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Sat, 20 Jan 1996 - 00:00 – 2nd Final • Sydney Cricket Ground
Australia won by 9 runs (revised target)
Australia
273/5 (43.00)
Sri Lanka
159/8 (25.00)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Australia innigs
273/5 (43.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Mark Waugh
c & b Kalpage
73
82
108
8
0
89.02
In 1996
Career
Mark Taylor (c)
c †Kaluwitharana b Kalpage
82
95
155
6
0
86.31
In 1996
Career
Ricky Ponting
c Vaas b Dharmasena
17
26
26
1
0
65.38
In 1996
Career
Steve Waugh
c Kalpage b Dharmasena
2
7
5
0
0
28.57
In 1996
Career
Stuart Law
b Vaas
21
29
32
1
0
72.41
In 1996
Career
Michael Bevan
not out
32
34
56
1
0
94.11
In 1996
Career
Ian Healy (WK)
not out
40
28
32
1
0
142.85
In 1996
Career
Extras
(lb 5, w 1)
6
Total
273/5 50 Ov (RR: 5.46, 212 Mins)
5187
5719
0
342
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
47
1
4.70
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Ravindra Pushpakumara
8.00
1
39
0
4.87
0
1
1
In 1996
Career
Manjula Munasinghe
4.00
0
33
0
8.25
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Kumar Dharmasena
10.00
0
45
2
4.50
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Ruwan Kalpage
10.00
0
47
2
4.70
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Sanath Jayasuriya
8.00
0
57
0
7.12
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Sri Lanka innigs
159/8 (25.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Sanath Jayasuriya
c McGrath b Warne
30
25
30
5
0
120.00
In 1996
Career
Romesh Kaluwitharana (WK)
lbw b McGrath
0
1
2
0
0
0.00
In 1996
Career
Aravinda de Silva
c Reiffel b ME Waugh
6
7
13
0
0
85.71
In 1996
Career
Asanka Gurusinha
c Warne b Reiffel
24
15
26
2
0
160.00
In 1996
Career
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
c Law b Warne
41
43
70
2
0
95.34
In 1996
Career
Ruwan Kalpage
c Taylor b McDermott
9
10
16
1
0
90.00
In 1996
Career
Hashan Tillakaratne
run out (ME Waugh)
25
26
54
1
0
96.15
In 1996
Career
Kumar Dharmasena
c SR Waugh b Warne
7
11
11
0
0
63.63
In 1996
Career
Manjula Munasinghe
not out
3
5
12
0
0
60.00
In 1996
Career
Chaminda Vaas
not out
8
8
9
0
0
100.00
In 1996
Career
Extras
(lb 3, w 3)
6
Total
159/8 25 Ov (RR: 6.36, 128 Mins)
3021
2869
0
209
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Glenn McGrath
5.00
0
36
1
7.20
0
0
1
In 1996
Career
Mark Waugh
5.00
0
31
1
6.20
0
1
0
In 1996
Career
Shane Warne
5.00
0
20
3
4.00
0
1
0
In 1996
Career
Steve Waugh
1.00
0
14
0
14.00
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
Paul Reiffel
4.00
0
22
1
5.50
0
1
0
In 1996
Career
Craig McDermott
5.00
0
33
1
6.60
0
0
0
In 1996
Career
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