Sri Lanka Vs Australia 4Th Odi
Australia tour of Sri Lanka - 1983 (1982/83) · Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo · 30 April 1983
No result
No result. Graham Yallop top-scored with 60* for Australia.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
- Date
- 30 April 1983
- Toss
- Australia, chose to bat
- Result
- No result
- Captains
- Greg Chappell (Australia), Duleep Mendis (Sri Lanka)
- Debuts
- Granville De Silva (Sri Lanka), Brendon Kuruppu (Sri Lanka)
- Umpires
- DP Buultjens and S Ponnadurai
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Australia won the toss and chose to bat. Granville De Silva and Brendon Kuruppu played their first ODIs.
Australia batted first and made 124 for 3. Graham Yallop top-scored with 60 not out off 81 balls, and David Hookes made 49. The innings was built on a 112-run stand for the third wicket between Graham Yallop and David Hookes, 90% of the total. That was well below the 1980s average first-innings total at Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, 198 across 9 ODIs.
No result.
AUSTRALIA: 124 FOR 3
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Wood | bowled | 2 | 8 |
| Kepler Wessels | bowled | 6 | 18 |
| Graham Yallop | not out | 60 | 81 |
| David Hookes | bowled | 49 | 40 |
| Steve Smith | not out | 0 | – |
Did not bat: Greg Chappell, Allan Border, Roger Woolley, Bruce Yardley, Rodney Hogg, John Maguire
Extras 7 · Total 124 for 3
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashantha de Mel | 4 | 0 | 9 | 2 |
| Vinothen John | 5 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Granville De Silva | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 3 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 2.2 | 0 | 16 | 1 |
| Sidath Wettimuny | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-3 (Graeme Wood), 2-12 (Kepler Wessels), 3-124 (David Hookes)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Graeme Wood and Kepler Wessels | 3 |
| second | Graham Yallop and Kepler Wessels | 9 |
| third | Graham Yallop and David Hookes | 112 |
| fourth | Graham Yallop and Steve Smith | 0 |
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