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Sri Lanka crush Aussies to reach final
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka reached the final of the ICC Champions Trophy on Friday after crushing World Cup holders Australia by seven wickets with a comprehensive 10 overs to spare.
The hosts were never in trouble after their spinners skittled Ricky Ponting's side for 162 on a dry pitch after opting to bat.
The collapse, sparked by part-time bowler Aravinda de Silva, was all the more dramatic after Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden had begun with an explosive 49-run stand inside seven overs only to be both dismissed within three balls.
Off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan ended with three lower-order wickets for 26 while Shane Warne top-scored for Australia with just 36. Skipper Sanath Jayasuriya (42), Kumar Sangakkara (48) and Marvan Atapattu, dismissed for 51 on the brink of victory, then made sure of an easy home success.
Sri Lanka, who last played Australia three years ago when also beating them in Colombo, will face India in Sunday's final.
September 27, 2002 -
Sri Lanka eye Trophy final as Australia wilt
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka made 108 for one in 25 overs after spinning out World Cup holders Australia for 162 in their Champions Trophy semi-final on Friday.
Skipper Sanath Jayasuriya punished the pace bowlers with a series of cuts and drives before he was dismissed for 42 by leg-spinner Shane Warne. Earlier openers Australia Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden hammered 49 runs inside seven overs before the hosts, switching to spin, took four wickets for eight runs to take control.
Part-time bowler Aravinda de Silva took one for 16 and Muttiah Muralitharan three for 26.
* Australia opted to bat. Adam Gilchrist blazed Chaminda Vaas's second ball over backward point for four, hit seamer Pulasthi Gunaratne out of the attack, then drove for three back-foot fours in one over.
* De Silva came on in the seventh over and bowled a charging Matthew Hayden for 13 with his fifth ball. 49-1. Three balls later Gilchrist lashed at off-spinner Kumar Dharmasena and top-edged to cover after making 31 off 24 balls. 49-2.
* Ricky Ponting fell lbw for three to Vaas, the third umpire giving him out in the 12th over. 56-3. Darren Lehmann, sent back by Damien Martyn, was run out for a duck. 57-4.
* 80-4 after 20 overs. Martyn run out from a direct hit from Russel Arnold for 28. 96-5. Next over Michael Bevan, sweeping, was caught for 12 off Dharmasena at midwicket. 97-6. Shane Watson holed out to give Muralitharan his first wicket. 107-7.
* Brett Lee bowled for 18 after putting on 46 with Warne. Warne stumped down the leg-side off Muralitharan for 36. 162-9. Glenn McGrath bowled through the gate first ball.
* Sanath Jayasuriya survived a big McGrath lbw appeal with just one on the board but continued to play his strokes as the pace bowlers regularly beat the bat in the opening overs. Marvan Atapattu hooked McGrath, a diving Ponting getting his finger-tips to the ball at square leg.
* 42-0 after 10 overs. Warne introduced. Jayasuriya brought up the 50 with a slashing cut off Lee through point before, having made 42 from 51 deliveries, he was bowled by a straight ball from Warne. 67-1.
* Anchor-man Atapattu cut at Warne and was dropped two balls in a row at slip by Hayden with the score on 79-1.
* Kumar Sangakkara hit Lehmann's spin over the top for four and driving Warne square for another boundary to bring up the 100 in the 24th over.
September 27, 2002 -
Warne strikes to check Sri Lankan charge
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka reached 67 for one from 15 overs after their spinners skittled world champions Australia for 162 in their Champions Trophy semi-final on Friday.
Skipper Sanath Jayasuriya punished the pace bowlers whenever they gave him width with a series of cuts and drives before he was dismissed by leg-spinner Shane Warne.
Earlier Australian openers Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden had hammered 49 runs inside seven overs before the hosts, switching to spin, took four wickets for eight runs to take control of the match. Part-time bowler Aravinda de Silva took one for 16 while Muttiah Muralitharan took three for 26.
* Australia opted to bat. Gilchrist blazed Chaminda Vaas's second ball over backward point for four, hit seamer Pulasthi Gunaratne out of the attack, then drove for three back-foot fours in one over.
* De Silva came on in the seventh over and bowled a charging Matthew Hayden for 13 with his fifth ball. 49-1. Three balls later Gilchrist lashed at Dharmasena and top-edged to cover after making 31 off 24 balls. 49-2. * Ricky Ponting fell lbw for three to Vaas, the third umpire giving him out in the 12th over. 56-3. Darren Lehmann, sent back by Damien Martyn, was run out for a duck. 57-4.
* 80-4 after 20 overs. Martyn run out from a direct hit from Russel Arnold for 28. 96-5. Next over Michael Bevan, sweeping, was caught for 12 off Dharmasena at midwicket. 97-6. Shane Watson holed out to give Muralitharan his first wicket. 107-7.
* Brett Lee bowled for 18 after putting on 46 with Shane Warne. Warne stumped down the leg-side off Muralitharan for 36. 162-9. Glenn McGrath bowled through the gate first ball.
* Jayasuriya survived a big McGrath lbw appeal with just one on the board but continued to play his strokes as the pace bowlers regularly beat the bat in the opening overs. Marvan Atapattu hooked McGrath, a diving Ponting getting his finger-tips to the ball at square leg.
* 42-0 after 10 overs. Warne introduced. Jayasuriya brought up the 50 with a slashing cut off Lee through point before, having made 42 from 51 deliveries, he was bowled by a straight ball from Warne. 67-1.
New batsman Kumar Sangakkara.
September 27, 2002 -
Sri Lanka in solid start v struggling Aussies
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka reached 31 without loss from seven overs after their spinners skittled world champions Australia for 162 in their Champions Trophy semi-final on Friday.
Skipper Sanath Jayasuriya had made 20 from 25 balls. Australian openers Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden had hammered 49 runs inside seven overs before the hosts, switching to spin, took four wickets for eight runs to take control.
Part-time bowler Aravinda de Silva took one for 16 in 10 overs while Muttiah Muralitharan took three for 26.
* Australia opted to bat. Gilchrist blazed Chaminda Vaas's second ball over backward point for four, hit seamer Pulasthi Gunaratne out of the attack, then drove for three back-foot fours in one over.
* De Silva came on in the seventh over and bowled a charging Matthew Hayden for 13 with his fifth ball. 49-1. Three balls later Gilchrist lashed at Dharmasena and top-edged to cover after making 31 off 24 balls. 49-2. * Ricky Ponting fell lbw for three to Vaas, the third umpire giving him out in the 12th over. 56-3. Darren Lehmann, sent back by Damien Martyn, was run out for a duck.
* 80-4 after 20 overs. Martyn run out from a direct hit from Russel Arnold for 28. 96-5. Next over Michael Bevan, sweeping, was caught for 12 off Dharmasena at midwicket. 97-6. Shane Watson holed out to give Muralitharan his first wicket. 107-7.
* Brett Lee bowled for 18 after putting on 46 with Shane Warne. Warne stumped down the leg-side off Muralitharan for 36. 162-9. Glenn McGrath bowled through the gate first ball.
* Jayasuriya survived a big McGrath lbw appeal with just one on the board but continued to play his strokes as the pace bowlers regularly beat the bat in the opening overs.
September 27, 2002 -
Jubilant Sri Lanka spin out Australia for 162
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's spinners, inspired by Aravinda de Silva, engineered an extraordinary turnaround to dismiss world champions Australia for 162 in their Champions Trophy semi-final on Friday.
Openers Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden hammered 49 runs inside the first seven overs from the seamers before the hosts, switching to spin, removed them both in three balls as four wickets tumbled for eight runs. The run flow dried up completely, with de Silva surprisingly playing the lead role ahead of key spinner Muttiah Muralitharan and taking the first wicket in a fine miserly spell as he extracted big turn from a dry wicket. De Silva's 10 overs cost 16 runs.
Australia's hopes of a revival fizzled out when skipper Ricky Ponting fell cheaply and Damien Martyn ran out Darren Lehmann for a duck before also getting run out himself.
Australia were bowled out with eight balls to spare. Muralitharan ended the innings with two wickets in two balls to claim three for 26 off 9.4 overs. The winners will play India in Sunday's final.
September 27, 2002 -
Australia stumble to 138-7 v Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka, inspired by part-time bowler Aravinda de Silva, engineered an extraordinary turnaround to reduce Australia to 138 for seven after 42 overs in the second Champions Trophy semi-final on Friday.
Openers Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden hammered 49 runs inside seven overs from the seamers before the hosts, switching to spin, removed them both in three balls as four wickets tumbled for eight runs.
The run flow dried up completely, with de Silva surprisingly playing the lead role ahead of key spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, taking the first wicket in a fine miserly spell as he extracted big turn from a dry wicket.
* Sri Lanka included three front-line spinners in Kumar Dharmasena, Muttiah Muralitharan and Upal Chandana. Australia won the toss and opted to bat.
* Gilchrist blazed Chaminda Vaas's second ball over backward point for four. He helped hit seamer Pulasthi Gunaratne out of the attack, then drove Chaminda Vaas off his stumps for three back-foot fours. His first 30 runs came off 19 balls.
* Hayden cut off-spinner Dharmasena's first ball for four. De Silva came on in the seventh over, stemming the flow before bowling a charging Hayden for 13 with his fifth ball. 49-1.
* First ball next over Gilchrist lashed at Dharmasena, aiming over midwicket and top-edging to cover after making 31 off 24 balls. 49-2.
* 55-2 after 10 overs. Ricky Ponting fell lbw for three to the returning Vaas, the third umpire giving him out in the 12th over. 56-3.
* Darren Lehmann, sent back by Damien Martyn, was run out for a duck by a direct hit from Jayasuriya.
* 80-4 after 20 overs. De Silva and Dharmasena strangled the run flow, finding big turn. Martyn was run out from a direct hit from Russel Arnold for 28. 96-5. New batsman Shane Watson.
* De Silva, to massive applause, ended with 10-2-16-1. Next over, Bevan, sweeping was caught for 12 off Dharmasena at midwicket by Arnold. 97-6. 101-6 after 30 overs. Shane Watson holes out to give Muttiah Muralitharan his first wicket. 107-7.
* 134-7 after 40 overs, with Shane Warne and Brett Lee at the crease.
September 27, 2002 -
Sri Lanka strike with two wickets
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's spinners took two wickets in three balls to check Australia on 51 for two after eight overs of the second Champions Trophy semi-final against Sri Lanka on Friday.
Adam Gilchrist had led the charge before Aravinda de Silva, with his occasional off-spin, broke a lightning opening partnership.
* Australia won the toss. Openers Hayden and Gilchrist mixed quick running and cuts and flicks over the infield as 15 came off the first two overs. By the third, Sanath Jayasuriya had removed his two slips.
* Gilchrist cut seamer Pulasthi Gunaratne for four, then drove Chaminda Vaas off his stumps for three back-foot fours, one through extra cover then two to midwicket. His first 30 runs come off 19 balls.
* Gunaratne taken out of the attack after two overs but Hayden cut off-spinner Kumar Dharmasena's first ball for four.
* De Silva came on in the seventh over, stemming the flow before bowling Hayden, charging wildly, for 13 with his fifth ball. 49-1. New batsman Ricky Ponting.
* Next over Gilchrist lashed at Dharmasena, aiming over midwicket and top-edging to cover after making 31 off 24 balls. 49-2. New batsman Damien Martyn.
September 27, 2002 - 0840 GMT
Australia bats first against Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: Australia won the toss and elected to bat first in the Champions Trophy semifinal against Sri Lanka at Colombo's Premadasa Stadium on Friday.
Both Australia and Sri Lanka made one change in the teams that played their last league matches.
Australia inducted Damien Martyn in place of Jimmy Maher, while Sri Lanka brought Upul Chandana in place of Dilhara Fernando. The winner of this match qualifies to take on India in Sunday's final.
India defeated South Africa by 10 runs in the first semifinal on Friday.
Teams:
Australia: Ricky Ponting (captain), Adam Gilchrist (w/k), Matthew Hayden, Damien Martyn, Darren Lehmann, Michael Bevan, Shane Watson, Shane Warne, Brett Lee, Jason Gillespie, Glenn McGrath.
Sri Lanka: Sanath Jayasuriya (captain), Marvan Atapattu, Kumara Sangakkara (w/k), Aravinda de Silva, Mahela Jayawardene, Russell Arnold, Upul Chandana, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan, Kumara Dharmasena, Pulasthi Gunaratne.
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (West Indies) and Dave Orchard (South Africa) TV umpire: Rudi Koertzen (South Africa)
Match-referee: Wasim Raja (Pakistan).
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