Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in three.
--> RT Ponting (1) 50 in 106 balls, 168 minutes with 4 fours
--> JN Gillespie (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 28
--> PA de Silva (1) passed 12500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 61
--> DPMD Jayawardene (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 42
--> RT Ponting (2) 50 in 114 balls with 4 fours and 1 six
--> RT Ponting (2) passed 1500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 27
--> DNT Zoysa achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches in the Australia first innings (previous best was 3-47)
--> CR Miller achieved his best innings bowling analysis in Test Matches when he dismissed M Muralitharan in the Sri Lanka first innings (previous best was 3-57)
Tea: Australia 167/8 (Ponting 79*, 60 overs) Start of play delayed by rain for 30 minutes until 11:00am SR Waugh and Gillespie were in hospital in Colombo for the entire day and thus were not available to bat Lunch: Sri Lanka 12/1 (Jayasuriya 10*, 2.1 ov)
