One Day International #1041 Standard Scorecard     
1995-1996 Benson & Hedges World Series - 1st Final
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
18th January, 1996
 
Australia (50 overs)  201/7
Sri Lanka (48.1 overs)  183
Australia won by 18 runs

 
Australia
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Mark Taylor* c †Kaluwitharana b Vaas 0  3  0  0 0.00
Mark Waugh b Vaas 4  10  0  0 40.00 1.99%
Ricky Ponting run out 51  74  4  0 68.92 25.37%
Steve Waugh c Gurusinha b Wickramasinghe 13  33  2  0 39.39 6.47%
Stuart Law c †Kaluwitharana b Pushpakumara 0  1  0  0 0.00
Michael Bevan c Mahanama b Pushpakumara 59  101  5  0 58.42 29.35%
Ian Healy not out 50  55  0  0 90.91 24.88%
Paul Reiffel b Vaas 15  21  1  0 71.43 7.46%
Shane Warne not out 3  3  0  0 100.00 1.49%
Extras (lb 3, w 2, nb 1) 6  
TOTAL 7 wickets   (50.0 overs @ 4.02 rpo) 201
 
Did Not Bat
 
Craig McDermott, Glenn McGrath
Fall of Wickets
 
1-0 Taylor, 2-9 Waugh, 3-39 Waugh, 4-39 Law, 5-100 Ponting, 6-155 Bevan, 7-192 Reiffel
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Chaminda Vaas 10.0 1 42 3 4.20 30.00
Ravindra Pushpakumara 10.0 1 34 2 3.40 20.00
Pramodya Wickremasinghe 8.0 0 30 1 3.75 10.00
Kumar Dharmasena 10.0 1 31 0 3.10
Aravinda de Silva 5.0 0 24 0 4.80
Sanath Jayasuriya 7.0 0 37 0 5.29
 
 
Sri Lanka (target 202 runs off 50.0 overs)
 
BATTING
 
R
 
BF
 
4s
 
6s
 
SR
 
% Total
Sanath Jayasuriya c Waugh b McGrath 19  25  1  0 76.00 10.38%
Romesh Kaluwitharana lbw b McGrath 13  9  3  0 144.44 7.10%
Asanka Gurusinha c Bevan b McDermott 47  82  4  0 57.32 25.68%
Aravinda de Silva c Taylor b Warne 34  47  3  0 72.34 18.58%
Hashan Tillakaratne c †Healy b Warne 1  4  0  0 25.00 0.55%
Roshan Mahanama b Waugh 16  34  1  0 47.06 8.74%
Arjuna Ranatunga* b McGrath 31  57  1  0 54.39 16.94%
Kumar Dharmasena b McDermott 4  5  1  0 80.00 2.19%
Chaminda Vaas c †Healy b McDermott 2  12  0  0 16.67 1.09%
Pramodya Wickremasinghe c Taylor b Reiffel 0  5  0  0 0.00
Ravindra Pushpakumara not out 8  13  0  0 61.54 4.37%
Extras (lb 5, w 2, nb 1) 8  
TOTAL All Out   (48.1 overs @ 3.80 rpo) 183
Fall of Wickets
 
1-17 Kaluwitharana, 2-46 Jayasuriya, 3-107 de Silva, 4-110 Tillakaratne, 5-120 Gurusinha,
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6-129 Dharmasena, 7-131 Vaas, 8-132 Wickramasinghe, 9-152 Mahanama,
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10-183 Ranatunga
 
BOWLING
 
O
 
M
 
R
 
W
 
ER
 
% Wickets
Glenn McGrath 9.1 0 28 3 3.05 30.00
Paul Reiffel 10.0 2 44 1 4.40 10.00
Mark Waugh 6.0 0 23 1 3.83 10.00
Craig McDermott 10.0 1 41 3 4.10 30.00
Shane Warne 10.0 1 29 2 2.90 20.00
Stuart Law 3.0 0 13 0 4.33
 
MATCH INFORMATION
Venue Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Toss Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field
Series 1995-1996 Benson & Hedges World Series
Match No. ODI #1041
Match Conditions 50 Overs, Day/Night Match
Player of Match No Award
Partnerships View
 
NOTES
 
1st Final of 1995-1996 Benson & Hedges World Series.   
Sri Lanka innings - Roshan Mahanama retired hurt/ill at 124/5 and resumed at 132/8.