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Australia v Sri Lanka @ W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
2 January 1988
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: PJ McConnell, TA Prue
Match Result: Australia won by 81 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. David Boon | c & b Aravinda de Silva | 56 | 81 | - | 6 | - |
| 2. Geoff Marsh | c Guy de Alwis b Champaka Ramanayake | 14 | 53 | - | - | - |
| 3. Dean Jones | c Asanka Gurusinha b Aravinda de Silva | 55 | 63 | - | 3 | - |
| *4. Allan Border | c Roshan Mahanama b Aravinda de Silva | 31 | 24 | - | 3 | - |
| 5. Mike Veletta | run out | 27 | 33 | - | 2 | - |
| 6. Steve Waugh | not out | 35 | 32 | - | 2 | - |
| +7. Greg Dyer | run out | 9 | 12 | - | - | - |
| 8. Tony Dodemaide | c Roshan Mahanama b Ravi Ratnayeke | 4 | 6 | - | - | - |
| 9. Craig McDermott | not out | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| 10. Tim May | ||||||
| 11. Mike Whitney |
| FOW | 1-57 (Geoff Marsh), 2-84 (David Boon), 3-143 (Allan Border), 4-189 (Dean Jones), 5-199 (Mike Veletta), 6-224 (Greg Dyer), 7-238 (Tony Dodemaide). |
| Extras | 4b, 7lb, 4w, 3nb, 0pen) 18 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 50 ovs) 249 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 9 | 0 | 35 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graeme Labrooy | 9 | 0 | 38 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Kaushik Amalean | 6 | 1 | 27 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Champaka Ramanayake | 7 | 1 | 33 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 10 | 0 | 58 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 9 | 0 | 47 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Roshan Mahanama | c Tony Dodemaide b Steve Waugh | 19 | 49 | - | 1 | - |
| 2. Asanka Gurusinha | c Greg Dyer b Tony Dodemaide | 0 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 3. Aravinda de Silva | b Tony Dodemaide | 11 | 22 | - | 1 | - |
| 4. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Allan Border b Tony Dodemaide | 7 | 16 | - | - | - |
| *5. Ranjan Madugalle | c Allan Border b Steve Waugh | 7 | 24 | - | - | - |
| 6. Hashan Tillakaratne | c Greg Dyer b Tim May | 9 | 29 | - | - | - |
| 7. Ravi Ratnayeke | b Mike Whitney | 19 | 38 | - | - | - |
| +8. Guy de Alwis | c Geoff Marsh b Tony Dodemaide | 44 | 42 | - | 4 | 1 |
| 9. Champaka Ramanayake | c Dean Jones b Steve Waugh | 6 | 14 | - | 1 | - |
| 10. Graeme Labrooy | lbw b Tony Dodemaide | 33 | 39 | - | 4 | 1 |
| 11. Kaushik Amalean | not out | 0 | 0 | - | - | - |
| FOW | 1-2 (Asanka Gurusinha), 2-20 (Aravinda de Silva), 3-33 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 4-49 (Ranjan Madugalle), 5-50 (Roshan Mahanama), 6-78 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 7-82 (Ravi Ratnayeke), 8-118 (Champaka Ramanayake), 9-168 (Guy de Alwis), 168 (Graeme Labrooy). |
| Extras | 4b, 3lb, 2w, 4nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 44.2 ovs) 168 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Tony Dodemaide | 7.2 | 0 | 21 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig McDermott | 5 | 1 | 15 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mike Whitney | 10 | 0 | 26 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 10 | 2 | 34 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tim May | 10 | 3 | 49 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dean Jones | 2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
David Boon, Geoff Marsh, Dean Jones, Allan Border, Mike Veletta, Steve Waugh, Greg Dyer, Tony Dodemaide, Craig McDermott, Tim May, Mike Whitney