England v Sri Lanka @ Nehru Stadium, Pune
30 October 1987
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: DM Archer, Khizer Hayat
Match Result: England won by 8 wickets
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Roshan Mahanama | c John Emburey b Phil DeFreitas | 14 | 28 | - | 1 | - | |
| 2. Ravi Ratnayeke | lbw b Gladstone Small | 7 | 11 | - | 1 | - | |
| +3. Asanka Gurusinha | run out | 34 | 63 | - | 3 | - | |
| 4. Roy Dias | st Paul Downton b Eddie Hemmings | 80 | 105 | - | 6 | 3 | |
| *5. Duleep Mendis | b Phil DeFreitas | 7 | 26 | - | - | - | |
| 6. Ranjan Madugalle | c sub b Eddie Hemmings | 22 | 38 | - | - | 1 | |
| 7. Aravinda de Silva | not out | 23 | 18 | - | 2 | - | |
| 8. Ashantha de Mel | c Allan Lamb b Eddie Hemmings | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | |
| 9. Sridharan Jeganathan | not out | 20 | 15 | - | 2 | 1 | |
| 10. Vinothen John | |||||||
| 11. Don Anurasiri |
| FOW | 1-23 (Ravi Ratnayeke), 2-25 (Roshan Mahanama), 3-113 (Asanka Gurusinha), 4-125 (Duleep Mendis), 5-170 (Roy Dias), 6-177 (Ranjan Madugalle), 7-180 (Ashantha de Mel). |
| Extras | 0b, 3lb, 3w, 5nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs) 218 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Phil DeFreitas | 10 | 2 | 46 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gladstone Small | 10 | 1 | 33 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Neil Foster | 10 | 0 | 37 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Emburey | 10 | 1 | 42 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Eddie Hemmings | 10 | 0 | 57 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Graham Gooch | c & b Sridharan Jeganathan | 61 | 79 | - | 7 | - | |
| 2. Tim Robinson | b Sridharan Jeganathan | 55 | 75 | - | 7 | - | |
| 3. Bill Athey | not out | 40 | 55 | - | - | - | |
| *4. Mike Gatting | not out | 46 | 40 | - | 4 | - | |
| 5. Allan Lamb | |||||||
| +6. Paul Downton | sub | ||||||
| 7. John Emburey | |||||||
| 8. Phil DeFreitas | |||||||
| 9. Neil Foster | |||||||
| 10. Gladstone Small | |||||||
| 11. Eddie Hemmings |
| FOW | 1-123 (Tim Robinson), 2-132 (Graham Gooch). |
| Extras | 1b, 13lb, 3w, 0nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 2 wickets, 41.2 ovs) 219 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 8 | 1 | 37 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vinothen John | 6 | 2 | 19 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ashantha de Mel | 4.2 | 0 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sridharan Jeganathan | 10 | 0 | 45 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Don Anurasiri | 10 | 0 | 45 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 3 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
England: Graham Gooch, Tim Robinson, Bill Athey, Mike Gatting, Allan Lamb, Paul Downton, John Emburey, Phil DeFreitas, Neil Foster, Gladstone Small, Eddie Hemmings
Sri Lanka: Roshan Mahanama, Ravi Ratnayeke, Asanka Gurusinha, Roy Dias, Duleep Mendis, Ranjan Madugalle, Aravinda de Silva, Ashantha de Mel, Sridharan Jeganathan, Vinothen John, Don Anurasiri
