Australia vs Sri Lanka, 1st Final at Melbourne, Jan 18 1996 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
1st Final (D/N), Melbourne, January 18, 1996, Benson & Hedges World Series
Australia  (50 ovs maximum)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c †Kaluwitharana b Vaas | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| b Vaas | 4 | 10 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 | |||
| run out (Mahanama) | 51 | 74 | 129 | 4 | 0 | 68.91 | |||
| c Gurusinha b Wickramasinghe | 13 | 33 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 39.39 | |||
| c †Kaluwitharana b Pushpakumara | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Mahanama b Pushpakumara | 59 | 101 | 118 | 5 | 0 | 58.41 | |||
| not out | 50 | 55 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 90.90 | |||
| b Vaas | 15 | 21 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 71.42 | |||
| not out | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 3, nb 1, w 2) | 6 | |||||||
| Total | 50 Ov (RR: 4.02) | 201/7 | |||||||
Did not bat | |||||||||
Fall of wickets 1-0 (Mark Taylor), 2-9 (Mark Waugh), 3-39 (Steve Waugh), 4-39 (Stuart Law), 5-100 (Ricky Ponting), 6-155 (Michael Bevan), 7-192 (Paul Reiffel) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | 42 | 3 | 4.20 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 3.40 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 3.75 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 3.10 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4.80 | - | 2 | 1 | |
| 7 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 5.28 | - | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka  (T: 202 runs from 50 ovs)
| Batting | Â | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c SR Waugh b McGrath | 19 | 25 | 35 | 1 | 0 | 76.00 | |||
| lbw b McGrath | 13 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 144.44 | |||
| c Bevan b McDermott | 47 | 82 | 121 | 4 | 0 | 57.31 | |||
| c Taylor b Warne | 34 | 47 | 64 | 3 | 0 | 72.34 | |||
| c †Healy b Warne | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25.00 | |||
| b ME Waugh | 16 | 34 | 64 | 1 | 0 | 47.05 | |||
| b McGrath | 31 | 57 | 87 | 1 | 0 | 54.38 | |||
| b McDermott | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 | |||
| c †Healy b McDermott | 2 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 16.66 | |||
| c Taylor b Reiffel | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| not out | 8 | 13 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 61.53 | |||
| Extras | (lb 5, nb 1, w 2) | 8 | |||||||
| Total | 48.1 Ov (RR: 3.79) | 183 | |||||||
Fall of wickets 1-17 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 2-46 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-107 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-110 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 5-120 (Asanka Gurusinha), 5-124* (Roshan Mahanama, retired not out), 6-129 (Kumar Dharmasena), 7-131 (Chaminda Vaas), 8-132 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe), 9-152 (Roshan Mahanama), 10-183 (Arjuna Ranatunga) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.1 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 3.05 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 2 | 44 | 1 | 4.40 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 3.83 | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 1 | 41 | 3 | 4.10 | - | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | 1 | 29 | 2 | 2.90 | - | 2 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4.33 | - | 0 | 0 |
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Match Flow
Aus: 10 overs - 26/2, 20 - 57/4, 30 - 100/5, 40-143 50 - 18th over, 100 - 30th, 150 - 41st, 200 - 50th
ME Waugh dropped on 0 by Jayasuriya in Pushpakumara's 2nd over
Ball was changed after 41 overs during Australian innings
RT Ponting - 50 in 72 balls, 124 mins, 4 fours
MG Bevan - 50 in 94 balls, 108 mins, 4 fours
IA Healy - 50 in 63 balls
SL : 10 overs - 49/2, 20 - 96/2, 30 - 119/4, 40 - 141/8 50 - 11th over, 100 - 22nd, 150 - 42nd
RS Mahanama retired hurt on 4* from 124/5 to 132/8 (pulled leg muscle)
Match Details
GroundMelbourne Cricket Ground
TossSri Lanka, elected to field first
Season1995/96
Series resultAustralia led the best-of-3-finals 1-0
Match numberODI no. 1041
Match daysdaynight (50-over match)
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