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| Venue | Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth on 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th December 1995 (5-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to bat |
| Result | Australia won by an innings and 36 runs |
| Umpires | Khizer Hayat, PD Parker |
| TV umpire | BT Rennie |
| Referee | GT Dowling |
| Scorers | CA Bull (Australia), SA Wheeler (Sri Lanka) |
| Close of play day 1 | Sri Lanka (1) 251 all out |
| Close of play day 2 | Australia (1) 358/2 (Slater 189*, Waugh 36*; 90 overs) |
| Close of play day 3 | Sri Lanka (2) 13/0 (Mahanama 2*, Hathurusingha 7*; 4 overs) |
| Player of the Match | MJ Slater |
| Sri Lanka first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RS Mahanama | c Warne b McDermott | 15 | 52 | 80 | 1 | - | |
| UC Hathurusingha | c Law b McGrath | 14 | 32 | 41 | 2 | - | |
| AP Gurusinha | b McGrath | 46 | 140 | 157 | 4 | - | |
| PA de Silva | c and b Warne | 10 | 27 | 40 | 1 | - | |
| *A Ranatunga | c Healy b McGrath | 32 | 54 | 79 | 2 | 1 | |
| HP Tillakaratne | lbw b McDermott | 6 | 51 | 68 | - | - | |
| +RS Kaluwitharana | c Taylor b Warne | 50 | 74 | 90 | 7 | - | |
| HDPK Dharmasena | b McDermott | 30 | 72 | 92 | 4 | - | |
| WPUJC Vaas | c Healy b Warne | 4 | 7 | 12 | - | - | |
| GP Wickramasinghe | c Julian b McGrath | 28 | 32 | 38 | 5 | - | |
| M Muralitharan | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 b, 9 lb, 3 nb) | 16 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 365 minutes, 89.4 overs) | 251 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-25 (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) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McDermott | 18.4 | 5 | 44 | 3 | - | - | |
| McGrath | 24 | 3 | 81 | 4 | - | 1 | |
| Julian | 17 | 8 | 32 | 0 | - | - | |
| Warne | 27 | 7 | 75 | 3 | - | 2 | |
| Waugh | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | |
| Australia first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| MJ Slater | c and b Muralitharan | 219 | 321 | 460 | 15 | 5 | |
| *MA Taylor | lbw b de Silva | 96 | 173 | 224 | 14 | - | |
| DC Boon | c Hathurusingha b Muralitharan | 13 | 50 | 60 | 1 | - | |
| ME Waugh | c Kaluwitharana b Vaas | 111 | 223 | 261 | 7 | 1 | |
| RT Ponting | lbw b Vaas | 96 | 184 | 236 | 8 | - | |
| SG Law | not out | 54 | 118 | 153 | 1 | - | |
| +IA Healy | did not bat | ||||||
| BP Julian | did not bat | ||||||
| SK Warne | did not bat | ||||||
| CJ McDermott | did not bat | ||||||
| GD McGrath | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (4 b, 6 lb, 18 nb) | 28 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, declared, 698 minutes, 174 overs) | 617 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-228 (Taylor), 2-266 (Boon), 3-422 (Slater), 4-496 (Waugh), 5-617 (Ponting) | |||||||
| Sri Lanka bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Wickramasinghe | 31 | 3 | 123 | 0 | - | 7 | |
| Vaas | 31 | 5 | 103 | 2 | - | 3 | |
| Muralitharan | 54 | 3 | 224 | 2 | - | 4 | |
| Hathurusingha | 9 | 3 | 31 | 0 | - | - | |
| Dharmasena | 31 | 5 | 84 | 0 | - | - | |
| de Silva | 18 | 1 | 42 | 1 | - | 4 | |
| Sri Lanka second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RS Mahanama | b McGrath | 48 | 97 | 128 | 6 | - | |
| UC Hathurusingha | c Healy b McGrath | 11 | 24 | 35 | 1 | - | |
| AP Gurusinha | c Healy b McDermott | 7 | 17 | 30 | - | - | |
| PA de Silva | c Ponting b Warne | 20 | 35 | 36 | 4 | - | |
| *A Ranatunga | b McGrath | 46 | 64 | 114 | 6 | 1 | |
| HP Tillakaratne | c Ponting b Warne | 119 | 206 | 267 | 12 | - | |
| +RS Kaluwitharana | c Ponting b Julian | 40 | 42 | 45 | 6 | - | |
| HDPK Dharmasena | lbw b McDermott | 18 | 63 | 87 | 3 | - | |
| WPUJC Vaas | c Healy b Warne | 4 | 19 | 20 | 1 | - | |
| GP Wickramasinghe | c Warne b McDermott | 0 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |
| M Muralitharan | not out | 3 | 4 | 10 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 lb, 10 nb) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 397 minutes, 93.4 overs) | 330 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-35 (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) | |||||||
| Australia bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| McGrath | 24 | 7 | 86 | 3 | - | - | |
| McDermott | 20 | 3 | 73 | 3 | - | 10 | |
| Warne | 29.4 | 6 | 96 | 3 | - | - | |
| Julian | 13 | 4 | 40 | 1 | - | - | |
| Waugh | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | - | - | |
| Law | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | - | - | |
Notes
--> The match was scheduled for five days but completed in four.
--> Day 1 Lunch: Sri Lanka (1) 54/3 (Gurusinha 10*)
--> Day 1 Tea: Sri Lanka (1) 162/5 (Tillakaratne 6*, Kaluwitharana 25*)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Australia (1) 98/0 (Slater 60*, Taylor 32*)
--> Day 2 Tea: Australia (1) 239/1 (Slater 126*, Boon 3*)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Australia (1) 439/3 (Waugh 80*, Ponting 7*)
--> Day 3 Tea: Australia (1) 544/4 (Ponting 58*, Law 19*)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Sri Lanka (2) 120/4 (Ranatunga 15*, Tillakaratne 11*)
--> Day 4 Tea: Sri Lanka (2) 256/5 (Tillakaratne 75*, Kaluwitharana 39*)
--> Australia first innings: 200 in 45.3 overs
--> Australia first innings: 300 in 471 balls
--> RT Ponting made his debut in Test matches
--> SG Law made his debut in Test matches
--> SG Law made his last appearance in Test matches
--> BP Julian made his last appearance in Test matches
--> UC Hathurusingha (1) passed 5500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 14
--> RS Kaluwitharana (1) 50 in 69 balls, 80 minutes with 7 fours
--> HDPK Dharmasena (1) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 29
--> GP Wickramasinghe (1) passed his previous highest score of 22 in Test matches
--> MJ Slater (1) 50 in 63 balls, 93 minutes with 3 fours and 3 sixes
--> MJ Slater (1) 100 in 128 balls, 179 minutes with 8 fours and 4 sixes
--> MJ Slater (1) 150 in 196 balls, 292 minutes with 13 fours and 4 sixes
--> MJ Slater (1) passed his previous highest score of 176 in First-Class matches
--> MJ Slater (1) passed his previous highest score of 176 in Test matches
--> MJ Slater (1) 200 in 289 balls, 402 minutes
--> MJ Slater (1) 200 in 289 balls, 402 minutes with 15 fours and 5 sixes
--> MJ Slater (1) passed 2500 runs in Test matches when he reached 198
--> MA Taylor (1) 50 in 105 balls, 146 minutes with 7 fours
--> ME Waugh (1) 50 in 100 balls, 121 minutes with 4 fours
--> ME Waugh (1) 100 in 212 balls, 241 minutes with 7 fours
--> ME Waugh (1) 100 in 212 balls, 241 minutes
--> RT Ponting (1) 50 in 88 balls, 122 minutes with 6 fours
--> SG Law (1) 50 in 107 balls, 139 minutes with 1 four
--> HP Tillakaratne (2) 50 in 60 balls with 7 fours
--> HP Tillakaratne (2) 100 in 156 balls, 205 minutes with 12 fours
--> HP Tillakaratne (2) 100 in 156 balls, 205 minutes
--> HP Tillakaratne (2) passed his previous highest score of 116 in Test matches
--> HP Tillakaratne (2) passed 2000 runs in Test matches when he reached 73
--> RT Ponting made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> SG Law made his debut for Australia in First-Class matches
--> UC Hathurusingha made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> GP Wickramasinghe made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> RS Kaluwitharana made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> M Muralitharan made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> BP Julian made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> HDPK Dharmasena made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> WPUJC Vaas made his debut in Australia in Test matches
--> SK Warne reached 200 wickets in Test matches when he dismissed WPUJC Vaas, his 2nd wicket in the Sri Lanka second innings
12th Men: MS Kasprowicz (Aus) and KR Pushpakumara (SL)
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