Matches (26)

Men's Under-19 World Cup (2)

New Zealand in India (1)

WT20 WC Qualifier (3)

UAE vs IRE (1)

PAK vs AUS (1)

SA vs WI (1)

Ranji Trophy (16)

WPL (1)

AUS19

314/7

WI19

(50 ov, T:315) 292/9

null

Schedule Table Report Series

215/7

IND

(18.4/20 ov, T:216) 165

null

Schedule Report Videos Series

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

PrevNext

Australia

273/5

Sri Lanka

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

Australia won by 9 runs (revised target)

Player Of The Series

Mark Taylor

, AUS

423 runs

Player Of The Series

Shane Warne

, AUS

15 wkts

Match centre

Scorecard summary

Australia • 273/5(50 overs)

82 (95)

2/45 (10)

73 (82)

2/47 (10)

Sri Lanka • 159/8(25 overs)

41 (43)

3/20 (5)

30 (25)

1/22 (4)

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 Coverage

All Match News

O runner, where art thou?

Following the ICC's ban on runners, we pay tribute to the hardworking breed of men who provided cricket with some of its quirkiest moments

AUSTRALIA v SRI LANKA

At Sydney, January 20 (day/night)

Instant answers to T20 questions

Ask a question

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)

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

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

<1 / 3>

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

Full Table