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Kulasekera helps Sri Lanka beat Australia
18 Jan, 2013
A fine swing bowling spell by Nuwan Kulasekera helped Sri Lanka beat Australia by 4 wickets in the third one day international at the Gabba today and lead the 5 match series 2-1.
Kulasekera took 5 wickets for 22 runs as the Australians were bowled out for 74 runs in 26.4 overs after the hosts won the toss and elected to bat first. Lasith Malinga took 3 wickets.
In reply the Sri Lankans wobbled but managed to score the winning runs in 20 overs for the loss of 6 wickets. T.M Dilshan scored 22 runs while wicketkeeper Kushal Perera was not out on 22. (Colombo Gazette)
Scorecard courtesy Cricinfo
Australia 74 (26.4 ov)
Sri Lanka 75/6 (20.0 ov)
Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets (with 180 balls remaining)
- Sri Lanka in Australia ODI Series?- 3rd ODI
- ODI no. 3321?|?2012/13 season
- Played at?Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
- 18 January 2013 – day/night (50-over match)
| Australia innings?(50 overs maximum) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
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DA Warner | c Eranga b Mathews | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 36.36 | |
|
PJ Hughes | c Jayawardene b Kulasekara | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21.42 | |
|
MJ Clarke* | b Kulasekara | 9 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 34.61 | |
|
DJ Hussey | c ?MDKJ Perera b Kulasekara | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 66.66 | |
|
GJ Bailey | lbw b Kulasekara | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
|
MS Wade? | c Dilshan b Malinga | 8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 38.09 | |
|
MC Henriques | b Kulasekara | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |
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MG Johnson | b Malinga | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 12.50 | |
| MA Starc | not out | 22 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 78.57 | ||
|
CJ McKay | c ?MDKJ Perera b Malinga | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
|
XJ Doherty | c Mendis b Eranga | 15 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 55.55 | |
| Extras | (lb 2, w 3) | 5 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 26.4 overs) | 74 | (2.77 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
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AD Mathews | 4 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2.50 | ||
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KMDN Kulasekara | 10 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 2.20 | (3w) | |
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SL Malinga | 7 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 2.00 | ||
| NLTC Perera | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 4.66 | |||
|
RMS Eranga | 2.4 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 4.50 |
| Sri Lanka innings?(target: 75 runs from 50 overs) | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
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DPMD Jayawardene* | c Warner b McKay | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
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TM Dilshan | c Clarke b Johnson | 22 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 66.66 | |
|
HDRL Thirimanne | c Warner b Johnson | 7 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 29.16 | |
| MDKJ Perera? | not out | 22 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 78.57 | ||
|
AD Mathews | c Starc b Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
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WU Tharanga | c Clarke b Starc | 12 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 80.00 | |
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BMAJ Mendis | c McKay b Starc | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 15.38 | |
| NLTC Perera | not out | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 200.00 | ||
| Extras | (lb 1, w 3, nb 1) | 5 | ||||||
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| Total | (6 wickets; 20 overs) | 75 | (3.75 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat?KMDN Kulasekara,?SL Malinga,?RMS Eranga |
| Fall of wickets?1-4 (Jayawardene, 0.6 ov),?2-33 (Dilshan, 9.3 ov),?3-37 (Thirimanne, 11.1 ov),?4-37 (Mathews, 11.2 ov),5-63 (Tharanga, 15.5 ov),?6-71 (Mendis, 19.4 ov) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
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CJ McKay | 8 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 3.87 | ||
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MA Starc | 7 | 0 | 25 | 2 | 3.57 | (1nb, 2w) | |
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MG Johnson | 3 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3.66 | (1w) | |
| MC Henriques | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3.50 |
| Match details |
| Toss?Australia, who chose to bat Series?Sri Lanka led the 5-match series 2-1 |
| Player of the match?KMDN Kulasekara (Sri Lanka) |
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