England v Sri Lanka Only Test
Sri Lanka tour of England - 1988 (1988) · Lord's, London · 25 August 1988 · England won the toss and chose to bowl
England won by 7 wickets · Man of the Match: Ravi Ratnayeke
England won by 7 wickets. Jack Russell top-scored with 94 for England. Man of the Match: Ravi Ratnayeke.
Sri Lanka, 184 (10 wkts)
| Brendon Kuruppu | caught (Graham Gooch) | 46 | 58 |
| Amal Silva | caught (Jack Russell) | 1 | 22 |
| Athula Samarasekera | caught (Jack Russell) | 0 | 19 |
| Aravinda de Silva | caught (Graham Gooch) | 3 | 18 |
| Ranjan Madugalle | lbw | 3 | 14 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | lbw | 5 | 12 |
| Duleep Mendis | caught (Robin Smith) | 21 | 43 |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | not out | 59 | 112 |
| Ranjith Madurasinghe | run out | 4 | 11 |
| Champaka Ramanayake | lbw | 0 | 8 |
| Graeme Labrooy | lbw | 42 | 83 |
Neil Foster 21.00-5-51-3David Lawrence 15.00-4-37-1Phil Newport 21.00-4-77-3Derek Pringle 6.50-1-17-2John Emburey 2.00-1-4-0
England, 406 (10 wkts)
| Graham Gooch | lbw | 75 | 193 |
| Tim Robinson | caught (Athula Samarasekera) | 19 | 58 |
| Jack Russell | caught (Athula Samarasekera) | 94 | 202 |
| Kim Barnett | caught (Arjuna Ranatunga) | 66 | 128 |
| Allan Lamb | bowled | 63 | 75 |
| Robin Smith | bowled | 31 | 70 |
| Derek Pringle | caught (Amal Silva) | 14 | 38 |
| John Emburey | caught (Aravinda de Silva) | 0 | 18 |
| Phil Newport | caught (Aravinda de Silva) | 26 | 38 |
| Neil Foster | not out | 14 | 52 |
| David Lawrence | caught (Duleep Mendis) | 4 | 12 |
Ravi Ratnayeke 32.00-3-107-2Graeme Labrooy 40.00-7-119-4Champaka Ramanayake 27.20-3-86-2Ranjith Madurasinghe 16.00-4-41-0Athula Samarasekera 22.00-5-66-1Arjuna Ranatunga 6.00-3-6-1
Sri Lanka, 315 (10 wkts)
| Brendon Kuruppu | caught (Kim Barnett) | 25 | 31 |
| Amal Silva | caught (Jack Russell) | 16 | 41 |
| Athula Samarasekera | lbw | 57 | 110 |
| Aravinda de Silva | lbw | 18 | 31 |
| Ranjan Madugalle | bowled | 20 | 50 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | bowled | 78 | 179 |
| Duleep Mendis | lbw | 56 | 97 |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | caught (Allan Lamb) | 32 | 85 |
| Ranjith Madurasinghe | bowled | 2 | 11 |
| Graeme Labrooy | not out | 9 | 23 |
| Champaka Ramanayake | caught (Graham Gooch) | 2 | 10 |
Neil Foster 33.00-10-98-2David Lawrence 21.00-5-74-2Phil Newport 26.30-7-87-4Derek Pringle 11.00-2-30-1John Emburey 18.00-9-34-1
England, 86 (3 wkts)
| Graham Gooch | caught (Amal Silva) | 36 | 70 |
| Tim Robinson | not out | 34 | 109 |
| Kim Barnett | caught (Amal Silva) | 0 | 2 |
| Allan Lamb | caught (Aravinda de Silva) | 8 | 15 |
| Robin Smith | not out | 8 | 17 |
| Jack Russell | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Derek Pringle | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| John Emburey | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Newport | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Foster | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
| David Lawrence | did not bat | 0 | 0 |
Ravi Ratnayeke 7.00-1-16-0Graeme Labrooy 9.00-0-24-0Athula Samarasekera 10.00-0-38-2Arjuna Ranatunga 8.40-4-14-1
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