Australia v Sri Lanka
Australia won by 9 runs
20 January 1996Sydney
Australiawon by 9 runs
273/550 ov
Sri Lanka
159/825 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
273/550 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Waugh | caught | 73 | 82 | 108 | 8 | 0 | 89.0 |
| Mark Taylor | caught | 82 | 95 | 155 | 6 | 0 | 86.3 |
| Ricky Ponting | caught | 17 | 26 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 65.4 |
| Steve Waugh | caught | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 28.6 |
| Stuart Law | bowled | 21 | 29 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 72.4 |
| Michael Bevan | not out | 32* | 34 | 56 | 1 | 0 | 94.1 |
| Ian Healy | not out | 40* | 28 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 142.9 |
| Extras | lb 5, w 1 | 6 | |||||
| Total | 5 wickets, 50 overs | 273 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280
1-135 Mark Waugh2-170 Ricky Ponting3-176 Steve Waugh4-184 Mark Taylor5-210 Stuart Law
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 1 | 47 | 1 | 4.70 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | 8 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 4.88 | 1 | 1 |
| Manjula Munasinghe | 4 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 8.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Ruwan Kalpage | 10 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 4.70 | 0 | 0 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 8 | 0 | 57 | 0 | 7.13 | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka innings chasing 168
159/825 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sanath Jayasuriya | caught | 30 | 25 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 120.0 |
| Romesh Kaluwitharana | lbw | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Aravinda de Silva | caught | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 85.7 |
| Asanka Gurusinha | caught | 24 | 15 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 160.0 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | caught | 41 | 43 | 70 | 2 | 0 | 95.3 |
| Ruwan Kalpage | caught | 9 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 90.0 |
| Hashan Tillakaratne | run out | 25 | 26 | 54 | 1 | 0 | 96.2 |
| Kumar Dharmasena | caught | 7 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 63.6 |
| Manjula Munasinghe | not out | 3* | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 60.0 |
| Chaminda Vaas | not out | 8* | 8 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | lb 3, w 3 | 6 | |||||
| Total | 8 wickets, 25 overs | 159 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 280
1-1 Romesh Kaluwitharana2-22 Aravinda de Silva3-49 Sanath Jayasuriya4-66 Asanka Gurusinha5-87 Ruwan Kalpage6-135 Arjuna Ranatunga7-146 Kumar Dharmasena8-146 Hashan Tillakaratne
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn McGrath | 5 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 7.20 | 0 | 1 |
| Mark Waugh | 5 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 6.20 | 1 | 0 |
| Shane Warne | 5 | 0 | 20 | 3 | 4.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Waugh | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Reiffel | 4 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 5.50 | 1 | 0 |
| Craig McDermott | 5 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 6.60 | 0 | 0 |