Australia Vs Sri Lanka 1St Match
Benson & Hedges World Series Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka in Australia - 1989 (1989/90) · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne · 26 December 1989 · Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl
Australia won by 30 runs · Man of the Match: Simon O'Donnell
Australia won by 30 runs. Dean Jones top-scored with 85* for Australia. Simon O'Donnell took 4/36. Man of the Match: Simon O'Donnell.
Australia, 228/5
| Geoff Marsh | caught (Aravinda de Silva) | 38 | 82 |
| Mark Taylor | caught (Ravi Ratnayeke) | 11 | 25 |
| David Boon | caught (Sanath Jayasuriya) | 11 | 19 |
| Dean Jones | not out | 85 | 89 |
| Allan Border | caught (Athula Samarasekera) | 11 | 15 |
| Steve Waugh | caught (Hashan Tillakaratne) | 5 | 7 |
| Simon O'Donnell | not out | 57 | 60 |
Did not bat: Ian Healy, Peter Taylor, Merv Hughes, Greg Campbell
Extras: 10
Graeme Labrooy 9.00-0-40-0Ravi Ratnayeke 9.00-1-47-1Rumesh Ratnayake 9.50-0-43-1Arjuna Ranatunga 10.00-2-41-3Asoka de Silva 10.00-0-42-0Asanka Gurusinha 1.00-0-9-0
Sri Lanka, 198/10
| Roshan Mahanama | caught (Allan Border) | 36 | 67 |
| Athula Samarasekera | caught (Merv Hughes) | 30 | 50 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | caught (Ian Healy) | 55 | 70 |
| Aravinda de Silva | caught (Allan Border) | 9 | 10 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | caught (Greg Campbell) | 3 | 5 |
| Asanka Gurusinha | caught (Simon O'Donnell) | 22 | 40 |
| Hashan Tillakaratne | caught (Ian Healy) | 11 | 23 |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | run out | 0 | 2 |
| Asoka de Silva | not out | 13 | 17 |
| Graeme Labrooy | bowled | 6 | 2 |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | caught (Ian Healy) | 0 | 1 |
Extras: 13
Merv Hughes 9.20-0-41-2Greg Campbell 10.00-2-36-0Simon O'Donnell 9.00-1-36-4Steve Waugh 6.00-0-26-1Peter Taylor 10.00-1-36-2Allan Border 3.00-0-17-0
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