Australia beat Sri Lanka in 3rd ODI of series,2009

South Africa was scheduled to play a 7 Match ONE DAY International series in Australia in 2009. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series and who batted very well  will be crowned as the winner after the series as they are ranked at 1 and 3. The 3rd ONE DAY international match was to be played on Bellerive Oval, Hobart, Australia on 19th Jan 2009. South Africa holds the upper hand as they are more balanced team and playing very well as well.

South Africa won the toss and opts to bowl first; this is how South Africa team and 11 was looking like in this 3rd  ONE DAY international match: Mark Boucher (wk), Jean Paul Duminy, Herschelle Gibbs, Jacques Kallis, Hashim Amla, Albie Morkel, Johan Botha (c), Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Neil McKenzie, Vaughn van Jaarsveld

And Australia team and 11 was looking like this in this 3rd  ONE DAY international Match: Ricky Ponting (c), Michael Clarke, Brad Haddin (wk), Cameron White, James Hopes, Shaun Tait, Nathan Bracken, Ben Hilfenhaus, David Hussey, Shaun Marsh, Michael Hussey

Australia batted well and was able to post total of 249 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 9 wickets and with top scores of S Marsh who made 78 runs in 103 balls with 9 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 76 runs in 100 balls and Ricky P who made 64 runs in 72 balls with 7 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 89 runs in 100 balls.

South Africa was needed to score 250 runs in 50 over’s to win this match.

South Africa batted well but was unable to chase the target of 250 runs and was only able to make 244 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 6 wicket and lost the game by 5 runs and with top contributions from J Kallis who made 72 runs in 96 balls with 5 4’s and 0 sixes at the strike rate of 75 runs in 100 balls.

Australia won the match by 5 runs and series stands at 2-1 in favor of South Africa with 4 more games to play.

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