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Australia v Sri Lanka @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
14 January 1988
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: RC Bailhache, RA French
Match Result: Australia won by 38 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. David Boon | c Arjuna Ranatunga b Ravi Ratnayeke | 1 | 7 | 12 | - | - |
| 2. Geoff Marsh | c Guy de Alwis b Graeme Labrooy | 0 | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| 3. Dean Jones | c Roshan Mahanama b Arjuna Ranatunga | 31 | 57 | 79 | 1 | - |
| 4. Mike Veletta | b Sridharan Jeganathan | 46 | 68 | 91 | 3 | - |
| 5. Steve Waugh | c Guy de Alwis b Graeme Labrooy | 27 | 40 | 60 | 2 | - |
| *6. Allan Border | c Graeme Labrooy b Aravinda de Silva | 61 | 60 | 72 | 5 | - |
| +7. Greg Dyer | c Ranjan Madugalle b Graeme Labrooy | 4 | 18 | 14 | - | - |
| 8. Peter Taylor | not out | 27 | 29 | 43 | 1 | - |
| 9. Craig McDermott | c Asanka Gurusinha b Graeme Labrooy | 19 | 14 | 13 | 3 | - |
| 10. Tony Dodemaide | not out | 10 | 7 | 12 | - | - |
| 11. Tim May |
| FOW | 1-2 (Geoff Marsh), 2-6 (David Boon), 3-66 (Dean Jones), 4-90 (Mike Veletta), 5-158 (Steve Waugh), 6-172 (Greg Dyer), 7-190 (Allan Border), 8-220 (Craig McDermott). |
| Extras | 0b, 11lb, 6w, 0nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 243 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 8 | 0 | 24 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graeme Labrooy | 10 | 1 | 39 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Champaka Ramanayake | 5 | 0 | 32 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 10 | 0 | 47 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sridharan Jeganathan | 7 | 0 | 36 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Aravinda de Silva | 10 | 0 | 54 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Sri Lanka
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Roshan Mahanama | b Tony Dodemaide | 7 | 6 | 9 | - | - |
| 2. Brendon Kuruppu | lbw b Steve Waugh | 22 | 42 | 69 | 2 | - |
| 3. Asanka Gurusinha | c Allan Border b Craig McDermott | 7 | 12 | 13 | 1 | - |
| 4. Aravinda de Silva | c David Boon b Craig McDermott | 10 | 10 | 9 | 1 | - |
| 5. Arjuna Ranatunga | run out | 67 | 86 | 129 | 6 | - |
| *6. Ranjan Madugalle | c & b Peter Taylor | 44 | 61 | 85 | 2 | 1 |
| +7. Guy de Alwis | c Mike Veletta b Peter Taylor | 0 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| 8. Ravi Ratnayeke | c Greg Dyer b Tony Dodemaide | 16 | 23 | 40 | 2 | - |
| 9. Graeme Labrooy | c Craig McDermott b Peter Taylor | 13 | 18 | 15 | 2 | - |
| 10. Sridharan Jeganathan | c Allan Border b Peter Taylor | 1 | 4 | 7 | - | - |
| 11. Champaka Ramanayake | not out | 6 | 7 | 11 | 1 | - |
| FOW | 1-14 (Roshan Mahanama), 2-27 (Asanka Gurusinha), 3-38 (Aravinda de Silva), 4-66 (Brendon Kuruppu), 5-163 (Ranjan Madugalle), 6-163 (Guy de Alwis), 7-164 (Arjuna Ranatunga), 8-183 (Graeme Labrooy), 9-189 (Sridharan Jeganathan), 205 (Ravi Ratnayeke). |
| Extras | 0b, 8lb, 3w, 1nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 44.5 ovs) 205 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Tony Dodemaide | 7.5 | 2 | 36 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig McDermott | 10 | 2 | 42 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 7 | 0 | 33 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tim May | 10 | 0 | 48 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Taylor | 10 | 1 | 38 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
David Boon, Geoff Marsh, Dean Jones, Mike Veletta, Steve Waugh, Allan Border, Greg Dyer, Peter Taylor, Craig McDermott, Tony Dodemaide, Tim May