Commonwealth Bank Series, 3rd Match: Australia v Sri Lanka at Perth, Feb 10, 2012

Australia
DA Warner, MS Wade† , RT Ponting, MJ Clarke*, MEK Hussey, DJ Hussey, DT Christian, RJ Harris, MA Starc, CJ McKay, XJ Doherty

Sri Lanka
TM Dilshan, WU Tharanga, KC Sangakkara†, LD Chandimal, DPMD Jayawardene*, AD Mathews, HDRL Thirimanne, KMDN Kulasekara, SL Malinga, KTGD Prasad, SMSM Senanayake

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field

Warner and Wade out to open for Australia, Malinga has the first new ball

Australia 6/0 (1.0 ov)

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3.1

 Kulasekara to Wade, OUT  




 **MS Wade c †Sangakkara b Kulasekara 1 (5b 0x4 0x6) SR: 20.00  **

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Australia 22/1 (3.1 ov)

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4.3

 Malinga to Ponting, OUT, they have got the big one!  




 **RT Ponting lbw b Malinga 1 (4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 25.00  **

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Australia 27/2 (5.0 ov)

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6.3

 Malinga to Warner, SIX  

6.2

 Malinga to Warner, FOUR, that has been timed incredibly well, Malinga goes for that toe-crusher  at 142 kph, Warner shuffles a tad and whips it quickly wide of the man  at fine leg, who cannot stop the boundary even as he slides across  

Australia 42/2 (6.4 ov)

DA Warner 32*

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Australia 50/2 (8.4 ov)

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8.5

 Mathews to Warner, OUT, Angelo has done what Malinga could not, he has gone through Warner and  rattled his stumps, excellent line, angled across the left-hander, and  then nipped back in to sneak in between bat and pad, hit off and middle   




 **DA Warner  b Mathews 34 (29b 4x4 1x6) SR: 117.24  **

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17.6

 Kulasekara to MEK Hussey, OUT, Sri Lanka have bettered their brilliance in the field, Kula ups the standards with a leaping blinder  




 **MEK Hussey c & b Kulasekara 23 (32b 3x4 0x6) SR: 71.87  **

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Australia 81/4 (18.0 ov)

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20.6

 Senanayake to DJ Hussey, SIX, more flight, Hussey repeats the shot, with more power, with more  conviction and this time Tharanga can watch it go sailing over his head  for six over long off  

20.5

 Senanayake to DJ Hussey, FOUR, Tharanga at mid off **drops** a very tough chance, Senanayake has  been tossing it up consistently, and got Hussey to comes forward and  push in the air, it just eluded a leaping Tharanga as he got his  fingertips to it  

Australia 103/4 (21.2 ov)

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27.4

 Malinga to DJ Hussey, OUT, Malinga has broken the stand, leading edge dying on short extra cover,  Thirimanne does well to react quickly, goes down to his left to take the  catch, David Hussey was looking to turn the length ball on leg  




 **DJ Hussey c Thirimanne b Malinga 27 (38b 2x4 1x6) SR: 71.05  **

*Australia 130/5 (27.4 ov)
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Aussies in deep dodo

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dodo?? :bummer:

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30.4

 Prasad to Christian, FOUR  

30.3

 Prasad to Christian, FOUR  

30.2

 Prasad to Christian, FOUR  

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Australia 150/5 (33 ov)

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39.4

 Senanayake to Christian, OUT  




 **DT Christian st †Sangakkara b Senanayake 33 (44b 4x4 1x6) SR: 75.00  **

Australia 186/6 (39.4 ov)

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40.4

 Mathews to Clarke, OUT  




 **MJ Clarke c Jayawardene b Mathews 57 (88b 4x4 0x6) SR: 64.77  **

Australia 190/7 (40.4 ov)

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41.5

 Senanayake to Harris, OUT  




 **RJ Harris c Kulasekara b Senanayake 3 (9b 0x4 0x6) SR: 33.33  **

Australia 192/8 (41.5 ov)

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49.2

 Starc to Mathews, SIX  

49.1

 Starc to Mathews, FOUR, Angelo gets the boundary off the first ball, hammers the shortish  delivery through midwicket, man in the deep puts in the dive but touches  the ropes  

Sri Lanka 224/9 (49.2 ov)
Sri Lanka require another 8 runs with 1 wicket and 4 balls remaining