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234-3
Series badge Won toss. Elected to bowlAUS
184
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Overs: 35.0 RR: 6.69 vs spin: 5.80
vs seam: 6.48
Overs: 33.0 RR: 5.58 vs spin: 5.14
vs seam: 5.71
Sat 07/09/96 Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (RPS), Singer World Series, Final, R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
SRI LANKA WIN Sri Lanka won by 50 runs
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Sri Lanka - 1st Inns 234-3 (35.0; RR: 6.69)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
ST Jayasuriya c Law b McGrath 27 20 5 0 135.00
RS Kaluwitharana c & b Lehmann 58 45 5 0 128.89
AP Gurusinha c Bevan b McGrath 29 46 1 0 63.04
PA de Silva not out 75 64 2 3 117.19
A Ranatunga not out 39 40 1 1 97.50
HP Tillakaratne  
RS Mahanama  
UDU Chandana  
HDPK Dharmasena  
WPUJC Vaas  
M Muralitharan  
Extras (1b, 1lb, 2w, 2nb) 6  
TOTAL 234-3 (35.0 overs; RR: 6.69)

Fall of wickets

42-1 (ST Jayasuriya 0.0 ov), 104-2 (RS Kaluwitharana 0.0 ov), 131-3 (AP Gurusinha 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
GD McGrath 7.0 0 35 2 5.00 1 1
DW Fleming 7.0 0 53 0 7.57 0 0
PR Reiffel 4.0 0 43 0 10.75 1 3
DS Lehmann 5.0 0 29 1 5.80 0 0
SR Waugh 7.0 0 31 0 4.43 0 1
ME Waugh 5.0 0 41 0 8.20 0 0

Australia - 1st Inns 184 (33.0; RR: 5.58)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
ME Waugh run out 9 12 0 0 75.00
MJ Slater c Chandana b Vaas 8 6 1 0 133.33
RT Ponting c Jayasuriya b Vaas 17 26 2 0 65.38
SR Waugh c & b Chandana 55 53 2 1 103.77
SG Law c Muralitharan b Dharmasena 31 37 2 0 83.78
MG Bevan b Dharmasena 7 11 0 0 63.64
DS Lehmann st Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan 15 12 2 0 125.00
IA Healy c Muralitharan b Chandana 20 19 0 0 105.26
PR Reiffel c Mahanama b Chandana 12 20 0 0 60.00
DW Fleming not out 1 1 0 0 100.00
GD McGrath c Mahanama b Chandana 0 3 0 0 0.00
Extras (0b, 3lb, 4w, 2nb) 9  
TOTAL 184 all out (33.0 overs; RR: 5.58)

Fall of wickets

17-1 (MJ Slater 0.0 ov), 26-2 (ME Waugh 0.0 ov), 48-3 (RT Ponting 0.0 ov), 104-4 (SG Law 0.0 ov), 129-5 (SR Waugh 0.0 ov), 145-6 (MG Bevan 0.0 ov), 151-7 (DS Lehmann 0.0 ov), 183-8 (PR Reiffel 0.0 ov), 183-9 (IA Healy 0.0 ov), 184-10 (GD McGrath 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
WPUJC Vaas 5.0 0 23 2 4.60 0 0
AP Gurusinha 2.0 0 17 0 8.50 3 0
PA de Silva 3.0 0 18 0 6.00 0 0
M Muralitharan 7.0 0 28 1 4.00 1 2
ST Jayasuriya 5.0 0 27 0 5.40 0 0
HDPK Dharmasena 5.0 0 33 2 6.60 0 0
UDU Chandana 6.0 0 35 4 5.83 0 0

Match Info

Match

Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (RPS), Singer World Series, Final

Date

Saturday September 7, 1996

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to field

Time

4:30am UTC

Venue

R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

Umpires

SA Bucknor, CJ Mitchley

Sri Lanka Team

Playing XI

A Ranatunga, PA de Silva, AP Gurusinha, RS Mahanama, HP Tillakaratne, ST Jayasuriya, RS Kaluwitharana, M Muralitharan, HDPK Dharmasena, UDU Chandana, WPUJC Vaas

Australia Team

Playing XI

SR Waugh, IA Healy, ME Waugh, PR Reiffel, MJ Slater, GD McGrath, MG Bevan, DW Fleming, RT Ponting, SG Law, DS Lehmann