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Australia v Sri Lanka @ Sydney Cricket Ground
21 December 1995
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: DB Hair, DJ Harper
Third Umpire: IS Thomas.
Match Referee: GT Dowling
Match Result: Australia won by 5 wickets
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Roshan Mahanama | run out (Ricky Ponting > ) | 5 | 11 | 13 | 1 | - |
| 2. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Ian Healy b Glenn McGrath | 24 | 26 | 33 | 4 | - |
| 3. Asanka Gurusinha | c Mark Waugh b Michael Bevan | 38 | 58 | 93 | 4 | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c & b Shane Lee | 75 | 94 | 121 | 7 | - |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | run out (Ian Healy > Mark Waugh) | 7 | 14 | 16 | - | - |
| 6. Hashan Tillakaratne | c Shane Lee b Glenn McGrath | 62 | 67 | 87 | 6 | - |
| +7. Romesh Kaluwitharana | b Michael Kasprowicz | 0 | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | run out (Mark Waugh > ) | 7 | 17 | 21 | - | - |
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | run out (Ricky Ponting > ) | 14 | 14 | 11 | - | - |
| 10. Pramodya Wickramasinghe | not out | 4 | 3 | 8 | - | - |
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-7 (Roshan Mahanama), 2-32 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 3-111 (Asanka Gurusinha), 4-134 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-173 (Aravinda de Silva), 6-175 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 7-203 (Kumar Dharmasena), 8-239 (Chaminda Vaas), 9-253 (Hashan Tillakaratne). |
| Extras | 2b, 11lb, 5w, 1nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs, 216 mins) 255 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Glenn McGrath | 10 | 1 | 47 | 2 | (0w,1nb) |
| Michael Kasprowicz | 10 | 0 | 51 | 1 | (3w,0nb) |
| Shane Lee | 10 | 0 | 40 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 10 | 1 | 53 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mark Waugh | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Bevan | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Mark Taylor | run out (Muttiah Muralitharan > ) | 90 | 115 | 165 | 6 | - |
| 2. Michael Slater | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 13 | 16 | 1 | - |
| 3. Mark Waugh | run out (Roshan Mahanama > ) | 55 | 70 | 90 | 2 | - |
| 4. Ricky Ponting | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Kumar Dharmasena | 56 | 71 | 92 | 1 | - |
| 5. Stuart Law | run out | 7 | 10 | 14 | 1 | - |
| 6. Michael Bevan | not out | 18 | 16 | 30 | 1 | - |
| 7. Shane Lee | not out | 4 | 7 | 10 | - | - |
| +8. Ian Healy | ||||||
| 9. Shane Warne | ||||||
| 10. Michael Kasprowicz | ||||||
| 11. Glenn McGrath |
| FOW | 1-23 (Michael Slater), 2-131 (Mark Waugh), 3-192 (Mark Taylor), 4-212 (Stuart Law), 5-239 (Ricky Ponting). |
| Extras | 0b, 13lb, 4w, 0nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 49.4 ovs, 212 mins) 257 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 7 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Chaminda Vaas | 9 | 0 | 50 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Asanka Gurusinha | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 1 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 52 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 8.4 | 0 | 41 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 8 | 0 | 35 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Mark Taylor, Michael Slater, Mark Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Stuart Law, Michael Bevan, Shane Lee, Ian Healy, Shane Warne, Michael Kasprowicz, Glenn McGrath