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Test no. 1319

Sri Lanka in Australia Test Series - 2nd Test
Australia v Sri Lanka

1995/96 season

Played at Melbourne Cricket Ground on 26,27,28,29,30 December 1995 (5-day match)

Result Australia won by 10 wickets


Australia 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MJ Slater	c Wickramasinghe b Vaas	62	196	132	8	0	46.96
	MA Taylor	b Wickramasinghe	7	30	28	1	0	25.00
	DC Boon	c Muralitharan b Wickramasinghe	110	408	312	11	0	35.25
	ME Waugh	b Muralitharan	61	139	100	6	0	61.00
	SR Waugh	not out	131	329	252	11	0	51.98
	RT Ponting	c Gurusinha b Silva	71	125	94	9	1	75.53
	IA Healy	c Muralitharan b de Silva	41	86	70	3	0	58.57
	PR Reiffel	not out	4	13	13	0	0	30.76
	Extras	(lb 8, w 2, nb 3)	13

	Total	(6 wickets dec; 165 overs; 666 mins)	500	(3.03 runs per over)

Did not bat SK Warne, CJ McDermott, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets1-14 (Taylor), 2-116 (Slater), 3-219 (ME Waugh), 4-280 (Boon), 5-395 (Ponting), 6-488 (Healy)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GP Wickramasinghe	30.2	9	77	2	2.53	(1nb, 2w)
WPUJC Vaas	40.4	11	93	1	2.28	(1nb)
UC Hathurusingha	9	0	23	0	2.55
AP Gurusinha	2	0	8	0	4.00
M Muralitharan	38	7	124	1	3.26	(1nb)
KJ Silva	35	5	120	1	3.42
PA de Silva	10	0	47	1	4.70


Sri Lanka 1st innings			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	RS Mahanama	c Taylor b McGrath	3	14	15	0	0	20.00
	UC Hathurusingha	lbw b McGrath	23	133	79	1	0	29.11
	AP Gurusinha	c Healy b Ponting	27	109	85	1	0	31.76
	PA de Silva	c Reiffel b McGrath	18	113	84	2	0	21.42
	A Ranatunga	c Warne b McDermott	51	141	105	9	0	48.57
	HP Tillakaratne	c Taylor b Warne	14	74	58	0	0	24.13
	RS Kaluwitharana	c Boon b McDermott	50	95	59	7	0	84.74
	WPUJC Vaas	c Healy b Reiffel	0	7	8	0	0	0.00
	GP Wickramasinghe	c Healy b McGrath	10	41	23	2	0	43.47
	M Muralitharan	c Slater b McGrath	11	21	11	1	0	100.00
	KJ Silva	not out	6	13	12	1	0	50.00
	Extras	(b 6, lb 7, nb 7)	20

	Total	(all out; 88.4 overs; 385 mins)	233	(2.62 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-3 (Mahanama), 2-64 (Gurusinha), 3-68 (Hathurusingha), 4-128 (de Silva), 5-140 (Ranatunga), 6-182 (Tillakaratne), 7-183 (Vaas), 8-213 (Wickramasinghe), 9-221 (Kaluwitharana), 10-233 (Muralitharan)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
CJ McDermott	23	8	63	2	2.73	(5nb)
GD McGrath	23.4	9	40	5	1.69
PR Reiffel	20	5	60	1	3.00	(3nb)
RT Ponting	4	2	8	1	2.00
SK Warne	18	5	49	1	2.72


Sri Lanka 2nd innings (following on)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	RS Mahanama	c Warne b Reiffel	3	20	13	0	0	23.07
	UC Hathurusingha	lbw b Warne	39	131	95	4	0	41.05
	AP Gurusinha	lbw b Reiffel	143	353	274	15	1	52.18
	PA de Silva	c Healy b McDermott	28	101	75	2	0	37.33
	RS Kaluwitharana	st Healy b Warne	2	15	7	0	0	28.57
	HP Tillakaratne	c Ponting b ME Waugh	38	153	106	2	0	35.84
	A Ranatunga	not out	11	113	68	0	0	16.17
	WPUJC Vaas	c Boon b McGrath	6	27	28	1	0	21.42
	GP Wickramasinghe	st Healy b Warne	17	46	37	2	0	45.94
	M Muralitharan	c Taylor b Warne	0	1	1	0	0	0.00
	KJ Silva	b McGrath	0	7	6	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 7, lb 5, nb 8)	20

	Total	(all out; 116.5 overs; 488 mins)	307	(2.62 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-11 (Mahanama), 2-97 (Hathurusingha), 3-168 (de Silva), 4-172 (Kaluwitharana), 5-255 (Gurusinha), 6-273 (Tillakaratne), 7-285 (Vaas), 8-306 (Wickramasinghe), 9-306 (Muralitharan), 10-307 (Silva)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	33.5	6	92	2	2.71
CJ McDermott	17	1	54	1	3.17	(4nb)
PR Reiffel	20	7	59	2	2.95	(4nb)
SK Warne	37	10	71	4	1.91
ME Waugh	9	1	19	1	2.11


Australia 2nd innings (target: 41 runs)			R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
	MA Taylor	not out	25	31	23	2	0	108.69
	MJ Slater	not out	13	31	26	2	0	50.00
	Extras	(lb 1, nb 2)	3

	Total	(0 wickets; 7.4 overs; 31 mins)	41	(5.34 runs per over)

Did not bat DC Boon, ME Waugh, SR Waugh, RT Ponting,

IA Healy, PR Reiffel, SK Warne, CJ McDermott, GD McGrath


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
WPUJC Vaas	3	0	25	0	8.33	(2nb)
AP Gurusinha	3	1	6	0	2.00
PA de Silva	1	0	4	0	4.00
HP Tillakaratne	0.4	0	5	0	7.50

Toss Sri Lanka, who chose to field first
Series Australia led the 3-match series 2-0

Test debut KJ Silva (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match GD McGrath (Australia)

Umpires RS Dunne (New Zealand) and DB Hair
TV umpire WP Sheahan
Match referee GT Dowling (New Zealand)

Close of play
26 Dec day 1 - Australia 1st innings 234/3 (DC Boon 93*, SR Waugh 2*, 90 ov)
27 Dec day 2 - Sri Lanka 1st innings 25/1 (UC Hathurusingha 16*, AP Gurusinha 10*, 13 ov)
28 Dec day 3 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 33/1 (UC Hathurusingha 17*, AP Gurusinha 10*, 13 ov)
29 Dec day 4 - Sri Lanka 2nd innings 284/6 (A Ranatunga 6*, WPUJC Vaas 5*, 103 ov)
30 Dec day 5 - Australia 2nd innings 41/0 (7.4 ov) - end of match

Match notes

Day 1: Crowd: 55239
Muralitharan called for throwing by D Hair, 7 times.

Day 2: Crowd: 18292
Mark Taylor completes 100 test catches
Vaas completed an over after Wickremasinghe left the field injured.

Day 3: Crowd: 20847
Sri Lanka 200 off 80 overs
Kasprowicz fielding for SR Waugh (injured back)

Day 4: Crowd: 11010
Gurusinha 50 off 86 balls, 5x4
Gurusinha 100 off 207 balls in 271 mins, 10x4, 1x6

Day 5: Crowd: ~15000 (admitted free of charge) Ric Finlay, Travis.

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