a10031 o1114	Sri Lanka v Australia
	Singer World Series 1996 (Final)
Venue	R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on 7th September 1996 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to field
Result	Sri Lanka won by 50 runs
Umpires	SA Bucknor, CJ Mitchley
Referee	JR Reid
Man of the Match	PA de Silva

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Sri Lanka innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
ST Jayasuriya	c Law b McGrath	27	20	21	5	-	135.00
+RS Kaluwitharana	c and b Lehmann	58	45	68	5	-	128.89
AP Gurusinha	c Bevan b McGrath	29	46	90	1	-	63.04
PA de Silva	not out	75	64	76	2	3	117.19
*A Ranatunga	not out	39	40	54	1	1	97.50
HP Tillakaratne	did not bat
RS Mahanama	did not bat
UDU Chandana	did not bat
HDPK Dharmasena	did not bat
WPUJC Vaas	did not bat
M Muralitharan	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 1 lb, 2 nb, 2 w)	6
Total	(3 wickets, innings closed, 35 overs)	234
Fall of wickets:
1-42 (Jayasuriya), 2-104 (Kaluwitharana), 3-131 (Gurusinha)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
McGrath	7	0	35	2	1	1	21.00	5.00
Fleming	7	0	53	0	-	-	-	7.57
Reiffel	4	0	43	0	1	3	-	10.75
Lehmann	5	0	29	1	-	-	30.00	5.80
SR Waugh	7	0	31	0	-	1	-	4.43
ME Waugh	5	0	41	0	-	-	-	8.20

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
ME Waugh	run out (Mahanama)	9	12	20	-	-	75.00
MJ Slater	c Chandana b Vaas	8	6	12	1	-	133.33
RT Ponting	c Jayasuriya b Vaas	17	26	25	2	-	65.38
SR Waugh	c and b Chandana	55	53	79	2	1	103.77
SG Law	c Muralitharan b Dharmasena	31	37	45	2	-	83.78
MG Bevan	b Dharmasena	7	11	25	-	-	63.64
DS Lehmann	st Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan	15	12	16	2	-	125.00
*+IA Healy	c Muralitharan b Chandana	20	19	29	-	-	105.26
PR Reiffel	c Mahanama b Chandana	12	20	23	-	-	60.00
DW Fleming	not out	1	1	4	-	-	100.00
GD McGrath	c Mahanama b Chandana	0	3	3	-	-	0.00
Extras	(3 lb, 2 nb, 4 w)	9
Total	(all out, 33 overs)	184
Fall of wickets:
1-17 (Slater), 2-26 (ME Waugh), 3-48 (Ponting), 4-104 (Law), 5-129 (SR Waugh), 6-145 (Bevan), 7-151 (Lehmann), 8-183 (Reiffel), 9-183 (Healy), 10-184 (McGrath)

Sri Lanka bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Vaas	5	0	23	2	-	-	15.00	4.60
Gurusinha	2	0	17	0	3	-	-	8.50
de Silva	3	0	18	0	-	-	-	6.00
Muralitharan	7	0	28	1	1	2	42.00	4.00
Jayasuriya	5	0	27	0	-	-	-	5.40
Dharmasena	5	0	33	2	-	-	15.00	6.60
Chandana	6	0	35	4	-	-	9.00	5.83

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Notes
--> The match was reduced before play started to 35 overs per side
--> Sri Lanka innings: 50 in 5.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 100 in 12.5 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 150 in 24.1 overs
--> Sri Lanka innings: 200 in 32.1 overs
--> Australia innings: 50 in 8.5 overs
--> Australia innings: 100 in 18.6 overs
--> Australia innings: 150 in 25.5 overs
--> RS Kaluwitharana 50 in 33 balls
--> PA de Silva 50 in 55 balls
--> SR Waugh 50 in 51 balls
--> DS Lehmann passed 1500 runs in ListA matches when he reached 9
--> UDU Chandana achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODI matches when he dismissed GD McGrath in the Australia innings (previous best was 3-38)

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Match delayed by exactly 2 hours due to a soaked ground. Reduced to a 35 over per side match, 7 overs maximum per bowler, fielding restrictions for 10 overs.

 

 

 

 

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