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f41921 t1319	Australia v Sri Lanka
	Sri Lanka in Australia 1995/96 (2nd Test)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground on 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th December 1995 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australia won by 10 wickets
Umpires	RS Dunne, DB Hair
Third umpire	WP Sheahan
Referee	GT Dowling
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 234/3 (Boon 93, SR Waugh 2; 90 overs)
Close of play day 2	Sri Lanka (1) 25/1 (Hathurusingha 16, Gurusinha 10; 13 overs)
Close of play day 3	Sri Lanka (2) 33/1 (Hathurusingha 17, Gurusinha 10; 13 overs)
Close of play day 4	Sri Lanka (2) 284/6 (Ranatunga 6, Vaas 5; 103 overs)
Man of the Match	GD McGrath

Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Slater	c Wickramasinghe b Vaas	62	132	196	8	-
*MA Taylor	b Wickramasinghe	7	28	30	1	-
DC Boon	c Muralitharan b Wickramasinghe	110	312	408	11	-
ME Waugh	b Muralitharan	61	100	139	6	-
SR Waugh	not out	131	252	329	11	-
RT Ponting	c Gurusinha b KJ Silva	71	94	125	9	1
+IA Healy	c Muralitharan b de Silva	41	70	86	3	-
PR Reiffel	not out	4	13	13	-	-
SK Warne	did not bat
CJ McDermott	did not bat
GD McGrath	did not bat
Extras	(8 lb, 3 nb, 2 w)	13
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 666 minutes, 165 overs)	500
Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Taylor), 2-116 (Slater), 3-219 (ME Waugh), 4-280 (Boon), 5-395 (Ponting), 6-488 (Healy)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Wickramasinghe	30.2	9	77	2	2	1
Vaas	40.4	11	93	1	-	1
Hathurusingha	9	0	23	0	-	-
Gurusinha	2	0	8	0	-	-
Muralitharan	38	7	124	1	-	1
KJ Silva	35	5	120	1	-	-
de Silva	10	0	47	1	-	-

Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RS Mahanama	c Taylor b McGrath	3	15	14	-	-
UC Hathurusingha	lbw b McGrath	23	79	133	1	-
AP Gurusinha	c Healy b Ponting	27	85	109	1	-
PA de Silva	c Reiffel b McGrath	18	84	113	2	-
*A Ranatunga	c Warne b McDermott	51	105	141	9	-
HP Tillakaratne	c Taylor b Warne	14	58	74	-	-
+RS Kaluwitharana	c Boon b McDermott	50	59	95	7	-
WPUJC Vaas	c Healy b Reiffel	0	8	7	-	-
GP Wickramasinghe	c Healy b McGrath	10	23	41	2	-
M Muralitharan	c Slater b McGrath	11	11	21	1	-
KJ Silva	not out	6	12	13	1	-
Extras	(6 b, 7 lb, 7 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 385 minutes, 88.4 overs)	233
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Mahanama), 2-64 (Gurusinha), 3-68 (Hathurusingha), 4-128 (de Silva), 5-140 (Ranatunga), 6-182 (Tillakaratne), 7-183 (Vaas), 8-213 (Wickramasinghe), 9-221 (Kaluwitharana), 10-233 (Muralitharan)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McDermott	23	8	63	2	-	5
McGrath	23.4	9	40	5	-	-
Reiffel	20	5	60	1	-	3
Ponting	4	2	8	1	-	-
Warne	18	5	49	1	-	-

Sri Lanka second innings (following on)		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RS Mahanama	c Warne b Reiffel	3	13	20	-	-
UC Hathurusingha	lbw b Warne	39	95	131	4	-
AP Gurusinha	lbw b Reiffel	143	274	353	15	1
PA de Silva	c Healy b McDermott	28	75	101	2	-
+RS Kaluwitharana	st Healy b Warne	2	7	15	-	-
HP Tillakaratne	c Ponting b ME Waugh	38	106	153	2	-
*A Ranatunga	not out	11	68	113	-	-
WPUJC Vaas	c Boon b McGrath	6	28	27	1	-
GP Wickramasinghe	st Healy b Warne	17	37	46	2	-
M Muralitharan	c Taylor b Warne	0	1	1	-	-
KJ Silva	b McGrath	0	6	7	-	-
Extras	(7 b, 5 lb, 8 nb)	20
Total	(all out, 488 minutes, 116.5 overs)	307
Fall of wickets: 1-11 (Mahanama), 2-97 (Hathurusingha), 3-168 (de Silva), 4-172 (Kaluwitharana), 5-255 (Gurusinha), 6-273 (Tillakaratne), 7-285 (Vaas), 8-306 (Wickramasinghe), 9-306 (Muralitharan), 10-307 (KJ Silva)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGrath	33.5	6	92	2	-	-
McDermott	17	1	54	1	-	4
Reiffel	20	7	59	2	-	4
Warne	37	10	71	4	-	-
ME Waugh	9	1	19	1	-	-

Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MA Taylor	not out	25	23	31	2	-
MJ Slater	not out	13	26	31	2	-
DC Boon	did not bat
ME Waugh	did not bat
SR Waugh	did not bat
RT Ponting	did not bat
+IA Healy	did not bat
PR Reiffel	did not bat
SK Warne	did not bat
CJ McDermott	did not bat
GD McGrath	did not bat
Extras	(1 lb, 2 nb)	3
Total	(no wicket, 31 minutes, 7.4 overs)	41

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vaas	3	0	25	0	-	2
Gurusinha	3	1	6	0	-	-
de Silva	1	0	4	0	-	-
Tillakaratne	0.4	0	5	0	-	-

Notes
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 200 in 80 overs
--> MJ Slater (1) passed 6000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 4
--> ME Waugh (1) passed 3500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 17
--> KJ Silva made his debut in Test Matches
--> AP Gurusinha (2) 50 in 86 balls with 5 fours
--> AP Gurusinha (2) 100 in 207 balls, 271 minutes with 10 fours and 1 six
--> AP Gurusinha (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 137
--> AP Gurusinha (2) passed 7000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 133

Day 1: Crowd: 55239
Muralitharan called for throwing by D Hair, 7 times.
Day 2: Crowd: 18292
Vaas completed an over after Wickremasinghe left the field injured.
Day 3: Crowd: 20847
Kasprowicz fielding for SR Waugh (injured back)
Day 4: Crowd: 11010
Day 5: Crowd: ~15000 (admitted free of charge)