Australia Vs Sri Lanka 13Th Match
Benson & Hedges World Series Cup Australia, Sri Lanka, West Indies in Australia - 1985 (1984/85) · Adelaide Oval, Adelaide · 28 January 1985
Australia won by 232 runs
Australia won by 232 runs. Allan Border top-scored with 118* for Australia.
MATCH FACTS
- Series
- Benson & Hedges World Series Cup Australia, Sri Lanka, West Indies in Australia - 1985 (1984/85)
- Ground
- Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
- Date
- 28 January 1985
- Toss
- Sri Lanka, chose to field
- Result
- Australia won by 232 runs
- Player of the match
- Allan Border
- Captains
- Allan Border (Australia), Duleep Mendis (Sri Lanka)
- Umpires
- BE Martin and RC Isherwood
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field.
Australia batted first and made 323 for 2. Allan Border top-scored with 118 not out off 88 balls, and Dean Jones made 99. The innings was built on a 224-run stand for the third wicket between Allan Border and Dean Jones, 69% of the total. That was well above the 1980s average first-innings total at Adelaide Oval, 227 across 24 ODIs.
Chasing 324, Sri Lanka made 91 all out. Uvais Karnain top-scored with 21 off 67 balls. Rod McCurdy took 3 for 19 for Australia. From 0 for 0 they lost 5 wickets for 25 runs, to 25 for 5.
Australia won by 232 runs. It is the largest victory by runs at Adelaide Oval across the 88 ODIs in our archive.
AUSTRALIA: 323 FOR 2
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graeme Wood | c Somachandra De Silva | 30 | 55 |
| Steve Smith | c Amal Silva | 55 | 88 |
| Dean Jones | not out | 99 | 77 |
| Allan Border | not out | 118 | 88 |
Did not bat: David Boon, Kepler Wessels, Wayne Phillips, Simon O'Donnell, Geoff Lawson, Rod McCurdy, Rodney Hogg
Extras 21 · Total 323 for 2
| Bowler (Sri Lanka) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 10 | 1 | 51 | 0 |
| Vinothen John | 10 | 1 | 64 | 0 |
| Granville De Silva | 10 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| Somachandra De Silva | 5 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| Uvais Karnain | 8 | 0 | 56 | 2 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 6 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| Roy Dias | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-94 (Graeme Wood), 2-99 (Steve Smith)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Graeme Wood and Steve Smith | 94 |
| second | Steve Smith and Dean Jones | 5 |
| third | Allan Border and Dean Jones | 224 |
SRI LANKA: 91 ALL OUT
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arjuna Ranatunga | c Wayne Phillips | 5 | 15 |
| Amal Silva | lbw | 0 | 2 |
| Aravinda de Silva | lbw | 6 | 7 |
| Roy Dias | c Steve Smith | 3 | 11 |
| Duleep Mendis | c David Boon | 7 | 9 |
| Ranjan Madugalle | lbw | 8 | 35 |
| Uvais Karnain | c Kepler Wessels | 21 | 67 |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | c Dean Jones | 2 | 6 |
| Somachandra De Silva | not out | 15 | 48 |
| Vinothen John | c Rodney Hogg | 8 | 7 |
| Granville De Silva | st Wayne Phillips | 7 | 12 |
Extras 9 · Total 91 all out
| Bowler (Australia) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Lawson | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Rod McCurdy | 5 | 1 | 19 | 3 |
| Rodney Hogg | 8 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
| Simon O'Donnell | 9 | 1 | 19 | 2 |
| Kepler Wessels | 4.5 | 0 | 16 | 2 |
| David Boon | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-3 (Amal Silva), 2-12 (Aravinda de Silva), 3-14 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 4-23 (Roy Dias), 5-25 (Duleep Mendis), 6-45 (Ranjan Madugalle), 7-52 (Rumesh Ratnayake), 8-66 (Uvais Karnain), 9-75 (Vinothen John), 10-91 (Granville De Silva)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs |
|---|---|---|
| first | Arjuna Ranatunga and Amal Silva | 3 |
| second | Arjuna Ranatunga and Aravinda de Silva | 9 |
| third | Roy Dias and Arjuna Ranatunga | 2 |
| fourth | Roy Dias and Duleep Mendis | 9 |
| fifth | Ranjan Madugalle and Duleep Mendis | 2 |
| sixth | Ranjan Madugalle and Uvais Karnain | 20 |
| seventh | Rumesh Ratnayake and Uvais Karnain | 7 |
| eighth | Somachandra De Silva and Uvais Karnain | 14 |
| ninth | Somachandra De Silva and Vinothen John | 9 |
| tenth | Somachandra De Silva and Granville De Silva | 16 |
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