Cricinfo - 3rd Match: Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (RPS), Aug 30, 1996

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Played at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, on 30 August 1996 - day/night (50-over match)

Result Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets (with 25 balls remaining)


Australia innings (50 overs maximum)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	ME Waugh	c & b Jayasuriya	50	87	55	7	0	90.90
	MJ Slater	run out (Chandana)	9	24	19	0	0	47.36
	SG Law	c Tillakaratne b Dharmasena	13	12	8	1	0	162.50
	MG Bevan	c Vaas b Chandana	56	102	78	2	0	71.79
	SR Waugh	b Muralitharan	22	45	36	0	0	61.11
	RT Ponting	not out	46	79	57	1	1	80.70
	DS Lehmann	st Kaluwitharana b Chandana	2	14	4	0	0	50.00
	IA Healy	c Ranatunga b Muralitharan	8	16	16	0	0	50.00
	JN Gillespie	st Kaluwitharana b Chandana	6	13	13	0	0	46.15
	DW Fleming	c Chandana b Jayasuriya	3	5	6	0	0	50.00
	GD McGrath	not out	8	17	12	0	0	66.66
	Extras	(lb 3, nb 2)	5

	Total	(9 wickets; 50 overs)	228	(4.56 runs per over)


Sri Lanka innings (target: 229 runs from 50 overs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	ST Jayasuriya	c Healy b Fleming	44	58	28	8	1	157.14
	RS Kaluwitharana	b SR Waugh	8	14	13	1	0	61.53
	AP Gurusinha	run out (Lehmann)	16	38	30	2	0	53.33
	PA de Silva	not out	83	144	95	11	0	87.36
	A Ranatunga	lbw b Fleming	0	4	3	0	0	0.00
	HP Tillakaratne	lbw b Fleming	1	10	10	0	0	10.00
	RS Mahanama	b McGrath	50	95	78	3	0	64.10
	UDU Chandana	not out	14	27	25	2	0	56.00
	Extras	(lb 3, w 7, nb 6)	16

	Total	(6 wickets; 45.5 overs)	232	(5.06 runs per over)

Did not bat HDPK Dharmasena, WPUJC Vaas, M Muralitharan

Toss Australia, who chose to bat first
Points Sri Lanka 2, Australia 0

ODI debuts JN Gillespie and DS Lehmann (Australia)
Player of the match PA de Silva (Sri Lanka)

Umpires SA Bucknor (West Indies) and CJ Mitchley (South Africa)
TV umpire KT Francis
Match referee JR Reid (New Zealand)

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