Australia vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Final at Sydney, Jan 20 1996 - Match Result

RESULT

2nd Final (D/N), Sydney, January 20, 1996, Benson & Hedges World Series

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273/5

(25/25 ov, T:168) 159/8

Australia won by 9 runs (revised target)

Player Of The Series

, AUS

423 runs

Player Of The Series

, AUS

15 wkts

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Scorecard summary

Australia • 273/5(50 overs)

82 (95)

Kumar Dharmasena

2/45 (10)

73 (82)

2/47 (10)

Sri Lanka • 159/8(25 overs)

Arjuna Ranatunga

41 (43)

3/20 (5)

Sanath Jayasuriya

30 (25)

1/22 (4)

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Match details

Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss	Sri Lanka, elected to field first
Series	Benson & Hedges World Series Sri Lanka tour of Australia
Season	1995/96
Player Of The Series	Mark Taylor Shane Warne Romesh Kaluwitharana
Series result	Australia won the best-of-3-finals 2-0
Match number	ODI no. 1043
Match days	daynight (50-over match)
Umpires	Peter Parker Steve Randell
TV Umpire	Darrell Hair
Match Referee	Graham Dowling

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AUSTRALIA v SRI LANKA

At Sydney, January 20 (day/night)

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Sri Lanka Innings

Player Name		R	B
ST Jayasuriya	caught	30	25
RS Kaluwitharana	lbw	0	1
PA de Silva	caught	6	7
AP Gurusinha	caught	24	15
A Ranatunga	caught	41	43
RS Kalpage	caught	9	10
HP Tillakaratne	run out	25	26
HDPK Dharmasena	caught	7	11
AMN Munasinghe	not out	3	5
WPUJC Vaas	not out	8	8
Extras	(lb 3, w 3)
Total	159(8 wkts; 25 ovs)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	1	Sanath Jayasuriya	Romesh Kaluwitharana
2nd	21	Aravinda de Silva	Sanath Jayasuriya
3rd	27	Asanka Gurusinha	Sanath Jayasuriya
4th	17	Arjuna Ranatunga	Asanka Gurusinha
5th	21	Arjuna Ranatunga	Ruwan Kalpage
6th	48	Arjuna Ranatunga	Hashan Tillakaratne
7th	11	Hashan Tillakaratne	Kumar Dharmasena
8th	0	Hashan Tillakaratne	Manjula Munasinghe
9th	13	Manjula Munasinghe	Chaminda Vaas

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Benson & Hedges World Series

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AUS	8	5	3	10	0.517
SL	8	4	4	8	-0.524
WI	8	3	5	6	-0.014