7th match: Sri Lanka v West Indies at Brisbane, 5 Jan 1996

ODI # 1030
Benson & Hedges World Series, 1995/96, 7th Match
Sri Lanka v West Indies
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane (day/night)
5 January 1996 (50-overs match)

Result: West Indies won by 7 wickets
Points: West Indies 2, Sri Lanka 0

Toss: Sri Lanka
Umpires: RA Emerson and AJ McQuillan
TV Umpire: PD Parker.
Match Referee: GT Dowling (NZ)
Man of the Match: CEL Ambrose

Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum)                            R   M   B  4 6
UC Hathurusingha      c Browne           b Ambrose              0   2   6  0 0
ST Jayasuriya         c Browne           b Walsh                3  37  28  0 0
AP Gurusinha          c Hooper           b Ambrose              3  25  10  0 0
*PA de Silva          c Gibson           b Bishop              10  42  16  1 0
RS Mahanama           c Browne           b Ambrose              0   5   3  0 0
HP Tillakaratne       not out                                  37 148 116  2 0
+RS Kaluwitharana     run out (Simmons)                         0   6   1  0 0
WPUJC Vaas            c Browne           b Gibson              14  83  67  1 0
AMN Munasinghe        c Browne           b Simmons              8  20  22  0 0
GP Wickramasinghe     c Harper           b Walsh                2   4   6  0 0
M Muralitharan                           b Gibson               0   3   2  0 0
Extras                (lb 2, w 18, nb 5)                       25
Total                 (all out, 45.2 overs)                   102

FoW: 1-0 (Hathurusingha, 0.6 ov), 2-12 (Gurusinha, 6.2 ov),
    3-17 (Jayasuriya, 7.5 ov), 4-19 (Mahanama, 8.4 ov),
    5-33 (de Silva, 14.3 ov), 6-34 (Kaluwitharana, 15.6 ov),
    7-77 (Vaas, 37.4 ov), 8-95 (Munasinghe, 43.2 ov),
    9-98 (Wickramasinghe, 44.3 ov),
    10-102 (Muralitharan, 45.2 ov).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ambrose                     10      3     20      3 (7w, 2nb)
Walsh                        9      2     19      2 (2w, 1nb)
Gibson                       8.2    2     15      2 (2w, 2nb)
Bishop                       7      1     18      1 (6w)
Simmons                      9      2     19      1 (1w)
Harper                       2      0      9      0

West Indies innings (target: 103 runs from 50 overs)            R   M   B  4 6
PV Simmons            lbw                b Vaas                 6   2   4  1 0
SL Campbell           c Muralitharan     b Vaas                34  78  39  2 0
S Chanderpaul         run out                                  10  46  44  1 0
*RB Richardson        not out                                  19  73  47  2 0
CL Hooper             not out                                  18  44  42  0 0
Extras                (lb 2, w 8, nb 7)                        17
Total                 (3 wickets, 26.1 overs)                 104

DNB: RA Harper, OD Gibson, +CO Browne, IR Bishop, CEL Ambrose,
    CA Walsh.

FoW: 1-6 (Simmons), 2-46 (Chanderpaul), 3-68 (Campbell).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Vaas                        10      2     24      2 (1w, 4nb)
Munasinghe                   7      1     34      0 (5w)
Wickramasinghe               6      0     24      0 (2w)
Muralitharan                 3      0     16      0 (4nb)
Tillakaratne                 0.1    0      4      0

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• Attendance: 13899
• Umpire RA Emerson makes his debut in an international match.
• 1st ever floodlit ODI in Brisbane.
• 25th anniversary of One-day Internationals (first one held on the 5th of January 1971, Australia defeating England at the MCG).
• Play started 35 minutes after the scheduled starting time of 1:30pm. Tea interval reduced to 30 minutes, and play extended beyond it's normal finishing time. Match remains at 50 overs per side.
• Ambrose's 3rd over had 4 wides.
• Walsh (apparent thigh strain) substituted from the 11th over to the 17th over.
• Bishop's 4th over had 4 wides.
• Sri Lanka 100 off 44.4 overs.
• Browne takes 5 catches and equals the world record for most dismissals by a wicket keeper.

• Murali's first over had 3 no-balls for throwing.
• Murali's second over had 2 no-balls for throwing.
• WI 100 coming in the 26th over.