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Format: CricInfo Version 1o 
ODI # 1026Benson & Hedges World Series, 1995/96, 4th Match
 Australia v Sri Lanka
 Sydney Cricket Ground (day/night)
 21 December 1995 (50-overs match)
 
Result: Australia won by 5 wicketsPoints: Australia 2, Sri Lanka 0
 
Toss: Sri LankaUmpires: DB Hair and DJ Harper
 TV Umpire: IS Thomas.
 Match Referee: GT Dowling (NZ)
 Man of the Match: MA Taylor
 
 
Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)                            R   M   B  4 6
RS Mahanama           run out (Ponting)                         5  13  11  1 0
ST Jayasuriya         c Healy            b McGrath             24  33  26  4 0
AP Gurusinha          c Waugh            b Bevan               38  93  58  4 0
PA de Silva                          c & b Lee                 75 121  94  7 0
*A Ranatunga          run out (Healy/Waugh)                     7  16  14  0 0
HP Tillakaratne       c Lee              b McGrath             62  87  67  6 0
+RS Kaluwitharana                        b Kasprowicz           0   4   4  0 0
HDPK Dharmasena       run out (Waugh)                           7  21  17  0 0
WPUJC Vaas            run out (Ponting)                        14  11  14  0 0
GP Wickramasinghe     not out                                   4   8   3  0 0
M Muralitharan        not out                                   0   1   0  0 0
Extras                (b 2, lb 11, w 5, nb 1)                  19
Total                 (9 wickets, 50 overs, 216 mins)         255
FoW: 1-7 (Mahanama, 2.5 ov), 2-32 (Jayasuriya, 6.5 ov),
     3-111 (Gurusinha, 25.5 ov), 4-134 (Ranatunga, 30.6 ov),
     5-173 (de Silva, 37.3 ov), 6-175 (Kaluwitharana, 38.3 ov),
     7-203 (Dharmasena, 43.2 ov), 8-239 (Vaas, 48.1 ov),
     9-253 (Tillakaratne, 49.5 ov).
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McGrath                     10      1     47      2 (1nb)
Kasprowicz                  10      0     51      1 (3w)
Lee                         10      0     40      1 (1w)
Warne                       10      1     53      0
Waugh                        6      0     31      0
Bevan                        4      0     20      1 (1w)
Australia innings (target: 256 runs from 50 overs)              R   M   B  4 6
*MA Taylor            run out (Muralitharan)                   90 165 115  6 0
MJ Slater             c Kaluwitharana    b Vaas                10  16  13  1 0
ME Waugh              run out (Mahanama)                       55  90  70  2 0
RT Ponting            c Muralitharan     b Dharmasena          56  92  71  1 0
SG Law                run out                                   7  14  10  1 0
MG Bevan              not out                                  18  30  16  1 0
S Lee                 not out                                   4  10   7  0 0
Extras                (lb 13, w 4)                             17
Total                 (5 wickets, 49.4 overs, 212 mins)       257
DNB: +IA Healy, SK Warne, MS Kasprowicz, GD McGrath.
FoW: 1-23 (Slater, 3.4 ov), 2-131 (Waugh, 25.6 ov),
     3-192 (Taylor, 40.3 ov), 4-212 (Law, 43.4 ov),
     5-239 (Ponting, 47.4 ov).
Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wickramasinghe               7      0     24      0 (2w)
Vaas                         9      0     50      1 (1w)
Gurusinha                    2      0     12      0
Ranatunga                    1      0     12      0
Muralitharan                10      0     52      0
Dharmasena                   8.4    0     41      1 (1w)
Jayasuriya                   8      0     35      0
de Silva                     4      0     18      0
 
 Sri Lanka 50 off 11.2 overs
 Sri Lanka 100 off 23.3 overs
 PA de Silva 50 in 87 mins off 76 balls
 Sri Lanka 150 off 33 overs
 Sri Lanka 200 off 42.2 overs
 HP Tillakaratne 50 off 56 balls.
 WPUJC Vaas batted with a runner for one ball before being
    dismissed.
 Sri Lanka 250 off 49.3 overs
 During change of innings, the match referee announced that
    a 3 by de Silva should have been a 4. The innings was thus
    increased from 9-254 to 9-255 and de Silva's, Kasprowicz's,
    and the FoW figures were changed accordingly.
 Australia 50 off 12.3 overs
 Australia 100 off 19.3 overs
 MA Taylor 50 off 66 balls
 ME Waugh 50 off 58 balls
 Australia 150 off 31.4 overs
 MA Taylor run out by direct hit from Muralitharan at deep
    mid-on
 MA Taylor 90: 37x1, 10x2, 3x3, 6x4.
 SG Law dropped on 1 by Ranatunga
 Australia 200 off 42.3 overs
 RT Ponting 50 off 64 balls
 Winning shot was a 4 by Bevan off the 3rd last ball of the
    match
 Crowd: 28,301
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