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Tue, 26 Dec 1989 - 00:00 – 1st • Melbourne Cricket Ground
Australia won by 30 runs
Australia
228/5 (48.50)
Sri Lanka
198/10 (47.20)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Australia innigs
228/5 (48.50)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Mark Taylor
c & b Ratnayeke
11
25
22
0
1
44.00
In 1989
Career
Geoff Marsh
c PA de Silva b Ranatunga
38
82
102
2
0
46.34
In 1989
Career
David Boon
c Jayasuriya b Ratnayake
11
19
29
0
0
57.89
In 1989
Career
Dean Jones
not out
85
89
144
4
1
95.50
In 1989
Career
Allan Border (c)
c Samarasekera b Ranatunga
11
15
14
1
0
73.33
In 1989
Career
Steve Waugh
c †Tillakaratne b Ranatunga
5
7
11
0
0
71.42
In 1989
Career
Simon O'Donnell
not out
57
60
67
3
1
95.00
In 1989
Career
Extras
(lb 6, nb 2, w 2)
10
0
0
0
0
0.00
Total
228/5 48.5 Ov (RR: 4.66)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Graeme Labrooy
9.00
0
40
0
4.44
0
0
0
In 1989
Career
Ravi Ratnayeke
9.00
1
47
1
5.22
0
0
0
In 1989
Career
Rumesh Ratnayake
9.50
0
43
1
4.37
0
0
0
In 1989
Career
Arjuna Ranatunga
10.00
2
41
3
4.10
0
0
0
In 1989
Career
Asoka de Silva
10.00
0
42
0
4.20
0
0
0
In 1989
Career
Asanka Gurusinha
1.00
0
9
0
9.00
0
0
0
In 1989
Career
Sri Lanka innigs
198/10 (47.20)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Roshan Mahanama
c Border b Waugh
36
67
94
3
0
53.73
In 1989
Career
Athula Samarasekera
c Hughes b O'Donnell
30
50
67
2
0
60.00
In 1989
Career
Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
c †Healy b O'Donnell
55
70
111
3
0
78.57
In 1989
Career
Aravinda de Silva
c Border b PL Taylor
9
10
13
1
0
90.00
In 1989
Career
Sanath Jayasuriya
c Campbell b Hughes
3
5
11
0
0
60.00
In 1989
Career
Asanka Gurusinha
c O'Donnell b PL Taylor
22
40
42
0
0
55.00
In 1989
Career
Hashan Tillakaratne (WK)
c †Healy b O'Donnell
11
23
37
0
0
47.82
In 1989
Career
Ravi Ratnayeke
run out
0
2
2
0
0
0.00
In 1989
Career
Asoka de Silva
not out
13
17
29
0
0
76.47
In 1989
Career
Graeme Labrooy
b O'Donnell
6
2
2
0
1
300.00
In 1989
Career
Rumesh Ratnayake
c †Healy b Hughes
0
1
2
0
0
0.00
In 1989
Career
Extras
(lb 6, nb 3, w 4)
13
0
0
0
0
0.00
Total
198 47.2 Ov (RR: 4.18)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Merv Hughes
9.20
0
41
2
4.39
0
0
0
In 1989
Career
Greg Campbell
10.00
2
36
0
3.60
0
0
0
In 1989
Career
Simon O'Donnell
9.00
1
36
4
4.00
0
0
0
In 1989
Career
Steve Waugh
6.00
0
26
1
4.33
0
0
0
In 1989
Career
Peter Taylor
10.00
1
36
2
3.60
0
0
0
In 1989
Career
Allan Border
3.00
0
17
0
5.66
0
0
0
In 1989
Career
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