Australia v Sri Lanka — Scorecard

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Australia

212/7

Sri Lanka

123/7

Australia won by 48 runs

ICC World Cup · 18 March 2003 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, Gqeberha

Innings 1

Australia

212/7

50.0 overs

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
AC Gilchrist	c KC Sangakkara b PA de Silva	22	20	2	1	110.0
ML Hayden	c HP Tillakaratne b WPUJC Vaas	20	38	2	0	52.6
RT Ponting	c ST Jayasuriya b WPUJC Vaas	2	8	0	0	25.0
DS Lehmann	b ST Jayasuriya	36	66	2	0	54.5
A Symonds	not out	91	118	7	1	77.1
MG Bevan	c KC Sangakkara b ST Jayasuriya	0	1	0	0	0.0
GB Hogg	st KC Sangakkara b PA de Silva	8	19	0	0	42.1
IJ Harvey	c KC Sangakkara b WPUJC Vaas	7	10	0	0	70.0
AJ Bichel	not out	19	21	0	1	90.5
Extras (b 0, lb 3, w 3, nb 1, p 0)		7
Total		212/7 (50.0 ov)

Fall of wickets: 34-1 (AC Gilchrist, 5.2) · 37-2 (RT Ponting, 6.5) · 51-3 (ML Hayden, 12.2) · 144-4 (DS Lehmann, 35.0) · 144-5 (MG Bevan, 36.1) · 158-6 (GB Hogg, 40.3) · 175-7 (IJ Harvey, 43.5)

Partnerships

1stAC Gilchrist & ML Hayden34 (32) · RR 6.38
2ndRT Ponting & ML Hayden3 (9) · RR 2.00
3rdDS Lehmann & ML Hayden14 (33) · RR 2.55
4thDS Lehmann & A Symonds93 (136) · RR 4.10
5thMG Bevan & A Symonds0 (7) · RR 0.00
6thGB Hogg & A Symonds14 (26) · RR 3.23
7thIJ Harvey & A Symonds17 (20) · RR 5.10
8thAJ Bichel & A SymondsNB37 (37) · RR 6.00

Boundary Breakdown

A Symonds91 · 37% bdy
DS Lehmann36 · 22% bdy
AC Gilchrist22 · 64% bdy
ML Hayden20 · 40% bdy
AJ Bichel19 · 32% bdy
GB Hogg8 · 0% bdy
IJ Harvey7 · 0% bdy
RT Ponting2 · 0% bdy

6s 4s Running

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	10.0	1	34	3	3.40
PW Gunaratne	8.0	0	60	0	7.50
PA de Silva	10.0	0	36	2	3.60
M Muralitharan	10.0	0	29	0	2.90
ST Jayasuriya	10.0	0	42	2	4.20
RP Arnold	2.0	0	8	0	4.00

Innings 2

Sri Lanka

123/7

38.1 overs

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
MS Atapattu	b B Lee	14	17	3	0	82.3
ST Jayasuriya	c A Symonds b GD McGrath	17	24	0	1	70.8
HP Tillakaratne	c AC Gilchrist b B Lee	3	15	0	0	20.0
DA Gunawardene	c RT Ponting b B Lee	1	4	0	0	25.0
PA de Silva	run out (AJ Bichel)	11	16	2	0	68.8
KC Sangakkara	not out	39	70	3	0	55.7
DPMD Jayawardene	c AC Gilchrist b GB Hogg	5	8	1	0	62.5
RP Arnold	c B Lee b GB Hogg	3	27	0	0	11.1
WPUJC Vaas	not out	21	50	1	1	42.0
Extras (b 4, lb 1, w 2, nb 2, p 0)		9
Total		123/7 (38.1 ov)

Fall of wickets: 21-1 (MS Atapattu, 4.0) · 37-2 (ST Jayasuriya, 8.5) · 37-3 (HP Tillakaratne, 9.3) · 43-4 (DA Gunawardene, 11.2) · 51-5 (PA de Silva, 13.1) · 60-6 (DPMD Jayawardene, 16.1) · 76-7 (RP Arnold, 24.2)

Partnerships

1stMS Atapattu & ST Jayasuriya21 (24) · RR 5.25
2ndHP Tillakaratne & ST Jayasuriya16 (29) · RR 3.31
3rdHP Tillakaratne & DA Gunawardene0 (4) · RR 0.00
4thPA de Silva & DA Gunawardene6 (11) · RR 3.27
5thPA de Silva & KC Sangakkara8 (11) · RR 4.36
6thDPMD Jayawardene & KC Sangakkara9 (18) · RR 3.00
7thRP Arnold & KC Sangakkara16 (49) · RR 1.96
8thWPUJC Vaas & KC SangakkaraNB47 (83) · RR 3.40

Boundary Breakdown

KC Sangakkara39 · 31% bdy
WPUJC Vaas21 · 48% bdy
ST Jayasuriya17 · 35% bdy
MS Atapattu14 · 86% bdy
PA de Silva11 · 73% bdy
DPMD Jayawardene5 · 80% bdy
HP Tillakaratne3 · 0% bdy
RP Arnold3 · 0% bdy
DA Gunawardene1 · 0% bdy

6s 4s Running

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	7.0	1	20	1	2.86
B Lee	8.0	0	35	3	4.38
AJ Bichel	10.0	4	18	0	1.80
GB Hogg	10.0	1	30	2	3.00
IJ Harvey	2.1	0	11	0	5.08
DS Lehmann	1.0	0	4	0	4.00

Key moments

Algorithmically chosen from the scorecard — partnerships, wicket clusters, turning overs.

Standout stand

Match-defining partnership

AC Gilchrist & ML Hayden put on 34 runs from 32 balls at 6.38 run rate for the 1st wicket.

Australia innings

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Sharpest wicket cluster

3 wickets in 15 balls — DA Gunawardene fell at 43/4 (11.2 ov).

Sri Lanka innings

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Worm Chart

Runs progression per over. Wickets shown as dots on each line.

Manhattan

Runs scored each over. ▼ markers above bars mark wickets that over.

Momentum

Smoothed per-over swing. Above the line = scoring above their own average; dips mark wickets / quiet overs.

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Phase Splits

Powerplay (1–10) · Middle (11–40) · Death (41–50)

Australia

212/7 (50.0)

Powerplay

Ov 1–10

48/2· RR 4.80

BatAC Gilchrist22 (19)BowlPA de Silva1/8 (3.0)

Middle

Ov 11–40

109/3· RR 3.63

BatA Symonds64 (91)BowlST Jayasuriya2/33 (8.0)

Death

Ov 41–50

55/2· RR 5.50

BatA Symonds27 (27)BowlWPUJC Vaas1/10 (2.0)

Sri Lanka

123/7 (38.1)

Powerplay

Ov 1–10

38/3· RR 3.80

BatST Jayasuriya17 (24)BowlB Lee2/29 (5.0)

Middle

Ov 11–40

85/4· RR 3.02

BatKC Sangakkara39 (69)BowlGB Hogg2/34 (10.0)

Death

Ov 41–50

0/0· RR 0.00

Commentary537 balls

End of over 39
·
Sri Lanka 123/7
39.1
IJ Harvey to WPUJC Vaas, no run.
End of over 38
1·1·11
Sri Lanka 123/7
38.6
DS Lehmann to WPUJC Vaas, 1 run.
38.5
DS Lehmann to KC Sangakkara, 1 run.
38.4
DS Lehmann to KC Sangakkara, no run.
38.3
DS Lehmann to WPUJC Vaas, 1 run.
38.2
DS Lehmann to WPUJC Vaas, no run.
38.1
DS Lehmann to KC Sangakkara, 1 run.
End of over 37
·····6
Sri Lanka 119/7
37.6
IJ Harvey to WPUJC Vaas, SIX!
37.5
IJ Harvey to WPUJC Vaas, no run.
37.4
IJ Harvey to WPUJC Vaas, no run.
37.3
IJ Harvey to WPUJC Vaas, no run.
37.2
IJ Harvey to WPUJC Vaas, no run.
37.1
IJ Harvey to WPUJC Vaas, no run.
End of over 36
··11·1
Sri Lanka 113/7
36.6
AJ Bichel to WPUJC Vaas, 1 run.
36.5
AJ Bichel to WPUJC Vaas, no run.
36.4
AJ Bichel to KC Sangakkara, 1 run.
36.3
AJ Bichel to WPUJC Vaas, 1 run.
36.2
AJ Bichel to WPUJC Vaas, no run.
36.1
AJ Bichel to WPUJC Vaas, no run.
End of over 35
1112··
Sri Lanka 110/7
35.6
IJ Harvey to KC Sangakkara, no run.
35.5
IJ Harvey to KC Sangakkara, no run.
35.4
IJ Harvey to KC Sangakkara, 2 runs.
35.3
IJ Harvey to WPUJC Vaas, 1 run.
35.2
IJ Harvey to KC Sangakkara, 1 run.
35.1
IJ Harvey to WPUJC Vaas, 1 run.