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Australia vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, Commonwealth Bank Series, 16 January, 1996, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats

Benson Hedges World Series | January 16, 1996, 07:30 PM | Melbourne Cricket Ground

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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka

*246/7 (49.4 ov)

vs
Australia

*242/4 (50.0 ov)

Australia

Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets

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Player of the Match

Romesh Kaluwitharana - Sri Lanka

Australia Inning Inning

242/4 (50.0 ov)
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Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Mark Waugh
c Mahanama b Vaas
6 17 1 0 35.29
Mark Taylor
c †Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe
32 55 5 0 58.18
Ricky Ponting
c †Kaluwitharana b Wickramasinghe
5 5 1 0 100.00
Steve Waugh
not out
102 115 6 1 88.70
Stuart Law
c Ranatunga b Pushpakumara
47 69 1 0 68.12
Michael Bevan
not out
43 37 3 0 116.22
EXTRAS ( b 0, lb 3, w 2, nb 2, p 0) 7
TOTAL (4.84 RUNS PER OVER) 242/4 (50.0 ov)

FALL OF WICKETS

12-1 (Mark Waugh, 0 ov), 54-3 (Mark Taylor, 0 ov), 28-2 (Ricky Ponting, 0 ov), 156-4 (Stuart Law, 0 ov)

DID NOT BAT

Ian Healy, Paul Reiffel, Shane Warne, Craig McDermott, Glenn McGrath

Bowling Stats

Bowler O M R W Dots NB WD ECO
Chaminda Vaas 10 2 43 1 0 0 0 4.30
Ravindra Pushpakumara 10 0 47 1 0 0 0 4.70
Pramodya Wickramasinghe 8 0 33 2 0 0 0 4.13
Kumar Dharmasena 8 0 42 0 0 0 0 5.25
Aravinda de Silva 6 0 30 0 0 0 0 5.00
Sanath Jayasuriya 8 0 44 0 0 0 0 5.50

Sri Lanka (target 243 runs off 50.0 overs) Inning Inning

246/7 (49.4 ov)
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DATE & TIME

Tuesday, January 16, 1996 - 07:30 PM

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TOSS

Toss Australia won the toss and elected to bat

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Melbourne Cricket Ground , Melbourne

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