RESULT
Final (D/N), Lahore, March 17, 1996, Wills World Cup
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Australia (50 ovs maximum)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Taylor (c) | c Jayasuriya b de Silva | 74 | 83 | 109 | 8 | 1 | 89.15 | ||
| Mark Waugh | c Jayasuriya b Vaas | 12 | 15 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 | ||
| Ricky Ponting | b de Silva | 45 | 73 | 90 | 2 | 0 | 61.64 | ||
| Steve Waugh | c de Silva b Dharmasena | 13 | 25 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 52.00 | ||
| Shane Warne | st †Kaluwitharana b Muralidaran | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | ||
| Stuart Law | c de Silva b Jayasuriya | 22 | 30 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 73.33 | ||
| Michael Bevan | not out | 36 | 49 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 73.46 | ||
| Ian Healy † | b de Silva | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 66.66 | ||
| Paul Reiffel | not out | 13 | 18 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 72.22 | ||
| Extras | (lb 10, nb 1, w 11) | 22 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 50 Ov (RR: 4.82) | 241/7 | |||||||
Did not bat: Damien Fleming, Glenn McGrath | |||||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Mark Waugh), 2-137 (Mark Taylor), 3-152 (Ricky Ponting), 4-156 (Shane Warne), 5-170 (Steve Waugh), 6-202 (Stuart Law), 7-205 (Ian Healy) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 7 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 5.42 | - | - | - | 2 | 0 |
| Chaminda Vaas | 6 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 5.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Muthiah Muralidaran | 10 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 3.10 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 4.70 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 8 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 5.37 | - | - | - | 5 | 0 |
| Aravinda de Silva | 9 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 4.66 | - | - | - | 3 | 0 |
Sri Lanka (T: 242 runs from 50 ovs)
| BATTING | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanath Jayasuriya | run out | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 128.57 | ||
| Romesh Kaluwitharana † | c Bevan b Fleming | 6 | 13 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 46.15 | ||
| Asanka Gurusinha | b Reiffel | 65 | 99 | 119 | 6 | 1 | 65.65 | ||
| Aravinda de Silva | not out | 107 | 124 | 176 | 13 | 0 | 86.29 | ||
| Arjuna Ranatunga (c) | not out | 47 | 37 | 72 | 4 | 1 | 127.02 | ||
| Extras | (b 1, lb 4, nb 1, w 5) | 11 | |||||||
| TOTAL | 46.2 Ov (RR: 5.28) | 245/3 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-23 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 3-148 (Asanka Gurusinha) | |||||||||
| BOWLING | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn McGrath | 8.2 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 3.36 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Damien Fleming | 6 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 7.16 | - | - | - | 4 | 0 |
| Shane Warne | 10 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 5.80 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Reiffel | 10 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 4.90 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Waugh | 6 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 5.83 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Waugh | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 5.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Bevan | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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MATCH FLOW
- Jayasuriya named player of the tournament after the 2nd semi final.
- MA Taylor and RT Ponting 101, record 2nd wicket partnership in a World Cup final.
- MA Taylor 74, highest score by an Australian captain in any World Cup match.
- SK Warne, 1st player to be stumped in a World Cup final (by RS Kaluwitharana).
- PA de Silva 107*, 3rd ever 100 in a World Cup final. (Previous two: CH Lloyd 102 in 1975, IVA Richards 138* in 1979).
- Sri Lanka least wickets lost (3) in any World Cup final.
- PA de Silva, man of the match for an unbeaten 107, 3 wickets, and 2 catches (most runs, most wickets, and equal most catches in the match).
- Sri Lanka are the 1st host country to win a World Cup, and the 1st country to win a World Cup final batting second.
- Sri Lanka win their 1st World Cup after only winning a total of 4 matches in the previous 5 World Cups.
MATCH DETAILS
| Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | |
| Toss | Sri Lanka, elected to field first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1995/96 |
| Player Of The Match | |
| Player Of The Series | |
| Series result | Sri Lanka won the 1995/96 Wills World Cup |
| Match number | ODI no. 1083 |
| Match days | daynight (50-over match) |
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