A chance to see some fringe Aussies.... 3 day game being played at the Adelaide Oval on 27,28,29 October 2007.
First day interest... Cullen Bailey bowling legspin (and getting carted to no great effect) and Aaron Heal showing the way with economical SLA orthodox bowling AND wickets.
Code:
Sri Lankans 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MS Atapattu c Hughes b Heal 56 171 140 6 0 40.00
ST Jayasuriya c Moller b Heal 154 210 153 16 6 100.65
MG Vandort c Plant b Bollinger 55 172 123 5 0 44.71
KC Sangakkara retired hurt 1 13 3 0 0 33.33
DPMD Jayawardene c & b Heal 0 9 8 0 0 0.00
TT Samaraweera not out 53 110 100 7 0 53.00
Extras (lb 6, nb 10) 16
Total (4 wickets; 86.1 overs) 335 (3.88 runs per over)
Did not bat J Mubarak, MF Maharoof, CRD Fernando, M Muralitharan, UWMBCA Welegedara
Fall of wickets1-195 (Atapattu, 42.5 ov), 2-239 (Jayasuriya, 52.5 ov), 2-240* (Sangakkara, retired not out), 3-240 (Jayawardene, 56.2 ov), 4-335 (Vandort, 86.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ
DE Bollinger 16.1 2 51 1 3.15 (8nb)
PC Rofe 18 4 82 0 4.55
ML Lewis 16 2 46 0 2.87 (2nb)
CB Bailey 16 1 100 0 6.25
AK Heal 19 5 50 3 2.63
CJ Ferguson 1 1 0 0 0.00
Cricket Australia Chairman's XI team
LR Mash, GD Moller, TC Plant, CJ Ferguson, P Hughes, L Ronchi, CB Bailey, AK Heal, ML Lewis, DE Bollinger, PC Rofe Cricinfo - Cricket Australia Chairman's XI v Sri Lankans at Adelaide, Oct 27-29, 2007