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

(T:41) 500/6d & 41/0

(fo) 233 & 307

Australia won by 10 wickets

Player Of The Match

, AUS

5/40 & 2/92

Australia 1st Innings

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings (Following on)

Australia 2nd Innings

Match Flow

Info

Australia 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Slater	c Wickramasinghe b Vaas	62	132	196	8	0	46.96
Mark Taylor (c)	b Wickramasinghe	7	28	30	1	0	25.00
David Boon	c Muralidaran b Wickramasinghe	110	312	408	11	0	35.25
Mark Waugh	b Muralidaran	61	100	139	6	0	61.00
Steve Waugh	not out	131	252	329	11	0	51.98
Ricky Ponting	c Gurusinha b Silva	71	94	125	9	1	75.53
Ian Healy †	c Muralidaran b de Silva	41	70	86	3	0	58.57
Paul Reiffel	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
Did not bat Shane Warne, Craig McDermott, Glenn McGrath
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	WD	NB
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	30.2	9	77	2	2.53	-	2	1
Chaminda Vaas	40.4	11	93	1	2.28	-	0	1
Chandika Hathurusinghe	9	0	23	0	2.55	-	0	0
Asanka Gurusinha	2	0	8	0	4.00	-	0	0
Muthiah Muralidaran	38	7	124	1	3.26	-	0	1
Jayantha Silva	35	5	120	1	3.42	-	0	0
Aravinda de Silva	10	0	47	1	4.70	-	0	0

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Roshan Mahanama	c Taylor b McGrath	3	15	14	0	0	20.00
Chandika Hathurusinghe	lbw b McGrath	23	79	133	1	0	29.11
Asanka Gurusinha	c †Healy b Ponting	27	85	109	1	0	31.76
Aravinda de Silva	c Reiffel b McGrath	18	84	113	2	0	21.42
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)	c Warne b McDermott	51	105	141	9	0	48.57
Hashan Tillakaratne	c Taylor b Warne	14	58	74	0	0	24.13
Romesh Kaluwitharana †	c Boon b McDermott	50	59	95	7	0	84.74
Chaminda Vaas	c †Healy b Reiffel	0	8	7	0	0	0.00
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	c †Healy b McGrath	10	23	41	2	0	43.47
Muthiah Muralidaran	c Slater b McGrath	11	11	21	1	0	100.00
Jayantha Silva	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	WD	NB
Craig McDermott	23	8	63	2	2.73	-	0	5
Glenn McGrath	23.4	9	40	5	1.69	-	0	0
Paul Reiffel	20	5	60	1	3.00	-	0	3
Ricky Ponting	4	2	8	1	2.00	-	0	0
Shane Warne	18	5	49	1	2.72	-	0	0

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings (Following on)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Roshan Mahanama	c Warne b Reiffel	3	13	20	0	0	23.07
Chandika Hathurusinghe	lbw b Warne	39	95	131	4	0	41.05
Asanka Gurusinha	lbw b Reiffel	143	274	353	15	1	52.18
Aravinda de Silva	c †Healy b McDermott	28	75	101	2	0	37.33
Romesh Kaluwitharana †	st †Healy b Warne	2	7	15	0	0	28.57
Hashan Tillakaratne	c Ponting b ME Waugh	38	106	153	2	0	35.84
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)	not out	11	68	113	0	0	16.17
Chaminda Vaas	c Boon b McGrath	6	28	27	1	0	21.42
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	st †Healy b Warne	17	37	46	2	0	45.94
Muthiah Muralidaran	c Taylor b Warne	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
Jayantha Silva	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	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	33.5	6	92	2	2.71	-	0	0
Craig McDermott	17	1	54	1	3.17	-	0	4
Paul Reiffel	20	7	59	2	2.95	-	0	4
Shane Warne	37	10	71	4	1.91	-	0	0
Mark Waugh	9	1	19	1	2.11	-	0	0

Australia 2nd Innings (T: 41 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor (c)	not out	25	23	31	2	0	108.69
Michael Slater	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
Did not bat David Boon, Mark Waugh, Steve Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Ian Healy †, Paul Reiffel, Shane Warne, Craig McDermott, Glenn McGrath

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	3	0	25	0	8.33	-	0	2
Asanka Gurusinha	3	1	6	0	2.00	-	0	0
Aravinda de Silva	1	0	4	0	4.00	-	0	0
Hashan Tillakaratne	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

GroundMelbourne Cricket Ground

TossSri Lanka, elected to field first

Series

Sri Lanka tour of Australia

Player Of The Match

Series resultAustralia led the 3-match series 2-0

Match numberTest no. 1319

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