Australia v Sri Lanka 1st Test
Sri Lanka tour of Australia - 1989 (1989/90) · Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane · 8 December 1989 · Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl
Match drawn · Man of the Match: Aravinda de Silva
Match drawn. Aravinda de Silva top-scored with 167 for Sri Lanka. Man of the Match: Aravinda de Silva.
Australia, 337 (10 wkts)
| David Boon | caught (Athula Samarasekera) | 0 | 8 |
| Mark Taylor | caught (Gamini Wickremasinghe) | 9 | 24 |
| Tom Moody | caught (Gamini Wickremasinghe) | 106 | 179 |
| Allan Border | caught (Arjuna Ranatunga) | 56 | 109 |
| Dean Jones | lbw | 15 | 26 |
| Steve Waugh | caught (Arjuna Ranatunga) | 60 | 99 |
| Ian Healy | lbw | 21 | 55 |
| Merv Hughes | run out | 25 | 19 |
| Geoff Lawson | caught (Gamini Wickremasinghe) | 22 | 25 |
| Carl Rackemann | not out | 5 | 23 |
| Terry Alderman | caught (Aravinda de Silva) | 18 | 31 |
Ravi Ratnayeke 8.50-1-17-0Graeme Labrooy 31.10-5-133-5Champaka Ramanayake 26.00-2-101-2Arjuna Ranatunga 13.00-1-49-0Asoka de Silva 8.00-1-21-0Asanka Gurusinha 8.30-1-37-2
Sri Lanka, 389 (10 wkts)
| Roshan Mahanama | lbw | 5 | 29 |
| Dammika Ranatunga | caught (Steve Waugh) | 40 | 120 |
| Asanka Gurusinha | caught (Ian Healy) | 43 | 104 |
| Asoka de Silva | bowled | 22 | 128 |
| Aravinda de Silva | caught (Geoff Lawson) | 167 | 361 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | lbw | 25 | 63 |
| Athula Samarasekera | caught (Tom Moody) | 18 | 33 |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | lbw | 56 | 138 |
| Gamini Wickremasinghe | caught (David Boon) | 2 | 9 |
| Graeme Labrooy | lbw | 1 | 8 |
| Champaka Ramanayake | not out | 10 | 15 |
Terry Alderman 40.00-13-81-3Geoff Lawson 33.00-10-51-1Carl Rackemann 30.30-6-88-3Merv Hughes 39.00-8-123-3Tom Moody 16.00-8-15-0Allan Border 7.00-0-36-0Dean Jones 1.00-0-1-0
Australia, 349 (6 wkts)
| Mark Taylor | lbw | 164 | 334 |
| David Boon | lbw | 26 | 62 |
| Tom Moody | caught (Arjuna Ranatunga) | 30 | 78 |
| Dean Jones | caught (Champaka Ramanayake) | 23 | 45 |
| Steve Waugh | bowled | 57 | 147 |
| Ian Healy | not out | 26 | 52 |
| Carl Rackemann | bowled | 0 | 2 |
| Merv Hughes | not out | 23 | 38 |
| Allan Border | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Geoff Lawson | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Terry Alderman | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Graeme Labrooy 24.00-4-69-0Champaka Ramanayake 28.00-3-81-2Asoka de Silva 39.00-8-112-1Aravinda de Silva 15.00-2-45-1Asanka Gurusinha 10.00-3-31-2Arjuna Ranatunga 6.00-0-25-0Roshan Mahanama 1.00-0-3-0
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