- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras7 (lb 3, nb 2, w 2)TOTAL242/4 (50 Overs, RR: 4.84)Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Mark Waugh), 2-28 (Ricky Ponting), 3-54 (Mark Taylor), 4-156 (Stuart Law)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB WPUJC Vaas 10 2 43 1 4.3 0 0 KR Pushpakumara 10 0 47 1 4.7 0 2 GP Wickramasinghe 8 0 33 2 4.12 0 0 HDPK Dharmasena 8 0 42 0 5.25 1 0 PA de Silva 6 0 30 0 5 0 0 ST Jayasuriya 8 0 44 0 5.5 1 0
15/01Result
12th Match (D/N), Benson & Hedges World Series at Melbourne, Jan 16 1996
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
246/7 (49.4/50 ov)
Player of the Match
15/01Result
12th Match (D/N), Benson & Hedges World Series at Melbourne, Jan 16 1996
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
246/7 (49.4/50 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras21 (b 1, lb 18, w 2)TOTAL246/7 (49.4 Overs, RR: 4.95)Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-96 (Asanka Gurusinha), 3-107 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 4-108 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 5-180 (Roshan Mahanama), 6-196 (Aravinda de Silva), 7-222 (Arjuna Ranatunga)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB CJ McDermott 10 3 27 0 2.7 0 0 GD McGrath 9.4 0 76 1 7.86 1 0 PR Reiffel 10 1 36 1 3.6 0 0 SK Warne 10 0 40 3 4 0 0 SG Law 6 0 28 0 4.66 0 0 ME Waugh 2 0 11 0 5.5 0 0 MG Bevan 2 0 9 1 4.5 1 0
Match Details
Toss
Australia , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Match number
Season
Match days
16 January 1996 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Points
Sri Lanka 2, Australia 0
Match Notes
- In 21st over Gurusinha was hurt at cover, fielding SR Waugh's shot. Substitute fielder was Ruwan Kalpage.
- SR Waugh - 50 in 63 balls previous highest ODI score - 86 v South Africa
- Jayasuriya was dropped by McDermott the first over off his own bowling when he was at 0.
- Kaluwitharana - 50 in 31 balls
- Sri Lanka qualifies for the finals.
Aus Tri Series (CB) News
Out of hand
'I had the confidence that I could clear any ground'
He may not have played T20, but Asanka Gurusinha would have fit right in if he had
Cricket minus the cliches
Eloquent and impassioned, Marqusee's account of the 1996 World Cup is a book where context means more than the final wicket
Sri Lankans represent a different challenge for Australia
In a summer which has proven to be pretty uneventful and one-sided, thearrival of Sri Lanka to the fray is much anticipated.
