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Monday, January 29, 1996

3rd Test: Australia v Sri Lanka at Adelaide, 25-29 Jan 1996

Test # 1324 (1322/10)
Sri Lanka in Australia, 1995-96, 3rd Test
Australia v Sri Lanka
Adelaide Oval
25,26,27,28,29 January 1996 (5-day match)

Result: Australia won by 148 runs
Australia wins the 3-Test series 3-0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: LH Barker (WI) and SG Randell
TV Umpire: DJ Harper
Match Referee: GT Dowling (NZ)
Man of the Match: SR Waugh
Man of the Series: SR Waugh

Close of play:

  • Day 1: Australia 239/5 (SR Waugh 70*, Healy 21*, 86 overs)
  • Day 2: Australia 502/9d, Sri Lanka 80/0 (Hathurusingha 24*, Jayasuriya 47*, 16 overs)
  • Day 3: Sri Lanka 317, Australia 16/0 (Slater 7*, Taylor 9*, 6 overs)
  • Day 4: Australia 215/6d, Sri Lanka 69/1 (Jayasuriya 50*, Gurusinha 2*, 21 ov)
    Australia 1st innings                                           R   M   B  4 6
    *MA Taylor c Kaluwitharana b Vaas 21 73 55 0 1
    MJ Slater c Kaluwitharana b Vaas 0 1 1 0 0
    DC Boon b Pushpakumara 43 171 115 2 0
    ME Waugh c Pushpakumara b Wickramasinghe 71 199 137 4 0
    SR Waugh b Pushpakumara 170 421 316 13 0
    RT Ponting c Kaluwitharana b Vaas 6 31 27 0 0
    +IA Healy c Pushpakumara b Dharmasena 70 161 119 8 0
    PR Reiffel c Gurusinha b Wickramasinghe 56 163 124 7 0
    SK Warne c Pushpakumara b Wickramasinghe 33 63 39 5 0
    CJ McDermott not out 15 27 16 1 0
    Extras (b 5, lb 9, w 1, nb 2) 17
    Total (9 wickets decl, 157.3 ov, 656 mins) 502

    DNB: GD McGrath.

    FoW: 1-1 (Slater), 2-36 (Taylor), 3-96 (Boon), 4-181 (ME Waugh),
    5-196 (Ponting), 6-326 (Healy), 7-443 (SR Waugh),
    8-467 (Reiffel), 9-502 (Warne).

    Bowling O M R W
    Vaas 42 11 106 3
    Pushpakumara 34 4 126 2 (1nb)
    Wickramasinghe 39.3 7 120 3 (1w, 1nb)
    Hathurusingha 4 0 15 0
    Dharmasena 25 3 80 1
    Jayasuriya 13 2 41 0

    Sri Lanka 1st innings R M B 4 6
    UC Hathurusingha c ME Waugh b Reiffel 28 86 63 4 0
    ST Jayasuriya c Healy b Reiffel 48 82 57 7 1
    AP Gurusinha c Reiffel b McGrath 17 66 44 1 0
    S Ranatunga c SR Waugh b McDermott 60 203 148 3 0
    +RS Kaluwitharana lbw b Reiffel 31 44 35 4 1
    HP Tillakaratne c Healy b McGrath 65 207 155 3 0
    *PA de Silva c Taylor b McGrath 19 62 45 1 0
    HDPK Dharmasena c Healy b McGrath 0 3 3 0 0
    WPUJC Vaas c ME Waugh b Reiffel 8 12 7 1 0
    GP Wickramasinghe b Reiffel 10 43 28 0 0
    KR Pushpakumara not out 2 11 7 0 0
    Extras (b 8, lb 13, w 1, nb 7) 29
    Total (all out, 97.1 overs, 414 mins) 317

    FoW: 1-86 (Jayasuriya), 2-89 (Hathurusingha), 3-129 (Gurusinha),
    4-171 (Kaluwitharana), 5-237 (Ranatunga), 6-290 (de Silva),
    7-290 (Dharmasena), 8-299 (Vaas), 9-309 (Tillakaratne),
    10-317 (Wickramasinghe).

    Bowling O M R W
    McDermott 20 5 81 1 (2nb)
    McGrath 27 4 91 4
    Warne 26 4 74 0
    Reiffel 19.1 4 39 5 (5nb)
    ME Waugh 5 2 11 0

    Australia 2nd innings R M B 4 6
    MJ Slater b Wickramasinghe 15 60 34 1 0
    *MA Taylor b Pushpakumara 10 39 31 1 0
    DC Boon c Kaluwitharana b Vaas 35 92 66 5 0
    ME Waugh c Tillakaratne b Vaas 12 61 44 0 0
    SR Waugh not out 61 181 129 5 0
    RT Ponting c Kaluwitharana b Vaas 20 64 61 2 0
    +IA Healy c Hathurusingha b Pushpakumara 43 80 63 2 0
    PR Reiffel not out 14 25 15 2 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 1, nb 3) 5
    Total (6 wickets decl, 73 overs, 304 mins) 215

    DNB: SK Warne, CJ McDermott, GD McGrath.

    FoW: 1-22 (Taylor), 2-36 (Slater), 3-70 (ME Waugh), 4-75 (Boon),
    5-122 (Ponting), 6-186 (Healy).

    Bowling O M R W
    Vaas 21 6 44 3
    Pushpakumara 17 2 63 2
    Wickramasinghe 13 1 39 1 (2nb)
    Dharmasena 22 1 67 0 (1nb)

    Sri Lanka 2nd innings (target: 401 runs) R M B 4 6
    ST Jayasuriya c Healy b SR Waugh 112 272 188 14 2
    UC Hathurusingha c Healy b McGrath 14 61 46 2 0
    AP Gurusinha b Reiffel 2 28 28 0 0
    S Ranatunga c Healy b SR Waugh 65 246 197 6 0
    +RS Kaluwitharana b SR Waugh 0 7 2 0 0
    HP Tillakaratne c Healy b McGrath 3 17 16 0 0
    *PA de Silva c Taylor b ME Waugh 3 30 26 0 0
    HDPK Dharmasena c Taylor b SR Waugh 2 21 16 0 0
    WPUJC Vaas c Healy b McGrath 26 46 32 5 0
    GP Wickramasinghe b Warne 6 12 17 0 0
    KR Pushpakumara not out 3 20 20 0 0
    Extras (b 1, lb 6, nb 9) 16
    Total (all out, 96.2 overs) 252

    FoW: 1-51 (Hathurusingha), 2-70 (Gurusinha), 3-195 (Jayasuriya),
    4-195 (Kaluwitharana), 5-199 (Tillakaratne),
    6-208 (de Silva), 7-216 (Ranatunga), 8-225 (Dharmasena),
    9-232 (Wickramasinghe), 10-252 (Vaas).

    Bowling O M R W
    McGrath 22.2 6 48 3
    Reiffel 15 0 60 1 (8nb)
    SR Waugh 19 8 34 4 (1nb)
    Warne 27 11 68 1
    ME Waugh 4 1 15 1
    McDermott 9 3 20 0

    • DC Boon announced that this would be his final Test
    • Scorers: RM Artis (AUS) and T Lowrey (SL)
    • 12th Men: TBA May (AUS) and RS Kalpage (SL).

      Day 1

    • Slater out to the first ball he faced
    • Lunch: AUS 2-43 (Boon 21*, ME Waugh 1*)
    • Tea: AUS 3-133 (ME Waugh 46*, SR Waugh 18*)
    • Sri Lankans dropped 4 catches Kaluwitharana dropped ME Waugh and SR Waugh Pushpakumara dropped Boon Tillekaratne dropped ME Waugh
    • Play ended at 7:20pm due to bad light (80 minutes after scheduled close). 4 overs total lost to the weather.
    • Crowd: 9119

      Day 2

    • Jayasuriya dropped Healy (25) off Vaas
    • 10 minutes play lost to rain in the 1st session. Scheduled close extended to 6:10pm.
    • SR Waugh out to the first ball of the 3rd session
    • McDermott hit an all-run 5 off the first ball he faced
    • Warne hit 2 consecutive 4s before being caught in the outfield hooking
    • Jayasuriya had scored 20 runs before Hathurusinghe scored his first.
    • Sri Lanka 50 off 8.1 overs (35 minutes).
    • Jayasuriya hit 23 runs off the 11 balls he faced in McDermott's first spell of 5-1-28-0.
    • Crowd: 17277

      Day 3

    • Lunch: SL 3-170 (Ranatunga 31*, Kaluwitharana 30*)
    • Tea: SL 5-253 (Tillekeratne 37*, de Silva 8*)
    • Tillekeratne was Healy's 250th catch and 270th dismissal (equal 2nd on all-time list of wicketkeeping dismissals)
    • Crowd: 14533

      Day 4

    • Lunch: 86/4 (SR Waugh 3*, Ponting 9*)
    • Tea: 173/5 (SR Waugh 44*, Healy 33*)
    • Sri Lanka set 401 to win in a minimum of 111 overs
    • Healy outright 2nd on wicketkeeping list (271 dismissals)
    • Crowd: 15195

      Day 5

    • Lunch 136/2 (Jayasuriya 74*, Ranatunga 34*)
    • Tea was taken upon de Silva's dismissal.
    • Tea 208/6 (Ranatunga 61*)

    • Aggregate Crowd: 63478
    • B&H International Cricketer of the Year: SR Waugh (awarded to the best player in the Australian international season)
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