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Tue, 16 Jan 1996 - 00:00 – 12th • Melbourne Cricket Ground
Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)
Australia
242/4 (43.00)
Sri Lanka
246/7 (49.40)
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
Mark Waugh
c Mahanama b Vaas
6
17
19
1
0
35.29
In 1996
Career
Mark Taylor (c)
c †Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe
32
55
77
5
0
58.18
In 1996
Career
Ricky Ponting
c †Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe
5
5
26
1
0
100.00
In 1996
Career
Steve Waugh
not out
102
115
161
6
1
88.69
In 1996
Career
Stuart Law
c Ranatunga b Pushpakumara
47
69
77
1
0
68.11
In 1996
Career
Michael Bevan
not out
43
37
52
3
0
116.21
In 1996
Career
Extras
(lb 3, nb 2, w 2)
7
Total
242/4 50 Ov (RR: 4.84)
4598
5662
0
323
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
2
43
1
4.30
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Ravindra Pushpakumara
10.00
0
47
1
4.70
0
0
2
In 1996
Career
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
8.00
0
33
2
4.12
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Kumar Dharmasena
8.00
0
42
0
5.25
0
1
0
In 1996
Career
Aravinda de Silva
6.00
0
30
0
5.00
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Sanath Jayasuriya
8.00
0
44
0
5.50
0
1
0
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
Sanath Jayasuriya
c †Healy b McGrath
3
18
23
0
0
16.66
In 1996
Career
Romesh Kaluwitharana (WK)
c ME Waugh b Warne
74
68
111
8
0
108.82
In 1996
Career
Asanka Gurusinha
c †Healy b Reiffel
17
50
67
2
0
34.00
In 1996
Career
Hashan Tillakaratne
c †Healy b Warne
0
5
11
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Aravinda de Silva
lbw b Bevan
45
61
81
1
0
73.77
In 1996
Career
Roshan Mahanama
b Warne
31
41
57
2
0
75.60
In 1996
Career
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
run out
18
24
36
1
0
75.00
In 1996
Career
Kumar Dharmasena
not out
24
24
34
1
0
100.00
In 1996
Career
Chaminda Vaas
not out
13
8
13
2
0
162.50
In 1996
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 18, w 2)
21
Total
246/7 49.4 Ov (RR: 4.95)
4674
5681
0
323
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
3
27
0
2.70
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Glenn McGrath
9.40
0
76
1
7.86
0
1
0
In 1996
Career
Paul Reiffel
10.00
1
36
1
3.60
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Shane Warne
10.00
0
40
3
4.00
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Stuart Law
6.00
0
28
0
4.66
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Mark Waugh
2.00
0
11
0
5.50
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Michael Bevan
2.00
0
9
1
4.50
0
1
0
In 1996
Career
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