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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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(25/25 ov, T:168) 159/8

Australia won by 9 runs (revised target)

Australia Innings
Sri Lanka Innings
Match Flow
Info
Australia  (50 ovs maximum)
Batting RBM4s6sSR
c & b Kalpage73821088089.02
c †Kaluwitharana b Kalpage82951556086.31
c Vaas b Dharmasena1726261065.38
c Kalpage b Dharmasena2750028.57
b Vaas2129321072.41
not out 3234561094.11
not out 40283210142.85
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)
BowlingOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
1014714.70---00
813904.87---11
403308.25---00
1004524.50---00
1004724.70---00
805707.12---00
Sri Lanka  (T: 168 runs from 25 ovs)
Batting RBM4s6sSR
c McGrath b Warne30253050120.00
lbw b McGrath012000.00
c Reiffel b ME Waugh67130085.71
c Warne b Reiffel24152620160.00
c Law b Warne4143702095.34
c Taylor b McDermott910161090.00
run out (ME Waugh)2526541096.15
c SR Waugh b Warne711110063.63
not out 35120060.00
not out 88900100.00
Extras(lb 3, w 3)6
Total
25 Ov (RR: 6.36, 128 Mins)
159/8
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)
BowlingOMRWECON0s4s6sWDNB
503617.20---01
503116.20---10
502034.00---10
1014014.00---00
402215.50---10
503316.60---00
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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
TossSri Lanka, elected to field first
Series
Season1995/96
Player Of The Series
Series resultAustralia won the best-of-3-finals 2-0
Match numberODI no. 1043
Match daysdaynight (50-over match)
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TeamMWLPTNRR
AUS853100.517
SL8448-0.524
WI8356-0.014