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ODI No. 1083

1996 Cricket World Cup
1995-96 season
Australia vs Sri Lanka - The Final
Sunday March 17, 1996 (50-over match)

Sri Lanka won the 1995/96 Wills World Cup

Venue : Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first
Result : Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets (with 3.4 overs remaining)


Australia innings
(50 overs maximum)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Mark Taylor c ST Jayasuriya b de Silva
74 
83 
8 
1
89.16 
»
 Mark Waugh c ST Jayasuriya b Vaas
12 
15 
1 
0
80.00 
»
 Ricky Ponting b de Silva
45 
73 
2 
0
61.64 
»
 Steve Waugh c de Silva b Dharmasena
13 
25 
0 
0
52.00 
»
 Shane Warne st Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan
2 
5 
0 
0
40.00 
»
 Stuart Law c de Silva b Muralitharan
22 
30 
0 
1
73.33 
»
 Michael Bevan Not Out
36 
49 
2 
0
73.47 
»
 Ian Healy b de Silva
2 
3 
0 
0
66.67 
»
 Paul Reiffel Not Out
13 
18 
0 
0
72.22 
Extras LB 10, W 11, N 1
22
Total : (7 wickets in 50.0 overs)
241
 RR : 4.82

did not bat: Damien Fleming, Glenn McGrath

Fall of wickets : 1-36 (ME Waugh), 2-137 (Taylor), 3-152 (Ponting), 4-156 (Warne), 5-170 (SR Waugh), 6-202 (Law), 7-205 (Healy)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Pramodya Wickramasinghe
7
0 
38 
0
5.43
0
2
»
 Chaminda Vaas
6
1 
30 
1
5.00
0
0
»
 Muttiah Muralitharan
10
0 
31 
1
3.10
0
1
»
 Kumar Dharmasena
10
0 
47 
1
4.70
1
0
»
 Sanath Jayasuriya
8
0 
43 
1
5.38
0
5
»
 Aravinda de Silva
9
0 
42 
3
4.67
0
3

Sri Lanka innings
(Target: 242 runs in 50 overs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Sanath Jayasuriya run out
9 
7 
1 
0
128.57 
»
 Romesh Kaluwitharana c Bevan b Fleming
6 
13 
0 
0
46.15 
»
 Asanka Gurusinha b Reiffel
65 
99 
6 
1
65.66 
»
 Aravinda de Silva Not Out
107 
124 
13 
0
86.29 
»
 Arjuna Ranatunga Not Out
47 
37 
4 
1
127.03 
Extras B 1, LB 4, W 5, N 1
11
Total : (3 wickets in 46.2 overs)
245
 RR : 5.29

did not bat: Hashan Tillakaratne, Roshan Mahanama, Kumar Dharmasena, Chaminda Vaas, Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Muttiah Muralitharan

Fall of wickets : 1-12 (Jayasuriya), 2-23 (Kaluwitharana), 3-148 (Gurusinha)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Glenn McGrath
8
 .2
1 
28 
0
3.36
0
0
»
 Damien Fleming
6
0 
43 
1
7.17
0
4
»
 Shane Warne
10
0 
58 
0
5.80
1
1
»
 Paul Reiffel
10
0 
49 
1
4.90
0
0
»
 Mark Waugh
6
0 
35 
0
5.83
0
0
»
 Steve Waugh
3
0 
15 
0
5.00
1
0
»
 Michael Bevan
3
0 
12 
0
4.00
0
0

Match details
Man of the Match: PA de Silva (Sri Lanka)
Man of the Series : ST Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)
Umpires : SA Bucknor (West Indies) and DR Shepherd (England)
Third Umpire: CJ Mitchley (South Africa)
Referee : CH Lloyd (West Indies)

Teams:
Australia Mark Taylor (Capt.), Mark Waugh, Ricky Ponting, Steve Waugh, Shane Warne, Stuart Law, Michael Bevan, Ian Healy (wk), Paul Reiffel, Damien Fleming, Glenn McGrath
Sri Lanka Sanath Jayasuriya, Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk), Asanka Gurusinha, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga (Capt.), Hashan Tillakaratne, Roshan Mahanama, Kumar Dharmasena, Chaminda Vaas, Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Muttiah Muralitharan
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