| Main Home | Country Home | Players | Records | Matches |
Australia v Sri Lanka @ Sydney Cricket Ground
20 January 1996
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: PD Parker, SG Randell
Third Umpire: DB Hair
Match Referee: GT Dowling
Match Result: Australia won by 9 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Mark Waugh | c & b Ruwan Kalpage | 73 | 82 | 108 | 8 | - |
| *2. Mark Taylor | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Ruwan Kalpage | 82 | 95 | 155 | 6 | - |
| 3. Ricky Ponting | c Chaminda Vaas b Kumar Dharmasena | 17 | 26 | 26 | 1 | - |
| 4. Steve Waugh | c Ruwan Kalpage b Kumar Dharmasena | 2 | 7 | 5 | - | - |
| 5. Stuart Law | b Chaminda Vaas | 21 | 29 | 32 | 1 | - |
| 6. Michael Bevan | not out | 32 | 34 | 56 | 1 | - |
| +7. Ian Healy | not out | 40 | 28 | 32 | 1 | - |
| 8. Paul Reiffel | ||||||
| 9. Shane Warne | ||||||
| 10. Craig McDermott | ||||||
| 11. Glenn McGrath |
| FOW | 1-135 (Mark Waugh), 2-170 (Ricky Ponting), 3-176 (Steve Waugh), 4-184 (Mark Taylor), 5-210 (Stuart Law). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 50 ovs, 212 mins) 273 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 1 | 47 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | 8 | 1 | 39 | 0 | (1w,1nb) |
| Manjula Munasinghe | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 45 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ruwan Kalpage | 10 | 0 | 47 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 8 | 0 | 57 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Glenn McGrath b Shane Warne | 30 | 25 | 30 | 5 | - |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | lbw b Glenn McGrath | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 3. Aravinda de Silva | c Paul Reiffel b Mark Waugh | 6 | 7 | 13 | - | - |
| 4. Asanka Gurusinha | c Shane Warne b Paul Reiffel | 24 | 15 | 26 | 2 | - |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Stuart Law b Shane Warne | 41 | 43 | 70 | 2 | - |
| 6. Ruwan Kalpage | c Mark Taylor b Craig McDermott | 9 | 10 | 16 | 1 | - |
| 7. Hashan Tillakaratne | run out (Mark Waugh > ) | 25 | 26 | 54 | 1 | - |
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | c Steve Waugh b Shane Warne | 7 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 9. Manjula Munasinghe | not out | 3 | 5 | 12 | - | - |
| 10. Chaminda Vaas | not out | 8 | 8 | 9 | - | - |
| 11. Ravindra Pushpakumara |
| FOW | 1-1 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 2-22 (Aravinda de Silva), 3-49 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 4-66 (Asanka Gurusinha), 5-87 (Ruwan Kalpage), 6-135 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 7-146 (Kumar Dharmasena), 8-146 (Hashan Tillakaratne). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 3w, 0nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 25 ovs, 128 mins) 159 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Glenn McGrath | 5 | 0 | 36 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Mark Waugh | 5 | 0 | 31 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 5 | 0 | 20 | 3 | (1w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Reiffel | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Craig McDermott | 5 | 0 | 33 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Mark Waugh, Mark Taylor, Ricky Ponting, Steve Waugh, Stuart Law, Michael Bevan, Ian Healy, Paul Reiffel, Shane Warne, Craig McDermott, Glenn McGrath