Sri Lanka 100 off 17.2 overs
Mahela Jayawardene 50 runs from 47 balls, 8x4
Sri Lanka 150 off 28.3 overs
Russel Arnold 50 runs from 48 balls. 6x4
Drinks Break 2: Sri Lanka 8-176 (Arnold 51*, Muralitharan 15*, 32 overs)
Sri Lanka 200 off 35.1 overs

Match completed at 9:18pm local time (Sydney).