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Played at
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore (neutral venue), on 17 March 1996 - day/night (50-over match)
Result Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets (with 22 balls remaining)
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Australia innings (50 overs maximum) |
R |
M |
B |
4s |
6s |
SR |
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MA Taylor |
c Jayasuriya b de Silva |
74 |
109 |
83 |
8 |
1 |
89.15 |
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ME Waugh |
c Jayasuriya b Vaas |
12 |
29 |
15 |
1 |
0 |
80.00 |
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RT Ponting |
b de Silva |
45 |
90 |
73 |
2 |
0 |
61.64 |
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SR Waugh |
c de Silva b Dharmasena |
13 |
32 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
52.00 |
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SK Warne |
st  Kaluwitharana b Muralitharan |
2 |
4 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
40.00 |
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SG Law |
c de Silva b Jayasuriya |
22 |
43 |
30 |
0 |
1 |
73.33 |
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MG Bevan |
not out |
36 |
58 |
49 |
2 |
0 |
73.46 |
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IA Healy |
b de Silva |
2 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
66.66 |
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PR Reiffel |
not out |
13 |
21 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
72.22 |
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Extras |
(lb 10, w 11, nb 1) |
22 |
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Total |
(7 wickets; 50 overs) |
241 |
(4.82 runs per over) |
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Sri Lanka innings (target: 242 runs from 50 overs) |
R |
M |
B |
4s |
6s |
SR |
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ST Jayasuriya |
run out |
9 |
9 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
128.57 |
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RS Kaluwitharana |
c Bevan b Fleming |
6 |
27 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
46.15 |
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AP Gurusinha |
b Reiffel |
65 |
119 |
99 |
6 |
1 |
65.65 |
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PA de Silva |
not out |
107 |
176 |
124 |
13 |
0 |
86.29 |
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A Ranatunga |
not out |
47 |
72 |
37 |
4 |
1 |
127.02 |
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Extras |
(b 1, lb 4, w 5, nb 1) |
11 |
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Total |
(3 wickets; 46.2 overs) |
245 |
(5.28 runs per over) |
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Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to field first
Series Sri Lanka won the 1995/96 Wills World Cup
Player of the match
PA de Silva (Sri Lanka)
Player of the series
ST Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka)
Umpires
SA Bucknor (West Indies) and DR Shepherd (England)
TV umpire
CJ Mitchley (South Africa)
Match referee
CH Lloyd (West Indies)
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Match notes |
- Jayasuriya named player of the tournament after the 2nd semi final.
- MA Taylor and RT Ponting 101, record 2nd wicket partnership in a World Cup final.
- MA Taylor 74, highest score by an Australian captain in any World Cup match.
- SK Warne, 1st player to be stumped in a World Cup final (by RS Kaluwitharana).
- PA de Silva 107*, 3rd ever 100 in a World Cup final. (Previous two: CH Lloyd 102 in 1975, IVA Richards 138* in 1979).
- Sri Lanka least wickets lost (3) in any World Cup final.
- PA de Silva, man of the match for an unbeaten 107, 3 wickets, and 2 catches (most runs, most wickets, and equal most catches in the match).
- Sri Lanka are the 1st host country to win a World Cup, and the 1st country to win a World Cup final batting second.
- Sri Lanka win their 1st World Cup after only winning a total of 4 matches in the previous 5 World Cups.
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