Aravinda de Silva

1064 runs from 35 matches, 145 highest, 36.6 average, 86 SR, 2 hundreds and 6 fifties.The Lankan middle order batsmans peak coincided with the 1996 final in which he put Australia to the sword with a classy , unbeaten 107. The century took Lanka to their first World Cup triumph and de Silva won over an island with his impeccable batsmanship.