- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras22 (lb 10, nb 1, w 11)TOTAL241/7 (50 Overs, RR: 4.82)Fall of wickets: 1-36 (Mark Waugh), 2-137 (Mark Taylor), 3-152 (Ricky Ponting), 4-156 (Shane Warne), 5-170 (Steve Waugh), 6-202 (Stuart Law), 7-205 (Ian Healy)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB GP Wickramasinghe 7 0 38 0 5.42 2 0 WPUJC Vaas 6 1 30 1 5 0 0 M Muralidaran 10 0 31 1 3.1 1 0 HDPK Dharmasena 10 0 47 1 4.7 0 1 ST Jayasuriya 8 0 43 1 5.37 5 0 PA de Silva 9 0 42 3 4.66 3 0
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
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSRExtras11 (b 1, lb 4, nb 1, w 5)TOTAL245/3 (46.2 Overs, RR: 5.28)Fall of wickets: 1-12 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 2-23 (Romesh Kaluwitharana), 3-148 (Asanka Gurusinha)
Bowling O M R W Econ WD NB GD McGrath 8.2 1 28 0 3.36 0 0 DW Fleming 6 0 43 1 7.16 4 0 SK Warne 10 0 58 0 5.8 1 1 PR Reiffel 10 0 49 1 4.9 0 0 ME Waugh 6 0 35 0 5.83 0 0 SR Waugh 3 0 15 0 5 0 1 MG Bevan 3 0 12 0 4 0 0
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)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Jayasuriya named player of the tournament after the 2nd semi final.
- MA Taylor 74, highest score by an Australian captain in any World Cup match.
- SK Warne, 1st player to be stumped in a World Cup final (by RS Kaluwitharana).
- Sri Lanka least wickets lost (3) in any World Cup final.
- Sri Lanka are the 1st host country to win a World Cup, and the 1st country to win a World Cup final batting second.
- Sri Lanka win their 1st World Cup after only winning a total of 4 matches in the previous 5 World Cups.
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
