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ODI # 1113
Singer World Series, 1996, 6th Match
Australia v India
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
6 September 1996 (50-overs match)

Result: Australia won by 3 wickets
Points: Australia 2, India 0

Toss: Australia
Umpires: BC Cooray and KT Francis
TV Umpire: SA Bucknor (WI)
Match Referee: JR Reid (NZ)
Man of the Match: SR Waugh

India innings (45 overs maximum)                                R   M   B  4 6
+NR Mongia            c Bevan            b McGrath             38  45  30  8 0
*SR Tendulkar         c SR Waugh         b McGrath              7  24  11  1 0
R Dravid                                 b Reiffel             13  45  25  1 0
M Azharuddin          c ME Waugh         b Reiffel              3   6   6  0 0
VG Kambli             c Healy            b McGrath              1   7   7  0 0
A Jadeja                             c & b SR Waugh             6  30  17  1 0
SC Ganguly            lbw                b Bevan               59 102  75  7 0
SB Joshi                                 b Bevan               48  70  67  5 0
J Srinath             run out (Fleming)                         2   6   5  0 0
A Kumble              c SR Waugh         b ME Waugh             0   9   3  0 0
BKV Prasad            not out                                   6   5   7  0 0
Extras                (lb 3, w 11, nb 4)                       18
Total                 (all out, 41 overs)                     201

FoW: 1-32 (Tendulkar), 2-64 (Mongia), 3-67 (Azharuddin),
     4-68 (Kambli), 5-72 (Dravid), 6-89 (Jadeja),
     7-189 (Joshi), 8-191 (Srinath), 9-194 (Ganguly),
     10-201 (Kumble).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
McGrath                      9      1     33      3 (2nb, 1w)
Fleming                      6      0     25      0 (3w)
Reiffel                      5      0     37      2 (4nb, 2w)
SR Waugh                     6      0     20      1 (1nb, 2w)
Hogg                         5      0     33      0 (1w)
ME Waugh                     7      0     36      1 (2w)
Bevan                        3      0     14      2

Australia innings (target: 202 runs from 45 overs)              R   M   B  4 6
MJ Slater             c Azharuddin       b Prasad              29  75  56  4 0
ME Waugh              c Tendulkar        b Joshi               23  48  33  3 0
RT Ponting            lbw                b Joshi                0   2   3  0 0
SR Waugh              st Mongia          b Kumble              55 110  83  2 0
SG Law                c Dravid           b Prasad              67  80  70  3 2
MG Bevan              not out                                  12  33   9  1 0
*+IA Healy            run out (Azharuddin)                      4  14  13  0 0
GB Hogg                                  b Kumble               2  10   4  0 0
PR Reiffel            not out                                   1   1   1  0 0
Extras                (lb 2, w 4, nb 3)                         9
Total                 (7 wickets, 44.3 overs)                 202

DNB: DW Fleming, GD McGrath.

FoW: 1-50 (ME Waugh), 2-50 (Ponting), 3-69 (Slater),
     4-182 (Law), 5-185 (SR Waugh), 6-194 (Healy),
     7-197 (Hogg).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Srinath                      6      0     32      0 (2nb, 1w)
Prasad                       9      0     53      2 (2nb, 2w)
Joshi                        9      1     23      2
Kumble                       8.3    1     36      2
Tendulkar                    8      0     38      0 (1nb)
Jadeja                       4      0     18      0 (1w)

• No play possible on the originally scheduled date of September 5 due to rain and a wet ground.

• Match delayed for 85 minutes due to wet field. Match reduced to 45 overs per side.

• Healy's run out was at first given not out by the square leg umpire. The Indian fielders, however, protested and eventually the third umpire was called to decide.
• Bevan hit a 4 to win the match

• Australia to meet Sri Lanka in the final

Tournament Index

Team Pages: Australia, India.

Ground Page: Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo

India Player Pages: NR Mongia, SR Tendulkar, R Dravid, M Azharuddin, VG Kambli, A Jadeja, SC Ganguly, SB Joshi, J Srinath, A Kumble, BKV Prasad.

Australia Player Pages: MJ Slater, ME Waugh, RT Ponting, SR Waugh, SG Law, MG Bevan, IA Healy, GB Hogg, PR Reiffel, DW Fleming, GD McGrath.

Match Officials' Pages: BC Cooray, KT Francis, SA Bucknor, JR Reid.