a9771 o1083 wc158	Australia v Sri Lanka
	Wills World Cup 1995/96 (Final)
Venue	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on 17th March 1996 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field
Result	Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
Umpires	SA Bucknor, DR Shepherd
TV umpire	CJ Mitchley
Referee	CH Lloyd
Player of the Match	PA de Silva

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
*MA Taylor	c Jayasuriya b de Silva	74	83	109	8	1	89.16
ME Waugh	c Jayasuriya b Vaas	12	15	29	1	-	80.00
RT Ponting	b de Silva	45	73	90	2	-	61.64
SR Waugh	c de Silva b Dharmasena	13	25	32	-	-	52.00
SK Warne	st Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan	2	5	4	-	-	40.00
SG Law	c de Silva b Jayasuriya	22	30	43	-	1	73.33
MG Bevan	not out	36	49	58	2	-	73.47
+IA Healy	b de Silva	2	3	2	-	-	66.67
PR Reiffel	not out	13	18	21	-	-	72.22
DW Fleming	did not bat
GD McGrath	did not bat
Extras	(10 lb, 1 nb, 11 w)	22
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	241
Fall of wickets:
1-36 (ME Waugh), 2-137 (Taylor), 3-152 (Ponting), 4-156 (Warne), 5-170 (SR Waugh), 6-202 (Law), 7-205 (Healy)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Wickramasinghe	7	0	38	0	2	-	-	5.43
Vaas	6	1	30	1	-	-	36.00	5.00
Muralitharan	10	0	31	1	1	-	60.00	3.10
Dharmasena	10	0	47	1	-	1	60.00	4.70
Jayasuriya	8	0	43	1	5	-	48.00	5.38
de Silva	9	0	42	3	3	-	18.00	4.67

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
ST Jayasuriya	run out	9	7	9	1	-	128.57
+RS Kaluwitharana	c Bevan b Fleming	6	13	27	-	-	46.15
AP Gurusinha	b Reiffel	65	99	119	6	1	65.66
PA de Silva	not out	107	124	176	13	-	86.29
*A Ranatunga	not out	47	37	72	4	1	127.03
HP Tillakaratne	did not bat
RS Mahanama	did not bat
HDPK Dharmasena	did not bat
WPUJC Vaas	did not bat
GP Wickramasinghe	did not bat
M Muralitharan	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 4 lb, 1 nb, 5 w)	11
Total	(3 wickets, 46.2 overs)	245
Fall of wickets:
1-12 (Jayasuriya), 2-23 (Kaluwitharana), 3-148 (Gurusinha)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
McGrath	8.2	1	28	0	-	-	-	3.36
Fleming	6	0	43	1	4	-	36.00	7.17
Warne	10	0	58	0	1	1	-	5.80
Reiffel	10	0	49	1	-	-	60.00	4.90
ME Waugh	6	0	35	0	-	-	-	5.83
SR Waugh	3	0	15	0	-	1	-	5.00
Bevan	3	0	12	0	-	-	-	4.00

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Notes
--> MA Taylor made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> SG Law made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> IA Healy made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> AP Gurusinha made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> HDPK Dharmasena made his last appearance in World Cup matches
--> MA Taylor 50 in 53 balls, 71 minutes with 7 fours and 1 six
--> MA Taylor passed his previous highest score of 59 in World Cup matches
--> MA Taylor passed 3000 runs in ODI matches when he reached 47
--> MA Taylor passed 4500 runs in List A matches when he reached 54
--> AP Gurusinha 50 in 75 balls, 96 minutes with 5 fours and 1 six
--> PA de Silva 50 in 50 balls, 78 minutes with 8 fours
--> PA de Silva 100 in 119 balls, 172 minutes with 12 fours
--> PA de Silva passed 7000 runs in List A matches when he reached 24
--> IA Healy made his debut in Pakistan in World Cup matches
--> MA Taylor made his debut in Pakistan in World Cup matches
--> ME Waugh made his debut in Pakistan in World Cup matches
--> SK Warne made his debut in Pakistan in World Cup matches
--> PR Reiffel made his debut in Pakistan in List A matches
--> PR Reiffel made his debut in Pakistan in ODI matches
--> PR Reiffel made his debut in Pakistan in World Cup matches
--> GD McGrath made his debut in Pakistan in World Cup matches
--> MG Bevan made his debut in Pakistan in World Cup matches
--> DW Fleming made his debut in Pakistan in World Cup matches
--> RT Ponting made his debut in Pakistan in List A matches
--> RT Ponting made his debut in Pakistan in ODI matches
--> RT Ponting made his debut in Pakistan in World Cup matches
--> SG Law made his debut in Pakistan in List A matches
--> SG Law made his debut in Pakistan in ODI matches
--> SG Law made his debut in Pakistan in World Cup matches
--> PA de Silva achieved his best innings bowling analysis in World Cup matches when he dismissed IA Healy in the Australia innings (previous best was 2-43)

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Jayasuriya named player of the tournament after the 2nd semi final.

 

 

 

 

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