Sri Lanka v Australia, Colombo

Australia 316/10 & 488/10

Sri Lanka 473/10 & 7/0

Match drawn

Australia v Sri Lanka 2011 · 3rd Test Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo 16–20 Sept 2011

How hard each side found the batting

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

Australia

1.06× +6%

Sri Lanka

1.09× +9%

harder to scoretypicaleasier

The lead

How Australia's lead moved across the match.

Who won it · by value

Runs, and what they were worth in these conditions

MEK Hussey Australia

211 +315

MJ Clarke Australia

118 +157

PJ Hughes Australia

126 +156

AD Mathews Sri Lanka

105 +139

SE Marsh Australia

99 +118

Best bowling

Top match figures

HMRKB Herath7/157

RMS Eranga4/65

PM Siddle4/91

UWMBCA Welegedara3/75

Top score

126

PJ Hughes · Australia

Biggest stand

176

5th wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–23

3 wkts for 23 · Australia

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, field

ResultMatch drawn

Length5 days

Australia

316 /10 (104.3 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SR Watson	c TM Dilshan b RMS Eranga	8	18	1	0	44.44
PJ Hughes	b RAS Lakmal	0	2	0	0	0.00
SE Marsh	b HMRKB Herath	81	207	7	0	39.13
RT Ponting	c HAPW Jayawardene b RAS Lakmal	48	91	6	0	52.75
MJ Clarke	c HAPW Jayawardene b RMS Eranga	6	24	1	0	25.00
MEK Hussey	b RMS Eranga	118	178	12	2	66.29
BJ Haddin	c HAPW Jayawardene b RMS Eranga	35	57	6	0	61.40
MG Johnson	c HMRKB Herath b UWMBCA Welegedara	8	29	1	0	27.59
PM Siddle	c NT Paranavitana b UWMBCA Welegedara	0	1	0	0	0.00
TA Copeland	c DPMD Jayawardene b UWMBCA Welegedara	1	8	0	0	12.50
NM Lyon*	not out	3	15	0	0	20.00

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

Total 316/10 (104.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
UWMBCA Welegedara	21.0	6	75	3	3.57
RAS Lakmal	21.0	3	60	2	2.86
RMS Eranga	23.3	7	65	4	2.77
HMRKB Herath	27.0	5	78	1	2.89
TM Dilshan	12.0	0	34	0	2.83

Fall of wickets

1-0 (PJ Hughes, 1.2)·2-22 (SR Watson, 8.1)·3-101 (RT Ponting, 35.7)·4-120 (MJ Clarke, 44.2)·5-190 (SE Marsh, 67.3)·6-265 (BJ Haddin, 86.5)·7-293 (MG Johnson, 96.2)·8-293 (PM Siddle, 96.3)·9-295 (TA Copeland, 98.3)·10-316 (MEK Hussey, 104.3)

Sri Lanka

473 /10 (173.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
NT Paranavitana	c RT Ponting b MG Johnson	46	101	5	0	45.54
HDRL Thirimanne	b PM Siddle	28	80	2	0	35.00
KC Sangakkara	c BJ Haddin b PM Siddle	79	176	10	0	44.89
DPMD Jayawardene	c BJ Haddin b SR Watson	51	120	9	0	42.50
TM Dilshan	c BJ Haddin b TA Copeland	83	131	14	0	63.36
AD Mathews*	not out	105	269	10	0	39.03
HAPW Jayawardene	c MJ Clarke b TA Copeland	47	86	3	2	54.65
RMS Eranga	b PM Siddle	12	39	2	0	30.77
HMRKB Herath	lbw b PM Siddle	3	17	0	0	17.65
UWMBCA Welegedara	run out (NM Lyon)	1	8	0	0	12.50
RAS Lakmal	b MG Johnson	13	18	3	0	72.22

Extras 5 (b 1, lb 2, nb 2)

Total 473/10 (173.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Copeland	40.0	10	93	2	2.33
PM Siddle	34.5	8	91	4	2.61
MG Johnson	35.0	6	122	2	3.49
SR Watson	26.0	8	54	1	2.08
NM Lyon	34.0	5	91	0	2.68
MEK Hussey	2.0	1	5	0	2.50
RT Ponting	2.0	0	14	0	7.00

Fall of wickets

1-56 (HDRL Thirimanne, 25.4)·2-97 (NT Paranavitana, 35.6)·3-198 (DPMD Jayawardene, 76.4)·4-210 (KC Sangakkara, 81.4)·5-331 (TM Dilshan, 117.3)·6-412 (HAPW Jayawardene, 145.1)·7-436 (RMS Eranga, 157.6)·8-444 (HMRKB Herath, 163.4)·9-450 (UWMBCA Welegedara, 166.2)·10-473 (RAS Lakmal, 173.6)

Australia

488 /10 (138.5 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
SR Watson	lbw b HMRKB Herath	21	33	4	0	63.64
PJ Hughes	c HDRL Thirimanne b HMRKB Herath	126	220	16	1	57.27
SE Marsh	c HDRL Thirimanne b HMRKB Herath	18	56	1	0	32.14
RT Ponting	c DPMD Jayawardene b HMRKB Herath	28	80	3	0	35.00
MJ Clarke	c NT Paranavitana b HMRKB Herath	112	178	14	3	62.92
MEK Hussey	c UWMBCA Welegedara b TM Dilshan	93	138	11	1	67.39
BJ Haddin	c RAS Lakmal b HMRKB Herath	30	62	4	0	48.39
MG Johnson	c RMS Eranga b UWMBCA Welegedara	4	6	1	0	66.67
PM Siddle	lbw b HMRKB Herath	26	34	4	0	76.47
TA Copeland	c NT Paranavitana b RMS Eranga	3	23	0	0	13.04
NM Lyon*	not out	1	7	0	0	14.29

Extras 26 (b 5, lb 11, w 6, nb 4)

Total 488/10 (138.5 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
RMS Eranga	18.5	2	62	1	3.29
RAS Lakmal	22.0	2	86	0	3.91
UWMBCA Welegedara	24.0	3	88	1	3.67
HMRKB Herath	52.0	11	157	7	3.02
TM Dilshan	19.0	0	62	1	3.26
HDRL Thirimanne	1.0	0	7	0	7.00
NT Paranavitana	2.0	0	10	0	5.00

Fall of wickets

1-62 (SR Watson, 11.5)·2-122 (SE Marsh, 31.6)·3-188 (RT Ponting, 55.5)·4-220 (PJ Hughes, 73.6)·5-396 (MJ Clarke, 111.6)·6-448 (MEK Hussey, 123.5)·7-452 (MG Johnson, 124.6)·8-471 (BJ Haddin, 131.4)·9-486 (PM Siddle, 135.6)·10-488 (TA Copeland, 138.5)

Sri Lanka

7 /0 (2.0 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
NT Paranavitana*	not out	2	6	0	0	33.33
HDRL Thirimanne*	not out	4	6	1	0	66.67

Extras 1 (w 1)

Total 7/0 (2.0 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
TA Copeland	1.0	0	3	0	3.00
NM Lyon	1.0	0	4	0	4.00