Match Details
Series
Toss
Sri Lanka , elected to field first
Player Of The Match
Player Of The Series
Series result
Sri Lanka won the 1995/96 Wills World Cup
Match number
Season
Match days
17 March 1996 - day/night match (50-over match)
17/03Result
Final (D/N), Wills World Cup at Lahore, Mar 17 1996
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
245/3 (46.2/50 ov)
Player of the Match
17/03Result
Final (D/N), Wills World Cup at Lahore, Mar 17 1996
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![Australia]( "Australia")
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![Sri Lanka]( "Sri Lanka")
245/3 (46.2/50 ov)
Player of the Match
Match Centre
Scorecard Summary
AUSTRALIA 241/7 (50 OVERS)
- Ricky Ponting45 (73)
- Mark Taylor74 (83)
- Aravinda de Silva3/42 (9)
- Chaminda Vaas1/30 (6)
SRI LANKA 245/3 (46.2 OVERS)
- Aravinda de Silva*107 (124)
- Asanka Gurusinha65 (99)
- Damien Fleming1/43 (6)
- Paul Reiffel1/49 (10)
Match Coverage
All Match NewsA Lankan in Lahore: remembering that life-changing night in 1996
Sri Lanka are not playing in this Champions Trophy, but it's hard to feel sad at a venue with such hallowed memories of Aravinda and Co
Aravinda takes it up a notch
On the biggest stage of them all, after Sri Lanka lost their openers early, de Silva stood head and shoulders above the competition and his team-mates
Out of hand
The messenger who couldn't deliver a message
Ravindra Pushpakumara, the 12th man in the 1996 final, was asked to pass on tons of advice to the batters in the middle. But he didn't
De Silva delivers the trophy for Sri Lanka
Aravinda de Silva's all-round showing in the 1996 final, against Australia, helped Sri Lanka seal their maiden global title
