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International cricket in 1995–96

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

Season overview

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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 IndiaPakistanSri 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

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Sri Lanka in Pakistan

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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

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Singer Champions Trophy 1995-96

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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

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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

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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

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Pakistan in Australia

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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

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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

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Pakistan in New Zealand

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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

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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

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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

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Zimbabwe in New Zealand

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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

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Wills World Cup 1995-96

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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

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New Zealand in the West Indies

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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

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Singer Cup 1995-96

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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

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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

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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

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