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f41990 t1324	Australia v Sri Lanka
	Sri Lanka in Australia 1995/96 (3rd Test)
Venue	Adelaide Oval on 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th January 1996 (5-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 148 runs
Umpires	LH Barker, SG Randell
Third umpire	DJ Harper
Referee	GT Dowling
Scorers	RM Artis (Australia), TJ Lowrey (Sri Lanka)
Close of play day 1	Australia (1) 239/5 (SR Waugh 70, Healy 21; 86 overs)
Close of play day 2	Sri Lanka (1) 80/0 (Hathurusingha 24, Jayasuriya 47; 16 overs)
Close of play day 3	Australia (2) 16/0 (Slater 7, Taylor 9; 6 overs)
Close of play day 4	Sri Lanka (2) 69/1 (Jayasuriya 50, Gurusinha 2; 21 overs)
Man of the Match	SR Waugh

Australia first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MA Taylor	c Kaluwitharana b Vaas	21	55	73	-	1
MJ Slater	c Kaluwitharana b Vaas	0	1	1	-	-
DC Boon	b Pushpakumara	43	115	171	2	-
ME Waugh	c Pushpakumara b Wickramasinghe	71	137	199	4	-
SR Waugh	b Pushpakumara	170	316	421	13	-
RT Ponting	c Kaluwitharana b Vaas	6	27	31	-	-
+IA Healy	c Pushpakumara b Dharmasena	70	119	161	8	-
PR Reiffel	c Gurusinha b Wickramasinghe	56	124	163	7	-
SK Warne	c Pushpakumara b Wickramasinghe	33	39	63	5	-
CJ McDermott	not out	15	16	27	1	-
GD McGrath	did not bat
Extras	(5 b, 9 lb, 2 nb, 1 w)	17
Total	(9 wickets, declared, 656 minutes, 157.3 overs)	502
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Slater), 2-36 (Taylor), 3-96 (Boon), 4-181 (ME Waugh), 5-196 (Ponting), 6-326 (Healy), 7-443 (SR Waugh), 8-467 (Reiffel), 9-502 (Warne)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vaas	42	11	106	3	-	-
Pushpakumara	34	4	126	2	-	1
Wickramasinghe	39.3	7	120	3	1	1
Hathurusingha	4	0	15	0	-	-
Dharmasena	25	3	80	1	-	-
Jayasuriya	13	2	41	0	-	-

Sri Lanka first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
UC Hathurusingha	c ME Waugh b Reiffel	28	63	86	4	-
ST Jayasuriya	c Healy b Reiffel	48	57	82	7	1
AP Gurusinha	c Reiffel b McGrath	17	44	66	1	-
S Ranatunga	c SR Waugh b McDermott	60	148	203	3	-
+RS Kaluwitharana	lbw b Reiffel	31	35	44	4	1
HP Tillakaratne	c Healy b McGrath	65	155	207	3	-
*PA de Silva	c Taylor b McGrath	19	45	62	1	-
HDPK Dharmasena	c Healy b McGrath	0	3	3	-	-
WPUJC Vaas	c ME Waugh b Reiffel	8	7	12	1	-
GP Wickramasinghe	b Reiffel	10	28	43	-	-
KR Pushpakumara	not out	2	7	11	-	-
Extras	(8 b, 13 lb, 7 nb, 1 w)	29
Total	(all out, 414 minutes, 97.1 overs)	317
Fall of wickets: 1-86 (Jayasuriya), 2-89 (Hathurusingha), 3-129 (Gurusinha), 4-171 (Kaluwitharana), 5-237 (Ranatunga), 6-290 (de Silva), 7-290 (Dharmasena), 8-299 (Vaas), 9-309 (Tillakaratne), 10-317 (Wickramasinghe)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McDermott	20	5	81	1	-	2
McGrath	27	4	91	4	-	-
Warne	26	4	74	0	-	-
Reiffel	19.1	4	39	5	-	5
ME Waugh	5	2	11	0	-	-

Australia second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
MJ Slater	b Wickramasinghe	15	34	60	1	-
*MA Taylor	b Pushpakumara	10	31	39	1	-
DC Boon	c Kaluwitharana b Vaas	35	66	92	5	-
ME Waugh	c Tillakaratne b Vaas	12	44	61	-	-
SR Waugh	not out	61	129	181	5	-
RT Ponting	c Kaluwitharana b Vaas	20	61	64	2	-
+IA Healy	c Hathurusingha b Pushpakumara	43	63	80	2	-
PR Reiffel	not out	14	15	25	2	-
SK Warne	did not bat
CJ McDermott	did not bat
GD McGrath	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 3 nb)	5
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 304 minutes, 73 overs)	215
Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Taylor), 2-36 (Slater), 3-70 (ME Waugh), 4-75 (Boon), 5-122 (Ponting), 6-186 (Healy)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Vaas	21	6	44	3	-	-
Pushpakumara	17	2	63	2	-	-
Wickramasinghe	13	1	39	1	-	2
Dharmasena	22	1	67	0	-	1

Sri Lanka second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
ST Jayasuriya	c Healy b SR Waugh	112	188	272	14	2
UC Hathurusingha	c Healy b McGrath	14	46	61	2	-
AP Gurusinha	b Reiffel	2	28	28	-	-
S Ranatunga	c Healy b SR Waugh	65	197	246	6	-
+RS Kaluwitharana	b SR Waugh	0	2	7	-	-
HP Tillakaratne	c Healy b McGrath	3	16	17	-	-
*PA de Silva	c Taylor b ME Waugh	3	26	30	-	-
HDPK Dharmasena	c Taylor b SR Waugh	2	16	21	-	-
WPUJC Vaas	c Healy b McGrath	26	32	46	5	-
GP Wickramasinghe	b Warne	6	17	12	-	-
KR Pushpakumara	not out	3	20	20	-	-
Extras	(1 b, 6 lb, 9 nb)	16
Total	(all out, 384 minutes, 96.2 overs)	252
Fall of wickets: 1-51 (Hathurusingha), 2-70 (Gurusinha), 3-195 (Jayasuriya), 4-195 (Kaluwitharana), 5-199 (Tillakaratne), 6-208 (de Silva), 7-216 (Ranatunga), 8-225 (Dharmasena), 9-232 (Wickramasinghe), 10-252 (Vaas)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
McGrath	22.2	6	48	3	-	-
Reiffel	15	0	60	1	-	8
SR Waugh	19	8	34	4	-	1
Warne	27	11	68	1	-	-
ME Waugh	4	1	15	1	-	-
McDermott	9	3	20	0	-	-

Notes
--> Sri Lanka first innings: 50 in 8.1 overs, 35 minutes
--> IA Healy (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 45
--> PR Reiffel (1) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 51
--> RS Kaluwitharana (1) passed 3000 runs in First-Class Matches when he reached 4
--> MA Taylor (2) passed 5500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 8
--> SR Waugh (2) passed 5000 runs in Test Matches when he reached 59
--> ST Jayasuriya (2) passed his previous highest Test Matches score of 81
--> S Ranatunga (2) passed 500 runs in Test Matches when he reached 43

12th Men: TBA May (AUS) and RS Kalpage (SL).
Lunch: AUS 2-43 (Boon 21*, ME Waugh 1*)
Tea: AUS 3-133 (ME Waugh 46*, SR Waugh 18*)
Sri Lankans dropped 4 catches Kaluwitharana dropped ME Waugh and SR Waugh Pushpakumara dropped Boon Tillekaratne dropped ME Waugh
Play ended at 7:20pm due to bad light (80 minutes after scheduled close). 4 overs total lost to the weather.
Crowd: 9119
Jayasuriya dropped Healy (25) off Vaas
10 minutes play lost to rain in the 1st session. Scheduled close extended to 6:10pm.
SR Waugh out to the first ball of the 3rd session
McDermott hit an all-run 5 off the first ball he faced
Crowd: 17277
Lunch: SL 3-170 (Ranatunga 31*, Kaluwitharana 30*)
Tea: SL 5-253 (Tillekeratne 37*, de Silva 8*)
Crowd: 14533
Lunch: 86/4 (SR Waugh 3*, Ponting 9*)
Tea: 173/5 (SR Waugh 44*, Healy 33*)
Crowd: 15195
Lunch 136/2 (Jayasuriya 74*, Ranatunga 34*)
Tea was taken upon de Silva's dismissal.
Tea 208/6 (Ranatunga 61*)
Aggregate Crowd: 63478
B&H International Cricketer of the Year: SR Waugh (awarded to the best player in the Australian international season)