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Australia v Sri Lanka @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
9 January 1996
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: DJ Harper, AJ McQuillan
Third Umpire: WP Sheahan.
Match Referee: GT Dowling
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Michael Slater | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Manjula Munasinghe | 2 | 17 | 13 | - | - |
| *2. Mark Taylor | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Manjula Munasinghe | 9 | 38 | 54 | - | - |
| 3. Mark Waugh | b Manjula Munasinghe | 0 | 4 | 12 | - | - |
| 4. Ricky Ponting | run out | 123 | 138 | 174 | 7 | 1 |
| 5. Stuart Law | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 8 | 15 | 29 | - | - |
| 6. Michael Bevan | not out | 65 | 87 | 116 | 5 | - |
| 7. Shane Lee | ||||||
| +8. Ian Healy | ||||||
| 9. Paul Reiffel | ||||||
| 10. Shane Warne | ||||||
| 11. Craig McDermott |
| FOW | 1-8 (Michael Slater), 2-10 (Mark Waugh), 3-33 (Mark Taylor), 4-54 (Stuart Law), 5-213 (Ricky Ponting). |
| Extras | 0b, 2lb, 2w, 2nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 50 ovs) 213 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 3 | 41 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Manjula Munasinghe | 10 | 1 | 30 | 3 | (0w,1nb) |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 6 | 0 | 29 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 31 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 56 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Ruwan Kalpage | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Shane Lee b Paul Reiffel | 8 | 14 | 16 | 2 | - |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | run out (Michael Slater > ) | 77 | 75 | 102 | 12 | - |
| 3. Asanka Gurusinha | run out (Michael Slater > ) | 0 | 1 | 11 | - | - |
| *4. Aravinda de Silva | lbw b Craig McDermott | 35 | 53 | 86 | 1 | - |
| 5. Roshan Mahanama | lbw b Michael Bevan | 51 | 71 | 93 | 4 | - |
| 6. Hashan Tillakaratne | lbw b Craig McDermott | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 7. Ruwan Kalpage | b Shane Warne | 1 | 6 | 7 | - | - |
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | not out | 28 | 57 | 76 | 1 | - |
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | not out | 0 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| 10. Manjula Munasinghe | ||||||
| 11. Pramodya Wickramasinghe |
| FOW | 1-17 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-39 (Asanka Gurusinha), 3-127 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 4-144 (Aravinda de Silva), 5-144 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 6-147 (Ruwan Kalpage), 7-209 (Roshan Mahanama). |
| Extras | 0b, 7lb, 5w, 2nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 47.3 ovs) 214 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Craig McDermott | 10 | 0 | 42 | 2 | (0w,2nb) |
| Paul Reiffel | 10 | 0 | 47 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shane Lee | 6 | 2 | 26 | 0 | (3w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 10 | 1 | 37 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mark Waugh | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Michael Bevan | 5.3 | 0 | 24 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Michael Slater, Mark Taylor, Mark Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Stuart Law, Michael Bevan, Shane Lee, Ian Healy, Paul Reiffel, Shane Warne, Craig McDermott