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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
Most Wickets
Simon O'Donnell
4
Arjuna Ranatunga
3
Merv Hughes
2
Peter Taylor
2
Steve Waugh
1
Best Economy
Peter Taylor
3.600000
Greg Campbell
3.600000
Simon O'Donnell
4.000000
Arjuna Ranatunga
4.100000
Asoka de Silva
4.200000
Best Bowling Fig
Simon O'Donnell
4
Arjuna Ranatunga
3
Merv Hughes
2
Peter Taylor
2
Steve Waugh
1
Most Runs Conceed
Ravi Ratnayeke
47
Rumesh Ratnayake
43
Asoka de Silva
42
Merv Hughes
41
Arjuna Ranatunga
41
Best Strike Rate
Graeme Labrooy
3.000000
Dean Jones
0.955056
Simon O'Donnell
0.950000
Aravinda de Silva
0.900000
Arjuna Ranatunga
0.785714
Most Runs Conceed
Graeme Labrooy
40
Peter Taylor
36
Greg Campbell
36
Simon O'Donnell
36
Steve Waugh
26
Most Runs
Dean Jones
85
Simon O'Donnell
57
Arjuna Ranatunga
55
Geoff Marsh
38
Roshan Mahanama
36
Most Fours
Dean Jones
4
Arjuna Ranatunga
3
Simon O'Donnell
3
Roshan Mahanama
3
Athula Samarasekera
2
Highest Score
Dean Jones
85
Simon O'Donnell
57
Arjuna Ranatunga
55
Geoff Marsh
38
Roshan Mahanama
36
Best Averages
Arjuna Ranatunga
55.000000
Geoff Marsh
38.000000
Roshan Mahanama
36.000000
Athula Samarasekera
30.000000
Asanka Gurusinha
22.000000
Hashan Tillakaratne
11.000000
Allan Border
11.000000
Best Average
Simon O'Donnell
9.000000
Arjuna Ranatunga
13.666666
Peter Taylor
18.000000
Merv Hughes
20.500000
Steve Waugh
26.000000
Most 50s
Dean Jones
1
Simon O'Donnell
1
Arjuna Ranatunga
1
Most Wickets
Ravi Ratnayeke
1
Rumesh Ratnayake
1
Best Bowling Fig
Ravi Ratnayeke
1
Rumesh Ratnayake
1
Most Not Outs
Dean Jones
1
Simon O'Donnell
1
Asoka de Silva
1
Best Economy
Steve Waugh
4.333333
Graeme Labrooy
4.444444
Merv Hughes
4.456521
Best Strike Rate
Simon O'Donnell
13.5
Arjuna Ranatunga
20
Merv Hughes
27.6
Peter Taylor
30
Steve Waugh
36
Ravi Ratnayeke
54
Rumesh Ratnayake
57
Most Runs
Athula Samarasekera
30
Asanka Gurusinha
22
Most Ducks
Ravi Ratnayeke
1
Rumesh Ratnayake
1
Best Strike Rate
Asoka de Silva
0.764705
Allan Border
0.733333
Worst Bowling Fig
Ravi Ratnayeke
47
Rumesh Ratnayake
43
Asoka de Silva
42
Merv Hughes
41
Arjuna Ranatunga
41
Graeme Labrooy
40
Peter Taylor
36
Most Fours
Geoff Marsh
2
Allan Border
1
Aravinda de Silva
1
Most Balls Faced
Dean Jones
89
Geoff Marsh
82
Arjuna Ranatunga
70
Roshan Mahanama
67
Simon O'Donnell
60
Athula Samarasekera
50
Asanka Gurusinha
40
Highest Score
Athula Samarasekera
30
Asanka Gurusinha
22
Most sixes
Mark Taylor
1
Dean Jones
1
Simon O'Donnell
1
Graeme Labrooy
1
Best Average
Rumesh Ratnayake
43.000000
Ravi Ratnayeke
47.000000