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f41854 t1317	Australia v Sri Lanka
	Sri Lanka in Australia 1995/96 (1st Test)
Venue	Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth on 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th December 1995 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by an innings and 36 runs
Umpires	Khizer Hayat, PD Parker
Third umpire	BT Rennie
Referee	GT Dowling
Scorers	CA Bull (Australia), SA Wheeler (Sri Lanka)
Close of play day 1	Sri Lanka (1) 251 all out
Close of play day 2	Australia (1) 358/2 (Slater 189, Waugh 36; 90 overs)
Close of play day 3	Sri Lanka (2) 13/0 (Mahanama 2, Hathurusingha 7; 4 overs)
Man of the Match	MJ Slater

Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RS Mahanama	c Warne b McDermott	15	52	80	1	-
UC Hathurusingha	c Law b McGrath	14	32	41	2	-
AP Gurusinha	b McGrath	46	140	157	4	-
PA de Silva	c and b Warne	10	27	40	1	-
*A Ranatunga	c Healy b McGrath	32	54	79	2	1
HP Tillakaratne	lbw b McDermott	6	51	68	-	-
+RS Kaluwitharana	c Taylor b Warne	50	74	90	7	-
HDPK Dharmasena	b McDermott	30	72	92	4	-
WPUJC Vaas	c Healy b Warne	4	7	12	-	-
GP Wickramasinghe	c Julian b McGrath	28	32	38	5	-
M Muralitharan	not out	0	0	1	-	-
Extras	(4 b, 9 lb, 3 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 365 minutes, 89.4 overs)	251
Fall of wickets: 1-25 (Hathurusingha), 2-38 (Mahanama), 3-54 (de Silva), 4-129 (Gurusinha), 5-132 (Ranatunga), 6-172 (Tillakaratne), 7-193 (Kaluwitharana), 8-205 (Vaas), 9-251 (Wickramasinghe), 10-251 (Dharmasena)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McDermott	18.4	5	44	3	-	-
McGrath	24	3	81	4	-	1
Julian	17	8	32	0	-	-
Warne	27	7	75	3	-	2
Waugh	3	1	6	0	-	-

Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Slater	c and b Muralitharan	219	321	460	15	5
*MA Taylor	lbw b de Silva	96	173	224	14	-
DC Boon	c Hathurusingha b Muralitharan	13	50	60	1	-
ME Waugh	c Kaluwitharana b Vaas	111	223	261	7	1
RT Ponting	lbw b Vaas	96	184	236	8	-
SG Law	not out	54	118	153	1	-
+IA Healy	did not bat
BP Julian	did not bat
SK Warne	did not bat
CJ McDermott	did not bat
GD McGrath	did not bat
Extras	(4 b, 6 lb, 18 nb)	28
Total	(5 wickets, declared, 698 minutes, 174 overs)	617
Fall of wickets: 1-228 (Taylor), 2-266 (Boon), 3-422 (Slater), 4-496 (Waugh), 5-617 (Ponting)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wickramasinghe	31	3	123	0	-	7
Vaas	31	5	103	2	-	3
Muralitharan	54	3	224	2	-	4
Hathurusingha	9	3	31	0	-	-
Dharmasena	31	5	84	0	-	-
de Silva	18	1	42	1	-	4

Sri Lanka second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RS Mahanama	b McGrath	48	97	128	6	-
UC Hathurusingha	c Healy b McGrath	11	24	35	1	-
AP Gurusinha	c Healy b McDermott	7	17	30	-	-
PA de Silva	c Ponting b Warne	20	35	36	4	-
*A Ranatunga	b McGrath	46	64	114	6	1
HP Tillakaratne	c Ponting b Warne	119	206	267	12	-
+RS Kaluwitharana	c Ponting b Julian	40	42	45	6	-
HDPK Dharmasena	lbw b McDermott	18	63	87	3	-
WPUJC Vaas	c Healy b Warne	4	19	20	1	-
GP Wickramasinghe	c Warne b McDermott	0	3	4	-	-
M Muralitharan	not out	3	4	10	-	-
Extras	(4 lb, 10 nb)	14
Total	(all out, 397 minutes, 93.4 overs)	330
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Hathurusingha), 2-56 (Gurusinha), 3-87 (de Silva), 4-105 (Mahanama), 5-193 (Ranatunga), 6-258 (Kaluwitharana), 7-310 (Dharmasena), 8-318 (Vaas), 9-319 (Wickramasinghe), 10-330 (Tillakaratne)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGrath	24	7	86	3	-	-
McDermott	20	3	73	3	-	10
Warne	29.4	6	96	3	-	-
Julian	13	4	40	1	-	-
Waugh	4	0	22	0	-	-
Law	3	1	9	0	-	-

Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> Australia first innings: 200 in 45.3 overs
--> Australia first innings: 300 in 471 balls
--> UC Hathurusingha (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 14
--> HDPK Dharmasena (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 29
--> GP Wickramasinghe (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 22
--> MJ Slater (1) 100 in 126 balls with 6 fours
--> MJ Slater (1) 150 in 196 balls with 13 fours and 4 sixes
--> MJ Slater (1) passed his previous highest First-Class Matches score of 176
--> MJ Slater (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 176
--> MJ Slater (1) passed 2500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 198
--> RT Ponting made his debut in Test Matches
--> SG Law made his debut in Test Matches
--> HP Tillakaratne (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 116
--> HP Tillakaratne (2) passed 2000 runs in Test Matches when he reached 73
--> SK Warne reached 200 wickets in Test Matches when he dismissed WPUJC Vaas, his 2nd wicket in the Sri Lanka second innings

12th Men: MS Kasprowicz (Aus) and KR Pushpakumara (SL)
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