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Thu, 18 Jan 1996 - 00:00 – 1st Final • Melbourne Cricket Ground
Australia won by 18 runs
Australia
201/7 (43.00)
Sri Lanka
183/10 (48.10)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Australia innigs
201/7 (43.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Mark Taylor (c)
c †Kaluwitharana b Vaas
0
3
1
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Mark Waugh
b Vaas
4
10
20
0
0
40.00
In 1996
Career
Ricky Ponting
run out (Mahanama)
51
74
129
4
0
68.91
In 1996
Career
Steve Waugh
c Gurusinha b Wickramasinghe
13
33
37
2
0
39.39
In 1996
Career
Stuart Law
c †Kaluwitharana b Pushpakumara
0
1
2
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Michael Bevan
c Mahanama b Pushpakumara
59
101
118
5
0
58.41
In 1996
Career
Ian Healy (WK)
not out
50
55
78
0
0
90.90
In 1996
Career
Paul Reiffel
b Vaas
15
21
24
1
0
71.42
In 1996
Career
Shane Warne
not out
3
3
4
0
0
100.00
In 1996
Career
Extras
(lb 3, nb 1, w 2)
6
Total
201/7 50 Ov (RR: 4.02)
3819
5719
0
228
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
42
3
4.20
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Ravindra Pushpakumara
10.00
1
34
2
3.40
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
8.00
0
30
1
3.75
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Kumar Dharmasena
10.00
1
31
0
3.10
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Aravinda de Silva
5.00
0
24
0
4.80
0
2
1
In 1996
Career
Sanath Jayasuriya
7.00
0
37
0
5.28
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Sri Lanka innigs
183/10 (48.10)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Sanath Jayasuriya
c SR Waugh b McGrath
19
25
35
1
0
76.00
In 1996
Career
Romesh Kaluwitharana (WK)
lbw b McGrath
13
9
11
3
0
144.44
In 1996
Career
Asanka Gurusinha
c Bevan b McDermott
47
82
121
4
0
57.31
In 1996
Career
Aravinda de Silva
c Taylor b Warne
34
47
64
3
0
72.34
In 1996
Career
Hashan Tillakaratne
c †Healy b Warne
1
4
3
0
0
25.00
In 1996
Career
Roshan Mahanama
b ME Waugh
16
34
64
1
0
47.05
In 1996
Career
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
b McGrath
31
57
87
1
0
54.38
In 1996
Career
Kumar Dharmasena
b McDermott
4
5
6
1
0
80.00
In 1996
Career
Chaminda Vaas
c †Healy b McDermott
2
12
8
0
0
16.66
In 1996
Career
Pramodya Wickramasinghe
c Taylor b Reiffel
0
5
7
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Ravindra Pushpakumara
not out
8
13
26
0
0
61.53
In 1996
Career
Extras
(lb 5, nb 1, w 2)
8
Total
183 48.1 Ov (RR: 3.79)
3477
5567
0
266
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Glenn McGrath
9.10
0
28
3
3.05
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Paul Reiffel
10.00
2
44
1
4.40
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Mark Waugh
6.00
0
23
1
3.83
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Craig McDermott
10.00
1
41
3
4.10
0
0
1
In 1996
Career
Shane Warne
10.00
1
29
2
2.90
0
2
0
In 1996
Career
Stuart Law
3.00
0
13
0
4.33
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
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