Australia v Sri Lanka
Australia won by 38 runs
14 January 1988Melbourne
Australiawon by 38 runs
243/850 ov
Sri Lanka
20544.5 ov
Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it
Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.
Australia innings
243/850 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Boon | caught | 1 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 14.3 |
| Geoff Marsh | caught | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Dean Jones | caught | 31 | 57 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 54.4 |
| Mike Veletta | bowled | 46 | 68 | 91 | 3 | 0 | 67.6 |
| Steve Waugh | caught | 27 | 40 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 67.5 |
| Allan Border | caught | 61 | 60 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 101.7 |
| Greg Dyer | caught | 4 | 18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 22.2 |
| Peter Taylor | not out | 27* | 29 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 93.1 |
| Craig McDermott | caught | 19 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 135.7 |
| Tony Dodemaide | not out | 10* | 7 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 142.9 |
| Extras | lb 11, w 6 | 17 | |||||
| Total | 8 wickets, 50 overs | 243 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250
1-2 Geoff Marsh2-6 David Boon3-66 Dean Jones4-90 Mike Veletta5-158 Steve Waugh6-172 Greg Dyer7-190 Allan Border8-220 Craig McDermott
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 8 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Graeme Labrooy | 10 | 1 | 39 | 4 | 3.90 | 0 | 0 |
| Champaka Ramanayake | 5 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 6.40 | 0 | 0 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 10 | 0 | 47 | 1 | 4.70 | 0 | 0 |
| Sridharan Jeganathan | 7 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 5.14 | 0 | 0 |
| Aravinda de Silva | 10 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 5.40 | 0 | 0 |
Sri Lanka innings chasing 244
20544.5 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roshan Mahanama | bowled | 7 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 116.7 |
| Brendon Kuruppu | lbw | 22 | 42 | 69 | 2 | 0 | 52.4 |
| Asanka Gurusinha | caught | 7 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 58.3 |
| Aravinda de Silva | caught | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | run out | 67 | 86 | 129 | 6 | 0 | 77.9 |
| Ranjan Madugalle | caught | 44 | 61 | 85 | 2 | 1 | 72.1 |
| Guy de Alwis | caught | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | caught | 16 | 23 | 40 | 2 | 0 | 69.6 |
| Graeme Labrooy | caught | 13 | 18 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 72.2 |
| Sridharan Jeganathan | caught | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Champaka Ramanayake | not out | 6* | 7 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 85.7 |
| Extras | lb 8, w 3, nb 1 | 12 | |||||
| Total | all out, 44.5 overs | 205 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250
1-14 Roshan Mahanama2-27 Asanka Gurusinha3-38 Aravinda de Silva4-66 Brendon Kuruppu5-163 Ranjan Madugalle6-163 Guy de Alwis7-164 Arjuna Ranatunga8-183 Graeme Labrooy9-189 Sridharan Jeganathan10-205 Ravi Ratnayeke
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Dodemaide | 7.5 | 2 | 36 | 2 | 4.60 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig McDermott | 10 | 2 | 42 | 2 | 4.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Waugh | 7 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 4.71 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim May | 10 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 4.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Taylor | 10 | 1 | 38 | 4 | 3.80 | 0 | 0 |