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Australia vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, Commonwealth Bank Series, 18 January, 1996, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats

Australia

AUS

201/7 (50.0 ov)

SL

183/10 (48.1 ov)

Sri Lanka

Australia won by 18 runs

Australia

Australia Inning

201/7 (50.0 ov)
RR 4.02
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 NB WD ECO
Chaminda Vaas 10 1 42 3 0 0 4.20
Ravindra Pushpakumara 10 1 34 2 0 0 3.40
Pramodya Wickramasinghe 8 0 30 1 0 0 3.75
Kumar Dharmasena 10 1 31 0 0 0 3.10
Aravinda de Silva 5 0 24 0 0 0 4.80
Sanath Jayasuriya 7 0 37 0 0 0 5.29
* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

DATE & TIME
Thursday, January 18, 1996 · 07:30 PM
TOSS
Toss Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field
VENUE
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne