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Test Championship
12th
Tue, 16 January 1996, Starts from 00:00
Melbourne
Australia - 242/4 (43.00)
vs
Sri Lanka - 246/7 (49.40)
Benson & Hedges World Series (Australia, Sri Lanka, West Indies in Australia)
Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Australia innigs
242/4 (43.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Steve Waugh
not out
102
161
115
6
1
88.69
In 1996
Career
Mark Taylor (c)
c †Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe
32
77
55
5
0
58.18
In 1996
Career
Mark Waugh
c Mahanama b Vaas
6
19
17
1
0
35.29
In 1996
Career
Michael Bevan
not out
43
52
37
3
0
116.21
In 1996
Career
Stuart Law
c Ranatunga b Pushpakumara
47
77
69
1
0
68.11
In 1996
Career
Ricky Ponting
c †Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe
5
26
5
1
0
100.00
In 1996
Career
Extras
(lb 3, nb 2, w 2)
7
0
0
0
0
0.00
Extras
(lb 3, nb 2, w 2)
7
0
0
0
0
0.00
TOTAL
242/4(50 Ov, RR: 4.84)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Mark Waugh), 2-28 (Ricky Ponting), 3-54 (Mark Taylor), 4-156 (Stuart Law)
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Did not bat: Ian Healy †, Paul Reiffel, Shane Warne, Craig McDermott, Glenn McGrath
Did not bat
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Sri Lanka innigs
246/7 (49.40)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Romesh Kaluwitharana (WK)
c ME Waugh b Warne
74
111
68
8
0
108.82
In 1996
Career
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
run out
18
36
24
1
0
75.00
In 1996
Career
Aravinda de Silva
lbw b Bevan
45
81
61
1
0
73.77
In 1996
Career
Asanka Gurusinha
c †Healy b Reiffel
17
67
50
2
0
34.00
In 1996
Career
Roshan Mahanama
b Warne
31
57
41
2
0
75.60
In 1996
Career
Hashan Tillakaratne
c †Healy b Warne
0
11
5
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Sanath Jayasuriya
c †Healy b McGrath
3
23
18
0
0
16.66
In 1996
Career
Kumar Dharmasena
not out
24
34
24
1
0
100.00
In 1996
Career
Chaminda Vaas
not out
13
13
8
2
0
162.50
In 1996
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 18, w 2)
21
0
0
0
0
0.00
Extras
(b 1, lb 18, w 2)
21
0
0
0
0
0.00
TOTAL
246/7(49.4 Ov, RR: 4.95)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-96 (Asanka Gurusinha), 3-107 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 4-1
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Did not bat: Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Ravindra Pushpakumara
Did not bat
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career