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a9673 o1039	Australia v Sri Lanka
	Benson and Hedges World Series Cup 1995/96
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground on 16th January 1996 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets
Points	Australia 0; Sri Lanka 2
Umpires	DB Hair, SG Randell
Third umpire	WP Sheahan
Referee	GT Dowling
Man of the Match	RS Kaluwitharana

Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ME Waugh	c Mahanama b Vaas	6	17	19	1	-
*MA Taylor	c Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe	32	55	77	5	-
RT Ponting	c Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe	5	5	26	1	-
SR Waugh	not out	102	115	161	6	1
SG Law	c Ranatunga b Pushpakumara	47	69	77	1	-
MG Bevan	not out	43	37	52	3	-
+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	(3 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	7
Total	(4 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	242
Fall of wickets: 1-12 (ME Waugh), 2-28 (Ponting), 3-54 (Taylor), 4-156 (Law)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vaas	10	2	43	1	-	-
Pushpakumara	10	0	47	1	-	2
Wickramasinghe	8	0	33	2	-	-
Dharmasena	8	0	42	0	1	-
de Silva	6	0	30	0	-	-
Jayasuriya	8	0	44	0	1	-

Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ST Jayasuriya	c Healy b McGrath	3	18	23	-	-
+RS Kaluwitharana	c ME Waugh b Warne	74	68	111	8	-
AP Gurusinha	c Healy b Reiffel	17	50	67	2	-
HP Tillakaratne	c Healy b Warne	0	5	11	-	-
PA de Silva	lbw b Bevan	45	61	81	1	-
RS Mahanama	b Warne	31	41	57	2	-
*A Ranatunga	run out	18	24	36	1	-
HDPK Dharmasena	not out	24	24	34	1	-
WPUJC Vaas	not out	13	8	13	2	-
GP Wickramasinghe	did not bat
KR Pushpakumara	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 18 lb, 2 w)	21
Total	(7 wickets, 49.4 overs)	246
Fall of wickets: 1-35 (Jayasuriya), 2-96 (Gurusinha), 3-107 (Tillakaratne), 4-108 (Kaluwitharana), 5-180 (Mahanama), 6-196 (de Silva), 7-222 (Ranatunga)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McDermott	10	3	27	0	-	-
McGrath	9.4	0	76	1	1	-
Reiffel	10	1	36	1	-	-
Warne	10	0	40	3	-	-
Law	6	0	28	0	-	-
ME Waugh	2	0	11	0	-	-
Bevan	2	0	9	1	1	-

Notes
--> Australia innings: 50 in 16 overs
--> Australia innings: 100 in 28 overs
--> Australia innings: 150 in 37 overs
--> Australia innings: 200 in 45 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 50 in 10 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 100 in 21 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 150 in 33 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 200 in 44 overs
--> SR Waugh 50 in 63 balls
--> SR Waugh passed his previous highest ODIs score of 86
--> RS Kaluwitharana 50 in 31 balls
--> RS Kaluwitharana passed 500 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 14
--> RS Kaluwitharana passed 500 runs in ODIs when he reached 52

In 21st over Gurusinha was hurt at cover, fielding SR Waugh's shot. Substitute fielder was Ruwan Kalpage.
Jayasuriya was dropped by McDermott the first over off his own bowling when he was at 0.