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Australia vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, Commonwealth Bank Series, 26 December, 1989, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats

Australia

AUS

228/5 (48.5 ov)

SL

198/10 (47.2 ov)

Sri Lanka

Australia won by 30 runs

Australia

Australia Inning

228/5 (48.5 ov)
RR 4.70
Batter R B 4s 6s SR
Mark Taylor
c & b Ratnayeke
11 25 0 1 44.00
Geoff Marsh
c de Silva b Ranatunga
38 82 2 0 46.34
David Boon
c Jayasuriya b Ratnayake
11 19 0 0 57.89
Dean Jones
not out
85 89 4 1 95.51
Allan Border
c Samarasekera b Ranatunga
11 15 1 0 73.33
Steve Waugh
c †Tillakaratne b Ranatunga
5 7 0 0 71.43
Simon O'Donnell
not out
57 60 3 1 95.00
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 6, w 2, nb 2, p 0) 10
TOTAL (4.70 RUNS PER OVER) 228/5 (48.5 ov)
FALL OF WICKETS: 17-1 (Mark Taylor, 0 ov), 88-3 (Geoff Marsh, 0 ov), 42-2 (David Boon, 0 ov), 106-4 (Allan Border, 0 ov), 120-5 (Steve Waugh, 0 ov)
DID NOT BAT: Ian Healy, Peter Taylor, Merv Hughes, Gegory Campbell

Bowling Stats

Bowler O M R W NB WD ECO
Graeme Labrooy 9 0 40 0 0 0 4.44
Ravi Ratnayeke 9 1 47 1 0 0 5.22
Rumesh Ratnayake 9.5 0 43 1 0 0 4.37
Arjuna Ranatunga 10 2 41 3 0 0 4.10
Asoka de Silva 10 0 42 0 0 0 4.20
Asanka Gurusinha 1 0 9 0 0 0 9.00
* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

DATE & TIME
Tuesday, December 26, 1989 · 07:30 PM
TOSS
Toss Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field
VENUE
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne