Men's ODI · ICC World Cup · Semi Final

Australia v Sri Lanka

18 Mar 2003 · St George's Park, Port Elizabeth, Gqeberha

Data: Cricsheet (CC BY 4.0), matches up to 2 Nov 2026.

Result

Australia won by 48 runs (D/L method)

D/L

Toss: Australia won the toss and chose to bat.
Player of the match: A Symonds
Scheduled overs: 50 a side

Innings totals
Innings	Score	Overs
Australia	212/7	50.0
Sri LankaTarget 172 from 38.1 overs	123/7	38.1

Replay ball by ball

Scorecard

Sri Lanka123/7 (38.1 ov)

Sri Lanka batting, innings 2
Batter	How out	R	B	4s	6s	SR
MS Atapattub B Lee	b B Lee	14	17	3	0	82.4
ST Jayasuriyacaught b GD McGrath	caught b GD McGrath	17	24	0	1	70.8
HP Tillakaratnecaught b B Lee	caught b B Lee	3	15	0	0	20.0
DA Gunawardenecaught b B Lee	caught b B Lee	1	4	0	0	25.0
PA de Silvarun out	run out	11	16	2	0	68.8
KC Sangakkara*not out	not out	39	70	3	0	55.7
DPMD Jayawardenecaught b GB Hogg	caught b GB Hogg	5	8	1	0	62.5
RP Arnoldcaught b GB Hogg	caught b GB Hogg	3	27	0	0	11.1
WPUJC Vaas*not out	not out	21	50	1	1	42.0
Extras	9 (b 4, lb 1, w 2, nb 2)
Total	123/7 (38.1 ov)

Did not bat: M Muralitharan, PW Gunaratne

Fall of wickets: 1-21 (MS Atapattu, 3.6 ov), 2-37 (ST Jayasuriya, 8.5 ov), 3-37 (HP Tillakaratne, 9.3 ov), 4-43 (DA Gunawardene, 11.2 ov), 5-51 (PA de Silva, 13.1 ov), 6-60 (DPMD Jayawardene, 16.1 ov), 7-76 (RP Arnold, 24.2 ov)

Australia bowling, innings 2
Bowler	O	M	R	W	Econ	Wd	Nb
GD McGrath	7	1	20	1	2.86	0	0
B Lee	8	0	35	3	4.38	2	2
AJ Bichel	10	4	18	0	1.80	0	0
GB Hogg	10	1	30	2	3.00	0	0
IJ Harvey	2.1	0	11	0	5.08	0	0
DS Lehmann	1	0	4	0	4.00	0	0

Replays carry no fielders, so catches name only the bowler.

Worm

Runs after each over. Dots mark overs in which wickets fell.

View as table

Runs and wickets after each over
Overs	Australia	Sri Lanka
0	0/0	0/0
1	3/0	6/0
2	14/0	15/0
3	21/0	16/0
4	29/0	21/1
5	34/0	22/1
6	35/1	34/1
7	37/2	34/1
8	40/2	36/1
9	44/2	37/2
10	48/2	38/3
11	49/2	43/3
12	51/2	45/4
13	54/3	51/4
14	60/3	52/5
15	64/3	60/5
16	66/3	60/5
17	71/3	62/6
18	74/3	62/6
19	78/3	65/6
20	82/3	65/6
21	84/3	73/6
22	85/3	73/6
23	95/3	74/6
24	98/3	76/6
25	102/3	78/7
26	105/3	84/7
27	107/3	90/7
28	111/3	93/7
29	114/3	96/7
30	119/3	98/7
31	122/3	99/7
32	127/3	103/7
33	138/3	103/7
34	141/3	105/7
35	144/4	110/7
36	144/4	113/7
37	147/5	119/7
38	151/5	123/7
38.167	–	123/7
39	155/5	–
40	157/5	–
41	160/6	–
42	162/6	–
43	171/6	–
44	175/7	–
45	178/7	–
46	181/7	–
47	187/7	–
48	190/7	–
49	206/7	–
50	212/7	–

Win probability

This match was decided by the D/L method after rain, so its target does not mean what the model assumes. Win probability, projected score and par are hidden.