Australia v Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets
16 January 1996Melbourne
Australia
242/450 ov
Sri Lankawon by 3 wickets
246/749.4 ov
Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it
Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.
Australia innings
242/450 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Waugh | caught | 6 | 17 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 35.3 |
| Mark Taylor | caught | 32 | 55 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 58.2 |
| Ricky Ponting | caught | 5 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Steve Waugh | not out | 102* | 115 | 161 | 6 | 1 | 88.7 |
| Stuart Law | caught | 47 | 69 | 77 | 1 | 0 | 68.1 |
| Michael Bevan | not out | 43* | 37 | 52 | 3 | 0 | 116.2 |
| Extras | lb 3, w 2, nb 2 | 7 | |||||
| Total | 4 wickets, 50 overs | 242 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250
1-12 Mark Waugh2-28 Ricky Ponting3-54 Mark Taylor4-156 Stuart Law
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 2 | 43 | 1 | 4.30 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | 10 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 4.70 | 0 | 2 |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 8 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 4.13 | 0 | 0 |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 8 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 5.25 | 1 | 0 |
| Aravinda de Silva | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 5.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 8 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 5.50 | 1 | 0 |
Sri Lanka innings chasing 243
246/749.4 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanath Jayasuriya | caught | 3 | 18 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana | caught | 74 | 68 | 111 | 8 | 0 | 108.8 |
| Asanka Gurusinha | caught | 17 | 50 | 67 | 2 | 0 | 34.0 |
| Hashan Tillakaratne | caught | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Aravinda de Silva | lbw | 45 | 61 | 81 | 1 | 0 | 73.8 |
| Roshan Mahanama | bowled | 31 | 41 | 57 | 2 | 0 | 75.6 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | run out | 18 | 24 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 75.0 |
| Kumar Dharmasena | not out | 24* | 24 | 34 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Chaminda Vaas | not out | 13* | 8 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 162.5 |
| Extras | b 1, lb 18, w 2 | 21 | |||||
| Total | 7 wickets, 49.4 overs | 246 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250
1-35 Sanath Jayasuriya2-96 Asanka Gurusinha3-107 Hashan Tillakaratne4-108 Romesh Kaluwitharana5-180 Roshan Mahanama6-196 Aravinda de Silva7-222 Arjuna Ranatunga
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig McDermott | 10 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 2.70 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenn McGrath | 9.4 | 0 | 76 | 1 | 7.86 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Reiffel | 10 | 1 | 36 | 1 | 3.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Warne | 10 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Stuart Law | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 4.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Waugh | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 5.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Bevan | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4.50 | 1 | 0 |