Wills World Cup 1995/96
Final: Australia vs Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
| Toss | Sri Lanka, who chose to field | Tournament | Wills World Cup 1995/96 |
| Umpires
|
SA Bucknor and DR Shepherd | Match Date | 17 Mar 1996 |
| Match Referee | CH Lloyd | Ground | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
| TV Umpire | CJ Mitchley | ||
| Player of Match | Aravinda De Silva (Sri Lanka) |
Australia Innings |
R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Taylor * | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Aravinda de Silva | 74 | 109 | 83 | 8 | 1 | 89.16 |
| 2 | Mark Waugh | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Chaminda Vaas | 12 | 29 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 80.00 |
| 3 | Ricky Ponting | b Aravinda de Silva | 45 | 90 | 73 | 2 | 0 | 61.64 |
| 4 | Steve Waugh | c Aravinda de Silva b Kumar Dharmasena | 13 | 32 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 52.00 |
| 5 | Shane Warne | st Romesh Kaluwitharana b Muttiah Muralitharan | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 40.00 |
| 6 | Stuart Law | c Aravinda de Silva b Sanath Jayasuriya | 22 | 43 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 73.33 |
| 7 | Michael Bevan | not out | 36 | 58 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 73.47 |
| 8 | Ian Healy † | b Aravinda de Silva | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 66.67 |
| 9 | Paul Reiffel | not out | 13 | 21 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 72.22 |
| 10 | Damien Fleming | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Glenn McGrath | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extra | lb 10, w 11, nb 1 | 22 | ||||||
| Total | 7 wickets; 50.0 overs; | 241 | 4.82 runs per over | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-36 ( Mark Waugh, 0.0 ) ; 2-137 ( Mark Taylor, 0.0 ) ; 3-152 ( Ricky Ponting, 0.0 ) ; 4-156 ( Shane Warne, 0.0 ) ; 5-170 ( Steve Waugh, 0.0 ) ; 6-202 ( Stuart Law, 0.0 ) ; 7-205 ( Ian Healy, 0.0 )
Bowling |
Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 7.0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Chaminda Vaas | 6.0 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Muttiah Muralitharan | 10.0 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Kumar Dharmasena | 10.0 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 8.0 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| Aravinda de Silva | 9.0 | 0 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Sri Lanka Innings |
R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanath Jayasuriya | run out | 9 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 128.57 |
| 2 | Romesh Kaluwitharana † | c Michael Bevan b Damien Fleming | 6 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 46.15 |
| 3 | Asanka Gurusinha | b Paul Reiffel | 65 | 119 | 99 | 6 | 1 | 65.66 |
| 4 | Aravinda de Silva | not out | 107 | 176 | 124 | 13 | 0 | 86.29 |
| 5 | Arjuna Ranatunga * | not out | 47 | 72 | 37 | 4 | 1 | 127.03 |
| 6 | Hashan Tillakaratne | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Roshan Mahanama | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Kumar Dharmasena | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Chaminda Vaas | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Pramodya Wickramasinghe | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Muttiah Muralitharan | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extra | b 1, lb 4, w 5, nb 1 | 11 | ||||||
| Total | 3 wickets; 46.2 overs; | 245 | 5.29 runs per over | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-12 ( Sanath Jayasuriya, 0.0 ) ; 2-23 ( Romesh Kaluwitharana, 0.0 ) ; 3-148 ( Asanka Gurusinha, 0.0 )
Bowling |
Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn McGrath | 8.2 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Damien Fleming | 6.0 | 0 | 43 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Shane Warne | 10.0 | 0 | 58 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Paul Reiffel | 10.0 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Waugh | 6.0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Waugh | 3.0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Bevan | 3.0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
