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Australia vs Sri Lanka Scorecard, Commonwealth Bank Series, 14 January, 1988, Melbourne Cricket Ground & Match Stats

Australia

AUS

243/8 (50.0 ov)

SL

205/10 (44.5 ov)

Sri Lanka

Australia won by 38 runs

Australia

Australia Inning

243/8 (50.0 ov)
RR 4.86
Batter R B 4s 6s SR
David Boon
c Ranatunga b Ratnayeke
1 7 0 0 14.29
Geoff Marsh
c †De Alwis b Labrooy
0 4 0 0 0.00
Dean Jones
c Mahanama b Ranatunga
31 57 1 0 54.39
Mike Veletta
b Jeganathan
46 68 3 0 67.65
Steve Waugh
c †De Alwis b Labrooy
27 40 2 0 67.50
Allan Border
c Labrooy b de Silva
61 60 5 0 101.67
Greg Dyer
c Madugalle b Labrooy
4 18 0 0 22.22
Peter Taylor
not out
27 29 1 0 93.10
Craig McDermott
c Gurusinha b Labrooy
19 14 3 0 135.71
Tony Dodemaide
not out
10 7 0 0 142.86
EXTRAS (b 0, lb 11, w 6, nb 0, p 0) 17
TOTAL (4.86 RUNS PER OVER) 243/8 (50.0 ov)
FALL OF WICKETS: 6-2 (David Boon, 0 ov), 2-1 (Geoff Marsh, 0 ov), 66-3 (Dean Jones, 0 ov), 90-4 (Mike Veletta, 0 ov), 158-5 (Steve Waugh, 0 ov), 190-7 (Allan Border, 0 ov), 172-6 (Greg Dyer, 0 ov), 220-8 (Craig McDermott, 0 ov)
DID NOT BAT: Tim May

Bowling Stats

Bowler O M R W NB WD ECO
Ravi Ratnayeke 8 0 24 1 0 0 3.00
Graeme Labrooy 10 1 39 4 0 0 3.90
Champaka Ramanayake 5 0 32 0 0 0 6.40
Arjuna Ranatunga 10 0 47 1 0 0 4.70
Sridharan Jeganathan 7 0 36 1 0 0 5.14
Aravinda de Silva 10 0 54 1 0 0 5.40
* = not out SR = Strike Rate RR = Run Rate

Match Information

DATE & TIME
Thursday, January 14, 1988 · 07:30 PM
TOSS
Toss Australia won the toss and elected to bat
VENUE
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne