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Sri Lanka v Australia @ R.Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Colombo
7 September 1996
Toss: Australia (field)
Umpires: SA Bucknor, CJ Mitchley
Third Umpire: TV Umpire:
Match Referee: JR Reid
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 50 runs
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Stuart Law b Glenn McGrath | 27 | 20 | 21 | 5 | - |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c & b Darren Lehmann | 58 | 45 | 68 | 5 | - |
| 3. Asanka Gurusinha | c Michael Bevan b Glenn McGrath | 29 | 46 | 90 | 1 | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | not out | 75 | 64 | 76 | 2 | 3 |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | not out | 39 | 40 | 54 | 1 | 1 |
| 6. Hashan Tillakaratne | ||||||
| 7. Roshan Mahanama | ||||||
| 8. Upul Chandana | ||||||
| 9. Kumar Dharmasena | ||||||
| 10. Chaminda Vaas | ||||||
| 11. Muttiah Muralitharan |
| FOW | 1-42 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-104 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 3-131 (Asanka Gurusinha). |
| Extras | 1b, 1lb, 2w, 2nb, 0pen) 6 |
| Total | (for 3 wickets, 35 ovs) 234 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Glenn McGrath | 7 | 0 | 35 | 2 | (1w,1nb) |
| Damien Fleming | 7 | 0 | 53 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Paul Reiffel | 4 | 0 | 43 | 0 | (1w,3nb) |
| Darren Lehmann | 5 | 0 | 29 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 7 | 0 | 31 | 0 | (0w,1nb) |
| Mark Waugh | 5 | 0 | 41 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Mark Waugh | run out (Roshan Mahanama > ) | 9 | 12 | 20 | - | - |
| 2. Michael Slater | c Upul Chandana b Chaminda Vaas | 8 | 6 | 12 | 1 | - |
| 3. Ricky Ponting | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Chaminda Vaas | 17 | 26 | 25 | 2 | - |
| 4. Steve Waugh | c & b Upul Chandana | 55 | 53 | 79 | 2 | 1 |
| 5. Stuart Law | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Kumar Dharmasena | 31 | 37 | 45 | 2 | - |
| 6. Michael Bevan | b Kumar Dharmasena | 7 | 11 | 25 | - | - |
| 7. Darren Lehmann | st Romesh Kaluwitharana b Muttiah Muralitharan | 15 | 12 | 16 | 2 | - |
| *+8. Ian Healy | c Muttiah Muralitharan b Upul Chandana | 20 | 19 | 29 | - | - |
| 9. Paul Reiffel | c Roshan Mahanama b Upul Chandana | 12 | 20 | 23 | - | - |
| 10. Damien Fleming | not out | 1 | 1 | 4 | - | - |
| 11. Glenn McGrath | c Roshan Mahanama b Upul Chandana | 0 | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-17 (Michael Slater), 2-26 (Mark Waugh), 3-48 (Ricky Ponting), 4-104 (Stuart Law), 5-129 (Steve Waugh), 6-145 (Michael Bevan), 7-151 (Darren Lehmann), 8-183 (Paul Reiffel), 9-183 (Ian Healy), 184 (Glenn McGrath). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 4w, 2nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 33 ovs) 184 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 5 | 0 | 23 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Asanka Gurusinha | 2 | 0 | 17 | 0 | (3w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 3 | 0 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 7 | 0 | 28 | 1 | (1w,2nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 5 | 0 | 27 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 5 | 0 | 33 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Upul Chandana | 6 | 0 | 35 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Sanath Jayasuriya, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Asanka Gurusinha, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Hashan Tillakaratne, Roshan Mahanama, Upul Chandana, Kumar Dharmasena, Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan