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Tuesday, February 9, 1988

Victoria v Sri Lankans at Melbourne, 6-9 February 1988

Sri Lanka in Australia, 1987/88
Victoria v Sri Lankans
Melbourne Cricket Ground
6,7,8,9 February 1988 (4-day match)

Result: Match drawn

Toss: Victoria
Umpires: R Guy and DE Holden

Close of play:

  • Day 1: Sri Lankans 157
  • Day 2: Victoria 146, Sri Lankans 79/1 (Mahanama 40*, Gurusinha 12*)
  • Day 3: Sri Lankans 362/6 (Ratnayeke 39*, de Alwis 30*)
    Sri Lankans 1st innings
    RS Mahanama c Dodemaide b Davis 33
    DSBP Kuruppu c Dimattina b Reiffel 10
    AP Gurusinha c Dimattina b Davis 11
    PA de Silva c Siddons b Reiffel 10
    A Ranatunga c Dimattina b Davis 9
    *RS Madugalle b Davis 20
    JR Ratnayeke c Dimattina b Hughes 29
    +RG de Alwis run out 2
    CPH Ramanayake c Whatmore b Davis 9
    GF Labrooy c Dimattina b Dodemaide 10
    S Jeganathan not out 3
    Extras (lb 4, w 4, nb 3) 11
    Total (all out, 65.5 overs) 157

    FoW: 1-26, 2-40, 3-67, 4-78, 5-87, 6-119, 7-122, 8-136, 9-145,
    10-157.

    Bowling O M R W
    Hughes 19 3 56 1
    Reiffel 15 4 30 2
    Dodemaide 11.5 5 17 1
    Davis 20 7 50 5

    Victoria 1st innings
    DF Whatmore c de Alwis b Labrooy 5
    GM Watts b Ranatunga 30
    *DM Jones b Labrooy 6
    JD Siddons lbw b Labrooy 4
    PW Young c Gurusinha b Labrooy 0
    AIC Dodemaide lbw b Ramanayake 32
    +MGD Dimattina c Ranatunga b Labrooy 22
    PW Jackson lbw b Ratnayeke 1
    MG Hughes c de Alwis b Labrooy 15
    PR Reiffel not out 6
    SP Davis c de Silva b Labrooy 3
    Extras (lb 8, w 2, nb 12) 22
    Total (all out, 53.5 overs) 146

    FoW: 1-6, 2-28, 3-32, 4-32, 5-58, 6-99, 7-115, 8-117, 9-138,
    10-146.

    Bowling O M R W
    Ratnayeke 13 4 19 1
    Labrooy 22.5 4 71 7
    Ramanayake 12 1 44 1
    Ranatunga 6 3 4 1

    Sri Lankans 2nd innings
    RS Mahanama lbw b Reiffel 51
    DSBP Kuruppu c Young b Davis 22
    AP Gurusinha c Whatmore b Davis 35
    PA de Silva c & b Davis 69
    A Ranatunga c Reiffel b Hughes 68
    *RS Madugalle b Dodemaide 34
    JR Ratnayeke not out 39
    +RG de Alwis not out 30
    Extras (lb 8, w 1, nb 5) 14
    Total (6 wickets decl, 118 overs) 362

    DNB: CPH Ramanayake, GF Labrooy, S Jeganathan.

    FoW: 1-53, 2-101, 3-170, 4-191, 5-288, 6-292.

    Bowling O M R W
    Hughes 27 3 83 1
    Reiffel 24 3 94 1
    Dodemaide 22 9 48 1
    Davis 24 6 57 3
    Jackson 9 1 44 0
    Young 6 1 13 0
    Watts 6 0 15 0

    Victoria 2nd innings (target: 374 runs)
    GM Watts b Ranatunga 122
    DF Whatmore lbw b Ramanayake 0
    *DM Jones b Ranatunga 35
    JD Siddons c Mahanama b Ranatunga 103
    MG Hughes lbw b de Silva 0
    PW Young not out 9
    AIC Dodemaide not out 14
    Extras (lb 8, w 1, nb 5) 14
    Total (5 wickets, 70 overs) 297

    DNB: +MGD Dimattina, PW Jackson, PR Reiffel, SP Davis.

    FoW: 1-2, 2-69, 3-267, 4-269, 5-275.

    Bowling O M R W
    Ratnayeke 13 1 60 0
    Ramanayake 10 0 52 1
    Ranatunga 20 1 66 3
    Jeganathan 9 0 41 0
    de Silva 18 1 70 1

    • In the Victorian 1st innings DSBP Kuruppu kept wicket from 18th to 40th over
    • JR Ratnayeke was banned from bowling in Victorian 1st innings for running on the pitch.
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