f37356	Tasmania v Sri Lankans
	Sri Lanka in Australia 1987/88
Venue	Bellerive Oval, Hobart on 23rd, 24th, 25th January 1988 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Sri Lankans won the toss and decided to field
Result	Match drawn
Umpires	MG Gandy, DR Gregg
Scorers	RJ Griggs, RP Saunders
Close of play day 1	Tasmania (1) 85/1 (Harris 39*, Courtney 4*)
Close of play day 2	Sri Lankans (1) 32/2 (Gurusinha 9*, Kaluperuma 0*)

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Tasmania first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
EJ Harris	lbw b Labrooy	56	143	191	2	-
GA Hughes	b Ramanayake	39	103	143	5	-
NCP Courtney	c Labrooy b Jeganathan	38	111	132	5	-
MD Taylor	lbw b Ramanayake	5	11	14	1	-
DJ Buckingham	c Kuruppu b Ramanayake	71	141	185	6	-
RD Woolley	c de Silva b Jeganathan	21	36	27	2	-
*PI Faulkner	not out	69	127	135	4	1
+RE Soule	not out	15	16	47	2	-
TJ Cooley	did not bat
CM Young	did not bat
DK Lillee	did not bat
Extras	(16 lb, 7 nb, 2 w)	25
Total	(6 wickets, declared, 440 minutes, 113 overs)	339
Fall of wickets:
1-80 (Hughes), 2-126 (Harris), 3-131 (Taylor), 4-173 (Courtney), 5-203 (Woolley), 6-277 (Buckingham)

Sri Lankans bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Labrooy	31	12	57	1	-	-
Ramanayake	31	6	99	3	2	3
Samarasekera	5.5	1	11	0	-	-
Jeganathan	25.1	2	83	2	-	-
Ranatunga	4	0	18	0	-	1
Kaluperuma	13	3	46	0	-	3
de Silva	3	0	9	0	-	-

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Sri Lankans first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
RS Mahanama	c Harris b Cooley	5	10	14	1	-
+DSBP Kuruppu	c Lillee b Cooley	11	28	38	1	-
AP Gurusinha	b Hughes	118	232	323	8	-
SMS Kaluperuma	lbw b Young	26	65	80	3	-
PA de Silva	lbw b Young	0	4	7	-	-
A Ranatunga	c Hughes b Lillee	14	20	29	2	-
*RS Madugalle	lbw b Faulkner	56	120	162	3	-
MAR Samarasekera	c Cooley b Hughes	4	16	10	-	-
GF Labrooy	c Harris b Cooley	25	26	44	3	-
CPH Ramanayake	c Faulkner b Cooley	15	37	50	1	-
S Jeganathan	not out	2	15	13	-	-
Extras	(7 lb, 14 nb, 6 w)	27
Total	(all out, 389 minutes, 92.1 overs)	303
Fall of wickets:
1-10 (Mahanama), 2-32 (Kuruppu), 3-79 (Kaluperuma), 4-85 (de Silva), 5-112 (Ranatunga), 6-243 (Madugalle), 7-252 (Samarasekera), 8-257 (Gurusinha), 9-297 (Labrooy), 10-303 (Ramanayake, 92.1 ov)

Tasmania bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Lillee	24	9	58	1	4	1
Cooley	22.1	1	95	4	1	12
Faulkner	19	3	55	1	-	-
Young	12	4	42	2	1	-
Harris	5	0	26	0	-	1
Hughes	10	5	20	2	-	-

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Notes
--> Day 1 Lunch: Tasmania (1) 64/0 (Harris 30*, Hughes 31*)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Tasmania (1) 172/3 (Courtney 38*, Buckingham 22*)
--> Day 2 Tea: Tasmania (1) 277/5 (Buckingham 71*, Faulkner 23*)
--> Day 3 Lunch: Sri Lankans (1) 112/5 (Gurusinha 41*)
--> Day 3 Tea: Sri Lankans (1) 190/5 (Gurusinha 78*, Madugalle 34*)
--> NCP Courtney made his debut in First-Class matches
--> CM Young made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RD Woolley made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> EJ Harris (1) 50 in 128 balls, 171 minutes with 2 fours
--> DJ Buckingham (1) 50 in 102 balls, 132 minutes with 3 fours
--> PI Faulkner (1) 50 in 114 balls, 124 minutes with 3 fours
--> AP Gurusinha (1) 50 in 104 balls, 162 minutes
--> AP Gurusinha (1) 100 in 205 balls, 294 minutes with 6 fours
--> AP Gurusinha (1) passed his previous highest score of 116 in First-Class matches
--> AP Gurusinha (1) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 54
--> RS Madugalle (1) 50 in 112 balls, 148 minutes with 3 fours
--> RS Madugalle (1) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 12
--> SMS Kaluperuma made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> AP Gurusinha made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> RS Mahanama made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> GF Labrooy made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> CPH Ramanayake made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> MAR Samarasekera made his debut in Australia in First-Class matches
--> DK Lillee reached 850 wickets in First-Class matches when he dismissed A Ranatunga, his 1st wicket in the Sri Lankans first innings

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12th men: B.F.Davison (Tasmania) & H.P.Tillekeratne (Sri Lankans).
Debuts: N.C.P.Courtney, C.M.Young (Tasmania).
Attendance:
Milestones: Young dismissed Kaluperuma with his 3rd ball in first class cricket, had de Silva dropped off his 5th ball by Harris at 3rd slip and dismissed de Silva with the 1st ball of his 2nd over.
Samarasekera slipped on the pitch & injured his right ankle & was unable to complete his 6th over.

 

 

 

 

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