1st ODI : Sri Lanka vs Australia (Winner: AUS)

Australia won by 7 wickets with 71 balls remaining (Dominance : Australia 77% \| Sri Lanka 23%)
	Match Scorecard
Man of the Match: M Johnson	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium (10 August 2011)

Following Australia’s capitulation to spin bowling, SL were favourites for this one. But they couldn’t have been more wrong. They got off to a good start with Tharanga and Dilshan putting up fifty run partnership as SL raced to 58/1 after 10 with 55% COW. That’s where the match turned as Mitchell Johnson blew away the SL batting as they collapsed to 117/7 after 23 with 38% COW. Randiv and Kulasekara defied them Australians with a fifty partnership but they eventually folded for 191 in 41.1 overs with 15% COW. Haddin and Watson gave Australia a good start but both fell within few overs of each other as Australia reached 81/2 after 12 with 78% COW. Fifties by Watson, Ponting and Clarke ensured that Lankan spinners don’t wreck their innings as they won the match by 7 wickets with 11.5 overs to spare.

1st Innings (Sri Lanka) - 50 overs Maximum

10 overs: SL 58/1

SL 55%

Tharanga and Dilshan gave SL a

decent start before Tharanga fell in the 10th over for 34. 58 runs were scored in this session by Sri Lanka for the loss of one wicket as their COW went up by 4% to 55%.

25 overs: SL 120/7

SL 34%

Johnson (6/31) ripped through the

Sri Lankan line up as their batsmen failed to come with terms with a sluggish pitch. Six wickets fell for just 62 runs as Sri Lanka’s COW crashed by 21% to 34%.

40 overs: SL 190/9

SL 18%

Randiv and Kulasekara put some

resistance with a 60 run stand but Australia still manage to pick up two wickets. Sri Lanka put up 70 runs in this session as their COW slumped by 16% to 18%.

41.1 overs: SL 191/10

SL 15%

It took Australia just seven more

deliveries to pick up the last wicket as Sri Lanka were able to add just one run in this short period to be bowled out for 191. SL’s COW fell by 3% to 15%.

2nd Innings (Australia : Target 192) - 50 overs Maximum

10 overs: AUS 60/1	AUS 81%	Watson was the man yet again as
		he hammered his way to a fifty in company of Haddin who struggled throughout and fell in the 9th over. Australia knocked off 60 runs but their COW dipped by 4% to 81%.
25 overs: AUS 136/2	AUS 94%	Watson fell soon after for 69 and
		it once again looked like the SL spinners will spin their team to an unlikely win but Ponting and Clarke battled on to score 76 runs and raise Aus’s COW by 13% to 94%.
38.1 overs: AUS 192/3	AUS 100%	Both Ponting (53) and Clarke (53*)
		notched up fifties as Australia chased down the target with almost 12 overs to spare as Australia won the 1st ODI by 7 wickets.

1st ODI : Sri Lanka vs Australia (Winner: AUS)

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