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Australia v Sri Lanka @ Sydney Cricket Ground
8 January 1985
Toss: Sri Lanka (bat)
Umpires: RA French, PJ McConnell
Match Result: Australia won by 6 wickets
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sidath Wettimuny | c Wayne Phillips b Carl Rackemann | 20 | 64 | 78 | 2 | - |
| +2. Amal Silva | c Murray Bennett b Rodney Hogg | 68 | 109 | 164 | 7 | - |
| 3. Brendon Kuruppu | c Graeme Wood b Murray Bennett | 22 | 31 | 35 | 2 | - |
| 4. Roy Dias | c Allan Border b Simon O'Donnell | 60 | 60 | 87 | 2 | - |
| *5. Duleep Mendis | b Rodney Hogg | 16 | 11 | 10 | 3 | - |
| 6. Aravinda de Silva | b Rodney Hogg | 17 | 15 | 17 | 1 | - |
| 7. Ashantha de Mel | b Rodney Hogg | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 8. Ravi Ratnayeke | not out | 8 | 10 | 11 | - | - |
| 9. Rumesh Ratnayake | not out | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - |
| 10. Somachandra de Silva | ||||||
| 11. Vinothen John |
| FOW | 1-66 (Sidath Wettimuny), 2-104 (Brendon Kuruppu), 3-160 (Amal Silva), 4-181 (Duleep Mendis), 5-214 (Aravinda de Silva), 6-214 (Ashantha de Mel), 7-229 (Roy Dias). |
| Extras | 5b, 5lb, 13w, 1nb, 0pen) 24 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 49 ovs) 239 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Rodney Hogg | 10 | 0 | 47 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon O'Donnell | 9 | 2 | 39 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig McDermott | 10 | 1 | 49 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Murray Bennett | 10 | 1 | 44 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Carl Rackemann | 10 | 0 | 50 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Andrew Hilditch | run out | 23 | 58 | 77 | - | - |
| 2. Graeme Wood | retired hurt | 52 | 75 | 103 | 5 | - |
| 3. Kepler Wessels | c Amal Silva b Ravi Ratnayeke | 1 | 6 | 3 | - | - |
| *4. Allan Border | not out | 79 | 82 | 122 | 7 | - |
| 5. David Boon | c sub b Ashantha de Mel | 44 | 57 | 63 | 3 | - |
| +6. Wayne Phillips | c Amal Silva b Ashantha de Mel | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 7. Simon O'Donnell | not out | 20 | 18 | 32 | 1 | - |
| 8. Murray Bennett | ||||||
| 9. Craig McDermott | ||||||
| 10. Rodney Hogg | ||||||
| 11. Carl Rackemann |
| FOW | 1-68 (Andrew Hilditch), 2-70 (Kepler Wessels), 3-171 (David Boon), 4-176 (Wayne Phillips). |
| Extras | 4b, 4lb, 4w, 6nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 46.2 ovs) 240 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ashantha de Mel | 9.3 | 0 | 59 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vinothen John | 9 | 1 | 40 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 8.5 | 0 | 32 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 9 | 0 | 69 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Somachandra de Silva | 10 | 1 | 32 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Andrew Hilditch, Graeme Wood, Kepler Wessels, Allan Border, David Boon, Wayne Phillips, Simon O'Donnell, Murray Bennett, Craig McDermott, Rodney Hogg, Carl Rackemann