Australia v Sri Lanka (1032)

a9649 o1032	Australia v Sri Lanka
	Benson and Hedges World Series Cup 1995/96
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground 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
Third umpire	WP Sheahan
Referee	GT Dowling
Man of the Match	RS Kaluwitharana

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Australia innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s MJ Slater c Kaluwitharana b Munasinghe 2 17 13 - - *MA Taylor c Kaluwitharana b Munasinghe 9 38 54 - - ME Waugh b Munasinghe 0 4 12 - - RT Ponting run out 123 138 174 7 1 SG Law c Tillakaratne b Wickramasinghe 8 15 29 - - MG Bevan not out 65 87 116 5 - 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 Vaas 10 3 41 0 - - Munasinghe 10 1 30 3 - 1 Wickramasinghe 6 0 29 1 - 1 Dharmasena 10 0 31 0 - - Jayasuriya 10 0 56 0 1 - Kalpage 4 0 24 0 1 - Sri Lanka innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s ST Jayasuriya c Lee b Reiffel 8 14 16 2 - +RS Kaluwitharana run out (Slater) 77 75 102 12 - AP Gurusinha run out (Slater) 0 1 11 - - *PA de Silva lbw b McDermott 35 53 86 1 - RS Mahanama lbw b Bevan 51 71 93 4 - HP Tillakaratne lbw b McDermott 0 1 1 - - RS Kalpage b Warne 1 6 7 - - HDPK Dharmasena not out 28 57 76 1 - WPUJC Vaas not out 0 5 5 - - 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 McDermott 10 0 42 2 - 2 Reiffel 10 0 47 1 - - Lee 6 2 26 0 3 - Warne 10 1 37 1 - - Waugh 6 0 31 0 2 - Bevan 5.3 0 24 1 - -

Notes
--> RT Ponting passed his previous highest ODIs score of 62
--> RT Ponting passed his previous highest ListA Matches score of 99
--> MG Bevan passed 3000 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 42
--> RS Kaluwitharana passed his previous highest ODIs score of 31
--> RS Kaluwitharana passed his previous highest ListA Matches score of 31
--> AMN Munasinghe achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODIs when he dismissed ME Waugh in the Australia innings (previous best was 1-21)
--> PR Reiffel reached 100 wickets in ListA 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.