Cricket World Cup awards Sri Lanka to the final. Jayasuriya did not perform in the final, he scored just 9 and got 1/43 with the ball. Although other batsmen, including Sachin Tendulkar who scored a record 523 runs at an average of 87.16, scored more runs than him. Jayasuriya was awarded Man of the Tournament for his aggressive and exciting strokeplay and his match-winning qualities. Man of the Final Match 1996 – Aravinda de Silva – 107 not out and 3/42 The 1996 Cricket World Cup final was between Australia and Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka won the toss and sent in Australia to bat.
1996 Cricket World Cup statistics 1996 Cricket World Cup statistics This is a list of statistics for the 1996 Cricket World Cup. The following table lists the ten highest team scores during this tournament. This is a list of completed innings only, low totals in matches with reduced overs are omitted except when the team was all out. Successful run chases in the second innings are not counted. The top ten highest run scorers (total runs) in the tournament are included in this table. This table contains the top ten highest scores of the tournament made by a batsman in a single innings. ! !Player