Australia won by an innings and 40 runs

Sri Lanka Tour in Australia, 2007/08

Australia vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test Match

Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, November 8-12, 2007

Match Details

Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) & Tony Hill (NZ)

Third Umpire: Peter Parker (Aus)

Match Referee: Mike Procter (SA)

Toss: Sri Lanka (Elected to field)

Match Status: Australia won by an innings and 40 runs

Man of the Match: Brett Lee

Batting: Australia 1st Innings

Total:(551 for 4 in 151 overs) 551 Run Rate: 3.65

Fall Of Wickets
1/69 (Matthew Hayden, 22.2 ov.), 2/183 (Ricky Ponting, 51.5 ov.), 3/216 (Phil Jaques, 65.5 ov.), 4/461 (Mike Hussey, 135.1 ov.)

Batting: Sri Lanka 1st Innings
Total:(211 for 10 in 81.5 overs) 211 Run Rate: 2.58

Fall Of Wickets
1/7 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 2.5 ov.), 2/11 (Michael Vandort, 6.5 ov.), 3/45 (Mahela Jayawardene, 18.5 ov.), 4/65 (Thilan Samaraweera, 29.2 ov.), 5/118 (Chamara Silva, 41.6 ov.), 6/153 (Marvan Atapattu, 61.3 ov.), 7/181 (Farveez Maharoof, 75.1 ov.), 8/198 (Chaminda Vaas, 78.6 ov.), 9/198 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 79.3 ov.), 10/211 (Dilhara Fernando, 81.5 ov.)

Batting: Sri Lanka 2nd Innings
Total:(300 for 10 in 99.2 overs) 300 Run Rate: 3.02

Fall Of Wickets
1/53 (Marvan Atapattu, 13.3 ov.), 2/65 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 18.2 ov.), 3/167 (Mahela Jayawardene, 52.6 ov.), 4/213 (Michael Vandort, 73.4 ov.), 5/215 (Thilan Samaraweera, 74.3 ov.), 6/226 (Prasanna Jayawardene, 83.1 ov.), 7/259 (Farveez Maharoof, 90.5 ov.), 8/281 (Chamara Silva, 94.1 ov.), 9/290 (Dilhara Fernando, 96.5 ov.), 10/300 (Muttiah Muralitharan, 99.2 ov.)

The Teams

Australia Cricket Team For first Test Match
Matthew Hayden, Phil Jaques, Ricky Ponting (c) , Michael Clarke, Mike Hussey, Andrew Symonds, Adam Gilchrist (w) , Brett Lee, Mitchell Johnson, Stuart Clark, Stuart MacGill, Brad Hogg (sub)

Sri Lanka Cricket Team For first Test Match

Sanath Jayasuriya, Marvan Atapattu, Michael Vandort, Mahela Jayawardene (c) , Thilan Samaraweera, Chamara Silva, Prasanna Jayawardene (w) , Chaminda Vaas, Farveez Maharoof, Dilhara Fernando, Muttiah Muralitharan, Lasith Malinga (sub) , Malinga Bandara (sub) , Sujeewa de Silva (sub) , Kumar Sangakkara (sub) , Jehan Mubarak (sub) , Upul Tharanga (sub) , Chanaka Welegedara (sub)