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Australia v Sri Lanka @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
16 January 1996
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: DB Hair, SG Randell
Third Umpire: WP Sheahan
Match Referee: GT Dowling
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Mark Waugh | c Roshan Mahanama b Chaminda Vaas | 6 | 17 | 19 | 1 | - |
| *2. Mark Taylor | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 32 | 55 | 77 | 5 | - |
| 3. Ricky Ponting | c Romesh Kaluwitharana b Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 5 | 5 | 26 | 1 | - |
| 4. Steve Waugh | not out | 102 | 115 | 161 | 6 | 1 |
| 5. Stuart Law | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Ravindra Pushpakumara | 47 | 69 | 77 | 1 | - |
| 6. Michael Bevan | not out | 43 | 37 | 52 | 3 | - |
| +7. Ian Healy | ||||||
| 8. Paul Reiffel | ||||||
| 9. Shane Warne | ||||||
| 10. Craig McDermott | ||||||
| 11. Glenn McGrath |
| FOW | 1-12 (Mark Waugh), 2-28 (Ricky Ponting), 3-54 (Mark Taylor), 4-156 (Stuart Law). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 2w, 2nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 50 ovs) 242 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Chaminda Vaas | 10 | 2 | 43 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravindra Pushpakumara | 10 | 0 | 47 | 1 | (0w,2nb) |
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 8 | 0 | 33 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 8 | 0 | 42 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 8 | 0 | 44 | 0 | (1w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Ian Healy b Glenn McGrath | 3 | 18 | 23 | - | - |
| +2. Romesh Kaluwitharana | c Mark Waugh b Shane Warne | 74 | 68 | 111 | 8 | - |
| 3. Asanka Gurusinha | c Ian Healy b Paul Reiffel | 17 | 50 | 67 | 2 | - |
| 4. Hashan Tillakaratne | c Ian Healy b Shane Warne | 0 | 5 | 11 | - | - |
| 5. Aravinda de Silva | lbw b Michael Bevan | 45 | 61 | 81 | 1 | - |
| 6. Roshan Mahanama | b Shane Warne | 31 | 41 | 57 | 2 | - |
| *7. Arjuna Ranatunga | run out | 18 | 24 | 36 | 1 | - |
| 8. Kumar Dharmasena | not out | 24 | 24 | 34 | 1 | - |
| 9. Chaminda Vaas | not out | 13 | 8 | 13 | 2 | - |
| 10. Pramodya Wickramasinghe | ||||||
| 11. Ravindra Pushpakumara |
| FOW | 1-35 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-96 (Asanka Gurusinha), 3-107 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 4-108 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 5-180 (Roshan Mahanama), 6-196 (Aravinda de Silva), 7-222 (Arjuna Ranatunga). |
| Extras | 1b, 18lb, 2w, 0nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 49.4 ovs) 246 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Craig McDermott | 10 | 3 | 27 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Glenn McGrath | 9.4 | 0 | 76 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
| Paul Reiffel | 10 | 1 | 36 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shane Warne | 10 | 0 | 40 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Stuart Law | 6 | 0 | 28 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mark Waugh | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Michael Bevan | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | (1w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Mark Waugh, Mark Taylor, Ricky Ponting, Steve Waugh, Stuart Law, Michael Bevan, Ian Healy, Paul Reiffel, Shane Warne, Craig McDermott, Glenn McGrath