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Australia v India @ Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
6 September 1996
Toss: Australia (field)
Umpires: BC Cooray, KT Francis
Third Umpire: SA Bucknor
Match Referee: JR Reid
Match Result: Australia won by 3 wickets
1st Innings
India
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +1. Nayan Mongia | c Michael Bevan b Glenn McGrath | 38 | 30 | 45 | 8 | - |
| *2. Sachin Tendulkar | c Steve Waugh b Glenn McGrath | 7 | 11 | 24 | 1 | - |
| 3. Rahul Dravid | b Paul Reiffel | 13 | 25 | 45 | 1 | - |
| 4. Mohammad Azharuddin | c Mark Waugh b Paul Reiffel | 3 | 6 | 6 | - | - |
| 5. Vinod Kambli | c Ian Healy b Glenn McGrath | 1 | 7 | 7 | - | - |
| 6. Ajay Jadeja | c & b Steve Waugh | 6 | 17 | 30 | 1 | - |
| 7. Sourav Ganguly | lbw b Michael Bevan | 59 | 75 | 102 | 7 | - |
| 8. Sunil Joshi | b Michael Bevan | 48 | 67 | 70 | 5 | - |
| 9. Javagal Srinath | run out (Damien Fleming > ) | 2 | 5 | 6 | - | - |
| 10. Anil Kumble | c Steve Waugh b Mark Waugh | 0 | 3 | 9 | - | - |
| 11. Venkatesh Prasad | not out | 6 | 7 | 5 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-32 (Sachin Tendulkar), 2-64 (Nayan Mongia), 3-67 (Mohammad Azharuddin), 4-68 (Vinod Kambli), 5-72 (Rahul Dravid), 6-89 (Ajay Jadeja), 7-189 (Sunil Joshi), 8-191 (Javagal Srinath), 9-194 (Sourav Ganguly), 201 (Anil Kumble). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 11w, 4nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 41 ovs) 201 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Glenn McGrath | 9 | 1 | 33 | 3 | (1w,2nb) |
| Damien Fleming | 6 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (3w,0nb) |
| Paul Reiffel | 5 | 0 | 37 | 2 | (2w,4nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 6 | 0 | 20 | 1 | (2w,1nb) |
| Brad Hogg | 5 | 0 | 33 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Mark Waugh | 7 | 0 | 36 | 1 | (2w,0nb) |
| Michael Bevan | 3 | 0 | 14 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Michael Slater | c Mohammad Azharuddin b Venkatesh Prasad | 29 | 56 | 75 | 4 | - |
| 2. Mark Waugh | c Sachin Tendulkar b Sunil Joshi | 23 | 33 | 48 | 3 | - |
| 3. Ricky Ponting | lbw b Sunil Joshi | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| 4. Steve Waugh | st Nayan Mongia b Anil Kumble | 55 | 83 | 110 | 2 | - |
| 5. Stuart Law | c Rahul Dravid b Venkatesh Prasad | 67 | 70 | 80 | 3 | 2 |
| 6. Michael Bevan | not out | 12 | 9 | 33 | 1 | - |
| *+7. Ian Healy | run out (Mohammad Azharuddin > ) | 4 | 13 | 14 | - | - |
| 8. Brad Hogg | b Anil Kumble | 2 | 4 | 10 | - | - |
| 9. Paul Reiffel | not out | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Damien Fleming | ||||||
| 11. Glenn McGrath |
| FOW | 1-50 (Mark Waugh), 2-50 (Ricky Ponting), 3-69 (Michael Slater), 4-182 (Stuart Law), 5-185 (Steve Waugh), 6-194 (Ian Healy), 7-197 (Brad Hogg). |
| Extras | 0b, 2lb, 4w, 3nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 44.3 ovs) 202 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Javagal Srinath | 6 | 0 | 32 | 0 | (1w,2nb) |
| Venkatesh Prasad | 9 | 0 | 53 | 2 | (2w,2nb) |
| Sunil Joshi | 9 | 1 | 23 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Anil Kumble | 8.3 | 1 | 36 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 8 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Ajay Jadeja | 4 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Michael Slater, Mark Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Steve Waugh, Stuart Law, Michael Bevan, Ian Healy, Brad Hogg, Paul Reiffel, Damien Fleming, Glenn McGrath