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Australia v Sri Lanka @ Adelaide Oval
10 January 1988
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: AR Crafter, MW Johnson
Match Result: Australia won by 81 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Geoff Marsh | run out | 37 | 63 | - | 2 | - |
| 2. David Boon | c Ranjan Madugalle b Aravinda de Silva | 122 | 130 | - | 15 | - |
| 3. Dean Jones | c Asanka Gurusinha b Graeme Labrooy | 69 | 68 | - | 2 | 1 |
| *4. Allan Border | c Asoka de Silva b Ravi Ratnayeke | 13 | 18 | - | - | - |
| 5. Mike Veletta | run out | 5 | 9 | - | - | - |
| 6. Steve Waugh | not out | 8 | 6 | - | 1 | - |
| 7. Craig McDermott | run out | 8 | 4 | - | - | 1 |
| +8. Greg Dyer | not out | 3 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 9. Tony Dodemaide | ||||||
| 10. Peter Taylor | ||||||
| 11. Mike Whitney |
| FOW | 1-115 (Geoff Marsh), 2-199 (David Boon), 3-244 (Allan Border), 4-268 (Dean Jones), 5-274 (Mike Veletta), 6-282 (Craig McDermott). |
| Extras | 4b, 16lb, 4w, 0nb, 0pen) 24 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 50 ovs) 289 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 10 | 0 | 49 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graeme Labrooy | 10 | 0 | 44 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Champaka Ramanayake | 8 | 0 | 46 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Asoka de Silva | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 8 | 0 | 50 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 10 | 0 | 53 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Roshan Mahanama | c Mike Veletta b Mike Whitney | 50 | 77 | - | 5 | - |
| 2. Brendon Kuruppu | b Craig McDermott | 5 | 13 | - | - | - |
| 3. Asanka Gurusinha | run out | 43 | 79 | - | 4 | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | run out | 43 | 36 | - | 2 | 1 |
| 5. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Mike Veletta b Tony Dodemaide | 23 | 33 | - | - | - |
| *6. Ranjan Madugalle | lbw b Tony Dodemaide | 7 | 10 | - | - | - |
| 7. Ravi Ratnayeke | b Tony Dodemaide | 1 | 4 | - | - | - |
| +8. Guy de Alwis | not out | 11 | 14 | - | - | - |
| 9. Asoka de Silva | c Mike Veletta b Craig McDermott | 3 | 17 | - | - | - |
| 10. Graeme Labrooy | not out | 3 | 18 | - | - | - |
| 11. Champaka Ramanayake |
| FOW | 1-9 (Brendon Kuruppu), 2-106 (Asanka Gurusinha), 3-132 (Roshan Mahanama), 4-172 (Aravinda de Silva), 5-187 (Ranjan Madugalle), 6-189 (Ravi Ratnayeke), 7-190 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 8-197 (Asoka de Silva). |
| Extras | 1b, 11lb, 6w, 1nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 208 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Tony Dodemaide | 10 | 1 | 27 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig McDermott | 10 | 0 | 31 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mike Whitney | 10 | 0 | 53 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 10 | 0 | 37 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Taylor | 10 | 1 | 48 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Geoff Marsh, David Boon, Dean Jones, Allan Border, Mike Veletta, Steve Waugh, Craig McDermott, Greg Dyer, Tony Dodemaide, Peter Taylor, Mike Whitney