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Test # 1324 (1322/10)
Sri Lanka in Australia, 1995-96, 3rd Test
Australia v Sri Lanka
Adelaide Oval
25,26,27,28,29 January 1996 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 148 runs
Australia wins the 3-Test series 3-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: LH Barker (WI) and SG Randell
TV Umpire: DJ Harper
Match Referee: GT Dowling (NZ)
Man of the Match: SR Waugh
Man of the Series: SR Waugh

Close of play:

  • Day 1: Australia 239/5 (SR Waugh 70*, Healy 21*, 86 overs)
  • Day 2: Australia 502/9d, Sri Lanka 80/0 (Hathurusingha 24*, Jayasuriya 47*, 16 overs)
  • Day 3: Sri Lanka 317, Australia 16/0 (Slater 7*, Taylor 9*, 6 overs)
  • Day 4: Australia 215/6d, Sri Lanka 69/1 (Jayasuriya 50*, Gurusinha 2*, 21 ov)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    *MA Taylor            c Kaluwitharana    b Vaas                21  73  55  0 1
    MJ Slater             c Kaluwitharana    b Vaas                 0   1   1  0 0
    DC Boon                                  b Pushpakumara        43 171 115  2 0
    ME Waugh              c Pushpakumara     b Wickramasinghe      71 199 137  4 0
    SR Waugh                                 b Pushpakumara       170 421 316 13 0
    RT Ponting            c Kaluwitharana    b Vaas                 6  31  27  0 0
    +IA Healy             c Pushpakumara     b Dharmasena          70 161 119  8 0
    PR Reiffel            c Gurusinha        b Wickramasinghe      56 163 124  7 0
    SK Warne              c Pushpakumara     b Wickramasinghe      33  63  39  5 0
    CJ McDermott          not out                                  15  27  16  1 0
    Extras                (b 5, lb 9, w 1, nb 2)                   17
    Total                 (9 wickets decl, 157.3 ov, 656 mins)    502
    
    DNB: GD McGrath.
    
    FoW: 1-1 (Slater), 2-36 (Taylor), 3-96 (Boon), 4-181 (ME Waugh),
         5-196 (Ponting), 6-326 (Healy), 7-443 (SR Waugh),
         8-467 (Reiffel), 9-502 (Warne).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Vaas                        42     11    106      3
    Pushpakumara                34      4    126      2 (1nb)
    Wickramasinghe              39.3    7    120      3 (1w, 1nb)
    Hathurusingha                4      0     15      0
    Dharmasena                  25      3     80      1
    Jayasuriya                  13      2     41      0
    
    Sri Lanka 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    UC Hathurusingha      c ME Waugh         b Reiffel             28  86  63  4 0
    ST Jayasuriya         c Healy            b Reiffel             48  82  57  7 1
    AP Gurusinha          c Reiffel          b McGrath             17  66  44  1 0
    S Ranatunga           c SR Waugh         b McDermott           60 203 148  3 0
    +RS Kaluwitharana     lbw                b Reiffel             31  44  35  4 1
    HP Tillakaratne       c Healy            b McGrath             65 207 155  3 0
    *PA de Silva          c Taylor           b McGrath             19  62  45  1 0
    HDPK Dharmasena       c Healy            b McGrath              0   3   3  0 0
    WPUJC Vaas            c ME Waugh         b Reiffel              8  12   7  1 0
    GP Wickramasinghe                        b Reiffel             10  43  28  0 0
    KR Pushpakumara       not out                                   2  11   7  0 0
    Extras                (b 8, lb 13, w 1, nb 7)                  29
    Total                 (all out, 97.1 overs, 414 mins)         317
    
    FoW: 1-86 (Jayasuriya), 2-89 (Hathurusingha), 3-129 (Gurusinha),
         4-171 (Kaluwitharana), 5-237 (Ranatunga), 6-290 (de Silva),
         7-290 (Dharmasena), 8-299 (Vaas), 9-309 (Tillakaratne),
         10-317 (Wickramasinghe).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    McDermott                   20      5     81      1 (2nb)
    McGrath                     27      4     91      4
    Warne                       26      4     74      0
    Reiffel                     19.1    4     39      5 (5nb)
    ME Waugh                     5      2     11      0
    
    Australia 2nd innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    MJ Slater                                b Wickramasinghe      15  60  34  1 0
    *MA Taylor                               b Pushpakumara        10  39  31  1 0
    DC Boon               c Kaluwitharana    b Vaas                35  92  66  5 0
    ME Waugh              c Tillakaratne     b Vaas                12  61  44  0 0
    SR Waugh              not out                                  61 181 129  5 0
    RT Ponting            c Kaluwitharana    b Vaas                20  64  61  2 0
    +IA Healy             c Hathurusingha    b Pushpakumara        43  80  63  2 0
    PR Reiffel            not out                                  14  25  15  2 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 1, nb 3)                         5
    Total                 (6 wickets decl, 73 overs, 304 mins)    215
    
    DNB: SK Warne, CJ McDermott, GD McGrath.
    
    FoW: 1-22 (Taylor), 2-36 (Slater), 3-70 (ME Waugh), 4-75 (Boon),
         5-122 (Ponting), 6-186 (Healy).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Vaas                        21      6     44      3
    Pushpakumara                17      2     63      2
    Wickramasinghe              13      1     39      1 (2nb)
    Dharmasena                  22      1     67      0 (1nb)
    
    Sri Lanka 2nd innings (target: 401 runs)                        R   M   B  4 6
    ST Jayasuriya         c Healy            b SR Waugh           112 272 188 14 2
    UC Hathurusingha      c Healy            b McGrath             14  61  46  2 0
    AP Gurusinha                             b Reiffel              2  28  28  0 0
    S Ranatunga           c Healy            b SR Waugh            65 246 197  6 0
    +RS Kaluwitharana                        b SR Waugh             0   7   2  0 0
    HP Tillakaratne       c Healy            b McGrath              3  17  16  0 0
    *PA de Silva          c Taylor           b ME Waugh             3  30  26  0 0
    HDPK Dharmasena       c Taylor           b SR Waugh             2  21  16  0 0
    WPUJC Vaas            c Healy            b McGrath             26  46  32  5 0
    GP Wickramasinghe                        b Warne                6  12  17  0 0
    KR Pushpakumara       not out                                   3  20  20  0 0
    Extras                (b 1, lb 6, nb 9)                        16
    Total                 (all out, 96.2 overs)                   252
    
    FoW: 1-51 (Hathurusingha), 2-70 (Gurusinha), 3-195 (Jayasuriya),
         4-195 (Kaluwitharana), 5-199 (Tillakaratne),
         6-208 (de Silva), 7-216 (Ranatunga), 8-225 (Dharmasena),
         9-232 (Wickramasinghe), 10-252 (Vaas).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    McGrath                     22.2    6     48      3
    Reiffel                     15      0     60      1 (8nb)
    SR Waugh                    19      8     34      4 (1nb)
    Warne                       27     11     68      1
    ME Waugh                     4      1     15      1
    McDermott                    9      3     20      0
    

    • DC Boon announced that this would be his final Test
    • Scorers: RM Artis (AUS) and T Lowrey (SL)
    • 12th Men: TBA May (AUS) and RS Kalpage (SL).

      Day 1

    • Slater out to the first ball he faced
    • Lunch: AUS 2-43 (Boon 21*, ME Waugh 1*)
    • Tea: AUS 3-133 (ME Waugh 46*, SR Waugh 18*)
    • Sri Lankans dropped 4 catches Kaluwitharana dropped ME Waugh and SR Waugh Pushpakumara dropped Boon Tillekaratne dropped ME Waugh
    • Play ended at 7:20pm due to bad light (80 minutes after scheduled close). 4 overs total lost to the weather.
    • Crowd: 9119

      Day 2

    • Jayasuriya dropped Healy (25) off Vaas
    • 10 minutes play lost to rain in the 1st session. Scheduled close extended to 6:10pm.
    • SR Waugh out to the first ball of the 3rd session
    • McDermott hit an all-run 5 off the first ball he faced
    • Warne hit 2 consecutive 4s before being caught in the outfield hooking
    • Jayasuriya had scored 20 runs before Hathurusinghe scored his first.
    • Sri Lanka 50 off 8.1 overs (35 minutes).
    • Jayasuriya hit 23 runs off the 11 balls he faced in McDermott's first spell of 5-1-28-0.
    • Crowd: 17277

      Day 3

    • Lunch: SL 3-170 (Ranatunga 31*, Kaluwitharana 30*)
    • Tea: SL 5-253 (Tillekeratne 37*, de Silva 8*)
    • Tillekeratne was Healy's 250th catch and 270th dismissal (equal 2nd on all-time list of wicketkeeping dismissals)
    • Crowd: 14533

      Day 4

    • Lunch: 86/4 (SR Waugh 3*, Ponting 9*)
    • Tea: 173/5 (SR Waugh 44*, Healy 33*)
    • Sri Lanka set 401 to win in a minimum of 111 overs
    • Healy outright 2nd on wicketkeeping list (271 dismissals)
    • Crowd: 15195

      Day 5

    • Lunch 136/2 (Jayasuriya 74*, Ranatunga 34*)
    • Tea was taken upon de Silva's dismissal.
    • Tea 208/6 (Ranatunga 61*)

    • Aggregate Crowd: 63478
    • B&H International Cricketer of the Year: SR Waugh (awarded to the best player in the Australian international season)




  • Report from The Daily News | Report from The Electronic Telegraph

    Tour Index

    Team Pages: Australia, Sri Lanka.

    Ground Page: Adelaide Oval

    Australia Player Pages: MA Taylor, MJ Slater, DC Boon, ME Waugh, SR Waugh, RT Ponting, IA Healy, PR Reiffel, SK Warne, CJ McDermott, GD McGrath.

    Sri Lanka Player Pages: UC Hathurusingha, ST Jayasuriya, AP Gurusinha, S Ranatunga, RS Kaluwitharana, HP Tillakaratne, PA de Silva, HDPK Dharmasena, WPUJC Vaas, GP Wickramasinghe, KR Pushpakumara.

    Match Officials' Pages: LH Barker, SG Randell, DJ Harper, GT Dowling.

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