Australia v Sri Lanka (493)

a5528 o493	Australia v Sri Lanka
	Benson and Hedges World Series Cup 1987/88
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground on 14th January 1988 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 38 runs
Points	Australia 2; Sri Lanka 0
Umpires	RC Bailhache, RA French
Man of the Match	PL Taylor

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Australia innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s DC Boon c Ranatunga b Ratnayeke 1 7 12 - - GR Marsh c de Alwis b Labrooy 0 4 4 - - DM Jones c Mahanama b Ranatunga 31 57 79 1 - MRJ Veletta b Jeganathan 46 68 91 3 - SR Waugh c de Alwis b Labrooy 27 40 60 2 - *AR Border c Labrooy b de Silva 61 60 72 5 - +GC Dyer c Madugalle b Labrooy 4 18 14 - - PL Taylor not out 27 29 43 1 - CJ McDermott c Gurusinha b Labrooy 19 14 13 3 - AIC Dodemaide not out 10 7 12 - - TBA May did not bat Extras (11 lb, 6 w) 17 Total (8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs) 243 Fall of wickets: 1-2 (Marsh), 2-6 (Boon), 3-66 (Jones), 4-90 (Veletta), 5-158 (Waugh), 6-172 (Dyer), 7-190 (Border), 8-220 (McDermott) Sri Lanka bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Ratnayeke 8 0 24 1 - - Labrooy 10 1 39 4 - - Ramanayake 5 0 32 0 - - Ranatunga 10 0 47 1 - - Jeganathan 7 0 36 1 - - de Silva 10 0 54 1 - - Sri Lanka innings Runs Balls Mins 4s 6s RS Mahanama b Dodemaide 7 6 9 - - DSBP Kuruppu lbw b Waugh 22 42 69 2 - AP Gurusinha c Border b McDermott 7 12 13 1 - PA de Silva c Boon b McDermott 10 10 9 1 - A Ranatunga run out 67 86 129 6 - *RS Madugalle c and b Taylor 44 61 85 2 1 +RG de Alwis c Veletta b Taylor 0 3 2 - - JR Ratnayeke c Dyer b Dodemaide 16 23 40 2 - GF Labrooy c McDermott b Taylor 13 18 15 2 - S Jeganathan c Border b Taylor 1 4 7 - - CPH Ramanayake not out 6 7 11 1 - Extras (8 lb, 1 nb, 3 w) 12 Total (all out, 44.5 overs) 205 Fall of wickets: 1-14 (Mahanama), 2-27 (Gurusinha), 3-38 (de Silva), 4-66 (Kuruppu), 5-163 (Madugalle), 6-163 (de Alwis), 7-164 (Ranatunga), 8-183 (Labrooy), 9-189 (Jeganathan), 10-205 (Ratnayeke) Australia bowling Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Wides No-Balls Dodemaide 7.5 2 36 2 - - McDermott 10 2 42 2 - - Waugh 7 0 33 1 - - May 10 0 48 0 - - Taylor 10 1 38 4 - -

Notes
--> PL Taylor passed his previous highest ODIs score of 17
--> PL Taylor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ListA Matches when he dismissed S Jeganathan in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 3-25)
--> PL Taylor achieved his best innings bowling analysis in ODIs when he dismissed S Jeganathan in the Sri Lanka innings (previous best was 3-29)