1st Match: Australia 'A' v Sri Lanka at Perth, 3 Jan 1999

Sri Lanka in Australia, 1998/99
Australia 'A' v Sri Lanka
W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth
3 January 1999 (50-over match)

Result: Australia 'A' won by 8 wickets

Toss: Australia 'A'
Umpires: SJ Davis and TA Prue
TV Umpire: RA Emerson
Match Referee: RJ Evans
List A Debut: MJ Nicholson (Australia 'A').
Man of the Match: S Lee

Sri Lanka innings (50 overs maximum) R M B 4 6
ST Jayasuriya c Campbell b Nicholson 5 14 14 1 0
+RS Kaluwitharana c Blewett b Nicholson 21 55 22 3 0
DA Gunawardene b Dale 2 15 11 0 0
MS Atapattu run out (Blewett/Nicholson) 12 18 17 1 0
*A Ranatunga not out 21 78 43 2 0
RS Mahanama lbw b Lee 2 5 5 0 0
HP Tillakaratne c Campbell b Lee 1 29 17 0 0
UDU Chandana c Dale b Lee 10 14 14 2 0
GP Wickramasinghe b Lee 0 1 3 0 0
DNT Zoysa b Denton 0 5 2 0 0
PDRL Perera b Harvey 0 11 3 0 0
Extras (lb 1, w 14) 15
Total (all out, 25.1 overs, 132 mins) 89

FoW: 1-8 (Jayasuriya, 2.5 ov), 2-27 (Gunawardene, 5.5 ov),
3-46 (Atapattu, 10.1 ov), 4-46 (Kaluwitharana, 10.4 ov),
5-50 (Mahanama, 11.6 ov), 6-64 (Tillakaratne, 17.4 ov),
7-76 (Chandana, 21.3 ov), 8-76 (Wickramasinghe, 21.6 ov),
9-79 (Zoysa, 22.4 ov), 10-89 (Perera, 25.1 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Nicholson 7 0 22 2 (6w)
Dale 5 0 28 1 (2w)
Lee 7 1 11 4 (4w)
Denton 6 0 27 1 (2w)
Harvey 0.1 0 0 1

Australia 'A' innings (target: 90 runs from 50 overs) R M B 4 6
*GS Blewett not out 34 79 51 3 0
+RJ Campbell c Jayasuriya b Zoysa 14 19 10 3 0
MJ Di Venuto c Tillakaratne b Perera 17 14 15 3 0
DR Martyn not out 24 42 30 2 0
Extras (lb 1, w 2) 3
Total (2 wickets, 18 overs, 79 mins) 92

DNB: A Symonds, S Lee, IJ Harvey, BE Young,
MJ Nicholson, AC Dale, GJ Denton.

FoW: 1-19 (Campbell, 4.4 ov), 2-38 (Di Venuto, 7.5 ov).

Bowling O M R W
Zoysa 7 1 18 1 (2w)
Wickramasinghe 5 0 36 0
Perera 4 0 25 1
Chandana 2 0 12 0

* Because of the early finish a 25-over-a-side exhibition game was played after the conclusion of this match.
* Attendance 11,979