| a10018 o1105 | |
| Venue | R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo on 26th August 1996 (50-over match) (day/night) | 
| Balls per over | 6 | 
| Toss | Australia won the toss and decided to bat | 
| Result | Australia won by 125 runs | 
| Points | Australia 2; Zimbabwe 0 | 
| Umpires | KT Francis, WAU Wickremasinghe | 
| TV umpire | CJ Mitchley | 
| Referee | JR Reid | 
| Player of the Match | SR Waugh | 
| Australia innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| MJ Slater | c Strang b Whittall | 50 | 69 | 79 | 4 | - | 72.46 | 
| ME Waugh | b Strang | 18 | 27 | 43 | 2 | - | 66.67 | 
| RT Ponting | c and b Whittall | 53 | 82 | 93 | - | - | 64.63 | 
| SR Waugh | c Campbell b Whittall | 82 | 70 | 89 | 5 | 3 | 117.14 | 
| SG Law | b Streak | 20 | 24 | 44 | 1 | - | 83.33 | 
| MG Bevan | c Campbell b Brandes | 9 | 8 | 10 | 1 | - | 112.50 | 
| *+IA Healy | b Brandes | 5 | 10 | 18 | - | - | 50.00 | 
| GB Hogg | not out | 11 | 14 | 16 | - | - | 78.57 | 
| PR Reiffel | did not bat | ||||||
| DW Fleming | did not bat | ||||||
| GD McGrath | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (1 b, 8 lb, 3 nb, 3 w) | 15 | |||||
| Total | (7 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) | 263 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-48 (ME Waugh), 2-92 (Slater), 3-167 (Ponting), 4-230 (SR Waugh), 5-240 (Bevan), 6-242 (Law), 7-263 (Healy) | |||||||
| Zimbabwe bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| Streak | 10 | 1 | 50 | 1 | - | - | 60.00 | 5.00 | 
| Brandes | 10 | 1 | 47 | 2 | - | - | 30.00 | 4.70 | 
| Strang | 9 | 0 | 41 | 1 | - | - | 54.00 | 4.56 | 
| GW Flower | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 | - | - | - | 4.67 | 
| Whittall | 10 | 0 | 53 | 3 | - | - | 20.00 | 5.30 | 
| Dekker | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | - | - | - | 5.67 | 
| Omarshah | 2 | 0 | 18 | 0 | - | - | - | 9.00 | 
| Zimbabwe innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | S-Rate | |
| GW Flower | c Ponting b Fleming | 7 | 23 | 20 | - | - | 30.43 | 
| AH Omarshah | c ME Waugh b Hogg | 41 | 76 | 125 | - | 1 | 53.95 | 
| +A Flower | lbw b Fleming | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| *ADR Campbell | lbw b McGrath | 9 | 11 | 20 | 1 | - | 81.82 | 
| CB Wishart | c Healy b Reiffel | 0 | 7 | 7 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| GJ Whittall | b Reiffel | 11 | 27 | 34 | 1 | - | 40.74 | 
| CN Evans | c Healy b SR Waugh | 15 | 29 | 29 | 2 | - | 51.72 | 
| MH Dekker | not out | 8 | 43 | 49 | - | - | 18.60 | 
| PA Strang | b ME Waugh | 9 | 26 | 28 | - | - | 34.62 | 
| HH Streak | b ME Waugh | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 0.00 | 
| EA Brandes | c Hogg b ME Waugh | 17 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 141.67 | 
| Extras | (4 lb, 7 nb, 10 w) | 21 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 41 overs) | 138 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-16 (GW Flower), 2-16 (A Flower), 3-33 (Campbell), 4-35 (Wishart), 5-56 (Whittall), 6-98 (Evans), 7-100 (Omarshah), 8-120 (Strang), 9-120 (Streak), 10-138 (Brandes) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | S-Rate | Econ | 
| McGrath | 7 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | - | 42.00 | 1.86 | 
| Fleming | 7 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 21.00 | 3.43 | 
| Reiffel | 6 | 1 | 23 | 2 | - | 3 | 18.00 | 3.83 | 
| SR Waugh | 7 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 42.00 | 3.43 | 
| Hogg | 9 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 54.00 | 2.89 | 
| ME Waugh | 5 | 1 | 24 | 3 | - | - | 10.00 | 4.80 | 
Notes
--> GB Hogg made his debut in ODI matches
--> CB Wishart made his debut in ODI matches
--> CB Wishart made his debut for Zimbabwe in List A matches
--> GB Hogg made his debut for Australia in List A matches
--> PR Reiffel made his debut in Sri Lanka in ODI matches
--> AH Omarshah made his debut in Sri Lanka in ODI matches
--> MH Dekker made his debut in Sri Lanka in List A matches
--> MH Dekker made his debut in Sri Lanka in ODI matches
--> CB Wishart made his debut in Sri Lanka in List A matches
--> RT Ponting made his debut in Sri Lanka in ODI matches
--> SG Law made his debut in Sri Lanka in ODI matches
During the Australian innings, 55 minutes of play was rained out. However, no overs were reduced from either innings.
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