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Australia v Sri Lanka |
| Sri Lanka in Australia 1995/96 (2nd Test) |
| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th December 1995 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Australia won by 10 wickets |
| Umpires | RS Dunne, DB Hair |
| TV umpire | WP Sheahan |
| Referee | GT Dowling |
| Close of play day 1 | Australia (1) 234/3 (Boon 93*, SR Waugh 2*; 90 overs) |
| Close of play day 2 | Sri Lanka (1) 25/1 (Hathurusingha 16*, Gurusinha 10*; 13 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Sri Lanka (2) 33/1 (Hathurusingha 17*, Gurusinha 10*; 13 overs) |
| Close of play day 4 | Sri Lanka (2) 284/6 (Ranatunga 6*, Vaas 5*; 103 overs) |
| Man of the Match | GD McGrath |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| MJ Slater | c Wickramasinghe b Vaas | 62 | 132 | 196 | 8 | - | |
| *MA Taylor | b Wickramasinghe | 7 | 28 | 30 | 1 | - | |
| DC Boon | c Muralitharan b Wickramasinghe | 110 | 312 | 408 | 11 | - | |
| ME Waugh | b Muralitharan | 61 | 100 | 139 | 6 | - | |
| SR Waugh | not out | 131 | 252 | 329 | 11 | - | |
| RT Ponting | c Gurusinha b KJ Silva | 71 | 94 | 125 | 9 | 1 | |
| +IA Healy | c Muralitharan b de Silva | 41 | 70 | 86 | 3 | - | |
| PR Reiffel | not out | 4 | 13 | 13 | - | - | |
| SK Warne | did not bat | | | | | | |
| CJ McDermott | did not bat | | | | | | |
| GD McGrath | did not bat | | | | | | |
| Extras | (8 lb, 3 nb, 2 w) | 13 |
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 666 minutes, 165 overs) | 500 |
| Fall of wickets: |
| 1-14 (Taylor), 2-116 (Slater), 3-219 (ME Waugh), 4-280 (Boon), 5-395 (Ponting), 6-488 (Healy) |
| Sri Lanka first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| RS Mahanama | c Taylor b McGrath | 3 | 15 | 14 | - | - | |
| UC Hathurusingha | lbw b McGrath | 23 | 79 | 133 | 1 | - | |
| AP Gurusinha | c Healy b Ponting | 27 | 85 | 109 | 1 | - | |
| PA de Silva | c Reiffel b McGrath | 18 | 84 | 113 | 2 | - | |
| *A Ranatunga | c Warne b McDermott | 51 | 105 | 141 | 9 | - | |
| HP Tillakaratne | c Taylor b Warne | 14 | 58 | 74 | - | - | |
| +RS Kaluwitharana | c Boon b McDermott | 50 | 59 | 95 | 7 | - | |
| WPUJC Vaas | c Healy b Reiffel | 0 | 8 | 7 | - | - | |
| GP Wickramasinghe | c Healy b McGrath | 10 | 23 | 41 | 2 | - | |
| M Muralitharan | c Slater b McGrath | 11 | 11 | 21 | 1 | - | |
| KJ Silva | not out | 6 | 12 | 13 | 1 | - | |
| Extras | (6 b, 7 lb, 7 nb) | 20 |
| Total | (all out, 385 minutes, 88.4 overs) | 233 |
| Fall of wickets: |
| 1-3 (Mahanama), 2-64 (Gurusinha), 3-68 (Hathurusingha), 4-128 (de Silva), 5-140 (Ranatunga), 6-182 (Tillakaratne), 7-183 (Vaas), 8-213 (Wickramasinghe), 9-221 (Kaluwitharana), 10-233 (Muralitharan) |
| Sri Lanka second innings (following on) | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s |
| RS Mahanama | c Warne b Reiffel | 3 | 13 | 20 | - | - | |
| UC Hathurusingha | lbw b Warne | 39 | 95 | 131 | 4 | - | |
| AP Gurusinha | lbw b Reiffel | 143 | 274 | 353 | 15 | 1 | |
| PA de Silva | c Healy b McDermott | 28 | 75 | 101 | 2 | - | |
| +RS Kaluwitharana | st Healy b Warne | 2 | 7 | 15 | - | - | |
| HP Tillakaratne | c Ponting b ME Waugh | 38 | 106 | 153 | 2 | - | |
| *A Ranatunga | not out | 11 | 68 | 113 | - | - | |
| WPUJC Vaas | c Boon b McGrath | 6 | 28 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| GP Wickramasinghe | st Healy b Warne | 17 | 37 | 46 | 2 | - | |
| M Muralitharan | c Taylor b Warne | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| KJ Silva | b McGrath | 0 | 6 | 7 | - | - | |
| Extras | (7 b, 5 lb, 8 nb) | 20 |
| Total | (all out, 488 minutes, 116.5 overs) | 307 |
| Fall of wickets: |
| 1-11 (Mahanama), 2-97 (Hathurusingha), 3-168 (de Silva), 4-172 (Kaluwitharana), 5-255 (Gurusinha), 6-273 (Tillakaratne), 7-285 (Vaas), 8-306 (Wickramasinghe), 9-306 (Muralitharan), 10-307 (KJ Silva) |
Notes
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 200 in 80 overs
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MJ Slater (1) passed 6000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 4
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ME Waugh (1) passed 3500 runs in Test matches when he reached 17
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KJ Silva made his debut in Test matches
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AP Gurusinha (2) 50 in 86 balls with 5 fours
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AP Gurusinha (2) 100 in 207 balls, 271 minutes with 10 fours and 1 six
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AP Gurusinha (2) passed his previous highest score of 137 in Test matches
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AP Gurusinha (2) passed 7000 runs in first-class matches when he reached 133
Day 1: Crowd: 55239
Muralitharan called for throwing by D Hair, 7 times.
Day 2: Crowd: 18292
Vaas completed an over after Wickremasinghe left the field injured.
Day 3: Crowd: 20847
Kasprowicz fielding for SR Waugh (injured back)
Day 4: Crowd: 11010
Day 5: Crowd: ~15000 (admitted free of charge)
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