- Test no. 1319 | 1995/96 season
- Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground
- 26,27,28,29,30 December 1995 (5-day match)
| Australia 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MJ Slater | c Wickramasinghe b Vaas | 62 | 196 | 132 | 8 | 0 | 46.96 | |
| MA Taylor* | b Wickramasinghe | 7 | 30 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 25.00 | |
| DC Boon | c Muralitharan b Wickramasinghe | 110 | 408 | 312 | 11 | 0 | 35.25 | |
| ME Waugh | b Muralitharan | 61 | 139 | 100 | 6 | 0 | 61.00 | |
| SR Waugh | not out | 131 | 329 | 252 | 11 | 0 | 51.98 | |
| RT Ponting | c Gurusinha b Silva | 71 | 125 | 94 | 9 | 1 | 75.53 | |
| IA Healy† | c Muralitharan b de Silva | 41 | 86 | 70 | 3 | 0 | 58.57 | |
| PR Reiffel | not out | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 30.76 | |
| Extras | (lb 8, w 2, nb 3) | 13 | ||||||
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| Total | (6 wickets dec; 165 overs; 666 mins) | 500 | (3.03 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat SK Warne, CJ McDermott, GD McGrath |
| Fall of wickets1-14 (Taylor), 2-116 (Slater), 3-219 (ME Waugh), 4-280 (Boon), 5-395 (Ponting), 6-488 (Healy) |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GP Wickramasinghe | 30.2 | 9 | 77 | 2 | 2.53 | (1nb, 2w) | ||
| WPUJC Vaas | 40.4 | 11 | 93 | 1 | 2.28 | (1nb) | ||
| UC Hathurusingha | 9 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 2.55 | |||
| AP Gurusinha | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4.00 | |||
| M Muralitharan | 38 | 7 | 124 | 1 | 3.26 | (1nb) | ||
| KJ Silva | 35 | 5 | 120 | 1 | 3.42 | |||
| PA de Silva | 10 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 4.70 |
| Sri Lanka 1st innings | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RS Mahanama | c Taylor b McGrath | 3 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 20.00 | |
| UC Hathurusingha | lbw b McGrath | 23 | 133 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 29.11 | |
| AP Gurusinha | c †Healy b Ponting | 27 | 109 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 31.76 | |
| PA de Silva | c Reiffel b McGrath | 18 | 113 | 84 | 2 | 0 | 21.42 | |
| A Ranatunga* | c Warne b McDermott | 51 | 141 | 105 | 9 | 0 | 48.57 | |
| HP Tillakaratne | c Taylor b Warne | 14 | 74 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 24.13 | |
| RS Kaluwitharana† | c Boon b McDermott | 50 | 95 | 59 | 7 | 0 | 84.74 | |
| WPUJC Vaas | c †Healy b Reiffel | 0 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| GP Wickramasinghe | c †Healy b McGrath | 10 | 41 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 43.47 | |
| M Muralitharan | c Slater b McGrath | 11 | 21 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 100.00 | |
| KJ Silva | not out | 6 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Extras | (b 6, lb 7, nb 7) | 20 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 88.4 overs; 385 mins) | 233 | (2.62 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| CJ McDermott | 23 | 8 | 63 | 2 | 2.73 | (5nb) | ||
| GD McGrath | 23.4 | 9 | 40 | 5 | 1.69 | |||
| PR Reiffel | 20 | 5 | 60 | 1 | 3.00 | (3nb) | ||
| RT Ponting | 4 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2.00 | |||
| SK Warne | 18 | 5 | 49 | 1 | 2.72 |
| Sri Lanka 2nd innings (following on) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| RS Mahanama | c Warne b Reiffel | 3 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 23.07 | |
| UC Hathurusingha | lbw b Warne | 39 | 131 | 95 | 4 | 0 | 41.05 | |
| AP Gurusinha | lbw b Reiffel | 143 | 353 | 274 | 15 | 1 | 52.18 | |
| PA de Silva | c †Healy b McDermott | 28 | 101 | 75 | 2 | 0 | 37.33 | |
| RS Kaluwitharana† | st †Healy b Warne | 2 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28.57 | |
| HP Tillakaratne | c Ponting b ME Waugh | 38 | 153 | 106 | 2 | 0 | 35.84 | |
| A Ranatunga* | not out | 11 | 113 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 16.17 | |
| WPUJC Vaas | c Boon b McGrath | 6 | 27 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 21.42 | |
| GP Wickramasinghe | st †Healy b Warne | 17 | 46 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 45.94 | |
| M Muralitharan | c Taylor b Warne | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| KJ Silva | b McGrath | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Extras | (b 7, lb 5, nb 8) | 20 | ||||||
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| Total | (all out; 116.5 overs; 488 mins) | 307 | (2.62 runs per over) | |||||
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| GD McGrath | 33.5 | 6 | 92 | 2 | 2.71 | |||
| CJ McDermott | 17 | 1 | 54 | 1 | 3.17 | (4nb) | ||
| PR Reiffel | 20 | 7 | 59 | 2 | 2.95 | (4nb) | ||
| SK Warne | 37 | 10 | 71 | 4 | 1.91 | |||
| ME Waugh | 9 | 1 | 19 | 1 | 2.11 |
| Australia 2nd innings (target: 41 runs) | R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
| MA Taylor* | not out | 25 | 31 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 108.69 | |
| MJ Slater | not out | 13 | 31 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Extras | (lb 1, nb 2) | 3 | ||||||
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| Total | (0 wickets; 7.4 overs; 31 mins) | 41 | (5.34 runs per over) | |||||
| Did not bat DC Boon, ME Waugh, SR Waugh, RT Ponting, IA Healy†, PR Reiffel, SK Warne, CJ McDermott, GD McGrath |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Econ | |||
| WPUJC Vaas | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 8.33 | (2nb) | ||
| AP Gurusinha | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2.00 | |||
| PA de Silva | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | |||
| HP Tillakaratne | 0.4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7.50 |
| Match details |
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Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to field Series Australia led the 3-match series 2-0 |
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Test debut
KJ Silva
(Sri Lanka) Player of the match GD McGrath (Australia) |
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Umpires
RS Dunne (New Zealand) and DB Hair TV umpire WP Sheahan Match referee GT Dowling (New Zealand) |
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Close of play 26 Dec day 1 - Australia 1st innings 234/3 (DC Boon 93*, SR Waugh 2*, 90 ov) 27 Dec day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 25/1 (UC Hathurusingha 16*, AP Gurusinha 10*, 13 ov) 28 Dec day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 33/1 (UC Hathurusingha 17*, AP Gurusinha 10*, 13 ov) 29 Dec day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 284/6 (A Ranatunga 6*, WPUJC Vaas 5*, 103 ov) 30 Dec day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 41/0 (7.4 ov) - end of match |
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