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Australia v Sri Lanka @ Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
17 March 1996
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: SA Bucknor, DR Shepherd
Third Umpire: CJ Mitchley.
Match Referee: CH Lloyd
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Mark Taylor | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Aravinda de Silva | 74 | 83 | 109 | 8 | 1 |
| 2. Mark Waugh | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Chaminda Vaas | 12 | 15 | 29 | 1 | - |
| 3. Ricky Ponting | b Aravinda de Silva | 45 | 73 | 90 | 2 | - |
| 4. Steve Waugh | c Aravinda de Silva b Kumar Dharmasena | 13 | 25 | 32 | - | - |
| 5. Shane Warne | st Romesh Kaluwitharana b Muttiah Muralitharan | 2 | 5 | 4 | - | - |
| 6. Stuart Law | c Aravinda de Silva b Sanath Jayasuriya | 22 | 30 | 43 | - | 1 |
| 7. Michael Bevan | not out | 36 | 49 | 58 | 2 | - |
| +8. Ian Healy | b Aravinda de Silva | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. Paul Reiffel | not out | 13 | 18 | 21 | - | - |
| 10. Damien Fleming | ||||||
| 11. Glenn McGrath |
| FOW | 1-36 (Mark Waugh), 2-137 (Mark Taylor), 3-152 (Ricky Ponting), 4-156 (Shane Warne), 5-170 (Steve Waugh), 6-202 (Stuart Law), 7-205 (Ian Healy). |
| Extras | 0b, 10lb, 11w, 1nb, 0pen) 22 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs) 241 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 7 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (2w,0nb) |
| Chaminda Vaas | 6 | 1 | 30 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10 | 0 | 31 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 47 | 1 | (0w,1nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 8 | 0 | 43 | 1 | (5w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 9 | 0 | 42 | 3 | (3w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | run out | 9 | 7 | 9 | 1 | - |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Michael Bevan b Damien Fleming | 6 | 13 | 27 | - | - |
| 3. Asanka Gurusinha | b Paul Reiffel | 65 | 99 | 119 | 6 | 1 |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | not out | 107 | 124 | 176 | 13 | - |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | not out | 47 | 37 | 72 | 4 | 1 |
| 6. Hashan Tillakaratne | ||||||
| 7. Roshan Mahanama | ||||||
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | ||||||
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | ||||||
| 10. Pramodya Wickramasinghe | ||||||
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan |
| FOW | 1-12 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-23 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 3-148 (Asanka Gurusinha). |
| Extras | 1b, 4lb, 5w, 1nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 3 wickets, 46.2 ovs) 245 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Glenn McGrath | 8.2 | 1 | 28 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Damien Fleming | 6 | 0 | 43 | 1 | (4w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 10 | 0 | 58 | 0 | (1w,1nb) |
| Paul Reiffel | 10 | 0 | 49 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mark Waugh | 6 | 0 | 35 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 3 | 0 | 15 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Michael Bevan | 3 | 0 | 12 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Mark Taylor, Mark Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Steve Waugh, Shane Warne, Stuart Law, Michael Bevan, Ian Healy, Paul Reiffel, Damien Fleming, Glenn McGrath