Australia vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Final at Sydney, Jan 20 1996 - Full Scorecard
RESULT
2nd Final (D/N), Sydney, January 20, 1996, Benson & Hedges World Series
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Australia (50 ovs maximum)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c & b Kalpage | 73 | 82 | 108 | 8 | 0 | 89.02 | |||
| c †Kaluwitharana b Kalpage | 82 | 95 | 155 | 6 | 0 | 86.31 | |||
| c Vaas b Dharmasena | 17 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 65.38 | |||
| c Kalpage b Dharmasena | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |||
| b Vaas | 21 | 29 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 72.41 | |||
| not out | 32 | 34 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 94.11 | |||
| not out | 40 | 28 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 142.85 | |||
| Extras | (lb 5, w 1) | 6 | |||||||
| Total | 50 Ov (RR: 5.46, 212 Mins) | 273/5 | |||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-135 (Mark Waugh, 24.5 ov), 2-170 (Ricky Ponting, 31.5 ov), 3-176 (Steve Waugh, 33.3 ov), 4-184 (Mark Taylor, 36.2 ov), 5-210 (Stuart Law, 42.1 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 4.70 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 4.87 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 8.25 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 4.50 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 4.70 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 7.12 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka (T: 168 runs from 25 ovs)
| Batting | R | B | M | 4s | 6s | SR | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c McGrath b Warne | 30 | 25 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 120.00 | |||
| lbw b McGrath | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| c Reiffel b ME Waugh | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 85.71 | |||
| c Warne b Reiffel | 24 | 15 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 160.00 | |||
| c Law b Warne | 41 | 43 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 95.34 | |||
| c Taylor b McDermott | 9 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 90.00 | |||
| run out (ME Waugh) | 25 | 26 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 96.15 | |||
| c SR Waugh b Warne | 7 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 63.63 | |||
| not out | 3 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 | |||
| not out | 8 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | |||
| Extras | (lb 3, w 3) | 6 | |||||||
| Total | 25 Ov (RR: 6.36, 128 Mins) | 159/8 | |||||||
Did not bat: | |||||||||
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 0.2 ov), 2-22 (Aravinda de Silva, 3.4 ov), 3-49 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 6.3 ov), 4-66 (Asanka Gurusinha, 9.1 ov), 5-87 (Ruwan Kalpage, 12.4 ov), 6-135 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 20.1 ov), 7-146 (Kumar Dharmasena, 22.5 ov), 8-146 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 23.1 ov) | |||||||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | ECON | 0s | 4s | 6s | WD | NB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 7.20 | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 6.20 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 4.00 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14.00 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 5.50 | - | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
| 5 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 6.60 | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
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Match Flow
- RS Kaluwitharana was named the Player of the Preliminary Series prior to the start of the match.
- Aus 10 ov 34/0; 20 ov 105/0; 30 ov 162/1; 40- 198/4.
- Aus 50 off 11.3 ov; 100 off 19.1 ov; 150 off 27.4 ov; 200 off 40.4 ov; 250 off 47.4 ov.
- ME Waugh - 50 off 55 balls Taylor - 50 off 63 balls
- de Silva was injured with a bleeding hand when he dropped Healy (11) in the 46th over, off the bowling of Jayasuriya. M Muralitharan substituted for the remainder of the innings.
- Ranatunga dropped Healy (13) in the first ball of the 47th over bowled by Vaas.
- Vaas dropped Healy (30) off his own bowling in the 49th over
- Australian score is the 4th highest ODI total in Sydney
- Heavy rain during the tea break delayed the start of Sri Lanka's innings. Target was readjusted to 168 in 25 overs (167 would be an Australian win).
- SL 10 ov 69/4, 20 ov 135/5. SL 50 off 6.4 ov; 100 off 14.5 ov; 150 off 23.5 ov.
- Jayasuriya (12) was dropped by Reiffel in the 3rd over off McGrath's bowling.
- Ranatunga (20) survived a caught and bowled chance in the 16th over by Reiffel.
- Jayasuriya was a runner for Ranatunga from the 18th over, having been denied to do so by umpire Randell in the previous over.
- Match finished at 10:58pm (scheduled finishing time was 10:30pm)
- 12th men: S Lee (Aus), M Muralitharan (SL)
- Crowd: 39,233
Match Details
| Sydney Cricket Ground | |
| Toss | Sri Lanka, elected to field first |
| Series | |
| Season | 1995/96 |
| Player Of The Series | |
| Series result | Australia won the best-of-3-finals 2-0 |
| Match number | ODI no. 1043 |
| Match days | daynight (50-over match) |
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Sri Lanka Innings
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