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a9679 o1041	Australia v Sri Lanka
	Benson and Hedges World Series Cup 1995/96 (1st Final)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground on 18th January 1996 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field
Result	Australia won by 18 runs
Umpires	DB Hair, SG Randell
Third umpire	WP Sheahan
Referee	GT Dowling

Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MA Taylor	c Kaluwitharana b Vaas	0	3	1	-	-
ME Waugh	b Vaas	4	10	20	-	-
RT Ponting	run out (Mahanama)	51	74	129	4	-
SR Waugh	c Gurusinha b Wickramasinghe	13	33	37	2	-
SG Law	c Kaluwitharana b Pushpakumara	0	1	2	-	-
MG Bevan	c Mahanama b Pushpakumara	59	101	118	5	-
+IA Healy	not out	50	55	78	-	-
PR Reiffel	b Vaas	15	21	24	1	-
SK Warne	not out	3	3	4	-	-
CJ McDermott	did not bat
GD McGrath	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	6
Total	(7 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	201
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Taylor), 2-9 (ME Waugh), 3-39 (SR Waugh), 4-39 (Law), 5-100 (Ponting), 6-155 (Bevan), 7-192 (Reiffel)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vaas	10	1	42	3	-	-
Pushpakumara	10	1	34	2	-	-
Wickramasinghe	8	0	30	1	-	-
Dharmasena	10	1	31	0	-	-
de Silva	5	0	24	0	2	1
Jayasuriya	7	0	37	0	-	-

Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ST Jayasuriya	c SR Waugh b McGrath	19	25	35	1	-
+RS Kaluwitharana	lbw b McGrath	13	9	11	3	-
AP Gurusinha	c Bevan b McDermott	47	82	121	4	-
PA de Silva	c Taylor b Warne	34	47	64	3	-
HP Tillakaratne	c Healy b Warne	1	4	3	-	-
RS Mahanama	b ME Waugh	16	34	64	1	-
*A Ranatunga	b McGrath	31	57	87	1	-
HDPK Dharmasena	b McDermott	4	5	6	1	-
WPUJC Vaas	c Healy b McDermott	2	12	8	-	-
GP Wickramasinghe	c Taylor b Reiffel	0	5	7	-	-
KR Pushpakumara	not out	8	13	26	-	-
Extras	(5 lb, 1 nb, 2 w)	8
Total	(all out, 48.1 overs)	183
Fall of wickets: 1-17 (Kaluwitharana), 2-46 (Jayasuriya), 3-107 (de Silva), 4-110 (Tillakaratne), 5-120 (Gurusinha), 6-129 (Dharmasena), 7-131 (Vaas), 8-132 (Wickramasinghe), 9-152 (Mahanama), 10-183 (Ranatunga)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGrath	9.1	0	28	3	-	-
Reiffel	10	2	44	1	-	-
ME Waugh	6	0	23	1	-	-
McDermott	10	1	41	3	-	1
Warne	10	1	29	2	2	-
Law	3	0	13	0	-	-

Notes
--> Australia innings: 50 in 18 overs
--> Australia innings: 100 in 30 overs
--> Australia innings: 150 in 41 overs
--> Australia innings: 200 in 50 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 50 in 11 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 100 in 22 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 150 in 42 overs
--> RT Ponting 50 in 72 balls, 124 minutes with 4 fours
--> MG Bevan 50 in 94 balls, 108 minutes with 4 fours
--> IA Healy 50 in 63 balls
--> CJ McDermott reached 200 wickets in ODIs when he dismissed HDPK Dharmasena, his 2nd wicket in the Sri Lanka innings
--> CJ McDermott reached 250 wickets in ListA Matches when he dismissed AP Gurusinha, his 1st wicket in the Sri Lanka innings
--> RS Mahanama retired hurt in the Sri Lanka innings having scored 4 (team score 124/5) - he returned when the score was 132/8 (pulled leg muscle )

ME Waugh dropped on 0 by Jayasuriya in Pushpakumara's 2nd over
Ball was changed after 41 overs during Australian innings