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Sri Lanka v Australia @ P.Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
16 April 1983
Toss: Sri Lanka (field)
Umpires: DP Buultjens, HC Felsinger
Match Result: Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Graeme Wood | lbw b Rumesh Ratnayake | 9 | 36 | 54 | - | - |
| 2. Kepler Wessels | b Rumesh Ratnayake | 39 | 63 | 80 | 4 | - |
| 3. Graham Yallop | c Duleep Mendis b Arjuna Ranatunga | 59 | 63 | 77 | 6 | 1 |
| *4. Greg Chappell | not out | 54 | 76 | 100 | 5 | - |
| 5. David Hookes | run out | 27 | 26 | 40 | 2 | - |
| 6. Allan Border | c Roy Dias b Vinothen John | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - |
| +7. Roger Woolley | not out | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| 8. Bruce Yardley | ||||||
| 9. Tom Hogan | ||||||
| 10. Dennis Lillee | ||||||
| 11. Rodney Hogg |
| FOW | 1-34 (Graeme Wood), 2-77 (Kepler Wessels), 3-136 (Graham Yallop), 4-195 (David Hookes), 5-201 (Allan Border). |
| Extras | 0b, 8lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 45 ovs) 207 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ashantha de Mel | 9 | 1 | 29 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Vinothen John | 9 | 0 | 33 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | 9 | 0 | 38 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 9 | 0 | 45 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Somachandra de Silva | 9 | 0 | 52 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Sidath Wettimuny | b Bruce Yardley | 56 | 92 | 117 | 4 | - |
| 2. Susil Fernando | run out | 34 | 81 | 120 | 2 | - |
| 3. Roy Dias | c Graeme Wood b Bruce Yardley | 2 | 7 | 12 | - | - |
| *4. Duleep Mendis | b Bruce Yardley | 2 | 7 | 6 | - | - |
| 5. Arjuna Ranatunga | not out | 55 | 39 | 64 | 3 | 2 |
| 6. Ranjan Madugalle | b Tom Hogan | 37 | 23 | 34 | 3 | 1 |
| 7. Ashantha de Mel | c Graeme Wood b Allan Border | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| 8. Somachandra de Silva | not out | 7 | 11 | 53 | - | - |
| +9. Guy de Alwis | ||||||
| 10. Rumesh Ratnayake | ||||||
| 11. Vinothen John |
| FOW | 1-101 (Sidath Wettimuny), 2-101 (Susil Fernando), 3-107 (Roy Dias), 4-108 (Duleep Mendis), 5-177 (Ranjan Madugalle), 6-178 (Ashantha de Mel). |
| Extras | 2b, 14lb, 0w, 3nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 43.2 ovs) 213 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Rodney Hogg | 7 | 1 | 18 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dennis Lillee | 9 | 0 | 30 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Chappell | 6.2 | 0 | 37 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tom Hogan | 9 | 0 | 62 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bruce Yardley | 9 | 1 | 28 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Allan Border | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Yallop | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Sri Lanka:
Sidath Wettimuny, Susil Fernando, Roy Dias, Duleep Mendis, Arjuna Ranatunga, Ranjan Madugalle, Ashantha de Mel, Somachandra de Silva, Guy de Alwis, Rumesh Ratnayake, Vinothen John