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Australia v Sri Lanka @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
4 January 1990
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: SG, Ll and CD Timmins
Match Result: Australia won by 73 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Mark Taylor | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Ravi Ratnayeke | 16 | 30 | 37 | 1 | - |
| 2. Geoff Marsh | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Graeme Labrooy | 9 | 25 | 34 | 1 | - |
| 3. Dean Jones | run out | 69 | 98 | 130 | 2 | - |
| *4. Allan Border | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Rumesh Ratnayake | 10 | 16 | 13 | - | - |
| 5. Steve Waugh | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Rumesh Ratnayake | 0 | 5 | 8 | - | - |
| 6. Simon O'Donnell | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Rumesh Ratnayake | 36 | 78 | 75 | 1 | - |
| +7. Ian Healy | c & b Graeme Labrooy | 33 | 32 | 53 | 1 | - |
| 8. Peter Taylor | not out | 16 | 15 | 26 | 1 | - |
| 9. Merv Hughes | not out | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 10. Carl Rackemann | ||||||
| 11. Terry Alderman |
| FOW | 1-28 (Geoff Marsh), 2-28 (Mark Taylor), 3-42 (Allan Border), 4-46 (Steve Waugh), 5-128 (Simon O'Donnell), 6-163 (Dean Jones), 7-201 (Ian Healy). |
| Extras | 5b, 5lb, 3w, 0nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs) 202 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Graeme Labrooy | 10 | 0 | 46 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 8 | 1 | 24 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 10 | 2 | 44 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Asoka de Silva | 10 | 0 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 10 | 0 | 36 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Roshan Mahanama | lbw b Carl Rackemann | 27 | 44 | 68 | 2 | - |
| 2. Athula Samarasekera | lbw b Terry Alderman | 6 | 17 | 13 | - | - |
| +3. Hashan Tillakaratne | c Ian Healy b Merv Hughes | 38 | 72 | 110 | 2 | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | lbw b Simon O'Donnell | 4 | 12 | 14 | - | - |
| *5. Arjuna Ranatunga | b Peter Taylor | 39 | 62 | 86 | 2 | - |
| 6. Asanka Gurusinha | st Ian Healy b Peter Taylor | 8 | 20 | 28 | - | - |
| 7. Rumesh Ratnayake | c Merv Hughes b Peter Taylor | 1 | 3 | 6 | - | - |
| 8. Sanath Jayasuriya | b Terry Alderman | 0 | 3 | 5 | - | - |
| 9. Ravi Ratnayeke | c Simon O'Donnell b Terry Alderman | 2 | 7 | 13 | - | - |
| 10. Asoka de Silva | run out | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 11. Graeme Labrooy | not out | 1 | 5 | 6 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-8 (Athula Samarasekera), 2-49 (Roshan Mahanama), 3-58 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-101 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 5-121 (Asanka Gurusinha), 6-125 (Rumesh Ratnayake), 7-125 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 8-125 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 9-127 (Asoka de Silva), 129 (Ravi Ratnayeke). |
| Extras | 0b, 1lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 2 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 41 ovs) 129 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Merv Hughes | 8 | 1 | 20 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Terry Alderman | 9 | 1 | 29 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Carl Rackemann | 8 | 0 | 19 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon O'Donnell | 7 | 1 | 24 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Taylor | 9 | 0 | 36 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Mark Taylor, Geoff Marsh, Dean Jones, Allan Border, Steve Waugh, Simon O'Donnell, Ian Healy, Peter Taylor, Merv Hughes, Carl Rackemann, Terry Alderman