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Test Championship
Final
Sun, 17 March 1996, Starts from 00:00
Lahore
Australia - 241/7 (47.00)
vs
Sri Lanka - 245/3 (46.20)
Wills World Cup (in India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka)
Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets (with 22 balls remaining)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Australia innigs
241/7 (47.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Steve Waugh
c de Silva b Dharmasena
13
32
25
0
0
52.00
In 1996
Career
Did not bat: Damien Fleming, Glenn McGrath
Did not bat
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Mark Waugh), 2-137 (Mark Taylor), 3-152 (Ricky Ponting), 4-156 (Shane Warne),
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Extras
(lb 10, nb 1, w 11)
22
0
0
0
0
0.00
TOTAL
241/7(50 Ov, RR: 4.82)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Mark Taylor (c)
c Jayasuriya b de Silva
74
109
83
8
1
89.15
In 1996
Career
Mark Waugh
c Jayasuriya b Vaas
12
29
15
1
0
80.00
In 1996
Career
Ricky Ponting
b de Silva
45
90
73
2
0
61.64
In 1996
Career
Shane Warne
st †Kaluwitharana b Muralidaran
2
4
5
0
0
40.00
In 1996
Career
Stuart Law
c de Silva b Jayasuriya
22
43
30
0
1
73.33
In 1996
Career
Michael Bevan
not out
36
58
49
2
0
73.46
In 1996
Career
Ian Healy (WK)
b de Silva
2
2
3
0
0
66.66
In 1996
Career
Paul Reiffel
not out
13
21
18
0
0
72.22
In 1996
Career
Extras
(lb 10, nb 1, w 11)
22
0
0
0
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
7.00
0
38
0
5.42
0
2
0
In 1996
Career
Chaminda Vaas
6.00
1
30
1
5.00
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Muthiah Muralidaran
10.00
0
31
1
3.10
0
1
0
In 1996
Career
Kumar Dharmasena
10.00
0
47
1
4.70
0
0
1
In 1996
Career
Sanath Jayasuriya
8.00
0
43
1
5.37
0
5
0
In 1996
Career
Aravinda de Silva
9.00
0
42
3
4.66
0
3
0
In 1996
Career
Sri Lanka innigs
245/3 (46.20)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Did not bat: Hashan Tillakaratne, Roshan Mahanama, Kumar Dharmasena, Chaminda Vaas, Pramodya Wickram
Did not bat
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-23 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 3-148 (Asanka Gurusinha)
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 4, nb 1, w 5)
11
0
0
0
0
0.00
TOTAL
245/3(46.2 Ov, RR: 5.28)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Sanath Jayasuriya
run out
9
9
7
1
0
128.57
In 1996
Career
Romesh Kaluwitharana (WK)
c Bevan b Fleming
6
27
13
0
0
46.15
In 1996
Career
Asanka Gurusinha
b Reiffel
65
119
99
6
1
65.65
In 1996
Career
Aravinda de Silva
not out
107
176
124
13
0
86.29
In 1996
Career
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
not out
47
72
37
4
1
127.02
In 1996
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 4, nb 1, w 5)
11
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
8.20
1
28
0
3.36
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Damien Fleming
6.00
0
43
1
7.16
0
4
0
In 1996
Career
Shane Warne
10.00
0
58
0
5.80
0
1
1
In 1996
Career
Paul Reiffel
10.00
0
49
1
4.90
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Mark Waugh
6.00
0
35
0
5.83
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Steve Waugh
3.00
0
15
0
5.00
0
0
1
In 1996
Career
Michael Bevan
3.00
0
12
0
4.00
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
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