Australia v Sri Lanka, Melbourne Cricket Ground

Sri Lanka 156/10 & 103/7

Australia 460/10

Australia won by 201 runs

Australia v Sri Lanka 2012 · 2nd Test Melbourne Cricket Ground 26–28 Dec 2012

How hard each side found the batting

Uneven — Sri Lanka had it far tougher than Australia.

Sri Lanka

0.95× -5%

Australia

1.32× +32%

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

KC Sangakkara Sri Lanka

85 +123

MJ Clarke Australia

106 +117

MG Johnson Australia

92 +114

SR Watson Australia

83 +87

David Warner Australia

62 +74

Best bowling

Top match figures

MG Johnson4/63

KTGD Prasad3/106

RMS Eranga3/109

MG Johnson2/16

Top score

106

MJ Clarke · Australia

Biggest stand

194

4th wkt · Australia

Worst collapse

3–12

3 wkts for 12 · Sri Lanka

Match facts

TossSri Lanka, bat

ResultAustralia won by 201 runs

Length3 days

Sri Lanka

156 /10 (43.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	c MS Wade b JM Bird	5	14	0	35.71
TM Dilshan	b MG Johnson	11	20	2	55.00
KC Sangakkara	c MS Wade b MG Johnson	58	98	8	59.18
DPMD Jayawardene	c MS Wade b PM Siddle	3	26	0	11.54
TT Samaraweera	c David Warner b JM Bird	10	38	0	26.32
AD Mathews	c MEK Hussey b PM Siddle	15	13	1	115.38
HAPW Jayawardene	c PJ Hughes b MG Johnson	24	30	1	80.00
KTGD Prasad	c MS Wade b MG Johnson	0	1	0	0.00
HMRKB Herath	c EJM Cowan b NM Lyon	14	19	1	73.68
RMS Eranga*	not out	4	8	1	50.00
UWMBCA Welegedara	c MEK Hussey b NM Lyon	0	2	0	0.00

Extras 12 (lb 5, nb 7)

Total 156/10 (43.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MG Johnson	14.0	2	63	4	4.50
JM Bird	13.0	5	32	2	2.46
PM Siddle	8.0	1	30	2	3.75
SR Watson	3.0	2	3	0	1.00
NM Lyon	5.4	1	23	2	4.06

Fall of wickets

1-13 (FDM Karunaratne, 3.4)·2-19 (TM Dilshan, 6.3)·3-37 (DPMD Jayawardene, 12.3)·4-79 (TT Samaraweera, 25.3)·5-99 (AD Mathews, 30.4)·6-134 (HAPW Jayawardene, 38.1)·7-134 (KTGD Prasad, 38.2)·8-147 (KC Sangakkara, 40.3)·9-156 (HMRKB Herath, 43.2)·10-156 (UWMBCA Welegedara, 43.4)

Australia

460 /10 (134.4 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
EJM Cowan	c DPMD Jayawardene b KTGD Prasad	36	82	5	0	43.90
David Warner	c KTGD Prasad b AD Mathews	62	46	8	1	134.78
PJ Hughes	run out (TM Dilshan)	10	18	1	0	55.56
SR Watson	c TT Samaraweera b KTGD Prasad	83	198	8	1	41.92
MJ Clarke	c DPMD Jayawardene b RMS Eranga	106	187	14	0	56.68
MEK Hussey	c HMRKB Herath b TM Dilshan	34	68	4	0	50.00
MS Wade	c RMS Eranga b KTGD Prasad	1	6	0	0	16.67
MG Johnson*	not out	92	150	7	0	61.33
PM Siddle	c DPMD Jayawardene b RMS Eranga	13	30	0	0	43.33
NM Lyon	c LD Chandimal b AD Mathews	1	14	0	0	7.14
JM Bird	b RMS Eranga	0	11	0	0	0.00

Extras 22 (b 9, lb 5, w 6, nb 2)

Total 460/10 (134.4 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
UWMBCA Welegedara	14.4	7	38	0	2.59
RMS Eranga	27.0	3	109	3	4.04
KTGD Prasad	26.0	2	106	3	4.08
AD Mathews	16.0	3	60	2	3.75
HMRKB Herath	39.0	7	95	0	2.44
TM Dilshan	12.0	1	38	1	3.17

Fall of wickets

1-95 (David Warner, 17.3)·2-117 (PJ Hughes, 22.6)·3-117 (EJM Cowan, 23.6)·4-311 (MJ Clarke, 87.4)·5-313 (SR Watson, 88.6)·6-315 (MS Wade, 90.4)·7-376 (MEK Hussey, 111.3)·8-434 (PM Siddle, 126.2)·9-451 (NM Lyon, 131.4)·10-460 (JM Bird, 134.4)

Sri Lanka

103 /7 (24.2 ov)

Batter		R	B	4s	6s	SR
FDM Karunaratne	run out (David Warner)	1	3	0	0	33.33
TM Dilshan	c EJM Cowan b MG Johnson	0	1	0	0	0.00
DPMD Jayawardene	b JM Bird	0	6	0	0	0.00
KC Sangakkara*	not out	27	43	4	0	62.79
TT Samaraweera	lbw b JM Bird	1	8	0	0	12.50
AD Mathews	b MG Johnson	35	48	5	0	72.92
KTGD Prasad	c PJ Hughes b NM Lyon	17	17	0	2	100.00
HMRKB Herath*	not out	11	17	1	0	64.71
RMS Eranga	c EJM Cowan b PM Siddle	0	4	0	0	0.00

Extras 11 (lb 10, nb 1)

Total 103/7 (24.2 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ
MG Johnson	8.0	0	16	2	2.00
JM Bird	9.0	1	29	2	3.22
PM Siddle	5.2	0	32	1	6.00
NM Lyon	2.0	0	16	1	8.00

Fall of wickets

1-1 (FDM Karunaratne, 0.3)·2-1 (TM Dilshan, 0.4)·3-3 (DPMD Jayawardene, 1.7)·4-13 (TT Samaraweera, 5.3)·5-74 (AD Mathews, 18.5)·6-102 (KTGD Prasad, 23.3)·7-103 (RMS Eranga, 24.2)