| Main Home | Country Home | Players | Records | Matches |
Australia v Sri Lanka @ Sydney Cricket Ground
23 January 1985
Toss: Australia (field)
Umpires: AR Crafter, SG Randell
Match Result: Australia won by 3 wickets
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +1. Amal Silva | run out | 2 | 5 | 7 | - | - |
| 2. Sidath Wettimuny | b Kepler Wessels | 21 | 60 | 88 | 1 | - |
| 3. Ranjan Madugalle | c Wayne Phillips b Rodney Hogg | 7 | 16 | 24 | - | - |
| 4. Roy Dias | c Wayne Phillips b Kepler Wessels | 19 | 42 | 55 | 1 | - |
| *5. Duleep Mendis | c Wayne Phillips b Geoff Lawson | 80 | 79 | 93 | 8 | - |
| 6. Aravinda de Silva | not out | 81 | 87 | 118 | 7 | - |
| 7. Rumesh Ratnayake | b Craig McDermott | 7 | 5 | 6 | 1 | - |
| 8. Shaul Karnain | not out | 10 | 12 | 18 | - | - |
| 9. Ashantha de Mel | ||||||
| 10. Somachandra de Silva | ||||||
| 11. Vinothen John |
| FOW | 1-3 (Amal Silva), 2-23 (Ranjan Madugalle), 3-54 (Sidath Wettimuny), 4-55 (Roy Dias), 5-194 (Duleep Mendis), 6-204 (Rumesh Ratnayake). |
| Extras | 0b, 9lb, 1w, 3nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 50 ovs) 240 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Geoff Lawson | 10 | 2 | 32 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig McDermott | 10 | 1 | 59 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rodney Hogg | 10 | 2 | 33 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon O'Donnell | 10 | 0 | 46 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kepler Wessels | 10 | 0 | 61 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Graeme Wood | c Rumesh Ratnayake b Ashantha de Mel | 0 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| 2. Steve Smith | c Amal Silva b Vinothen John | 4 | 17 | 25 | - | - |
| 3. Kepler Wessels | c Duleep Mendis b Shaul Karnain | 82 | 97 | 144 | 4 | - |
| *4. Allan Border | st Amal Silva b Somachandra de Silva | 57 | 67 | 73 | 7 | - |
| 5. Dean Jones | not out | 62 | 70 | 90 | 4 | - |
| 6. David Boon | lbw b Vinothen John | 3 | 6 | 8 | - | - |
| +7. Wayne Phillips | b Rumesh Ratnayake | 19 | 20 | 24 | 2 | - |
| 8. Simon O'Donnell | c Shaul Karnain b Ashantha de Mel | 2 | 7 | 4 | - | - |
| 9. Geoff Lawson | not out | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Craig McDermott | ||||||
| 11. Rodney Hogg |
| FOW | 1-0 (Graeme Wood), 2-29 (Steve Smith), 3-119 (Allan Border), 4-187 (Kepler Wessels), 5-195 (David Boon), 6-231 (Wayne Phillips), 7-238 (Simon O'Donnell). |
| Extras | 0b, 10lb, 3w, 0nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 47.1 ovs) 242 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ashantha de Mel | 8 | 0 | 53 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vinothen John | 10 | 1 | 35 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Somachandra de Silva | 10 | 0 | 62 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Shaul Karnain | 10 | 0 | 38 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 8.1 | 0 | 37 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Roy Dias | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Graeme Wood, Steve Smith, Kepler Wessels, Allan Border, Dean Jones, David Boon, Wayne Phillips, Simon O'Donnell, Geoff Lawson, Craig McDermott, Rodney Hogg