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Summary

TESTAsgiriya Stadium, KandyThu, 09 Sep - Sat, 11 Sep 1999 - 09:30

SL

Sri Lanka

518/10 (45.00) & 95/4 (26.5)

VS

Australia

403/4 (20.00) & 140/10 (60.2)

AUS

Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets

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SL vs AUS — 1st Test

Match No: 1st Test
Date: Thu, 09 Sep 1999
Teams: Sri Lanka vs Australia
Series: Australia in Sri Lanka Test Series
Ground: Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
Toss: Australia, elected to bat first
Umpires: Peter ManuelSrinivas Venkataraghavan
Result: Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
Season: 1999
Player of Match: Aravinda de Silva

Australia

Australia innings

403/4 (20.00)

BATTING

Total 188 67.1 Ov (RR: 2.79, 264 Mins)	188 (188)
Ricky Ponting	96 (96)
Jason Gillespie	41 (41)

BOWLING

Muthiah Muralidaran	4/63
Nuwan Zoysa	3/38
Chaminda Vaas	3/43

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka innings

518/10 (45.00)

BATTING

Total 234 66.3 Ov (RR: 3.51, 272 Mins)	234 (234)
Aravinda de Silva	78 (78)
Mahela Jayawardene	46 (46)

BOWLING

Shane Warne	5/52
Colin Miller	4/62
Glenn McGrath	1/66

Australia

Australia innings

95/4 (26.5)

BATTING

Total 140 60.2 Ov (RR: 2.32, 233 Mins)	140 (140)
Ricky Ponting	51 (51)
Michael Slater	27 (27)

BOWLING

Chaminda Vaas	3/15
Muthiah Muralidaran	3/65
Upul Chandana	1/9

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka innings

140/10 (60.2)

BATTING

Total 95/4 26.5 Ov (RR: 3.54, 110 Mins)	95 (95)
Aravinda de Silva	31 (31)
Arjuna Ranatunga	19 (19)

BOWLING

Colin Miller	3/48
Glenn McGrath	1/19
Shane Warne	0/18