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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 1317 (1320/8)
Sri Lanka in Australia, 1995/96, 1st Test
Australia v Sri Lanka
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
8,9,10,11 December 1995 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by an innings and 36 runs
Australia leads the 3-Test series 1-0

Toss: Sri Lanka
Umpires: Khizer Hayat (Pak) and PD Parker
TV Umpire: BT Rennie
Match Referee: GT Dowling (NZ)
Test Debuts: SG Law, RT Ponting (Aus).
Man of the Match: MJ Slater

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Sri Lanka 251
  • Day 2: Australia 358/2 (Slater 189*, Waugh 36*, 90 overs)
  • Day 3: Australia 617/5d, Sri Lanka 13/0 (Mahanama 2*, Hathurusingha 7*, 4 ov)
    Sri Lanka 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    RS Mahanama           c Warne            b McDermott           15  80  52  1 0
    UC Hathurusingha      c Law              b McGrath             14  41  32  2 0
    AP Gurusinha                             b McGrath             46 157 140  4 0
    PA de Silva                          c & b Warne               10  40  27  1 0
    *A Ranatunga          c Healy            b McGrath             32  79  54  2 1
    HP Tillakaratne       lbw                b McDermott            6  68  51  0 0
    +RS Kaluwitharana     c Taylor           b Warne               50  90  74  7 0
    HDPK Dharmasena                          b McDermott           30  92  72  4 0
    WPUJC Vaas            c Healy            b Warne                4  12   7  0 0
    GP Wickramasinghe     c Julian           b McGrath             28  38  32  5 0
    M Muralitharan        not out                                   0   1   0  0 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 9, nb 3)                        16
    Total                 (all out, 89.4 overs)                   251
    
    FoW: 1-25 (Hathurusingha), 2-38 (Mahanama), 3-54 (de Silva),
         4-129 (Gurusinha), 5-132 (Ranatunga), 6-172 (Tillakaratne),
         7-193 (Kaluwitharana), 8-205 (Vaas), 9-251 (Wickramasinghe),
         10-251 (Dharmasena).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    McDermott                   18.4    5     44      3
    McGrath                     24      3     81      4 (1nb)
    Julian                      17      8     32      0
    Warne                       27      7     75      3 (2nb)
    Waugh                        3      1      6      0
    
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    MJ Slater                            c & b Muralitharan       219 460 321 15 5
    *MA Taylor            lbw                b de Silva            96 224 173 14 0
    DC Boon               c Hathurusingha    b Muralitharan        13  60  50  1 0
    ME Waugh              c Kaluwitharana    b Vaas               111 261 223  7 1
    RT Ponting            lbw                b Vaas                96 236 184  8 0
    SG Law                not out                                  54 153 118  1 0
    Extras                (b 4, lb 6, nb 18)                       28
    Total                 (5 wickets declared, 174 overs)         617
    
    DNB: +IA Healy, BP Julian, SK Warne, CJ McDermott, GD McGrath.
    
    FoW: 1-228 (Taylor), 2-266 (Boon), 3-422 (Slater), 4-496 (Waugh),
         5-617 (Ponting).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Wickramasinghe              31      3    123      0 (7nb)
    Vaas                        31      5    103      2 (3nb)
    Muralitharan                54      3    224      2 (4nb)
    Hathurusingha                9      3     31      0
    Dharmasena                  31      5     84      0
    de Silva                    18      1     42      1 (4nb)
    
    Sri Lanka 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    RS Mahanama                              b McGrath             48 128  97  6 0
    UC Hathurusingha      c Healy            b McGrath             11  35  24  1 0
    AP Gurusinha          c Healy            b McDermott            7  30  17  0 0
    PA de Silva           c Ponting          b Warne               20  36  35  4 0
    *A Ranatunga                             b McGrath             46 114  64  6 1
    HP Tillakaratne       c Ponting          b Warne              119 267 206 12 0
    +RS Kaluwitharana     c Ponting          b Julian              40  45  42  6 0
    HDPK Dharmasena       lbw                b McDermott           18  87  63  3 0
    WPUJC Vaas            c Healy            b Warne                4  20  19  1 0
    GP Wickramasinghe     c Warne            b McDermott            0   4   3  0 0
    M Muralitharan        not out                                   3  10   4  0 0
    Extras                (lb 4, nb 10)                            14
    Total                 (all out, 93.4 overs)                   330
    
    FoW: 1-35 (Hathurusingha), 2-56 (Gurusinha), 3-87 (de Silva),
         4-105 (Mahanama), 5-193 (Ranatunga), 6-258 (Kaluwitharana),
         7-310 (Dharmasena), 8-318 (Vaas), 9-319 (Wickramasinghe),
         10-330 (Tillakaratne).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    McDermott                   20      3     73      3 (10nb)
    McGrath                     24      7     86      3
    Warne                       29.4    6     96      3
    Julian                      13      4     40      1
    Waugh                        4      0     22      0
    Law                          3      1      9      0
    

    • Scorers: CA Bull (Aus) and S Wheeler (SL)
    • 12th Men: MS Kasprowicz (Aus) and KR Pushpakumara (SL)

      Day 1

    • Attendance: 8138

      Day 2

    • MJ Slater 100 in 126 balls, 4x6.
    • Aus 200 in 45.3 overs at 4.39 runs per over.
    • Record 1st wicket partnership against SL by any team, highest partnership for the 1st wicket by any team at WACA.
    • MJ Slater 150 in 196 balls, 13x4, 4x6.
    • Australian 300 off 471 balls
    • MJ Slater highest Test score (previous best: 176 v England at Brisbane 1994/95)
    • Attendance: 7550

      Day 3

    • Attendance: 9078

      Day 4

    • Warne claims his 200th wicket with the wicket of Vaas.
    • Tillekaratne's highest test score.
    • Attendance: 4119 (Total: 28885)




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    Team Pages: Australia, Sri Lanka.

    Ground Page: W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth

    Sri Lanka Player Pages: RS Mahanama, UC Hathurusingha, AP Gurusinha, PA de Silva, A Ranatunga, HP Tillakaratne, RS Kaluwitharana, HDPK Dharmasena, WPUJC Vaas, GP Wickramasinghe, M Muralitharan.

    Australia Player Pages: MJ Slater, MA Taylor, DC Boon, ME Waugh, RT Ponting, SG Law, IA Healy, BP Julian, SK Warne, CJ McDermott, GD McGrath.

    Match Officials' Pages: Khizer Hayat, PD Parker, BT Rennie, GT Dowling.

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