Full Scorecard of Australia vs Sri Lanka 3rd Test 1995/96 - Score Report

result

3rd Test, Adelaide, Jan 25 - 29 1996, Sri Lanka tour of Australia

Australia

502/9d & 215/6d

Sri Lanka

(96.2 ov, target 401)317 & 252

Australia won by 148 runs

player of the match

Steve Waugh

Australia

Australia 1st INNINGS

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 Mts)	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 Hathurusingha	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 Hathurusingha	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 Mts)	317
Fall of wickets: 1-86 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-89 (Chandika Hathurusingha), 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 Mts)	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 (target: 401 runs)

BATTING		R	B	M	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya	c †Healy b SR Waugh	112	188	272	14	2	59.57

Chandika Hathurusingha	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 Hathurusingha), 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

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

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 Hathurusingha 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 252/10 (96.2 ov) - end of match

MATCH NOTES

General

DC Boon announced that this would be his final Test
Scorers: RM Artis (AUS) and T Lowrey (SL)
12th Men: TBA May (AUS) and RS Kalpage (SL).

Day 1

Slater out to the first ball he faced
Lunch: AUS 2-43 (Boon 21*, ME Waugh 1*)
Tea: AUS 3-133 (ME Waugh 46*, SR Waugh 18*)
Sri Lankans dropped 4 catches Kaluwitharana dropped ME Waugh and SR Waugh Pushpakumara dropped Boon Tillekaratne dropped ME Waugh
Play ended at 7:20pm due to bad light (80 minutes after scheduled close). 4 overs total lost to the weather.
Crowd: 9119

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

Lunch: SL 3-170 (Ranatunga 31*, Kaluwitharana 30*)
Tea: SL 5-253 (Tillekeratne 37*, de Silva 8*)
Tillekeratne was Healy's 250th catch and 270th dismissal (equal 2nd on all-time list of wicketkeeping dismissals)
Crowd: 14533

Day 4

Lunch: 86/4 (SR Waugh 3*, Ponting 9*)
Tea: 173/5 (SR Waugh 44*, Healy 33*)
Sri Lanka set 401 to win in a minimum of 111 overs
Healy outright 2nd on wicketkeeping list (271 dismissals)
Crowd: 15195

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)

Sri Lanka Innings

Player Name		R	B
ST Jayasuriya	caught	112	188
UC Hathurusingha	caught	14	46
AP Gurusinha	bowled	2	28
S Ranatunga	caught	65	197
RS Kaluwitharana	bowled	0	2
HP Tillakaratne	caught	3	16
PA de Silva	caught	3	26
HDPK Dharmasena	caught	2	16
WPUJC Vaas	caught	26	32
GP Wickramasinghe	bowled	6	17
KR Pushpakumara	not out	3	20
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, nb 9)
Total	252(10 wkts; 96.2 ovs)

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

WKT	RUNS	Players
1st	51	Chandika Hathurusingha	Sanath Jayasuriya
2nd	19	Asanka Gurusinha	Sanath Jayasuriya
3rd	125	Sanath Jayasuriya	Sanjeeva Ranatunga
4th	0	Romesh Kaluwitharana	Sanjeeva Ranatunga
5th	4	Hashan Tillakaratne	Sanjeeva Ranatunga
6th	9	Aravinda de Silva	Sanjeeva Ranatunga
7th	8	Kumar Dharmasena	Sanjeeva Ranatunga
8th	9	Kumar Dharmasena	Chaminda Vaas
9th	7	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	Chaminda Vaas
10th	20	Ravindra Pushpakumara	Chaminda Vaas

Australia 1st INNINGS

Sri Lanka 1st INNINGS

Australia 2nd INNINGS

Sri Lanka 2nd INNINGS (target: 401 runs)

MATCH DETAILS

Steve Waugh

Steve Waugh

Lloyd Barker

Steve Randell

Daryl Harper

Graham Dowling

CLOSE OF PLAY

MATCH NOTES

General

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Sri Lanka Innings