Australia vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, Commonwealth Bank Series, 1st Final, 18 January, 1996, Melbourne Cricket Ground

Benson Hedges World Series | January 18, 1996, 07:30 PM | Melbourne Cricket Ground

Completed

Australia

*201/7 (50.0 ov)

Sri Lanka

*183/10 (48.1 ov)

Australia won by 18 runs

Commentary Scorecard Squad Point Table

Australia Inning Inning

201/7 (50.0 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Mark Taylor c †Kaluwitharana b Vaas	0	3	0	0	0.00
Mark Waugh b Vaas	4	10	0	0	40.00
Ricky Ponting run out	51	74	4	0	68.92
Steve Waugh c Gurusinha b Wickramasinghe	13	33	2	0	39.39
Stuart Law c †Kaluwitharana b Pushpakumara	0	1	0	0	0.00
Michael Bevan c Mahanama b Pushpakumara	59	101	5	0	58.42
Ian Healy not out	50	55	0	0	90.91
Paul Reiffel b Vaas	15	21	1	0	71.43
Shane Warne not out	3	3	0	0	100.00
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 3, w 2, nb 1, p 0)	6
TOTAL (4.02 RUNS PER OVER)	201/7 (50.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

0-1 (Mark Taylor, 0 ov), 9-2 (Mark Waugh, 0 ov), 100-5 (Ricky Ponting, 0 ov), 39-4 (Stuart Law, 0 ov), 155-6 (Michael Bevan, 0 ov), 192-7 (Paul Reiffel, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT

Craig McDermott, Glenn McGrath

Bowling Stats

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO
Chaminda Vaas	10	1	42	3	4.20
Ravindra Pushpakumara	10	1	34	2	3.40
Pramodya Wickramasinghe	8	0	30	1	3.75
Kumar Dharmasena	10	1	31	0	3.10
Aravinda de Silva	5	0	24	0	4.80
Sanath Jayasuriya	7	0	37	0	5.29

Sri Lanka (target 202 runs off 50.0 overs) Inning Inning

183/10 (48.1 ov)

Batter	R	B	4s	6s	SR
Sanath Jayasuriya c Waugh b McGrath	19	25	1	0	76.00
Romesh Kaluwitharana lbw b McGrath	13	9	3	0	144.44
Asanka Gurusinha c Bevan b McDermott	47	82	4	0	57.32
Aravinda de Silva c Taylor b Warne	34	47	3	0	72.34
Hashan Tillakaratne c †Healy b Warne	1	4	0	0	25.00
Roshan Mahanama b Waugh	16	34	1	0	47.06
Arjuna Ranatunga b McGrath	31	57	1	0	54.39
Kumar Dharmasena b McDermott	4	5	1	0	80.00
Chaminda Vaas c †Healy b McDermott	2	12	0	0	16.67
Pramodya Wickramasinghe c Taylor b Reiffel	0	5	0	0	0.00
Ravindra Pushpakumara not out	8	13	0	0	61.54
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 5, w 2, nb 1, p 0)	8
TOTAL (3.80 RUNS PER OVER)	183/10 (48.1 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

46-2 (Sanath Jayasuriya, 0 ov), 17-1 (Romesh Kaluwitharana, 0 ov), 120-5 (Asanka Gurusinha, 0 ov), 107-3 (Aravinda de Silva, 0 ov), 110-4 (Hashan Tillakaratne, 0 ov), 152-9 (Roshan Mahanama, 0 ov), 183-10 (Arjuna Ranatunga, 0 ov), 129-6 (Kumar Dharmasena, 0 ov), 131-7 (Chaminda Vaas, 0 ov), 132-8 (Pramodya Wickramasinghe, 0 ov)