Australia vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test at Melbourne, Dec 26 1995 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
2nd Test, Melbourne, December 26 - 30, 1995, Sri Lanka tour of Australia
Australia 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Wickramasinghe b Vaas | 62 | 132 | 196 | 8 | 0 | 46.96 | |||
| b Wickramasinghe | 7 | 28 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 25.00 | |||
| c Muralidaran b Wickramasinghe | 110 | 312 | 408 | 11 | 0 | 35.25 | |||
| b Muralidaran | 61 | 100 | 139 | 6 | 0 | 61.00 | |||
| not out | 131 | 252 | 329 | 11 | 0 | 51.98 | |||
| c Gurusinha b Silva | 71 | 94 | 125 | 9 | 1 | 75.53 | |||
| c Muralidaran b de Silva | 41 | 70 | 86 | 3 | 0 | 58.57 | |||
| not out | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 30.76 | |||
| Extras | (lb 8, nb 3, w 2) | 13 | |||||||
| Total | 165 Ov (RR: 3.03, 666 Mins) | 500/6d | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Mark Taylor), 2-116 (Michael Slater), 3-219 (Mark Waugh), 4-280 (David Boon), 5-395 (Ricky Ponting), 6-488 (Ian Healy) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30.2 | 9 | 77 | 2 | 2.53 | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | |
| 40.4 | 11 | 93 | 1 | 2.28 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2.55 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 38 | 7 | 124 | 1 | 3.26 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | |
| 35 | 5 | 120 | 1 | 3.42 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 4.70 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka 1st Innings
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Taylor b McGrath | 3 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |||
| lbw b McGrath | 23 | 79 | 133 | 1 | 0 | 29.11 | |||
| c †Healy b Ponting | 27 | 85 | 109 | 1 | 0 | 31.76 | |||
| c Reiffel b McGrath | 18 | 84 | 113 | 2 | 0 | 21.42 | |||
| c Warne b McDermott | 51 | 105 | 141 | 9 | 0 | 48.57 | |||
| c Taylor b Warne | 14 | 58 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 24.13 | |||
| c Boon b McDermott | 50 | 59 | 95 | 7 | 0 | 84.74 | |||
| c †Healy b Reiffel | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c †Healy b McGrath | 10 | 23 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 43.47 | |||
| c Slater b McGrath | 11 | 11 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| not out | 6 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 6, lb 7, nb 7) | 20 | |||||||
| Total | 88.4 Ov (RR: 2.62, 385 Mins) | 233 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Roshan Mahanama), 2-64 (Asanka Gurusinha), 3-68 (Chandika Hathurusinghe), 4-128 (Aravinda de Silva), 5-140 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 6-182 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 7-183 (Chaminda Vaas), 8-213 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe), 9-221 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 10-233 (Muthiah Muralidaran) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | 8 | 63 | 2 | 2.73 | - | - | - | 0 | 5 | |
| 23.4 | 9 | 40 | 5 | 1.69 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | 5 | 60 | 1 | 3.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | 5 | 49 | 1 | 2.72 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka 2nd Innings (Following on)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c Warne b Reiffel | 3 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 23.07 | |||
| lbw b Warne | 39 | 95 | 131 | 4 | 0 | 41.05 | |||
| lbw b Reiffel | 143 | 274 | 353 | 15 | 1 | 52.18 | |||
| c †Healy b McDermott | 28 | 75 | 101 | 2 | 0 | 37.33 | |||
| st †Healy b Warne | 2 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |||
| c Ponting b ME Waugh | 38 | 106 | 153 | 2 | 0 | 35.84 | |||
| not out | 11 | 68 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 16.17 | |||
| c Boon b McGrath | 6 | 28 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 21.42 | |||
| st †Healy b Warne | 17 | 37 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 45.94 | |||
| c Taylor b Warne | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| b McGrath | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Extras | (b 7, lb 5, nb 8) | 20 | |||||||
| Total | 116.5 Ov (RR: 2.62, 488 Mins) | 307 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Roshan Mahanama), 2-97 (Chandika Hathurusinghe), 3-168 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-172 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 5-255 (Asanka Gurusinha), 6-273 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 7-285 (Chaminda Vaas), 8-306 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe), 9-306 (Muthiah Muralidaran), 10-307 (Jayantha Silva) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33.5 | 6 | 92 | 2 | 2.71 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 17 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 3.17 | - | - | - | 0 | 4 | |
| 20 | 7 | 59 | 2 | 2.95 | - | - | - | 0 | 4 | |
| 37 | 10 | 71 | 4 | 1.91 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2.11 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Australia 2nd Innings (T: 41 runs)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| not out | 25 | 23 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 108.69 | |||
| not out | 13 | 26 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 1, nb 2) | 3 | |||||||
| Total | 7.4 Ov (RR: 5.34, 31 Mins) | 41/0 | |||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 8.33 | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 0.4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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Close of Play
Tue, 26 Dec - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 234/3 (David Boon 93*, Steve Waugh 2*, 90 ov)
Wed, 27 Dec - day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 25/1 (Chandika Hathurusinghe 16*, Asanka Gurusinha 10*, 13 ov)
Thu, 28 Dec - day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 33/1 (Chandika Hathurusinghe 17*, Asanka Gurusinha 10*, 13 ov)
Fri, 29 Dec - day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 284/6 (Arjuna Ranatunga 6*, Chaminda Vaas 5*, 103 ov)
Sat, 30 Dec - day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 41/0 (7.4 ov) - end of match
Match Flow
General
- Day 1: Crowd: 55239
- Muralitharan called for throwing by D Hair, 7 times.
- Day 2: Crowd: 18292
- Mark Taylor completes 100 test catches
- Vaas completed an over after Wickremasinghe left the field injured.
- Day 3: Crowd: 20847
- Sri Lanka 200 off 80 overs
- Kasprowicz fielding for SR Waugh (injured back)
- Day 4: Crowd: 11010
- Gurusinha 50 off 86 balls, 5x4
- Gurusinha 100 off 207 balls in 271 mins, 10x4, 1x6
- Day 5: Crowd: ~15000 (admitted free of charge) Ric Finlay, Travis.
Match Details
| Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Toss | Sri Lanka, elected to field first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1995/96 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Series result | Australia led the 3-match series 2-0 |
| Match number | Test no. 1319 |
| Match days | day (5-day match) |
| Test debut | |
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