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a9559 o1026	Australia v Sri Lanka
	Benson and Hedges World Series Cup 1995/96
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground on 21st December 1995 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 5 wickets
Points	Australia 2; Sri Lanka 0
Umpires	DB Hair, DJ Harper
Third umpire	IS Thomas
Referee	GT Dowling
Man of the Match	MA Taylor

Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RS Mahanama	run out (Ponting)	5	11	13	1	-
ST Jayasuriya	c Healy b McGrath	24	26	33	4	-
AP Gurusinha	c Waugh b Bevan	38	58	93	4	-
PA de Silva	c and b Lee	75	94	121	7	-
*A Ranatunga	run out (Healy->Waugh)	7	14	16	-	-
HP Tillakaratne	c Lee b McGrath	62	67	87	6	-
+RS Kaluwitharana	b Kasprowicz	0	4	4	-	-
HDPK Dharmasena	run out (Waugh)	7	17	21	-	-
WPUJC Vaas	run out (Ponting)	14	14	11	-	-
GP Wickramasinghe	not out	4	3	8	-	-
M Muralitharan	not out	0	0	1	-	-
Extras	(2 b, 11 lb, 1 nb, 5 w)	19
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 216 minutes, 50 overs)	255
Fall of wickets: 1-7 (Mahanama, 2.5 ov), 2-32 (Jayasuriya, 6.5 ov), 3-111 (Gurusinha, 25.5 ov), 4-134 (Ranatunga, 30.6 ov), 5-173 (de Silva, 37.3 ov), 6-175 (Kaluwitharana, 38.3 ov), 7-203 (Dharmasena, 43.2 ov), 8-239 (Vaas, 48.1 ov), 9-253 (Tillakaratne, 49.5 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGrath	10	1	47	2	-	1
Kasprowicz	10	0	51	1	3	-
Lee	10	0	40	1	1	-
Warne	10	1	53	0	-	-
Waugh	6	0	31	0	-	-
Bevan	4	0	20	1	1	-

Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MA Taylor	run out (Muralitharan)	90	115	165	6	-
MJ Slater	c Kaluwitharana b Vaas	10	13	16	1	-
ME Waugh	run out (Mahanama)	55	70	90	2	-
RT Ponting	c Muralitharan b Dharmasena	56	71	92	1	-
SG Law	run out	7	10	14	1	-
MG Bevan	not out	18	16	30	1	-
S Lee	not out	4	7	10	-	-
+IA Healy	did not bat
SK Warne	did not bat
MS Kasprowicz	did not bat
GD McGrath	did not bat
Extras	(13 lb, 4 w)	17
Total	(5 wickets, 212 minutes, 49.4 overs)	257
Fall of wickets: 1-23 (Slater, 3.4 ov), 2-131 (Waugh, 25.6 ov), 3-192 (Taylor, 40.3 ov), 4-212 (Law, 43.4 ov), 5-239 (Ponting, 47.4 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wickramasinghe	7	0	24	0	2	-
Vaas	9	0	50	1	1	-
Gurusinha	2	0	12	0	-	-
Ranatunga	1	0	12	0	-	-
Muralitharan	10	0	52	0	-	-
Dharmasena	8.4	0	41	1	1	-
Jayasuriya	8	0	35	0	-	-
de Silva	4	0	18	0	-	-

Notes
--> Sri Lanka innings: 50 in 11.2 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 100 in 23.3 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 150 in 33 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 200 in 42.2 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 250 in 49.3 overs
--> Australia innings: 50 in 12.3 overs
--> Australia innings: 100 in 19.3 overs
--> Australia innings: 150 in 31.4 overs
--> Australia innings: 200 in 42.3 overs
--> PA de Silva 50 in 76 balls, 87 minutes
--> HP Tillakaratne 50 in 56 balls
--> MA Taylor 50 in 66 balls
--> ME Waugh 50 in 58 balls
--> ME Waugh passed 3000 runs in ODIs when he reached 45
--> RT Ponting 50 in 64 balls
--> MS Kasprowicz reached 50 wickets in ListA Matches when he dismissed RS Kaluwitharana, his 1st wicket in the Sri Lanka innings

WPUJC Vaas batted with a runner for one ball before being dismissed.
During change of innings, the match referee announced that a 3 by de Silva should have been a 4. The innings was thus increased from 9-254 to 9-255 and de Silva's, Kasprowicz's, and the FoW figures were changed accordingly.
MA Taylor run out by direct hit from Muralitharan at deep mid-on
SG Law dropped on 1 by Ranatunga
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