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Monday, December 11, 1995

1st Test: Australia v Sri Lanka at Perth, 8-11 Dec 1995

Test # 1317 (1320/8)
Sri Lanka in Australia, 1995/96, 1st Test
Australia v Sri Lanka
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
8,9,10,11 December 1995 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by an innings and 36 runs
Australia leads the 3-Test series 1-0

Toss: Sri Lanka
Umpires: Khizer Hayat (Pak) and PD Parker
TV Umpire: BT Rennie
Match Referee: GT Dowling (NZ)
Test Debuts: SG Law, RT Ponting (Aus).
Man of the Match: MJ Slater

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: Sri Lanka 251
  • Day 2: Australia 358/2 (Slater 189*, Waugh 36*, 90 overs)
  • Day 3: Australia 617/5d, Sri Lanka 13/0 (Mahanama 2*, Hathurusingha 7*, 4 ov)
    Sri Lanka 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    RS Mahanama c Warne b McDermott 15 80 52 1 0
    UC Hathurusingha c Law b McGrath 14 41 32 2 0
    AP Gurusinha b McGrath 46 157 140 4 0
    PA de Silva c & b Warne 10 40 27 1 0
    *A Ranatunga c Healy b McGrath 32 79 54 2 1
    HP Tillakaratne lbw b McDermott 6 68 51 0 0
    +RS Kaluwitharana c Taylor b Warne 50 90 74 7 0
    HDPK Dharmasena b McDermott 30 92 72 4 0
    WPUJC Vaas c Healy b Warne 4 12 7 0 0
    GP Wickramasinghe c Julian b McGrath 28 38 32 5 0
    M Muralitharan not out 0 1 0 0 0
    Extras (b 4, lb 9, nb 3) 16
    Total (all out, 89.4 overs) 251

    FoW: 1-25 (Hathurusingha), 2-38 (Mahanama), 3-54 (de Silva),
    4-129 (Gurusinha), 5-132 (Ranatunga), 6-172 (Tillakaratne),
    7-193 (Kaluwitharana), 8-205 (Vaas), 9-251 (Wickramasinghe),
    10-251 (Dharmasena).

    Bowling O M R W
    McDermott 18.4 5 44 3
    McGrath 24 3 81 4 (1nb)
    Julian 17 8 32 0
    Warne 27 7 75 3 (2nb)
    Waugh 3 1 6 0

    Australia 1st innings R M B 4 6
    MJ Slater c & b Muralitharan 219 460 321 15 5
    *MA Taylor lbw b de Silva 96 224 173 14 0
    DC Boon c Hathurusingha b Muralitharan 13 60 50 1 0
    ME Waugh c Kaluwitharana b Vaas 111 261 223 7 1
    RT Ponting lbw b Vaas 96 236 184 8 0
    SG Law not out 54 153 118 1 0
    Extras (b 4, lb 6, nb 18) 28
    Total (5 wickets declared, 174 overs) 617

    DNB: +IA Healy, BP Julian, SK Warne, CJ McDermott, GD McGrath.

    FoW: 1-228 (Taylor), 2-266 (Boon), 3-422 (Slater), 4-496 (Waugh),
    5-617 (Ponting).

    Bowling O M R W
    Wickramasinghe 31 3 123 0 (7nb)
    Vaas 31 5 103 2 (3nb)
    Muralitharan 54 3 224 2 (4nb)
    Hathurusingha 9 3 31 0
    Dharmasena 31 5 84 0
    de Silva 18 1 42 1 (4nb)

    Sri Lanka 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    RS Mahanama b McGrath 48 128 97 6 0
    UC Hathurusingha c Healy b McGrath 11 35 24 1 0
    AP Gurusinha c Healy b McDermott 7 30 17 0 0
    PA de Silva c Ponting b Warne 20 36 35 4 0
    *A Ranatunga b McGrath 46 114 64 6 1
    HP Tillakaratne c Ponting b Warne 119 267 206 12 0
    +RS Kaluwitharana c Ponting b Julian 40 45 42 6 0
    HDPK Dharmasena lbw b McDermott 18 87 63 3 0
    WPUJC Vaas c Healy b Warne 4 20 19 1 0
    GP Wickramasinghe c Warne b McDermott 0 4 3 0 0
    M Muralitharan not out 3 10 4 0 0
    Extras (lb 4, nb 10) 14
    Total (all out, 93.4 overs) 330

    FoW: 1-35 (Hathurusingha), 2-56 (Gurusinha), 3-87 (de Silva),
    4-105 (Mahanama), 5-193 (Ranatunga), 6-258 (Kaluwitharana),
    7-310 (Dharmasena), 8-318 (Vaas), 9-319 (Wickramasinghe),
    10-330 (Tillakaratne).

    Bowling O M R W
    McDermott 20 3 73 3 (10nb)
    McGrath 24 7 86 3
    Warne 29.4 6 96 3
    Julian 13 4 40 1
    Waugh 4 0 22 0
    Law 3 1 9 0

    • Scorers: CA Bull (Aus) and S Wheeler (SL)
    • 12th Men: MS Kasprowicz (Aus) and KR Pushpakumara (SL)

      Day 1

    • Attendance: 8138

      Day 2

    • MJ Slater 100 in 126 balls, 4x6.
    • Aus 200 in 45.3 overs at 4.39 runs per over.
    • Record 1st wicket partnership against SL by any team, highest partnership for the 1st wicket by any team at WACA.
    • MJ Slater 150 in 196 balls, 13x4, 4x6.
    • Australian 300 off 471 balls
    • MJ Slater highest Test score (previous best: 176 v England at Brisbane 1994/95)
    • Attendance: 7550

      Day 3

    • Attendance: 9078

      Day 4

    • Warne claims his 200th wicket with the wicket of Vaas.
    • Tillekaratne's highest test score.
    • Attendance: 4119 (Total: 28885)
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