a9678 o1041	Australia v Sri Lanka
	Benson and Hedges World Series Cup 1995/96 (1st Final)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 18th January 1996 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australia won by 18 runs
Umpires	DB Hair, SG Randell
TV umpire	WP Sheahan
Referee	GT Dowling

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*MA Taylor	c Kaluwitharana b Vaas	0	3	1	-	-	0.00
ME Waugh	b Vaas	4	10	20	-	-	40.00
RT Ponting	run out (Mahanama)	51	74	129	4	-	68.92
SR Waugh	c Gurusinha b Wickramasinghe	13	33	37	2	-	39.39
SG Law	c Kaluwitharana b Pushpakumara	0	1	2	-	-	0.00
MG Bevan	c Mahanama b Pushpakumara	59	101	118	5	-	58.42
+IA Healy	not out	50	55	78	-	-	90.91
PR Reiffel	b Vaas	15	21	24	1	-	71.43
SK Warne	not out	3	3	4	-	-	100.00
CJ McDermott	did not bat
GD McGrath	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	6
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	201
Fall of wickets:
1-0 (Taylor), 2-9 (ME Waugh), 3-39 (SR Waugh), 4-39 (Law), 5-100 (Ponting), 6-155 (Bevan), 7-192 (Reiffel)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Vaas	10	1	42	3	-	-	20.00	4.20
Pushpakumara	10	1	34	2	-	-	30.00	3.40
Wickramasinghe	8	0	30	1	-	-	48.00	3.75
Dharmasena	10	1	31	0	-	-	-	3.10
de Silva	5	0	24	0	2	1	-	4.80
Jayasuriya	7	0	37	0	-	-	-	5.29

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
ST Jayasuriya	c SR Waugh b McGrath	19	25	35	1	-	76.00
+RS Kaluwitharana	lbw b McGrath	13	9	11	3	-	144.44
AP Gurusinha	c Bevan b McDermott	47	82	121	4	-	57.32
PA de Silva	c Taylor b Warne	34	47	64	3	-	72.34
HP Tillakaratne	c Healy b Warne	1	4	3	-	-	25.00
RS Mahanama	b ME Waugh	16	34	64	1	-	47.06
*A Ranatunga	b McGrath	31	57	87	1	-	54.39
HDPK Dharmasena	b McDermott	4	5	6	1	-	80.00
WPUJC Vaas	c Healy b McDermott	2	12	8	-	-	16.67
GP Wickramasinghe	c Taylor b Reiffel	0	5	7	-	-	0.00
KR Pushpakumara	not out	8	13	26	-	-	61.54
Extras	(5 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 48.1 overs)	183
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Kaluwitharana), 2-46 (Jayasuriya), 3-107 (de Silva), 4-110 (Tillakaratne), 5-120 (Gurusinha), 6-129 (Dharmasena), 7-131 (Vaas), 8-132 (Wickramasinghe), 9-152 (Mahanama), 10-183 (Ranatunga)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
McGrath	9.1	0	28	3	-	-	18.33	3.05
Reiffel	10	2	44	1	-	-	60.00	4.40
ME Waugh	6	0	23	1	-	-	36.00	3.83
McDermott	10	1	41	3	-	1	20.00	4.10
Warne	10	1	29	2	2	-	30.00	2.90
Law	3	0	13	0	-	-	-	4.33

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Notes
--> Australia innings: 50 in 18 overs
--> Australia innings: 100 in 30 overs
--> Australia innings: 150 in 41 overs
--> Australia innings: 200 in 50 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 50 in 11 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 100 in 22 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 150 in 42 overs
--> RT Ponting 50 in 73 balls, 126 minutes with 4 fours
--> MG Bevan 50 in 94 balls, 108 minutes with 4 fours
--> IA Healy 50 in 55 balls, 77 minutes with 0 fours
--> CJ McDermott reached 200 wickets in ODI matches when he dismissed HDPK Dharmasena, his 2nd wicket in the Sri Lanka innings
--> CJ McDermott reached 250 wickets in List A matches when he dismissed AP Gurusinha, his 1st wicket in the Sri Lanka innings
--> RS Mahanama retired hurt in the Sri Lanka innings having scored 4 (team score 124/5) - he returned when the score was 132/8 (pulled leg muscle )

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ME Waugh dropped on 0 by Jayasuriya in Pushpakumara's 2nd over
Ball was changed after 41 overs during Australian innings

 

 

 

 

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