Sri Lanka v Australia (1114)

a10031 o1114	Sri Lanka v Australia
	Singer World Series 1996 (Final)
Venue	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on 7th September 1996 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to field
Result	Sri Lanka won by 50 runs
Umpires	SA Bucknor, CJ Mitchley
Referee	JR Reid
Man of the Match	PA de Silva

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Sri Lanka innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s ST Jayasuriya c Law b McGrath 27 20 21 5 - +RS Kaluwitharana c and b Lehmann 58 45 68 5 - AP Gurusinha c Bevan b McGrath 29 46 90 1 - PA de Silva not out 75 64 76 2 3 *A Ranatunga not out 39 40 54 1 1 HP Tillakaratne did not bat RS Mahanama did not bat UDU Chandana did not bat HDPK Dharmasena did not bat WPUJC Vaas did not bat M Muralitharan did not bat Extras (1 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 2 w) 6 Total (3 wickets, innings closed, 35 overs) 234 Fall of wickets: 1-42 (Jayasuriya), 2-104 (Kaluwitharana), 3-131 (Gurusinha) Australia bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls McGrath 7 0 35 2 1 1 Fleming 7 0 53 0 - - Reiffel 4 0 43 0 1 3 Lehmann 5 0 29 1 - - SR Waugh 7 0 31 0 - 1 ME Waugh 5 0 41 0 - - Australia innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s ME Waugh run out (Mahanama) 9 12 20 - - MJ Slater c Chandana b Vaas 8 6 12 1 - RT Ponting c Jayasuriya b Vaas 17 26 25 2 - SR Waugh c and b Chandana 55 53 79 2 1 SG Law c Muralitharan b Dharmasena 31 37 45 2 - MG Bevan b Dharmasena 7 11 25 - - DS Lehmann st Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan 15 12 16 2 - *+IA Healy c Muralitharan b Chandana 20 19 29 - - PR Reiffel c Mahanama b Chandana 12 20 23 - - DW Fleming not out 1 1 4 - - GD McGrath c Mahanama b Chandana 0 3 3 - - Extras (3 lb, 2 nb, 4 w) 9 Total (all out, 33 overs) 184 Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Slater), 2-26 (ME Waugh), 3-48 (Ponting), 4-104 (Law), 5-129 (SR Waugh), 6-145 (Bevan), 7-151 (Lehmann), 8-183 (Reiffel), 9-183 (Healy), 10-184 (McGrath) Sri Lanka bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Vaas 5 0 23 2 - - Gurusinha 2 0 17 0 3 - de Silva 3 0 18 0 - - Muralitharan 7 0 28 1 1 2 Jayasuriya 5 0 27 0 - - Dharmasena 5 0 33 2 - - Chandana 6 0 35 4 - -

Notes
--> The match was reduced before play started to 35 overs per side
--> Sri Lanka innings: 50 in 5.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 100 in 12.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 150 in 24.1 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 200 in 32.1 overs
--> Australia innings: 50 in 8.5 overs
--> Australia innings: 100 in 18.6 overs
--> Australia innings: 150 in 25.5 overs
--> RS Kaluwitharana 50 in 33 balls
--> PA de Silva 50 in 55 balls
--> SR Waugh 50 in 51 balls
--> DS Lehmann passed 1500 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 9
--> UDU Chandana achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODIs when he dismissed GD McGrath in the Australia innings (previous best was 3-38)

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Match delayed by exactly 2 hours due to a soaked ground. Reduced to a 35 over per side match, 7 overs maximum per bowler, fielding restrictions for 10 overs.