England v Sri Lanka
England won by 5 wickets
4 September 1988The Oval
Englandwon by 5 wickets
245/552.4 ov
Sri Lanka
242/755 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.
Sri Lanka innings
242/755 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brendon Kuruppu | lbw | 38 | 66 | 92 | 5 | 0 | 57.6 |
| Athula Samarasekera | bowled | 10 | 29 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 34.5 |
| Aravinda de Silva | bowled | 16 | 28 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 57.1 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | run out | 37 | 62 | 72 | 3 | 0 | 59.7 |
| Duleep Mendis | bowled | 60 | 65 | 88 | 6 | 1 | 92.3 |
| Ranjan Madugalle | caught | 17 | 26 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 65.4 |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | caught | 19 | 19 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Hashan Tillakaratne | not out | 15* | 27 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 55.6 |
| Graeme Labrooy | not out | 10* | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 90.9 |
| Extras | b 1, lb 10, w 8, nb 1 | 20 | |||||
| Total | 7 wickets, 55 overs | 242 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250
1-21 Athula Samarasekera2-54 Aravinda de Silva3-75 Brendon Kuruppu4-144 Arjuna Ranatunga5-190 Ranjan Madugalle6-193 Duleep Mendis7-224 Ravi Ratnayeke
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil Foster | 11 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 4.27 | 0 | 0 |
| Gladstone Small | 11 | 1 | 44 | 3 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Graham Gooch | 11 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 3.18 | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Pringle | 11 | 0 | 46 | 1 | 4.18 | 0 | 0 |
| Vic Marks | 11 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 5.36 | 0 | 0 |
England innings chasing 243
245/552.4 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Gooch | caught | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 70.0 |
| Tim Robinson | lbw | 13 | 33 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 39.4 |
| Kim Barnett | run out | 84 | 146 | 179 | 0 | 0 | 57.5 |
| Allan Lamb | caught | 66 | 70 | 86 | 3 | 1 | 94.3 |
| Robin Smith | caught | 9 | 13 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 69.2 |
| Rob Bailey | not out | 43* | 34 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 126.5 |
| Derek Pringle | not out | 19* | 11 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 172.7 |
| Extras | w 3, nb 1 | 4 | |||||
| Total | 5 wickets, 52.4 overs | 245 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 250
1-9 Graham Gooch2-22 Tim Robinson3-140 Allan Lamb4-154 Robin Smith5-213 Kim Barnett
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 9.4 | 3 | 37 | 1 | 3.83 | 0 | 0 |
| Graeme Labrooy | 10 | 0 | 40 | 3 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Athula Samarasekera | 11 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 4.73 | 0 | 0 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 11 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 3.82 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Anurasiri | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 5.17 | 0 | 0 |
| Aravinda de Silva | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 9.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Ranjith Madurasinghe | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 8.00 | 0 | 0 |