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1996 World Cup in India, Pakistan & Sri Lanka

Final - Sri Lanka v Australia
Semi-Final - Sri Lanka v India
Semi-Final - Australia v West Indies
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1996 World Cup Final - Australia v Sri Lanka - 17th March, at Lahore

Australia innings                                               
*MA Taylor            c Jayasuriya       b de Silva            74 
ME Waugh              c Jayasuriya       b Vaas                12  
RT Ponting                               b de Silva            45  
SR Waugh              c de Silva         b Dharmasena          13 
SK Warne              st Kaluwitharana   b Muralitharan         2   
SG Law                c de Silva         b Jayasuriya          22  
MG Bevan              not out                                  36  
+IA Healy                                b de Silva             2  
PR Reiffel            not out                                  13  
Extras                (lb 10, w 11, nb 1)                      22
Total                 (7 wickets, 50 overs)                   241

DNB: DW Fleming, GD McGrath.

FoW: 1-36 (ME Waugh), 2-137 (Taylor), 3-152 (Ponting),
     4-156 (Warne), 5-170 (SR Waugh), 6-202 (Law),
     7-205 (Healy).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wickramasinghe               7      0     38      0 
Vaas                         6      1     30      1
Muralitharan                10      0     31      1 
Dharmasena                  10      0     47      1 
Jayasuriya                   8      0     43      1 
de Silva                     9      0     42      3 

Sri Lanka innings                                             
ST Jayasuriya         run out                                   9  
+RS Kaluwitharana     c Bevan            b Fleming              6  
AP Gurusinha                             b Reiffel             65  
PA de Silva           not out                                 107 
*A Ranatunga          not out                                  47  
Extras                (b 1, lb 4, w 5, nb 1)                   11
Total                 (3 wickets, 46.2 overs)                 245

DNB: HP Tillakaratne, RS Mahanama, HDPK Dharmasena, WPUJC Vaas,
     GP Wickramasinghe, M Muralitharan.

FoW: 1-12 (Jayasuriya), 2-23 (Kaluwitharana), 3-148 (Gurusinha).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McGrath                      8.2    1     28      0
Fleming                      6      0     43      1 
Warne                       10      0     58      0 
Reiffel                     10      0     49      1
ME Waugh                     6      0     35      0
SR Waugh                     3      0     15      0 
Bevan                        3      0     12      0


Umpires
SA Bucknor, DR Shepherd 
Third Umpire - CJ Mitchley

Man of the Match
Aravinda de Silva

Result
Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
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1996 World Cup Semi Final - Sri Lanka v India - 13th March, at Eden Gardens, Calcutta

Sri Lanka innings                                               
ST Jayasuriya         c Prasad           b Srinath              1   
+RS Kaluwitharana     c Manjrekar        b Srinath              0  
AP Gurusinha          c Kumble           b Srinath              1  
PA de Silva                              b Kumble              66  
RS Mahanama           retired hurt                             58 
*A Ranatunga          lbw                b Tendulkar           35  
HP Tillakaratne       c Tendulkar        b Prasad              32  
HDPK Dharmasena                          b Tendulkar            9  
WPUJC Vaas            run out                                  23  
GP Wickramasinghe     not out                                   4  
M Muralitharan        not out                                   5 
Extras                (b 1, lb 10, w 4, nb 2)                  17
Total                 (8 wickets, 50 overs)                   251

FoW: 1-1 (Kaluwitharana), 2-1 (Jayasuriya), 3-35 (Gurusinha),
     4-85 (de Silva), 5-168 (Ranatunga), 6-206 (Dharmasena),
     7-236 (Tillakaratne), 8-244 (Vaas).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Srinath                      7      1     34      3
Kumble                      10      0     51      1 
Prasad                       8      0     50      1 
Kapoor                      10      0     40      0
Jadeja                       5      0     31      0
Tendulkar                   10      1     34      2 

India innings                                                 
SR Tendulkar          st Kaluwitharana   b Jayasuriya          65 
NS Sidhu              c Jayasuriya       b Vaas                 3  
SV Manjrekar                             b Jayasuriya          25  
*M Azharuddin                        c & b Dharmasena           0  
VG Kambli             not out                                  10  
J Srinath             run out                                   6  
A Jadeja                                 b Jayasuriya           0  
+NR Mongia            c Jayasuriya       b de Silva             1   
AR Kapoor             c de Silva         b Muralitharan         0   
A Kumble              not out                                   0  
Extras                (lb 5, w 5)                              10
Total                 (8 wickets, 34.1 overs)                 120

DNB: BKV Prasad.

FoW: 1-8 (Sidhu), 2-98 (Tendulkar), 3-99 (Azharuddin),
     4-101 (Manjrekar), 5-110 (Srinath), 6-115 (Jadeja),
     7-120 (Mongia), 8-120 (Kapoor).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wickramasinghe               5      0     24      0 
Vaas                         6      1     23      1
Muralitharan                 7.1    0     29      1 
Dharmasena                   7      0     24      1
Jayasuriya                   7      1     12      3 
de Silva                     2      0      3      1 


Umpires
RS Dunne, CJ Mitchley
Third Umpire - Mehboob Shah

Man of the Match
Aravinda de Silva 

Result
Sri Lanka awarded match by Match Referee
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1996 World Cup Semi Final - Australia v West Indies - 14th March, at Mohali, Chandigarh

Australia innings                                              
ME Waugh              lbw                b Ambrose              0  
*MA Taylor                               b Bishop               1 
RT Ponting            lbw                b Ambrose              0  
SR Waugh                                 b Bishop               3  
SG Law                run out                                  72 
MG Bevan              c Richardson       b Harper              69 
+IA Healy             run out                                  31  
PR Reiffel            run out                                   7  
SK Warne              not out                                   6   
Extras                (lb 11, w 5, nb 2)                       18
Total                 (8 wickets, 50 overs)                   207

DNB: DW Fleming, GD McGrath.

FoW: 1-0 (ME Waugh), 2-7 (Taylor), 3-8 (Ponting),
     4-15 (SR Waugh), 5-153 (Law), 6-171 (Bevan),
     7-186 (Reiffel), 8-207 (Healy).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Ambrose                     10      1     26      2 (3w)
Bishop                      10      1     35      2 (3nb, 1w)
Walsh                       10      1     33      0 (1nb)
Gibson                       2      0     13      0 (1nb)
Harper                       9      0     47      1
Adams                        9      0     42      0

West Indies innings                                            
S Chanderpaul         c Fleming          b McGrath             80 
+CO Browne                           c & b Warne               10 
BC Lara                                  b SR Waugh            45  
*RB Richardson        not out                                  49  
RA Harper             lbw                b McGrath              2   
OD Gibson             c Healy            b Warne                1   
JC Adams              lbw                b Warne                2  
KLT Arthurton         c Healy            b Fleming              0  
IR Bishop             lbw                b Warne                3  
CEL Ambrose           run out                                   2   
CA Walsh                                 b Fleming              0  
Extras                (lb 4, w 2, nb 2)                         8
Total                 (all out, 49.3 overs)                   202

FoW: 1-25 (Browne), 2-93 (Lara), 3-165 (Chanderpaul),
     4-173 (Harper), 5-178 (Gibson), 6-183 (Adams),
     7-187 (Arthurton), 8-194 (Bishop), 9-202 (Ambrose),
     10-202 (Walsh).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McGrath                     10      2     30      2 
Fleming                      8.3    0     48      2 
Warne                        9      0     36      4 
ME Waugh                     4      0     16      0
SR Waugh                     7      0     30      1
Reiffel                      5      0     13      0 
Bevan                        4      1     12      0
Law                          2      0     13      0


Umpires: BC Cooray, S Venkataraghavan
Third Umpire - Khizar Hayat

Man of the Match
Shane Warne

Result
Australia won by 5 runs
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