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Australia v Sri Lanka @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
26 December 1989
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: LJ King, CD Timmins
Match Result: Australia won by 30 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Mark Taylor | c & b Ravi Ratnayeke | 11 | 25 | 22 | - | 1 |
| 2. Geoff Marsh | c Aravinda de Silva b Arjuna Ranatunga | 38 | 82 | 102 | 2 | - |
| 3. David Boon | c Sanath Jayasuriya b Rumesh Ratnayake | 11 | 19 | 29 | - | - |
| 4. Dean Jones | not out | 85 | 89 | 144 | 4 | 1 |
| *5. Allan Border | c Athula Samarasekera b Arjuna Ranatunga | 11 | 15 | 14 | 1 | - |
| 6. Steve Waugh | c Hashan Tillakaratne b Arjuna Ranatunga | 5 | 7 | 11 | - | - |
| 7. Simon O'Donnell | not out | 57 | 60 | 67 | 3 | 1 |
| +8. Ian Healy | ||||||
| 9. Peter Taylor | ||||||
| 10. Merv Hughes | ||||||
| 11. Greg Campbell |
| FOW | 1-17 (Mark Taylor), 2-42 (David Boon), 3-88 (Geoff Marsh), 4-106 (Allan Border), 5-120 (Steve Waugh). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 2w, 2nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 48.5 ovs) 228 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Graeme Labrooy | 9 | 0 | 40 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 9 | 1 | 47 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 9.5 | 0 | 43 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 10 | 2 | 41 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Asoka de Silva | 10 | 0 | 42 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Asanka Gurusinha | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Roshan Mahanama | c Allan Border b Steve Waugh | 36 | 67 | 94 | 3 | - |
| 2. Athula Samarasekera | c Merv Hughes b Simon O'Donnell | 30 | 50 | 67 | 2 | - |
| *3. Arjuna Ranatunga | c Ian Healy b Simon O'Donnell | 55 | 70 | 111 | 3 | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c Allan Border b Peter Taylor | 9 | 10 | 13 | 1 | - |
| 5. Sanath Jayasuriya | c Greg Campbell b Merv Hughes | 3 | 5 | 11 | - | - |
| 6. Asanka Gurusinha | c Simon O'Donnell b Peter Taylor | 22 | 40 | 42 | - | - |
| +7. Hashan Tillakaratne | c Ian Healy b Simon O'Donnell | 11 | 23 | 37 | - | - |
| 8. Ravi Ratnayeke | run out | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
| 9. Asoka de Silva | not out | 13 | 17 | 29 | - | - |
| 10. Graeme Labrooy | b Simon O'Donnell | 6 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 |
| 11. Rumesh Ratnayake | c Ian Healy b Merv Hughes | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-59 (Athula Samarasekera), 2-85 (Roshan Mahanama), 3-101 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-109 (Sanath Jayasuriya), 5-161 (Asanka Gurusinha), 6-169 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 7-169 (Ravi Ratnayeke), 8-190 (Hashan Tillakaratne), 9-197 (Graeme Labrooy), 198 (Rumesh Ratnayake). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 4w, 3nb, 0pen) 13 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 47.2 ovs) 198 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Merv Hughes | 9.2 | 0 | 41 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Campbell | 10 | 2 | 36 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon O'Donnell | 9 | 1 | 36 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 6 | 0 | 26 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Taylor | 10 | 1 | 36 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Allan Border | 3 | 0 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Mark Taylor, Geoff Marsh, David Boon, Dean Jones, Allan Border, Steve Waugh, Simon O'Donnell, Ian Healy, Peter Taylor, Merv Hughes, Greg Campbell