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Australia v Sri Lanka @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
19 January 1985
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: RA French, MW Johnson
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Graeme Wood | b Rumesh Ratnayake | 42 | 52 | 57 | 6 | - |
| 2. Kepler Wessels | b Rumesh Ratnayake | 28 | 53 | 67 | 1 | - |
| 3. Greg Ritchie | c Ranjan Madugalle b Shaul Karnain | 13 | 26 | 36 | 1 | - |
| *4. Allan Border | st Amal Silva b Somachandra de Silva | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| 5. David Boon | c Sidath Wettimuny b Roy Dias | 34 | 66 | 85 | 1 | - |
| +6. Wayne Phillips | c Ashantha de Mel b Roy Dias | 67 | 75 | 92 | 5 | - |
| 7. Simon O'Donnell | b Rumesh Ratnayake | 7 | 9 | 19 | - | - |
| 8. Geoff Lawson | c Ranjan Madugalle b Roy Dias | 11 | 8 | 17 | 2 | - |
| 9. Murray Bennett | not out | 6 | 7 | 16 | - | - |
| 10. Craig McDermott | b Rumesh Ratnayake | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 11. Rodney Hogg | not out | 5 | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-68 (Graeme Wood), 2-73 (Kepler Wessels), 3-74 (Allan Border), 4-88 (Greg Ritchie), 5-160 (David Boon), 6-191 (Simon O'Donnell), 7-204 (Wayne Phillips), 8-220 (Geoff Lawson), 9-220 (Craig McDermott). |
| Extras | 0b, 9lb, 3w, 0nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs) 226 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ashantha de Mel | 7 | 1 | 45 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vinothen John | 10 | 1 | 32 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 10 | 3 | 37 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Somachandra de Silva | 10 | 0 | 33 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shaul Karnain | 9 | 0 | 45 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Roy Dias | 4 | 0 | 25 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sidath Wettimuny | lbw b Rodney Hogg | 17 | 45 | 59 | - | - |
| +2. Amal Silva | c Rodney Hogg b Simon O'Donnell | 23 | 50 | 75 | 1 | - |
| 3. Ranjan Madugalle | c Allan Border b Simon O'Donnell | 24 | 37 | 45 | 1 | - |
| 4. Roy Dias | run out | 48 | 64 | 86 | 1 | - |
| *5. Duleep Mendis | c Kepler Wessels b Rodney Hogg | 35 | 34 | 47 | 3 | - |
| 6. Aravinda de Silva | not out | 46 | 37 | 55 | 2 | 2 |
| 7. Shaul Karnain | b Geoff Lawson | 16 | 19 | 25 | 1 | - |
| 8. Rumesh Ratnayake | not out | 5 | 12 | 19 | - | - |
| 9. Ashantha de Mel | ||||||
| 10. Somachandra de Silva | ||||||
| 11. Vinothen John |
| FOW | 1-38 (Sidath Wettimuny), 2-52 (Amal Silva), 3-86 (Ranjan Madugalle), 4-150 (Duleep Mendis), 5-161 (Roy Dias), 6-196 (Shaul Karnain). |
| Extras | 1b, 14lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 49.2 ovs) 230 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Geoff Lawson | 10 | 0 | 51 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig McDermott | 9.2 | 1 | 36 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rodney Hogg | 10 | 1 | 31 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon O'Donnell | 10 | 1 | 43 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Murray Bennett | 9 | 1 | 48 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kepler Wessels | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Graeme Wood, Kepler Wessels, Greg Ritchie, Allan Border, David Boon, Wayne Phillips, Simon O'Donnell, Geoff Lawson, Murray Bennett, Craig McDermott, Rodney Hogg