5th ODI : Sri Lanka vs Australia (Winner: SL)

Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets with 18 balls remaining (Dominance : Sri Lanka 86% \| Australia 6% \| Equal 8%)
	Match Scorecard
Man of the Match: L Malinga	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo (22 August 2011)

Australia’s opening woes continued when Marsh fell for 2 before Watson and Ponting put together a partnership. Ponting especially looked in great touch before he fell as Australia reached 71/2 after 14 with 50% COW. Watson fell soon after his fifty and Clarke 3 short of his before, barring Dussey’s 46, Australia spectacularly imploded as Malinga took a hat trick and were bowled out for 211 in 46.1 with 42% COW. Sri Lanka was rocked at start as they stumbled to 43/3 in 7 overs with 61% COW before Mahela and Silva put together a century stand. They both notched up fifties before Silva fell with SL at 144/4 in 27 overs with 92% COW. Mahela continued in company of Mathews post a rain break but both fell as target was within reach as SL won by 4 wickets with 3 overs to spare.

1st Innings (Australia) - 50 overs Maximum

10 overs: AUS 52/1

AUS 49%

This time it was Marsh’s turn to fail

as he fell for 2 but Ponting looked in ominous form as Australia scored 52 runs in this period and raised their COW by 2% to 49%.

25 overs: AUS 111/2

AUS 48%

Ponting failed to convert his start

in to a substantial score but Watson put a price on his wicket as Australia scored 59 runs in this period but their low RR brought their COW down by 1% to 48%.

40 overs: AUS 177/5

AUS 44%

Sri Lankan spinners swung the

momentum away from Australia as 3 wickets fell while Australia scored 66 runs in this period. Their COW dipped by 4% to 44%

46.1 overs: AUS 211

AUS 42%

Malinga became the first bowler

to take 3 hat tricks in ODIs as Australia lost their last 5 wickets for addition of just 1 run. Their collapse from 210/5 to 211 all out saw their COW go down by 2% to 42%.

2nd Innings (Sri Lanka : Target 212) - 50 overs Maximum

10 overs: SL 65/3	SL 58%	Sri Lanka lost Tharanga, Kumar
		and Dilshan early but Silva continued playing his shots as Sri Lanka collected 65 runs in this period raising their COW by 12% to 66%.
25 overs: SL 137/3	SL 90%	Silva and Mahela put together a
		century stand pretty much grinding Australia out of the match as they scored 72 runs in this session. This session saw SL’s COW jump by 24% to 90%.
40 overs: SL 188/4	SL 99%	Once Silva fell SL went in to a shell
		as Mahela and Mathews ensured there was no mid innings collapse. Their 51 runs in this period were enough to raise SL’s COW by 9% to 99%.
47 overs: SL 213/6	SL 100%	Though Mahela and Mathews fell
		with victory in sight, Sri Lanka needed just 7 more overs to knock off the remaining runs and win the match by 4 wickets.

5th ODI : Sri Lanka vs Australia (Winner: SL)

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