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Nervous nineties is the period of batsman's innings when his or her score is between 90 and 99. During this phase many players bat extremely cautiously in order to avoid being out before they obtain a century.

Thursday, December 21, 1995

4th match: Sri Lanka v Australia at Sydney, 21 Dec 1995

ODI # 1026
Benson & Hedges World Series, 1995/96, 4th Match
Australia v Sri Lanka
Sydney Cricket Ground (day/night)
21 December 1995 (50-overs match)

Result: Australia won by 5 wickets
Points: Australia 2, Sri Lanka 0

Toss: Sri Lanka
Umpires: DB Hair and DJ Harper
TV Umpire: IS Thomas.
Match Referee: GT Dowling (NZ)
Man of the Match: MA Taylor

Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)                            R   M   B  4 6
RS Mahanama run out (Ponting) 5 13 11 1 0
ST Jayasuriya c Healy b McGrath 24 33 26 4 0
AP Gurusinha c Waugh b Bevan 38 93 58 4 0
PA de Silva c & b Lee 75 121 94 7 0
*A Ranatunga run out (Healy/Waugh) 7 16 14 0 0
HP Tillakaratne c Lee b McGrath 62 87 67 6 0
+RS Kaluwitharana b Kasprowicz 0 4 4 0 0
HDPK Dharmasena run out (Waugh) 7 21 17 0 0
WPUJC Vaas run out (Ponting) 14 11 14 0 0
GP Wickramasinghe not out 4 8 3 0 0
M Muralitharan not out 0 1 0 0 0
Extras (b 2, lb 11, w 5, nb 1) 19
Total (9 wickets, 50 overs, 216 mins) 255

FoW: 1-7 (Mahanama, 2.5 ov), 2-32 (Jayasuriya, 6.5 ov),
3-111 (Gurusinha, 25.5 ov), 4-134 (Ranatunga, 30.6 ov),
5-173 (de Silva, 37.3 ov), 6-175 (Kaluwitharana, 38.3 ov),
7-203 (Dharmasena, 43.2 ov), 8-239 (Vaas, 48.1 ov),
9-253 (Tillakaratne, 49.5 ov).

Bowling O M R W
McGrath 10 1 47 2 (1nb)
Kasprowicz 10 0 51 1 (3w)
Lee 10 0 40 1 (1w)
Warne 10 1 53 0
Waugh 6 0 31 0
Bevan 4 0 20 1 (1w)

Australia innings (target: 256 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4 6
*MA Taylor run out (Muralitharan) 90 165 115 6 0
MJ Slater c Kaluwitharana b Vaas 10 16 13 1 0
ME Waugh run out (Mahanama) 55 90 70 2 0
RT Ponting c Muralitharan b Dharmasena 56 92 71 1 0
SG Law run out 7 14 10 1 0
MG Bevan not out 18 30 16 1 0
S Lee not out 4 10 7 0 0
Extras (lb 13, w 4) 17
Total (5 wickets, 49.4 overs, 212 mins) 257

DNB: +IA Healy, SK Warne, MS Kasprowicz, GD McGrath.

FoW: 1-23 (Slater, 3.4 ov), 2-131 (Waugh, 25.6 ov),
3-192 (Taylor, 40.3 ov), 4-212 (Law, 43.4 ov),
5-239 (Ponting, 47.4 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Wickramasinghe 7 0 24 0 (2w)
Vaas 9 0 50 1 (1w)
Gurusinha 2 0 12 0
Ranatunga 1 0 12 0
Muralitharan 10 0 52 0
Dharmasena 8.4 0 41 1 (1w)
Jayasuriya 8 0 35 0
de Silva 4 0 18 0

  • Sri Lanka 50 off 11.2 overs
  • Sri Lanka 100 off 23.3 overs
  • PA de Silva 50 in 87 mins off 76 balls
  • Sri Lanka 150 off 33 overs
  • Sri Lanka 200 off 42.2 overs
  • HP Tillakaratne 50 off 56 balls.
  • WPUJC Vaas batted with a runner for one ball before being dismissed.
  • Sri Lanka 250 off 49.3 overs
  • During change of innings, the match referee announced that a 3 by de Silva should have been a 4. The innings was thus increased from 9-254 to 9-255 and de Silva's, Kasprowicz's, and the FoW figures were changed accordingly.

  • Australia 50 off 12.3 overs
  • Australia 100 off 19.3 overs
  • MA Taylor 50 off 66 balls
  • ME Waugh 50 off 58 balls
  • Australia 150 off 31.4 overs
  • MA Taylor run out by direct hit from Muralitharan at deep mid-on
  • MA Taylor 90: 37x1, 10x2, 3x3, 6x4.
  • SG Law dropped on 1 by Ranatunga
  • Australia 200 off 42.3 overs
  • RT Ponting 50 off 64 balls
  • Winning shot was a 4 by Bevan off the 3rd last ball of the match

  • Crowd: 28,301

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