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Tue, 09 Jan 1996 - 00:00 – 9th • Melbourne Cricket Ground
Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)
Australia
213/5 (43.00)
Sri Lanka
214/7 (47.30)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Australia innigs
213/5 (43.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Michael Slater
c †Kaluwitharana b Munasinghe
2
17
13
0
0
11.76
In 1996
Career
Mark Taylor (c)
c †Kaluwitharana b Munasinghe
9
38
54
0
0
23.68
In 1996
Career
Mark Waugh
b Munasinghe
0
4
12
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Ricky Ponting
run out
123
138
174
7
1
89.13
In 1996
Career
Stuart Law
c Tillakaratne b Wickramasinghe
8
15
29
0
0
53.33
In 1996
Career
Michael Bevan
not out
65
87
116
5
0
74.71
In 1996
Career
Extras
(lb 2, nb 2, w 2)
6
Total
213/5 50 Ov (RR: 4.26)
4047
5681
0
228
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Chaminda Vaas
10.00
3
41
0
4.10
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Manjula Munasinghe
10.00
1
30
3
3.00
0
0
1
In 1996
Career
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
6.00
0
29
1
4.83
0
0
1
In 1996
Career
Kumar Dharmasena
10.00
0
31
0
3.10
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Sanath Jayasuriya
10.00
0
56
0
5.60
0
1
0
In 1996
Career
Ruwan Kalpage
4.00
0
24
0
6.00
0
1
0
In 1996
Career
Sri Lanka innigs
214/7 (47.30)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Sanath Jayasuriya
c Lee b Reiffel
8
14
16
2
0
57.14
In 1996
Career
Romesh Kaluwitharana (WK)
run out (Slater)
77
75
102
12
0
102.66
In 1996
Career
Asanka Gurusinha
run out (Slater)
0
1
11
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Aravinda de Silva (c)
lbw b McDermott
35
53
86
1
0
66.03
In 1996
Career
Roshan Mahanama
lbw b Bevan
51
71
93
4
0
71.83
In 1996
Career
Hashan Tillakaratne
lbw b McDermott
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Ruwan Kalpage
b Warne
1
6
7
0
0
16.66
In 1996
Career
Kumar Dharmasena
not out
28
57
76
1
0
49.12
In 1996
Career
Chaminda Vaas
not out
0
5
5
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Extras
(lb 7, nb 2, w 5)
14
Total
214/7 47.3 Ov (RR: 4.50)
4066
5377
0
380
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Craig McDermott
10.00
0
42
2
4.20
0
0
2
In 1996
Career
Paul Reiffel
10.00
0
47
1
4.70
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Shane Lee
6.00
2
26
0
4.33
0
3
0
In 1996
Career
Shane Warne
10.00
1
37
1
3.70
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Mark Waugh
6.00
0
31
0
5.16
0
2
0
In 1996
Career
Michael Bevan
5.30
0
24
1
4.36
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
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