Australia vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, Commonwealth Bank Series, 9th Match, 9 January, 1996, Melbourne Cricket Ground
Benson Hedges World Series | January 9, 1996, 07:30 PM | Melbourne Cricket Ground
*214/7 (47.3 ov)
*213/5 (50.0 ov)
Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets
Australia Inning Inning
| Batter | R | B | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Michael Slater
c †Kaluwitharana b Munasinghe
|
2 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 11.76 |
|
Mark Taylor
c †Kaluwitharana b Munasinghe
|
9 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 23.68 |
|
Mark Waugh
b Munasinghe
|
0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
|
Ricky Ponting
run out
|
123 | 138 | 7 | 1 | 89.13 |
|
Stuart Law
c Tillakaratne b Wickramasinghe
|
8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 53.33 |
|
Michael Bevan
not out
|
65 | 87 | 5 | 0 | 74.71 |
| EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 2, w 2, nb 2, p 0) | 6 | ||||
| TOTAL (4.26 RUNS PER OVER) | 213/5 (50.0 ov) | ||||
FALL OF WICKETS
8-1 (Michael Slater, 0 ov), 33-3 (Mark Taylor, 0 ov), 10-2 (Mark Waugh, 0 ov), 213-5 (Ricky Ponting, 0 ov), 54-4 (Stuart Law, 0 ov)
DID NOT BAT
Shane Lee, Ian Healy, Paul Reiffel, Shane Warne, Craig McDermott
Bowling Stats
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Dots | NB | WD | ECO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 3 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.10 |
| Manjula Munasinghe | 10 | 1 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 6 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.83 |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.10 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 10 | 0 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.60 |
| Ruwan Kalpage | 4 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 |
Sri Lanka (target 214 runs off 50.0 overs) Inning Inning
Match Information
SERIES
DATE & TIME
Tuesday, January 09, 1996 - 07:30 PM
TOSS
Toss Australia won the toss and elected to bat
VENUE
Melbourne Cricket Ground , Melbourne
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