A perfect 10

Matthew Hayden 58 off 38 balls, 7215;4, 2215;6 and stand-in captain Adam Gilchrist 31 off 25 balls, 4215;4 quickly knocked the stuffing out of the bowlers, hitting them all round the park.

Hayden gave the finishing touches to a dominating all-round performance by hitting Jehan Mubarak for six over mid-wicket to seal the victory.

Australia became the second team after Pakistan to enter the last four from Group F.

Gilchrist won the toss and put Sri Lanka in, and his pacers, led by Stuart Clark 4-20, did not release the Lankans from their vice-like grip, dismissing them for the fifth lowest score in international Twenty20 cricket.

Brett Lee started the rot, trapping Sanath Jayasuriya lbw for a duck in the first over and the wickets kept falling with monotonous regularity as Mahela Jayawardene8217;s side slumped to 43 for seven.

Kumar Sangakkara 22 off 23 balls was the only top order batsman to get into double figures. Only an eighth wicket stand of 40 between Jehan Mubarak 28 off 26 balls and Chaminda Vaas 21 gave them some respectability.

SCOREBOARD

Sri Lanka: U Tharanga c Lee b Bracken 4, S Jayasuriya lbw b Lee 0, K Sangakkara c Clarke b Clark 22, M Jayawardene c Clark b Lee 1, C Silva c Lee b Clark 6, T Dilshan c Gilchrist b Clark 3, J Mubarak c Symonds b Watson 28, F Maharoof c Clarke b Clark 0, C Vaas c Lee b Symonds 21, L Malinga not out 12, D Fernando c and b Bracken 0

Extras lb1, nb2, w1 4; Total all out, 19.3 overs 101

Fall of wickets: 1-1, 2-9, 3-11, 4-21, 5-30, 6-43, 7-43, 8-83, 9-99

Bowling: Lee 4-0-27-2, Bracken 3.3-0-14-2, Johnson 4-0-18-0, Clark 4-0-20-4, Watson 3.2-0-19-1, Symonds 0.4-0-2-1.

Australia: A Gilchrist not out 31, M Hayden not out 58

Extras b4, lb2, nb1, w6 13, Total for no loss, 10.2 overs 102

Bowling: Vaas 2-0-21-0, Fernando 3-1-12-0, Maharoof 2-0-34-0, Dilshan 2-0-13-0, Malinga 1-0-8-0, Mubarak 0.2-0-8-0