4th ODI : Sri Lanka vs Australia (Winner: AUS)
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Australia won by 5 wickets with 132 balls remaining (Dominance : Australia 100% | Sri Lanka 0%) |
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| Man of the Match: X Doherty | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo (20 August 2011) |
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Sri Lanka once again opened to hostile spells from Lee and Bollinger and both picked up an opener each as Sri Lanka reached 27/2 after 7 as SL’s Cow fell to 36%. Mahela and Kumara ser about damage repair before Doherty ran through their middle order and despite Mahela’s fifty SL folded up for 132 in 38.4 overs with 24% COW. Malinga double strike gave Sri Lanka some hope as Australia stumbled to 26/2 after 7 with 79% COW. But Marsh and Clarke snuffed out their hopes with a 97 run stand. Marsh played brilliantly to score 70 runs and despite a late 3 wicket burst by Prasanna, Australia reached 133/5 in 28 overs to complete a comprehensive win. |
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10 overs: SL 41/2 | SL 33% | Australian opening bowlers picked | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| up an opener each as Sri Lanka struggled in face of disciplined and hostile bowling. 41 runs were scored in this period as Sri Lanka’s COW dropped by 16% to 33%. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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25 overs: SL 92/2 | SL 39% | The old guard Mahela and Kumar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| held up the Sri Lankan fort with patient knocks as Sri Lanka scored just 51 runs in this period. Their COW went up by 6% to 39%. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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38.4 overs: SL 132/10 | SL 24% | Doherty and Lee picked up 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| wickets each as Sri Lanka capitulated, losing 8 wickets for just 40 more runs in this period. Sri Lanka’s COW plummeted by 15% to 24%. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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