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Test no. 1317
 Sri Lanka in Australia Test Series - 1st Test
Australia v Sri Lanka 		1995/96 season

Played at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth, on 8,9,10,11 December 1995 (5-day match)

Result Australia won by an innings and 36 runs

Sri Lanka 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
RS Mahanama c Warne b McDermott 15 80 52 1 0 28.84
UC Hathurusingha c Law b McGrath 14 41 32 2 0 43.75
AP Gurusinha b McGrath 46 157 140 4 0 32.85
PA de Silva c & b Warne 10 40 27 1 0 37.03
captain A Ranatunga c wicketkeeperHealy b McGrath 32 79 54 2 1 59.25
HP Tillakaratne lbw b McDermott 6 68 51 0 0 11.76
wicketkeeper RS Kaluwitharana c Taylor b Warne 50 90 74 7 0 67.56
HDPK Dharmasena b McDermott 30 92 72 4 0 41.66
WPUJC Vaas c wicketkeeperHealy b Warne 4 12 7 0 0 57.14
GP Wickramasinghe c Julian b McGrath 28 38 32 5 0 87.50
M Muralitharan not out 0 1 0 0 0 -
    Extras (b 4, lb 9, nb 3) 16
    Total (all out; 89.4 overs) 251 (2.79 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-25 (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 Econ
 CJ McDermott 18.4 5 44 3 2.35
 GD McGrath 24 3 81 4 3.37 (1nb)
 BP Julian 17 8 32 0 1.88
 SK Warne 27 7 75 3 2.77 (2nb)
 ME Waugh 3 1 6 0 2.00

Australia 1st innings R M B 4s 6s SR
MJ Slater c & b Muralitharan 219 460 321 15 5 68.22
captain MA Taylor lbw b de Silva 96 224 173 14 0 55.49
DC Boon c Hathurusingha b Muralitharan 13 60 50 1 0 26.00
ME Waugh c wicketkeeperKaluwitharana b Vaas 111 261 223 7 1 49.77
RT Ponting lbw b Vaas 96 236 184 8 0 52.17
SG Law not out 54 153 118 1 0 45.76
    Extras (b 4, lb 6, nb 18) 28
    Total (5 wickets dec; 174 overs) 617 (3.54 runs per over)

Did not bat wicketkeeperIA Healy, BP Julian, SK Warne, CJ McDermott, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets1-228 (Taylor), 2-266 (Boon), 3-422 (Slater), 4-496 (Waugh), 5-617 (Ponting)

 Bowling O M R W Econ
 GP Wickramasinghe 31 3 123 0 3.96 (7nb)
 WPUJC Vaas 31 5 103 2 3.32 (3nb)
 M Muralitharan 54 3 224 2 4.14 (4nb)
 UC Hathurusingha 9 3 31 0 3.44
 HDPK Dharmasena 31 5 84 0 2.70
 PA de Silva 18 1 42 1 2.33 (4nb)

Sri Lanka 2nd innings R M B 4s 6s SR
RS Mahanama b McGrath 48 128 97 6 0 49.48
UC Hathurusingha c wicketkeeperHealy b McGrath 11 35 24 1 0 45.83
AP Gurusinha c wicketkeeperHealy b McDermott 7 30 17 0 0 41.17
PA de Silva c Ponting b Warne 20 36 35 4 0 57.14
captain A Ranatunga b McGrath 46 114 64 6 1 71.87
HP Tillakaratne c Ponting b Warne 119 267 206 12 0 57.76
wicketkeeper RS Kaluwitharana c Ponting b Julian 40 45 42 6 0 95.23
HDPK Dharmasena lbw b McDermott 18 87 63 3 0 28.57
WPUJC Vaas c wicketkeeperHealy b Warne 4 20 19 1 0 21.05
GP Wickramasinghe c Warne b McDermott 0 4 3 0 0 0.00
M Muralitharan not out 3 10 4 0 0 75.00
    Extras (lb 4, nb 10) 14
    Total (all out; 93.4 overs) 330 (3.52 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-35 (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 Econ
 CJ McDermott 20 3 73 3 3.65 (10nb)
 GD McGrath 24 7 86 3 3.58
 SK Warne 29.4 6 96 3 3.23
 BP Julian 13 4 40 1 3.07
 ME Waugh 4 0 22 0 5.50
 SG Law 3 1 9 0 3.00

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to bat first
Series Australia led the 3-match series 1-0

Test debuts SG Law and RT Ponting (Australia)
Player of the match MJ Slater (Australia)

Umpires Khizer Hayat (Pakistan) and PD Parker
TV umpire BT Rennie
Match referee GT Dowling (New Zealand)

Close of play
8 Dec day 1 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 251
9 Dec day 2 - Australia 1st innings 358/2 (MJ Slater 189*, ME Waugh 36*, 90 ov)
10 Dec day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 13/0 (RS Mahanama 2*, UC Hathurusingha 7*, 4 ov)
11 Dec day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 330 (93.4 ov) - end of match

Match notes

  • 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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