Australia v Sri Lanka @ Adelaide Oval
18 February 1990
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: AR Crafter, PJ McConnell
Match Result: Australia won by 7 wickets
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Brendon Kuruppu | c Terry Alderman b Carl Rackemann | 12 | 17 | 26 | - | - | |
| 2. Athula Samarasekera | c Ian Healy b Carl Rackemann | 1 | 13 | 17 | - | - | |
| 3. Asanka Gurusinha | c Ian Healy b Greg Campbell | 20 | 34 | 68 | - | - | |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | b Terry Alderman | 39 | 29 | 30 | 3 | 3 | |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Ian Healy b Greg Campbell | 1 | 7 | 6 | - | - | |
| +6. Hashan Tillakaratne | b Greg Campbell | 3 | 13 | 29 | - | - | |
| 7. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Mark Taylor b Allan Border | 31 | 66 | 87 | 1 | - | |
| 8. Asoka de Silva | b Simon O'Donnell | 7 | 18 | 28 | - | - | |
| 9. Rumesh Ratnayake | run out | 31 | 39 | 38 | 3 | - | |
| 10. Ranjith Madurasinghe | c Peter Taylor b Allan Border | 1 | 8 | 5 | - | - | |
| 11. Kapila Wijegunawardene | not out | 1 | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-10 (Athula Samarasekera), 2-21 (Brendon Kuruppu), 3-68 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-70 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-81 (Asanka Gurusinha), 6-88 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 7-106 (Asoka de Silva), 8-150 (Rumesh Ratnayake), 9-155 (Ranjith Madurasinghe), 158 (Sanath Jayasuriya). |
| Extras | 1b, 5lb, 1w, 4nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 40.4 ovs) 158 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Terry Alderman | 7 | 0 | 30 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Carl Rackemann | 9 | 0 | 48 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Campbell | 7 | 1 | 31 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon O'Donnell | 7 | 0 | 19 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Taylor | 8 | 1 | 22 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Allan Border | 2.4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Mark Taylor | c Ranjith Madurasinghe b Asoka de Silva | 23 | 54 | 72 | 3 | - | |
| 2. Dean Jones | not out | 80 | 120 | 149 | 5 | - | |
| 3. Tom Moody | c Brendon Kuruppu b Asanka Gurusinha | 5 | 19 | 15 | - | - | |
| *4. Allan Border | b Ranjith Madurasinghe | 29 | 35 | 43 | 2 | - | |
| 5. Steve Waugh | not out | 11 | 14 | 16 | 1 | - | |
| 6. Simon O'Donnell | |||||||
| +7. Ian Healy | |||||||
| 8. Peter Taylor | |||||||
| 9. Greg Campbell | |||||||
| 10. Carl Rackemann | |||||||
| 11. Terry Alderman |
| FOW | 1-67 (Mark Taylor), 2-78 (Tom Moody), 3-134 (Allan Border). |
| Extras | 7b, 2lb, 2w, 0nb, 0pen) 11 |
| Total | (for 3 wickets, 40 ovs) 159 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 7 | 1 | 20 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kapila Wijegunawardene | 7 | 0 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Asanka Gurusinha | 7 | 0 | 16 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Asoka de Silva | 10 | 0 | 37 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ranjith Madurasinghe | 6 | 0 | 27 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: Mark Taylor, Dean Jones, Tom Moody, Allan Border, Steve Waugh, Simon O'Donnell, Ian Healy, Peter Taylor, Greg Campbell, Carl Rackemann, Terry Alderman
Sri Lanka: Brendon Kuruppu, Athula Samarasekera, Asanka Gurusinha, Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Hashan Tillakaratne, Sanath Jayasuriya, Asoka de Silva, Rumesh Ratnayake, Ranjith Madurasinghe, Kapila Wijegunawardene