Sri Lanka v Australia score 3rd Test match

Warne-Muralitharan Trophy - 3rd Test
Sri Lanka v Australia
Match drawn
Test no. 2008 | 2011 season
Played at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
16,17,18,19,20 September 2011 (5-day match)

	Australia 1st innings		Runs	Maidens	Balls	Fors	Sixs	SR
	SR Watson	c Dilshan b Eranga	8	36	18	1	0	44.44
	PJ Hughes	b Lakmal	0	5	2	0	0	0.00
	SE Marsh	b Herath	81	276	207	7	0	39.13
	RT Ponting	c †HAPW Jayawardene b Lakmal	48	119	91	6	0	52.74
	MJ Clarke*	c †HAPW Jayawardene b Eranga	6	44	24	1	0	25.00
	MEK Hussey	b Eranga	118	253	178	12	2	66.29
	BJ Haddin†	c †HAPW Jayawardene b Eranga	35	85	57	6	0	61.40
	MG Johnson	c Herath b Welegedara	8	42	29	1	0	27.58
	PM Siddle	c Paranavitana b Welegedara	0	2	1	0	0	0.00
	TA Copeland	c DPMD Jayawardene b Welegedara	1	9	8	0	0	12.50
	NM Lyon	not out	3	30	15	0	0	20.00
	Extras	(lb 4, w 1, nb 3)	8
	Total	(all out; 104.3 overs; 455 mins)	316	(3.02 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-0 Hughes,  2-22 Watson, 3-101 Ponting,  4-120 Clarke, 5-190 Marsh,  6-265 Haddin,  7-293 Johnson,  8-293 Siddle, 9-295 Copeland,  10-316 Hussey,

	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
	UWMBCA Welegedara	21	6	75	3	3.57
	RAS Lakmal	21	3	60	2	2.85	(3nb)
	RMS Eranga	23.3	6	65	4	2.76	(1w)
	HMRKB Herath	27	5	78	1	2.88
	TM Dilshan	12	0	34	0	2.83

	Sri Lanka 1st innings		Runs	Maidens	Balls	Fours	Sixs	SR
	NT Paranavitana	c Ponting b Johnson	46	146	101	5	0	45.54
	HDRL Thirimanne	b Siddle	28	106	80	2	0	35.00
	KC Sangakkara	c †Haddin b Siddle	79	227	176	10	0	44.88
	DPMD Jayawardene	c †Haddin b Watson	51	159	120	9	0	42.50
	TM Dilshan*	c †Haddin b Copeland	83	178	131	14	0	63.35
	AD Mathews	not out	105	404	269	10	0	39.03
	HAPW Jayawardene†	c Clarke b Copeland	47	115	86	3	2	54.65
	RMS Eranga	b Siddle	12	55	39	2	0	30.76
	HMRKB Herath	lbw b Siddle	3	26	17	0	0	17.64
	UWMBCA Welegedara	run out (Lyon/Watson/†Haddin)	1	16	8	0	0	12.50
	RAS Lakmal	b Johnson	13	37	18	3	0	72.22
	Extras	(b 1, lb 2, nb 2)	5
	Total	(all out; 174 overs; 739 mins)	473	(2.71 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-56 Thirimanne, , 2-97 Paranavitana, , 3-198 DPMD Jayawardene, 4-210Sangakkara,  5-331 Dilshan, 6-412 HAPW Jayawardene,  7-436 Eranga, 8-444 Herath,  9-450 Welegedara,  10-473 Lakmal,

	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
	TA Copeland	40	10	93	2	2.32
	PM Siddle	35	8	91	4	2.60	(2nb)
	MG Johnson	35	6	122	2	3.48
	SR Watson	26	8	54	1	2.07
	NM Lyon	34	5	91	0	2.67
	MEK Hussey	2	1	5	0	2.50
	RT Ponting	2	0	14	0	7.00

	Australia 2nd innings		Runs	Maidens	Balls	Fours	Sixs	SR
	SR Watson	lbw b Herath	21	57	33	4	0	63.63
	PJ Hughes	c Thirimanne b Herath	126	314	220	16	1	57.27
	SE Marsh	c Thirimanne b Herath	18	73	56	1	0	32.14
	RT Ponting	c DPMD Jayawardene b Herath	28	98	80	3	0	35.00
	MJ Clarke*	c Paranavitana b Herath	112	259	178	14	3	62.92
	MEK Hussey	c Welegedara b Dilshan	93	226	138	11	1	67.39
	BJ Haddin†	c Lakmal b Herath	30	79	62	4	0	48.38
	MG Johnson	c Eranga b Welegedara	4	5	6	1	0	66.66
	PM Siddle	lbw b Herath	26	43	34	4	0	76.47
	TA Copeland	c Paranavitana b Eranga	3	33	23	0	0	13.04
	NM Lyon	not out	1	12	7	0	0	14.28
	Extras	(b 5, lb 11, w 6, nb 4)	26
	Total	(all out; 138.5 overs; 604 mins)	488	(3.51 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-62 Watson,  2-122 Marsh, 3-188 Ponting,  4-220 Hughes, 5-396 Clarke,  6-448 Hussey,  7-452 Johnson,  8-471 Haddin, 9-486 Siddle, , 10-488 Copeland,

	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
	RMS Eranga	18.5	2	62	1	3.29	(1nb, 1w)
	RAS Lakmal	22	2	86	0	3.90	(3nb, 1w)
	UWMBCA Welegedara	24	3	88	1	3.66
	HMRKB Herath	52	11	157	7	3.01
	TM Dilshan	19	0	62	1	3.26
	HDRL Thirimanne	1	0	7	0	7.00
	NT Paranavitana	2	0	10	0	5.00

	Sri Lanka 2nd innings (target: 332 runs)		Runs	Maidens	Balls	fours	sixs	SR
	NT Paranavitana	not out	2	7	6	0	0	33.33
	HDRL Thirimanne	not out	4	7	6	1	0	66.66
	Extras	(w 1)	1
	Total	(0 wickets; 2 overs; 7 mins)	7	(3.50 runs per over)

Did not bat TM Dilshan*, KC Sangakkara, DPMD Jayawardene, HAPW Jayawardene†, AD Mathews, RMS Eranga, HMRKB Herath, RAS Lakmal, UWMBCA Welegedara

	Bowling	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Econ
	TA Copeland	1	0	3	0	3.00	(1w)
	NM Lyon	1	0	4	0	4.00

Match details

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to field Series Australia won the 3-match series 1-0

Test debut RMS Eranga (Sri Lanka) Player of the match MEK Hussey (Australia) Player of the series MEK Hussey (Australia)

Umpires Aleem Dar (Pakistan) and AL Hill (New Zealand) TV umpire RA Kettleborough (England) Match referee BC Broad (England) Reserve umpire EAR de Silva

Close of play 16 Sep day 1 - Australia 1st innings 235/5 (MEK Hussey 63*, BJ Haddin 21*, 81.2 ov) 17 Sep day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 166/2 (KC Sangakkara 61*, DPMD Jayawardene 31*, 65 ov) 18 Sep day 3 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 428/6 (AD Mathews 85*, RMS Eranga 5*, 155 ov) 19 Sep day 4 - Australia 2nd innings 209/3 (PJ Hughes 122*, MJ Clarke 8*, 68 ov) 20 Sep day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 7/0 (2 ov) - end of match