Australia lose in final countdown

Adam Gilchrist produced a scintillating 83 off 50 balls before a batting collapse by Australia gave Sri Lanka...

Adam Gilchrist produced a scintillating 83 off 50 balls before a batting collapse by Australia gave Sri Lanka a consolation 13-run victory in their triangular series one-day international on Friday.

Gilchrist smashed 11 boundaries and two sixes in his final innings at the Melbourne Cricket Ground until the collapse derailed his team’s pursuit of Sri Lanka’s 221 all out.

Australia lost five wickets for eight runs to slump to 115 for five and were eventually bowled out for 208, despite Brett Lee’s (37) late heroics.

Scoreboard Australia vs Sri Lanka Melbourne I Feb 29

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SL: M Perera lbw b Lee 5, S J’suriya c Hussey b Bracken 23, K S’kkara c Hussey b Johnson 11, M J’wardene lbw b Hogg 51, C K’gedera c Gilchrist b Hopes 2, T Dilshan run out 61,

C Silva c Johnson b Bracken 35,

N K’sekara b Bracken 14, L Malinga c Hopes b Lee 0, M M’tharan b

Bracken 1, M A’singhe not out 5

Extras (b-1, w-8, nb-4) 13

Total (all out, 50 overs) 221

FoW: 1-12, 2-32, 3-42, 4-61, 5-125, 6-185, 7-206, 8-208, 9-212

Bowling: Lee 10-1-55-2, Bracken 10-3-29-4, Johnson 10-1-54-1, Hopes 8-0-32-1, Hogg 10-1-33-1, Clarke 2-0-17-0

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Aus: A Gilchrist c Malinga b K’sekara 83, J Hopes b M’tharan 28, R Ponting lbw K’sekara 1, M Clarke b A’singhe 0, A Symonds c Sangakkara b A’singhe 0, M Hussey b K’gedera 5, B Haddin lbw Malinga 7, B Hogg lbw M’tharan 21, B Lee b J’suriya 37, M Johnson c J’wardene b A’singhe 3, N Bracken not out 14

Extras (lb3, w6) 9, Total (48.1ovs) 208

FoW: 1-107, 2-113, 3-115, 4-115,

5-115, 6-123, 7-142, 8-158, 9-173

Bowling: Lasith Malinga 9-1-48-1,

N Kulasekara 10-3-36-2, I A’singhe 10-2-44-3, M M’tharan 10-0-42-2, C K’gedera 6-0-24-1, D Perera 3-0-11-0, S Jayasuriya 0.1-0-0-1

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