Australia v World XI, 1995-96
Melbourne Cricket Ground (day/night)
21 March 1996 (50-overs match)

Result: Australia won by 5 wickets

Toss: World XI
Umpires: DJ Harper and PD Parker
Man of the Match: DM Jones

World XI innings (50 overs maximum)                             R   M   B  4 6
ST Jayasuriya         c Healy            b Fleming             10  16  11  1 0
+RS Kaluwitharana     c Healy            b Reiffel              5  22  14  0 0
DM Jones              c Fleming          b ME Waugh           103 194 144  3 1
PA de Silva           c Taylor           b Fleming             10  24  18  2 0
*RB Richardson                           b Gillespie            3  23  15  0 0
MD Crowe              c Fleming          b Gillespie           11  40  27  0 0
JN Rhodes             c Slater           b Fleming             16  27  21  1 0
SM Pollock            c Gillespie        b Lee                 29  52  47  1 0
HH Streak             not out                                   9  19  12  0 0
PA Strang             c SR Waugh         b ME Waugh             2   1   2  0 0
Extras                (lb 3, w 5, nb 4)                        12
Total                 (9 wickets, 50 overs, 213 mins)         210

DNB: Waqar Younis.

FoW: 1-17 (Jayasuriya), 2-17 (Kaluwitharana), 3-33 (de Silva),
     4-45 (Richardson), 5-81 (Crowe), 6-114 (Rhodes),
     7-172 (Pollock), 8-208 (Jones), 9-210 (Strang).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Reiffel                     10      2     29      1 (1w, 2nb)
Fleming                      8      2     32      3 (1w)
Lee                          9      0     35      1 (1w)
Gillespie                    8      1     23      2 (1w, 1nb)
Warne                       10      0     57      0 (1w, 1nb)
Bevan                        3      0     16      0
ME Waugh                     2      0     15      2

Australia innings (target: 211 runs from 50 overs)              R   M   B  4 6
MJ Slater             retired hurt                             14  34  22  2 0
*MA Taylor            c Richardson       b Strang              78 140 107  4 1
MG Bevan              c Kaluwitharana    b Streak               3  25  13  0 0
SR Waugh              c Streak           b Strang              15  43  31  1 0
ME Waugh              not out                                  56  86  71  2 1
S Lee                 c Jayasuriya       b de Silva            16  27  36  0 0
+IA Healy             c Strang           b de Silva            10  13  14  0 0
PR Reiffel            not out                                   6   8   7  0 0
Extras                (b 2, lb 3, w 8)                         13
Total                 (5 wickets, 49 overs, 191 mins)         211

DNB: SK Warne, JN Gillespie, DW Fleming.

FoW: 1-55 (Bevan), 2-100 (SR Waugh), 3-140 (Taylor), 4-174 (Lee),
     5-198 (Healy).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Streak                       8      0     23      1 (4w)
Waqar Younis                 8      0     36      0 (2w)
Pollock                      7      0     35      0 (1w)
Strang                      10      0     37      2
Jayasuriya                  10      0     45      0 (1w)
de Silva                     6      0     30      2

• This was not classed as an One-Day International although the ACB and VCA did initially include it in their records.
• The match was arranged to celebrate the centenary of the Victorian Cricket Association with AUD$25,000 prizemoney.
• Hours of play: 2.30pm - 6.00pm, 6.45pm - 10.15pm
• Scorers: KV O'Neill (Aust) and JA Howard (World XI)
• 12th Men: RT Ponting (Australia) and Mushtaq Ahmed (World XI)

• Rain delayed the start of the match by 7 minutes.
• DM Jones 50 in 121 minutes from 85 balls, 3x4
• DM Jones 100 in 193 minutes from 142 balls, 3x4, 1x6
• SK Warne's no ball was a bouncer bowled to DM Jones

• MJ Slater retired hurt at 30/0 (Broken thumb when struck by a rising delivery from Streak).
• MA Taylor 50 in 84 minutes from 66 balls, 2x4, 1x6
• ME Waugh 50 in 76 minutes from 64 balls, 2x4, 1x6
• Attendance: 35,561

Team Pages: Australia,

Ground Page: Melbourne Cricket Ground

World XI Player Pages: ST Jayasuriya, RS Kaluwitharana, DM Jones, PA de Silva, RB Richardson, MD Crowe, JN Rhodes, SM Pollock, HH Streak, PA Strang, Waqar Younis.

Australia Player Pages: MJ Slater, MA Taylor, MG Bevan, SR Waugh, ME Waugh, S Lee, IA Healy, PR Reiffel, SK Warne, JN Gillespie, DW Fleming.

Match Officials' Pages: DJ Harper, PD Parker.