Tue, 26 Dec 1989 - 00:00 – 1st • Melbourne Cricket Ground
Australia won by 30 runs
AustraliaAustralia
228/5 (48.50)
Sri LankaSri Lanka
198/10 (47.20)
Stat #1 #2 #3 #4 #5
Best Bowling Fig 4 Simon O'Donnell 2 Merv Hughes 2 Peter Taylor 3 Arjuna Ranatunga 1 Ravi Ratnayeke
Best Average 13.67 Arjuna Ranatunga 43 Rumesh Ratnayake 47 Ravi Ratnayeke
Most Wickets 4 Simon O'Donnell 2 Merv Hughes 2 Peter Taylor
Most Runs Conceed 47 Ravi Ratnayeke 43 Rumesh Ratnayake 42 Asoka de Silva
Best Average 9 Simon O'Donnell 18 Peter Taylor 20.5 Merv Hughes
Most Wickets 3 Arjuna Ranatunga 1 Ravi Ratnayeke 1 Rumesh Ratnayake
Most Runs Conceed 41 Merv Hughes 36 Peter Taylor 36 Greg Campbell
Best Economy 4.1 Arjuna Ranatunga 4.2 Asoka de Silva 4.44 Graeme Labrooy
Most Fours 3 Arjuna Ranatunga 3 Roshan Mahanama 2 Athula Samarasekera
Best Economy 3.6 Peter Taylor 3.6 Greg Campbell 4 Simon O'Donnell
Best Strike Rate 3 Graeme Labrooy 0.9 Aravinda de Silva 0.79 Arjuna Ranatunga
Most Fours 4 Dean Jones 3 Simon O'Donnell 2 Geoff Marsh
Best Averages 55 Arjuna Ranatunga 36 Roshan Mahanama 30 Athula Samarasekera 22 Asanka Gurusinha 11 Hashan Tillakaratne
Best Strike Rate 0.96 Dean Jones 0.95 Simon O'Donnell 0.73 Allan Border
Most Runs 55 Arjuna Ranatunga 36 Roshan Mahanama 30 Athula Samarasekera
Best Averages 38 Geoff Marsh 11 Allan Border 11 David Boon
Highest Score 55 Arjuna Ranatunga 36 Roshan Mahanama 30 Athula Samarasekera
Most 50s 1 Arjuna Ranatunga
Most Runs Conceed 41 Arjuna Ranatunga 40 Graeme Labrooy
Most Runs 85 Dean Jones 57 Simon O'Donnell 38 Geoff Marsh
Most Not Outs 1 Asoka de Silva
Best Strike Rate 20 Arjuna Ranatunga 54 Ravi Ratnayeke 57 Rumesh Ratnayake
Best Strike Rate 0.76 Asoka de Silva
Worst Bowling Fig 47 Ravi Ratnayeke
Highest Score 85 Dean Jones 57 Simon O'Donnell 38 Geoff Marsh
Worst Bowling Fig 43 Rumesh Ratnayake 42 Asoka de Silva
Most Runs 22 Asanka Gurusinha
Most 50s 1 Dean Jones 1 Simon O'Donnell
Most Runs Conceed 36 Simon O'Donnell
Most Ducks 1 Ravi Ratnayeke 1 Rumesh Ratnayake
Most Fours 1 Aravinda de Silva
Most Balls Faced 70 Arjuna Ranatunga 67 Roshan Mahanama
Worst Bowling Fig 41 Arjuna Ranatunga
Most Runs Conceed 26 Steve Waugh
Best Bowling Fig 1 Steve Waugh
Most Not Outs 1 Dean Jones 1 Simon O'Donnell
Worst Bowling Fig 40 Graeme Labrooy
Highest Score 22 Asanka Gurusinha
Most sixes 1 Graeme Labrooy
Most Wickets 1 Steve Waugh
Best Economy 4.33 Steve Waugh 4.46 Merv Hughes
Best Strike Rate 13.5 Simon O'Donnell 27.6 Merv Hughes 30 Peter Taylor 36 Steve Waugh
Best Average 26 Steve Waugh
Most Balls Faced 50 Athula Samarasekera 40 Asanka Gurusinha
Best Averages 11 Mark Taylor
Worst Bowling Fig 41 Merv Hughes 36 Peter Taylor 36 Greg Campbell 36 Simon O'Donnell 26 Steve Waugh
Most Fours 1 Allan Border
Most Balls Faced 89 Dean Jones 82 Geoff Marsh
Most sixes 1 Mark Taylor 1 Dean Jones 1 Simon O'Donnell
Allan Border vs Ravi Ratnayeke
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 66.3
✔ Batsman advantage
David Boon vs Ravi Ratnayeke
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 50.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Arjuna Ranatunga vs Steve Waugh
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 74.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Rumesh Ratnayake vs Kim Hughes
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 7.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Roshan Mahanama vs Steve Waugh
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 89.3
✔ Batsman advantage
Graeme Labrooy vs Kim Hughes
Dismissals 3
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 16.3
Balanced matchup
Aravinda de Silva vs Steve Waugh
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 60.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Ravi Ratnayeke vs Kim Hughes
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 74.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Mark Taylor vs Ravi Ratnayeke
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 27.5
Balanced matchup
Arjuna Ranatunga vs Kim Hughes
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 77.0
✔ Batsman advantage
David Boon vs Rumesh Ratnayake
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 46.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Simon O'Donnell vs Rumesh Ratnayake
Dismissals 2
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 43.5
✔ Batsman advantage
Geoff Marsh vs Arjuna Ranatunga
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 82.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Geoff Marsh vs Ravi Ratnayeke
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 104.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Steve Waugh vs Arjuna Ranatunga
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 7.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Steve Waugh vs Rumesh Ratnayake
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 5.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Allan Border vs Rumesh Ratnayake
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 16.0
Balanced matchup
Dean Jones vs Arjuna Ranatunga
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 57.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Dean Jones vs Rumesh Ratnayake
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 2.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
David Boon vs Kim Hughes
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 67.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Allan Border vs Arjuna Ranatunga
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 15.0
Balanced matchup
Mark Taylor vs Rumesh Ratnayake
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 46.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Asanka Gurusinha vs Kim Hughes
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 62.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Graeme Labrooy vs Steve Waugh
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 5.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Athula Samarasekera vs Kim Hughes
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 8.0
⚠ Bowler dominance
Hashan Tillakaratne vs Kim Hughes
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 72.0
✔ Batsman advantage
Sanath Jayasuriya vs Kim Hughes
Dismissals 1
Avg Balls Before Dismissal 5.0
⚠ Bowler dominance