Australia v Sri Lanka (1041)

a9679 o1041	Australia v Sri Lanka
	Benson and Hedges World Series Cup 1995/96 (1st Final)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground 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
Third umpire	WP Sheahan
Referee	GT Dowling

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Australia innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s *MA Taylor c Kaluwitharana b Vaas 0 3 1 - - ME Waugh b Vaas 4 10 20 - - RT Ponting run out (Mahanama) 51 74 129 4 - SR Waugh c Gurusinha b Wickramasinghe 13 33 37 2 - SG Law c Kaluwitharana b Pushpakumara 0 1 2 - - MG Bevan c Mahanama b Pushpakumara 59 101 118 5 - +IA Healy not out 50 55 78 - - PR Reiffel b Vaas 15 21 24 1 - SK Warne not out 3 3 4 - - 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 Vaas 10 1 42 3 - - Pushpakumara 10 1 34 2 - - Wickramasinghe 8 0 30 1 - - Dharmasena 10 1 31 0 - - de Silva 5 0 24 0 2 1 Jayasuriya 7 0 37 0 - - Sri Lanka innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s ST Jayasuriya c SR Waugh b McGrath 19 25 35 1 - +RS Kaluwitharana lbw b McGrath 13 9 11 3 - AP Gurusinha c Bevan b McDermott 47 82 121 4 - PA de Silva c Taylor b Warne 34 47 64 3 - HP Tillakaratne c Healy b Warne 1 4 3 - - RS Mahanama b ME Waugh 16 34 64 1 - *A Ranatunga b McGrath 31 57 87 1 - HDPK Dharmasena b McDermott 4 5 6 1 - WPUJC Vaas c Healy b McDermott 2 12 8 - - GP Wickramasinghe c Taylor b Reiffel 0 5 7 - - KR Pushpakumara not out 8 13 26 - - 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 McGrath 9.1 0 28 3 - - Reiffel 10 2 44 1 - - ME Waugh 6 0 23 1 - - McDermott 10 1 41 3 - 1 Warne 10 1 29 2 2 - Law 3 0 13 0 - -

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 72 balls, 124 minutes with 4 fours
--> MG Bevan 50 in 94 balls, 108 minutes with 4 fours
--> IA Healy 50 in 63 balls
--> CJ McDermott reached 200 wickets in ODIs when he dismissed HDPK Dharmasena, his 2nd wicket in the Sri Lanka innings
--> CJ McDermott reached 250 wickets in ListA 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