Sri Lanka v Australia, Galle International Stadium

Australia 273/10 & 210/10

Sri Lanka 105/10 & 253/10

Australia won by 125 runs

Australia v Sri Lanka 2011 · 1st Test Galle International Stadium 31 Aug 2011 – 3 Sept 2011

How hard each side found the batting

Even conditions — a fairly typical match for batting, both sides much alike.

Australia

1.08× +8%

Sri Lanka

1.05× +5%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

Australia's margin flattered them — conditions did some of the work.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

MEK Hussey Australia

110 +163

DPMD Jayawardene Sri Lanka

116 +142

AD Mathews Sri Lanka

100 +129

MJ Clarke Australia

83 +87

UT Khawaja Australia

47 +46

Best bowling

Top match figures

NM Lyon5/34

RJ Harris5/62

HMRKB Herath5/79

SR Watson3/11

Top score

105

DPMD Jayawardene · Sri Lanka

Biggest stand

142

6th wkt · Sri Lanka

Worst collapse

3–5

3 wkts for 5 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossAustralia, bat

ResultAustralia won by 125 runs

Length4 days

Australia

273 /10 (86.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SR Watson	c HAPW Jayawardene b HMRKB Herath	22	19	5	0	115.79
PJ Hughes	c NT Paranavitana b RAS Lakmal	12	31	2	0	38.71
RT Ponting	c AD Mathews b HMRKB Herath	44	83	6	0	53.01
MJ Clarke	lbw b HMRKB Herath	23	45	2	0	51.11
MEK Hussey	lbw b TM Dilshan	95	177	7	3	53.67
UT Khawaja	b UWMBCA Welegedara	21	58	0	0	36.21
BJ Haddin	c AD Mathews b S Randiv	24	46	3	1	52.17
MG Johnson	c HAPW Jayawardene b RAS Lakmal	14	33	1	0	42.42
RJ Harris	lbw b RAS Lakmal	1	5	0	0	20.00
TA Copeland	c NT Paranavitana b S Randiv	12	16	3	0	75.00
NM Lyon*	not out	0	7	0	0	0.00

Extras 5 (b 3, lb 2)

Total 273/10 (86.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
UWMBCA Welegedara	15.0	5	61	1	4.07
RAS Lakmal	17.0	2	55	3	3.24
HMRKB Herath	24.0	3	54	3	2.25
S Randiv	21.0	2	76	2	3.62
TM Dilshan	9.4	1	22	1	2.28

Fall of wickets

1-28 (SR Watson, 6.1)·2-36 (PJ Hughes, 9.4)·3-91 (MJ Clarke, 24.5)·4-112 (RT Ponting, 36.2)·5-157 (UT Khawaja, 53.2)·6-205 (BJ Haddin, 67.3)·7-234 (MG Johnson, 76.4)·8-236 (RJ Harris, 78.1)·9-251 (TA Copeland, 81.6)·10-273 (MEK Hussey, 86.4)

Sri Lanka

105 /10 (50.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
NT Paranavitana	lbw b SR Watson	29	115	3	25.22
TM Dilshan	c RT Ponting b TA Copeland	4	2	1	200.00
KC Sangakkara	c MJ Clarke b NM Lyon	10	40	1	25.00
DPMD Jayawardene	run out (TA Copeland)	11	29	2	37.93
TT Samaraweera	lbw b SR Watson	26	63	2	41.27
HAPW Jayawardene	lbw b SR Watson	0	4	0	0.00
AD Mathews	b NM Lyon	5	19	0	26.32
S Randiv	c RT Ponting b NM Lyon	9	19	1	47.37
HMRKB Herath	c MG Johnson b NM Lyon	0	2	0	0.00
RAS Lakmal*	not out	2	5	0	40.00
UWMBCA Welegedara	c & b NM Lyon	1	4	0	25.00

Extras 8 (lb 4, w 1, nb 3)

Total 105/10 (50.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Harris	8.0	5	6	0	0.75
TA Copeland	12.0	3	24	1	2.00
MG Johnson	9.0	1	26	0	2.89
NM Lyon	15.0	3	34	5	2.27
SR Watson	6.0	1	11	3	1.83

Fall of wickets

1-4 (TM Dilshan, 1.2)·2-24 (KC Sangakkara, 15.1)·3-44 (DPMD Jayawardene, 23.1)·4-87 (TT Samaraweera, 40.1)·5-87 (HAPW Jayawardene, 40.5)·6-88 (NT Paranavitana, 42.4)·7-100 (AD Mathews, 47.1)·8-100 (HMRKB Herath, 47.3)·9-103 (S Randiv, 49.1)·10-105 (UWMBCA Welegedara, 49.6)

Australia

210 /10 (59.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SR Watson	c TT Samaraweera b UWMBCA Welegedara	0	1	0	0	0.00
RT Ponting	c HMRKB Herath b RAS Lakmal	4	9	1	0	44.44
PJ Hughes	lbw b TM Dilshan	28	51	3	1	54.90
MJ Clarke	c HAPW Jayawardene b HMRKB Herath	60	80	7	1	75.00
MEK Hussey	c NT Paranavitana b HMRKB Herath	15	37	1	0	40.54
BJ Haddin	c DPMD Jayawardene b HMRKB Herath	0	5	0	0	0.00
UT Khawaja	lbw b UWMBCA Welegedara	26	68	2	1	38.24
MG Johnson	c HAPW Jayawardene b HMRKB Herath	8	19	1	0	42.11
RJ Harris	c & b HMRKB Herath	23	45	3	0	51.11
TA Copeland*	not out	23	30	4	0	76.67
NM Lyon	c TT Samaraweera b TM Dilshan	13	13	2	0	100.00

Extras 10 (b 4, lb 4, nb 2)

Total 210/10 (59.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
UWMBCA Welegedara	6.0	3	13	2	2.17
RAS Lakmal	8.0	3	23	1	2.88
HMRKB Herath	23.0	3	79	5	3.43
S Randiv	14.0	3	61	0	4.36
TM Dilshan	8.2	2	26	2	3.12

Fall of wickets

1-0 (SR Watson, 0.1)·2-5 (RT Ponting, 3.2)·3-61 (PJ Hughes, 15.2)·4-110 (MJ Clarke, 29.2)·5-110 (MEK Hussey, 29.3)·6-112 (BJ Haddin, 31.2)·7-130 (MG Johnson, 37.3)·8-170 (UT Khawaja, 50.1)·9-178 (RJ Harris, 53.3)·10-210 (NM Lyon, 59.2)

Sri Lanka

253 /10 (95.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
NT Paranavitana	lbw b RJ Harris	0	1	0	0	0.00
KC Sangakkara	c MEK Hussey b SR Watson	17	73	1	0	23.29
TM Dilshan	b RJ Harris	12	18	3	0	66.67
DPMD Jayawardene	b RJ Harris	105	231	15	1	45.45
TT Samaraweera	c BJ Haddin b MG Johnson	0	14	0	0	0.00
HAPW Jayawardene	b RJ Harris	0	10	0	0	0.00
AD Mathews	b SR Watson	95	191	13	0	49.74
S Randiv	c MJ Clarke b MG Johnson	0	6	0	0	0.00
HMRKB Herath	c TA Copeland b RJ Harris	12	14	2	0	85.71
RAS Lakmal	c MG Johnson b NM Lyon	5	9	1	0	55.56
UWMBCA Welegedara*	not out	4	8	0	0	50.00

Extras 3 (b 1, lb 1, w 1)

Total 253/10 (95.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RJ Harris	20.0	5	62	5	3.10
TA Copeland	16.0	6	20	0	1.25
MG Johnson	19.0	6	56	2	2.95
NM Lyon	19.5	2	73	1	3.68
MJ Clarke	6.0	0	16	0	2.67
SR Watson	13.0	6	19	2	1.46
RT Ponting	2.0	0	5	0	2.50

Fall of wickets

1-0 (NT Paranavitana, 0.1)·2-15 (TM Dilshan, 6.2)·3-52 (KC Sangakkara, 24.5)·4-63 (TT Samaraweera, 29.6)·5-68 (HAPW Jayawardene, 34.3)·6-210 (DPMD Jayawardene, 86.2)·7-221 (S Randiv, 89.1)·8-242 (HMRKB Herath, 92.3)·9-249 (AD Mathews, 94.1)·10-253 (RAS Lakmal, 95.5)