misc10451	Australia v World XI
	Other matches in Australia 1995/96 (Victoria Cricket Association Centenary match)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 21st March 1996 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	World XI won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 5 wickets
Umpires	DJ Harper, PD Parker
Scorers	JA Howard (World XI), KV O'Neill (Australia)
Player of the Match	DM Jones

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World XI innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
ST Jayasuriya	c Healy b Fleming	10	11	16	1	-	90.91
+RS Kaluwitharana	c Healy b Reiffel	5	14	22	-	-	35.71
DM Jones	c Fleming b ME Waugh	103	144	194	3	1	71.53
PA de Silva	c Taylor b Fleming	10	18	24	2	-	55.56
*RB Richardson	b Gillespie	3	15	23	-	-	20.00
MD Crowe	c Fleming b Gillespie	11	27	40	-	-	40.74
JN Rhodes	c Slater b Fleming	16	21	27	1	-	76.19
SM Pollock	c Gillespie b Lee	29	47	52	1	-	61.70
HH Streak	not out	9	12	19	-	-	75.00
PA Strang	c SR Waugh b ME Waugh	2	2	1	-	-	100.00
Waqar Younis	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb, 4 nb, 5 w)	12
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 213 minutes, 50 overs)	210
Fall of wickets:
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)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Reiffel	10	2	29	1	1	2	60.00	2.90
Fleming	8	2	32	3	1	-	16.00	4.00
Lee	9	0	35	1	1	-	54.00	3.89
Gillespie	8	1	23	2	1	1	24.00	2.88
Warne	10	0	57	0	1	1	-	5.70
Bevan	3	0	16	0	-	-	-	5.33
ME Waugh	2	0	15	2	-	-	6.00	7.50

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
MJ Slater	retired hurt	14	22	34	2	-	63.64
*MA Taylor	c Richardson b Strang	78	107	140	4	1	72.90
MG Bevan	c Kaluwitharana b Streak	3	13	25	-	-	23.08
SR Waugh	c Streak b Strang	15	31	43	1	-	48.39
ME Waugh	not out	56	71	86	2	1	78.87
S Lee	c Jayasuriya b de Silva	16	36	27	-	-	44.44
+IA Healy	c Strang b de Silva	10	14	13	-	-	71.43
PR Reiffel	not out	6	7	8	-	-	85.71
SK Warne	did not bat
JN Gillespie	did not bat
DW Fleming	did not bat
Extras	(2 b, 3 lb, 8 w)	13
Total	(5 wickets, 191 minutes, 49 overs)	211
Fall of wickets:
1-55 (Bevan), 2-100 (SR Waugh), 3-140 (Taylor), 4-174 (Lee), 5-198 (Healy)

World XI bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Streak	8	0	23	1	4	-	48.00	2.88
Waqar Younis	8	0	36	0	2	-	-	4.50
Pollock	7	0	35	0	1	-	-	5.00
Strang	10	0	37	2	-	-	30.00	3.70
Jayasuriya	10	0	45	0	1	-	-	4.50
de Silva	6	0	30	2	-	-	18.00	5.00

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Notes
--> DM Jones 50 in 85 balls, 121 minutes with 3 fours
--> DM Jones 100 in 142 balls, 193 minutes with 3 fours and 1 six
--> MA Taylor 50 in 66 balls, 84 minutes with 2 fours and 1 six
--> ME Waugh 50 in 64 balls, 76 minutes with 2 fours and 1 six
--> MJ Slater retired hurt in the Australia innings having scored 14 (team score 30/0) (Broken thumb when struck by a rising delivery from Streak.)

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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
12th Men: RT Ponting (Australia) and Mushtaq Ahmed (World XI)
Rain delayed the start of the match by 7 minutes.
SK Warne's no ball was a bouncer bowled to DM Jones
Attendance: 35,561