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England v Sri Lanka @ Kennington Oval, London
4 September 1988
Toss: England (field)
Umpires: JW Holder, KE Palmer
Match Result: England won by 5 wickets
1st Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| +1. Brendon Kuruppu | lbw b Graham Gooch | 38 | 66 | 92 | 5 | - |
| 2. Athula Samarasekera | b Gladstone Small | 10 | 29 | 32 | 1 | - |
| 3. Aravinda de Silva | b Graham Gooch | 16 | 28 | 36 | - | - |
| 4. Arjuna Ranatunga | run out | 37 | 62 | 72 | 3 | - |
| 5. Duleep Mendis | b Gladstone Small | 60 | 65 | 88 | 6 | 1 |
| *6. Ranjan Madugalle | c Neil Foster b Derek Pringle | 17 | 26 | 31 | - | - |
| 7. Ravi Ratnayeke | c Derek Pringle b Gladstone Small | 19 | 19 | 33 | 3 | - |
| 8. Hashan Tillakaratne | not out | 15 | 27 | 42 | - | - |
| 9. Graeme Labrooy | not out | 10 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 10. Ranjith Madurasinghe | ||||||
| 11. Don Anurasiri |
| FOW | 1-21 (Athula Samarasekera), 2-54 (Aravinda de Silva), 3-75 (Brendon Kuruppu), 4-144 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 5-190 (Ranjan Madugalle), 6-193 (Duleep Mendis), 7-224 (Ravi Ratnayeke). |
| Extras | 1b, 10lb, 8w, 1nb, 0pen) 20 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 55 ovs) 242 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Neil Foster | 11 | 0 | 47 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gladstone Small | 11 | 1 | 44 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Gooch | 11 | 1 | 35 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Pringle | 11 | 0 | 46 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vic Marks | 11 | 0 | 59 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| *1. Graham Gooch | c Aravinda de Silva b Graeme Labrooy | 7 | 10 | 8 | 1 | - |
| 2. Tim Robinson | lbw b Ravi Ratnayeke | 13 | 33 | 44 | - | - |
| 3. Kim Barnett | run out | 84 | 146 | 179 | - | - |
| 4. Allan Lamb | c sub b Graeme Labrooy | 66 | 70 | 86 | 3 | 1 |
| 5. Robin Smith | c Brendon Kuruppu b Graeme Labrooy | 9 | 13 | 17 | 1 | - |
| 6. Rob Bailey | not out | 43 | 34 | 53 | 3 | 1 |
| 7. Derek Pringle | not out | 19 | 11 | 15 | 1 | 1 |
| +8. Jack Russell | ||||||
| 9. Vic Marks | ||||||
| 10. Neil Foster | ||||||
| 11. Gladstone Small |
| FOW | 1-9 (Graham Gooch), 2-22 (Tim Robinson), 3-140 (Allan Lamb), 4-154 (Robin Smith), 5-213 (Kim Barnett). |
| Extras | 0b, 0lb, 3w, 1nb, 0pen) 4 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 52.4 ovs) 245 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 9.4 | 3 | 37 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graeme Labrooy | 10 | 0 | 40 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Athula Samarasekera | 11 | 0 | 52 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 11 | 0 | 42 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Don Anurasiri | 6 | 0 | 31 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 2 | 0 | 19 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ranjith Madurasinghe | 3 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Graham Gooch, Tim Robinson, Kim Barnett, Allan Lamb, Robin Smith, Rob Bailey, Derek Pringle, Jack Russell, Vic Marks, Neil Foster, Gladstone Small