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Test Championship
2nd Final
Sat, 20 January 1996, Starts from 00:00
Sydney
Australia -
vs
Sri Lanka -
Benson & Hedges World Series (Australia, Sri Lanka, West Indies in Australia)
Australia won by 9 runs (revised target)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Australia innigs
273/5 (43.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Steve Waugh
c Kalpage b Dharmasena
2
5
7
0
0
28.57
In 1996
Career
Did not bat: Paul Reiffel, Shane Warne, Craig McDermott, Glenn McGrath
Did not bat
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Fall of wickets: 1-135 (Mark Waugh, 24.5 ov), 2-170 (Ricky Ponting, 31.5 ov), 3-176 (Steve Waugh, 33
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Extras
(lb 5, w 1)
6
0
0
0
0
0.00
TOTAL
273/5(50 Ov, RR: 5.46, 212 Mts)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Mark Waugh
c & b Kalpage
73
108
82
8
0
89.02
In 1996
Career
Mark Taylor (c)
c †Kaluwitharana b Kalpage
82
155
95
6
0
86.31
In 1996
Career
Ricky Ponting
c Vaas b Dharmasena
17
26
26
1
0
65.38
In 1996
Career
Stuart Law
b Vaas
21
32
29
1
0
72.41
In 1996
Career
Michael Bevan
not out
32
56
34
1
0
94.11
In 1996
Career
Ian Healy (WK)
not out
40
32
28
1
0
142.85
In 1996
Career
Extras
(lb 5, w 1)
6
0
0
0
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Chaminda Vaas
10.00
1
47
1
4.70
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Ravindra Pushpakumara
8.00
1
39
0
4.87
0
1
1
In 1996
Career
Manjula Munasinghe
4.00
0
33
0
8.25
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Kumar Dharmasena
10.00
0
45
2
4.50
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Ruwan Kalpage
10.00
0
47
2
4.70
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Sanath Jayasuriya
8.00
0
57
0
7.12
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Sri Lanka innigs
159/8 (25.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Did not bat: Ravindra Pushpakumara
Did not bat
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 0.2 ov), 2-22 (Aravinda de Silva, 3.4 ov), 3-49 (Sanath
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Extras
(lb 3, w 3)
6
0
0
0
0
0.00
TOTAL
159/8(25 Ov, RR: 6.36, 128 Mts)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Sanath Jayasuriya
c McGrath b Warne
30
30
25
5
0
120.00
In 1996
Career
Romesh Kaluwitharana (WK)
lbw b McGrath
0
2
1
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Aravinda de Silva
c Reiffel b ME Waugh
6
13
7
0
0
85.71
In 1996
Career
Asanka Gurusinha
c Warne b Reiffel
24
26
15
2
0
160.00
In 1996
Career
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
c Law b Warne
41
70
43
2
0
95.34
In 1996
Career
Ruwan Kalpage
c Taylor b McDermott
9
16
10
1
0
90.00
In 1996
Career
Hashan Tillakaratne
run out (ME Waugh)
25
54
26
1
0
96.15
In 1996
Career
Kumar Dharmasena
c SR Waugh b Warne
7
11
11
0
0
63.63
In 1996
Career
Manjula Munasinghe
not out
3
12
5
0
0
60.00
In 1996
Career
Chaminda Vaas
not out
8
9
8
0
0
100.00
In 1996
Career
Extras
(lb 3, w 3)
6
0
0
0
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Glenn McGrath
5.00
0
36
1
7.20
0
0
1
In 1996
Career
Mark Waugh
5.00
0
31
1
6.20
0
1
0
In 1996
Career
Shane Warne
5.00
0
20
3
4.00
0
1
0
In 1996
Career
Steve Waugh
1.00
0
14
0
14.00
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Paul Reiffel
4.00
0
22
1
5.50
0
1
0
In 1996
Career
Craig McDermott
5.00
0
33
1
6.60
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
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