Neither Mike Hussey nor Cameron White were able to play a match-winning innings as Sri Lanka remained dominant with some unerringly accurate bowling.
"Once the bills have been paid it would be really nice, in maybe five years, to play a match somewhere else, " added Perryman.
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You could argue that he was match tough until you see him play a match like that - then you feel he is a little spent.
As governor of the Dutch central bank, a post he held for 15 years, he once missed a meeting of Europe's powerful monetary committee to play a match.
As part of the deal, United have agreed to play a match to open the new 45, 000-capacity Chivas Stadium in Guadalajara as part of its 2010-11 season preparations.
If you've watched him play a match, you've seen him sprint from the net to the baseline after greeting his opponent, recklessly chase five shots headed for the stands and play every point with the intensity of a match point.
Not long afterward, I watched Rafael Nadal play a tournament match on the Tennis Channel.
But I did play a solid match and I was able to manage the situation quite well.
I'm going to learn from that and play a better match next round.
Australia will play a Twenty20 match, followed by a five-game one-day series.
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After earning independence from Portugal in 1975, Cape Verde had to wait 17 years before being able to play a competitive match.
England play a seven match one-day series in India, with the cut-off point for automatic Champions Trophy places to be confirmed after the second match.
The rules of FIFA, soccer's world governing body, allow for players to switch their allegiances as long as they have yet to play a tournament match for the senior national team.
After the group's last tie in October, Liberia will not play a qualifying match for nearly two years - something that appears to have dulled Hey's enthusiasm for a job he only assumed in March.
The tourists play a Twenty20 match against Essex at Chelmsford on Friday evening before a T20 match against the Australians at Edgbaston on Tuesday and the first Test against Ricky Ponting's side at Lord's a week later.
Most of the golf he plays is in a club tournament setting, which means a match play format, the mano a mano of golf.
Or conversely, perhaps the length of time on court, regardless of the quality of play, gives a match added reverence.
Lomu agreed to play in a charity match in England last year, but withdrew after injuring his ankle in training.
Stan Collymore's move to Montpellier has collapsed after the controversial Aston Villa frontman reportedly refused to play in a practice match.
But Montpellier boss Michel Mezy said Collymore had refused to play in a practice match that had been arranged to mark his arrival.
The fact India and South Africa play a three-match series in Ireland from late June, with the host playing both in one-off games, indicates business is on the up, though a television broadcast partner remains the main target.
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"I've kept myself fit and although I've appeared in some one-off charity rugby and football matches this will be the first - and I'm sure last - time that I'll play in a competitive match against some world class players, " Johnson said.
Earlier on, Murray made light of a wrist injury to play his third match in as many days, a victory which raised British hopes.
They play Victoria in a tour match on Friday before the third Test, which starts in Perth on 16 December.
First division side Sheffield United, the club of Warriors captain Peter Ndlovu, may host Zimbabwe and play them in a friendly match.
Germany's Bundesliga has two teams going up and down, with a play-off match between the third-bottom and third-top team from the first and second divisions.
England will play a warm-up match against a KSCA XI in Bangalore on Wednesday ahead of the first ODI with India on Friday, 19 February.
If they progress to the knock-out stages, Spain will play a second-round match against one of Brazil, Portugal, Ivory Coast or North Korea on the 28 or 29 June.
The instruction to the St Johnstone players from manager Derek McInnes must surely have been to play the match at a high tempo and deny the hosts time on the ball.
Djokovic's fourth round clash against Marcos Baghdatis on Sunday night ran into the early hours of Monday, but the third seed's request to play Roddick in a night match fell on deaf ears.
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