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ICC World Cup 1996 :: Final, Australia Vs Sri Lanka at Lahore (March 17)

Venue : Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Toss : Sri Lanka won the toss and elect to field
Umpires : Steve Bucknor and David Shepherd
Match Result : Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets to lift the ICC World Cup 1996
Man of the Match : Aravinda de Silva
Player of the Tournament : Sanath Jayasuriya

 

Total: 241/7   Overs: 50.0
Australia 50 Overs Maximum R B 4s 6s
Mark Taylor (C) c Jayasuriya b Aravinda de Silva 74 83 8 1
Mark Waugh c Jayasuriya b Chaminda Vaas 12 15 1 0
Ricky Ponting b Aravinda de Silva 45 73 2 0
Steve Waugh c Aravinda b Kumar Dharmasena 13 25 0 0
Shane Warne st Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan 2 5 0 0
Stuart Law c Aravinda b Sanath Jayasuriya 22 30 0 1
Michael Bevan not out 36 49 2 0
Ian Healy (WK) b Aravinda de Silva 2 3 0 0
Paul Reiffel not out 13 18 0 0
Damien Fleming
Glenn McGrath
Wides: 11 No Balls: 1 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 10 Total: 22
Fall of Wickets 1-36 (Mark Waugh), 2-137 (Taylor), 3-152 (Ponting), 4-156 (Warne), 5-170 (Steve Waugh), 6-202 (Law), 7-205 (Healy)
Sri Lanka O M R W Wd Nb
Pramodaya Wickramasinghe 7    0 38 0 2 0
Chaminda Vaas 6    1 30 1 0 0
Muttiah Muralitharan 10    0 31 1 1 0
Kumar Dharmasena 10    0 47 1 0 1
Sanath Jayasuriya 8    0 43 1 5 0
Aravinda de Silva 9    0 42 3 3 0

Total : 245/3   Overs : 46.2
Sri Lanka Target : 242 from 50 Overs R B 4s 6s
Sanath Jayasuriya run out 9 7 1 0
R Kaluwitharana (WK) c Bevan b Damien Fleming 6 13 0 0
Asanka Gurusinha b Paul Reiffel 65 99 6 1
Aravinda de Silva not out 107 124 13 0
Arjuna Ranatunga (C) not out 47 37 4 1
Hashan Tillakaratne          
Roshan Mahanama          
Kumar Dharmasena          
Chaminda Vaas          
P Wickramasinghe          
Muttiah Muralitharan          
Wides : 5 No Balls: 1 Byes: 1 Leg Byes: 4 Extras: 11
Fall of Wickets 1-12 (Jayasuriya), 2-23 (Kaluwitharana), 3-148 (Gurusinha)

Australia O M R W Wd Nb
Glenn McGrath 8.2 1 28 0 0 0
Damien Fleming 6    0 43 1 4 0
Shane Warne 10    0 58 0 1 1
Paul Reiffel 10    0 49 1 0 0
Mark Waugh 6    0 35 0 0 0
Steve Waugh 3    0 15 0 0 1
Michael Bevan 3    0 12 0 0 0