Australia v Sri Lanka (1083)

a9772 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
Third umpire	CJ Mitchley
Referee	CH Lloyd
Man of the Match	PA de Silva

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Australia innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s *MA Taylor c Jayasuriya b de Silva 74 83 109 8 1 ME Waugh c Jayasuriya b Vaas 12 15 29 1 - RT Ponting b de Silva 45 73 90 2 - SR Waugh c de Silva b Dharmasena 13 25 32 - - SK Warne st Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan 2 5 4 - - SG Law c de Silva b Jayasuriya 22 30 43 - 1 MG Bevan not out 36 49 58 2 - +IA Healy b de Silva 2 3 2 - - PR Reiffel not out 13 18 21 - - 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 Wickramasinghe 7 0 38 0 2 - Vaas 6 1 30 1 - - Muralitharan 10 0 31 1 1 - Dharmasena 10 0 47 1 - 1 Jayasuriya 8 0 43 1 5 - de Silva 9 0 42 3 3 - Sri Lanka innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s ST Jayasuriya run out 9 7 9 1 - +RS Kaluwitharana c Bevan b Fleming 6 13 27 - - AP Gurusinha b Reiffel 65 99 119 6 1 PA de Silva not out 107 124 176 13 - *A Ranatunga not out 47 37 72 4 1 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 McGrath 8.2 1 28 0 - - Fleming 6 0 43 1 4 - Warne 10 0 58 0 1 1 Reiffel 10 0 49 1 - - ME Waugh 6 0 35 0 - - SR Waugh 3 0 15 0 - 1 Bevan 3 0 12 0 - -

Notes
--> MA Taylor passed 3000 runs in ODIs when he reached 47
--> MA Taylor passed 4500 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 54
--> PA de Silva passed 7000 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 24

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