- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras6 (lb 5, w 1)TOTAL273/5 (50 Overs, RR: 5.46)Fall of wickets: 1-135 (Mark Waugh, 24.5 ov), 2-170 (Ricky Ponting, 31.5 ov), 3-176 (Steve Waugh, 33.3 ov), 4-184 (Mark Taylor, 36.2 ov), 5-210 (Stuart Law, 42.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB WPUJC Vaas 10 1 47 1 4.70 0 0 KR Pushpakumara 8 1 39 0 4.87 1 1 AMN Munasinghe 4 0 33 0 8.25 0 0 HDPK Dharmasena 10 0 45 2 4.50 0 0 RS Kalpage 10 0 47 2 4.70 0 0 ST Jayasuriya 8 0 57 0 7.12 0 0
01/19Result
2nd Final (D/N), Benson & Hedges World Series at Sydney, Jan 20 1996
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
159/8 (25/25 ov, target 168)
01/19Result
2nd Final (D/N), Benson & Hedges World Series at Sydney, Jan 20 1996
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
159/8 (25/25 ov, target 168)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras6 (lb 3, w 3)TOTAL159/8 (25 Overs, RR: 6.36)Did not bat: KR PushpakumaraFall of wickets: 1-1 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 0.2 ov), 2-22 (Aravinda de Silva, 3.4 ov), 3-49 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 6.3 ov), 4-66 (Asanka Gurusinha, 9.1 ov), 5-87 (Ruwan Kalpage, 12.4 ov), 6-135 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 20.1 ov), 7-146 (Kumar Dharmasena, 22.5 ov), 8-146 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 23.1 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB GD McGrath 5 0 36 1 7.20 0 1 ME Waugh 5 0 31 1 6.20 1 0 SK Warne 5 0 20 3 4.00 1 0 SR Waugh 1 0 14 0 14.00 0 0 PR Reiffel 4 0 22 1 5.50 1 0 CJ McDermott 5 0 33 1 6.60 0 0
Match Details
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to field first
Player Of The Preliminary series
Player Of The Finals
Series result
Australia won the best-of-3-finals 2-0
Match number
Season
Match days
20 January 1996 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Match Notes
- RS Kaluwitharana was named the Player of the Preliminary Series prior to the start of the match.
- Aus 50 off 11.3 ov; 100 off 19.1 ov; 150 off 27.4 ov; 200 off 40.4 ov; 250 off 47.4 ov.
- ME Waugh - 50 off 55 balls Taylor - 50 off 63 balls
- de Silva was injured with a bleeding hand when he dropped Healy (11) in the 46th over, off the bowling of Jayasuriya. M Muralitharan substituted for the remainder of the innings.
- Ranatunga dropped Healy (13) in the first ball of the 47th over bowled by Vaas.
- Vaas dropped Healy (30) off his own bowling in the 49th over
- Australian score is the 4th highest ODI total in Sydney
- SL 10 ov 69/4, 20 ov 135/5. SL 50 off 6.4 ov; 100 off 14.5 ov; 150 off 23.5 ov.
- Jayasuriya (12) was dropped by Reiffel in the 3rd over off McGrath's bowling.
- Ranatunga (20) survived a caught and bowled chance in the 16th over by Reiffel.
- Jayasuriya was a runner for Ranatunga from the 18th over, having been denied to do so by umpire Randell in the previous over.
- 12th men: S Lee (Aus), M Muralitharan (SL)
- Crowd: 39,233
Aus Tri Series (CB) News
Sri Lankans represent a different challenge for Australia
In a summer which has proven to be pretty uneventful and one-sided, thearrival of Sri Lanka to the fray is much anticipated.