Australia v Sri Lanka (1043)

a9682 o1043	Australia v Sri Lanka
	Benson and Hedges World Series Cup 1995/96 (2nd Final)
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground on 20th 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 8 runs (Adjusted highest scoring overs)
Umpires	PD Parker, SG Randell
Third umpire	DB Hair
Referee	GT Dowling

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Australia innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s ME Waugh c and b Kalpage 73 82 108 8 - *MA Taylor c Kaluwitharana b Kalpage 82 95 155 6 - RT Ponting c Vaas b Dharmasena 17 26 26 1 - SR Waugh c Kalpage b Dharmasena 2 7 5 - - SG Law b Vaas 21 29 32 1 - MG Bevan not out 32 34 56 1 - +IA Healy not out 40 28 32 1 - PR Reiffel did not bat SK Warne did not bat CJ McDermott did not bat GD McGrath did not bat Extras (5 lb, 1 w) 6 Total (5 wickets, innings closed, 212 minutes, 50 overs) 273 Fall of wickets: 1-135 (ME Waugh, 24.5 ov), 2-170 (Ponting, 31.5 ov), 3-176 (SR Waugh, 33.3 ov), 4-184 (Taylor, 36.2 ov), 5-210 (Law, 42.1 ov) Sri Lanka bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Vaas 10 1 47 1 - - Pushpakumara 8 1 39 0 1 1 Munasinghe 4 0 33 0 - - Dharmasena 10 0 45 2 - - Kalpage 10 0 47 2 - - Jayasuriya 8 0 57 0 - - Sri Lanka innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s ST Jayasuriya c McGrath b Warne 30 25 30 5 - +RS Kaluwitharana lbw b McGrath 0 1 2 - - PA de Silva c Reiffel b ME Waugh 6 7 13 - - AP Gurusinha c Warne b Reiffel 24 15 26 2 - *A Ranatunga c Law b Warne 41 43 70 2 - RS Kalpage c Taylor b McDermott 9 10 16 1 - HP Tillakaratne run out (ME Waugh) 25 26 54 1 - HDPK Dharmasena c SR Waugh b Warne 7 11 11 - - AMN Munasinghe not out 3 5 12 - - WPUJC Vaas not out 8 8 9 - - KR Pushpakumara did not bat Extras (3 lb, 3 w) 6 Total (8 wickets, innings closed, 128 minutes, 25 overs) 159 Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Kaluwitharana, 0.2 ov), 2-22 (de Silva, 3.4 ov), 3-49 (Jayasuriya, 6.3 ov), 4-66 (Gurusinha, 9.1 ov), 5-87 (Kalpage, 12.4 ov), 6-135 (Ranatunga, 20.1 ov), 7-146 (Dharmasena, 22.5 ov), 8-146 (Tillakaratne, 23.1 ov) Australia bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls McGrath 5 0 36 1 - 1 ME Waugh 5 0 31 1 1 - Warne 5 0 20 3 1 - SR Waugh 1 0 14 0 - - Reiffel 4 0 22 1 1 - McDermott 5 0 33 1 - -

Notes
--> Sri Lanka target was 168 runs in 25 overs
--> Australia innings: 50 in 11.3 overs
--> Australia innings: 100 in 19.1 overs
--> Australia innings: 150 in 27.4 overs
--> Australia innings: 200 in 40.4 overs
--> Australia innings: 250 in 47.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 50 in 6.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 100 in 14.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 150 in 23.5 overs
--> ME Waugh 50 in 55 balls
--> MA Taylor 50 in 63 balls
--> WPUJC Vaas reached 50 wickets in ODIs when he dismissed SG Law, his 1st wicket in the Australia innings
--> SK Warne reached 100 wickets in ListA Matches when he dismissed HDPK Dharmasena, his 3rd wicket in the Sri Lanka innings

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RS Kaluwitharana was named the Player of the Preliminary Series prior to the start of the match.
de Silva was injured with a bleeding hand when he dropped Healy (11) in the 46th over, off the bowling of Jayasuriya. M Muralitharan substituted for the remainder of the innings.
Ranatunga dropped Healy (13) in the first ball of the 47th over bowled by Vaas.
Vaas dropped Healy (30) off his own bowling in the 49th over
Heavy rain during the tea break delayed the start of Sri Lanka's innings. Target was readjusted to 168 in 25 overs (167 would be an Australian win).
Jayasuriya (12) was dropped by Reiffel in the 3rd over off McGrath's bowling.
Ranatunga (20) survived a caught and bowled chance in the 16th over by Reiffel.
Jayasuriya was a runner for Ranatunga from the 18th over, having been denied to do so by umpire Randell in the previous over.
Match finished at 10:58pm (scheduled finishing time was 10:30pm)
12th men: S Lee (Aus), M Muralitharan (SL)
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