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ODI # 971a
Benson & Hedges World Series, 1994/95, 1st Final
Australia v Australia 'A'
Sydney Cricket Ground (day/night)
15 January 1995 (50-over match)

Result: Australia won by 5 wickets
Australia leads the best-of-3-finals 1-0

Toss: Australia 'A'
Umpires: PD Parker and TA Prue
TV Umpire: DB Hair
Match Referee: JR Reid (NZ)
Man of the Match: No award

Australia 'A' innings (50 overs maximum)                        R   M   B  4 6
GS Blewett                               b McDermott           19  27  26  4 0
ML Hayden             c Slater           b ME Waugh            50 122  92  7 0
*DR Martyn            c Taylor           b Warne               20  69  44  0 0
MG Bevan                                 b McDermott           73 102  86  8 0
JL Langer                                b McDermott            7  28  10  0 0
RT Ponting                               b McGrath             19  41  28  1 0
+PA Emery             run out (Taylor/Healy)                    4  12   6  0 0
GR Robertson          c Taylor           b McDermott            5   6   5  0 0
GJ Rowell             not out                                   1   6   2  0 0
PE McIntyre           not out                                   1   5   3  0 0
Extras                (b 6, lb 2, w 1, nb 1)                   10
Total                 (8 wickets, 50 overs, 213 mins)         209

DNB: SP George.

FoW: 1-28 (Blewett), 2-69 (Martyn), 3-105 (Hayden),
     4-136 (Langer), 5-192 (Ponting), 6-196 (Bevan),
     7-203 (Emery), 8-203 (Robertson).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McDermott                   10      0     25      4
Fleming                     10      2     38      0
McGrath                     10      1     44      1
Warne                       10      2     37      1 (1w)
ME Waugh                     5      0     30      1 (1nb)
Law                          5      0     27      0

Australia innings (target: 210 runs off 50 overs)               R   M   B  4 6
MJ Slater                                b Blewett             92 154 146  4 0
*MA Taylor                               b George              16  46  27    0
ME Waugh              c Bevan            b Blewett             16  40  33  0 0
DC Boon               c Ponting          b McIntyre            36  70  39  3 0
SR Waugh              not out                                  21  43  27  3 0
SG Law                st Emery           b McIntyre            13  20  23  0 0
+IA Healy             not out                                   9  18  11  1 0
Extras                (b 2, lb 2, w 5, nb 1)                   10
Total                 (5 wickets, 50 overs, 198 mins)         213

DNB: SK Warne, CJ McDermott, DW Fleming, GD McGrath.

FoW: 1-51 (Taylor), 2-80 (ME Waugh), 3-167 (Slater),
     4-167 (Boon), 5-190 (Law).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Rowell                      10      1     52      0
George                       9      0     42      1 (4w)
Blewett                     10      2     25      2 (1nb)
Robertson                   10      0     35      0
McIntyre                    10      0     48      2 (1w)
Martyn                       1      0      7      0

• This match is not recognised as an official One-Day International
• 12th men: PR Reiffel (Aus) and J Angel (Aus-A)

• Going into the 50th over, Australia needed 3 runs to win. Two singles were scrambled, and the winning runs came off a four by Healy off the last ball of the over.

Tournament Index

Team Pages: Australia, Australia 'A'.

Ground Page: Sydney Cricket Ground

Australia 'A' Player Pages: GS Blewett, ML Hayden, DR Martyn, MG Bevan, JL Langer, RT Ponting, PA Emery, GR Robertson, GJ Rowell, PE McIntyre, SP George.

Australia Player Pages: MJ Slater, MA Taylor, ME Waugh, DC Boon, SR Waugh, SG Law, IA Healy, SK Warne, CJ McDermott, DW Fleming, GD McGrath.

Match Officials' Pages: PD Parker, TA Prue, DB Hair, JR Reid.