ODI # 1082
Wills World Cup, 1995/96, 2nd Semi Final
Australia v West Indies
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh (day/night)
14 March 1996 (50-overs match)

Result: Australia won by 5 runs
Australia advances to the final

Toss: Australia
Umpires: BC Cooray (SL) and S Venkataraghavan
TV Umpire: Khizer Hayat (PAK).
Match Referee: JR Reid (NZ)
Man of the Match: SK Warne

Australia innings (50 overs maximum)                            R   M   B  4 6
ME Waugh              lbw                b Ambrose              0   2   2  0 0
*MA Taylor                               b Bishop               1  16  11  0 0
RT Ponting            lbw                b Ambrose              0  18  15  0 0
SR Waugh                                 b Bishop               3  22  18  0 0
SG Law                run out (Ambrose/Adams)                  72 152 105  5 0
MG Bevan              c Richardson       b Harper              69 146 110  4 1
+IA Healy             run out (Adams/Browne)                   31  36  28  2 0
PR Reiffel            run out (Walsh)                           7  10  11  0 0
SK Warne              not out                                   6  10   6  0 0
Extras                (lb 11, w 5, nb 2)                       18
Total                 (8 wickets, 50 overs)                   207

DNB: DW Fleming, GD McGrath.

FoW: 1-0 (ME Waugh, 0.2 ov), 2-7 (Taylor, 3.5 ov),
     3-8 (Ponting, 4.5 ov), 4-15 (SR Waugh, 9.1 ov),
     5-153 (Law, 41.1 ov), 6-171 (Bevan, 44.3 ov),
     7-186 (Reiffel, 47.3 ov), 8-207 (Healy, 49.6 ov).


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 (1w)

West Indies innings (target: 208 runs from 50 overs)            R   M   B  4 6
S Chanderpaul         c Fleming          b McGrath             80 172 126  7 0
+CO Browne                           c & b Warne               10  26  18  0 0
BC Lara                                  b SR Waugh            45  69  45  4 0
*RB Richardson        not out                                  49 123  83  4 0
RA Harper             lbw                b McGrath              2   8   5  0 0
OD Gibson             c Healy            b Warne                1   3   2  0 0
JC Adams              lbw                b Warne                2  10  11  0 0
KLT Arthurton         c Healy            b Fleming              0   5   4  0 0
IR Bishop             lbw                b Warne                3   2   3  0 0
CEL Ambrose           run out (Healy)                           2   4   2  0 0
CA Walsh                                 b Fleming              0   1   1  0 0
Extras                (lb 4, w 2, nb 2)                         8
Total                 (all out, 49.3 overs)                   202

FoW: 1-25 (Browne, 6.1 ov), 2-93 (Lara, 22.6 ov),
     3-165 (Chanderpaul, 41.2 ov), 4-173 (Harper, 43.3 ov),
     5-178 (Gibson, 44.1 ov), 6-183 (Adams, 46.3 ov),
     7-187 (Arthurton, 47.4 ov), 8-194 (Bishop, 48.2 ov),
     9-202 (Ambrose, 49.2 ov), 10-202 (Walsh, 49.3 ov).


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

• Australia Innings
• SG Law and MG Bevan, 138 for the 5th wicket, 2nd highest 5th wicket partnership for Australia in ODIs, 11th highest 5th wicket partnership for any country, 3rd highest 5th wicket partnership in the World Cup.
• Australia innings: 1x7 ball over (42nd over, bowled by JC Adams, called by umpire BC Cooray)

• West Indies Innings
• SK Warne took a wicket with his first ball (CO Browne).
• West Indies innings: 1x7 ball over (18th, bowled by PR Reiffel, called by umpire BC Cooray)
• RB Richardson struck umpire BC Coorey in the head with a sweep to square leg.
• KLT Arthurton 2 runs from 5 dismissals in the 1996 World Cup.
• S Chanderpaul 50 runs in 95 balls.
• West Indies lost their last 8 wickets for 37 runs.
• 1st time West Indies have lost a World Cup semi final.
• RB Richardson's last ODI

Team Pages: Australia, West Indies.

Ground Page: Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandigarh

Australia Player Pages: ME Waugh, MA Taylor, RT Ponting, SR Waugh, SG Law, MG Bevan, IA Healy, PR Reiffel, SK Warne, DW Fleming, GD McGrath.

West Indies Player Pages: S Chanderpaul, CO Browne, BC Lara, RB Richardson, RA Harper, OD Gibson, JC Adams, KLT Arthurton, IR Bishop, CEL Ambrose, CA Walsh.

Match Officials' Pages: BC Cooray, S Venkataraghavan, Khizer Hayat, JR Reid.