Australia lose in final countdown

Australia lost five wickets for eight runs to slump to 115 for five and were eventually bowled out for 208, despite Brett Lee8217;s 37 late heroics.

Scoreboard Australia vs Sri Lanka Melbourne I Feb 29

SL: M Perera lbw b Lee 5, S J8217;suriya c Hussey b Bracken 23, K S8217;kkara c Hussey b Johnson 11, M J8217;wardene lbw b Hogg 51, C K8217;gedera c Gilchrist b Hopes 2, T Dilshan run out 61,

C Silva c Johnson b Bracken 35,

N K8217;sekara b Bracken 14, L Malinga c Hopes b Lee 0, M M8217;tharan b

Bracken 1, M A8217;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

Aus: A Gilchrist c Malinga b K8217;sekara 83, J Hopes b M8217;tharan 28, R Ponting lbw K8217;sekara 1, M Clarke b A8217;singhe 0, A Symonds c Sangakkara b A8217;singhe 0, M Hussey b K8217;gedera 5, B Haddin lbw Malinga 7, B Hogg lbw M8217;tharan 21, B Lee b J8217;suriya 37, M Johnson c J8217;wardene b A8217;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 A8217;singhe 10-2-44-3, M M8217;tharan 10-0-42-2, C K8217;gedera 6-0-24-1, D Perera 3-0-11-0, S Jayasuriya 0.1-0-0-1