1995–96 Australian Tri-Series

International cricket tournament September 2017 October 2017 October 2017 1995–96 World Series 9 December 1995 – 25 January 1996 Australia Won by AUS2–0 (defeating Sri Lanka SRI) in final series AUS SRI WIN Mark Taylor Arjuna Ranatunga Richie Richardson 1994–95 1996–97 The 1995–96 World Series was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tri-series where Australia played host to Sri Lanka and West Indies. Australia and Sri Lanka reached the Finals, which Australia won 2–0. Sri Lanka and West Indies contested the tri-series for the first time since the 1984-85 season. Uniforms Australia _greenborder _collar _yellowborder 006A4E FFFE00 FFFE00 FFFE00 Australia kit Sri Lanka _blueborder _collar _blueborder 003DA5 006A4E 003DA5 003DA5 Sri Lanka kit West Indies _greenborder _collar _greyborder 006A4E 62003D DCDCDC 62003D West Indies kit Squads AUSSRIWIN Mark Taylor (c) Michael Bevan Ian Healy Michael Kasprowicz Stuart Law Shane Lee Craig McDermott Glenn McGrath Ricky Ponting Paul Reiffel Michael Slater Shane Warne Mark Waugh Steve Waugh Arjuna Ranatunga (c) Aravinda de Silva Kumar Dharmasena Chamara Dunusinghe Asanka Gurusinha Chandika Hathurusingha Sanath Jayasuriya Romesh Kaluwitharana Roshan Mahanama Manjula Munasinghe Muttiah Muralitharan Ravindra Pushpakumara Sanjeeva Ranatunga Jayantha Silva Hashan Tillakaratne Eric Upashantha Chaminda Vaas Pramodya Wickremasinghe Richie Richardson (c) Jimmy Adams Curtly Ambrose Ian Bishop Courtney Browne Sherwin Campbell Shivnarine Chanderpaul Anderson Cummins Ottis Gibson Roger Harper Roland Holder Carl Hooper Phil Simmons Courtney Walsh Stuart Williams Points table Pos Team P W L NR T Points NRR 1 AUS 8 5 3 0 0 10 +0.368 2 SRI 8 4 4 0 0 8 -0.282 3 WIN 8 3 5 0 0 6 -0.439 Result summary 15 December 1995 WIN SRI 160/8 (50 overs) SL Campbell 47 (102) A Ranatunga 2/24 (10 overs) 161/6 (45 overs) PA de Silva 46 (60) IR Bishop 3/38 (10 overs) Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets Scorecard Adelaide Oval, Adelaide DJ Harper and TA Prue A Ranatunga (SL) Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field 17 December 1995 AUS WIN 242/6 (47 overs) ME Waugh 53 (65) RA Harper 4/46 (10 overs) 121/6 (47 overs) S Chanderpaul 39 (83) CJ McDermott 2/8 (7 overs) Australia won by 121 runs Scorecard Adelaide Oval, Adelaide AJ McQuillan and TA Prue ME Waugh (AUS) West Indies won the toss and elected to field The match was reduced before play started to 47 overs per side S Lee (AUS) made his ODI debut 19 December 1995 yes AUS WIN 249/6 (50 overs) SG Law 74 (86) CEL Ambrose 2/36 (10 overs) 225 (49.1 overs) S Chanderpaul 73 (116) MG Bevan 2/31 (8 overs) Australia won by 24 runs Scorecard Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne PD Parker and SG Randell MG Bevan (AUS) Australia won the toss and elected to bat MS Kasprowicz (AUS) made his ODI debut 21 December 1995 yes SRI AUS 255/9 (50 overs) PA de Silva 75 (94) GD McGrath 2/47 (10 overs) 257/5 (49.4 overs) MA Taylor 90 (115) HDPK Dharmasena 1/41 (8.4 overs) Australia won by 5 wickets Scorecard Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney DB Hair and DJ Harper MA Taylor (AUS) Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat 1 January 1996 yes WIN AUS 172/9 (43 overs) CL Hooper 93* (96) PR Reiffel 4/29 (9 overs) 173/9 (43 overs) MG Bevan 78* (88) CEL Ambrose 3/20 (9 overs) Australia won by 1 wicket Scorecard Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney PD Parker and TA Prue PR Reiffel (AUS) West Indies won the toss and elected to bat The match was reduced to 43 overs per side 3 January 1996 WIN SRI 194 (48.2 overs) S Chanderpaul 77 (117) WPUJC Vaas 3/21 (9 overs) 124 (37.4 overs) AP Gurusinha 48 (83) OD Gibson 5/42 (8.4 overs) West Indies won by 70 runs Scorecard Bellerive Oval, Hobart SJ Davis and TA Prue S Chanderpaul (WI) Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field 5 January 1996 yes SRI WIN 102 (45.2 overs) HP Tillakaratne 37 (116) CEL Ambrose 3/20 (10 overs) 104/3 (26.1 overs) SL Campbell 34 (39) WPUJC Vaas 2/24 (10 overs) West Indies won by 7 wickets Scorecard Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane RA Emerson and AJ McQuillan CEL Ambrose (WI) Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat The first ever Day/Night ODI in Brisbane 7 January 1996 WIN AUS 231 (49.3 overs) RB Richardson 81 (111) GD McGrath 3/47 (9.3 overs) 217 (47.4 overs) SG Law 62 (99) OD Gibson 2/38 (5.4 overs) West Indies won by 14 runs Scorecard Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane DB Hair and PD Parker OD Gibson (WI) Australia won the toss and elected to field 9 January 1996 yes AUS SRI 213/5 (50 overs) RT Ponting 123* (138) AMN Munasinghe 3/30 (10 overs) 214/7 (47.3 overs) RS Kaluwitharana 77 (75) CJ McDermott 2/42 (10 overs) Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets Scorecard Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne DJ Harper and AJ McQuillan RS Kaluwitharana (SL) Australia won the toss and elected to bat 12 January 1996 yes AUS SRI 266/6 (50 overs) ME Waugh 130 (144) WPUJC Vaas 2/33 (10 overs) 183/9 (50 overs) HP Tillakaratne 58* (103) SG Law 2/30 (10 overs) Australia won by 83 runs Scorecard WACA Ground, Perth DB Hair and PD Parker ME Waugh (AUS) Australia won the toss and elected to bat 14 January 1996 SRI WIN 202 (50 overs) RS Kaluwitharana 50 (54)RS Mahanama 50 (82) OD Gibson 5/40 (10 overs) 186/9 (50 overs) S Chanderpaul 44 (89) PA de Silva 3/43 (10 overs) Sri Lanka won by 16 runs Scorecard WACA Ground, Perth DJ Harper and TA Prue RS Kaluwitharana (SL) West Indies won the toss and elected to field 16 January 1996 yes AUS SRI 242/4 (50 overs) SR Waugh 102* (115) GP Wickramasinghe 2/33 (8 overs) 246/7 (49.4 overs) RS Kaluwitharana 74 (68) SK Warne 3/40 (10 overs) Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets Scorecard Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne DB Hair and SG Randell RS Kaluwitharana (SL) Australia won the toss and elected to bat Final series Australia won the best of three final series against Sri Lanka 2–0. 18 January 1996 yes AUS SRI 201/7 (50 overs) MG Bevan 59 (101) WPUJC Vaas 3/426 (10 overs) 183 (48.1 overs) AP Gurusinha 47 (82) GD McGrath 3/28 (9.1 overs) Australia won by 18 runs Scorecard Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne DB Hair and SG Randell Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field 20 January 1996 yes AUS SRI 273/5 (50 overs) MA Taylor 82 (95) HDPK Dharmasena 2/45 (10 overs) 159/8 (25 overs) A Ranatunga 41 (43) SK Warne 3/20 (5 overs) Australia won by 8 runs (adjusted highest scoring overs) Scorecard Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney PD Parker and SG Randell Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field Sri Lanka target was 168 runs in 25 overs External links Series home at Cricinfo References Category:Australian Tri-Series Category:1995 in Australian cricket 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