Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor (c)	c †Kaluwitharana b Vaas	21	55	73	0	1	38.18
Michael Slater	c †Kaluwitharana b Vaas	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
David Boon	b Pushpakumara	43	115	171	2	0	37.39
Mark Waugh	c Pushpakumara b Wickramasinghe	71	137	199	4	0	51.82
Steve Waugh	b Pushpakumara	170	316	421	13	0	53.79
Ricky Ponting	c †Kaluwitharana b Vaas	6	27	31	0	0	22.22
Ian Healy †	c Pushpakumara b Dharmasena	70	119	161	8	0	58.82
Paul Reiffel	c Gurusinha b Wickramasinghe	56	124	163	7	0	45.16
Shane Warne	c Pushpakumara b Wickramasinghe	33	39	63	5	0	84.61
Craig McDermott	not out	15	16	27	1	0	93.75
Extras	(b 5, lb 9, nb 2, w 1)	17
Total	157.3 Ov (RR: 3.18, 656 Mins)	502/9d
Did not bat: Glenn McGrath
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Michael Slater), 2-36 (Mark Taylor), 3-96 (David Boon), 4-181 (Mark Waugh), 5-196 (Ricky Ponting), 6-326 (Ian Healy), 7-443 (Steve Waugh), 8-467 (Paul Reiffel), 9-502 (Shane Warne)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	WD	NB
Chaminda Vaas	42	11	106	3	2.52	-	-	-	0	0
Ravindra Pushpakumara	34	4	126	2	3.70	-	-	-	0	1
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	39.3	7	120	3	3.03	-	-	-	1	1
Chandika Hathurusinghe	4	0	15	0	3.75	-	-	-	0	0
Kumar Dharmasena	25	3	80	1	3.20	-	-	-	0	0
Sanath Jayasuriya	13	2	41	0	3.15	-	-	-	0	0

Sri Lanka 1st Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Chandika Hathurusinghe	c ME Waugh b Reiffel	28	63	86	4	0	44.44
Sanath Jayasuriya	c †Healy b Reiffel	48	57	82	7	1	84.21
Asanka Gurusinha	c Reiffel b McGrath	17	44	66	1	0	38.63
Sanjeeva Ranatunga	c SR Waugh b McDermott	60	148	203	3	0	40.54
Romesh Kaluwitharana †	lbw b Reiffel	31	35	44	4	1	88.57
Hashan Tillakaratne	c †Healy b McGrath	65	155	207	3	0	41.93
Aravinda de Silva (c)	c Taylor b McGrath	19	45	62	1	0	42.22
Kumar Dharmasena	c †Healy b McGrath	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
Chaminda Vaas	c ME Waugh b Reiffel	8	7	12	1	0	114.28
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	b Reiffel	10	28	43	0	0	35.71
Ravindra Pushpakumara	not out	2	7	11	0	0	28.57
Extras	(b 8, lb 13, nb 7, w 1)	29
Total	97.1 Ov (RR: 3.26, 414 Mins)	317
Fall of wickets: 1-86 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-89 (Chandika Hathurusinghe), 3-129 (Asanka Gurusinha), 4-171 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 5-237 (Sanjeeva Ranatunga), 6-290 (Aravinda de Silva), 7-290 (Kumar Dharmasena), 8-299 (Chaminda Vaas), 9-309 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 10-317 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Craig McDermott	20	5	81	1	4.05	-	-	-	2
Glenn McGrath	27	4	91	4	3.37	-	-	-	0
Shane Warne	26	4	74	0	2.84	-	-	-	0
Paul Reiffel	19.1	4	39	5	2.03	-	-	-	5
Mark Waugh	5	2	11	0	2.20	-	-	-	0

Australia 2nd Innings

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Michael Slater	b Wickramasinghe	15	34	60	1	0	44.11
Mark Taylor (c)	b Pushpakumara	10	31	39	1	0	32.25
David Boon	c †Kaluwitharana b Vaas	35	66	92	5	0	53.03
Mark Waugh	c Tillakaratne b Vaas	12	44	61	0	0	27.27
Steve Waugh	not out	61	129	181	5	0	47.28
Ricky Ponting	c †Kaluwitharana b Vaas	20	61	64	2	0	32.78
Ian Healy †	c Hathurusingha b Pushpakumara	43	63	80	2	0	68.25
Paul Reiffel	not out	14	15	25	2	0	93.33
Extras	(b 1, lb 1, nb 3)	5
Total	73 Ov (RR: 2.94, 304 Mins)	215/6d
Did not bat: Shane Warne, Craig McDermott, Glenn McGrath
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Mark Taylor), 2-36 (Michael Slater), 3-70 (Mark Waugh), 4-75 (David Boon), 5-122 (Ricky Ponting), 6-186 (Ian Healy)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Chaminda Vaas	21	6	44	3	2.09	-	-	-	0
Ravindra Pushpakumara	17	2	63	2	3.70	-	-	-	0
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	13	1	39	1	3.00	-	-	-	2
Kumar Dharmasena	22	1	67	0	3.04	-	-	-	1

Sri Lanka 2nd Innings (T: 401 runs)

Batting		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya	c †Healy b SR Waugh	112	188	272	14	2	59.57
Chandika Hathurusinghe	c †Healy b McGrath	14	46	61	2	0	30.43
Asanka Gurusinha	b Reiffel	2	28	28	0	0	7.14
Sanjeeva Ranatunga	c †Healy b SR Waugh	65	197	246	6	0	32.99
Romesh Kaluwitharana †	b SR Waugh	0	2	7	0	0	0.00
Hashan Tillakaratne	c †Healy b McGrath	3	16	17	0	0	18.75
Aravinda de Silva (c)	c Taylor b ME Waugh	3	26	30	0	0	11.53
Kumar Dharmasena	c Taylor b SR Waugh	2	16	21	0	0	12.50
Chaminda Vaas	c †Healy b McGrath	26	32	46	5	0	81.25
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	b Warne	6	17	12	0	0	35.29
Ravindra Pushpakumara	not out	3	20	20	0	0	15.00
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, nb 9)	16
Total	96.2 Ov (RR: 2.61)	252
Fall of wickets: 1-51 (Chandika Hathurusinghe), 2-70 (Asanka Gurusinha), 3-195 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 4-195 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 5-199 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 6-208 (Aravinda de Silva), 7-216 (Sanjeeva Ranatunga), 8-225 (Kumar Dharmasena), 9-232 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe), 10-252 (Chaminda Vaas)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	ECON	0s	4s	6s	NB
Glenn McGrath	22.2	6	48	3	2.14	-	-	-	0
Paul Reiffel	15	0	60	1	4.00	-	-	-	8
Steve Waugh	19	8	34	4	1.78	-	-	-	1
Shane Warne	27	11	68	1	2.51	-	-	-	0
Mark Waugh	4	1	15	1	3.75	-	-	-	0
Craig McDermott	9	3	20	0	2.22	-	-	-	0

Close of Play

Thu, 25 Jan - day 1 - Australia 1st innings 239/5 (Steve Waugh 70*, Ian Healy 21*, 86 ov)

Fri, 26 Jan - day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 80/0 (Chandika Hathurusinghe 24*, Sanath Jayasuriya 47*, 16 ov)

Sat, 27 Jan - day 3 - Australia 2nd innings 16/0 (Michael Slater 7*, Mark Taylor 9*, 6 ov)

Sun, 28 Jan - day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 69/1 (Sanath Jayasuriya 50*, Asanka Gurusinha 2*, 21 ov)

Mon, 29 Jan - day 5 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 252 (96.2 ov) - end of match

Match Flow

General

Day 1

Day 2

Jayasuriya dropped Healy (25) off Vaas
10 minutes play lost to rain in the 1st session. Scheduled close extended to 6:10pm.
SR Waugh out to the first ball of the 3rd session
McDermott hit an all-run 5 off the first ball he faced
Warne hit 2 consecutive 4s before being caught in the outfield hooking
Jayasuriya had scored 20 runs before Hathurusinghe scored his first.
Sri Lanka 50 off 8.1 overs (35 minutes).
Jayasuriya hit 23 runs off the 11 balls he faced in McDermott's first spell of 5-1-28-0.
Crowd: 17277

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Lunch 136/2 (Jayasuriya 74*, Ranatunga 34*)
Tea was taken upon de Silva's dismissal.
Tea 208/6 (Ranatunga 61*)
Aggregate Crowd: 63478
B&H International Cricketer of the Year: SR Waugh (awarded to the best player in the Australian international season)

Match Details

Adelaide Oval
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	Sri Lanka tour of Australia
Season	1995/96
Player Of The Match	Steve Waugh
Player Of The Series	Steve Waugh
Series result	Australia won the 3-match series 3-0
Match number	Test no. 1324
Match days	day (5-day match)
Umpires	Lloyd Barker Steve Randell
TV Umpire	Daryl Harper
Match Referee	Graham Dowling

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Sri Lanka Innings

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	22.2	6	48	3	2.14
PR Reiffel	15	0	60	1	4 (8 nb)
SR Waugh	19	8	34	4	1.78 (1 nb)
SK Warne	27	11	68	1	2.51
ME Waugh	4	1	15	1	3.75
CJ McDermott	9	3	20	0	2.22

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