BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Waugh	c & b Kalpage	73	82	108	8	0	89.02
Mark Taylor (c)	c †Kaluwitharana b Kalpage	82	95	155	6	0	86.31
Ricky Ponting	c Vaas b Dharmasena	17	26	26	1	0	65.38
Steve Waugh	c Kalpage b Dharmasena	2	7	5	0	0	28.57
Stuart Law	b Vaas	21	29	32	1	0	72.41
Michael Bevan	not out	32	34	56	1	0	94.11
Ian Healy †	not out	40	28	32	1	0	142.85
Extras	(lb 5, w 1)	6
TOTAL	50 Ov (RR: 5.46, 212 Mts)	273/5
Did not bat: Paul Reiffel, Shane Warne, Craig McDermott, Glenn McGrath
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	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	10	1	47	1	4.70	-	-	-	0	0
Ravindra Pushpakumara	8	1	39	0	4.87	-	-	-	1	1
Manjula Munasinghe	4	0	33	0	8.25	-	-	-	0	0
Kumar Dharmasena	10	0	45	2	4.50	-	-	-	0	0
Ruwan Kalpage	10	0	47	2	4.70	-	-	-	0	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	8	0	57	0	7.12	-	-	-	0	0

Sri Lanka INNINGS (Target: 168 runs from 25 overs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya	c McGrath b Warne	30	25	30	5	0	120.00
Romesh Kaluwitharana †	lbw b McGrath	0	1	2	0	0	0.00
Aravinda de Silva	c Reiffel b ME Waugh	6	7	13	0	0	85.71
Asanka Gurusinha	c Warne b Reiffel	24	15	26	2	0	160.00
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)	c Law b Warne	41	43	70	2	0	95.34
Ruwan Kalpage	c Taylor b McDermott	9	10	16	1	0	90.00
Hashan Tillakaratne	run out (ME Waugh)	25	26	54	1	0	96.15
Kumar Dharmasena	c SR Waugh b Warne	7	11	11	0	0	63.63
Manjula Munasinghe	not out	3	5	12	0	0	60.00
Chaminda Vaas	not out	8	8	9	0	0	100.00
Extras	(lb 3, w 3)	6
TOTAL	25 Ov (RR: 6.36, 128 Mts)	159/8
Did not bat: Ravindra Pushpakumara
Fall 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	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Glenn McGrath	5	36	1	7.20	-	-	-	0	1
Mark Waugh	5	31	1	6.20	-	-	-	1	0
Shane Warne	5	20	3	4.00	-	-	-	1	0
Steve Waugh	1	14	0	14.00	-	-	-	0	0
Paul Reiffel	4	22	1	5.50	-	-	-	1	0
Craig McDermott	5	33	1	6.60	-	-	-	0	0

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

MATCH NOTES

RS Kaluwitharana was named the Player of the Preliminary Series prior to the start of the match.

Aus 10 ov 34/0; 20 ov 105/0; 30 ov 162/1; 40- 198/4.
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

Heavy rain during the tea break delayed the start of Sri Lanka's innings. Target was readjusted to 168 in 25 overs (167 would be an Australian win).
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.

Match Coverage

O runner, where art thou?

AUSTRALIA v SRI LANKA

Sri Lanka Innings

PLAYER NAME	O	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	5	36	1	7.2 (1 nb)
ME Waugh	5	31	1	6.2
SK Warne	5	20	3	4
SR Waugh	1	14	0	14
PR Reiffel	4	22	1	5.5
CJ McDermott	5	33	1	6.6

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