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a9682 o1043	Australia v Sri Lanka
	Benson and Hedges World Series Cup 1995/96 (2nd Final)
Venue	Sydney Cricket Ground on 20th 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 8 runs (Adjusted highest scoring overs)
Umpires	PD Parker, SG Randell
Third umpire	DB Hair
Referee	GT Dowling

Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ME Waugh	c and b Kalpage	73	82	108	8	-
*MA Taylor	c Kaluwitharana b Kalpage	82	95	155	6	-
RT Ponting	c Vaas b Dharmasena	17	26	26	1	-
SR Waugh	c Kalpage b Dharmasena	2	7	5	-	-
SG Law	b Vaas	21	29	32	1	-
MG Bevan	not out	32	34	56	1	-
+IA Healy	not out	40	28	32	1	-
PR Reiffel	did not bat
SK Warne	did not bat
CJ McDermott	did not bat
GD McGrath	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb, 1 w)	6
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 212 minutes, 50 overs)	273
Fall of wickets: 1-135 (ME Waugh, 24.5 ov), 2-170 (Ponting, 31.5 ov), 3-176 (SR Waugh, 33.3 ov), 4-184 (Taylor, 36.2 ov), 5-210 (Law, 42.1 ov)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vaas	10	1	47	1	-	-
Pushpakumara	8	1	39	0	1	1
Munasinghe	4	0	33	0	-	-
Dharmasena	10	0	45	2	-	-
Kalpage	10	0	47	2	-	-
Jayasuriya	8	0	57	0	-	-

Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ST Jayasuriya	c McGrath b Warne	30	25	30	5	-
+RS Kaluwitharana	lbw b McGrath	0	1	2	-	-
PA de Silva	c Reiffel b ME Waugh	6	7	13	-	-
AP Gurusinha	c Warne b Reiffel	24	15	26	2	-
*A Ranatunga	c Law b Warne	41	43	70	2	-
RS Kalpage	c Taylor b McDermott	9	10	16	1	-
HP Tillakaratne	run out (ME Waugh)	25	26	54	1	-
HDPK Dharmasena	c SR Waugh b Warne	7	11	11	-	-
AMN Munasinghe	not out	3	5	12	-	-
WPUJC Vaas	not out	8	8	9	-	-
KR Pushpakumara	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 3 w)	6
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 128 minutes, 25 overs)	159
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Kaluwitharana, 0.2 ov), 2-22 (de Silva, 3.4 ov), 3-49 (Jayasuriya, 6.3 ov), 4-66 (Gurusinha, 9.1 ov), 5-87 (Kalpage, 12.4 ov), 6-135 (Ranatunga, 20.1 ov), 7-146 (Dharmasena, 22.5 ov), 8-146 (Tillakaratne, 23.1 ov)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGrath	5	0	36	1	-	1
ME Waugh	5	0	31	1	1	-
Warne	5	0	20	3	1	-
SR Waugh	1	0	14	0	-	-
Reiffel	4	0	22	1	1	-
McDermott	5	0	33	1	-	-

Notes
--> Sri Lanka target was 168 runs in 25 overs
--> Australia innings: 50 in 11.3 overs
--> Australia innings: 100 in 19.1 overs
--> Australia innings: 150 in 27.4 overs
--> Australia innings: 200 in 40.4 overs
--> Australia innings: 250 in 47.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 50 in 6.4 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 100 in 14.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 150 in 23.5 overs
--> ME Waugh 50 in 55 balls
--> MA Taylor 50 in 63 balls
--> WPUJC Vaas reached 50 wickets in ODIs when he dismissed SG Law, his 1st wicket in the Australia innings
--> SK Warne reached 100 wickets in ListA Matches when he dismissed HDPK Dharmasena, his 3rd wicket in the Sri Lanka innings

RS Kaluwitharana was named the Player of the Preliminary Series prior to the start of the match.
de Silva was injured with a bleeding hand when he dropped Healy (11) in the 46th over, off the bowling of Jayasuriya. M Muralitharan substituted for the remainder of the innings.
Ranatunga dropped Healy (13) in the first ball of the 47th over bowled by Vaas.
Vaas dropped Healy (30) off his own bowling in the 49th over
Heavy rain during the tea break delayed the start of Sri Lanka's innings. Target was readjusted to 168 in 25 overs (167 would be an Australian win).
Jayasuriya (12) was dropped by Reiffel in the 3rd over off McGrath's bowling.
Ranatunga (20) survived a caught and bowled chance in the 16th over by Reiffel.
Jayasuriya was a runner for Ranatunga from the 18th over, having been denied to do so by umpire Randell in the previous over.
Match finished at 10:58pm (scheduled finishing time was 10:30pm)
12th men: S Lee (Aus), M Muralitharan (SL)
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