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England v Sri Lanka @ Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar
17 October 1987
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: RB Gupta, VK Ramaswamy
Match Result: England won by 109 runs
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Graham Gooch | c & b Don Anurasiri | 84 | 100 | - | 8 | - |
| 2. Chris Broad | c Aravinda de Silva b Ravi Ratnayeke | 28 | 60 | - | 1 | - |
| *3. Mike Gatting | b Rumesh Ratnayake | 58 | 63 | - | 3 | - |
| 4. Allan Lamb | c Aravinda de Silva b Ravi Ratnayeke | 76 | 58 | - | 3 | 2 |
| 5. John Emburey | not out | 30 | 19 | - | 3 | 1 |
| 6. Bill Athey | not out | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| +7. Paul Downton | ||||||
| 8. Phil DeFreitas | ||||||
| 9. Derek Pringle | ||||||
| 10. Eddie Hemmings | ||||||
| 11. Gladstone Small |
| FOW | 1-89 (Chris Broad), 2-142 (Graham Gooch), 3-218 (Mike Gatting), 4-287 (Allan Lamb). |
| Extras | 0b, 13lb, 5w, 0nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 50 ovs) 296 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 9 | 0 | 62 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vinothen John | 10 | 0 | 44 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 7 | 0 | 33 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 10 | 0 | 60 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Don Anurasiri | 8 | 0 | 44 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 6 | 0 | 40 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Roshan Mahanama | c Graham Gooch b Derek Pringle | 11 | 39 | - | 2 | - |
| +2. Brendon Kuruppu | c Eddie Hemmings b John Emburey | 13 | 26 | - | 1 | - |
| 3. Asanka Gurusinha | run out | 1 | 12 | - | - | - |
| 4. Ranjan Madugalle | b Eddie Hemmings | 30 | 49 | - | 3 | - |
| 5. Arjuna Ranatunga | lbw b Phil DeFreitas | 40 | 67 | - | 4 | - |
| *6. Duleep Mendis | run out | 14 | 33 | - | 1 | - |
| 7. Aravinda de Silva | c John Emburey b Eddie Hemmings | 6 | 14 | - | - | - |
| 8. Ravi Ratnayeke | c Chris Broad b John Emburey | 1 | 5 | - | - | - |
| 9. Rumesh Ratnayake | not out | 14 | 22 | - | 1 | - |
| 10. Vinothen John | not out | 8 | 7 | - | 1 | - |
| 11. Don Anurasiri |
| FOW | 1-31 (Roshan Mahanama), 2-32 (Asanka Gurusinha), 3-37 (Brendon Kuruppu), 4-99 (Ranjan Madugalle), 5-105 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 6-113 (Aravinda de Silva), 7-119 (Ravi Ratnayeke), 8-137 (Duleep Mendis). |
| Extras | 2b, 9lb, 6w, 3nb, 0pen) 20 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 45 ovs) 158 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Phil DeFreitas | 9 | 2 | 24 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gladstone Small | 7 | 0 | 27 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Derek Pringle | 4 | 0 | 11 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Emburey | 10 | 1 | 26 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Eddie Hemmings | 10 | 1 | 31 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Gooch | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bill Athey | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Chris Broad | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Allan Lamb | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
England:
Graham Gooch, Chris Broad, Mike Gatting, Allan Lamb, John Emburey, Bill Athey, Paul Downton, Phil DeFreitas, Derek Pringle, Eddie Hemmings, Gladstone Small