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The 1995–1996 international cricket season was from September 1995 to April 1996. [1] [2]

Season overview

International tours
Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches]
Test ODI FC LA
8 September 1995   Pakistan   Sri Lanka 1–2 [3] 1–2 [3]
13 October 1995   Zimbabwe   South Africa 0–1 [1] 0–2 [2]
18 October 1995   India   New Zealand 1–0 [3] 3–2 [5]
9 November 1995   Australia   Pakistan 2–1 [3]
16 November 1995   South Africa   England 1–0 [5] 6–1 [7]
8 December 1995   New Zealand   Pakistan 0–1 [1] 2–2 [4]
8 December 1995   Australia   Sri Lanka 3–0 [3]
13 January 1996   New Zealand   Zimbabwe 0–0 [2] 2–1 [3]
8 February 1996   West Indies   Sri Lanka 0–1 [1]
26 March 1996   West Indies   New Zealand 1–0 [2] 3–2 [5]
International tournaments
Start date Tournament Winners
11 October 1995 United Arab Emirates 1995–96 Singer Champions Trophy   Sri Lanka
15 December 1995 Australia 1995–96 Australian Tri-Series   Australia
14 February 1996 India Pakistan Sri Lanka 1995–96 Wills World Cup   Sri Lanka
1 April 1996 Singapore 1995–96 Singer Cup   Pakistan
12 April 1996 United Arab Emirates 1995-96 Pepsi Sharjah Cup   South Africa

September

Sri Lanka in Pakistan

Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 1304 8–11 September Rameez Raja Arjuna Ranatunga Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar   Pakistan by an innings and 40 runs
Test 1305 15–19 September Rameez Raja Arjuna Ranatunga Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad   Sri Lanka by 42 runs
Test 1306 22–26 September Rameez Raja Arjuna Ranatunga Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot   Sri Lanka by 144 runs
ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 1003 29 September Rameez Raja Arjuna Ranatunga Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala   Pakistan by 9 wickets
ODI 1004 1 October Rameez Raja Arjuna Ranatunga Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad   Sri Lanka by 49 runs
ODI 1005 3 October Rameez Raja Arjuna Ranatunga Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi   Sri Lanka by 4 wickets

October

Singer Champions Trophy 1995-96

Team P W L T NR RR Points
  West Indies 4 2 2 0 0 5.196 4
  Sri Lanka 4 2 2 0 0 5.056 4
  Pakistan 4 2 2 0 0 4.215 4
Group stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 1006 11 October   Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga   West Indies Richie Richardson Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah   Sri Lanka by 6 runs
ODI 1007 12 October   Pakistan Rameez Raja   Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah   Pakistan by 82 runs
ODI 1008 13 October   Pakistan Rameez Raja   West Indies Richie Richardson Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah   Pakistan by 15 runs
ODI 1009 15 October   Pakistan Rameez Raja   West Indies Richie Richardson Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah   West Indies by 4 wickets
ODI 1010 16 October   Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga   West Indies Richie Richardson Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah   West Indies by 4 runs
ODI 1011 17 October   Pakistan Rameez Raja   Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah   Sri Lanka by 8 wickets
Final
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 1012 20 October   Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga   West Indies Richie Richardson Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah   Sri Lanka by 50 runs

South Africa in Zimbabwe

One-off Test
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 1307 13–16 October Andy Flower Hansie Cronje Harare Sports Club, Harare   South Africa by 7 wickets
ODI Series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 1013 21 October Andy Flower Hansie Cronje Harare Sports Club, Harare   South Africa by 134 runs
ODI 1014 22 October Andy Flower Hansie Cronje Harare Sports Club, Harare   South Africa by 112 runs

New Zealand in India

Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 1308 18–20 October Mohammad Azharuddin Lee Germon M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore   India by 8 wickets
Test 1309 25–29 October Mohammad Azharuddin Lee Germon MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Match drawn
Test 1310 8–12 November Mohammad Azharuddin Lee Germon Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Match drawn
ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 1015 15 November Mohammad Azharuddin Lee Germon Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur   New Zealand by 8 wickets
ODI 1016 18 November Mohammad Azharuddin Lee Germon Gandhi Sports Complex Ground, Amritsar   India by 6 wickets
ODI 1016a 21 November Mohammad Azharuddin Lee Germon Nehru Stadium, Margao Match abandoned
ODI 1017 24 November Mohammad Azharuddin Lee Germon Nehru Stadium, Pune   India by 5 wickets
ODI 1018 26 November Mohammad Azharuddin Lee Germon Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur   New Zealand by 99 runs
ODI 1019 29 November Mohammad Azharuddin Lee Germon Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai   India by 6 wickets

November

Pakistan in Australia

Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 1311 9–13 November Mark Taylor Wasim Akram The Gabba, Brisbane   Australia by an innings and 126 runs
Test 1313 17–20 November Mark Taylor Wasim Akram Bellerive Oval, Hobart   Australia by 155 runs
Test 1314 30 November-4 December Mark Taylor Wasim Akram Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   Pakistan by 74 runs

England in South Africa

Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 1312 16–20 November Hansie Cronje Mike Atherton SuperSport Park, Centurion Match drawn
Test 1315 30 November-4 December Hansie Cronje Mike Atherton The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Match drawn
Test 1318 14–18 December Hansie Cronje Mike Atherton Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Match drawn
Test 1320 26–30 December Hansie Cronje Mike Atherton St George's Park, Port Elizabeth Match drawn
Test 1321 2–4 January Hansie Cronje Mike Atherton Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town   South Africa by 10 wickets
ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 1033 9 January Hansie Cronje Mike Atherton Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town   South Africa by 6 runs
ODI 1034 11 January Hansie Cronje Mike Atherton Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein   England by 5 wickets
ODI 1036 13 January Hansie Cronje Mike Atherton The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg   South Africa by 3 wickets
ODI 1038 14 January Hansie Cronje Alec Stewart SuperSport Park, Centurion   South Africa by 7 wickets
ODI 1040 17 January Hansie Cronje Mike Atherton Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban   South Africa by 5 wickets
ODI 1042 19 January Hansie Cronje Mike Atherton Buffalo Park, East London   South Africa by 14 runs
ODI 1044 21 January Hansie Cronje Mike Atherton St George's Park, Port Elizabeth   South Africa by 64 runs

December

Pakistan in New Zealand

Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 1316 8–12 December Lee Germon Wasim Akram AMI Stadium, Christchurch   Pakistan by 161 runs
ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 1020 15 December Lee Germon Wasim Akram Carisbrook, Dunedin   Pakistan by 20 runs
ODI 1022 17 December Lee Germon Wasim Akram AMI Stadium, Christchurch   New Zealand by 1 wicket
ODI 1025 20 December Lee Germon Wasim Akram Basin Reserve, Wellington   Pakistan by 54 runs
ODI 1027 23 December Lee Germon Wasim Akram Eden Park, Auckland   New Zealand by 32 runs

Sri Lanka in Australia

Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 1317 8–11 December Mark Taylor Arjuna Ranatunga WACA Ground, Perth   Australia by an innings 36 runs
Test 1319 26–30 December Mark Taylor Arjuna Ranatunga Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   Australia by 10 wickets
Test 1324 25–29 January Mark Taylor Aravinda de Silva Adelaide Oval, Adelaide   Australia by 148 runs

Australian Tri-Series 1995-96

Pos Team P W L NR T Points NRR
1   Australia 8 5 3 0 0 10 +0.368
2   Sri Lanka 8 3 4 1 0 7 -0.282
3   West Indies 8 3 4 1 0 7 -0.439
Group stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 1021 15 December   Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga   West Indies Richie Richardson Adelaide Oval, Adelaide   Sri Lanka by 4 wickets
ODI 1023 17 December   Australia Mark Taylor   West Indies Richie Richardson Adelaide Oval, Adelaide   Australia by 121 runs
ODI 1024 19 December   Australia Mark Taylor   West Indies Richie Richardson Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   Australia by 24 runs
ODI 1026 21 December   Australia Mark Taylor   Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   Australia by 5 wickets
ODI 1028 1 January   Australia Mark Taylor   West Indies Courtney Walsh Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   Australia by 1 wicket
ODI 1029 3 January   Sri Lanka Aravinda de Silva   West Indies Richie Richardson Bellerive Oval, Hobart   West Indies by 70 runs
ODI 1030 5 January   Sri Lanka Aravinda de Silva   West Indies Richie Richardson The Gabba, Brisbane   West Indies by 7 wickets
ODI 1031 7 January   Australia Mark Taylor   West Indies Richie Richardson The Gabba, Brisbane   West Indies by 14 runs
ODI 1032 9 January   Australia Mark Taylor   Sri Lanka Aravinda de Silva Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   Sri Lanka by 3 wickets
ODI 1035 12 January   Australia Mark Taylor   Sri Lanka Aravinda de Silva WACA Ground, Perth   Australia by 83 runs
ODI 1037 14 January   Sri Lanka Aravinda de Silva   West Indies Richie Richardson WACA Ground, Perth   Sri Lanka by 16 runs
ODI 1039 16 January   Australia Mark Taylor   Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   Sri Lanka by 3 wickets
Finals
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 1041 18 January   Australia Mark Taylor   Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne   Australia by 18 runs
ODI 1043 20 January   Australia Mark Taylor   Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney   Australia by 9 runs

January

Zimbabwe in New Zealand

Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 1322 13–17 January Lee Germon Andy Flower Seddon Park, Hamilton Match drawn
Test 1323 20–24 January Lee Germon Andy Flower Eden Park, Auckland Match drawn
ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 1045 28 January Lee Germon Andy Flower Eden Park, Auckland   New Zealand by 74 runs
ODI 1046 31 January Lee Germon Andy Flower Basin Reserve, Wellington   New Zealand by 6 wickets
ODI 1047 3 February Lee Germon Andy Flower McLean Park, Napier   Zimbabwe by 21 runs

February

Wills World Cup 1995-96

Group stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 1048 14 February   England Mike Atherton   New Zealand Lee Germon Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad   New Zealand by 11 runs
ODI 1049 16 February   South Africa Hansie Cronje   United Arab Emirates Sultan Zarawani Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi   South Africa by 169 runs
ODI 1050 16 February   West Indies Richie Richardson   Zimbabwe Andy Flower Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad   West Indies by 6 wickets
ODI 1051 17 February   Netherlands Steven Lubbers   New Zealand Lee Germon Reliance Stadium, Vadodara   New Zealand by 119 runs
ODI 1051a 17 February   Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga   Australia Mark Taylor R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo   Sri Lanka by walkover
ODI 1052 18 February   India Mohammad Azharuddin   Kenya Maurice Odumbe Barabati Stadium, Cuttack   India by 7 wickets
ODI 1053 18 February   England Mike Atherton   United Arab Emirates Sultan Zarawani Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar   England by 8 wickets
ODI 1054 20 February   New Zealand Lee Germon   South Africa Hansie Cronje Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad   South Africa by 5 wickets
ODI 1055 21 February   Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga   Zimbabwe Andy Flower Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo   Sri Lanka by 6 wickets
ODI 1056 21 February   India Mohammad Azharuddin   West Indies Richie Richardson Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior   India by 5 wickets
ODI 1057 22 February   England Mike Atherton   Netherlands Steven Lubbers Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar   England by 49 runs
ODI 1058 23 February   Australia Mark Taylor   Kenya Maurice Odumbe Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Visakhapatnam   Australia by 97 runs
ODI 1059 24 February   Pakistan Wasim Akram   United Arab Emirates Sultan Zarawani Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala   Pakistan by 9 wickets
ODI 1060 25 February   England Mike Atherton   South Africa Hansie Cronje Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi   South Africa by 78 runs
ODI 1060a 25 February   Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga   West Indies Richie Richardson R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo   Sri Lanka by walkover
ODI 1061 26 February   Kenya Maurice Odumbe   Zimbabwe Andy Flower Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna No result
ODI 1062 26 February   Pakistan Wasim Akram   Netherlands Roland Lefebvre Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore   Pakistan by 8 wickets
ODI 1063 27 February   Kenya Maurice Odumbe   Zimbabwe Andy Flower Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna   Zimbabwe by 5 wickets
ODI 1064 27 February   New Zealand Lee Germon   United Arab Emirates Sultan Zarawani Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad   New Zealand by 109 runs
ODI 1065 27 February   India Mohammad Azharuddin   Australia Mark Taylor Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai   Australia by 16 runs
ODI 1066 29 February   Kenya Maurice Odumbe   West Indies Richie Richardson Nehru Stadium, Pune   Kenya by 73 runs
ODI 1067 29 February   Pakistan Wasim Akram   South Africa Hansie Cronje National Stadium, Karachi   South Africa by 5 wickets
ODI 1068 1 March   Australia Mark Taylor   Zimbabwe Andy Flower VCA Ground, Nagpur   Australia by 16 runs
ODI 1069 1 March   Netherlands Steven Lubbers   United Arab Emirates Sultan Zarawani Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore   United Arab Emirates by 7 wickets
ODI 1070 2 March   India Mohammad Azharuddin   Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi   Sri Lanka by 6 wickets
ODI 1071 3 March   Pakistan Wasim Akram   England Mike Atherton National Stadium, Karachi   Pakistan by 7 wickets
ODI 1072 4 March   Australia Mark Taylor   West Indies Richie Richardson Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur   Australia by 16 runs
ODI 1073 5 March   Netherlands Steven Lubbers   South Africa Hansie Cronje Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi   South Africa by 160 runs
ODI 1074 6 March   Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga   Kenya Maurice Odumbe Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy   Sri Lanka by 144 runs
ODI 1075 6 March   India Mohammad Azharuddin   Zimbabwe Andy Flower Green Park Stadium, Kanpur   India by 40 runs
ODI 1076 6 March   Pakistan Wasim Akram   New Zealand Lee Germon Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore   Pakistan by 46 runs
Quarter finals
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 1077 9 March   Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga   England Mike Atherton Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad   Sri Lanka by 5 wickets
ODI 1078 9 March   India Mohammad Azharuddin   Pakistan Aamer Sohail M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore   India by 39 runs
ODI 1079 11 March   South Africa Hansie Cronje   West Indies Richie Richardson National Stadium, Karachi   West Indies by 19 runs
ODI 1080 11 March   Australia Mark Taylor   New Zealand Lee Germon MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai   Australia by 6 wickets
Semi finals
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 1081 13 March   India Mohammad Azharuddin   Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga Eden Gardens, Kolkata   Sri Lanka by default
ODI 1082 14 March   Australia Mark Taylor   West Indies Richie Richardson PCA IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali   Australia by 5 runs
Final
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 1083 17 March   Australia Mark Taylor   Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore   Sri Lanka by 7 wickets

March

New Zealand in the West Indies

ODI series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 1084 26 March Courtney Walsh Lee Germon Sabina Park, Kingston   West Indies by 1 wicket
ODI 1085 29 March Courtney Walsh Lee Germon Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain   New Zealand by 4 wickets
ODI 1086 30 March Courtney Walsh Lee Germon Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain   West Indies by 7 wickets
ODI 1085 3 April Courtney Walsh Lee Germon Bourda, Georgetown   New Zealand by 4 runs
ODI 1092 6 April Courtney Walsh Lee Germon Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown   West Indies by 7 wickets
Test series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test 1325 19–23 April Courtney Walsh Lee Germon Kensington Oval, Barbados   West Indies by 10 wickets
Test 1326 27 April-2 May Courtney Walsh Lee Germon Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's Match drawn

April

Singer Cup 1995-96

Team P W L T NR RR Points
  Pakistan 2 1 1 0 0 +0.56 2
  Sri Lanka 2 1 1 0 0 +0.22 2
  India 2 1 1 0 0 −0.46 2
Group stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 1087 1 April   Pakistan Aamer Sohail   Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga Singapore Cricket Club, Padang No result
ODI 1088 2 April   Pakistan Aamer Sohail   Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga Singapore Cricket Club, Padang   Sri Lanka by 34 runs
ODI 1089 3 April   India Mohammad Azharuddin   Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga Singapore Cricket Club, Padang   India by 12 runs
ODI 1091 3 April   India Mohammad Azharuddin   Pakistan Aamer Sohail Singapore Cricket Club, Padang   Pakistan by 8 wickets
Final
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 1093 1 April   Pakistan Aamer Sohail   Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga Singapore Cricket Club, Padang   Pakistan by 43 runs

Pepsi Sharjah Cup 1995-96

Team P W L T NR RR Points
  South Africa 4 4 0 0 0 +1.67 8
  India 4 1 3 0 0 −0.53 2
  Pakistan 4 1 3 0 0 −1.15 2
Group stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 1094 12 April   India Mohammad Azharuddin   Pakistan Aamer Sohail Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah   Pakistan by 38 runs
ODI 1095 13 April   Pakistan Aamer Sohail   South Africa Hansie Cronje Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah   South Africa by 143 runs
ODI 1097 14 April   India Mohammad Azharuddin   South Africa Hansie Cronje Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah   South Africa by 80 runs
ODI 1098 15 April   India Mohammad Azharuddin   Pakistan Aamer Sohail Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah   India by 28 runs
ODI 1099 16 April   Pakistan Aamer Sohail   South Africa Hansie Cronje Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah   South Africa by 8 wickets
ODI 1100 17 April   India Mohammad Azharuddin   South Africa Hansie Cronje Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah   South Africa by 5 wickets
Final
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 1101 19 April   India Mohammad Azharuddin   South Africa Hansie Cronje Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah   South Africa by 38 runs

Sri Lanka in the West Indies

One-off ODI
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI 1096 13 April Courtney Walsh Arjuna Ranatunga Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain   Sri Lanka by 35 runs

References

  1. ^ "Season 1995/96". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Season 1995/96 archive". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2017.