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Australia v Sri Lanka Test Series 2012/2013 – 3rd Test
Australia v Sri Lanka
Thu 3 Jan 2013, 11:30pm GMT (prev day), 10:30am local
Australia win by 5 wickets
| Sri Lanka | 294 (87.4 ovs) & 278 (81.2 ovs) |
|---|---|
| Australia | 432-9d (107 ovs) & 141-5 (42.5 ovs) |
Over 43. 2 runs. Bowler: Rangana Herath. Australia: 141/5(rr 3.28)
Herath to Johnson. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to deep backward point for 1 run, fielded by Samaraweera. It is perhaps more fitting that Hussey does not hit the winning run - ever the professional, he would not turn down a single. A fine career comes to an end and Australia have again seen today what they will miss - calmness under pressure and a rock solid technique. His colleagues in the top order did not possess the same traits today, which summed up Australia's perfomance in this Test. They did enough to win, but there was a hint of complacency, the tone perhaps set by the aggressive team selection and decision to bowl first. Captain and coach will know they must raise their game if they are to win in India and England. The impact of Jackson Bird, renaissance of Phillip Hughes and development of the pace attack are Australia's high points of this series, whilst Sri Lanka have some positives to take into the One Day series, despite the 3-0 scoreline.<br>Karunaratne, Thirimanne and Chandimal batted well enough in this match to suggest there will be life after Sangakkara and Jayawardene and Herath showed why he is one of the world's premier bowlers. There is nonetheless a lot for new skipper Mathews to work on.
Herath to Johnson. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Samaraweera.
Herath to Hussey. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot dropped, to short extra cover for 1 run, fielded by Herath. Scores are level - Johnson will try everything not to score.
Herath to Hussey. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Herath.
Herath to Hussey. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Chandimal.
Over 42. 3 runs. Bowler: Tillakaratne Dilshan. Australia: 139/5(rr 3.31)
Dilshan to Johnson. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Dilshan.
Dilshan to Johnson. Off break length ball, off stump on the back foot defending, to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Chandimal.
Dilshan to Hussey. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot dropped, to cover for 1 run, fielded by Mathews.
Dilshan to Hussey. Off break half volley, outside off stump on the front foot driving, mis-timed to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Samaraweera.
Dilshan to Hussey. Off break length ball, to leg on the front foot defending, to short leg for no runs, fielded by Karunaratne.
Dilshan to Hussey. Off break length ball, to leg on the front foot defending, inside edge to fine leg for 2 runs, fielded by Fernando.
Hussey emerges for another standing ovation and he will soon get another one - the honour of hitting the winning runs will surely be his.
Over 41. 3 runs. Bowler: Rangana Herath. Australia: 136/5(rr 3.32)
Herath to Johnson. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, to mid off for no runs, fielded by Fernando. The players depart for tea, with Australia needing just five runs to win. Hussey will be on strike - the stage is set for the retiring stalwart to sign off in style. The top order have chipped away at this target with varying degrees of impressiveness and Sri Lanka are left to rue their collapse after tea yesterday. Another 100 runs would have made this a really tough chase for the hosts.
Herath to Johnson. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, hit pad back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Herath.
Herath to Hussey. Stock ball back of a length, to leg moves in front working, well timed to deep backward square leg for 1 run, fielded by Prasad.
APPEAL! Herath to Hussey. Stock length ball, to leg on the front foot defending, hit pad to short leg for no runs, fielded by Karunaratne, appeal made for Caught. The ball was nowhere near bat or gloves.
Herath to Hussey. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot working, mis-timed back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Herath.
Herath to Hussey. Stock ball back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, well timed to deep cover for 2 runs, fielded by Fernando.
Over 40. 1 run. Bowler: Tillakaratne Dilshan. Australia: 133/5(rr 3.33)
Dilshan to Hussey. Off break back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, well timed to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Lakmal.
Dilshan to Hussey. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, to point for no runs, fielded by Thirimanne.
Dilshan to Hussey. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Dilshan.
Dilshan to Hussey. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot, left to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Chandimal.
Dilshan to Hussey. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Samaraweera.
Dilshan to Hussey. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to cover for no runs, fielded by Mathews.
Over 39. 6 runs. Bowler: Rangana Herath. Australia: 132/5(rr 3.38)
Herath to Johnson. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Samaraweera.
OUT! Bowled. Herath to Wade. Stock ball half volley, off stump on the front foot slog sweeping, missed. Wade exposes his stumps in trying to haul Herath into the legside, is beaten by a well-flighted delivery and sees his off stump knocked back.
Herath to Hussey. Stock length ball, outside off stump down the track pushing, mis-timed to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Lakmal.
Herath to Hussey. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, to mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Mathews.
FOUR! Herath to Hussey. Stock ball half volley, outside off stump on the front foot reverse sweeping, well timed past third man for 4 runs.
Herath to Wade. Stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, well timed to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Lakmal.
Over 38. 3 runs. Bowler: Tillakaratne Dilshan. Australia: 126/4(rr 3.32)
Dilshan to Hussey. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, outside edge to slips for no runs, fielded by Jayawardene. Hussey edges just short of Jayawardene. 15 runs are needed.
Dilshan to Wade. Off break length ball, down leg side on the front foot glancing, well timed to fine leg for 1 run, fielded by Karunaratne.
Dilshan to Hussey. Off break back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot pushing, well timed to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Lakmal.
Dilshan to Hussey. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, to cover for no runs, fielded by Mathews.
Dilshan to Wade. Off break back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot driving, well timed to deep cover for 1 run, fielded by Lakmal.
Dilshan to Wade. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, to short leg for no runs, fielded by Karunaratne.
Over 37. 2 runs. Bowler: Rangana Herath. Australia: 123/4(rr 3.32)
Herath to Hussey. Stock length ball, to leg on the front foot defending, to leg gully for no runs, fielded by Jayawardene.
Herath to Wade. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot slog sweeping, well timed to deep mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Lakmal.
Herath to Wade. Quicker ball back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot, left to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Chandimal.
Herath to Hussey. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot dropped, to cover for 1 run, fielded by Samaraweera.
Herath to Hussey. Stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Chandimal.
Herath to Hussey. Stock length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Herath.
Tea is due to be taken, but with just 20 needed, play will continue for another 30 minutes.
Over 36. 4 runs. Bowler: Tillakaratne Dilshan. Australia: 121/4(rr 3.36)
Dilshan to Wade. Off break back of a length, off stump on the back foot pushing, well timed to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Mathews.
Dilshan to Wade. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, to backward point for no runs, fielded by Samaraweera.
Dilshan to Wade. Off break back of a length, off stump on the back foot pushing, mis-timed to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Mathews.
Dilshan to Wade. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Mathews.
Dilshan to Wade. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot, left to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Chandimal.
FOUR! Dilshan to Wade. Off break short, outside off stump on the back foot cutting, thick edge in the air uncontrolled past third man for 4 runs.
Over 35. 4 runs. Bowler: Rangana Herath. Australia: 117/4(rr 3.34)
Herath to Hussey. Stock length ball, to leg on the front foot working, well timed to deep mid wicket for 2 runs, fielded by Prasad.
APPEAL! Herath to Wade. Stock length ball, outside off stump on the front foot defending, inside edge to third man for 1 run, fielded by Samaraweera, appeal made for L.B.W.
Herath to Wade. Arm length ball, outside off stump on the back foot Late Cut, missed to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Chandimal.
Herath to Wade. Stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, to mid wicket for no runs, fielded by Mathews.
Herath to Hussey. Stock length ball, to leg on the front foot working, well timed to mid wicket for 1 run, fielded by Prasad.
Herath to Hussey. Stock length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, mis-timed back to bowler for no runs, fielded by Herath.
Over 34. 5 runs. Bowler: Tillakaratne Dilshan. Australia: 113/4(rr 3.32)
Dilshan to Wade. Off break back of a length, outside off stump on the back foot driving, mis-timed to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Mathews.
Dilshan to Hussey. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot working, well timed to mid on for 1 run, fielded by Herath.
Dilshan to Hussey. Off break length ball, outside off stump on the front foot, shoulders arms to wicketkeeper for no runs, fielded by Chandimal.
Dilshan to Hussey. Off break length ball, off stump on the front foot defending, to short extra cover for no runs, fielded by Mathews.
Dilshan to Hussey. Off break length ball, middle stump on the front foot defending, to cover for no runs, fielded by Mathews.
FOUR! Dilshan to Hussey. Off break short, outside off stump on the back foot pulling, well timed in the air under control past deep mid wicket for 4 runs.
Australia v Sri Lanka Test Series 2012/2013 – 3rd Test
Australia v Sri Lanka
Thu 3 Jan 2013, 11:30pm GMT (prev day), 10:30am local
Australia win by 5 wickets
| runs | balls | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDM Karunaratne | c MEK Hussey b JM Bird | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| TM Dilshan | c MS Wade b JM Bird | 34 | 61 | 5 | 0 |
| M Jayawardene | c MJ Clarke b MA Starc | 72 | 110 | 12 | 1 |
| L Thirimanne | c DA Warner b NM Lyon | 91 | 151 | 13 | 1 |
| TT Samaraweera | lbw PM Siddle | 12 | 27 | 1 | 0 |
| AD Mathews | c MEK Hussey b MA Starc | 15 | 48 | 3 | 0 |
| LD Chandimal | b MA Starc | 24 | 44 | 5 | 0 |
| D Prasad | c MA Starc b PM Siddle | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| R Herath | c PM Siddle b JM Bird | 5 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| RAS Lakmal | c MEK Hussey b JM Bird | 5 | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| N Pradeep | not out | 17 | 20 | 3 | 0 |
| Extras | 8lb, 3w, 1nb | 12 | |||
| Total | (87.4 ovs) | 294 | all out | ||
fow: 1-26 (FDM Karunaratne, 7.5 ov), 2-72 (TM Dilshan, 21.4 ov), 3-134 (M Jayawardene, 42.1 ov), 4-167 (TT Samaraweera, 50.6 ov), 5-222 (AD Mathews, 66.2 ov), 6-250 (L Thirimanne, 73.3 ov), 7-256 (D Prasad, 74.4 ov), 8-271 (LD Chandimal, 80.1 ov), 9-273 (R Herath, 81.4 ov), 10-294 (RAS Lakmal, 87.4 ov)
| ovs | mdns | runs | wkts | econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA Starc | 19.0 | 0 | 71 | 3 | 3.74 |
| JM Bird | 19.4 | 10 | 41 | 4 | 2.08 |
| PM Siddle | 15.0 | 3 | 46 | 2 | 3.07 |
| MG Johnson | 13.0 | 1 | 58 | 0 | 4.46 |
| NM Lyon | 19.0 | 2 | 69 | 1 | 3.63 |
| MEK Hussey | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 |
| runs | balls | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DA Warner | c D Prasad b TM Dilshan | 85 | 84 | 10 | 0 |
| EJM Cowan | run out (N Pradeep) | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| PJ Hughes | c LD Chandimal b R Herath | 87 | 143 | 9 | 0 |
| MJ Clarke | c FDM Karunaratne b R Herath | 50 | 75 | 5 | 1 |
| MEK Hussey | run out (FDM Karunaratne) | 25 | 51 | 0 | 0 |
| MS Wade | not out | 102 | 158 | 9 | 0 |
| MG Johnson | c LD Chandimal b N Pradeep | 13 | 38 | 1 | 0 |
| PM Siddle | c LD Chandimal b N Pradeep | 38 | 62 | 4 | 0 |
| MA Starc | lbw R Herath | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| NM Lyon | b R Herath | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| JM Bird | not out | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Extras | 6lb, 7w, 3nb | 16 | |||
| Total | (107 ovs) | 432d | for 9 | ||
fow: 1-36 (EJM Cowan, 5.1 ov), 2-166 (DA Warner, 34.5 ov), 3-195 (PJ Hughes, 41.4 ov), 4-251 (MEK Hussey, 58.3 ov), 5-271 (MJ Clarke, 65.2 ov), 6-307 (MG Johnson, 81.3 ov), 7-384 (PM Siddle, 98.5 ov), 8-387 (MA Starc, 99.4 ov), 9-393 (NM Lyon, 101.5 ov)
| ovs | mdns | runs | wkts | econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RAS Lakmal | 24.0 | 4 | 95 | 0 | 3.96 |
| N Pradeep | 20.0 | 1 | 114 | 2 | 5.70 |
| D Prasad | 11.0 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 4.82 |
| AD Mathews | 2.0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5.50 |
| TM Dilshan | 19.0 | 2 | 58 | 1 | 3.05 |
| R Herath | 31.0 | 3 | 95 | 4 | 3.06 |
| runs | balls | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FDM Karunaratne | c MS Wade b JM Bird | 85 | 109 | 10 | 1 |
| TM Dilshan | c PJ Hughes b MG Johnson | 5 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| M Jayawardene | c MJ Clarke b PM Siddle | 60 | 128 | 9 | 0 |
| L Thirimanne | c JM Bird b MG Johnson | 7 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| TT Samaraweera | c MEK Hussey b NM Lyon | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| AD Mathews | run out (DA Warner) | 16 | 23 | 4 | 0 |
| LD Chandimal | not out | 62 | 106 | 11 | 0 |
| D Prasad | c MS Wade b MA Starc | 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| R Herath | b JM Bird | 10 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| RAS Lakmal | b MG Johnson | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| N Pradeep | c MS Wade b JM Bird | 9 | 24 | 2 | 0 |
| Extras | 1b, 4lb, 1w, 3nb | 9 | |||
| Total | (81.2 ovs) | 278 | all out | ||
fow: 1-24 (TM Dilshan, 6.6 ov), 2-132 (FDM Karunaratne, 33.1 ov), 3-155 (L Thirimanne, 40.5 ov), 4-158 (TT Samaraweera, 41.5 ov), 5-178 (AD Mathews, 49.6 ov), 6-178 (M Jayawardene, 50.4 ov), 7-202 (D Prasad, 56.2 ov), 8-235 (R Herath, 67.3 ov), 9-237 (RAS Lakmal, 68.6 ov), 10-278 (N Pradeep, 81.2 ov)
| ovs | mdns | runs | wkts | econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA Starc | 12.0 | 1 | 49 | 1 | 4.08 |
| JM Bird | 21.2 | 5 | 76 | 3 | 3.56 |
| MG Johnson | 15.0 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 2.27 |
| PM Siddle | 17.0 | 4 | 42 | 1 | 2.47 |
| NM Lyon | 15.0 | 1 | 66 | 1 | 4.40 |
| MEK Hussey | 1.0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6.00 |
| runs | balls | 4s | 6s | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EJM Cowan | lbw R Herath | 36 | 88 | 4 | 0 |
| DA Warner | c M Jayawardene b RAS Lakmal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| PJ Hughes | lbw R Herath | 34 | 49 | 4 | 0 |
| MJ Clarke | c L Thirimanne b TM Dilshan | 29 | 52 | 3 | 0 |
| MEK Hussey | not out | 27 | 42 | 2 | 0 |
| MS Wade | b R Herath | 9 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| MG Johnson | not out | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Extras | 5lb | 5 | |||
| Total | (42.5 ovs) | 141 | for 5 | ||
did not bat: PM Siddle, MA Starc, NM Lyon, JM Bird
fow: 1-0 (DA Warner, 1.1 ov), 2-45 (PJ Hughes, 14.6 ov), 3-104 (MJ Clarke, 31.2 ov), 4-108 (EJM Cowan, 32.5 ov), 5-132 (MS Wade, 38.5 ov)
| ovs | mdns | runs | wkts | econ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM Dilshan | 18.0 | 2 | 57 | 1 | 3.17 |
| RAS Lakmal | 6.0 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 3.00 |
| R Herath | 16.5 | 0 | 47 | 3 | 2.79 |
| N Pradeep | 2.0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7.00 |
toss: Australia won the toss and elected to bowl.
venue: Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

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