a9648 o1032	Australia v Sri Lanka
	Benson and Hedges World Series Cup 1995/96
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 9th January 1996 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets
Points	Australia 0; Sri Lanka 2
Umpires	DJ Harper, AJ McQuillan
TV umpire	WP Sheahan
Referee	GT Dowling
Player of the Match	RS Kaluwitharana

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MJ Slater	c Kaluwitharana b Munasinghe	2	17	13	-	-	11.76
*MA Taylor	c Kaluwitharana b Munasinghe	9	38	54	-	-	23.68
ME Waugh	b Munasinghe	0	4	12	-	-	0.00
RT Ponting	run out	123	138	174	7	1	89.13
SG Law	c Tillakaratne b Wickramasinghe	8	15	29	-	-	53.33
MG Bevan	not out	65	87	116	5	-	74.71
S Lee	did not bat
+IA Healy	did not bat
PR Reiffel	did not bat
SK Warne	did not bat
CJ McDermott	did not bat
Extras	(2 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	6
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	213
Fall of wickets:
1-8 (Slater), 2-10 (Waugh), 3-33 (Taylor), 4-54 (Law), 5-213 (Ponting)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Vaas	10	3	41	0	-	-	-	4.10
Munasinghe	10	1	30	3	-	1	20.00	3.00
Wickramasinghe	6	0	29	1	-	1	36.00	4.83
Dharmasena	10	0	31	0	-	-	-	3.10
Jayasuriya	10	0	56	0	1	-	-	5.60
Kalpage	4	0	24	0	1	-	-	6.00

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
ST Jayasuriya	c Lee b Reiffel	8	14	16	2	-	57.14
+RS Kaluwitharana	run out (Slater)	77	75	102	12	-	102.67
AP Gurusinha	run out (Slater)	0	1	11	-	-	0.00
*PA de Silva	lbw b McDermott	35	53	86	1	-	66.04
RS Mahanama	lbw b Bevan	51	71	93	4	-	71.83
HP Tillakaratne	lbw b McDermott	0	1	1	-	-	0.00
RS Kalpage	b Warne	1	6	7	-	-	16.67
HDPK Dharmasena	not out	28	57	76	1	-	49.12
WPUJC Vaas	not out	0	5	5	-	-	0.00
AMN Munasinghe	did not bat
GP Wickramasinghe	did not bat
Extras	(7 lb, 2 nb, 5 w)	14
Total	(7 wickets, 47.3 overs)	214
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Jayasuriya), 2-39 (Gurusinha), 3-127 (Kaluwitharana), 4-144 (de Silva), 5-144 (Tillakaratne), 6-147 (Kalpage), 7-209 (Mahanama)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
McDermott	10	0	42	2	-	2	30.00	4.20
Reiffel	10	0	47	1	-	-	60.00	4.70
Lee	6	2	26	0	3	-	-	4.33
Warne	10	1	37	1	-	-	60.00	3.70
Waugh	6	0	31	0	2	-	-	5.17
Bevan	5.3	0	24	1	-	-	33.00	4.36

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Notes
--> RT Ponting 50 in 74 balls, 98 minutes with 4 fours
--> RT Ponting passed his previous highest score of 62 in ODI matches
--> RT Ponting made his first century in ODI matches
--> RT Ponting passed his previous highest score of 99 in List A matches
--> RT Ponting made his first century in List A matches
--> RT Ponting 100 in 127 balls, 156 minutes with 5 fours and 1 six
--> MG Bevan 50 in 74 balls, 97 minutes with 4 fours
--> MG Bevan passed 3000 runs in List A matches when he reached 42
--> RS Kaluwitharana passed his previous highest score of 31 in List A matches
--> RS Kaluwitharana passed his previous highest score of 31 in ODI matches
--> RS Kaluwitharana 50 in 47 balls, 63 minutes with 9 fours
--> RS Mahanama 50 in 68 balls, 91 minutes with 4 fours
--> AMN Munasinghe achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches when he dismissed ME Waugh in the Australia innings (previous best was 1-21)
--> PR Reiffel reached 100 wickets in List A matches when he dismissed ST Jayasuriya, his 1st wicket in the Sri Lanka innings

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Kalpage arrived in Australia on the morning of the match.

 

 

 

 

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