Australia v Sri Lanka @ Sydney Cricket Ground
19 January 1988
Toss: Australia (field)
Umpires: TA Prue, SG Randell
Match Result: Australia won by 3 wickets
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Roshan Mahanama | c Allan Border b Mike Whitney | 12 | 27 | 35 | 1 | - | |
| 2. Brendon Kuruppu | b Mike Whitney | 2 | 12 | 17 | - | - | |
| 3. Asanka Gurusinha | c Dean Jones b Mike Whitney | 37 | 101 | 137 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4. Sanath Kaluperuma | b Steve Waugh | 4 | 24 | 30 | - | - | |
| 5. Aravinda de Silva | c Greg Dyer b Steve Waugh | 79 | 100 | 125 | 7 | - | |
| 6. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Geoff Marsh b Steve Waugh | 16 | 21 | 25 | 2 | - | |
| *7. Ranjan Madugalle | lbw b Steve Waugh | 0 | 4 | 6 | - | - | |
| 8. Ravi Ratnayeke | c David Boon b Mike Whitney | 1 | 2 | 8 | - | - | |
| +9. Guy de Alwis | c Geoff Marsh b Tony Dodemaide | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | |
| 10. Graeme Labrooy | not out | 6 | 8 | 12 | - | - | |
| 11. Champaka Ramanayake | not out | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-16 (Brendon Kuruppu), 2-27 (Roshan Mahanama), 3-39 (Sanath Kaluperuma), 4-113 (Asanka Gurusinha), 5-140 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 6-148 (Ranjan Madugalle), 7-162 (Ravi Ratnayeke), 8-172 (Guy de Alwis), 9-179 (Aravinda de Silva). |
| Extras | 2b, 16lb, 3w, 1nb, 0pen) 22 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs) 188 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Mike Whitney | 10 | 2 | 34 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tony Dodemaide | 10 | 1 | 34 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 10 | 0 | 33 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tim May | 10 | 0 | 22 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Taylor | 10 | 1 | 47 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. David Boon | c Roshan Mahanama b Ravi Ratnayeke | 15 | 30 | 31 | 2 | - | |
| 2. Geoff Marsh | c Asanka Gurusinha b Champaka Ramanayake | 8 | 33 | 47 | - | - | |
| 3. Dean Jones | c Guy de Alwis b Champaka Ramanayake | 9 | 27 | 39 | 1 | - | |
| 4. Mike Veletta | not out | 68 | 91 | 163 | 1 | - | |
| 5. Steve Waugh | c Roshan Mahanama b Champaka Ramanayake | 16 | 22 | 24 | 2 | - | |
| *6. Allan Border | c & b Aravinda de Silva | 12 | 30 | 25 | - | - | |
| +7. Greg Dyer | b Arjuna Ranatunga | 4 | 16 | 13 | - | - | |
| 8. Tony Dodemaide | c Sanath Kaluperuma b Graeme Labrooy | 30 | 46 | 55 | 2 | - | |
| 9. Peter Taylor | not out | 10 | 8 | 15 | - | - | |
| 10. Tim May | |||||||
| 11. Mike Whitney |
| FOW | 1-25 (David Boon), 2-30 (Geoff Marsh), 3-49 (Dean Jones), 4-72 (Steve Waugh), 5-91 (Allan Border), 6-100 (Greg Dyer), 7-173 (Tony Dodemaide). |
| Extras | 0b, 10lb, 3w, 4nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 49.3 ovs) 189 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 10 | 1 | 32 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graeme Labrooy | 9.3 | 1 | 43 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Champaka Ramanayake | 10 | 0 | 35 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 9 | 0 | 35 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 10 | 0 | 31 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Kaluperuma | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: David Boon, Geoff Marsh, Dean Jones, Mike Veletta, Steve Waugh, Allan Border, Greg Dyer, Tony Dodemaide, Peter Taylor, Tim May, Mike Whitney
Sri Lanka: Roshan Mahanama, Brendon Kuruppu, Asanka Gurusinha, Sanath Kaluperuma, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Ranjan Madugalle, Ravi Ratnayeke, Guy de Alwis, Graeme Labrooy, Champaka Ramanayake
