| f37398 | |
| Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th February 1988 (4-day match) |
| Balls per over | 6 |
| Toss | Victoria won the toss and decided to field |
| Result | Match drawn |
| Umpires | B Guy, DE Holden |
| Scorers | KV O'Neill (Sri Lankans), MP Ringham (Victoria) |
| Close of play day 1 | Sri Lankans (1) 157 all out |
| Close of play day 2 | Sri Lankans (2) 79/1 (Mahanama 40*, Gurusinha 12*) |
| Close of play day 3 | Sri Lankans (2) 362/6 (Ratnayeke 39*, de Alwis 30*) |
| Sri Lankans first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RS Mahanama | c Dodemaide b Davis | 33 | 112 | 174 | 2 | - | |
| DSBP Kuruppu | c Dimattina b Reiffel | 10 | 35 | 54 | - | - | |
| AP Gurusinha | c Dimattina b Davis | 11 | 26 | 34 | 2 | - | |
| PA de Silva | c Siddons b Reiffel | 10 | 40 | 41 | - | - | |
| A Ranatunga | c Dimattina b Davis | 9 | 20 | 27 | 1 | - | |
| *RS Madugalle | b Davis | 20 | 43 | 59 | 3 | - | |
| JR Ratnayeke | c Dimattina b Hughes | 29 | 53 | 71 | 4 | - | |
| +RG de Alwis | run out (Siddons) | 2 | 3 | 10 | - | - | |
| CPH Ramanayake | c Whatmore b Davis | 9 | 26 | 40 | - | - | |
| GF Labrooy | c Dimattina b Dodemaide | 10 | 27 | 40 | 2 | - | |
| S Jeganathan | not out | 3 | 13 | 15 | - | - | |
| Extras | (4 lb, 3 nb, 4 w) | 11 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 287 minutes, 65.5 overs) | 157 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-26 (Kuruppu), 2-40 (Gurusinha), 3-67 (de Silva), 4-78 (Ranatunga), 5-87 (Mahanama), 6-119 (Madugalle), 7-122 (de Alwis), 8-136 (Ratnayeke), 9-145 (Ramanayake), 10-157 (Labrooy, 65.5 ov) | |||||||
| Victoria bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hughes | 19 | 3 | 56 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |
| Reiffel | 15 | 4 | 30 | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Dodemaide | 11.5 | 5 | 17 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Davis | 20 | 7 | 50 | 5 | - | - | |
| Victoria first innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| DF Whatmore | c de Alwis b Labrooy | 5 | 10 | 8 | 1 | - | |
| GM Watts | b Ranatunga | 30 | 54 | 110 | 1 | - | |
| *DM Jones | b Labrooy | 6 | 33 | 43 | - | - | |
| JD Siddons | lbw b Labrooy | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | - | |
| PW Young | c Gurusinha b Labrooy | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| AIC Dodemaide | lbw b Ramanayake | 32 | 82 | 133 | 2 | - | |
| +MGD Dimattina | c Ranatunga b Labrooy | 22 | 40 | 44 | 3 | - | |
| PW Jackson | lbw b Ratnayeke | 1 | 24 | 33 | - | - | |
| MG Hughes | c de Alwis b Labrooy | 15 | 33 | 51 | 1 | - | |
| PR Reiffel | not out | 6 | 38 | 58 | - | - | |
| SP Davis | c de Silva b Labrooy | 3 | 15 | 17 | - | - | |
| Extras | (8 lb, 12 nb, 2 w) | 22 | |||||
| Total | (all out, 259 minutes, 53.5 overs) | 146 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-5 (Whatmore), 2-28 (Jones), 3-32 (Siddons), 4-32 (Young), 5-58 (Watts), 6-99 (Dimattina), 7-115 (Jackson), 8-117 (Dodemaide), 9-138 (Hughes), 10-146 (Davis, 53.5 ov) | |||||||
| Sri Lankans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ratnayeke | 13 | 4 | 19 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Labrooy | 22.5 | 4 | 71 | 7 | 2 | 7 | |
| Ramanayake | 12 | 1 | 44 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Ranatunga | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Sri Lankans second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| RS Mahanama | lbw b Reiffel | 51 | 130 | 164 | 3 | - | |
| DSBP Kuruppu | c Young b Davis | 22 | 41 | 74 | 3 | - | |
| AP Gurusinha | c Whatmore b Davis | 35 | 125 | 176 | 2 | - | |
| PA de Silva | c and b Davis | 69 | 104 | 132 | 8 | - | |
| A Ranatunga | c Reiffel b Hughes | 68 | 94 | 137 | 7 | 2 | |
| *RS Madugalle | b Dodemaide | 34 | 65 | 85 | 4 | - | |
| JR Ratnayeke | not out | 39 | 100 | 96 | 6 | - | |
| +RG de Alwis | not out | 30 | 55 | 91 | 3 | - | |
| CPH Ramanayake | did not bat | ||||||
| GF Labrooy | did not bat | ||||||
| S Jeganathan | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 lb, 5 nb, 1 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (6 wickets, declared, 480 minutes, 118 overs) | 362 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-53 (Kuruppu), 2-101 (Mahanama), 3-170 (Gurusinha), 4-191 (de Silva), 5-288 (Madugalle), 6-292 (Ranatunga) | |||||||
| Victoria bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Hughes | 27 | 3 | 83 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Reiffel | 24 | 3 | 94 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| Dodemaide | 22 | 9 | 48 | 1 | - | - | |
| Davis | 24 | 6 | 57 | 3 | - | 2 | |
| Jackson | 9 | 1 | 44 | 0 | - | - | |
| Young | 6 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Watts | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0 | - | - | |
| Victoria second innings | Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| GM Watts | b Ranatunga | 122 | 200 | 252 | 6 | - | |
| DF Whatmore | lbw b Ramanayake | 0 | 5 | 7 | - | - | |
| *DM Jones | b Ranatunga | 35 | 42 | 72 | 3 | - | |
| JD Siddons | c Mahanama b Ranatunga | 103 | 129 | 165 | 12 | 1 | |
| MG Hughes | lbw b de Silva | 0 | 2 | 3 | - | - | |
| PW Young | not out | 9 | 23 | 25 | - | - | |
| AIC Dodemaide | not out | 14 | 23 | 20 | - | - | |
| +MGD Dimattina | did not bat | ||||||
| PW Jackson | did not bat | ||||||
| PR Reiffel | did not bat | ||||||
| SP Davis | did not bat | ||||||
| Extras | (8 lb, 5 nb, 1 w) | 14 | |||||
| Total | (5 wickets, 273 minutes, 70 overs) | 297 | |||||
| Fall of wickets: | |||||||
| 1-2 (Whatmore), 2-69 (Jones), 3-267 (Siddons), 4-269 (Hughes), 5-275 (Watts) | |||||||
| Sri Lankans bowling | Overs | Mdns | Runs | Wkts | Wides | No-Balls | |
| Ratnayeke | 13 | 1 | 60 | 0 | - | - | |
| Ramanayake | 10 | 0 | 52 | 1 | - | - | |
| Ranatunga | 20 | 1 | 66 | 3 | 1 | - | |
| Jeganathan | 9 | 0 | 41 | 0 | - | 3 | |
| de Silva | 18 | 1 | 70 | 1 | - | 2 | |
Notes
--> There was no play before lunch on the 1st day
--> Day 1 Tea: Sri Lankans (1) 73/3 (Mahanama 30*, Ranatunga 4*)
--> Day 2 Lunch: Victoria (1) 73/5 (Dodemaide 11*, Dimattina 7*)
--> Day 2 Tea: Victoria (1) 146 all out
--> Day 3 Lunch: Sri Lankans (2) 146/2 (Gurusinha 33*, de Silva 33*)
--> Day 3 Tea: Sri Lankans (2) 256/4 (Ranatunga 43*, Madugalle 26*)
--> Day 4 Lunch: Victoria (2) 133/2 (Watts 61*, Siddons 29*)
--> Day 4 Tea: Victoria (2) 297/5 (Young 9*, Dodemaide 14*)
--> S Jeganathan made his last appearance in First-Class matches
--> RS Mahanama (2) 50 in 123 balls, 157 minutes
--> PA de Silva (2) 50 in 63 balls, 73 minutes with 6 fours
--> PA de Silva (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 40
--> A Ranatunga (2) 50 in 72 balls, 106 minutes
--> A Ranatunga (2) passed 2500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 39
--> GM Watts (2) 50 in 91 balls, 114 minutes
--> GM Watts (2) 100 in 175 balls, 222 minutes with 5 fours
--> GM Watts (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 78
--> JD Siddons (2) 50 in 63 balls, 83 minutes with 7 fours and 1 six
--> JD Siddons (2) 100 in 125 balls, 162 minutes with 12 fours and 1 six
--> GF Labrooy achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed MGD Dimattina in the Victoria first innings (previous best was 4-137)
--> GF Labrooy achieved his first five wickets in an innings in First-Class matches in the Victoria first innings
--> JR Ratnayeke was banned from bowling in the Victoria first innings (for running on the pitch)
--> A Ranatunga achieved his best innings bowling analysis in First-Class matches when he dismissed GM Watts in the Victoria second innings (previous best was 2-15)
12th men: W.G.Ayres (Victoria) & H.P.Tillakaratne (Sri Lankans).
Debuts: nil.
Attendance: 5745, 5428, 12121, 5900 - total 29194.
In order to enable the Sri Lankans to catch a flight to Perth, each day was scheduled from 10.30am to 6pm, except the ladt day wich was scheduled to end at 3.45pm.
In Vic (1) Kuruppu kept wicket from 18th (4/49) to 40th over (7/117).
Ratnayeke was banned from bowling in Victorian 1st innings for running on the pitch.
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