Australia in New Zealand : 5 oneday, 2 test match series.
5th ODI : Aus retain Chappell & Hadlee trophy, series 3-2.
4th ODI : Australia secure series | 3rd ODI : Haddin ton.
2nd ODI : Aus won by 12 runs | 1st ODI : Kiwis by 2 wkts.
2nd T20 : Tied, Kiwis won in superover | Aus won 1st T20.
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Highest partnerships | Most expensive spells in twenty20.
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Scorecard : CB Tri series 22nd February 2008


Sangakkara-SCG-220208.jpg Match : Australia vs Srilanka, Match 9, CB triseries.
Venue : Melbourne cricket ground, Australia.
Date : 22 February, 2008.. an Day/Night ODI.
Debuts : none.
ODI no. : 2683 overall.
Toss : Srilanka, elected to field.
Result : Aus win by 24 runs (D/L method).
Series : Game 9 of Ind v Aus v SL triseries in Australia, Feb-Mar 2008
Man of Match : Michael Hussey.
Umpires : Rudi Koertzen & Simon Taufel

When you play well - you deserve to win. but when you don't play well, great teams still find a way to win. now Australians are not played good cricket, yet they are consistently winnings and this match made them the first team to qualify for the finals of this 2008 Commonwealth Bank triseries, which will be last of 20 years annual festival. see winners & points table.

Rain halted their run chase, and no play was possible after that. Srilankans should have been 80 for 4 wickets to not give away bonus points, which they did.

Australia (50 over innings) Runs Balls 4s 6s St rate
Adam Gilchrist b Vaas 6 11 0 0 54
Mathew Hayden c Silva b Maharoof 23 53 3 0 43
Ricky Ponting run out (Ma'roof/Sang'kara) 11 34 0 0 32
Michael Clarke C & b Muralitharan 50 69 4 0 75
Andrew Symonds c Sang'kara b Maharoof 4 6 0 0 67
Michael Hussey not out 64 98 1 0 65
James Hopes st Sang'kara b Muralitharan 11 16 0 0 68
Brad Hogg c Dilshan b Malinga 4 4 0 0 100
MitchellJohnson not out 6 9 0 0 67
Stuart Clark
Nathan Bracken
Extras (b=2, wd=3) 5
Total (for 7 wickets, 50 overs) 184 (3.68 runs per over)
Fall of wickets : 1-12 (Gilchrist, 4.3 ov), 2-39 (Hayden, 15 ov), 3-44 (Ponting, 18 ov)
4-74 (Symonds, 21.1 ov), 5-144 (Clarke, 42.1 ov), 6-166 (Hopes, 46.3 ov)
7-173 (Hogg, 47.5 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Chaminda Vaas 10 1 34 1 3.4
Lasith Malinga 10 1 44 1 4.4
Farveez Maharoof (1 wide) 10 1 20 2 2.1
Muthiah Muralitharan 10 0 37 2 3.7
Ishara Amerasinghe (2 wides) 10 0 47 0 4.7
Srilanka (target 185 in 50 overs) Runs Balls 4s 6s St rate
Dilruwan Parera lbw b Clark 1 13 2 0 85
Sanath Jayasuriya c Ponting b Clark 0 10 2 0 120
K Sanggakkara c Symonds b Hopes 22 114 4 0 70
M Jayawardene c Gilchrist b Bracken 27 25 4 0 84
Chamara Silva not out 16 10 0 0 0
Tillakratne Dilshan not out 9 60 2 0 43
Farveez Maharoof
Chaminda Vaas
Lasith Malinga
Ishara Amerasinghe
Muthiah Muralitharan
Extras (lb=1, wd=1) 2
Total (for 4 wickets, 29.3 overs) 77 (2.61 runs per over)
Fall of wickets : 1-0 (Jayasuriya, 1.1 ov), 2-3 (Perera, 3.1 ov),
3-42 (Jayawardene, 16.2 ov), 4-64 (Sangakkara, 24.5)
Bowling O M R W Econ
Nathan Bracken 6 1 13 1 2.1
Stuart Clark 5 1 8 2 1.6
Mitchell Johnson (1 wide) 7 1 17 0 2.5
James Hopes 7 2 23 1 3.3
Brad Hogg 4.3 1 15 0 3.3





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