Australia v Sri Lanka (1039)

a9673 o1039	Australia v Sri Lanka
	Benson and Hedges World Series Cup 1995/96
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground on 16th 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	DB Hair, SG Randell
Third umpire	WP Sheahan
Referee	GT Dowling
Man of the Match	RS Kaluwitharana

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Australia innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s ME Waugh c Mahanama b Vaas 6 17 19 1 - *MA Taylor c Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe 32 55 77 5 - RT Ponting c Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe 5 5 26 1 - SR Waugh not out 102 115 161 6 1 SG Law c Ranatunga b Pushpakumara 47 69 77 1 - MG Bevan not out 43 37 52 3 - +IA Healy did not bat PR Reiffel did not bat SK Warne did not bat CJ McDermott did not bat GD McGrath did not bat Extras (3 lb, 2 nb, 2 w) 7 Total (4 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) 242 Fall of wickets: 1-12 (ME Waugh), 2-28 (Ponting), 3-54 (Taylor), 4-156 (Law) Sri Lanka bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Vaas 10 2 43 1 - - Pushpakumara 10 0 47 1 - 2 Wickramasinghe 8 0 33 2 - - Dharmasena 8 0 42 0 1 - de Silva 6 0 30 0 - - Jayasuriya 8 0 44 0 1 - Sri Lanka innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s ST Jayasuriya c Healy b McGrath 3 18 23 - - +RS Kaluwitharana c ME Waugh b Warne 74 68 111 8 - AP Gurusinha c Healy b Reiffel 17 50 67 2 - HP Tillakaratne c Healy b Warne 0 5 11 - - PA de Silva lbw b Bevan 45 61 81 1 - RS Mahanama b Warne 31 41 57 2 - *A Ranatunga run out 18 24 36 1 - HDPK Dharmasena not out 24 24 34 1 - WPUJC Vaas not out 13 8 13 2 - GP Wickramasinghe did not bat KR Pushpakumara did not bat Extras (1 b, 18 lb, 2 w) 21 Total (7 wickets, 49.4 overs) 246 Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Jayasuriya), 2-96 (Gurusinha), 3-107 (Tillakaratne), 4-108 (Kaluwitharana), 5-180 (Mahanama), 6-196 (de Silva), 7-222 (Ranatunga) Australia bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls McDermott 10 3 27 0 - - McGrath 9.4 0 76 1 1 - Reiffel 10 1 36 1 - - Warne 10 0 40 3 - - Law 6 0 28 0 - - ME Waugh 2 0 11 0 - - Bevan 2 0 9 1 1 -

Notes
--> Australia innings: 50 in 16 overs
--> Australia innings: 100 in 28 overs
--> Australia innings: 150 in 37 overs
--> Australia innings: 200 in 45 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 50 in 10 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 100 in 21 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 150 in 33 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 200 in 44 overs
--> SR Waugh 50 in 63 balls
--> SR Waugh passed his previous highest ODIs score of 86
--> RS Kaluwitharana 50 in 31 balls
--> RS Kaluwitharana passed 500 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 14
--> RS Kaluwitharana passed 500 runs in ODIs when he reached 52

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In 21st over Gurusinha was hurt at cover, fielding SR Waugh's shot. Substitute fielder was Ruwan Kalpage.
Jayasuriya was dropped by McDermott the first over off his own bowling when he was at 0.